There shall be no talk of twins

Happy Confuflux! Yes, fellow savants, it is Sweetmorn, Confusion 50, 3174. To celebrate I'd ask that everyone remove their pants and do a happy dance. This is not to be confused with the pee-pee dance. This is sure to send anyone around you not participating into a state of confusion and possibly shock. I would recommend that you not do this around elderly people as it may send them into coronary shock. I do not accept any liability for recommending you do this and must warn you that you may get arrested and quite possibly fired.

That being said, it's also (Tuesday, Mangal-waar, Seshanbeh, yawm-ath-thalatha, Fidal, dydd Mawrth) and that means it must be better than yesterday. For a change there is no rain in the forecast for the KC Metro area and we still have not hit sweltering this summer. At least not yet. I imagine it will happen soon enough. The biggest news in the world right now is that the Pitt-Jolie twins have been born. Did I say twins? This sort of talk must cease.

In 1099 the Crusaders captured the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In 1240 a Novgorodian army defeated the Swedes at the Battle the Neva. Novgorod is a city in Russia. In 1410 the Teutonic Knights were defeated by the Poles and Lithuanians at the Battle of Grunwald. In 1741 Alexei Chirikov and his crew became the first Europeans to set foot on Alaska. In 1799 the Rosetta Stone was discovered in Egypt. In 1806 Lt. Zebulon Pike (a horrible name) set out from St. Louis to explore the West. In 1823 a fire destroyed the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. In 1870 Georgia became the last Confederate state to be re-admitted to the Union. In 1929 the first broadcast of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir radio show was aired. Boring. Five years later Continental Airlines began operations. And in 1997 Gianni Versace was gunned down in Miami. Someone did not like his Spring line.

In ancient Rome today was the festival of Castor and Pollux (Kastor and Polydeukes in Greek). Castor means "beaver" and Polydeukes means "very sweet". These are the twin sons born to Leda who were fathered by Zeus and are represented by the constellation of Gemini. I don't know what the festival entailed but I'm guessing it had nothing to do with Doublemint gum. The discussion of twins needs to stop right now.

Happy Birthday: Juan Ponce de Leon; Rembrandt; Clive Cussler; Joe Satriani; Forest Whitaker; Chi Cheng, of the Deftones; Briggite Nielsen; and John Dolmayan, of System of a Down. I guess that if you were born today you might be prone to having an artistic side, ey?

Enjoy...