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- May 23, 2019
- World Turtle Day 2019
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I have a "catch and release" attitude towards turtles I encounter on the roads. I will typically place them in the bed of my truck and relocate them to a suitable habitat for release.
I never see them again, but feel confident that those woodland and waterway areas are much better than the asphalt from which I retrieved these animals.
Today is World Turtle Day is observed annually under the auspices of the American Tortoise Rescue.
The day is meant to:
• bring attention to turtles and tortoises
• increase knowledge of and respect for turtles and tortoises
• help turtles and tortoises survive and thrive
The day is marked internationally in various ways primarily in schools.
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- May 22, 2019
- World Goth Day 2019
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I don't have any goth friends. I have had a few goth acquaintances over the years. The bottom line is I feel it's more of a fashion statement — although some practice a decidedly wiccan subculture with spells and other crap they sometimes take to heart and truly believe influences the world around them.
By and large though I have felt it all to be primarily a show mechanism to bring attention to those individuals who obviously were insufficiently breast fed while infants ... or something there abouts.
Today is World Goth Day. There is an "official" site which says it is "a day where the goth scene gets to celebrate its own being, and an opportunity to make its presence known to the rest of the world."
Originating in the United Kingdom in 2009 it was a subculture vehicle which blossomed into it's own identity for indeed, there are a lot of practicing goths on the planet. This tradition has a continuum with what are now international boundaries revealing much about who we are as people ... and those many 'hings' which become our 'things'.
In 2019 there will be some 50 events internationally celebrating World Goth Day.
I think its fine. Everybody needs something. This is the goth's thing.
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- May 21, 2019
- Diversity Day 2019
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Today is "Diversity Day" aka "The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development" a UN response to the destruction of the Buddha statues of Bamiyan in Afghanistan in 2001.
While that act did indeed infuriate me personally, I have since come to know that underhanded thing called the UN and their goal to control all countries of the world and as globalism slowly dies this painful death reality is placing upon it all I can say is GET US OUT OF THE UN.
The promotion of diversity issues is a passe pursuit in the vein of identity politics and seeks to control freedom of speech and other aspects of the Bill of Rights in favor or some populist mythology like "transgenderism" and "sustainability".
While they view it as an opportunity to help communities understand the value of cultural diversity and learn how to live together in harmony I personally fail to see the value of a lot of others trying to seize control of my country and my life.
Diversity is fine when it happens. We neither need a catalyst nor regulations to control how we interact with others not like us.
I grew up in a Navy family which was colorblind.
My father never was one to speak harshly of other races in my presence.
I don't need the UN trying to teach me anything nor do I want it interfering in my government at any level.
I'd just as soon they moved somewhere else with their meddling.
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- May 20, 2019
- Remembering Joe Cocker
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John Robert Cocker, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire aka Joe Cocker, was an English singer known for his gritty renditions of orignal and popular music featuring spasmodic movements and gesticulations during performances.
Joe Cocker
May 20, 1944 – December 22 2014
I recall seeing him on stage after a long hiatus wherein I noticed that elements of his performance resembled some manner of physical recovery.
I entertained the idea of researching it — but his sincerity and happiness with the audience curtailed that ... for in the end all we get to be is who we are and it is those moments when our personal lights shine that we become truly relevant in the scheme of eternity.
So Joe Cocker passed in December some 4 years back and I sometimes look at that grandaddyesque later visage and compare it to that riff belting dynamo he was in a younger day.
How great a life it must have been to be allowed to traverse that performance spectrum available to him alone.
A true original in this world of cheap knock offs.
Rest in peace.
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- May 19, 2019
- Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States 2019
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It's hepatitis testing day in the United States. Where as I once thought there to be only 3 types of hepatitis:
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
I now know there are numerous variants and types based on the origins and effects of the disease on the affected individual.
Suffice it to say that the mild case of Hepatitis A I got some 20 years back is small stuff compared to many of the other varieties I could contract and I am lucky in that regard.
However, being positive for the Hepatitis A Antibody pretty much precludes me from ever donating blood again as I am "tainted for life" as it were. I have read literature stating that some sluff off the antibodies over time but I simply don't feel that lucky.
Anyway, if you suspect you may have risk factors or symptoms you should get tested. My testing happened years after the exposure and everybody thought I was making a big deal out of little to nothing.
I suppose it's okay when it's not you.
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- May 17, 2019
- The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2019
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Today is The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, aka International Day Against Fagophobia.
It is a day supposedly about international events that raise awareness of LGBT rights violations and stimulate interest in LGBT rights work worldwide.
The only problem herein is the total absence of rights for some pervert to practice under the auspices of preferential treatment.
When a drag queen can read to school children in a library because some leftist idiot thinks it's their right, someone needs to be deprived of their civil rights to respire and metabolize.
The suffix phobia is misused here. It implies a fear when the fear should be on the part of the pervert trying to force themself on the world.
While I am most definitely a 'live and let live' kind of guy and I certainly have no desire to bash anyone for who they are ...
I have issues with a group of people who want to impose their deviant lifestyles on me as though it is some supposed right which has never existed.
Identity politics your ass right on down the road.
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- May 15, 2019
- International Conscientious Objectors Day 2019
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When I was a Viet Nam era citizen of age I declared myself a "conscientious objector" in some misguided notion that it would keep me from being drafted.
Later, when I enlisted in the Navy it came up again and I had to explain myself ... even though my explanation was obviously lacking.
The bottom line here was my "objection" was more ruse than anything else, that I knew not what I was doing, and we pretty much signed a few papers and they took me anyway.
International Conscientious Objectors Day is about resisting service in the military.
There is an organization about it all which calls for "action" on militarism.
