Banana Lovers' Day - August 27, 2020

DIANE'S CORNER ... 

Celebrate Banana Lovers' Day

My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it’s the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can’t control myself!

Jennifer Hudson

Finally, the world’s most popular fruit gets a day of its very own, and it’s about time! Whether you like it straight from the peel, sliced on cereal, or baked into a banana bread, the whole world loves banana! Who can blame them, considering how versatile it is? Banana Lovers’ Day celebrates those who just can’t get enough of this brightly colored monkey bait!

History of Banana Lovers’ Day

Bananas are pretty incredible, we think you’ll have to agree. They’re easily one of the best fruits to add to… well… anything! Need to get a boost to your morning but want to have a shake? No problem! Couple scoops of protein powder, a banana, and some strawberries and suddenly you’re rocking your morning with deliciousness! Have some bananas gone brown on your counter? Nonsense! There’s no such thing as a bad banana, just a banana that’s ready to be baked into banana bread! There’s nothing you can’t do with bananas!

What you may not know is that the whole world is eating ONE kind of banana, and that banana type is not the same thing your great-great-grandparents were eating during WWI or WWII. Banana’s have been one of the biggest examples of monoculture in our history, and something in the past hundred years we had a massive plague hit, wiping out every banana of this strain in existence. So an entirely new banana was introduced and is now the one that is grown everywhere.

But you’re a Banana lover, so yo knew that right? If not, welcome to your first fun fact of Banana Lovers’ Day!

thanks for Daniele Barresi, Isabel

Daniele Barresi, Bagnara Calabra, Italy. "I started carving at the age of 7 and I describe this period like the best in my life. When I touch my knife, my mind gives up to the heart and it transmits directly, to the hands, giving different forms to the decorations. It's like magic."

Joke of the Day

FIRST MARATHON

I entered my first marathon and finished first!

Two steps into it I stubbed my toe and finished, first.

Word of the Day

exorcise

St. Francis Borgia exorcising: Goya, c 1788

MEANING:

verb tr.:
1. To drive out something or someone undesirable, such as an evil spirit, malign influence, troubling feeling, etc.
2. To free a person or place of an evil spirit.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French exorciser, from Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein (to swear a person), from ex- (out) + horkizein (to make one swear), from horkos (oath). Earliest documented use: 1546.

USAGE:

“Chewing on her lower lip, she knew somehow, she had to exorcise her feelings for the young man before he took up permanent residence in her heart.”
Lizzie Starr; Keltic Design; Elizabeth Struble; 2016.

“And voters have a White House to exorcise.”
Brian Dickerson; Donald Trump Suggests November Election Isn’t Safe -- But He’s the One in Trouble; Detroit Free Press; Jul 30, 2020.

Idiom of the Day

Above the salt

This means that something or someone has a high position.

This Day in History

1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted by the French National Assembly.

1859 - The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, PA.

1889 - Charles G. Conn received a patent for the metal clarinet.

1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company bought a pro football team for Green Bay, WI. J.E. Clair paid tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. (NFL)

1962 - Mariner 2 was launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flew past Venus. It was the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.

1965 - Elvis Presley played host to the Beatles at his home in Bel-Air, CA.


1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.

1992 - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "A Day In The Life" sold for $87,000 at an auction.


1998 - James Brolin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


2001 - Work began on the future site of a World War II memorial on the U.S. capital's historic national Mall. The site is between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.

thanks, Joan

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, August 27

You are emotional and sensitive, sometimes to the point of drama, but the people around you love you for it. In fact, you can achieve the greatest success when you are able to express your creativity and your sense of drama in your line of work. Strong emotions can trip you up at times, but if channeled well, can lead to great success. You can sometimes be a “mother hen”, caring for others and worrying that they’re safe and happy. Loving, passionate, and warm, life would be dull indeed without you! Even so, you can be difficult to know at times, possibly because you wear your feelings on your face, and they are not always indicative of reactions to the company you’re keeping but rather they’re more in line with your thoughts. Misunderstandings can be frequent as a result. You are keenly sensitive, but not only in a self-centered way – you also pick up subtle emotional cues surrounding others, and this may be the reason that you’re so thoughtful. You are a visionary, and you promote love, harmony, and equality. In love, you are attracted to, or you attract, people who are success-oriented, accomplished, and practical. Famous people born today: 

