ON this date in The Boyz called again this morning; seems they ran into Heather Mills on vacay...

Yes, the same Heather who in 2000 won $316,700 in damages for a 1993 accident that involved a British motorcycle officer.

Mills, Paul McCartney's girlfriend, received the out-of-court-settlement without any admission of guilt for the loss of her left leg.

Heather liked that gig; in fact, so much she took Sir Paul McCartney for a mess of cash in a divorce settlement.

ON this date in 1828 - The first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary was published under the name "American Dictionary of the English Language."

Co-editors Bun Man and Mr. Purple (although Noah stiffed the Boyz on the royalties) remember Noah, when he concluded the book, saying "I have no doubt that common citizens will continue to mispronounce and poorly define most of the words in here, particularly when social media hits in the 21st Century."

That Noah, what a prognosticator...

At the Press Conference, General Bun Man, when asked about Chavez' return, stated "This is South America, we play by our own rules..."

General Mr. Purple followed up by stating "We're big, we're bad, and we're coming to a country near you real soon..."

13 years later we're still waiting for the return of the Generals...

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ON this date in 2002 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to office two days after being arrested by his country's military.

Generals Bun Man and Mr. Purple had placed Pedro Carmona in the Presidential Palace, but he only lasted one day; hence the return to Chavez.

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A Timeless Question...SIZE

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Okay Moose, watch me again...
Moose: What am I watching for again?
KD: I'm walkin', I'm showing you the steps you take...
M: Dude, we've got a framing issue...
KD: Framing?
M: Yea Dude, how is a little guy gonna teach a big fella like me how to walk?
KD: You CAN learn a lot from following others.
M: Let me know when you get the life-size replicas for training,

#sizematters

IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU JUST DO...

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Hey Cooper, why the sad face?
Cooper: I see the leash out, means more training
KD: Training is good for the soul
C: Dude, listen, I get the whole master-serf thing, but the repetition…
KD: We’re massing practice so you know what to do.
C: Oh, like the stay command, how ‘bout you teach this to humans.
KD: We didn’t have time before Stay orders were given.
C: In an emergency, you don’t have time, you just DO.

Morning Peeps, work, work, work again this morning...No Biggie and No Diggity

 
Historybook: "Webster’s Dictionary" is first published (1828); President Abraham Lincoln is mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth, dies the next day (1865); RIP marine biologist and environmentalist Rachel Carson (1964); Human Genome Project is completed (2003).

"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life."

- Rachel Carson

cancel (a debt):
"he proposed that their debts should be forgiven"

used in polite expressions as a request to excuse or regard indulgently one's foibles, ignorance, or impoliteness:
"you will have to forgive my suspicious mind"

WE FORGIVE, WE COME AT THIS KNOWING YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO HURT.

#minhowkinmoments

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Minhowkin Word of the Day

for·give

[fərˈɡiv]

verb

stop feeling angry or resentful toward (someone) for an offense, flaw, or mistake:
"I don't think I'll ever forgive David for the way he treated her"

Similar:
pardon
excuse
exonerate
absolve
acquit
let off
amnesty

(be forgiven)
stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for (an offense, flaw, or mistake):
"he was not a man who found it easy to forgive and forget" · "they are not going to pat my head and say all is forgiven"

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SOCIAL MEDIA...Tearing down the ability to bridge our gaps

POETIC...

ON this date in 1981 - Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke received a Pulitzer Prize for her feature about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy."

Cooke relinquished the prize two days later after admitting she had fabricated the story.

Cub Boston Globe reporters, Bun Man and Mr. Purple, were then given the Pulitzer for their feature on the fabricated music of Milli Vanilli proving.

Once again, fabrication does pay.

The audience, seeing this and obviously misinterpreting what was going on, stood also and thus the tradition of standing during the Hallelujah chorus began and continues to this day.

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On this date in 1742 - George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" was first performed publicly, in Dublin, Ireland.

Dubliners Bun Man and Mr. Purple attended and were enthralled by the show.

When the Hallelujah chorus began, a pesky bee got in Bun Man's personal space and Bun started swatting it and he stood up and started clapping at the bee.

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Bun Man remembered "Yea, this was a time when government actually understood their role to protect American citizens against the abuses of greed..."

Mr. Purple chimed in..."Those days are long-gone dude; now we just cave..."

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ON this date in 1962 - In the U.S., major steel companies rescinded announced price increases.

The John F. Kennedy administration had been applying pressure against the price increases.

Bun Man and Mr. Purple, behind-the-scenes commerce dudes for JFK, worked the deal which forestalled gouging consumers, both corporate and private.

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(Not entirely sure it IS today)

THIS IS STILL EXTREMELY SHAMEFUL IN THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY...

Today is Equal Pay Day -- the day each year when a woman's earnings from the year before catch up to a man's.

On average, full-time working women are only paid 79 percent of what men earn -- so they would have to work more than 100 extra days to earn the same amount of money.

Women of color face an even greater disparity.

SEEING WHAT WORKS

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Morning Salt N Pepa, how goes it?
Salt N Pepa: Dude, it’s a Stormy Monday.
KD: Yes, and Tuesday’s gonna be just as bad, and The Eagle may not fly on Friday.
SNP: Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me.
KD: Wha…You’re a Blues Singer now?
SNP: Dude, this weather, this pandemic, we’re all tryin’ on new roles.
KD: Yes, we are, and finding a role that works.
SNP: Yes, I’m tryin’ to find some peace to keep it home with me.

Morning,

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Hey Dinky, what ‘cha doing?
Dinky: Looking for Answers…
KD: I see you have books open, what are you seeking?
D: Trying to see if Peeps can learn.
KD: Well, of course they can, how would we progress if we didn’t learn?
D: Are we progressing?
KD: I see your point…We need to keep setting conditions.
D: We’ve set conditions, Peeps aren’t living to expectations.
KD: It’s a long, long road with many a winding turn…
D: And it seems to be leading us nowhere.

Morning Peeps,

Working this AM...Quck in and out, no burger...

Be better tomorrow, just don't be best, that's sooo last year.
Historybook: President Thomas Jefferson born (1743); New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art founded (1870); Author Eudora Welty born (1909); Sidney Poitier becomes first Black male to win Best Actor at Oscars (1964).

"I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before."

- Sidney Poitier