Posted in Holidays, tagged born on this day, fun facts, history april 4, trvia on April 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Another Day, another celebration of a special someone’s birth.
On This Day in History:
1581 - Sir Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I
1814 - Napoleon abdicates for the first time
1818 - The United States Congress adopts the flag of the US with 13 red and white stripes and a [...]
Posted in Holidays, tagged famous birthdays April 2 on April 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
742 - Charlemagne
1725 - Giacomo Casanova
1743 - Thomas Jefferson
1805 - Hans Christian Andersen
1840 - Emile Zola
1875 - Walter Chrysler
1891 - Max Ernst
1908 - Buddy Ebsen
1914 - Sir Alec Guiness
1920 - Jack Webb
1927 - Kenneth Tynan
1928 - Serge Gainsbourg
1939 - Marvin Gaye
1941 - Dr. Demento
1947 - Emmylou Harris
1961 - Christopher Meloni
Posted in Holidays, Internets, tagged bea arthur, carrie fisher, chewbacca, jeeferson starship, mark hammill, star wars holiday extravaganza on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Jefferson Starship and Chewbacca’s family?
Bring it on.
Thank you for taking the time to edit the two hour Christmastime (excuse me, I mean ‘Life Day’ 
craptacular down to 5 minutes (and includes 3 musical numbers)!
“Why the long hairy face?” (Oooof).
Hamill may not have been an amazing thesp but Bea Arthur singing and jiving at the bar [...]
Posted in Holidays, tagged cesar, julius ceasar, March 15, on this day in history, st patricks day on March 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Didn’t we all grow up with a solid background in classical languages and literature? I think that’s a safe assumption. We all had to translate the Iliad and the Odyssey, we all read every major work of Shakespeare (and some of his piddling sonnets), we all played “Simona Dicit” every Wednesday and what do we [...]
Posted in Holidays, tagged folk practices, leap day, leap year, traditions on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s like the Olympics of holidays!
(That is, back when all the Olympics were held in a year and they actually occurred once every four years but, well, you get the gist).
In the English speaking world, on a leap day it was permitted for women to propose marriage to men.
Supposedly there was a 1288 law that required [...]
Posted in Holidays, tagged feb 28, this day in history on February 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
February 28. That date seems familiar but, I can’t think of why…
1784 - John Wesley charters the Methodist Church
1827 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad formed, becoming first commercial transportation
1854 - The Republican Party is organized
1861 - Colorado is organized as a territory
1883 - The first vaudeville theater is opened in Boston, Mass
1922 - The United [...]
Posted in Holidays, tagged cartoons, fun, History, Humor on February 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s a bit late (although Washington’s birthday is Feb 22) but, with Presidents Day still fresh in your mind, and our on-going series of “Man, I-Don’t-Know-My-Presidents Monday,” we thought we’d like to make sure you were aware of the tall tale, historically non-accurate cartoons of Brad Neely.
Unfortunately, like a lot of things here at the Tussle, there [...]
Posted in Holidays, tagged old dead christmas trees, what can you do with them? on February 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you put your Christmas tree out by the curb near the end of February, they will not pick it up.
Just thought I should clear that up.
(We’ve reached an impasse. - It’s now a mexican standoff between me and the garbage folks. I’m not taking my tree from the curb and they’re apparently not taking [...]
Posted in Holidays on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What do you do for Valentine’s Day?
My dad used to make me a valentine every year. And he would “hide” a box of chocolates, or some such, under my breakfast’s placemat. These days? Bupkiss.
Meatloaf would do anything for love (but he won’t do that!).
Some things Mr. Loaf would do:
Run into Hell and back
Never lie to you (and [...]
Posted in Holidays, Raleigh, tagged cooking, knives on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
New Year’s Day was quiet here in Raleigh. Late in the afternoon I decided to finish off the beef that we enjoyed on Christmas Day. Luckily I had my trusty Henkle VS (Very Sharp) knives that I had been wanting to try out. Trimming the silver skin and fatty tissue from the leg-o-beef was easy [...]
Posted in Holidays on January 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Did you know that today is National Trivia Day?
Posted in Holidays, Television, tagged BritComs on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Brief QI (you do know the British quiz show hosted by Stephen Fry, right?) segment that expounds on some of the supposed similarities of Mithras and Christianity.
Watch it because you’ve been wondering what in the hell happened to Rich Hall. (Note: There are no “Snigglets” in this clip. I didn’t want anyone to get their [...]
Posted in Holidays, tagged Holidays, Japanamania, traditions on December 19, 2007 | No Comments »
I cannot believe that someone so close to me worked for a Japanese company and failed to mention this holiday tradition. It’s Brillz, people!
Bonenkai is a “forget the year” gathering. The aim is quite simple and straightforward - to help you forget the unpleasantness of the the year.
What does this entail? Do you write your troubles down on strips [...]
Posted in Holidays, tagged good ideas, holiday parties on December 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My ingenious sister had her Christmas party last week. “Having a Christmas party, that is smart but, I wouldn’t call it ingenious,” you say. Well, having the party wasn’t the genius part of it. The genius lies within the fact that she set up little craft stations throughout her house for people to make their [...]
