It’s Monday, June 6, and if you’re of a certain age you’ll remember that this day in 1944 was D-Day: the invasion of Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy. If ever there was a just war in our age, it would be World War II. Reader Ken Phelps took this picture in Normandy two weeks ago, and it’s appropriate to post today:
Notables born on this day include Robert Falcon Scott (1868), Nobel Laureata Edwin G. Krebs (1918), and Levi Stubbs (1936; the great soul singer is 80 today). Those who died on this day include Patrick Henry (1799), Carl Jung (1961), Stan Getz (1991) and Esther Williams (2013). Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili’s suffering from her usual affliction:
Hili: I’m going back home.A: That’s nice.Hili: Not so much nice as hungry.
In Polish:
Hili: Wracam do domu.
Ja: To miło.
Hili: Nie tyle miło, ile jestem głodna.
We also have a special dialogue from Wroclawek, where Leon has a black visitor:
Leon: What are you looking at? Haven’t you ever seen an European cat?
[Malgorzata’s explanation: “Tabby cats are called ‘European cats’ in Poland. Don’t ask me why. There are Persian cats, Russian cats, and all possible cats. I’m not an expert.”]
Finally, reader Anthony V. submitted a photo of his cats as part of the “Cats Sleeping in Uncomfortable Positions” series (check out the moggie at left):
From Volkach, Bavaria, sisters Kosmos (the kitler) and Tifa (the tabby). Midnight to 5 a.m. is party time for these two 1 year olds, so they need to rest up during the day.
You mean “It’s Monday June 6th”
Yeah I’d better fix that. Started the post last night. Thanks.
No, Hans Krebs was the discoverer of the Krebs Cycle, not Edwin Krebs.
PCC(E) is clearly not himself this Monday morning. Too much celebrating? I knew he should not have been knocking himself on the head like that.
A stunning example of academic behaviour.
Fixed again; I am clearly NOT myself this morning.
On the positive side, the mistake prompted me to read the interesting Wiki biography of Sir Hans Adolph Krebs, a refugee from Nazi persecution. How much British and American science gained from the Nazi persecution of jewish scientists is stunning. It is a wonder that German science ever revived.
Arguably it lost the Axis the war. So many Jewish scientists fled to the UK and US and got the Tube Alloys and Manhattan Projects off the ground.
Hans Krebs of Krebs Cycle fame was 1900-81
Aren’t these cats doing yoga?
The other way around, I think. Yoga is a practice which I read somewhere has 5 kyrs old root. [Yes, I wouldn’t trust it either.] But when you read position manuals, their names and the descriptions of inspiration are sometimes taken from large cats.
The name must be derived: “Yo’ cat! [Look at me, the copy cat.]”
I love that … arch and stretch position No. 3, cat neck and thigh position no 102.
Next time, you could say “Today is not”, just to shake things up a bit.
June 6th is the National Day of Sweden.
The weather agrees.
About 10 years ago, I visited a friend in Stockholm for a week, during this time of year, and the weather there was absolutely gorgeous. Perfect, by just about anyone’s definition. I wanted to go swimming, like many of the natives were doing, but friend said the water was still too cold for a wimpy tropical Texan.
And hello to Jason Isaacs, born this day in 1963
Jerry will be thrilled to know that 6th June (not June 6th as you USians insist on saying), which finished 8 1/2 hours ago if you’re a NZer, meant a public holiday for us because we have a queen. Her official birthday is on the first Monday in June. And we didn’t have to walk backwards for any of it.
Sorry to say that Levi Stubbs (great singer!) passed away in 2008…