This day in History.101.

So okay. Everybody needs to know a little history. And as we all know history is all about dates and History :P 

(There is a  HERStory on the class schedule. I got it in scheduling. The person that told me this was wearing an "I'm for Hillary." button. Don't get mad at me. I am just tellin' ya what I was told folks. Sheesh.)

 

Which ever way it works we at 12 dogs wanta' be edumacated.

So here it is. That guide to the day in history. All dates annotated with why we should care. A learning tool otherwise known as History101. The Musical. (You're supposed to hum Pomp and Circumstance while reading this. OR wait a sec.  Do you have these songs on your playlist... already?  If you go check make sure to come right back. You don't want to miss this day in history.)

(Note to gentle reader. If you want to know this day in HERStory? Look for a future post called, "The Cranky Old Feminist Does Politics or  What I found out during  Dem. Party" . Stay tuned!!

 

 

The list:

Before we begin our LOB's (list of birthdays) I have news. Today in Santa Monica,  I'm hearing that George Carlin died  of Congestive Heart Failure. He was 71.

He makes me think of Newt's story about the man on the Santa Monica pier. The one who goes to the end of the pier and decides not to lead an ordinary life.

George Carlin didn't live an ordinary life.

For a whole lot of people George Carlin brought the funny while he made us think in  new, often controversial, ways about this world. Thanks to him we learned the 7 words that you couldn't say on the radio.  We laughed at the punchline, "...Acapulco Gold?  No, Toledo window box.:". Mostly we learned to laugh at a time that wasn't so laughable.  Through his eyes we saw the world in ways that "the establishment" didn't want folks to "see".

I know that this new crew that's finding their political voice think they made the world but they didn't. They are only one link of a very long chain who have also  found the world.  Found themselves.

Excuse the  level of this joke.

But...

"This new political crowd. They walk the Earth like they were Spaceman Columbus and just discovered the world. Real 21st century political pioneers. But they didn't. Long before they were a glimmer, a glimmer, in their parents eyes?  There was Lenny Bruce. Humor so blue and so political.  Found the cause of racial equality? Try King, Rev. Martin Luther King. Whose "peace movement" wasn't new either but was inspired by another new kiddo on the blockfor his time,  Gandi.  Feminists for Hillary? Try feminist when women couldn't vote. When women weren't a voting block at all.

Thank you George Carlin. For showing me another world. Reminding me that the world is all kinds of colors and ideas.

See ya' in the stars.

Ann

PS. You know what the ultimate George Carlin routine would be? If this was an internet rumor started by Carlin himself.

Naw, it  can't be. NY Times wouldn't print up a fake Obit.

But it would be a pretty funny homage (Is that how you spell it? Uhm-- definition number two.) to the author of the "hippy dippy weatherman".  :D

 

Which ever way life's river goes? I think I'll take Newt's advice and instead of ANALysing and ASSuming, I'm going to just go with the flow.

There are advantages to slackerdom. So.

 

Now kiddies don't be sad. To have lived a long life (71) to have had an opportunity to speak up on issues that others wanted to do but didn't feel they were able to and to do it in such a way that had us all laughing.  Now that is a good thing. For all his sorrows, I hope that he will this day be in heaven and know the same equal happiness.

(But then I'm a pessimistic optimist that has experienced alot of irony in my life. * I, still am not that cynic, I believe that the good Lord loves us all. I believe in heaven. I believe it because it is God's own word. If it isn't true, then God would have lied. That would have meant that God broke his/her own commandment.  Do you believe that God can break his own commandment? If God is truth? I don't normally get into the religious realm. It's personal what we believe. And that is protected by the US Constitution. First Ammendment. Separation of Church and State: Establishment  clause and Free Exercise clause. Not a fence to keep religion out of government but a fence to keep government out of religion. Religious freedom.  Means that to believe or not to believe? It's not government's question. )

Gracie, if a  miracle happened and you read this, Think.

"Time or - "A Parenthesis in Eternity " "*

 

*This is attributed to another author. A very good author.  A life is alot like a "Parenthesis in Eternity".  What comes before and after?  Everyone has an opinion.

Author's, in the big picture, write from the middle.

...Time...Time...Time...Time...

The Geometrical definition is a line. Not a "line segment" or a  "ray". 

