Int'l Sailor Moon Day - August 6, 2018

DIANE'S CORNER ... 

Celebrate International Sailor Moon Day

It all started with a small black cat with a lot to say, and a young girl named Usagi Tsukino who received a brooch that transforms her into the titular Sailor Moon. From that point forward a team of Sailor Guardians becomes assembled, and they’re out to save the world from all the enemies that come their way. International Sailor Moon Day celebrates this incredibly popular manga and the anime series that was birthed from it, so get out there and get your Guardian on!

History of International Sailor Moon Day
The date of International Sailor Moon Day is a subtle test to determine just how much of a fan you really are. Rather than the obvious choice of Sailor Moon’s birthday or the day the manga was first created, it’s set on the birthday of Mamoru’s birthday! It makes perfect sense considering that he’s the Prince of Earth and represents us all. Sailor Moon is so popular that it has garnered an international following, originally being published in Japan in 1991 it had over one million copies sold by 1995, and the number just kept growing over the next couple decades. Now it’s loved the world over, both in its manga and its anime format, and it has sold over 35 million copies in fifty countries, that’s some serious Sailor love right there!

Speaking of Sailor Love, Sailor Moon (the manga) has stood as a strong symbol for the LGBTQ communities thanks to its “naturalization” of lesbianism, a result of the futuristic setting and the goals of its creators to show equality in its writing. It’s been said to emphasize a particular feminist model by “combining traditional masculine action with traditional female affection and sexuality”, a truly daring advance by its writers and fans considering the year it was made.

thanks for the Jokes and Puns, Heide

Word of the Day

snobbish  Definition: (adjective) Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. Synonyms: cliquish, snobby, clannish, clubby Usage: I expected Susan, the daughter of a multimillionaire, to be snobbish, but she was actually warm and friendly.
A gang of thieves broke into a blood bank last night and stole a hundred pints of blood. Police are still hunting for the clots.

Idiom of the Day

(one's) other half  — One's spouse, romantic partner, or boyfriend/girlfriend.

What do you call a cow that plays the violin in a musical?
Fiddler on the hoof.

This Day in History

Susie Baker King Taylor (1848)

Born into slavery, Taylor was secretly—and illegally—educated during her childhood. As a young woman, she served as a Union army nurse during the American Civil War. She became the first African American to openly teach former slaves in Georgia and the first African-American woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers.

British Columbia Day

British Columbia, Canada's westernmost province, joins several other communities in holding a civil holiday on the first Monday in August. For local residents, this day honors the pioneers who established the colony of British Columbia in the 19th century. There are a number of events that take place in the province's capital, Victoria, but the most popular is the "Symphony Splash," an annual performance of modern and classical music by the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. Held on a barge on the city's Inner Harbor, the concert draws thousands of tourists and locals. 

A 12-year-old had one-sixth of his brain removed. He feels 'perfectly normal.'

It was a solution no parent wants to hear: To get rid of a brain tumor and stop their young son's seizures, surgeons would need to cut out one-sixth of his brain. But for Tanner Collins, it was the best option. A slow-growing tumor was causing ...

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A 12-year-old had one-sixth of his brain removed. He feels ‘perfectly normal.’


1879 - The first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne. 


1890 - Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career. 


1926 - Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to swim the English Channel. She was 19 years old at the time. The swim took her 14 1/2 hours. 


1926 - Warner Brothers premiered its Vitaphone system in New York. The movie was "Don Juan," starring John Barrymore. 


1969 - The first fair ball to be hit completely out of Dodger Stadium occurred. Willie "Pops" Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit the ball 506 feet from home plate. 


1995 - Thousands of glowing lanterns were set afloat in rivers in Hiroshima, Japan, on the 50th anniversary of the first atomic bombing. 


1996 - NASA announced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars. The evidence came in the form of a meteorite that was found in Antarctica. The meteorite was believed to have come from Mars and contained a fossil.

