ON this date in 1960 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in New York to visit the United Nations, checked out of the Shelburne Hotel angrily after a dispute with the management.

Managers Bun Man and Mr. Purple objected to Fidel's attire (wearing his underoos in the lobby for his evening cigar) and for Fidel's incessant need to be called 'mon generale' all the freakin' time.

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#cosomusic

COSO Songs about Cities theme, Randy Newman style

Burn On

https://youtu.be/XVNuT4fkjAs

ON this date in 1982 - Scott Fahlman became the first person to use 🙂 in an online message.

Fellow 'neologists' Bun Man and Mr. Purple had already used 😉 and 😛 and also :-B (winking w/ a split tongue) so they were a little taken aback when Scott got all the online credit.

Bun Man later said "Whatever, like we need the additional recognition..."

Actually, the Boyz were just being humanistic as they were worried sick after watching five small Argentinian lads get taken away to remote mountaintops by Giant Tsetse Flies.

Flies so terrifyingly large, well, I shudder to get into the details.

Anyway, the Boyz always thought the CIA’s intentions were misunderstood.

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ON this date in 1955 - Argentina President Juan Peron was ousted after a revolt by the army and navy.

Bun Man and Mr. Purple, CIA operatives in Latin America, had quietly ‘fueled the flames’ of dissension among the Services.

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@Jennifelroy

Thanks and Morning Jen, hope all is well...

Another ski season in the offing?

TRACKING WITH COOKIES

Okay, we all know that websites track your tendencies, hence, this is why your side screens show up with ads specified to your previous choices...

But when you end up with 'deals' for Calico Critters Caravan Camper, you gotta wonder what the hell was I intending to buy that this ended up here...

And I haven't played with my Calico Critters in at least 2 months!

@MisterE

You too E

I'm playing golf again, so you know I'm having a blast.

Shot an 80 yesterday at Coral, taking on Sand Hollow this AM.

@Jennifelroy

Cass?

@Bix

Hopefully they will see no reason to put up a fight....

But you know

I'll keep 'em burnin', burnin' for Ukraine's freedom

@MisterE

No worries I don't poke the 'Momma Bear' this early

SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T TELL 'EM

#pups4peace

Buster: Take a message to Mary, but don't tell her where I am, take a message to Mary, but don't say I'm in a jam
Peaches: Dude, what should I tell her?
Buster: You can tell her I had to see the world, or tell her that my ship set sail, you can say she better not wait for me, but don't tell her I'm in jail
Peaches: What was that again? What not to tell her?
Buster: Oh, don't tell her I'm in jail
(homage to Message to Mary by Everly Bros)

@MisterE

I would not know that...

I would ask my Mikster Siri but she is not awake yet.

@Bix

This will be marketed by Repubs as

LIMITED PRESIDENCY

(They only want your money and your women)

THIS WAS POSTED ON 9/19/20

RBG's death has entirely and magnificently given us extreme lucidity on the coming election...

Which America will win?

An Inclusive one or a Casted one?

FOUR YEARS LATER...

THE USA AIN'T LEARNIN' PEEPS

Morning Free Spirits,

Historybook: President James Garfield dies from gunshot wounds (1881); British cultural icon and model Twiggy born (1949); First-ever underground nuclear test takes place in Nevada (1957); Jimmy Fallon born (1974); Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed after five-month oil leak (2010).

"Being young isn't about age; it's about being a free spirit."

- Lesley "Twiggy" Lawson

Historybook: George Washington lays first cornerstone for the US Capitol (1793); New York Times founded (1851); Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg born (1959); Jimi Hendrix dies (1970); Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies (2020).

"One lives not just for oneself but for one’s community."

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

ON this date in 1850 - The Fugitive Slave Act was declared by the U.S. Congress.

The act allowed slave owners to claim slaves that had escaped into other states.

US Senators Bun Man and Mr. Purple from DE voted against the act's passage w/ Bun giving his famous "You don't own me" speech.

Years later, Leslie Gore would paraphrase this speech w/ her 'You Don't Own Me' pop song...

"So don't tell me what to do, and don't tell me what to say..."

This might explain why chiropractors have had such a hard time w/ acceptance; apparently those headaches serve a purpose for many wives...

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ON this date in 1895 - Daniel David Palmer gave the first chiropractic adjustment.

Pioneering along w/ fellow scientists Bun Man and Mr. Purple, Palmer was maniacal about finding a cure for his wife's headaches.

Seems her headaches were keeping her from being amorous in the late evening and (Bun's personal favorite) early morning, but Palmer's adjustment cured the headaches, and the bedroom suddenly heated up nightly.

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