Morticia, Ann-Margaret and Me

Practical, reliable Taureans are great lovers of sensual pleasures, although you do tend to be rather stubborn, possessive and conservative. Firmly anchored in the material world, you have a fine grasp of what is needed in order to lead the good life. Of course, you are capable in emergencies, where you have an instinctive understanding of what to do, but under normal circumstances, no-one can force you into anything without due time for thought and consideration.

Who, me? Stubborn? Possessive? I guess so, 'cause today's my birthday. And, I'd have to agree with the following...

Taurus rules the throat, giving a powerful, often beautiful voice. The influence of Venus opens up a world of musical talent and appreciation, so Taureans are good singers and musicians, or at least, love music and can be a force on the business side of music.

Here are some others with whom I share my date of birth...April 28th
1758 - James Monroe, Westmoreland Va, (D-R) 5th pres (1817-25)

1878 - Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)1889 - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68)
1926 - Harper Lee, author (To Kill a Mockingbird)
1929 - Carolyn Jones, Amarillo Texas, actress (Morticia-Addams Family)

1937 - Saddam Hussein, [At-Takriti], former president of Iraq
1941 - Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy)

1946 - Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
1949 - Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)

1950 - Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show)
1952 - Mr. & Mrs. Dufus welcome first-born noname into the world. Earth momentarily slides off axis.

1960 - Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress

And here are some interesting events that happened this day...1789 - Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty & Capt William Bligh

1910 - 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)
1914 - W H Carrier patents air conditioner
1923 - Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
1940 - Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"

1966 - 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie & L Marvin win
1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montreal

1985 - Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time
1990 - Guns & Roses' Axl marries Erin Everly (annulled same year)

1994 - Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough

Huh! Lot going on on April 28th. Who knew!

The Polka Dot Door

A long time ago, when I was 22, my first child was born. That kid grew up on a little Canadian kid's show called Polka Dot Door, produced by the TV Ontario network. And Dad, more often than not, sat through those shows with his little one. Nine or so years later when a brother, and a year after that when a sister came along number one son was moving on to Knight Rider and The Dukes of Hazzard. But there was a nice overlap where his siblings picked up where he had left off with Polka Dot Door. And Dad was right there to welcome them. So you're looking at a Polka Dot Door veteran. The show began in 1971 and ran to 1993. I didn't watch the full run but I did get in my fair share. The formula was pretty simple. A young male and female host, which seemed to change every week, sang songs, told stories, made crafts and generally did their best stimulate little brains. The show opened as follows... Imagination Day! Oh boy! ...

Hello Goodbye

Today a bit of a reflective piece. Rather than being funny, this is about the funny. It's a day of mixed emotion at nonamedufus . You see, after several months of inactivity I've dropped a couple of former blogger buddies off my blog roll. I kept hanging on and hanging on hoping they'd return to active blogging but, alas, after waiting in one case five months I've decided to let them go. I'm going to miss - going to? I have been missing - Margo at the Screaming Me-Me . She was one funny lady. From time to time she and I would engage in a feud or two for several days at a time but it was all in fun both for us and, I think, for our readers. And we'd leave each other funny comments, poking fun at each other. I miss her friendship and our humorous exchanges. The other blogger I'm letting go is Chelle, The Offended Blogger . Chelle was a special lady. In addition to her own blog she created and managed Humor Bloggers Dot Com where humour bloggers like m...

The Dangling Conversation

There's a debate underway in my household between my wife and I. I say "underway" because it hasn't quite reached the "raging" stage. If you want raging, my wife (a Francophone) and I (an Anglophone) from time to time (usually in a weak moment of my own making) slip into our number one discussion around why we don't speak more French at home - ergo - when am I, a former public servant who learned French at the expense of our gracious taxpayers and was technically rated bilingual (even though I hardly used it), going to improve my use of Canada's other language? This one never gets resolved, hence it's ongoing nature. But the current debate is over a remark I casually made the other day. I'm no geek, but with a lot of time on my hands I surf the web, converse on Facebook and such and - I have to admit - "I'm nonamedufus and I'm a Twitterholic". In an epiphany-like moment I was struck by the apparent impact of social networkin...

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