Tuesday!
Today is:
Get Out Your Guitar Day
National Shut-in Visitation Day
Satisfied Staying Single Day
(Notice the backlash
against Valentine's day here?)
More below the fold.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
We have split up the publishing duties, but we welcome everyone in IAN to do daily diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
Ok, we have a current diary schedule. If you would like to fill in, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMom a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FSNMom is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday: BadKitties
Tuesday: bigjacbigjacbigjac
Wednesday: Caedy
Thursday: weck
Friday: FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:broths
Sunday: loggersbrat
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Well,
here we are again,
another bigjac Tuesday.
This is my new,
regular topic,
and here's the link,
in case you want to look for yourself:
Chase's Calendar of Events
Here we go:
This is the birth anniversary of
Thomas Alva Edison
Tomorrow,
February 12th,
is the 66th birthday
of my oldest sister,
Adonna.
This is likely to be
the last birthday
she gets to celebrate,
since she's a long term smoker,
and she has cancer,
and her doctor said she may have only one more year to live.
I know the Itzl series
is usually on a light note,
but I couldn't skip over my sister's birthday,
nor could I skip over her declining health.
On to celebrity birthdays for February 12th:
Birth anniversaries of Charles Darwin (1809-82) and Abraham Lincoln (1809-65).
Also the birth anniversary of WWII general Omar Bradley (1893-1981),
Living celebrities:
Happy Birthday! Joe Don Baker, Josh Brolin, Joe Garagiola, Arsenio Hall, Joanna Kerns, Chynna Phillips, Christina Ricci, Bill Russell, Franco Zeffirelli
February 13th:
Anniversary of the 1945 Allied bombing of Dresden, Germany, that erupted into a firestorm, killing 135,000 people.
Living celebrity birthdays:
Happy Birthday! Stockard Channing, Peter Gabriel, Kim Novak, George Segal, Jerry Springer, Peter Tork, Chuck Yeager
February 14th, Valentine's Day:
Ferris Wheel Day: birth anniversary of inventor George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896).
Birth anniversaries of comedian Jack Benny (1894-1974), and labor leader James Hoffa (1913-75?).
Big events:
85 years ago, in 1929, gunmen posing as police officers shot and killed members of the Bugs Moran gang in Chicago, IL, in what became known as the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre."
There's more,
but I'm out of time!
Here's the link again:
Chase's Calendar of Events.
Thanks for reading.
Hope you're doing well,
but even if not,
tell us about it.
We're here to listen.