Congratulations! You’ve made it through another week (cats: disregard this since you don’t work). It’s April 15, which means that on this day in history, Dr. Johnson’s great Dictionary was published in London (1755), Abraham Lincoln died after having been shot the previous evening (1865), the Titanic sunk at 2:20 a.m. (1912), Jackie Robinson played his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black man in major league baseball (1947), and the terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon took place (2013).
Notables born on this day include Leonardo da Vinci (1452), Guru Nanak (1469), Henry James (1843), Nikita Khrushchev and Bessie Smith (both 1894), and Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907). Those who died on this day include Wallace Beery (1949), Jean-Paul Sartre (1980), Jean Genet (1986), Greta Garbo (1990; she’s now really alone), and Edward Gorey (2000).
Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili climbed in a bush that has thorns, and got pricked:
Hili: Did you know that these branches have spikes?A: Yes, I did.Hili: So why didn’t you tell me?
Hili: Czy ty wiedziałeś, że te gałązki mają kolce?
Ja: Wiedziałem.
Hili: To czemuś od razu nie powiedział?
And out in Winnipeg, Gus got a new box and took it for a test drive. He looks horribly bereft, and I’m afraid he’ll reject it. I always suspected there was something especially nommable about his Ikea box.
Gus’s Ikea box probably contained glue made from surströmming. 🙂
No wonder Gus looks bereft… he’s been demoted from sheriff to banker.
Gus appears to have the corrugated blues.
PBS just had a Ken Burns documentary on Jackie Robinson. Yes, it was good and PBS does have some worthwhile things on the tube.
Haha, look at Gus ‘s face. :))
Poor Gus. He has a definite look of Sisyphus syndrome on his face.
Looking at the bottom left corner water stain, it is obvious that this box is NOT up to Gus’ standards! Hold out for IKEA, Gus!