1908 Sir Donald Bradman AC, Australian cricket batsman and captain (52 Tests; 6,996 runs @ WR 99.94 average; HS 334; 29 x 100s), born in Cootamundra, Australia (d. 2001)

1908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US President (Democrat: 1963-69), born in Stonewall, Texas (d. 1973)

1947 Barbara Bach [Goldbach], American actress (The Spy Who Loved Me, Force 10 from Navarone), born in Queens, New York

1952 Pee-wee Herman [Paul Reubens], American actor (Pee-wee's Big Adventure), born in Peekskill, New York

1979 Aaron Paul, American actor (Breaking Bad, Need for Speed), born in Emmett, Idaho

thanks, Abby

READERS INFO

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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:

J.K. Rowling, famed British novelist and author of the Harry Potter series is the first author to become a billionaire. She crossed the billion dollar threshold in 2014. She is also the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.

Johnny Cash is a legendary singer-songwriter. Known as The Man In Black, and for hit songs such as Walk the Line and Ring of Fire, he is also known for his baritone voice. Cash only had 3 voice lessons before he was told to stop. The voice teacher told Johnny to stop taking lessons and to “Always do it your way.”

April 11, 1954 is on record as being the most boring day in history. How did it earn that distinction? Scientist William Tunstall-Pedoe was part of a project called True Knowledge. This was a database of more than 300 million facts. From this collection of facts, Tunstall-Pedoe wrote a script that would search all the data and determine what day had the least amount of events. That is how April 11, 1954 became known as the boring day in history.

2.

1955 -

On this date, the first edition of “The Guinness Book of Records” was published in Great Britain. The inspiration for the record book can be traced to November 1951, when Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Brewery was on a hunting trip in Ireland.

After failing to shoot a golden plover, Beaver and the members of his hunting party debated whether the creature was Europe’s fastest game bird but were unable to locate a book with the answer. Thinking that patrons of Britain’s pubs 

would enjoy a record book which could be used to settle friendly disagreements, Beaver decided to have one produced.

3.

Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

Japanese pork-and-cabbage dumplings, called gyoza, inspired these yummy burgers. The subtle sweetness of brioche or pain au lait buns makes for a perfect pairing, but if you can't find them, substitute with your favorite soft hamburger buns.

Pork Gyoza Burgers

Pictures of the day

Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841) was a Prussian architect  and city planner. He was one of the most prominent architects in Germany and designed both Neoclassical and Neo-Gothic  buildings, the most famous of which are found in and around Berlin.  He was also a painter and a designer of furniture and stage sets. This oil-on-canvas painting, entitled Castle by the River, was  created by Schinkel in 1820. As an artist, his architectural talent  shone through, and his buildings and landscapes are carefully  drafted and meticulously executed. The painting is in the collection  of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

GERMANY

A grasshopper rests on a blossom in Berlin.

knit
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Striped bolero

knit
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Accidental Adventure Cowl pattern by knitboop designs

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Missing Link Monsters

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Mabel Cardigan

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Happy Sun Afghan Square

Knit Pattern of the Day: 

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Hope Baby Blanket

Tweed Vest - Garter Stitch

crochet
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Post | designsbyphanessa

crochet
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Autumn Leaves Filet Crochet Shawl

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Cow Amigurumi

crochet

Moss Stitch Mittens

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Rainbow Crochet Afghan Square

Quarantine Cooking Recipes

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Easy Chicken Alfredo Penne Recipe

RECIPE ... adult

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Beet Negroni

CROCKPOT RECIPE

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Simple Poached Salmon

VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE

Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.

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 Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Enchiladas

COPYCAT RECIPE 

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Mrs. Fields Sugar Cookies

SWEETS

Banana Fool

ADULT COLORING

FUN

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plate

CRAFTS

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Scalloop Shell Trinket Dish

CHILDREN'S CORNER

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PUZZLE

Gerbera Pair Jigsaw Puzzle

WORD SEARCH

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cheek click consider crave distant fang

gorge grain hatred injury lease lunch

marshall music power rankle real shank simple stick

sunny super swamp through treat under young

SUDOKU ... medium

solution:

QUOTE

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CLEVER 

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The most incredible road to drive in every state

EYE OPENER 

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The Best Road Trips in the U.S.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. -William Least Heat-Moon, travel writer (b. 27 Aug 1939)

Daniele Barresi

OPTICAL ILLUSION

thanks, Bev

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