tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74591001808986601622024-02-06T23:09:46.892-05:00Ryan's blogRyan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.comBlogger1146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-9052302464433279282023-10-03T10:14:00.003-04:002023-10-03T10:14:34.596-04:00October 3 - Technical Drumming<p>It's October 3rd and well, according to a website in the USA it's "National Techies Day".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0lWvVMd0j_F4sXjzmjVHn5kGnLQMBg9i_6e_eTwHFr7km65Hf8ZT0-v65TB4GBRPtpTvJ1y_hroyAwcDBlJlSL8M-fOdPj7y77vT_j4FE0Yhzr3X-y5diP_7BGd4UIWbDjGe3n69irWCR3vj74aDOxy4UY9Fvg_2Dz6necpI4f0QdZMSJ6k9cmalv-Ra/s1140/1908-YM-TechieDay-Blog-Card%5B1%5D.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1140" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0lWvVMd0j_F4sXjzmjVHn5kGnLQMBg9i_6e_eTwHFr7km65Hf8ZT0-v65TB4GBRPtpTvJ1y_hroyAwcDBlJlSL8M-fOdPj7y77vT_j4FE0Yhzr3X-y5diP_7BGd4UIWbDjGe3n69irWCR3vj74aDOxy4UY9Fvg_2Dz6necpI4f0QdZMSJ6k9cmalv-Ra/w640-h388/1908-YM-TechieDay-Blog-Card%5B1%5D.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>Now, a techie... is that someone who works specifically in tech? Or is just any tech enthusiast? I think I fall into the latter category.</p><p>It's also the birthday of one of the ... well I'll call techie drummer. Tommy Lee.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEc2YCb_HXhgSqWSMFUxm6IZiLi-iBmd4gAfRQmmjCNxgFNiYREawnTkSEHT4y89rqzeRzTwIbp9GT6eptcQQngR1N8OBfO2-lq1KtA75HNMD0GgPQ4ll9P_UDqB4c0ZjwAlDk-F-IlWiBPqUbT5VN0d68CpHSqO1N3O18neL9HqYiDahnF3aigLx8Bzj/s1920/TommyLee-Crue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEc2YCb_HXhgSqWSMFUxm6IZiLi-iBmd4gAfRQmmjCNxgFNiYREawnTkSEHT4y89rqzeRzTwIbp9GT6eptcQQngR1N8OBfO2-lq1KtA75HNMD0GgPQ4ll9P_UDqB4c0ZjwAlDk-F-IlWiBPqUbT5VN0d68CpHSqO1N3O18neL9HqYiDahnF3aigLx8Bzj/w640-h360/TommyLee-Crue.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Growing up as a Crue fan, just loved the driving beat of the band and if you'd seen them in concert, Tommy really did some 'funky stuff'. Putting himself in a cage and spinning it, or rotating the drums etc... that's some techie stuff right there.</p><p>This year, Tommy turns 61.</p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-59117837674692592662023-09-19T13:48:00.002-04:002023-09-19T13:48:41.330-04:00September 19 - They love the C<p> Oh that old joke... what's a pirate's favourite letter? </p><p>You'd think it'd be the 'R'... for that Robert Louis Stevenson'esque style of speech that we now associate with pirates 'arr!' (which, prior to that, didn't seem to exist)</p><p>BUT</p><p>Pirates... they really love the C</p><p>Get it?</p><p>#DadJoke</p><p>Well, it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SxS0C_2gKGPUaLSa_BpabVVsvwrKrKpGqKLEg8d9thyWpwzV0U6UFUHpBbS4IzxvhnusQ9qIS5rXHRLdhI_bIXAmSMX0CK8HxvgzK1NKY_V5JiwRiAdC-TOn3pk1cenSixKJsWfoMDs98v8un--PkCqOrpBjkXCjVLbTBbMUWkNxTsy-w2oiF4TZ24wc/s1600/talk-like-a-pirate%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="1600" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SxS0C_2gKGPUaLSa_BpabVVsvwrKrKpGqKLEg8d9thyWpwzV0U6UFUHpBbS4IzxvhnusQ9qIS5rXHRLdhI_bIXAmSMX0CK8HxvgzK1NKY_V5JiwRiAdC-TOn3pk1cenSixKJsWfoMDs98v8un--PkCqOrpBjkXCjVLbTBbMUWkNxTsy-w2oiF4TZ24wc/w640-h414/talk-like-a-pirate%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-31037210496562228902023-03-06T14:18:00.000-05:002023-03-06T14:18:00.920-05:00March 6 - periodic new York isn't New York<p>Before this date in 1834 the place we now call Toronto (or trawna... t-dot...) used to be called York, Upper Canada. But the municipality incorporated as the new name of Toronto.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKokxBOG53msCzWztKTj97bEuhDYjZkVbLCuHzwcw1aBewn9SBiOu1HjZVGHtLQkpayFwxkZuQrOKoDm9mnH1-feeEbQD02kCPGr_a3RzOVTNGulDhc0pvDcNzUMB5xvvUZf8yPnPfjPZlvGjmSUWQ3D2mueWJB44Ba5j77x9JklVWC_B1284VuIfzng/s3260/Mar%206%20-%201834%20York%20inc'd%20as%20Toronto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="3260" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKokxBOG53msCzWztKTj97bEuhDYjZkVbLCuHzwcw1aBewn9SBiOu1HjZVGHtLQkpayFwxkZuQrOKoDm9mnH1-feeEbQD02kCPGr_a3RzOVTNGulDhc0pvDcNzUMB5xvvUZf8yPnPfjPZlvGjmSUWQ3D2mueWJB44Ba5j77x9JklVWC_B1284VuIfzng/w640-h370/Mar%206%20-%201834%20York%20inc'd%20as%20Toronto.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbykIjWohyCuSrsKbI4VEvelQCMRHes5Iou5uAA6YQdhLcbZ28HDsqqgwxcuG-dYxkqi0doK--4GozkY0AMhKarot4JiP8QCjDX4SxDoifLsvv0-vVCjukcsQ_6dRKbgt294aovadQYr1e7GWG1_Ng93WikD8p5Yesja0atWSeIlYxSFqrScEadG31g/s1000/Mar%206%20-%201834%20York-Toronto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbykIjWohyCuSrsKbI4VEvelQCMRHes5Iou5uAA6YQdhLcbZ28HDsqqgwxcuG-dYxkqi0doK--4GozkY0AMhKarot4JiP8QCjDX4SxDoifLsvv0-vVCjukcsQ_6dRKbgt294aovadQYr1e7GWG1_Ng93WikD8p5Yesja0atWSeIlYxSFqrScEadG31g/w640-h640/Mar%206%20-%201834%20York-Toronto.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Neat.<p></p><p>In 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev presents to the Russian Chemical Society his new method of displaying the elements in a 'table' format.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OuCvVoWSX07qytIZujIMlfkz42WhWjapD6iAu7S59-Qijaz39zISZMi78UxwKSpUNPdMp13J8YB8aXQME3zLniK8v8tGG0r5ivtEKSxSOPycbdp0Sm4ImCWnCNgr9FdSgVi8Ddg5v5dVvOas27zOJ8hhj5psJ1ijulGfyDIRsmor49eHQSDqLgmhXQ/s1024/Mar%206%20-%201869%20Mendeleev%20Periodic%20Table%20of%20the%20Elements.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OuCvVoWSX07qytIZujIMlfkz42WhWjapD6iAu7S59-Qijaz39zISZMi78UxwKSpUNPdMp13J8YB8aXQME3zLniK8v8tGG0r5ivtEKSxSOPycbdp0Sm4ImCWnCNgr9FdSgVi8Ddg5v5dVvOas27zOJ8hhj5psJ1ijulGfyDIRsmor49eHQSDqLgmhXQ/s320/Mar%206%20-%201869%20Mendeleev%20Periodic%20Table%20of%20the%20Elements.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PNzBbb-fY-6G1zsZCplUOKdxjWrZg3y1oYUlHxuXjJo2jV7EJSNV1H44nr1sNl5zBJghSrrPmgIA8xQTgIYE97iuoqoiunWcHDGYYW2sm_meHOOMFbyJhtRBriSK__W9PZlX92Le8h4cfIkTQkIiXOpRxR0xKj7j5RitYTpsdqEcSTH9D6Okyit84A/s1024/Mar%206%20-%20Mendeleev's%20Table%20fo%20the%20Elements%20(1869).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PNzBbb-fY-6G1zsZCplUOKdxjWrZg3y1oYUlHxuXjJo2jV7EJSNV1H44nr1sNl5zBJghSrrPmgIA8xQTgIYE97iuoqoiunWcHDGYYW2sm_meHOOMFbyJhtRBriSK__W9PZlX92Le8h4cfIkTQkIiXOpRxR0xKj7j5RitYTpsdqEcSTH9D6Okyit84A/s320/Mar%206%20-%20Mendeleev's%20Table%20fo%20the%20Elements%20(1869).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-85121218596786966412022-08-22T09:43:00.001-04:002022-08-26T09:45:33.046-04:00August 22 - A Caddy for you<p> It was on this day in 1902 that one of the breakaways from the Henry Ford Company created the Cadillac Automobile Company.