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Celebrate Lindy Hop Day
If you’ve been thinking that there just aren’t enough reasons to cavort around a dance floor to the boisterous sounds of 1920s jazz, then you will no doubt become a fan of Lindy Hop Day. After a decline in popularity in the 1950s, this form of swing music is back and infecting more and more followers with its undeniable vitality.
It’s an energetic dance that originated in black communities in Harlem, in New York City. If you want a true experience, try to seek out a venue with live big-band jazz. It’s fun, frenetic, occasionally frenzied, and is likely to leave you exhausted, but don’t worry: you only need to do it once every year. Some say the name commemorates Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 ‘hop’ across the Atlantic in a plane – the first time that feat was accomplished alone – but let’s hope he wasn’t doing this dance when he was at the controls!
Joke of the Day
HARD WORKER
A farmer and his recently hired hand were eating an early breakfast of biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon and coffee that the farmer's wife had prepared for them. Thinking of all the work they had to get done that day, the farmer told the hired man he might as well go ahead and eat his lunch too.
The hired man didn't say a word, but filled his plate a second time and proceeded to eat. After awhile the farmer said, "We've got so much work to do today, you might as well eat your supper now too."
Again, the hired man didn't respond but refilled his plate a third time and continued to eat. Finally, after eating his third plate of food, the hired man pushed back his chair and began to take off his shoes.
"What are you doing"? the farmer asked.
The hired man replied, "I don't work after supper."
The hired man didn't say a word, but filled his plate a second time and proceeded to eat. After awhile the farmer said, "We've got so much work to do today, you might as well eat your supper now too."
Again, the hired man didn't respond but refilled his plate a third time and continued to eat. Finally, after eating his third plate of food, the hired man pushed back his chair and began to take off his shoes.
"What are you doing"? the farmer asked.
The hired man replied, "I don't work after supper."
Word of the Day
homophene
MEANING:
noun: A word or phrase that, when spoken, appears to be the same as a different word or phrase on a person’s lips, for example my and pie.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek homo- (same) + phainein (to show). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bha- (to shine), which is also the source of beacon, banner, phantom, photo, phosphorus, phenomenon, fantasy, epiphany, sycophant, and apophenia. Earliest documented use: 1883.
NOTES:
Here are some more examples of words/phrases that appear the same to someone lip reading:
mark, park, and bark
“elephant juice” and “I love you”
bargain and market
mark, park, and bark
“elephant juice” and “I love you”
bargain and market
USAGE:
“We had a session on homophenes which could cause misunderstanding, for example, married and buried, wet suit and wedding suit, big kiss and biscuits. Much laughter. Members volunteered their own stories of misunderstandings.”
David Lodge; Deaf Sentence; Penguin; 2009.
David Lodge; Deaf Sentence; Penguin; 2009.
Idiom of the Day
- There is a black sheep in every family
Meaning: One member in every family doesn’t fit into the characteristic of the family.
This Day in History
1864 - The Territory of Montana was organized.
1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average appeared for the first time in the "Wall Street Journal."
1913 - Actors’ Equity Association was organized in New York City.
1946 - A patent was filed in the United States for an H-bomb.
1958 - Union Square, San Francisco became a state historical landmark.
1959 - The word "Frisbee" became a registered trademark of Wham-O.
1969 - The Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth after a successful eight-day dress rehearsal for the first manned moon landing.
1977 - George H. Willig was arrested after he scaled the South Tower of New York's World Trade Center. It took him 3 1/2 hours.
1978 - The first legal casino in the Eastern U.S. opened in Atlantic City, NJ.
1998 - The United States Senate approved legislation that allowed the U.S. Mint flexibility on how the mandatory inscriptions on the Washington quarter could be placed. H.R. 3301 allowed the mandatory inscriptions to be moved to the front of the quarter for the 50 States Circulating Commemorative Coin Program.
thanks, Nora
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, May 26:
You are very insightful and often help others to better understand themselves. Artistically gifted, you have a real creative bent in addition to general “smarts”. You are exceptionally hard working and quite ambitious as well–a combination that virtually guarantees success. Famous people born today:
1874 Henri Farman, British-French aviator who broke several aviation records, born in Paris (d. 1958)
1907 John Wayne [Marion Mitchell Morrison], American actor (Green Berets, True Grit), born in Winterset, Iowa (d. 1979)
1913 Peter Cushing, English actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who), born in Kenley, Surrey, England (d. 1994)
1926 Miles Davis, American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer, born in Alton, Illinois (d. 1991)
1949 Hank Williams Jr, country singer (Honky Tonk), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1951 Sally Ride, American astronaut (first American woman to go to space), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
1964 Lenny Kravitz, American musician who holds the record for most Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (1999-2002), born in Manhattan, New York
1966 Helena Bonham Carter, British actress (Harry Potter, Fight Club, The King's Speech, Enid, The Wings of the Dove), born in London, England
1975 Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill), born in East Orange, New Jersey
READERS INFO
1.
(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
Hippopotamus milk is pink.
Some tumors can grow hair, teeth, bones, even fingernails. The technical term for the tumour is a mature cystic teratoma. The word 'teratoma' comes from the Greek word teratos, meaning monster, and it's easy to see why. They are formed when a mass of cells inside a body grows into different tissue types, including bone, nerves, hair, and even teeth.
Tiger shark embryos begin attacking each other before they are even born, in their mother’s womb.