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, August 6

You are gifted creatively, possessing a powerful imagination and a distinct spiritual side, but also make an excellent business person. Security conscious and savvy with practical matters, you have a knack for sales and promotion as well as the more factual side of business. You can be exceptionally gracious, diplomatic, and peace-loving. Others easily find the warmth and beauty in you. You love a good debate and solid conversation. Family means the world to you. In love, you easily make sacrifices and you are often drawn to people who are youthful in spirit (sometimes there can be a big age difference), playful, and creative. Famous people born today: 

1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, British Poet Laureate of Great Britain, born in Somersby, Lincolnshire (d. 1892)

1861 Edith Roosevelt, US First Lady and wife of Teddy Roosevelt, born in Norwich, Connecticut (d. 1948)

1881 Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist (invented penicillin; Nobel Prize 1945), born in Lochfield, Scotland (d. 1955)

1911 Lucille Ball, American comedienne and actress (I Love Lucy, Mame), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1989)

1928 Andy Warhol, American pop artist and film producer (Frankenstein, Bad), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)

READERS INFO

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BORN TODAY -

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) Actress and comedienne Lucille Ball became immortalized on TV’s I Love Lucy, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Living Legacy Award posthumously.  Lucille Ball briefly worked under the stage name of Diane  Belmont, but was unable to keep a job as a chorus girl on  Broadway. She appeared in over 80 films from 1933 to 1989, including Panama Lady, Too Many Girls, and Dubarry Was a Lady.  She was married to co-star Desi Arnaz from 1940-1960.

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1960 -

Chubby Checker performed his version of The Twist on American Bandstand. The song had originally been released by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters in 1959 on the B side of their record that had Teardrops On Your Letter on the A side. However, it was the Chubby Checker version of the song and his appearance on American Bandstand that ushered in a nationwide dance craze.

Dick Clark and his wife, Barbara Mallery, played an important role in Chubby Checker's career. Mallery came up with the name "Chubby Checker" for the singer – whose real name was Ernest Evans -- after seeing him perform a Fats Domino impression and finding out that his nickname was Chubby. Dick Clark played an important role in the recording of the song. Clark had noticed the growing popularity of the Hank Ballard and Midnighters' song and dance The Twist, but worried about the band's reputation due to the adult content of some of their songs. Clark talked to Cameo-Parkway records about recording a new version of the song. The Chubby Checker version was incredibly similar to the Hank Ballard and the Midnighters' original version, and Ballard earned royalties as the song's writer. While Chubby Checker became a household name in the 1960s due to the song, he has not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Hank Ballard, the song's writer, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and the Midnighters as a band were inducted in 2012.

Chubby Checker's The Twist reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts on Sept. 19, 1960, and again in 1962. In the 1980s, a rap group known as the Fat Boys recorded a version of the song which featured Chubby Checker. The song has been included on the National Recording Registry which preserves songs found to be culturally important, and it is one of the biggest hits of the 1960s.

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Downtown Anaheim Certified Farmers' Market & Craft Fair 2018

Aug 9, 2018 | Aug 16, 2018 | Anaheim, CA 

Center Street Promenade between Clementine Street and Anaheim Boulevard|S Lemon St & W Center Street Promenade

Since its inception in 1995, the Downtown Anaheim Certified Farmers’ Market has been the go-to spot for locals to buy directly from certified California growers. Live music, delicious eats and agricultural exhibitions offer additional entertainment for festival goers.

further information: Downtown Anaheim Certified Farmers’ Market & Craft Fair

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16th Street Plaza District LIVE! on the Plaza 2018

Aug 10, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018 | Oklahoma City, OK

On the 1700 Block of Northwest 16th Street|1700 NW 16th St 

When each second Friday arrives, 16th street becomes more than just a place of business. These local businesses keep their doors open a little bit longer and 16th street becomes a living, breathing arts festival. Your wallets will cough up some money for late-night shopping, you will enjoy a host of live music acts and take a gander at the physical products of local artistic talent.

further information: LIVE! on the Plaza - Back to School

Pictures of the day

Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896) was a French composer best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868, after Shakespeare). The son of two music teachers, Thomas was playing the piano and violin by age ten. He completed his first opera, La double échelle, in 1837, and wrote 23 further operas over the next decades. In 1871, he was appointed director of the Conservatoire de Paris, holding this position until his death.