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOly-prVAAlLT6RFuh-QmC1QCKNTbXcFJvBfHp9KXcetKwrjQDd-dtlYX4J6He9h2oHcn-untXNqKzygaC0R1zlwFSuSwF6fAUOfOGOLVFr2wybXPtMMDyIre8pkNVsdq_SlePJ46DUX4Ot8VcdESc1Eo24S0hnrTZcja4yIoQnX6AQN0WuE_K2qEv4Q/s3264/Aug%2022%20-%20Cadillac%20formed%20in%201902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOly-prVAAlLT6RFuh-QmC1QCKNTbXcFJvBfHp9KXcetKwrjQDd-dtlYX4J6He9h2oHcn-untXNqKzygaC0R1zlwFSuSwF6fAUOfOGOLVFr2wybXPtMMDyIre8pkNVsdq_SlePJ46DUX4Ot8VcdESc1Eo24S0hnrTZcja4yIoQnX6AQN0WuE_K2qEv4Q/s320/Aug%2022%20-%20Cadillac%20formed%20in%201902.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-31304523019953905262022-07-26T20:27:00.000-04:002022-07-26T20:27:00.678-04:00July 26 - a day for a universal language that no one knows<p> Yup, in 1885 on this day, the book on Esperanto was published. This would(n't)-be language was hopeful to be a language the whole world spoke.</p><p>Never took off tho'.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xscf0CtptpZWIIZXYlzQp0ZxA3iH-DYJBR-V_iZQ-j-qu4L1xPMl37Uf_93oT5qo4y9YnJq7ivH6RNNlBvMagNeEdbUjhVtRIQMLfjwiTXHCTLvTOAchix6JOLBh0uioK4fkssoo3vCwf1CRJS0FsHLEmy1U4RBagdabsOOxVIF8IDux4uUWuZtwzQ/s2000/esperanto-day-concept-month-calendar-white-background-green-white-flag-with-star_274234-15291%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xscf0CtptpZWIIZXYlzQp0ZxA3iH-DYJBR-V_iZQ-j-qu4L1xPMl37Uf_93oT5qo4y9YnJq7ivH6RNNlBvMagNeEdbUjhVtRIQMLfjwiTXHCTLvTOAchix6JOLBh0uioK4fkssoo3vCwf1CRJS0FsHLEmy1U4RBagdabsOOxVIF8IDux4uUWuZtwzQ/s320/esperanto-day-concept-month-calendar-white-background-green-white-flag-with-star_274234-15291%5B1%5D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-74227940361318745992022-07-25T10:17:00.007-04:002022-07-26T10:21:45.722-04:00July 25 - Electric Judas<p> It was on this day that Bob Dylan, famed folk singer, got booed on stage at the Newport Folk Festival when he put down his acoustic guitar for his electric.</p><p>JUDAS they shouted.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGyhwaaDWRmM2YJrwRbYbwzvZ8mKjlOr4DZmIj3iC87INCF-YG5YXlmHrlU_LY3AFMnxVKsF_L6mrD5rwO7UjVefRBipJ1ddpx8NHlYbZyPQ2HSQ0d6MfgWw09zIl6jex_VXfXMM2zv8tl_iAQrU7JaWWtp5ADZRvXyuCWg2kuE4vPikelTwD4iw0gg/s3000/July%2025%20-%20Bob%20Dylan%20at%20Newport%20'65.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2406" data-original-width="3000" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGyhwaaDWRmM2YJrwRbYbwzvZ8mKjlOr4DZmIj3iC87INCF-YG5YXlmHrlU_LY3AFMnxVKsF_L6mrD5rwO7UjVefRBipJ1ddpx8NHlYbZyPQ2HSQ0d6MfgWw09zIl6jex_VXfXMM2zv8tl_iAQrU7JaWWtp5ADZRvXyuCWg2kuE4vPikelTwD4iw0gg/w640-h514/July%2025%20-%20Bob%20Dylan%20at%20Newport%20'65.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-16122422167463511632022-07-22T11:03:00.004-04:002022-07-22T11:03:58.213-04:00July 22 - Pie is good for the mousetrap<p> Apparently, the poem about the Pied Piper of Hamelin was said that the piper led out the rats on this day in 1376.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtJfMpzbp2AF2_KJ-SkjwueX6VmJgLaFvA1lT7BwYD2tyxRV7My0ZmTU2WWPtln79QoHTJ3_LWqU9lJ8urWnOwsztnyiUuGnUqrb5x5FAZLS5l30mLXHfsN-KQuJv8TsoIJmX5TfFeEnCU7L-3qZAkGTZIyn71h3FycfknQ-OGK7oGplNyixrx1pfDA/s1280/July%2022%20-%20Pied%20Pier%20of%20Hamelin%20in%201376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtJfMpzbp2AF2_KJ-SkjwueX6VmJgLaFvA1lT7BwYD2tyxRV7My0ZmTU2WWPtln79QoHTJ3_LWqU9lJ8urWnOwsztnyiUuGnUqrb5x5FAZLS5l30mLXHfsN-KQuJv8TsoIJmX5TfFeEnCU7L-3qZAkGTZIyn71h3FycfknQ-OGK7oGplNyixrx1pfDA/s320/July%2022%20-%20Pied%20Pier%20of%20Hamelin%20in%201376.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />So it's Ratcatcher's Day (the Brothers Grimm said it should have been June 26, 1284, who do you believe?)<p></p><p>To catch a rat you need good bait, and what better than pie? Well, for a mathematician, the best pie is pi.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFafp3WNPfI7JZMkXxGKtDenb6GiklQW413YGZgv2aYajdhr_NTqi0ckjmaLd8AcSgtCPY8CFioH9wjkzlfPgR7-79ZzAfsVHxpu0il5Ov9TarJDiqKK6J40Xsfk_WnzObJxh8dHucy46Kl_UlAPgyNmrBiwGNSEUaLc4fpvyyDGWpmqsDlR2a4Tdklw/s1200/Pi-Approximation-Day-1019x573%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFafp3WNPfI7JZMkXxGKtDenb6GiklQW413YGZgv2aYajdhr_NTqi0ckjmaLd8AcSgtCPY8CFioH9wjkzlfPgR7-79ZzAfsVHxpu0il5Ov9TarJDiqKK6J40Xsfk_WnzObJxh8dHucy46Kl_UlAPgyNmrBiwGNSEUaLc4fpvyyDGWpmqsDlR2a4Tdklw/s320/Pi-Approximation-Day-1019x573%5B1%5D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Today is pi approximation day. July 22... 22 / 7 ... and if you divide 22 by 7, you can get an approximation of pi.<p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-20126260945128786112022-07-18T08:56:00.000-04:002022-07-18T08:56:05.798-04:00July 18 - Gonzo covers Mandela<p> On this day in 1937, a man was born who would become known as the 'gonzo journalist' is born.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjooA9VJ9yCPc71-jyYQ19vwQGieaJkaggcZ0ZMO-BaWXv1lh_e0W2eVUCoHGHaeHRlTMuGFzD2CHp8ZtmXM0dlUP07nF4-vGZ7efUFPME5HRgUcBluSveWO3i7h8DjDfxeAg0x3nOzJ4bbFoc26lIA_WSyui794OeFv4akGR498DaJngcZj8hbhXEb4Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="3139" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjooA9VJ9yCPc71-jyYQ19vwQGieaJkaggcZ0ZMO-BaWXv1lh_e0W2eVUCoHGHaeHRlTMuGFzD2CHp8ZtmXM0dlUP07nF4-vGZ7efUFPME5HRgUcBluSveWO3i7h8DjDfxeAg0x3nOzJ4bbFoc26lIA_WSyui794OeFv4akGR498DaJngcZj8hbhXEb4Q" width="320" /></a></div><br />You may know Hunter S Thompson because of the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas movie... did you know that he was a real person?<p></p><p>Then in 2009, the UN decided to honour Nelson Mandela with his own day... today.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh00MJTFPqnIUaV_Jv_yxqPZVezSpJyu3Cdq9EH4560LV-vpvbtO3SNrTjjinHDgqzL4iNCCl3MXDsjq7dzgvF-NQRcVePIHnTrCZcdcqw5NPApKyNAaJvpjFW0PdHpx96sZTmqDjlv4XU0P4IYY9E8Ts2XRace0AKyydejnHjRMHZ-F3uhGKgwPwj4HQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh00MJTFPqnIUaV_Jv_yxqPZVezSpJyu3Cdq9EH4560LV-vpvbtO3SNrTjjinHDgqzL4iNCCl3MXDsjq7dzgvF-NQRcVePIHnTrCZcdcqw5NPApKyNAaJvpjFW0PdHpx96sZTmqDjlv4XU0P4IYY9E8Ts2XRace0AKyydejnHjRMHZ-F3uhGKgwPwj4HQ" width="320" /></a></div><br />Which is also Nelson's birthday.