Gee whillikers, I wonder what ELSE happened on July 4th? Here are a few of the events:
1054: A new star is observed by Chinese astronomers, and possibly others. Bright enough to be seen in daylight, it faded away after several months. Its remains are visible today as the Crab Nebula.
1187: The Battle of the Horns of Hattin sees Saladin defeat King Guy of Jerusalem. Hi Guy!
1744: The Iroquois Confederacy cede land between the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers to the British colonies.
1802: The US Military Academy at West Point opens.
1803: "Hey! We just bought all this land in Louisiana and points north and west! Ain't that a hoot?"
1832: John Neal makes an oration advocating for the rights of women.
1845: Henry Thoreau decides to get away from it all.
1855: Walt Whitman publishes 'Leaves of Grass.'
1862: Lewis Carroll starts telling Alice Liddell a story. Maybe a book will come from it, we don't know.
1863: The Traitors surrender at Vicksburg, are repulsed in Arkansas, and start the long march from Gettysburg.
Gee whillikers, I wonder what ELSE happened on July 4th? Here are a few of the events:
1054: A new star is observed by Chinese astronomers, and possibly others. Bright enough to be seen in daylight, it faded away after several months. Its remains are visible today as the Crab Nebula.
1187: The Battle of the Horns of Hattin sees Saladin defeat King Guy of Jerusalem. Hi Guy!
1744: The Iroquois Confederacy cede land between the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers to the British colonies.
1802: The US Military Academy at West Point opens.
1803: "Hey! We just bought all this land in Louisiana and points north and west! Ain't that a hoot?"
1832: John Neal makes an oration advocating for the rights of women.
1845: Henry Thoreau decides to get away from it all.
1855: Walt Whitman publishes 'Leaves of Grass.'
1862: Lewis Carroll starts telling Alice Liddell a story. Maybe a book will come from it, we don't know.
1863: The Traitors surrender at Vicksburg, are repulsed in Arkansas, and start the long march from Gettysburg.
1881: The Tuskegee Institute opens.
There are days when the state of the litter box makes me think we have invisible cats.
Ronnie James Dio also has a song titled "Invisible" . It's about a trans person.
Fuck this shithole country.
Raping little girls and covering it up.
Bombing little girls schools.
Killing innocent fishermen in boats.
Ripping off america for billions of dollars.
I fucking hate this country and the current shit head in charge.
Fuck this shithole country and fuck this shitty day.
Happy Caturday!
Harry does his best impression of Quint getting eaten by Bruce the shark.
*No cats were harmed in the making of this photo.
We are watching Jaws as our movie this afternoon, we will be doing a matinee at 4pm (post goes up 3pm.)
https://substack.com/@ziggywiggy/note/c-287945545?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2knfuc
"Tunagram".
Some thoughts on the Glorious Fourth:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49558/immigrants-in-our-own-land
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42869/i-am-waiting-56d22183d718a
Awww, Beanie. Boop!
BTW, what happened to that ring that made you invisible? Asking for a friend.