Feb 17th: On this date in 1958 Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi the patron saint of television. (Yes, you read that right…)

Feb 16th: On this date in 1906 the first Women’s Chess Champion - Вера Менчик (Vera Menčik) - was born. Her record: +78 -1 =4

Feb 15th: On this date in 1989 the Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had left Afghanistan ending the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

Feb 14th: On this date in 1989 Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging the killing of author Salman Rushdie.

Feb 13th: Thomas Edison first observed Thermionic Emission on this date in 1880.

Watching the opening ceremonies to the Winter Olympics.

Feb 12th: Darwin Day

Week of Love… give love, accept love, be loved and show love!! Change your profile picture to you and your spouse/significant other and make sure to tell how long you’ve been together…. Christy Jedigoddess and I have been together for over 14 million seconds!

UTD Closed Tomorrow —– SNOW DAY!

(From the National Weather Service) — This is the greatest calendar-day snowfall total on record for Dallas/Fort Worth. The previous record was 7.8 inches on January 15, 1964 and January 14, 1917.

It has been snowing for over 16 hours. Still coming down.

Feb 11th: 建国記念の日 (National Foundation Day) in Japan. Today is the traditionally celebrated day of the foundation of Japan in 660 BCE.

It is snowing pretty good out here.

Using my fast internet connection at work to upload my entire collection of pictures taken in New Orleans to my webserver.

Feb 10th: The fire extinguisher was patented on this date in 1863 to Alanson Crane of Virginia.

Funniest t-shirt I saw in New Orleans: “FEMA: Fix Everything My Ass”

Feb 9th: On this date in 1825 the first and only time in US history the House of Represenatives elect a president after no candidate received a majority.

Just got home. Real life begins again.

Half way to New Orleans!

Our trip begins. New Orleans here we come!

Feb 6th: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

The weather forecast for New Orleans looks to be good for this weekend. Road trip: INCOMING!

Feb 5th: An earthquake estimated to be magnitude 7.5 occurred in Pompeii, Roman Empire in 62 CE, 17 years before the eruption of Vesuvius.

The rumor/hoax about there being a hacker/pedophile on facebook stealing photos is false. If you’re typing someones/somethings name into the “block” field it is using the same auto-search function as the search in the upper-right hand corner. This isn’t real, it is a hoax.

Feb 4th: On this date in 960 the coronation of Zhao Kuangyin (赵匡胤) as Emperor Taizu (太祖) begins the Song Dynasty period of China.

I’m thinking about taking Finnish classes…

Feb 3rd: Over 2,000 people in the Italian city of Cesena were slaughtered by the soldiers of the pope in 1377. (a.k.a. Cesena Bloodbath).

Go to urbandictionary.com, type in your first name, copy and paste this as your status, and put the first entry for your name under comments.

Feb 2nd: Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe on this date in 1709.

Feb 1st, Part 2: Space Shuttle Columbia broke up while re-entering the atmosphere on this date in 2003.

It’s Doppelganger week; change your profile picture to someone famous (actor, musician, athlete, etc.) you have been told you look like. After you update your profile with your evil twin or switched at birth photo then cut/paste this to your status.

Feb 1st: Thomas Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in 1893.

Jan 31st: Guy Fawkes was executed for his roll in plotting against James I of England and Parliament on this date in 1606. (Gunpowder Plot)

Jan 30th - Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany on this date in 1933.

Up early… today is the Dallas Comic Con. Time to put on the nerd persona!

Please put this on your status if you know someone (or are related to someone) who has been eaten by dragons. Our wish for 2010 is that people will understand that being eaten by dragons is nothing to be ashamed of. Dragons are nearly unstoppable and truly terrifying. 93% won’t copy and paste this… they’ve been eaten by dragons!

Jan 29th: On this date in 1886 Karl Benz patents the first gasoline-driven automobile. It was the first that wasn’t designed to be a motorized stage coach or horse carriage.

I didn’t bring my rain jacket and it is raining like … uhm, something that rains a lot!

is playing Netflix

The federal case Perry v. Schwarzenegger has concluded for the mean time in California. Closing arguments will be made on Feb 26th. I’m slightly optimistic about the results as the defense witnesses sucked pretty bad. Well… heres to hoping that anti-gay marriage laws are found unconstitutional!

Plams are coming together… looks like we’re taking a trip to New Orleans next weekend.

Jan 27th: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan 26th: Australia Day

Meh… still haven’t been to sleep yet.

Still haven’t been to sleep yet. Stomach still hurts.

The burritos I ate today are not agreeing with my midsection.

Is it sad that Christy Jedigoddess and I are sitting here watching New Kids on the Block stuff? Hahaha… we’re laughing our asses off. “I never thought a group could sell out a boat, but they did,” has to be the most epic quote I’ve ever heard.

Avatar is $50 million away from being the highest all time grossing film in the U.S. and is $10 million away from being the highest all time grossing film world wide.

Jan 25: Criminon Day - A Scientology holiday that commemorates the founding of Criminon, a program to rehabilitate prisoners by handing out free copies of Scientology-related materials. (I’m not making this it up!)

New Orlean Saints vs Indianapolis Colts. Should be a good Super Bowl.

Jan 24th: Gaius Caesar was assassinated by his Praetorian Guards on this date in 41 C.E.

Jan 23rd: The assassination of the 1st Earl of Moray James Stewart throws Scotland into civil war on this date in 1570.

Last Tonight Show with Conan O’Brian.

The last step has occurred: The United States of America has now been handed over to big corporations. The US ceased to be a federal republic yesterday and is now a federal corporatocracy.

Jan 22nd: On this date in 1946 the Central Intelligence Group - predecessor to the CIA - is formed.

