FTS

Yes, fine, it's (Monday, Soom-waar, Doshanbeh, yawm-al-ithnayn, Kamal, Boomtime, dyds Llwn), and if think that's something to be pleased about, you can go to Hell. It's way too busy here for anything to get properly done. And, yes, it's still flooding in Iowa. Those poor souls. At least they don't live in Illinois. That's all I can say.

This is going to be short and to the point... in 1755 the British captured the French Fort Beausejour in New Brunswick, Canada which led to the expulsion of the Acadians. They made their way down to Louisiana where they assumed the name Cajuns. In 1858 Abe Lincoln gave his "House Divided" speech in Springfield, IL. In 1883 183 children died in the Victoria Hall theater panic. Must have been a scary play. In 1903 the Ford Motor Co. was incorporated. The following year, James Joyce hooked up with Nora Barnacle. It was on this date that every event took place in Dublin in his book "Ulysses" which I've never read. This is now celebrated in Dublin as Bloomsday. I hate Dublin. The city smells, it's expensive, and there's really not that much to see or do. In 1955 Pope Pius XII excommunicated Argentine President Juan Peron. And in 1997 another massacre took place in Dairat, Algeria, where 50 people were killed.

Happy Birthday: Geronimo; King Gustaf V of Sweden; Joyce Carol Oates; and rapist, Tupac Shakur, a real hero and cultural icon.

Enjoy the day. I will be working way too hard. Well, after I'm finished writing this, obviously.