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• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Thu, Apr 17 2014 9:06 AM

  SweetiePie:

  I wish you could see his famous "dagger" photograph...

  I know a cue when I see one SP....... ;o)

  

  A reflection off the arm of the chair gives the impression of the dagger.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Apr 18 2014 8:58 AM

  April 18                                 Good Friday

  1480 - Lucretia Borgia, murdererss (poison) and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (her portrait reveals an attractive blond) her brother Cesere was likewish depraved

  1590 - Ahmed I, 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

  1797 - Louis-Adolphe Thiers, President of France

  1857 - Clarence Darrow, Attorney at the Scopes Trial

  and

  in 1775, A fine silversmith by trade, after seeing a bold movement, mounted his horse at around mid-night and began a long counryside journey to alert all colonists; neighbors and farmers that the British were indeed invading, coming. The ride was from Charleston to Lexington, Mass. It was a great duty of importance. His name was Paul Revere.

  in 1906, a tremondous and devastating earthquake struck San Francisco ( I call it 'Frisco'). The city was greatly destroyed and followed by vast, raging fires. Death? 3,000 to 6,000 souls.

  in 1923, the first game was played at the orignal Yankee Stadium

  in AD 30, The most famous person in the history of planet earth, was crucified in Jerusalem. His name was Jesus.

  May your day be blessed ~SP~

   

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Fri, Apr 18 2014 9:14 AM

  18 April

  Today's tribute:  Comedian and Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is 52

  Actors/Actresses:

  • TV Show host Conan O'Brein is 51
  • David Tennant is 43
  • James Woods is 67
  • Eric Roberts is 58
  • Maria Bello is 47
  • Eric Mccormack is 51
  • Rick Moranis is 61
  • James Drury (the rifleman?  or was he the Virginian from South Dakota?) is 80 today ... very handsome in his day!

  Today's tribute ...

  This is Jeff with his puppet Walter ... warning ... adult content ... if you're easily offended, please don't watch!  Lots of FOP dialog.  

  Have a great day everyone!

   

   

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Apr 18 2014 10:21 AM

  Jeff Dunham...That is funny Sister Kat! you go girl

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Fri, Apr 18 2014 11:57 AM

  SweetiePie:

  in AD 30, The most famous person in the history of planet earth, was crucified in Jerusalem. His name was Jesus.

  First off, I want to point out that the following is more "historical" than "religious" in nature.  There is not one truly educated historian that will argue the fact that a Jewish man named Jesus was not crucified the day prior to high Sabbath (Passover).  The argument, however is when.

  I wrote a college paper trying to pinpoint the "precise day" of Jesus's crucifixion.  It is argued that he was crucified between 28 CE and 35 CE and would have occurred the day before "high Sabbath", or Passover.  In 30 CE, the day/date before the first day of Passover would have been Wednesday, 5 April.  (date taken from the Passover Days 28 - 35 CE, which constructed the calendars based on the Astronomical Applications Department, United States of America Naval Observatory).  Please note that the Jewish calendar is Lunar, so constructing the days of Passover during the time frame in question is extremely accurate.

  While many celebrate Good Friday as the day of Jesus's crusifixion, it's truly unknown the precise year or day.  

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sat, Apr 19 2014 9:06 AM

  19 April,

  Notables:

  • Tennis player Maria Sharapova is 26
  • WNBA player Candace Parker is 27
  • Composer Brian Kelly is 53
  • US FBI agent Eliot Ness (1903 - 1957)
  • Race car driver Al Unser Jr is 52.

  Actors/Actresses:

  • Kate Hudson is 34
  • James Franco is 35
  • Ashley Judd is 45
  • Tim Curry is 67
  • Jane Mansfield (1933 - 1967)
  • Dudley Moore (1935 - 2002)
  • Dick Sargent (1930 - 1994)

  Have a wonderful day everyone!

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sat, Apr 19 2014 10:59 AM

  I'll make a gallant effort to fill in for Ms. Lily today ...

  April 19th

  1721 - Roger Sherman ... the only US founding father to sign all four US documents (The United States Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Association, The Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution).  He was in the "Committee of Five" who drafted the Declaration of Independence).  Thomas Jefferson would introduce Mr. Sherman as "a man who never said a foolish thing in his life."

  1721 - Thomas McKean, founding father of the United States

  1821 - Mortimer Dormer Leggett

  1832 - Lucretia Randolph Garfield

  1868 - Max Von Shillings

  1883 - Getulio Vargas

  1891 - Ricardo Bacchelli

  On this date in history ...

  1775 - The American Revolution begins in Lexington Common with "the shot heard round the world".

   

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Apr 20 2014 7:33 AM

  April 20

                                     1851 ~ Young Tom Morris, Scotish golfer

                                     1961 ~ Marci Bozarth, LPGA

  1442 - Edward IV, King of England

  1808 - Louis~Napoleon III, Emperor of France

  1839 - Carol I, King of Romania

  1884 - Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh

  1889 - Adollf Hitler - Dictator and Fuhrer of Nazi Germany

  1893 - Harold Lloyd, Silent movie comic

  1896 - Senor Wences, ventriloquist ( Ed Sullivan Show fame )

  and...A new picture of friend & Sis, D~Kat, lookin' so fine! did you notice? Cool!

   

                                                  "he has risen"

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Apr 20 2014 7:33 AM

  April 20

                                     1851 ~ Young Tom Morris, Scotish golfer

                                     1961 ~ Marci Bozarth, LPGA

  1442 - Edward IV, King of England

  1808 - Louis~Napoleon III, Emperor of France

  1839 - Carol I, King of Romania

  1884 - Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh

  1889 - Adollf Hitler - Dictator and Fuhrer of Nazi Germany

  1893 - Harold Lloyd, Silent movie comic

  1896 - Senor Wences, ventriloquist ( Ed Sullivan Show fame )

  and...A new picture of friend & Sis, D~Kat, lookin' so fine! did you notice? Cool!

   

                                                  "he has risen"

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sun, Apr 20 2014 10:27 AM

  20 April,

  Tributes:

  1. R & B singer Luther Vandross (1951 - 2005) ... it's sad he's no longer with us.  What a great voice!  During his life, Luther sold over 25 million records and received 8 grammy awards.
  2. I normally don't pay tribute to actors, but being a trekkie, I've got to give it up to George Takei (played Sulu in the original Star Trek).  

  Actors/Actresses:

  • Shemar Moore is 44
  • Carmen Electra is 42
  • Jessica Lange is 65
  • Joey Lawrence is 38
  • Andy Serkis is 50
  • Crispin Glover is 50
  • Clint Howard is 55
  • Ryan O'Neal is 73
  • Bruce Cabot (1904 - 1972)

  Tribute videos:

  First off, Luther Vandross ... 

  and no Easter would be complete without an Easter dinner.  A bit of fair warning ... this isn't a dinner I would recommend.  If you're even the slightest bit squeamish, beware.  George Takei eats some odd things on the British show, "I'm a Celebrity".  Now this takes guts!  Literally ...

  Have a wonderful Easter everyone!