<p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-64676975647704872232022-07-15T09:55:00.002-04:002022-07-15T09:55:33.394-04:00July 15 - subatomic language skills<p> Today is World Youth Skills Day</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSipbolj_qfKBjNgQ7Qd6YAepqC-YD_hhGWd3qC55fhFl4GSS5rSE8FnxJHHH5rJHEAuxS3FYy_0NPFNnH0km2WVEtTIcUBzcdcQldploahdhaEtEji8WPV26gLGwiIAjhd0u_dcmgLJGBBgGQahRZChTmOCtnJDqSzHbrw9jP_PGljuuIKqkjWyQJew" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1500" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSipbolj_qfKBjNgQ7Qd6YAepqC-YD_hhGWd3qC55fhFl4GSS5rSE8FnxJHHH5rJHEAuxS3FYy_0NPFNnH0km2WVEtTIcUBzcdcQldploahdhaEtEji8WPV26gLGwiIAjhd0u_dcmgLJGBBgGQahRZChTmOCtnJDqSzHbrw9jP_PGljuuIKqkjWyQJew" width="320" /></a></div><br />Speaking of skills, learning a language is one of those, and when it comes to learning languages, they say that the Rosetta Stone was the first real link for several of them, and it was found on this day in 1799.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjczgS8M-EYiFA_RiHsKPSC9_gNOJFBpWkLL0bMa8-9mpvAQf8ZbF6mrRJhnAQpHmxpTax2UpG497v_oapPXTNTJ6GG5t6A4cCrtDVq55ioXPeC1X313ZqtE0i2RJ05141AmnHLYYFfiiiBLi27xunkr-4ntdyYoJB4KJb2HUbEwAV4hBbKkATNDpgxMw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="2100" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjczgS8M-EYiFA_RiHsKPSC9_gNOJFBpWkLL0bMa8-9mpvAQf8ZbF6mrRJhnAQpHmxpTax2UpG497v_oapPXTNTJ6GG5t6A4cCrtDVq55ioXPeC1X313ZqtE0i2RJ05141AmnHLYYFfiiiBLi27xunkr-4ntdyYoJB4KJb2HUbEwAV4hBbKkATNDpgxMw" width="320" /></a></div><br />And a man with some skills, enough to earn him a Nobel Prize was Leon Lederman, who developed experiments to prove the existence of neutrinos.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8h-Cg0ZTLo2U6TIVdYumceieplM1JVj6pvln5R4iQIAF-K8ibsYWvJMm6KLU_yQvkF_9aPTJuiVOtoe7RaUz4nINwiwu3XoRPRXRfxU55KRyAZS2ThjjXXX4Co_FqHIZL8pPONkcghIjRAv5kMMKTlHnSEQe_rl4BEOWjAgxapwEtJw0eaTcaSKdWsQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1024" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8h-Cg0ZTLo2U6TIVdYumceieplM1JVj6pvln5R4iQIAF-K8ibsYWvJMm6KLU_yQvkF_9aPTJuiVOtoe7RaUz4nINwiwu3XoRPRXRfxU55KRyAZS2ThjjXXX4Co_FqHIZL8pPONkcghIjRAv5kMMKTlHnSEQe_rl4BEOWjAgxapwEtJw0eaTcaSKdWsQ" width="320" /></a></div><br />He was born in 1922.<p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-56731217347973701632022-07-11T08:21:00.000-04:002022-07-11T08:21:03.447-04:00July 11 - Brucie's Bday<p> It was on this day of 1274 that "Robert the Bruce" was born.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyh39J6xXirTzS8bhtyPpuhGGk6Hat21vHBUqR5UbJPzvFer2tHH9NyxJXA-Eg8BPWaw5yFv_588qPIyK21rsb10E9iU4F8jdVroQh4szePMGm6lAG7pkxFQ9rbfmI66SAL0cLr4_Kpkt0EHkm_JEkMWW6eaNaXgJHLzC55pMiiIjJWUgrk0bSk936oQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="2121" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyh39J6xXirTzS8bhtyPpuhGGk6Hat21vHBUqR5UbJPzvFer2tHH9NyxJXA-Eg8BPWaw5yFv_588qPIyK21rsb10E9iU4F8jdVroQh4szePMGm6lAG7pkxFQ9rbfmI66SAL0cLr4_Kpkt0EHkm_JEkMWW6eaNaXgJHLzC55pMiiIjJWUgrk0bSk936oQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br />Robert who aided in the revolt of Scotland against the English and won the Battle of Bannockburn. He was King in 1306 until his death in 1329.<p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-52208221412425932982022-06-27T09:55:00.004-04:002022-06-27T09:55:52.069-04:00June 27 - Celebrate Diversity<p> Diversity almost always enriches and enhances any groupings. In Canada we've always celebrated the fact that we aren't the "melting pot" that is our southern friends, rather the 'tossed salad'.</p><p>We celebrate people's backgrounds and we even have a day dedicated to it: Canadian Multiculturalism Day, which is today!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D3Vv3CWAhqVxDLWxvhCKCNSoXPBLyKODQjsDE2syAtu6Xgm5HhbQ9AQwmEB6HMNSXct3gI9YiDI9XiY2CAK3F-yfQUEebWawjJZZHUz3q0HbSTOsNRca5YDckUHdevZi-bbvwSoRVLkyTMkBOT1qn9IidIJN_sIz8XQ6K03J9jVaSEOxwNBdcFbAew/s1925/June%2027%20-%20Canadian%20Multiculturialism%20Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1925" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D3Vv3CWAhqVxDLWxvhCKCNSoXPBLyKODQjsDE2syAtu6Xgm5HhbQ9AQwmEB6HMNSXct3gI9YiDI9XiY2CAK3F-yfQUEebWawjJZZHUz3q0HbSTOsNRca5YDckUHdevZi-bbvwSoRVLkyTMkBOT1qn9IidIJN_sIz8XQ6K03J9jVaSEOxwNBdcFbAew/w640-h354/June%2027%20-%20Canadian%20Multiculturialism%20Day.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-79926012178751277722022-06-22T08:54:00.002-04:002022-06-22T08:54:51.006-04:00June 22 - science and heresy sorta mix<p> Draw me a map of our solar system... I don't care if you get the order of the planets right (I think it goes Venus, Mars then Earth... after that I'm lost).</p><p>But most importantly, you put the sun in the middle, right?</p><p>Well, the early Christians believed to think that was heresy. Obviously, we're the most important thing, so we're in the centre. But many scientists/astronomers tried to prove differently... like, look... math!</p><p>Galileo was one of these that believed in the heliocentric theory, and it was on this day in 1633 that with heavy threats by the Catholic church at the time he was forced to recant his beliefs in that theory... a scientist had to lie to save his own life. Sad.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYFEuTXlU_Ek_ubZpFH12kWUNMkkD0U8xN9VmlGW0FOby-7koVD4F7qF5UxIKI1Wpf0avDyyf_Rai_QMtSFo8ylQEm7CeBI5bzcbBVOyJ_vEYnkv3S9QvHRl6xVq1JTMFt0Rj794Q2dLgtbm26KubdFNGPQCL4BVEOn60LLFSD0v0sn4VHSrz33h4gw/s1200/June%2022%20-%20Glileo%20forced%20to%20recant%20in%201633.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1200" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYFEuTXlU_Ek_ubZpFH12kWUNMkkD0U8xN9VmlGW0FOby-7koVD4F7qF5UxIKI1Wpf0avDyyf_Rai_QMtSFo8ylQEm7CeBI5bzcbBVOyJ_vEYnkv3S9QvHRl6xVq1JTMFt0Rj794Q2dLgtbm26KubdFNGPQCL4BVEOn60LLFSD0v0sn4VHSrz33h4gw/w640-h406/June%2022%20-%20Glileo%20forced%20to%20recant%20in%201633.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>I'd love to say we've come a far way from that 4 centuries later, right? Like, everybody listens to the scientists, openly... right?</p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-84108626493581001322022-06-20T11:11:00.003-04:002022-06-20T11:11:52.839-04:00June 20 - Called to try to escape a shark<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRHzCD3bN8Wn9bZKzmLUN2r8_KHu1zzGrXO3WiyrwPU12p85E0PiUi9qn_1LXeskbYzvE-8ZihBtx2O5j3RgN7V7C5dIxaC7nwu2r4aJ0m-EoBU6Y9BGhydDxMuyIq8NLkC7TkOeMCMxaJiWH135j8JIPM10OpcuJOOYLJo6VXj4AKpNa7JGqlY-W8g/s1086/June%2020%20-%201877%20first%20telephone%20installed.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1086" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRHzCD3bN8Wn9bZKzmLUN2r8_KHu1zzGrXO3WiyrwPU12p85E0PiUi9qn_1LXeskbYzvE-8ZihBtx2O5j3RgN7V7C5dIxaC7nwu2r4aJ0m-EoBU6Y9BGhydDxMuyIq8NLkC7TkOeMCMxaJiWH135j8JIPM10OpcuJOOYLJo6VXj4AKpNa7JGqlY-W8g/w640-h406/June%2020%20-%201877%20first%20telephone%20installed.