It delves into those military causes of climate change and the various other mythologies du jour being proffered by the left.
Those tenets are typically a false gospel used to indoctrinate individuals into that pitfall which is leftist ideology and the notion of taking from those who earn and giving it to those who do not.
Those pacifist aspects are simply a manifestation of failure to be a responsible citizen. Further, that cowardice and lack of conviction typically arises as part and parcel to the objector ... unless you're like my good old friend George who is no longer with us.
He simply was pissed off at everything authoritative — and I think it was likely due to all that cannabis of which he partook.
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- May 14, 2019
- Tim Conway RIP
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Tim Conway was a comedian who did acting on television and screen, writing, and directing.
Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway
December 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019
Being a part of a Navy family, I first encountered him early on in my life as he portrayed the Ensign Parker in the sitcom McHale's Navy back in the 1960s.
Later, he was a regular cast member on the The Carol Burnett Show and was hilarious in the numerous comedic sketches in which he was featured.
He also worked with Don Knotts in films of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
He also produced his own Dorf series of comedy films and did voice acting as the voice of Barnacle Boy in the SpongeBob SquarePants animated series.
He was simply one of those pillars of my lifetime who made me laugh ... sometimes at moments when there was little cause for laughter otherwise and his career was a gem of the comedic genre.
He died today at the age of 85 from normal pressure hydrocephalus and his end was more tragic due to those complications leading up to his passing which limited his ability to make decisions regarding his own healthcare.
Gee. What can you say to sum up one who has always been there for you?
Simply rest in peace until we meet again.
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- May 13, 2019
- Doris Day RIP
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When I was a kid there was Doris Day.
Doris Day
American Actress singer activist
April 3, 1922 - May 13, 2019
She was one of those ubiquitous personalities of television and movie theaters and I watched her sing and perform those various venues like everyone else during those times.
I used to sing along with her rendition of Que Sera Sera and indeed it was one of the earliest tunes I ever took to heart.
Those television shows and various appearances I saw pale in comparison to the moments of intro to her television show when I sat there as a chap each time and watched as she was singing that tune.
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff aka Doris Day passed today at age 97 in Carmel Valley.
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- May 12, 2019
- Happy Mother's Day 2019
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- May 12, 2019
- ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day 2019
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The ailment known as Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) AKA myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), is a group of symptonms which collectively indicate and characterize long-term fatigue with or without other persistent symptoms which may limit a person's ability to carry out their activities of daily living.
Today is ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day which is primarily a political vehicle for the improvement of the knowledge to be had by healthcare professionals, governmental policy makers, and the public at large.
The day also corresponds with the birth day of Florence Nighingale who suffered from a neurological/immune disease which may have been similar.
The cause of this pathology is unknown and there is no qualitative or quantitative measure by test.
Whereas I have known several people with this ailment some have claimed it was secondary to viral infection.
Regardless, it is a debilitating mimic of disease process and underlying causality and is therefore inherently difficult to treat because it's hard to nail it down to specifics.
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- May 11, 2019
- Eric Burdon
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When I was a kid turning the am radio dial I would sometimes listen to a group called The Animals.
Their front man had a very distinctive voice and I found him entertaining over those short interludes I encountered him.
Later, I would see him on PBS specials during their telethon broadcasts grubbing for fundage and I liked him even more.
I have to admit, though the Eric Burdon's music is an acquired taste cultivated over the years as I gained appreciation for both genre and unique presentations.
Eric Victor Burdon was born on this day in 1941.
His main claim to fame is that of an English singer who intrigued my childhood moments periodically.
He is also a songwriter and actor.
His performances were marked by powerful agressive aspects unknown in those earlier British invasion type pieces.
He was initially the lead vocalist for The Animals as well as providing vocals for the funk band War. Hows that for spectrum.
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- May 10, 2019
- Confederate Memorial Day 2019
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Confederate Memorial Day is a regional celebration of those heros of the American Civil War who fought for the South.
While it has wide support in the South the jurisdictions vary in the date of it's observance, relevant to various events which happened in their areas.
While the uninitiated correlate the Confederate States of America to the cause of slavery this is not remotely the truth and illustrates a failure of historical knowledge ... namely:
1. Most of the North wanted slavery as well. 2. "Red Letter Day" or the arrival of the first slaves to the South was instigated by Dutch traders, not Southerners. 3. Confederate Memorial Day marks a remembrance for those who fought and died defending the Confederate States of America. 4. Many people of the present have ancestors who perished in the "War between the States" ... some absolutely horribly.
This holiday is observed by jurisdictions relevant to those who served in The Confederacy. Other jurisidictions relegate it to the background because they're either historically ignorant, populated with some immigrants who really think we should replace our history with theirs, or worse — leftist fecal debris thinking they have a relevant point to make when they don't.
Regardless, I honor those who served the Confederate States of America and as such this is an offical holiday to me personally.
I care not what anyone else thinks regarding the matter and I recognize that dissidents surround me.
Think what you will.
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- May 9, 2019
- Anniversary of Dianetics
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It's the anniversary of the creation of the church of Scientology.
The false religious cult created by the shyster L Ron Hubbard as a money maker funded by various individuals he and his employees mislead, extorted, hoodwinked, bamboozled and otherwise robbed blind.
The vast majority of his conquests were affluent types like performers and heirs to fortunes and others who he exploited toward his own ends.
The crass manipulations by this group of people are only surpassed by those foolish enough to be used by the most unholy alliance of self aggrandizement and remuneration.
Profiteering on the backs of the deceived. This is the gist of The Church of Scientology.
A false gospel and phoney religious canon propagated for the enrichment of that cronyism from which it sprang forth.
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