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- October 9, 2023
- World Post Day 2023
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It's World Post Day and time to think about the mail and it's delivery to your home address.
Postal mail isn't the electronic form like email but it's just as important. There are things which are better not sent over email and you really can't email a package.
Each October 9 we recognize this communication method and the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 which aided in the coordination of mail traversing sites internationally.
Communications would be much more difficult in the absence of the postal services of the world which route letters and packages to all the people of the internationally.
It's a lovely day to send a card or letter and enjoy the benefits of postal services.
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- October 8, 2023
- National Heroes Day 2023
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I've had a few heroes in my life over the years. Those who have gone beyond the requirements to a level of interaction and support surpassed by little else in my existence. I once had a rather narrow definition of hero stemming from my comic book era and the capes and costumes and so forth ...
Be all of this as it may I now know that heroes may be common humans who pursue excellence and compassion in their support of human endeavors and as such I admire them more than any of the fictional heroes which began my thoughts of them all.
There are altruistic individuals who sacrifice all or part of themselves in the name of saving others. There are poor people who give what little they have in the name of comfort for the down trodden. There are those who give of themselves overwhelmingly to others in the name of their humanity and that they wish to share.
Yes, were I a hero I would pursue such matters. Alas, I am not a hero and daudle in this existence trying to find meaning in the fray.
So today is National Heroes Day. Each October 8 we in the US celebrate the hero. Our heroes. Those sigificant to these existences we eek out of a democrat landscape where the so-called "ruling class" seeks to take over everything on the planet.
The day has been being observed since 2020 and is known by many iterations internationally.
So if you have a hero this is the day to make your appreciation known to them.
If you don't it is a nice thought anyway.
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- October 7, 2023
- National Inner Beauty Day 2023
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For some reason National Inner Beauty Day is supposedly to raise awareness and offer support for person who have fallen victim to human trafficking.
This happens each October 7. It is said to be a day to embrace core values and celebrate our inner beauty.
Now while I remain adamately opposed to human trafficking of any kind, the name is somewhat of a misnomer and I'm wondering what woke idiot picked it all out as the vastly inappropriate thing it is.
I fail to make the connection between human trafficking and inner beauty other than some perv out to steal some pretty little girl for his or her own perverted pleasure or profit.
Some of the information regarding human trafficking which hits the threads is pretty disturbing.
I find it hard to believe that various victims fell prey to some of the loser dweebs perpetrating these crimes.
Yeah, so I will be on you if I catch you involved with human human trafficking. I try to mind my own business but there are situations where I will never remain silent. Likewise, I will make all attempts to tolerate what I feel is a vastly misguided name for this particular observance as well. Don't make me stand my ground or beat you like I own you. People are NOT merchandise.
The Biden Harris administration is the biggest contributor to illegal trafficking of human beings in the United States.
I hope the stupid democratic party is satisfied with the poor choices they continually thrust upon The Republic.
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- October 6, 2023
- National Manufacturing Day 2023
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Manufacturing is the backbone of industry and the basis for international commerce and gross national product.
So naturally the ignorant Biden administration and the dumbass democrats have chosen to export our manufacturing concerns and leave us dependent on other nations, many of which are neither benevolent toward us at all nor have our best interests by any stretch of the imagination.
Why this stupid man chose to pursue this particular failed course of action we will never know because he is not functioning at any level consistent with a chief executive. His "handlers" are the crux of the problem and had they not stolen the election for this slaw we would be much better off.
The stupidity of the democratic party remains evident in their choices of candidates. They have nothing to offer, so they offer nothing like the Biden Harris ticket of morons.
Today is National Manufacturing Day. It is a day to appreciate those concerns which pay the bills by providing income to one or many. Our economic power is lacking on the international stage because we no longer manufacture much of anything.
We need to wise up because we will likely be easy prey for some AI seeking to take us over.
Artificial intelligence can easily defeat no intelligence at all. This is where we presently are on the executive administration front.
Boo!
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- October 5, 2023
- 121 years since the birth of Larry Fine
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When I was a kid The Three Stooges were a staple of my entertainment choices. Moe, Larry, Shemp, Curly, and Curly Joe in varying trios over the years made it to the small screen in my daddy's living room and I simply thought them to be hilarious.
Louis Feinberg went by Larry Fine professionally in his career as an American actor and comedian. He is primarily known as one of the Three Stooges. He was also a violinist and a pugilist who engaged in boxing.
He was born October 5, 1902 and died January 24, 1975.
From his beginnings as a violinist engaged in the show and plays circuit he teamed up with Shemp and Moe Howard and worked in various plays cultivating a team known as The Three Stooges.
The slapstick and goofy portrayals were quite striking for the day. He was also gregarious and jovial in his social life as well. He maintained a unique hairstyle which differentiated him from the competition.
The Three Stooges were comedic stars of TV in the 1950s the three were a comedic standard and universally popular. They starred in hundreds of short and feature films over the course of their career.
Larry Fine passed away at the age of 72 after suffering a spate of many strokes. He is interred at the Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Today is his birthday. He would have been 121 on this day.
Rest in peace.
See Also:
Remembering Larry Fine
Remembering Shemp Howard
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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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