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /> On this day in 1877, Alexander Graham Bell had the first commercial telephone service installed, in Hamilton of all places too.<p></p><p>Also on this day in 1951 there was a Convention on the Status of Refugees. 50 years later the UN would officially declare that June 20th is World Refugee Day.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNx4imI5as-BjYid8g1Vt-1A4dJbkvDowqQengeo0xUIUcugAU9E6cHAyaC_JSb5ofyG41Z-oZP67frF4b3qD6V31BXEHuTFgxR7gAF1mlGJVr6cY9Pmculu7MA8yci4esllEYxTQc-nq8oGtc4abW5rv8hTd1kBPh25A0law-RfD-yM2ke2gmxGovA/s1280/June%2020%20-%20World%20Refugee%20Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNx4imI5as-BjYid8g1Vt-1A4dJbkvDowqQengeo0xUIUcugAU9E6cHAyaC_JSb5ofyG41Z-oZP67frF4b3qD6V31BXEHuTFgxR7gAF1mlGJVr6cY9Pmculu7MA8yci4esllEYxTQc-nq8oGtc4abW5rv8hTd1kBPh25A0law-RfD-yM2ke2gmxGovA/w640-h360/June%2020%20-%20World%20Refugee%20Day.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />All the more poignant this year as we see what's going on overseas.<p></p><p>It was also on this day that the 1974 book by Peter Benchley made its way onto the film and spawned a huge franchise ...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JtEDsmvh8h-NZGxL2XygzVW_q9zvsDlvKLG0-ZAK2XezSPXG8wyQ-cncbwl80BtRC3uG8B9PiJm4Aly9vuORkV8nswEFWlcXbexKRWIO31aupsX5p9o04rPsIMSfek9sM9t6ygKIfx8gFqK-bebZSfnuEpVRAe1pfSp-OGhiUieBP6WiWCiCkSuIMA/s1392/June%2020%20-%20jaws%20came%20out%201975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1392" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JtEDsmvh8h-NZGxL2XygzVW_q9zvsDlvKLG0-ZAK2XezSPXG8wyQ-cncbwl80BtRC3uG8B9PiJm4Aly9vuORkV8nswEFWlcXbexKRWIO31aupsX5p9o04rPsIMSfek9sM9t6ygKIfx8gFqK-bebZSfnuEpVRAe1pfSp-OGhiUieBP6WiWCiCkSuIMA/w640-h320/June%2020%20-%20jaws%20came%20out%201975.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />...and probably fueled some more fears of sharks.<p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-4148912061505465302022-06-06T10:54:00.002-04:002022-06-06T10:54:58.298-04:00June 6 - Overlord was the 6th Village Person<p> June 6 ... 1944 was a big day for the allied troops as they launched en masse to the beaches of France to push back the Nazis.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWB3BbyizI0goSWmiZ6EitzWXphQxr__lJPP9f8PZwQZBZ5rnEUfKj16uf2cpkG-aL8mz34nPJZy6x5G6-ZkPwmUU0VncLcMTYhOZeY-3x66jpJz6khFPYfDOafrtrQ0d9zh3LYbsbTsKkg-of317tWvkHZ5fuqckKvHPy87fRC6xtPRW9yucmhndFg/s1200/June%206%20-%20DDay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1200" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWB3BbyizI0goSWmiZ6EitzWXphQxr__lJPP9f8PZwQZBZ5rnEUfKj16uf2cpkG-aL8mz34nPJZy6x5G6-ZkPwmUU0VncLcMTYhOZeY-3x66jpJz6khFPYfDOafrtrQ0d9zh3LYbsbTsKkg-of317tWvkHZ5fuqckKvHPy87fRC6xtPRW9yucmhndFg/w640-h508/June%206%20-%20DDay.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Also known as D-Day. It's unimaginable to think about what the soldiers at the time went through, the movies you've seen probably don't do it really any justice.<p></p><p>100 years before that a group was founded in London for the Young Mens Christians Association, a place for establishing healthy bodies, minds and spirits.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8raWmGhHOYWjF_IzFQ_yBQ0BLpTXbsJJMzV5IyfFyCGvBTCaR0MhJXCSPNwHR4oHtGzn2hL_JQccN3bvGW42LbAufGcePUGRe_48JB5uybX7XJmkS57aLiAxczw2hTBbqyyQO7nnHt-VEOQvErcIbOmC7FPmsxIAa_r1axXo4CqjSnOXjqzbN3Tluw/s1200/June%206%20-%20YMCA%20founded%201844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1200" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8raWmGhHOYWjF_IzFQ_yBQ0BLpTXbsJJMzV5IyfFyCGvBTCaR0MhJXCSPNwHR4oHtGzn2hL_JQccN3bvGW42LbAufGcePUGRe_48JB5uybX7XJmkS57aLiAxczw2hTBbqyyQO7nnHt-VEOQvErcIbOmC7FPmsxIAa_r1axXo4CqjSnOXjqzbN3Tluw/w640-h398/June%206%20-%20YMCA%20founded%201844.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Apparently, back then that included skills like drapery and embroidery as well as calisthetics.<p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-16782012382907932592022-06-02T08:00:00.013-04:002022-06-02T08:00:00.226-04:00June 2 - oh the year was 1774<p> Not 1778 like the Stan Rogers tune goes... but on this date in 1774 the British Parliament passed the expansion of the Quartering Act; whereby British soldiers in North America could take unoccupied homes or barns for their barracks.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFBxg6puhiXvhghWwCJ_02OQHv0SMCAB3dVnM6xz-qotHRth7mQaRtJ47EoE3Xax0fozkw-b9UCvd0ibayJ4neIkZcjqeRtwm-w0vq3RzjZubmPpjicExpMNg0cOgPNFRKGPi9mMoN_6yX9ngWI5kAsg55QZ5DIWi67lK-Wc3QRUumEhErFbYFCWayJA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFBxg6puhiXvhghWwCJ_02OQHv0SMCAB3dVnM6xz-qotHRth7mQaRtJ47EoE3Xax0fozkw-b9UCvd0ibayJ4neIkZcjqeRtwm-w0vq3RzjZubmPpjicExpMNg0cOgPNFRKGPi9mMoN_6yX9ngWI5kAsg55QZ5DIWi67lK-Wc3QRUumEhErFbYFCWayJA=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br />Obviously, not a well liked piece as originally it was just 'you need to give us barracks' to a "well, if there are none we like we'll just take what we do".<p></p><p>But, back to ol' Stan. I say old as he always sounded so old, with that deep baritone voice. Yet, even as he tragically died in a plane he was only 33 on this day in 1983.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsZgyJAVgV_tTdrK5aC_GAdLLZgSxD82L2anUpDGr9VdGxLi1P1DYDGiIk0yD5lR4HhmCgQwK7zwOa0OCPLtpkMB7g2L7PyfTzR69-k_d99hHk3KaHrom17JpV3udEqmwggoDFQ9JDPHF0fRCDELUCzUKSFrwiNhDi7S5OVpsSiF5URKLlIJY7vluDyg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsZgyJAVgV_tTdrK5aC_GAdLLZgSxD82L2anUpDGr9VdGxLi1P1DYDGiIk0yD5lR4HhmCgQwK7zwOa0OCPLtpkMB7g2L7PyfTzR69-k_d99hHk3KaHrom17JpV3udEqmwggoDFQ9JDPHF0fRCDELUCzUKSFrwiNhDi7S5OVpsSiF5URKLlIJY7vluDyg=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN9DtJv0j7e7yDCIYeJ3NFBWQHYXEyYL5hIKrzSLGc6gWVm6TprTpq1NEQ2YEd3aLgf7RbTEBADId3U30xuxT1s3651XrkZ5KkovoAaFY6SqZaicE5b0j5rNpOyqRG-Lq6tmX-qRXt3jofiXYLsPKRZefdcbvD5jAFlThZhC_3objUp36zUdRoEu35xA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1200" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN9DtJv0j7e7yDCIYeJ3NFBWQHYXEyYL5hIKrzSLGc6gWVm6TprTpq1NEQ2YEd3aLgf7RbTEBADId3U30xuxT1s3651XrkZ5KkovoAaFY6SqZaicE5b0j5rNpOyqRG-Lq6tmX-qRXt3jofiXYLsPKRZefdcbvD5jAFlThZhC_3objUp36zUdRoEu35xA=w640-h396" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br />I have belted out a many of his ballads myself and just revel in his fingerpicking (Witch of the Westmoreland... love it).