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- October 4, 2023
- Kindness to Animals Day 2023
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When I was a child through young man I had companion animals. These were a couple of dogs and cats as well as a few rodents here and there but I was far too rough and gruff with them in retrospect. Since that time I have abstained from ownership in an effort to curtail any untoward behavior and over the years I have missed the presence of a pet every now and then.
My first dog's name was Bootsy. He was a terrier mutt and very tolerant of my rough housing. When we relocated from Charleston, SC to Key West, FL he was adopted by a nice couple from the neighborhood. I still think of him over the many ensuing years.
My second dog was Mae, a german shepherd mix born in April. By this time I was gentler with the animals but in retrospect I think a bit of the gruffness persisted despite my best efforts to be tolerant. Mae was struck by a vehicle and adopted by my good friend Glo who both took her to the animal hospital and paid for her surgery. She lived to be a happy old dog whom I was able to visit a couple of times over the years.
I recall upon my return to SC from California that Mae still remembered me.
When I was with the local school district I inherited a number of gerbils which became unnwieldy over time. My mother use to come into my place and she always commented on "the mouses". I think this overwhelming experience is the prime motivation for remaiing pet free these days ... but I don't rule anything out.
My best ole ex friend Mark had a Jack Russell Terrier named Rufus that I became quite attached to over the years. He met an untimely end under the wheels of a vehicle travelling down his street and this left me sad for an extended period. Rufus, like MacDougal, Mae's sire was one of the smartest animals I have ever known. I respect smart — regardless of the species. That's why I always enjoyed his company.
Today is Kindness to Animals Day. It has been around over 60 some odd years and is held on October 4. It began under the auspices of a proclamation issued by then-president of the Philippines, Carlos Polestico Garcia. I have cultivated compassion over the years and though I feel I would be an excellent caretaker of a pet these days I still resist the urge to go down to the shelter and adopt some needy animal though I think of it regularly.
Companion animals are said to reduce stressors and the feelings of anxiety and depression. It is said that they cure loneliness and cultivate respect and understanding for all living things.
I don't know if I'll ever take the plunge again, but rest assured I learned from those animals in my life and I think I became a better person for those experiences. Personal growth takes many forms and sometimes utilizes vectors beyond our realization.
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- October 3, 2023
- Mozilla is Unworthy
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Infuriating
Once upon a time the Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail client were my last words for personal use. I'm afraid that they have suffered a steep downward spiral of utter failure to operate such that I banished them BOTH from my personal workstation computer.
in·fu·ri·at·ing
adjective
making one extremely angry and impatient; very annoying; Firefox and Thunderbird
I was so perturbed with the infernal Firefox browser that I uninstalled all functional instances then deleted the residual files they leave for future referece as well. Then I purged the hard drive and registry of all remaining firefox and thunderbird files, keys, values, and data.
This seemingly austere string of events is the result of the stupid mail client being unable to recognize standard mail server settings that exist in acordance with published RFCs and the browser had the audacity to claim there was an SSL error which did not exist and I went to the trouble to bother a lot of innocent support people over this for nothing.
Talk about rising to your level of incompetence. Mozilla has arrived a while back now.
So there you have it. I am obviously not willing to submit to Mozilla and their utterly lackluster software lines. I require that my software works accurately and dependably. Mozilla cannot handle the load of functional personal computing. I'm okay with them shutting down shop and hauling their resource hogging error prone asses elsewhere — which is precisely what I've forced them to do on my network.
Boo !
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- October 2, 2023
- Guardian Angels Day 2023
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I have watched a lot of Rosie Cepero on her Angels Among Us television series on TLC. Its about mediumship and the interaction between her and angels surrounding her clients ...
To whom she refers as "guardian angels" on the show.
Now, I'm fine with this but it contradicts my biblical training whereby I learned that "angels" are separate beings from the "souls" of people who have passed on. It stands contrary to my learning that angels were never people and the two are not interchangable.
Be all of this as it may, the series is quite enjoyable with her sessions between various clips of her and her family and I wouldn't mind watching it every day were it available.
She is not at all like the Long Island Medium who is simply quite a bit more urbane and dressy somewhat loud and garish as well as coifed for my tastes ...
But as always to each their own. You don't have to be "like me" to be "liked by me" and I like both of the ladies quite a bit.
Today is Guardian Angels Day, an annual observance each October 2nd.
It is said to be a day for recognition of guardian angels and those protective roles they assume in our lives.
The feast of guardian angels was declared by Pope Clement X in the 1670s to be held on October 2. It was first authorized in 1608 by Pope Paul V.
Various religions believe in guardian angels, who are said to hold the lowest rank of angels in general. I personally feel that I do not have a guardian angel. However, I would simply love to be proven wrong in this conviction some day it just hasn't happened yet.
