Happy Birthday George (I guess)

We should wish George Washington, a very happy birthday,

but they've moved his birthday a couple of times and he's quite dead -  so why bother


Today is the second day of Chinese New Year, known as the Son-in-Law Day.



Married women return their mother homes on this day. 



Some believe that the second day is also the birthday of all dogs and remember them with special treats.


It's Peppermint Patty Day - No, not this one



This one



It's minty chocolatey goodness.


February 11, 1962 -
Sheryl Suzanne Crow, singer-songwriter, musician and Michael Jackson backup singer survivor, was born on this date.





When sending birthday wishes, don' t bring up the whole Lance Armstrong thing.


February 11, 1969 -
Our lady of the perpetual bad relationship, Jennifer Aniston, was born on this date.



Jennifer deserves to be well and happy.


Today in History:
On February 11, 1573, Francis Drake saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time on this date,

and this is noteworthy, since 100's of thousands of West Coast living indigenous Native Americans saw it before they went to bed the night before. And he still had time to create those delicious little cakes.


February 11, 1650 -
Rene Descartes, mathematician, drunken fart and philosopher best known for his statement "I think therefore I am", stops thinking on this date.

Queen Christina of Sweden (remember - the boy queen - see December 18 ) persuaded Descartes to come to Stockholm. On this date, after only a few months in that cold climate, he died of pneumonia.



Kids let this be a lesson to you - never accept an invitation from transvestite royalty.


Friedrich Ebert was elected the first president of the German Republic on February 11, 1919.

President Ebert brought about the Weimar constitution that eventually resulted in Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

I bet he didn't see that coming.


February 11, 1929 -
The Lateran Treaty is signed - Mussolini granted recognition to the Vatican in return for their support of his fascist dictatorship.

Kids, here's another lesson for you - entering a treaty with balding dictators can never lead to anything good.


February 11, 1936 -
It's Burt Reynolds' birthday. He's not the one who squealed like a pig in Deliverance (what he does in his private life is none of my concern.)



Burt was recently hospitalized but he and his hairpiece are doing much better and should be out of the hospital soon.


February 11, 1938 -
BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., which coined the term robot.

The show was a thirty-five-minute adaptation of a section of the play, performed live from the BBC's Alexandra Palace studios. The BBC had no professional facility for recording programs in those pre-war days, so save a few on-set publicity photographs and reviews in the press, all records of this production are lost.


February 11, 1960 -
Jack Paar, temperament host of the Tonight Show, in a fit of pique, walks off his TV show when he is not allowed to tell a very lame joke about W.C. 's on this date.



Yes Jack, there is a better way to make a living than this, nowadays, you would be allowed to broadcast live while you are getting an anal bleaching (Most of reality TV prove this to be true.)


February 11, 1963 -
Julia Child's show The French Chef premiered on this date.



For my money, one of the greatest Americans who ever lived.


February 11, 1979 -
Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized power in Iran, nine days after the religious leader returned to his home country following 15 years of exile on this date.

But 43 million people in the US try to seek salvation by watching Elvis! on ABC-TV on this date.



Most do not find it because they forgot to place one hand on the TV screen and the other hand upon their damp loin area.

When will the damned ever learn.


February 11, 1986 -
Frank Herbert, author of Dune, died from pancreatic cancer on this date.



If only he had access to the spice Melange.


February 11, 1990 -
Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa on this date.



In April 1994, he was elected president in the first all-race elections.  Today he sit home watching Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.


BTW - Peppermint Patty's real name is Patricia Reichardt.



And so it goes.