Today is Day of the Sea in Bolivia – a landlocked country. It commemorates the lost of its coastal province in the War of the Pacific. On March 23, 1879, Chilean forces attacked and defeated some 100 Bolivian and Peruvian soldiers at the Battle of Calama. The Bolivian commander, Eduardo Abaroa was defending a small bridge when the Chileans demanded his surrender. His response was “Que se rinda tu abuela!” which means, “Me, surrender? Tell your grandmother to surrender!” after which he was promptly shot dead.
Today many people are celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year. While it’s largely a secular holiday, it is a religious holiday for Zoroastrians, Bahá’í and some Muslim.
Vehicles…
Bada Bing!
A bittersweet announcement, but after an amazing 2 years as an infectious disease expert, I’m moving on.I am now an expert on no-fly zones and Eastern European affairs.Excited to make the most of this new opportunity.
I’ve been hiding from exercise. I’m in the fitness protection program.
If you had Ron DeSantis attacking Disney World because of communism on your bingo card today, you win.
I don’t think the therapist is supposed to say “wow” that many times in your first session, but here we are.
I just witnessed a woman pull out her ringing phone from her purse. She loudly sang along with the ringtone to the very end. Then this woman slipped her phone right back into her bag. She never answered it.This is the energy I’ll take into the rest of the year.
I carry a whistle to the grocery store in case someone violates the sanctity of the “15 Items Or Less” lane.
If you’re buying smart water for $5 a bottle it’s not working.
My biology teacher asked what the function of carbohydrates were, but apparently “filling the deep well of sadness inside me” was not the correct answer.
Q: When was running invented?
A: Running was invented in 1748 by Thomas Running when he tried to walk twice at the same time.
On this day in 1965, the Temptations released their second album which included this well-known song…
Today is Independence Day in Namibia, a public holiday. The holiday celebrates Namibia’s independence from South Africa on this day in 1990. Sam Nujoma was sworn in as the first President of Namibia at a ceremony attended by Nelson Mandela of South Africa, who had only been released from prison the month before.
A match made in heaven:
Doormats for introverts
Enough of that, time for some Barkaloungers!
Happy Monday!!
I didn’t find any good birthdays today so here is Carole King with a great song.
The ‘Proms’ began in 1895 with the BBC supporting and broadcasting them from 1927. The ‘Last Night of the Proms’ is a rather boisterous and patriotic event attracting tens of thousands both inside and outside the hall and with plenty of flag waving and patriotic music. Among the music is ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ which is set to the ‘trio’ theme of Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. So here, in all it’s delightful craziness and fun is the performance from 2012. Sit back and enjoy!!
I was traveling on St. Patrick’s Day and didn’t get a chance to post. So, belatedly, here is some good music for that day. Have a few drinks this evening, imagine you’re in a pub and sing along with these!
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