Mt. Bromo – Reynold Riksa Dewantara

Mount Bromo volcano is a small, but active volcanic cinder cone on Java, Indonesia. Early 2016, I happened to be in Mt. Bromo during the increase of seismic activity and triggered the alert status to the second highest.

knit

thanks, Jennifer

Rosina Licht-Rosina Light pattern by FadenStille

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thanks, Emily

Diamond Lace Kimono pattern by Kaitlin Blasing

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Socken mit Gittermuster by Charles D. Gandy 

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A2000 Quemchi Top by Araucania pattern by Jenny Watson

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One for the Books pattern by Martina Behm

What did the woman say to the undertaker when he started hitting his broken down funeral car?
Stop beating a dead hearse.

crochet

thanks, Sharon

Lollipop Circus Baby Booties 

crochet

thanks, Helen

Riviera Cotton Tee pattern by Michele Costa

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Crochet Pot Handle Cozy

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Bernat Crochet Burger Pet Bed Pattern

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Crochet Pattern: Pinwheel

Doctor Doctor I feel like biscuits!
What, you mean those square ones?
Yes!
The ones you put butter on?
Yes!
Well, that means you're crackers!

RECIPE

thanks, Shelley

Pork and Portobello Burgers Recipe

Did you hear about the undertaker who buried someone in the wrong place?
He was sacked for making a grave mistake.

CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks. Stacy

Crock-Pot® Slow Cooker Mango BBQ Chicken Bowls

SWEETS

When Adrian asked me on the last moment if I wanted him to bring anything from Brooklyn, I asked for Black and White Cookies! I had TWO of them just last week! mmm

Black-and-White Cookies Recipe

Why did the bus stop?
Because it saw the zebra crossing.

ADULT COLORING

What would you get if you cross a trumpet and a serpent?
A snake in the brass.

CRAFTS

thanks. Ellie

Marbled Votive DIY

Policeman: Why are you driving your car in circles?
Motorist: I was just going for a little spin.

CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts

thanks, Patty

Here's a Quick and Low Cost Way to Make a Custom Stamp

One day a Viking named Leif returned after a long sea voyage and found that during his absence his name had been removed from the town register. He sent his wife to the town hall make a complaint to the mayor.
'I'm sorry,' said the mayor, 'I must have taken Leif off my census.' 

PUZZLE

Dog Angle Jigsaw Puzzle

WORD SEARCH

atomic attack blast blind bomber burns

chain cloud concede deafen death deform destroy drab

flash flying force heat noise

paper pregnant project race rail rote rubble ruins

secret surrender swift unknown victory weapon

SUDOKU ... hard

solution:

QUOTE

CLEVER

Pinecone Scooper

My pine trees drop cones all summer long, and my old back doesn’t like me bending over a lot to pick them all up. I don’t have a dog, but a pooper scooper has turned out to be this man’s best friend! Gently squeezing the handle opens its jaws, allowing me to pick up pine cones with no back pain.

EYE OPENER

A Winnie-the-Pooh illustration has sold for more than any other book illustration ever

mhpbooks

One lucky person will never get lost in the Hundred Acre Woods: a hand-drawn illustrated map of Winnie-the-Pooh’s hometown has been purchased, with the very special distinction of being the most expensive book illustration ever sold at auction,according to Connie Suggitt at Guinness World Records.

In late July, the map was sold in London by Sotheby’s for £430,000 ($570,000) — three times the expected sale price, beating the previous record by over £100,000. Someone reached deep into the honey pot for this one. The illustration, titled “Original Map of the Hundred Acre Wood,” was drawn in 1926 by Ernest Howard Shepard for the endpapers of A.A. Milne’s book Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin, the book’s young hero, takes credit for Shepard’s map; the illustration is signed “Drawn by me and Mr. Shepard helped.”  

Shepard is best known as the illustrator of the Winnie-the-Pooh books and The Wind in the Willows.  His illustrations are apparently much beloved and highly valued: the record for this particular category was previously held by a drawing Shepard did of Pooh and Christopher Robin playing Roohsticks. It sold for £314,500.

Winnie-the-Pooh and lots of money too.