The Gramatical definition is an elipse. That's those liittle dots above.  Shows that something came before and something came after. That there are word there but the author left them out. Important form of punctuation.  Miss used alot.  It's not a pause. The punctuation mark for a pause can look like this "-" (dash) and like this "," (comma). No words are left out when you see these punctuation marks.  I think that this " is specifically for the physical act of pausing but this "," is not just for it's historical use by printers to indicate a pause but it's also used for organization of thought. Of course so is a pause. Just ask GW. :D  But we were talking about elipses. Thing is, Gentle Reader, if you see an elipse? Take note.

There are two different forms of an elipse. "..." means that there are words missing. You can use this punctuation mark at the beginning, middle, and  I think end of a clause. The second form of an elipse comes at the end of a sentence. It looks like this "...." four dots.  This means that the end of a sentence is missing.

Sorry, I didn't intend for this to be a mini lecture on punctuation or Geometry for that matter. I just thought that symbolically they fit the discussion of  such words as "time", "eternity", and even "death". LOL That and we do now use symbolic language so much more these days. Emotocons. :D, like pictograms on the walls of a cave in France, do communicate our intentions. Some like :) are absolutely necessary on the internet where  facial and voice expressions that would give us clues to words meanings are lacking. Can mean the difference between  a joke and a serious fight. Or it can indicate irony.  Anyway. 

I'll move this to a separate post this week. Just jotted it down here as it is a tangent to the news of Mr. Carlin's death. One of his comedy routines was about religion and such. It fits. AuthorAnn.

 

 

So let's laugh okay.

 

Here's the list of  LOB's.

Hope they give you a giggle.

 

First. 26 June, 2008

 

On this day in history, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, met together in Unity, New Hampshire, in what is billed as the first real rally of the 2008 General Election Political season.

It was cheesy and stupid.

 

Also in this day in history, because of said stupid rally in Unity, NH and the bordom it induced, the first issue of the RedNeck Politico here on eBay was born in the kitchen of one WriterAnn. Not a particularly political person, Ann wasn't trying to be a political satirist, nope, she was trying to get out off doint the laundry when inspiration struck her like a lightning bolt. Like any good writer/slacker would do, she she avoided doing said laundry and went straight away and wrote it down.

 

The rest is hopefully hilarious history to keep us from being bored here at eBay and hopefully get Ann a job as a writer.

Of course being worried that she'd get banned from her political blog didn't hurt either.

 

It's parody folks and it's meant in fun. All sides got parodied so stop yelling and laugh at what I wrote about the other guy/girl depemding. LOL

 

 

Now on to the dates from last week:

 

Born Sunday, June 22nd.

 

Carson Daly - b.  6-22-73 d. Hasn't.

Carson Daily is a very late night talkshow host week nights on NBC. Yes children, there is another talkshow that comes on even later than The Late Late Show with Tv's Craig Ferguson(TLLSwTCF).  Unless of course it's pre empted by that up all night poker show. Or the wrestling show that Frisky likes. Or golf.  No wait that's The Late Late Show with Tv's Craig Ferguson. Admitedly a pain when this happens to TLLSwTCF but you do get to see that Irish guy. His name is David something or other. That man is a fox in a suit with an accent that'll make you melt. I put up with the golf stuff just to hear his commentary. Heck I'd watch him read the phone book.

 

Donald Faison - b. 6-22-74 d. Also hasn't.

Donald Faison is the good lucking guy on Scrubs which is also on NBC. He plays Carla's husband and is best friend to the other guy. I love this show but I can't remember the other characters name.  And since I'm almost finished posting here, I am NOT going to look it up. If I remember it in time I'll put the name  HERE(JD?) otherwise if you're a fan of Scrubs you'll know who I'm talking about and if you aren't why should you care. Heck why should I care? Wait, I don't so move it along. Nothing more to see here.

 

Meryl Streep - b. 6-22-49 d. NO SHE IS NOT DEAD. She is a beloved screen and stage actress who will live forever on the golden screen. If you haven't seen Sophie's Choice or Kramer v. Kramer rent them and spend your Sunday afternoon watching these two films. Bring Kleenex because you will cry.

VERY important message from the future. OMG OMG OMG Meryl Streep is playing the female lead in the movie MamaMia! I don't know wheither to be thrilled or in the throws of dismal hysteria. WHY? And they have her singing. I will attend.  For moral suport. Or to throw expensive popcorn. I have that stupid song in my head for days because of the comercial.Only the fact that a woman my age gets woo'd  has me going.(Sigh,no not wood, although that would be a good reason. Woo'd as in pitched. LOL Idiot.)

