ON this date in 1987 - "Physician’s Weekly" announced that the smile on the face of Leonardo DeVinci's Mona Lisa was caused by a "...facial paralysis resulting from a swollen nerve behind the ear."

This was welcomed news for Bun Man.

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This from 2016, and they still haven't generated IDEAS, but they love to CONTROL others...

From the Feb. 1, 2016, issue of the New Yorker, love this quote from conservative columnist Michael Brendan Dougherty of The Week, "What so frightens the conservative movement about Trump's success is that it reveals just how thin the support for their ideas really is."

Well said...

Smoke and I got this...

If you don't decry hate, you aren't devoted to love...

#minhowlkinmoments

Bank customer service

"I'm not saying that the customer service in my bank is bad, but when I went in the other day and asked the clerk to check my balance ...

She leaned over and pushed me."

SOME OF US ARE SOUL HAPPY

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: C’mon Fritz, it’s your breakfast.
Fritz: Dude, you don’t have to tell me twice.
KD: I love how much you come running when it’s meal time.
F: With your dog by your side, and your arms stretched out open wide, I wanna keep you satisfied in the morning sun.
KD: You keep me satisfied, you feed my soul…
F: And you feed me, you make me soul happy…
KD: That’s right Fritz, I’m soul happy too…

SOME ORDERS ARE TALL

Morning Non-Nosey Peeps,

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Cleo, what ARE you doing?
Cleo: Building relationships…
KD: Wha??
C: Dogger, I’m getting to know you via smell.
KD: Oh, helps you determine where you’re safe huh?
C: Yep, but it’s in the scent…We can smell acceptance.
KD: Maybe you could teach humans a different way to use their nose instead of sticking it where it shouldn’t be.
C: Damn Bro, tall orders this morning…Tall Orders.

Feeling incredible empathy right now for Detroit Lions fans...great year, disappointing end, but then I'm a Ravens fan.

I would do the immigration math for these freakin' GOPers, but why...

They deal in Hyperbole; they have no other capital.

The first birthday party we went to yesterday was for a couple, actually come to think of it, it wasn't a birthday party at all, it was an anniversary party (at this point in your reading, you should return to my previous posts where I said I attended two birthday parties yesterday, and now read it as a birthday party and an anniversary party, shew, that was an explanation.)

So, we return...

They were celebrating 57 years of marriage, and they're Mormon.

The point: Missions work is magic.

Fascinating History Photos Your Teacher Never Showed You In Class

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So, we did this Birthday party last evening, the second of two yesterday.

But Pat's significant other booked a Karaoke room in one of the local skating rinks.

We freakin' had a ball...It was like being in an Irish pub all night long.

Mikster belted a few tunes, the Lady has some incredible pipes...and we laughed and sang, all while completely sober.

But the magic was, the room was appropriately sized. It wasn't so big that patrons could sit back and criticize, they got involved.

INVESTI-GATOR: Someone has to go check on these dinosaur descendants. Apparently, during cold spells, alligators can drop their heart rates, stick their little nostrils through the ice, and just kinda float in a comalike state called brumation.

S: Morning Brew

Well, that's a fine how-do-you-do, I think I had sex a few years ago with a frozen alligator.

NAME RECOGNITION...

Actually, Cognition, or more importantly, the lack thereof, will be his Achilles...

ON this date in 1909 - The United States ended direct control over Cuba.

Senators Bun Man and Mr. Purple voiced strong criticism of this move and voted with the dissenting side over the control issue.

The Boys enjoyed their vacations in Cuba with fine cigars; beaches w/ the whitest sand; and lovely senoritas.

Plus, they saw the potential for a great getaway location in the islands, but the majority of senators were fuddy-duddies.

ON this date in 1938 - The first ski tow started operation in Vermont.

Designed by the engineer team Bun Man and Mr. Purple, the cabled row was working well until Bun's girlfriend got on the chain.

Bun's girl was a BBW and, well, let's just say the added poundage was a little too much to handle.

Bun didn't mind, he returned w/ Big Sal to the chalet, and well, there was a lot to love the rest of the day.

Ski tow improvements would come later...

Certainly later than Bun did!

ON this date in 2013, my first full year of retirement...

What a difference a year makes...

Last year, I was purchasing more chrome for my Victory Vision Tour and getting a vintage Vespa; this year, I am enraptured by the purchase of a new Samsung washer and dryer and excited over getting a new thingamabob for my Swiffer brush...

RETIREMENT, it's a slippery slope!!

ON this date in 1915 - The Coast Guard was created by an act of the U.S. Congress to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea.

Intrepid seamen Bun Man and Mr. Purple said this was done because there were guys who didn't want to travel further than the littoral waters.

Only real men can handle the High Seas!

as he was now able to steer Edward VI away from 'The Rough Wooing' which England had raged against Scotland since 1543.

Mr. Purple said at the time "I always had a different definition for rough wooing..."

Bun Man replied "You would, P, you would..."

Edward did strengthen Protestant reforms in England, but these were largely overturned when Mary I, came to the throne in 1553. Mary became known as 'Bloody Mary'...

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ON this date in 1547 Accession of Edward VI (age 9) as King of England (1547-1553).

Court jesters Bun Man and Mr. Purple were shocked; one day they had a playmate, and the next day he was the freakin' King.

Bun Man, a Scot in hiding, was pleased w/ the accession...

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