2.
1992 -
Pictured from left: Billy Crystal and Jay Leno.
It was on this day in 1992, Jay Leno debuted as the new permanent host of NBC’s "Tonight Show." It was three days after Johnny Carson‘s retirement as host of the program. Jay’s first guest was Billy Crystal. ”The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series category ten
times between 1993 and 2005. It won the award in 1995.
3.
Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
The foodbank has kept me busy the past few days, trying to log the hours of over a hundred volunteers, taking calls from new clients, and set up a database. Then the files arrived, and I have not had a chance to open them.
However, there was a poetry-writing seminar I took after a creative writing seminar that was offered by the hospice at which I volunteer, so I will share with you the fruits of that labor.
Kids Today
It used to be
friend from foe and back again,
to and fro,
then
famished to family supper.
Between
Bewitched and The Blacklist,
spy phone taps and TV dinners
to
tapping phones and take-out...
fingers tap dancing
in front of lonely screens,
where friends used to
huddle
after supper
under beaming lamp posts
before
the call home.
Bertha
Picking the cotton
to
picking the lettuce,
picking up the laundry
my
dirty family made.
"Maid" is what they called her,
but
mother she was to me.
Without her,
love would not have
been; I
would not have
survived.
(I know so.
A shrink said so.)
Warm sun squatting on
the
humid bright earth
after a rain,
all clean,
all new again.
She took that with her.
It has been so dry
ever since.
My life has been mostly
a
desert where
love then seldom
rained.
1864 - The Territory of Montana was organized.
1978 - The first legal casino in the Eastern U.S. opened in Atlantic City, NJ.
1998 - The United States Senate approved legislation that allowed the U.S. Mint flexibility on how the mandatory inscriptions on the Washington quarter could be placed. H.R. 3301 allowed the mandatory inscriptions to be moved to the front of the quarter for the 50 States Circulating Commemorative Coin Program.
thanks, Nora
DAILY SQU-EEK
1966 Helena Bonham Carter, British actress (Harry Potter, Fight Club, The King's Speech, Enid, The Wings of the Dove), born in London, England
Hippopotamus milk is pink.
Some tumors can grow hair, teeth, bones, even fingernails. The technical term for the tumour is a mature cystic teratoma. The word 'teratoma' comes from the Greek word teratos, meaning monster, and it's easy to see why. They are formed when a mass of cells inside a body grows into different tissue types, including bone, nerves, hair, and even teeth.
Tiger shark embryos begin attacking each other before they are even born, in their mother’s womb.
Pictured from left: Billy Crystal and Jay Leno.
It was on this day in 1992, Jay Leno debuted as the new permanent host of NBC’s "Tonight Show." It was three days after Johnny Carson‘s retirement as host of the program. Jay’s first guest was Billy Crystal. ”The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series category ten
times between 1993 and 2005. It won the award in 1995.
However, there was a poetry-writing seminar I took after a creative writing seminar that was offered by the hospice at which I volunteer, so I will share with you the fruits of that labor.
Kids Today
It used to be
friend from foe and back again,
to and fro,
then
famished to family supper.
Between
Bewitched and The Blacklist,
spy phone taps and TV dinners
to
tapping phones and take-out...
fingers tap dancing
in front of lonely screens,
where friends used to
huddle
after supper
under beaming lamp posts
before
the call home.
Bertha
Picking the cotton
to
picking the lettuce,
picking up the laundry
my
dirty family made.
"Maid" is what they called her,
but
mother she was to me.
Without her,
love would not have
been; I
would not have
survived.
(I know so.
A shrink said so.)
Warm sun squatting on
the
humid bright earth
after a rain,
all clean,
all new again.
She took that with her.
It has been so dry
ever since.
My life has been mostly
a
desert where
love then seldom
rained.
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont is a church located on the Montagne
Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.
It contains the shrine of Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of
Paris, as well as the tombs of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine.
This photograph of the church's interior, looking eastward,
rib-vaulted ceiling, the wooden pulpit on the right, and the
triforium gallery that runs around the church at mid-level. An
unusual feature for a French church, it is reached by serpentine
staircases circling the piers. The stone rood screen, dating back
to 1530–1545, is the only remaining example of a rood screen
in Paris; much of the stained glass also dates to the same period.
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knit
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knit
thanks, Ivy
knit
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
crochet
thanks, Gabby
crochet
thanks, Marsha
RECIPE
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Denise
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Father's Day
PUZZLE
SUDOKU ... hard
QUOTE
CLEVER
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Denise
thanks, Mindy
ADULT COLORING
FUN
thanks, Sue
Can you find the 16 circles?
If you focus on the vertical lines, you can see that small circles are also present in the optical illusion
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Father's Day
thanks, Natalie
PUZZLE
| almost anticipate apart avoid await bottom bound buried | careful chip cleanse conceal confuse crayon crowd dare | empty friends immune malt matador mate mutual | operator passion pate player qualified regain | shame slate stupid such sword uncertainty united visit |
SUDOKU ... hard
solution:
QUOTE
thanks, Ella
CLEVER
thanks, Lila
The crafty class platform Bluprint, formerly known as Craftsy, has announced it will be shutting down soon.
EYE OPENER
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Satire should, like a polished razor keen, wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. -Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, author (26 May 1689-1762)
OPTICAL ILLUSION
Each quarter of this landscape is so different the picture looks like a collage
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