- Today is International Left-handers Day! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
International Left-handers Day was created by Left-handers International.
It was first observed on the 13th of August, 1976. As the name suggests, it is meant to promote awareness of the inconveniences facing left-handers in a predominantly right-handed world.
It celebrates their uniqueness and differences, who are from seven to ten percent of the world's population. Thousands of left-handed people in today's society have to adapt to use right-handed tools and objects.
Laura is left-handed. She is currently learning to play the guitar. She is learning to play right-handed. She currently plays better right-handed than I play left-handed!
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
International Left-handers Day, In the News, and Enjoy
Thursday, December 12, 2013
National Ambrosia Day, Deep-fried Cornish Game Hens, In the News, and Enjoy
National Ambrosia Day - Today is National Ambrosia Day!
In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia (Greek: ἀμβροσία) is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods (or demigods), often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves, so it may have been thought of in the Homeric tradition as a kind of divine exhalation of the Earth.
Ambrosia is sometimes depicted in ancient art as distributed by a nymph labeled with that name. In the myth of Lycurgus, an opponent to the wine god Dionysus, violence committed against Ambrosia turns her into a grapevine.
Deep-fried Cornish Game Hens - Laura and I have decided to make deep-fried Cornish game hens for Christmas dinner.
We have a new Emeril deep-fryer and are eager to produce deep-fried Cornish game hens. This should be similar to deep-frying a turkey but without the danger and inconvenience of cooking such a large creature.
In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
Thursday, December 05, 2013
A Kinder Gentler Television, In the News, and Enjoy
A Kinder, Gentler Television - Ah, how I long for the "good old days" of television! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
I am an ardent movie and television viewer. I watch a lot of television at mine office. I enjoy the offerings from Netflix. I generally use Roku to feed the 39" Vizio LCD HD TV and Onkyo surround-sound system. This provides an excellent viewing environment. I must, however, be ever-vigilant in order to ensure clients who enter mine office are not subjected to undue vulgarity!
Four months after an appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast standards, a new study shows that profanity on broadcast television has risen nearly 70 percent in the past five years.
The study by the Parents Television Council, which compared the first two weeks of the networks' 2010 fall lineup with the first two weeks of the 2005 fall lineup, found that profanity increased 69 percent.
The study also reported that harsher profanities are now being used, and it added that the "greatest increase in the use of the harshest profanities" took place during the 8 PM Eastern period—often known as the "family hour"—and at 9 PM Eastern. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the indecency policy the FCC uses to monitor offensive language is "unconstitutionally vague." Conservative groups at the time expressed concern that the ruling would lead to an increase in TV foul language.
Since the survey was taken, profanity, vulgarity, nudity, and sexuality have continued to escalate. An excellent example of this is the television drama, "Damages." It premiered on July 24, 2007 on FX and aired for three seasons before moving to the DirecTV channel Audience Network in 2010, where it aired for a further two seasons, concluding with the fifth season. As the series progressed, the incident of vulgar speech, nudity, and sexual situations increased dramatically.
The incidence of filth in this series is a great measure of what has become commonplace in television programming. Sadly, such filth has become de rigeur, and gone forever it seems is decency in television programming. Fortunately, Netflix and other resources offer a great wealth of programming from the past. Unfortunately, most of the television programming produced during the last several years is unacceptable by my standards, and this means that a good many series that otherwise would be entertaining and enjoyable are eliminated from my viewing queue.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Today is 11-12-13, In the News, and Enjoy
Today is 11-12-13 - Today is the 12th of November in the year 2013: 11-12-13. In the News - Be careful out there! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
This is apparently a good day to get married. I have no idea why this is, but it seems people are lining up in great numbers to have their weddings today.
Many are going to Las Vegas to wed.
This seems bizarre to me and certainly inauspicious. Becoming wedded in Las Vegas seems to me to importune disaster. That is, of course, only my opinion. I could be wrong. Actually, I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
Monday, November 04, 2013
Use Your Common Sense Day, In the News, and Enjoy
Use Your Common Sense Day - Today is a day celebrating common sense in business and in life. Today is Will Rogers' birthday. In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
Rogers said, "Common sense ain’t all that common."
On this day don’t ignore your common sense—use it. Do at least one thing your common sense tells you to do!