<p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-41117186852246589942022-06-01T08:00:00.018-04:002022-06-01T08:00:00.222-04:00June 1 - golden milk for a god<p> So like a million years ago, someone decided that the milk our mothers gave us was probably just as good as the milk that other animals give their kids and we determined that cows have the best milk.</p><p>Which, I don't disagree with. It's tasty. And it's what we celebrate on World Milk Day.</p><p>Another required beverage, especially for one with Alba heritage is uisce bheatha... or aqua vita... water of life.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCM-5Dkac1J8YkuQa5Uzc25MgVSmeMhIT15yXlOa64ewkq-o2YyQxVC8HRakyVjFxiwLFHbQdYGwCU7ZE9UBOl2VTiLqW0_Vqa8nAH6orrqzmHjbAyKuBRimzJhk6dwiZp3tSCGnyReV5YeB83c_a-XCpY1kBFJgJH5v9MJkstF1OMXyELxwk3b-FsNA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1182" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCM-5Dkac1J8YkuQa5Uzc25MgVSmeMhIT15yXlOa64ewkq-o2YyQxVC8HRakyVjFxiwLFHbQdYGwCU7ZE9UBOl2VTiLqW0_Vqa8nAH6orrqzmHjbAyKuBRimzJhk6dwiZp3tSCGnyReV5YeB83c_a-XCpY1kBFJgJH5v9MJkstF1OMXyELxwk3b-FsNA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br />Or, you might know it as whiskey. The first ever recounting of someone making it was of this monk, John Cor, that on this day in 1495 he's actually on the King's exchequer list.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQHfBOCeWA3pFVfnj2c0deQiGUSgM5yWeKbnSz84H7042SOuOpI4oF2wMqZWY_Bo8wwuqE-hlKmTRTHwUe_lfrkVMn5RrpFeg1NYfc2qPBy0GL10IHRij6B1SFVlZ6TA8eZ2dNEx76zzwNN5-pGE1LKDC0YeWWhWj41JX0W9Jt3QTgCfGXWuVQx9YbLg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQHfBOCeWA3pFVfnj2c0deQiGUSgM5yWeKbnSz84H7042SOuOpI4oF2wMqZWY_Bo8wwuqE-hlKmTRTHwUe_lfrkVMn5RrpFeg1NYfc2qPBy0GL10IHRij6B1SFVlZ6TA8eZ2dNEx76zzwNN5-pGE1LKDC0YeWWhWj41JX0W9Jt3QTgCfGXWuVQx9YbLg=w640-h468" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8DJCnP1J-Ws3G4VyphQhx3RYYGXyCMAavcizpakC70lIjCGWcAfiL7KgtZwIXmmTKmLiAOyBjHmDl-ZresLey_f3br8PtO5MB8m74GjiM9c8ZcWqjAsQmKMezwJb1yAmUkIqfhfrAaF8kvYjz8qCB6AnIoujSlk3KtDhevmtVEC4SD5j8aznq1ci69A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="780" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8DJCnP1J-Ws3G4VyphQhx3RYYGXyCMAavcizpakC70lIjCGWcAfiL7KgtZwIXmmTKmLiAOyBjHmDl-ZresLey_f3br8PtO5MB8m74GjiM9c8ZcWqjAsQmKMezwJb1yAmUkIqfhfrAaF8kvYjz8qCB6AnIoujSlk3KtDhevmtVEC4SD5j8aznq1ci69A=w640-h492" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>"To Brother John Cor, by order of the King, to make aqua vitae VIII bolls of malt."</i><p></p><p>We should be celebrating this man, not that he invented, but the first that we know of that was getting paid for it. Similar to how there's songs for Charlie Mopps, why nothing for John Cor?</p><p>Well, those are elixirs worthy of a god. And one god I appreciated seeing on the big screen was when Alanis Morissette played God in Dogma. It was a quirky take on the whole catholic scene (the whole movie was).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7XfdmSYbeFf7-QJzKC7UBKoF3AVT9mj1JYABFIZelF-cRfF5vAbk-pb1ZlAJmJd4Zd1a6OFYMnVYoEReO5qwpuYlLvN-nD4pA5r-FnHVraLzzYNT6GizLnpblNDazOKDbJmEf_fKQgldR2eBaunAElONx4QdADvQPITsKF9R0q9kWX3aIYP3x4ADPrQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2578" data-original-width="5616" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7XfdmSYbeFf7-QJzKC7UBKoF3AVT9mj1JYABFIZelF-cRfF5vAbk-pb1ZlAJmJd4Zd1a6OFYMnVYoEReO5qwpuYlLvN-nD4pA5r-FnHVraLzzYNT6GizLnpblNDazOKDbJmEf_fKQgldR2eBaunAElONx4QdADvQPITsKF9R0q9kWX3aIYP3x4ADPrQ=w640-h294" width="640" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7XfdmSYbeFf7-QJzKC7UBKoF3AVT9mj1JYABFIZelF-cRfF5vAbk-pb1ZlAJmJd4Zd1a6OFYMnVYoEReO5qwpuYlLvN-nD4pA5r-FnHVraLzzYNT6GizLnpblNDazOKDbJmEf_fKQgldR2eBaunAElONx4QdADvQPITsKF9R0q9kWX3aIYP3x4ADPrQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb_9MkNg8XdsH3VkfzeN9Fqbt63bzWHIEgrVso8OCV7KelKsamUtR1GXL6ra-3QzJdDBqAuc88_SB5UnVN6QwHUQcE2Pw42nu5zWc0u4PPJBo5Go_mYdAarv9BB_cAniwOlkf86GD5EJH73JZw5bjQsZV5fmpfhIhoIGZrf8jTCzOxLkz69Wdol06L7A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1200" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb_9MkNg8XdsH3VkfzeN9Fqbt63bzWHIEgrVso8OCV7KelKsamUtR1GXL6ra-3QzJdDBqAuc88_SB5UnVN6QwHUQcE2Pw42nu5zWc0u4PPJBo5Go_mYdAarv9BB_cAniwOlkf86GD5EJH73JZw5bjQsZV5fmpfhIhoIGZrf8jTCzOxLkz69Wdol06L7A=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUx1gdfR9v2wtFHVEfOFXzSBkjp2Q5j4xRlVsIIk268h3ADRvG9U2hh0RBjHHdrdrEFrb4X_RLlxjGr9wLPDhQGprlBFeXaaj5TNjck63CT51JKAx-UNzsfYsGAPUzgncVspgFl-uNAOnumpLlgZWtNzsct3Krr84Ykr532tBP6JEw9yZ9niEfxNGsHg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUx1gdfR9v2wtFHVEfOFXzSBkjp2Q5j4xRlVsIIk268h3ADRvG9U2hh0RBjHHdrdrEFrb4X_RLlxjGr9wLPDhQGprlBFeXaaj5TNjck63CT51JKAx-UNzsfYsGAPUzgncVspgFl-uNAOnumpLlgZWtNzsct3Krr84Ykr532tBP6JEw9yZ9niEfxNGsHg=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></div><br />Well, Alanis, with one hand in her pocket, is turning 48 years old today.<p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-15555077058731600782022-05-31T09:46:00.007-04:002022-05-31T09:46:48.826-04:00May 31 - get that smoking big ship off of my lawn<p> So it was on this day in 1911 that the ill-fated RMS Titanic left its home port of Belfast for the first time, almost a full year before it's first voyage.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSAtfJQ0aMEouupUM4bJlz8XLPUSAnbzBF74jrkqZBim9HSawdRSq6CNau_wcNWBAvf4PMJN6vAYIZsN3Pf9iqmibPtpHzR9ADCYoh0TH1cfSmTvJcgAtw916msjFzQzZhfRRjh81Q-7B4Rn4u20bzrEWBgXLd_82gIoTgEkz9wM4VXuau4sKu-k-lOA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="941" data-original-width="1280" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSAtfJQ0aMEouupUM4bJlz8XLPUSAnbzBF74jrkqZBim9HSawdRSq6CNau_wcNWBAvf4PMJN6vAYIZsN3Pf9iqmibPtpHzR9ADCYoh0TH1cfSmTvJcgAtw916msjFzQzZhfRRjh81Q-7B4Rn4u20bzrEWBgXLd_82gIoTgEkz9wM4VXuau4sKu-k-lOA=w640-h470" width="640" /></a></div><br />It was a big ship.<p></p><p>And a big actor is Clint Eastwood, it's his birthday today. He's 92 today.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhm-xALDU6lXCpagIWHMVflY1UKYYjhgxnx3ApCt36OkEkKTT0ix17CFZI2Fa0L6uhHra2Lktcs7H78ovKQaQ2SUe5Z8uWS3bGz7rq5cP1Fw_wVHc9QWvEvM_-YKufY2exE1iq17AeT5PaMygFpOVFh7C90bMqwx_kS0T0LtsHG-ReImFRRLXJlXS66CQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhm-xALDU6lXCpagIWHMVflY1UKYYjhgxnx3ApCt36OkEkKTT0ix17CFZI2Fa0L6uhHra2Lktcs7H78ovKQaQ2SUe5Z8uWS3bGz7rq5cP1Fw_wVHc9QWvEvM_-YKufY2exE1iq17AeT5PaMygFpOVFh7C90bMqwx_kS0T0LtsHG-ReImFRRLXJlXS66CQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br />92!<p></p><p>Now, in his early days he was the 'gunslinger' and was a rough and tough cowboy who always had a smoke.