And This Day

It's Febraury 8th On this day in 1974 – The crew of Skylab 4, the last mission to visit the American space station Skylab, returns to Earth after 84 days in space. In 2004 - At the Grammy Awards, OutKast is the first hip-hop act to win Album of the Year, for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Birthdays: Seth Green as Stilts in "Arcade" Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Gary Coleman Henry Czerny as Father Raymond McBride in "Possessed" Mary Steenburger as Amy Robbins in "Time After Time" Brooke Adams Sebastião Salgado Roger Lloyd-Pack as a Cleaner in "Secret Ceremony" as the Constable in "Fright" Tudor Gates called it "a good straightforward thriller... It was pretty good. Peter directed it well. Some flair. Perhaps a little more flair than I would have liked in some places." He disliked the performance of Roger Lloyd-Pack. Valerie Thomas Creed Bratton As a gaurd (and grip) in "Neon City" Robert Klein as Bam Ba...

It's February 7th On this day in 1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike , led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, CO In 1898 – Dreyfus affair : Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing "J'Accuse...!" In 1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio , premieres. In 1964 - The Beatles arrive in the US for the first time. In 1979 – Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered. In 1984 - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. In 2001 - Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station. In 2014 – Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa. Birthdays Azar Bigdeli "In Conversation with Mana Ki...

It snowed some. I made potato soup at work. Not much to recall that I care to write down, so I won't. I'm kindov in a foul mood, so I'd rather just move on. Bye for now.

It's Febrauary 6th On this day in 1694 – The warrior queen Dandara , leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery. In 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. In 2003 - 50 Cent releases "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" Birthdays: Josh Stewart as Casey Blackburn in "Discarnate" as Adam Pierce in "Malicious" Brian Stepanek Michelle Thrush Rick Astley Gordon Downie Megan Gallagher as Sandra Malloy in "The Ambulance" Cecily Adams Axl Rose Robert Townsend Simon Phillips Kathy Najimy Jim Sheridan "The Secret Scripture" Michael Tucker as Christopher Bell in "Vampire" Bob Marley Willie Tee Gayle Hunnicutt in "Nuits rouges" aka "Shadowman" Fabian Forte Gigi Perreau as Karen White in "Journey to the Center of Time" Dave Berry Stephen Albert ...

I woke up from a dream where I lived in a big house and was discovering rooms I didn't know existed. There were tools and paints all over the place. Then I woke up. I had an ok day. Burning Hair practice happened. I forgot how to play one of the first songs we wrote for a minute. I think I was just too stoned. Kelsey accompanied me to Aldi for some goodies after that. When I got home I did the dishes and listened to some music while I did that. Had dinner and worked on the blog post for February 7th. I listened to the newest "What Magic is This?" Podcast post. called "Magical Treasure Hunting" . Here are the show notes and book recommendations . Practiced a lil bit of Cruel Math on guitar. I went and had a couple rounds at Gwarbar. Feeling really ready to get in bed. Gonna half ass watch "Island of Crime" See yas.

I slept in pretty late. I posted my posts for the blog. I watched a couple more episodes of Orson Welles' Great Mysteries . I ate some food. I watched a couple vids on a YouTube Channel called Science Fiction with Damien Walter . I ate more food, and slept until about 2:30 AM and I spent 3 hours putting together the post for February 5th, that probably nobody will look at, but... whatever. It's my bit of escapism and I do get something out of it.

It's Febraury 5th On this day in 1907 – Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic. In 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists. 1971 – Astronauts land on the Moon in the Apollo 14 mission. In 1985 - "Africa" by Toto hit's #1 LOL Birthdays: Michael Sheen as Arthur Honeyman in "Music Within" Chris Parnell Jon Spencer Duff McKagen Laura Linney Stephen Shainberg Jennifer Jason Leigh as Tralala in "Last Exit to Brooklyn" Tim Meadows Vinnie Colaiuta Cliff Martinez Tom Wilkinson Errol Morris on Tubi on Criterion Channel "The Pianist and the Lobster" Episode 54 of Weird Studies "Lobsters, Pianos and Hidden Gods." Barbara Hershey as Nella Mundine in "The Liberation of L. B. Jones" Christopher Guest Charlotte Rampling as Christina Fisher in "Sardinia Kidnapped" aka "Island o...