Regardless, I do not feel that a guardian angel who is a late loved one is truly an "angel" in the classical definition. I would also like for someone in authority to explain this to me. How can a person born as a human become an angelic being upon passing. I feel certain that I will likely have to wait for my next iteration for that answer.
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- October 1, 2023
- World Sake Day 2023
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Yesterday we celebrated my good friend's birthday at Inakaya Watanable restaurant off of Jamil Road. We were there several hours and we laughed and carried on.
The food was good and plentiful and the sake flowed for several of the participants.
I don't partake of sake these days as I once did in the past.
The ravages of age have left me needing to avoid alcohol altogether and this is the ONLY reason.
I recall a time when I would down a fur box filled to the brim with the house brand there and I was particularly fond of Gekkeikan Sake's "Tiara over the Moon" which at that time was sold in a fantastic white decorative bottle.
I think the brand I drank most was called Haiku by the same company. We would toast one another by saying Kampai ...
Haiku was the smoothest sake I have ever known. I would still have a drink if the opportunity arose but with the sushi I typically drink water these days.
In conjuction with the annual rice harvest in Japan, today is World Sake Day. It goes down each year on the first of October and coincides with the beginning of sake production.
It all began in 1978 when Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association decoded to mark the day.It is a recognition of sake as a part of Japanese culture and promotes the beverage as the treasure it is.
I hope you'll take the opportunity to enjoy sake a few times to gain an appreciation for this fine rice wine.
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- September 30, 2023
- Diaster Recovery Completed 2023
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Yeah, the web server crashed and burned about the 3rd of the month.
Today is the 30th of the month. I've pretty much shot the entire thing with those festivities associated with recovery.
Today I completed the disaster recovery operations.
I'd like to say it was a walk in the park, but it wasn't.
While there are things far worse than a down server for we who have to make things right the duties are manifold and the background work is massive.
I'm up on the latest version of the operating system with every thing else as it was at the time it failed.
So now I get to resume the blog and this is what I intend to do.
Happy disaster recovery to you too !
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- September 3, 2023
- National Pet Rock Day 2023
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Yeah the 1970s certainly was the decade for fools. I was a fool. The clothes designers were all fools. Our transition from the psychedelic 1960s to the tacky 1970s was not without it's victims to say the least.
The pet rock was created by one Gary Dahl in April 1975. He was an advertising executive with a rationale to emulate PT Barnum and encounter as many fools as humanly possible.
Yeah, the pet rock. Dumbasses bought these things left and right. Likely they knew it was a joke.
It is said that Mr Dahl made a nice profit on the idea.
Playing your fellow man as a fool works like gangbusters more times than not.
I could never take advantage of the mentally deficient ... I would hope.
Any I never owned a pet rock. I never wanted a pet rock. I never thought it to be clever nor cute nor a worthwhile endeavor. I saw it all as the trendy froth of nothingness that it appeared to be.
Luckily for Gary Dahl the markeplace in 1975 begged to differ with me.
Happy National Pet Rock Day. Fool.
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- September 2, 2023
- National Live Fearless Day 2023
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Fear is that distress you may feel as the result of impending danger.
If often triggers a response called 'fight or flight' where you defend yourself or run off in the name of self preservation.
Fearlessness is a virtue up to a point whereby it crosses the domain of foolishness.
If you are confident in the face of danger and hardships you may be known as 'fearless' in your own right.
Today is National Live Fearless Day.
It was created by a lady named Landry Champlin in 2020.
It goes down each September 2nd in the name of promoting a fearless attitude which reflects throughout your existence.
I'm pretty fearless for a 68 year old lout. Someday it my bite me in the butt too. Regardless, I invite you to discard your fears in the name of that which you feel is appropriate and live fearlessly ... if only for a day.
Happy National Live Fearless Day to you !
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- September 1, 2023
- Lily Tomlin birthday 2023
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When I was a child one of my most favorite performers on the small screen was Lily Tomlin.
Something about her humor appealed to me.
But that was then and this is now.
Since she "came out" as a lesbian I no longer enjoy her performances.
They are overshadowed by this vision I have of her rooting out in the crotch of every fugly tee shirt and blue jeans wearing bull dyke she encounters —
And it's simply too much for me personally.
Inasmuch as I view homosexuality as a character defect we see that her course has run out in my life and yet today she has another birthday.
I think it's time to give it all a rest, Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin.
Seeing how you won't live your life in accordance with my wishes; why don't you go kill yourself with the rest of your woke ilk and make the world a more heterosexual and therefore normal place in which to live?
Homosexuality is abnormality.
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- August 31, 2023
- National South Carolina Day 2023
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Today is National South Carolina Day. I only learned of this day a couple of days back. Having lived here for in excess of 60 years I find that a rather dubious claim to fame on my part.
Aside from the fact that I don't know the subtle nuances of my state — likely due to a lack of personal interest cultivated over the years and I am apalled that my impetus simply wasn't there.