</p><p>Today, smoking isn't as 'cool' and we even have "World No Tobacco Day" as a day to recognize the harm it can do.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Which is funny because a) we get that day off in honour of Queen Victoria, her birthday was today in 1819, so we get the closest Monday to that day off as a long weekend.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfWsJiXxbXTZlJiWWCC6J5K6Q-7E0597jzbA77cmcOyATTmvm_4oshXhsh5wGT8bFqDwqDWddI5GfJEyd-qagF7ec187fAG3b2j7btkcWCKKrO7yv528EJqNCiotC3bhAFt2F6aUqpcuY-Nh93hWcn4B34-N5LJcvNx8MTCHyddYrnpHyhqIB_6hcbLw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfWsJiXxbXTZlJiWWCC6J5K6Q-7E0597jzbA77cmcOyATTmvm_4oshXhsh5wGT8bFqDwqDWddI5GfJEyd-qagF7ec187fAG3b2j7btkcWCKKrO7yv528EJqNCiotC3bhAFt2F6aUqpcuY-Nh93hWcn4B34-N5LJcvNx8MTCHyddYrnpHyhqIB_6hcbLw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br />And today is also Brother's Day<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbSPI709-IbkaL4hviMGpVjXnaG-2sPdirSJaFyMAW4D1ADCRaAOjbViRlYhpzkmfuRJAk2AUG649yD2iIGWgHTK4ADasrc-4CcJItkxbEVVna8xv9votWLNVy45zYyDCzUUZKhLswMwQ0cpDIA0vdyy2_7t0B438gT-MN_TPCLfZwPxPa40sEFQG4hg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1200" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbSPI709-IbkaL4hviMGpVjXnaG-2sPdirSJaFyMAW4D1ADCRaAOjbViRlYhpzkmfuRJAk2AUG649yD2iIGWgHTK4ADasrc-4CcJItkxbEVVna8xv9votWLNVy45zYyDCzUUZKhLswMwQ0cpDIA0vdyy2_7t0B438gT-MN_TPCLfZwPxPa40sEFQG4hg=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-43084327878656246292022-05-20T09:58:00.003-04:002022-05-20T09:58:53.510-04:00May 20 - Bee Savage<p> It was on this day in 2011 that the wrestling world mourned the loss of "Macho Man" Randy Savage.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiX79n2LhgyvvzXLp4v63Qd8Npg5yzHOdBM_AVA1NnZpNsbITP2fAWewBIpvIVACaN0AIdvHmkLOAqIy18XCidj79Vvg2w9dtupK_43cFpEh7-Rl8hRX_yfNffZiXxATQwJt0xSIph5PK8rcQXtc4Azh8g5OC4-49M2VbNBK8z3sCbRiGsqkVLR7y_ssA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1296" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiX79n2LhgyvvzXLp4v63Qd8Npg5yzHOdBM_AVA1NnZpNsbITP2fAWewBIpvIVACaN0AIdvHmkLOAqIy18XCidj79Vvg2w9dtupK_43cFpEh7-Rl8hRX_yfNffZiXxATQwJt0xSIph5PK8rcQXtc4Azh8g5OC4-49M2VbNBK8z3sCbRiGsqkVLR7y_ssA=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br />I remember growing up with the Hulk / Savage feud. Or the Savage vs. Steamboat all out.<p></p><p>It's also World Bee Day.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjICIZ4fakOcDUStZGNrbTTheuDA4vS2S8eDjVf7F2btYixVB1envkCJmrOn2ta3oIkVZ4VUdUAByAE9JgrHjq3SH5BgEf4--29og16WuNDTnttpNWr54icBEFm6gfpDt4H2OKi8E9fE9xf96pNnpFA9Nw1hbyDxciGt01f6juSGK5fDhA6ZyBcGF0l6w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjICIZ4fakOcDUStZGNrbTTheuDA4vS2S8eDjVf7F2btYixVB1envkCJmrOn2ta3oIkVZ4VUdUAByAE9JgrHjq3SH5BgEf4--29og16WuNDTnttpNWr54icBEFm6gfpDt4H2OKi8E9fE9xf96pNnpFA9Nw1hbyDxciGt01f6juSGK5fDhA6ZyBcGF0l6w=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br />They say that today was the day in 1734 that the pioneer of beekeeping was born, so they honour him by honouring bees on this day.<p></p><p>Speaking of bees... like the Bee Gees... </p><p>It was on this day in 2012 that the world lost 1/3rd of the Bee Gees, Robin Gibb.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0GNRSSk4HYjUUcY0D1l95OAro5jLTPSWw2NDBTjUc1LI3TvwAVl6J9i8V0fgfjq6Nn1IX8KGblty4HvxbLt_0pdAeUbOJbcHvYGowK-rD42CjUDsqdpH8s3_iO9GrEPKiCIIJQDYYfM-vnfKulYmOAObFQQG6pJPENfMGP0wqLzniP1NQk8SL78N5-g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1180" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0GNRSSk4HYjUUcY0D1l95OAro5jLTPSWw2NDBTjUc1LI3TvwAVl6J9i8V0fgfjq6Nn1IX8KGblty4HvxbLt_0pdAeUbOJbcHvYGowK-rD42CjUDsqdpH8s3_iO9GrEPKiCIIJQDYYfM-vnfKulYmOAObFQQG6pJPENfMGP0wqLzniP1NQk8SL78N5-g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />On the left<p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-86542128814854605152022-05-19T08:57:00.005-04:002022-05-19T08:57:41.009-04:00May 19 - Don't lose your head rocking out in the park<p> So, I remember my mom mentioning how we were somehow distantly related to Anne Boleyn (I think most people are somehow related to some level of royalty). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQiizWh2s7VNsTBvya6N56IRnjn-vHaeDeG5-rbCENtIvymkci1bacFFO2EcZzU4UqjnPmQAAo-UCetZsS7DQtJwGox29Lvzyxxlg26qXXnzImyVApNA2R5BI_PGW7KfKGulDCPVcO_XaH02ef-rVMo0ybPkHNJHUgOjklfED5rKEHOLSU1exT-uYOQ/s1280/maxresdefault%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQiizWh2s7VNsTBvya6N56IRnjn-vHaeDeG5-rbCENtIvymkci1bacFFO2EcZzU4UqjnPmQAAo-UCetZsS7DQtJwGox29Lvzyxxlg26qXXnzImyVApNA2R5BI_PGW7KfKGulDCPVcO_XaH02ef-rVMo0ybPkHNJHUgOjklfED5rKEHOLSU1exT-uYOQ/w640-h360/maxresdefault%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Unfortunately for Anne, she was one of those "Henry the VIIIth wives" and met her end. If you remember the rhyme: "divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived". Anne was the second wife so met her end in a beheading on this day in 1536.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8lswvtLm3OwMTiE5WLmlcMDu5LrF1ag5YGoW0qD6lvRO0BmKoVUUSro45edMFtEc8KeXzaOJoy3JScaI-S14ij0YL_n-TKcKRIDke2NKuZPUEjkvC7Aul_Jw2kh7x-dgcnzXN3YlojRm2HkvrnF9zHfKOjemZweEeroZf2bKoPjcYv5pthuh0FAUKw/s1340/Anne-Boleyn-Beheaded%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1340" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8lswvtLm3OwMTiE5WLmlcMDu5LrF1ag5YGoW0qD6lvRO0BmKoVUUSro45edMFtEc8KeXzaOJoy3JScaI-S14ij0YL_n-TKcKRIDke2NKuZPUEjkvC7Aul_Jw2kh7x-dgcnzXN3YlojRm2HkvrnF9zHfKOjemZweEeroZf2bKoPjcYv5pthuh0FAUKw/w640-h382/Anne-Boleyn-Beheaded%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />From the crown to crown land, today also marks the day that Canada create "Parks Canada" in 1911.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lMej7Lk_8K_ZDZL-a8_XsJgFZH2vPPhAoph1xuq87Y5KxTuuYs0VJ8qF1fTY5IOvY1lanXucHLktPm1huziwHWu3yai_8BOfjLHV6gl9cVjXJjargbkTclw-0to3kWu_32hBDQQ8MbAAzJV7UxsVoowgxv6_K6Tl3wxIO8xdjFlfQM5W3nhsxLAWig/s1588/Parks-canada-jobs%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1588" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lMej7Lk_8K_ZDZL-a8_XsJgFZH2vPPhAoph1xuq87Y5KxTuuYs0VJ8qF1fTY5IOvY1lanXucHLktPm1huziwHWu3yai_8BOfjLHV6gl9cVjXJjargbkTclw-0to3kWu_32hBDQQ8MbAAzJV7UxsVoowgxv6_K6Tl3wxIO8xdjFlfQM5W3nhsxLAWig/w640-h436/Parks-canada-jobs%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />There are almost half a milling square kilometers of some of the most amazing wilderness out there (tho' I will admit, in my neck of the woods we have mostly Ontario Parks, so I frequent those more often).