November 3rd - HELP Laika get a PB & Jellyfish Sandwich

In 1957 the Soviets had launched their Sputnik 2 with the famous dog Laika aboard.

What a good doggo.. wonder if he knew how to signal for help if he needed it.  I bet you do, it's almost universal that we would 'dot dot dot dash dash dash dot dot dot' for our distress signal "S O S" (save our ship).

It was 'decided' at an International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin back in 1906 that we now have this as the standard.

Laika probably also wanted a good meal up there, and who doesn't love a good sammie...

In the US it's National Sandwich Day.

What's your favourite Lord Gerald?

Lastly, while Laika's looking out his window into space - maybe he sees something strange and alien-like.  Not that we don't have enough alien-like items here on Earth.  Like, to me, jellyfish has always seemed something 'other worldly'.  

It's World Jellyfish Day

August 23rd - William wishes for a Cuban

 I often don't like pickles.  In a good burger, maybe, it's hidden by a ton of other flavours, so I hardly notice it.  But, there's one sandwich that I think it's just a must.

A Cuban.  And it's National Cuban Sandwich Day in the US.

I don't know what it is about the cubano that just makes the pickle perfectly complementary to the flavours, but it is.

I could wish for a cubano, but I think I'd need something like a genie to help me with that.  For that, it's Barbara Eden's birthday.

You remember I Dream of Jeannie!  She's 90 now.

Someone who had a wish, and ultimately paid the price for his wish of "FREEEDOM" was William Wallace.

Yes, that William Wallace that you know from Braveheart.  He was publicly executed for his 'treason' in 1305.

Turned in by actually a fellow Scot, his punishment was brutal even for the time.

My son's pretty thoughtful

So yeah, it's March Break and trying to find things for him to do meant he had a fair number of outings for him and friends.

On Friday he had one friend over. I came home and they were playing and I went to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and somehow noticed a half eaten sandwich just sitting in terms meat drawer.

Odd.

Turns out he was eating it before she came over, then knowing she's allergic to peanuts, but not wanting to lose the sandwich, put it in the fridge for later.

Aww... Sweet.

What wasn't sweet was the look he gave me later when she left and said "oh, great I can have my sandwich now" but I had to tell him that I threw it out.