Boo.
So the day is supposedly about our "unique" landscapes, historical background, and individuals associated with our progression through the years. The native Americans of the region are the Catawbas and Cherokee tribes. Those battles fought in the revolutionary and civil wars left war dead and lingering attitudes. Our social profile remains beyond my grasp as I do not indulge most of the cultural aspects of the state.
Regardless I hope you have a happy National South Carolina Day and enjoy much more of our state than I regularly do.
People wonder why my enthusiasm wanes for my country and state in the presence of all that patriotism I display otherwise. I personally view South Carolina and the United States of America as lands of interlopers and foreign invaders from places like Mexico, South America, India, and South Dakota taking jobs from the native persons of the United States and South Carolina in particular — who simply stand by and let it happen.
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- August 30, 2023
- Frankenstein Day 2023
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When I was a child I was all about monsters.
Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula, and oh the list went on.
It was a rite of passage I believe.
I portrayed many different characters on super 8mm film by the 50 foot roll.
Frankenstein Day is held each August 30 and celebrates the novel from which the iconic character became part and parcel of my youth.
Mary Shelly published Frankenstein in 1818 and it has been part and parcel of my imagination my entire life.
Victor Frankenstein's creation still is a memorable part of my childhood and I miss those times in which he was at the forefront of my interests and pursuits.
The book became a franchise with the advent of Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein which were sequels which sprang forth from the story line.
I hope you'll take a moment and consider the fun of those monsters I have cherished as a child and remember as a man.
Happy Frankenstein Day.
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- August 29, 2023
- Individual Rights Day 2023
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John Locke was an English philospher whose works form part of the foundation of modern philosophical liberalism. He was way before the stupidity and mendacity of the democratic party's woke platform — much less the 'defund the police' and other ill advised aspects of the failure the left vigorously pursues. He inspired the enlightenment of the Europeans as well as Constitution of the United States.
He was an advocate for freedom and propriety in government affairs and the stark results of that ruination brought onto the United States by the idiot democrat party would likely not sit well with his ideology based on "then" and "now".
He is known as the "Father of Liberalism" and little did he know just how perverted liberals would become over the years. It's as though there has been a failure of brain function in the democrats as a whole.
The cannot even police their own members towards reason and justice. They remain an abominaton upon the land.
So today is John Locke's birthday and his teachings are celebrated on this Individual Rights Day each August 29.
It's a sad state of affairs when the stupidity runs rampant in a philosophy he once defended for the betterment of all.
Now it's just a get over tactic by a bunch of unskilled buffoons claiming to be a political party when they are nothing more than a festering boil on the collective ass of humanity.
Happy Birthday John Lock.
Happy Individual Rights Day.
Boo criminal democrats.
Boo Biden criminal family.
What a sorry state of affairs in the United States. Just where are the death squads when you really need them ?
See Also:
Individual Rights Day 2022
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- August 28, 2023
- Anhedonia 2023
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void
I purused numerous sources of historical data only to determine that there was nothing significant to me on this day. At least, nothing about which I care to write !
adjective
Containing no matter;
empty;
Not occupied;
unfilled;
Completely lacking;
devoid;
empty.
In all my lack of interest in the blog, mom and I took a brief excursion to Big Lots in an attempt to dull the disappointment of it all.
So as I pursue the rest of my day appearing as though I smell poop I can only say ...
Anhedonia you have arrived.
As far as I am concerned, the entire day may as well not have happened.
Boo !
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- August 27, 2023
- International Lottery Day 2023
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The lotteries in my life are mostly Megamillions and to a MUCH lesser degree, Powerball.
I don't play much Powerball anymore because I have come to think the game is run by crooks out to change the rules continuously.
It has really turned me off.
As a rule I don't do scratchers at all. This is only because I am pursuing much larger prizes. I seem to be in the minority around here, however.
So twice a week I post a Megamillions play using two sets of number of my choice then three addtiional quick picks. If I have winnings, I usually practice dividend reinvestment by spending the money on more plays. Occasionally there is a buck or two left with which I tip the vendor ...
But that is far and few between the many plays in which I engage.
That pursuit of karma is a big part of the superstition indigenous to games of chance and fate such as the lottery. I mostly play in the hopes that lightning may strike and lay something big on me for a change. Not much of that happening, however.
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- August 26, 2023
- National Toilet Paper Day 2023
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So there are conventions of hygiene to which I adhere and the use of toilet paper is one of them.
I consider it an essential item ...
So much that I purchase 64 roll cases when the idiot Biden administration broke the supply chain in the country which caused shortages in the local stores.
Although I am not really a user of public restrooms, you never can tell how much you really need something as when you arrive at a place where there is none.
Not owning a bidet, it is pretty much my only link to civilization. Just ask Beavis.
Now get out there and wipe some ass !
Happy National Toilet Paper Day to both you and your heinous anus.
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