Well like I just said Meryl Streep, unlike the above two bozos, is a beloved film and stage STAR. An ACTRESS. When you look up the word "actress" in the dictionary? Meryl is the example. Heck, if you look up the word "actor" she's the example. She's just better than anyone else. Of course there are some really good female actresses. I'd hate to ignore them, hmmm, okay when you look up the word "actor" she's the example. For the word "actress" she's one of the best. There. I like that.

Rent the movies and you'll see.

Come back and yell at me if I'm wrong.

 

Now folks. If it is still Sunday when you read this please stop reading. Otherwise you won't be surprised for Monday. If this is Australia? Keep reading and then tell us what Monday going to be like.

 

 

Born Monday, June 23.

 

Josh Whedon b. 6-23-54

I don't know who Josh Whedon is and I don't care.  Hey, it's my blog. Don't make me come over to your blog and explain why I don't have to look this stuff up if I don't want to.

Just like the "Donald Faison's character's best friend on Scrubs"  thing, if you are a fan, you know this stuff and if you are not you can come visit me. I don't care.

 

Clarence Thomas - b. 6-23-48 d. No. Still causing grief to Dem. Liberals and feminists who are old enough to have a sense of feminist history since the Reagan Administration or maybe it was it the Bush administration.

 

Now see I'm one of those really old cranky feminist type folks who remember what a hair on a soft drink can has to do with the confirmation hearings of a US Supreme Court justice. It was a big deal, let me tell you. Big, as in blue dress big. I'd tell you to drag out your history books and look it up. Unfortunately this is probably gonna require Google or maybe Wiki. Or Wickedi depending on whose side you're on.

No matter you should look it up so you'll look smart to your friends during the upcoming General Election.  You know if there was a pop quiz, this kind of thing is gonna' be on it.  Plus he IS a  US Supreme Court justice. Also please go look up who Sandra Day O'Connor is as well as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Harriet Miers. Please.

Then if you're younger than 25 look up the lyrics to  "I am Woman" . 

Here's some of  the lyrics:

"I am woman hear me roar/in numbers too big to ignore / and I know to much to go back and pretend...".

Unless, I'm told,  you are in the Dem. Party with convienent definitions of sexism. Then, I'm told,  you can pretend. Matter of fact, I hear,  you are really good at it.  :D

 

Please, just look it up and make a cranky old feminist happy. Then try not to insult anymore old, cranky feminists just cause you liked Sen. Obama instead of Sen. Clinton. 

 

Lawrence Block. b 6-25-38  d. Not dead.

 

This is a man who speaks in complete sentences and brings prezzies. What more do you need to know.

 

Google him if you want to know the titles of his books. There's a bunch. CF of TLLSwithTCF likes to ask him when he's going to write another book. Always the same answer in various forms. Like no. 

 

Thank you.

Now back to this day in History 101.

 

 

Okay there are alot of other folks to add to this list but I'm going to wait. If  I put them all on the list now, you won't have new stuff to read in the middle of the week. You'll grumble about this lack of new stuff. It may pizz you off. If it does, you might not come back here to read my blog.

 

That --would make me sad.

:(

 

I will make the following exception.

 

June 25th is George Michael's birthday.

This day, as you know, is a national holiday over on The Late Late Show with Tv's Craig Ferguson. So go see if you can down load some "WHAM"(that's a song people) and get out the festive party hats and balloons. Heck I'm making cupcakes. And let's all stay up past our bedtimes and watch  Wednesday's Late Late Show. Try real hard to stay awake and act like you give a durn. You're good actors and actresses. You can do it!  Why you are whining?  Beause . Look it's  important because incase you haven't heard it like a million times,  Tv's  Craig Ferguson is a new citizen and it will be his first George Michael's birthday. A national holiday and all. We really do need to make it special. So buck up and act interested. If you do a good job the dictionary will add your name to the list of "actress" and "actor"  examples.

Good Luck!!

 

What happened 26 June, 2008

 

I had a great day. Same for the next day. Basically I have 4 whole weeks of good days.  Just so you'll know. Same for Pup. We just are going to have a great summer.

A happy family summer. Back with more this day in history.

 

 

 

 

No more dates for now.  Back soon with more "This date in History 101"

Author Ann

 

So now that you're all up on the important history stuff, just thought I'd let you know-

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