I’ve been thinking of moving all my websites to a dedicated server. What’s holding me back? It’ll double my monthly costs to $80.

Jan 21st: “The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth” - the first American novel - was published today in 1789.

Jan 20th: The English Parliament conducts its first meeting today in 1265 (745 years ago).

The people in this apartment are watching the Hanah Montana movie… … I feel like a victim.

Jan 19th: Feast of Sulṭán. The first day of the month of Sulṭán in the Bahá’í calendar. (Bahá’í Faith)

Left my cellphone at home. Son of a monkey’s uncle’s cousin three times removed.

Know what is funnier than astrology? Ketsueki Gata, the Japanese belief that your blood type predicts your personality. It’s worse than astrology where at least they have 12 personality types. Ketsueki Gata only has 4 (A, B, O, AB).

Jan 18th: Martin Luther King, Jr Day. Observed holiday in the U.S. and Hiroshima, Japan marking the life of MLK on the third Monday of January.

Jan 17th: First publication of Don Quixote, 405 years ago today.

Jan 16th: National Religious Freedom Day. Day in honor of the adoption of Thomas Jefferson’s Statute for Religious Freedom.

Today’s annular solar eclipse was the longest in a long time lasting 11 minutes 8 seconds. The world will have to wait until December 23, 3043 for one lasting nearly that long. — An annular solar eclipse is where the moon is perfectly aligned with the sun but doesn’t completely cover it because the moon is further form the Earth then is needed for a total eclipse.

Jan 15th: On this date in 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr was born. Originally named “Michael King, Jr.,” his father changed both his and his sons name after a trip to Europe to honor Martin Luther (1483-1546).

Be sure to print the faxes out of memory regularly if you do not immediately replace the ink cartridge.

Jan 14th: Happy New Years (Julian Calendar) // The calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and was in use until the Gregorian Calendar was introduced in 1582. The Julian Calendar is off by 13 days.

Jan 13th: Festival of Lohri (India) - A traditional mid-winter festival.

My service for posting blogs I write onto Facebook and Twitter is slowly syncing with my account. For a little bit you may find numerous posts for no reason. Sorry :(

Jan 12: Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania) - The 1964 overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar by local African revolutionaries.

It’s WAYBACK WEEK! Everyone change your profile pic to a throwback picture of yourself when you were young!! Copy and paste this to your status.

Jan 11th: Eugenio Maria de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico) - Puerto Rican independence advocate.

Jan 10th: On this date in the year 49 BCE (2058 years ago) the Great Roman Civil War began. – http://is.gd/606yF

Cowboys FINALLY win a playoff game. Now it is time to fly up to the Vikings and smack Favre back into retirement.

Jan 9th: Martyrs’ Day in Panama. This commemorates the 1964 riots over sovereignty of the Canal Zone.

Jan 8th: On this date 175 years ago the United States national debt hit $0 for the one and only time in the country’s history.

It is 14 degrees here in Dallas. The wind chill reading is 2 degrees. Brrrr.

Jan 7th: Happy Festival of Seven Herbs (七草の節句 / Nanakusa no sekku). A long-standing Japanese custom of eating seven-herb rice porridge on January 7th.

My bus never came by this morning. Since the school is closed until noon, I shall not arive until then either.

It is about to get cold in a hurry here in Texas.

Jan 6th: Happy “Club Your Opponent In The Leg Day.” – On this date in 1994, skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg by Shane Stanthired, hired by Tonya Harding’s ex-boyfriend and body guard

Jan 5th: The 423rd birthday of famed Chinese geographer 徐霞客 (Xu Xiake). // “Xu Xiake’ contribution to the ancient Chinese geography was unprecedented, especially his detailed narration of the karst landform. His travel journal was compiled by the later generations into a book called The Travel Diaries Xu Xiake, which is of high scientific and literary value.”

Jan 4th: “Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People” Day; also Independence Day of Burma (Myanmar)

Jan 3rd: Happy Perihelion day! (Perihelion is the closest approach the Earth makes to the sun; the Earth’s orbit is not a perfect cirlce: Today we’re 91,402,505 miles from the sun, in 6-months we’ll be 94,509,129 miles. A difference of 3,107,196 miles.)

Dragon Age, good stuff.

Happy Palindrome Day! 01022010

Jan 2nd: Happy Day After New Years! An official public holiday in New Zealand, Scotland, Serbia, and Slovenia.

I wonder if I can talk my boss-folk into letting me come to work with my beard. I hate shaving. (makes pretty eyes at Lisa Alexander)

I’m at work on my last day of vacation. Curses, couldn’t stay away a full two weeks. :)

Today is also the end of the “00” decade. Now that we’re headed into the “teens”… music from the early 80’s is now classifiable as “classic”.

My favorite beer, Guiness, had it’s beginnings on this date in 1759 (250 years ago) when Arthur Guiness signed a 9000-year lease at 45 pounds a year for St. James Gate.

Today is December 31st, the last day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ** ** HAPPY NEW YEAR ** **

I need sleep……..

I’m currently reading the 1863-5 H. W. Dulken’s serialized edition of “The Arabian Nights.” Love it!

To those who celebrate it, Happy Kwanzaa (day 3)

Just saw the movie Avatar. By far one of the greatest movies I’ve seen. I don’t think I’ve seen a movie that has moved me so deeply. Truly amazing and I have now problem admiting there was some tearing up on my part. See this movie!!

National Weather Service issued a record report |||| … Record daily maximum snowfall set at Dallas/Fort Worth… A record snowfall of 3.0 inches was set at dfw Airport today. This is the first measurable snowfall on record for Christmas eve. Trace snowfall amounts were previously recorded on December 24 in 1924… 1926… 1943… 1975… and 2002.

Merry Christmas everyone.