OTD: Thur. 07MAY2020

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Live from Foghampton, County Wuffolk

EotD: National Beaufort Scale Day

MotD: G. Verdi - "Grand March" from Aida

C–Bday: Carl Heinrich Graun (1704) - German composer
R–BDay: Cornelius Bumpus (1945) - US saxophonist & keyboardist [ bands/groups: Doobie Brothers/Steely Dan ]

LWotD: hirculation (n.) - disease of vines where they grow no fruit.
GWotD: rhathymia (n.) - the state of being carefree; light-heartedness.

QotD:
"Madness takes its toll...please use exact change." - courtesy of Valerie 'Razorbabe' Terrell [TH].


Currently Reading

• Child of a Mad God by R.A. Salvatore
  
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
  
• The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett
  
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Personal Commentary/Observation
I have to hand it to them - whoever handles Geico's advertising has come up with a couple of doozys. A household with a clog problem, Just when that got etched into my brain along comes another one - a household with a rat problem. Pretty cute, both of them.

Vote Independent - vote Arne Eino Haugen for President !!!