20th Anniversary of The Simpsons

I remember watching the Tracy Ullman Show in the late 80's and seeing for the first time the Simpsons animated shorts. There was one where part was at the Aquarium and he went swimming in the shark tank. It was probably the best part of the Tracy Ulman Show. I also remeber when the show became a 30 minute program and all of the Tshirts and cheap knockoffs. It was right about the time that Michael Keaton Batman came out and The Bartman tshirt design was very popular. It seemed everybody was wearing the edgy Bart T-shirts. I think my school outlawed them for their lewdness. It is crazy that The Simpsons are still going strong. It is til one of the funniest shows on TV. I like it better than family guy or South Park because I can watch it with my kids. It's funny and not so shocking.

Mickey Mouse First Appears in Newsprint for the First Time 80 years ago

After 15 or so appearances King Syndicate approached Walt Disney to do a syndicated comicstrip in Newspapers world wide. Ubi Werks was credited with the Art and Walt got the writing credit.

Eventually Ub Iwerks stopped working with disney and the job was give to a guy named Win Smith who had been doing the inking. It was the beginning of the disney empire.

John Hancock's Birthday

John hancock was born in Braintree mass in the Early 1700's in a part that later became Quincy.

He had acquired a shipping business and became very rich and influential prior to the revolutionary war. His ship the Liberty was boarded and and seized the the British and he became politically involved in the problem with the British. He became a plitician and he was known as the protege of Samuel Adams. His signature is the most recognizable on the Declaration of Independance and to this day John Hancock is another way to say signature.

Clean off your desk day.

I need to clean out my car. I have things that have been in there for several years. Speakers, printers, clothes, cans and bottles, trash, cables, missing digital media. Car parts, blankets, books. Man I need to clean that car out. Then I should clean off the unused files from my computers.

I Am Not Going To Take It Anymore Day

I am not going to take sitting in traffic anymore. Tomorrow I am taking my bike. I have had enough. Plus I need the exercise.

Epiphany (Three Kings Day)

Well actually three kings may have bee the number of wise men but the Bible is not very specific on this number. These were not kings but wise men, or that is astronomers. They had studied under the teachings of Daniel. The significance of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem fulfilled ancient prophesies from the old Testament about the coming Messiah. They brought gifts of Gold frankincense and Myrrh. These were not simply gifts but rather provision for their travel to Egypt. King Herod wanted to kill Jesus because it meant the end of his rule.

12th Night

The twelth night of Christmas. The end of the Christmas festivities. It is been thought bad luck to leave christmas decorations up after today. In the song 12 nights of Christmas it was 12 drummers drumming that someones true love had sent to them. In Christianity this 12th day symbolizes the day the magi visited the newborn Jesus.