Welcome to Hump Day. Aka, (Wednesday, Bhud-waar, Chaharshanbeh, yawm-al-arba'a, Idal, Setting Orange). It's way too busy here at the ol' Cheese Factory. I'm about to lose my mind, what's left of it anyways. It stormed like crazy here last night. The lightning was pretty amazing and apparently God is angry that gas prices aren't higher and decided to shoot lightning bolts at a fuel storage tank just north of downtown KC setting it on fire and wasting all of that precious petrol. God hates us too. If you don't believe me, look who's won the Democratic nomination. Democrats are so stupid. If you want immediate change in a highly divided nation, pick the candidate most likely to alienate a large number of voters. Regardless of how you feel about the fact that a large number of people won't vote for Obama because he's black, it's the way it is. I know, you're sitting there saying, "Well that's just stupid." Maybe it is. I think it's stupid that I can't run around naked in the middle of the day while eating ice cream cones. But, as Allie M., says, some things are the way they are, and just because you don't agree with it doesn't make it any different. (She is not talking about either one of these things when she says this, by the way.) But you get my point. Dumb, dumb, dumb Democrats.
In 781 BCE the first solar eclipse recorded in China took place. In 1039 Henry III (pictured) was annointed as Holy Roman Emperor. In 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh established the first English colony on Roanoke Island. In 1792 Capt. George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Great Britain. In 1812 Louisiana was admitted as a state and the rest of Louisiana Territory was renamed Missouri Territory. In 1859 the Battle of Magenta took place in which the French beat the Austrians. This was much more important than the Battles of Violet, Maroon, or Chartruse. In 1912 Massachusetts became the first state to enact a minimum wage law. In 1917 the first Pullitzer Prizes were awarded. In 1939 the SS St. Louis, carrying 963 Jewish refugees, was denied entry to American ports. It was forced to return to Europe where most of those aboard eventually died in concentration camps. This is the reason the US helped create the state of Israel. Guilt is a bitch. In 1942 the Battle of Midway began. One of my great uncles fought in this battle. And in 1973 the patent for the ATM was granted. This is one of those things we take for granted. I have no idea how people survived without being able to take money out of conveniently placed machines. You'd actually have to plan ahead and go to the bank during banking hours...
In Tonga today is National Day. Tonga is comprised of 169 islands, its capital is Nuku'alofa and there are about 112,000 people who live there. Its main exports are coconuts, vanilla, and bananas. 48% of Tongans are Mormons and they like to play rugby.
In Finland it's Finnish Defense Forces Day.
Happy Birthday: King George III; El Debarge; Horatio Sanz, of SNL fame; and whack-job Angelina Jolie, who is hot, but who is just a little strange....
Have a good one and join me as I pray for hump.
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