Don't worry, Mr Teeny is still flying his drone over the house (I have to warn you that Mr. Teeny has now moved on to 151 - it's basically rocket fuel.)
A very good time was had by all (the kids even got up on the stage.)
Today is the feast day of St. Sithney. St. Sithney is the patron saint of mad dogs.
A Breton folk story, states that God asked Sithney to be the patron saint of girls seeking husbands, but Sithney said he would rather be the patron saint of mad dogs and get some rest.
Barack Obama is 52 old today. Dear Mr. President, even if it was in haste, I'm glad your parents had unprotected sex around nine months prior to your birth date (where ever you were born.).
Hopefully, nothing bad happens today and we're all safe to celebrate along with you.
August 4, 1930 -
Michael Cullen was a grocer's grocer. He started working for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A & P) at 18 and worked there for 17 years. He then went to work for Kroger Stores for 11 years but he had a dream.
I wonder how they're celebrating Founder's Day at the store?
August 4, 1901 -
Louis Armstrong (medicinal marijuana and laxative enthusist) always stated that his birthday was on the Fourth of July, a date that has been noted in many biographies.
During the 1980's, Louis Armstrong's baptismal certificate was discovered in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in New Orleans, showing his actual birth date was August 4th, 1901.
August 4, 1954 -
Douglas Sirk's first Technicolor gift for film goers, Magnificent Obsession, was released on this date.
Forget the silly plot, this film was Rock Hudson's breakthrough film (the first of eight studio pictures he would make with Sirk) and Sirk began to realize his masterful visual language skills
(I'm having serious computer issues today - if I get a chance, I'll be back to update this post)
Today in History:
August 4, 1693 -
Oh, great day in the morning (this day should be a great religious and national holiday), Blind Benedictine Dom Perignon invents champagne on this date.
He has been quoted as saying, "Come quickly, brothers, I'm drinking stars!" upon tasting his accidental brew.
August 4, 1792 -
Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of England's greatest Romantic poets was born on this date. He died in a tragic boating accident (along with two others) before the age of 30, but he gave us many masterpieces, including Ozymandias, Music, When Soft Voices Die and Ode To The West Wind.
All I can say is that I'm glad it was just his heart.
August 4, 1892 -
Someone took an axe and killed Lizzie Borden's millionaire parents; Andrew receives 10 whacks and Abby 14. Based on strong circumstantial evidence, Sunday school teacher Lizzie is later tried for the murders.
She was acquitted of the murders by an all-male jury.
August 4, 1922 -
All 13 million telephones in North America go silent for one minute at sunset during the funeral services of Alexander Graham Bell on this date. Bell was buried in a coffin built by his lab staff in a tomb carved into the solid rock of Beinn Bhreagh Mountain on his estate in Nova Scotia, Canada.
August 4, 1964 -
Vietcong torpedo boats launch an unprovoked attack against the U.S.S. Maddox, while the destroyer is patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin. The only problem is - it may all have been a hoax.
Regardless, the Congress responds by passing the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression."
And so it goes.
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