<p></p><p>Lastly, if you're out for a relaxing time in the woods, chances are you're not looking to rock out with some electronic / dance music. Save that music for the nightclubs.</p><p>A nightclub where you might run into a fairly well known, but mysterious Marshmello.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKEq9_f_3Nd3TwyraDRNoqHnwyadI6A_UC-k7_35RxV-_m8uqA8enBfjrSeRquujvfHRw9B5-_ZpmcbA4GuaS72JZK1U2o6P2WzFmClph0fenSheIy8WzBo-SWxPCkaMXo5uzj0ufIo9xTbH70BiKR8oW6YwG9_WMZ31jtbves9nF8BHA1bhUZwO3Lw/s1800/shutterstock_10074672f%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKEq9_f_3Nd3TwyraDRNoqHnwyadI6A_UC-k7_35RxV-_m8uqA8enBfjrSeRquujvfHRw9B5-_ZpmcbA4GuaS72JZK1U2o6P2WzFmClph0fenSheIy8WzBo-SWxPCkaMXo5uzj0ufIo9xTbH70BiKR8oW6YwG9_WMZ31jtbves9nF8BHA1bhUZwO3Lw/w640-h426/shutterstock_10074672f%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Known for his bucket helmet that looks like a marshmallow, he's got some real catchy beats. <p></p><p>And I believe the first DJ to perform virtually a concert in Fortnite.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iBYTpRAPCoCrRto_dm1LLc2Qm54sl9v6q9n2Cnab63Qv6pu4OTroD5NIpuzuSqtyvr5ZJM84CKXRh0QGR7-gqVGf2ysFrWiGhGG1NBIh7DVUufidKJeGPj1KHoNZtdnla-GMJLiiD38H_yM5zG5vaENcD2kOirFKi7OlF_Y1k3Sd_UE6XAUEjqd93w/s1600/fortnite-marshmello-concert-epic-games-reddit-highlight-video-clips%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iBYTpRAPCoCrRto_dm1LLc2Qm54sl9v6q9n2Cnab63Qv6pu4OTroD5NIpuzuSqtyvr5ZJM84CKXRh0QGR7-gqVGf2ysFrWiGhGG1NBIh7DVUufidKJeGPj1KHoNZtdnla-GMJLiiD38H_yM5zG5vaENcD2kOirFKi7OlF_Y1k3Sd_UE6XAUEjqd93w/w640-h360/fortnite-marshmello-concert-epic-games-reddit-highlight-video-clips%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6SJVGB8TjwqYLGN6mDZGRNNoPM4q-et3q1GUL_3T9d9pUSvd38-l_PaBmUDrnEeFqFFd1qxHyw9NLH-PohmhxHU8OtpOlSKYPHZKYEE4AcU81LAUefZBypPGjelGfUJAUxqAtBQlalBhVtGL0EQZvt847zn3hfaUMB7Spxpsd_H0X6vAgVNBSKhNxw/s1600/fortnite-marshmello-event-concert-pleasant-park-in-game-how-to-watch-when-time%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6SJVGB8TjwqYLGN6mDZGRNNoPM4q-et3q1GUL_3T9d9pUSvd38-l_PaBmUDrnEeFqFFd1qxHyw9NLH-PohmhxHU8OtpOlSKYPHZKYEE4AcU81LAUefZBypPGjelGfUJAUxqAtBQlalBhVtGL0EQZvt847zn3hfaUMB7Spxpsd_H0X6vAgVNBSKhNxw/w640-h360/fortnite-marshmello-event-concert-pleasant-park-in-game-how-to-watch-when-time%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The dude under the bucket is turning 30 today!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduWsVTcITCqgk-gzkL-jkgTRn5J51JKdU0j8_ZKrV_SIXCovtJGk2iT69qHKqaw35tQsYAQCO6ogSuw5--xo4v26sJIKMssDJeuN-WHlCUuDnXADWIhyfYmEGI-k_Rauizi7hgex9Vu_yZdXdHOL7Ru6Xo6vYdt5-9hdAbTWbYkEkFCRPDIzuuPr7cA/s1548/Marshmello-youtube-music-presents-a-billboard-1548%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1548" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduWsVTcITCqgk-gzkL-jkgTRn5J51JKdU0j8_ZKrV_SIXCovtJGk2iT69qHKqaw35tQsYAQCO6ogSuw5--xo4v26sJIKMssDJeuN-WHlCUuDnXADWIhyfYmEGI-k_Rauizi7hgex9Vu_yZdXdHOL7Ru6Xo6vYdt5-9hdAbTWbYkEkFCRPDIzuuPr7cA/w640-h424/Marshmello-youtube-music-presents-a-billboard-1548%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-66453257310852673462022-05-18T08:57:00.003-04:002022-05-18T08:57:25.476-04:00May 18 - have to visit the museum of spacecraft, blurgh<p> Someone like Tina Fey never really gets the accolades she deserves. She's written a TON of stuff that are just super hilarious that most people probably don't even realize.</p><p>Well, recognize.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YhLdaYY_E-lhslN_1bw1MZ6bjFGBkKgx1tOaDPYoWudrofXt71DncLq_DTWDsz2IfAic4ne5Z5_-mFE5ywyeWU_fKU4RI7aAR08DQkrbA6lA-VZpe1p-x-F617THSbkie90W6nCLXdIUf2pImCPtxfZVIf2mnPwdl4lOVfQpbcREKptKeHHQFn4x2w/s1200/tina-fey-weekend-update%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YhLdaYY_E-lhslN_1bw1MZ6bjFGBkKgx1tOaDPYoWudrofXt71DncLq_DTWDsz2IfAic4ne5Z5_-mFE5ywyeWU_fKU4RI7aAR08DQkrbA6lA-VZpe1p-x-F617THSbkie90W6nCLXdIUf2pImCPtxfZVIf2mnPwdl4lOVfQpbcREKptKeHHQFn4x2w/w640-h360/tina-fey-weekend-update%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Also recognize she's 52 as of today!<p></p><p>Her career ... well maybe not skyrocketed, but definitely 'took off'. Almost like the Apollo 10 which took off on this day in 1969.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvf1hDXV5X40Z5hqrc141J6oo9oYW5drGQZOjcO5RC3YZTjNxATF6zMTSB9vYHYWygctzSn-I9kiuvJ_S01Nh_S4zG5OLLLjuhpkOdMdDvY0qCeMPfX2FyDyaALwqifkOxLmEpC_yAietBvx4p-pcSbwoW5ybzzyFSpvKF32LBcKQb8hZQLNEPoccXg/s1280/maxresdefault%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvf1hDXV5X40Z5hqrc141J6oo9oYW5drGQZOjcO5RC3YZTjNxATF6zMTSB9vYHYWygctzSn-I9kiuvJ_S01Nh_S4zG5OLLLjuhpkOdMdDvY0qCeMPfX2FyDyaALwqifkOxLmEpC_yAietBvx4p-pcSbwoW5ybzzyFSpvKF32LBcKQb8hZQLNEPoccXg/w640-h360/maxresdefault%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ryDkHW1bJxxHCt5DgaME3pjjA5yeQZnrn0ajZzP_sUxnIJioaC9nTWNeWIaC0aCvgHUO8DWVuJme65VwJ5T_7AV-yheYJP1_cERw5r-R0cvxMBe2id9FwFkz4YfB2Wy6Ltmkty_35Tx0T3Bvr-8XEhRBfHyfT5iB0a3u84dGbMH-QfU7Yiy9PHxVwg/s3000/May%2018%20-%20Apollo%2010%20launch%20pad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2305" data-original-width="3000" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ryDkHW1bJxxHCt5DgaME3pjjA5yeQZnrn0ajZzP_sUxnIJioaC9nTWNeWIaC0aCvgHUO8DWVuJme65VwJ5T_7AV-yheYJP1_cERw5r-R0cvxMBe2id9FwFkz4YfB2Wy6Ltmkty_35Tx0T3Bvr-8XEhRBfHyfT5iB0a3u84dGbMH-QfU7Yiy9PHxVwg/w640-h492/May%2018%20-%20Apollo%2010%20launch%20pad.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The F mission was a test for the moon landing. It went up and orbited for a few days before coming back home.<p></p><p>Something like the records of the mission belong to history, and we often visit history by visiting museums.</p><p>Today is the day that the International Council of Museums choose to celebrate International Museum Day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknjvLzxCJEZ3FAxq7mq7HCjRGdzDxgsl9K0naA7ejxHuzban-seAvSeP6OF6OK-9VQqdIg4oQ2s7uGSf7MFCnp7jvVEJpb4pT-ToWXftapVzPD0gnvBRhg5k2xrk1xJU2arEho3HS_SAVckvuxo-fmx-M9WGkBaTTJ8XW-7yyTJp0tQvfMo43SnU5lw/s1300/May%2018%20-%20Museum%20Day.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="1300" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknjvLzxCJEZ3FAxq7mq7HCjRGdzDxgsl9K0naA7ejxHuzban-seAvSeP6OF6OK-9VQqdIg4oQ2s7uGSf7MFCnp7jvVEJpb4pT-ToWXftapVzPD0gnvBRhg5k2xrk1xJU2arEho3HS_SAVckvuxo-fmx-M9WGkBaTTJ8XW-7yyTJp0tQvfMo43SnU5lw/w640-h512/May%2018%20-%20Museum%20Day.