Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It's overcast, but not "heavy" (not dark and gloomy). It'll be mostly cloudy today but with very small chances of showers. However, it'll be weirdly warm, nearly 70. Perhaps a last gasp of fall, before temps plunge the rest of the week.
Yesterday: While I didn't get as much done as I hoped (do I ever?), we got a lot done. We probably would have gotten even more done if we hadn't been side tracked by a brief shopping excursion. Oops. And of course, my morning got off to a slow start waiting for the gas to be delivered!
Today: I have a huge list of things to accomplish today. I have to get the house at least neat if not completely decorated, get some cleaning done, get laundry caught up, and pack for a 5 day trip. Woo Hoo! :)
Today is "Computer Security Day" ... "Saint Andrew's Day" ... "Stay Home Because You're Well Day" ... "Independence Day (Barbados)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
-- Mark Twain
"Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care."
-- William Safire
"My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head."
-- Rita Rudner
Today in history:
In 1913, Charles Chaplin made his screen debut in Mack Sennett's short film "Making a Living."
In 1988, the Soviet Union stopped jamming broadcasts of Radio Free Europe for the first time in 30 years.
In 2005, the world's first partial-face transplant was conducted in France where a woman was given a new nose, lips and chin following a brutal dog bite.
Today's birthdays include
- Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in 1508
- Irish satirist Jonathan Swift in 1667
- Novelist Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) in 1835
- British statesman Winston Churchill in 1874
- Film director Gordon Parks in 1912
- Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 1918
- Actor Virginia Mayo in 1920
- Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress in 1924
- Comedian Allan Sherman in 1924
- Actor Richard Crenna in 1926
- Actor Robert Guillaume in 1927
- Producer/TV music show host Dick Clark in 1929
- Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy in 1930
- 1960s radical Abbie Hoffman in 1936
- Filmmaker Ridley Scott in 1937
- Playwright David Mamet in 1947
- Singer/actor Mandy Patinkin in 1952
- Singer June Pointer in 1953
- Rock singer Billy Idol in 1955
- Historian Michael Beschloss in 1955
- Multi-sport star Bo Jackson in 1962
- Actor Ben Stiller in 1965
- Singer Clay Aiken in 1978
Everyone have a Great Tuesday!
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