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0zAa4CMrhzPRncbBRbj4-fE9owEVRSq_xaeQX6aXo1-cYUHwtu3OZhcxtR4VuS81QxyhdZE1HcVqnqvEeirHoqQaF-jOggVIFf4s74_spwsHg1pxgI0IIMxLs897Xpn81-z0y_81f3nsHA-cO82Jb1QrkOQSv0hXyVWAYhUvqMdexWZpEFLbx1gmBQ/s1200/May%2018%20-%20International-Museum-Day-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0zAa4CMrhzPRncbBRbj4-fE9owEVRSq_xaeQX6aXo1-cYUHwtu3OZhcxtR4VuS81QxyhdZE1HcVqnqvEeirHoqQaF-jOggVIFf4s74_spwsHg1pxgI0IIMxLs897Xpn81-z0y_81f3nsHA-cO82Jb1QrkOQSv0hXyVWAYhUvqMdexWZpEFLbx1gmBQ/w640-h480/May%2018%20-%20International-Museum-Day-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-2688994482569065662022-05-17T13:16:00.000-04:002022-05-17T13:16:28.094-04:00May 17 - Don't fear a dirty family war<p> It was on this day in 1756 that the power of Great Britain declared war on France as they decided to push into French territory in North America.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpcWo0JYjEbGb1EN-CP1VvRLj5W4dwvAbalbGJWzQ_5icFZvoP5ecUuEFclBDGQ7mAPWaL0ONLrA_vpY2sEF_2CgIa7w2pdUCg00j2e1nGTTECeqwbbqQHTUmquNapUAteotWQXbdc3JJyXa6BRnEVWSyhrBBlxlpgFHtrYW7_9YRK7uMbXPlqo9Vezw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpcWo0JYjEbGb1EN-CP1VvRLj5W4dwvAbalbGJWzQ_5icFZvoP5ecUuEFclBDGQ7mAPWaL0ONLrA_vpY2sEF_2CgIa7w2pdUCg00j2e1nGTTECeqwbbqQHTUmquNapUAteotWQXbdc3JJyXa6BRnEVWSyhrBBlxlpgFHtrYW7_9YRK7uMbXPlqo9Vezw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJda0HsJgXkMDgCcR7TYi5FbXi1WJXL2qA0WWqaFfP4vbGWuaHHf6uwQ9V7KEJ1t-zifMNsMVsFgIwunRzaA-y8iNgYG5hPVUUcHhWZQeGlP9IpXtJd4kGMURxag3UoDscTUEsc3TiuMNH_W6s-Bz44HiHO5Tuhhj6AMEjJwJ20GYHZ5uUN0HRwVZRow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJda0HsJgXkMDgCcR7TYi5FbXi1WJXL2qA0WWqaFfP4vbGWuaHHf6uwQ9V7KEJ1t-zifMNsMVsFgIwunRzaA-y8iNgYG5hPVUUcHhWZQeGlP9IpXtJd4kGMURxag3UoDscTUEsc3TiuMNH_W6s-Bz44HiHO5Tuhhj6AMEjJwJ20GYHZ5uUN0HRwVZRow=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br />It ended after ... well, as it was known as the 7 Years War, after seven years. It had lots of global impact as Brain and France's allies came to each other's aid throughout the globe.<p></p><p>War can be messy and dirty... and dirty is just how some comics are funny. One I never knew was that 'blue' was Bob Saget, who was born on this day in 1956.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQttbEgrowxRvK5YsOdsdKjQ86z--EjgdWyDpz30lI1IavcU-tKMTdSUjLcreF1KYijv4XzrcMyxl2F5urSPWK1uZTAnPHNUvnnlWArBeKeTA_VsIGCNNHnaYBTKJhMs0QI4o8PK3YRxHCp86jrIGf1oh5nIfRN-NgY3jBf8DTkLZ2hnH8cqwPTCEIWw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQttbEgrowxRvK5YsOdsdKjQ86z--EjgdWyDpz30lI1IavcU-tKMTdSUjLcreF1KYijv4XzrcMyxl2F5urSPWK1uZTAnPHNUvnnlWArBeKeTA_VsIGCNNHnaYBTKJhMs0QI4o8PK3YRxHCp86jrIGf1oh5nIfRN-NgY3jBf8DTkLZ2hnH8cqwPTCEIWw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br />He was on a TV show all about a family and togetherness, and it was shattered when I watched the documentary "Aristocrats". I thought it was funny. Bob sadly died in 2022.<p></p><p>Something that isn't funny, no matter what is homophobia, and there is the International Day Against Homophobia that's observed today.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI1oOOvwaqUptQbg0wxfg6KT7FtbMHtwitMUJL2_F2sgLSs-_Uq0OnsmAj6f-VDRWZ95GOMnRN_d6G4kMT8lH5qqahXZnJ0eIRUMPVpp_6bA_AmD5VHq--Zl5RR-zOcKoWa-zF3YfuKUpKiRt3B70cuQqDUsYumAOi0dTwahFJLAd0BfKaVs5ehOhEjQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI1oOOvwaqUptQbg0wxfg6KT7FtbMHtwitMUJL2_F2sgLSs-_Uq0OnsmAj6f-VDRWZ95GOMnRN_d6G4kMT8lH5qqahXZnJ0eIRUMPVpp_6bA_AmD5VHq--Zl5RR-zOcKoWa-zF3YfuKUpKiRt3B70cuQqDUsYumAOi0dTwahFJLAd0BfKaVs5ehOhEjQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459100180898660162.post-39481063662798809712022-05-16T10:30:00.003-04:002022-05-16T10:30:26.442-04:00May 16 - The Maid of Orleans was a light peace<p> Joan of Arc was probably one of the first 'female warrior prophets' people know of. She claimed to have had a vision from God to drive out the English.</p><p>Ultimately, she was captured and put on trial for heresy (I mean, a woman wearing men's armour and hearing angels and saints?). She was put to death by burning at the stake in May 30th 1431 but later found innocent just a mere 25 years too late.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8ybgFzwCPMo1vauvYqbOVaxK9MamEFmWlqNGgXJwEYA5m6d4du3IWgsFAUPP1ZE3S14uQeOf8dtKLqBb0746eAdN5irxf0bSZUdeyA9PZTCFj-xfqBHQJU9nBRhWQw4_lpeoib_9eXPJtPvLFJGC8UfgsB3GNPHGCNhcgGmNPBYYoyqpXt0jt4OI6Q/s3072/May%2016%20-%20Joan%20of%20Arc%20canonized%201920.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2303" data-original-width="3072" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8ybgFzwCPMo1vauvYqbOVaxK9MamEFmWlqNGgXJwEYA5m6d4du3IWgsFAUPP1ZE3S14uQeOf8dtKLqBb0746eAdN5irxf0bSZUdeyA9PZTCFj-xfqBHQJU9nBRhWQw4_lpeoib_9eXPJtPvLFJGC8UfgsB3GNPHGCNhcgGmNPBYYoyqpXt0jt4OI6Q/w640-h480/May%2016%20-%20Joan%20of%20Arc%20canonized%201920.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br />On this day in 1920 she was canonized as a saint.<p></p><p>Speaking of saints and peacely things, today is International Day of Living Together in Peace, which may have come in handy on that time of Joan d'Arc.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEf3Jwb3j1USzNM-P5JC1uqmTVePm-1kPzVWQHhiiIGQSEYucmI2UZ_kstCP8G0Bnwmujmf3THI96FI6uicuxbNYKdN6SVTT1JVjoUvwzLQbICuaxpv_SWY2Aluq1rV3gmLsyc4Cg1pot_MsvSS9o9vZHaC7Drt14IVUJhUeeKuEmEjcGZpLJi9DuZQ/s1280/May%2016%20-%20Int'l%20Day%20of%20Living%202gether%20in%20Peace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEf3Jwb3j1USzNM-P5JC1uqmTVePm-1kPzVWQHhiiIGQSEYucmI2UZ_kstCP8G0Bnwmujmf3THI96FI6uicuxbNYKdN6SVTT1JVjoUvwzLQbICuaxpv_SWY2Aluq1rV3gmLsyc4Cg1pot_MsvSS9o9vZHaC7Drt14IVUJhUeeKuEmEjcGZpLJi9DuZQ/w640-h360/May%2016%20-%20Int'l%20Day%20of%20Living%202gether%20in%20Peace.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It's also International Day of Light, so when it's peaceful, it can be sunny too!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5umny7WfZVoFeTt0858NkNp_j500GUXQNVKhl8UIEz2Fj7OLDyvmthlta8eEriWGZNPrVcSaH-NfR2jwPUSNyQl4IQtZio5tHB8SZiBaWGf7ln3KduYzfLL4CfHxgmEm-QJmwJfsulPu15QhycjXKEpRZT1pW_tV7FkxtepJIpR36nC2gh-oKOKnuTQ/s1250/May%2016%20-%20Int'l%20Day%20of%20Light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1250" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5umny7WfZVoFeTt0858NkNp_j500GUXQNVKhl8UIEz2Fj7OLDyvmthlta8eEriWGZNPrVcSaH-NfR2jwPUSNyQl4IQtZio5tHB8SZiBaWGf7ln3KduYzfLL4CfHxgmEm-QJmwJfsulPu15QhycjXKEpRZT1pW_tV7FkxtepJIpR36nC2gh-oKOKnuTQ/w640-h334/May%2016%20-%20Int'l%20Day%20of%20Light.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10874500325141997205noreply@blogger.com0