Hello Dolly, Voting and Metrification . . . ~j

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014

Today's Writing Prompt: Politics

It's not an election year, so I feel safe talking about politics!
What one issue is the most important to you when it comes to voting for your representatives?

We just had our municipal elections earlier this week and I have to say my biggest concern or issue is lower voter turnouts. People seem to bitch and complain about goverments but when they have the opportunity to voice their concerns and effect change they just don't. They just don't vote. I cannot understand it. I think all active voters should get a pin that says "I voted so I can complain. Where's your pin?" The turnout for a very boisterously and sometimes viciously debated municipal election was 35%. SERIOUSLY!?!?!?

Blog posts for January 16

http://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.ca/2014/01/its-never-too-late-making-i-cord.html because yes you can teach an old knitter new tricks.

http://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.ca/2014/01/pasta-fagioli-soup.html is really delicious and easy.

http://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.ca/2014/01/organization-challenge-3.html is all about organizing photos.

January 16

National Nothing Day

Good Teen Day

1964: Carol Channing debuts in Hello Dolly, the Broadway show based on Thorton Wilder's play The Matchmaker. The Broadway play earned a Tony as Best Musical of the Year.

1547: Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of Russia.

1804: French physicist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac ascends to a height of 7,016 m (23,018 ft) in a hydrogen balloon, a record that lasted 50 years.

Marilyn Horne, opera singer (1934)

A.J. Foyt, automobile racer (1935)

1939: Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster published his first Superman comic strip. Shuster and writer Jerry Siegal created the character in 1933 and sold Superman to Action Comics for $130.00.

Niccolò Piccinni, composer (1728)

Ethel Merman, actress (1909)

1970: The government announced plans to convert from the Imperial to the Metric system of measurement. A special commission was appointed to oversee the introduction of metric, or the International System of Units. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Canada

January 16, 1893 - Election - The secret ballot is used for the First time in a Territorial election. Saskatchewan (http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/January_16)

A Taste of Canada ~ Fiddleheads

I do enjoy fiddleheads. They have a green bean-y, asparagus-like, pea-ish taste and they are just fun to look at. From Chateline Magazine: HOW-TO It’s Almost Fiddlehead Season! Here’s How To Cook This Springtime Veggie Properly Fiddleheads are a Canadian delicacy, but undercooking them can lead to food poisoning by Amy Grief Updated Apr 9, 2019 Fiddlehead season is short, so when you see the adorable green curlicues at your grocery store or farmers’ market, buy them while you can. Before chowing down on these little springtime delicacies, there’s a few things you should know first since fiddleheads can cause food poisoning if they’re not cooked properly. What are fiddleheads? These tightly curled coils are ostrich fern fronds. They start appearing in late April and early May in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and are usually found in forests, marshes and by rivers and streams. Taste-wise, fiddleheads, which are popular amongst food foragers, are...

Week #2 Challenge: Paper . . . and I mean ALL of your paper.

Annual Organization Challenge Week #2 How did you make out with last week's challenge? Did you find your work table? Here's this week's challenge: Your challenge this week is to S.P.A.C.E. your paper - - and I mean ALL of your paper: cardstock, patterned paper, specialty papers, and all those SCRAPS! SORT: Bring all of your paper to one area. Sort it all into piles: KEEP, SELL, DONATE, TRASH PURGE: bag up, and assign a price to paper bundles that you want to SELL at a garage sale or online, and put the bags in the garage sale box. Throw out the TRASH pile. Bag up the DONATE pile and immediately make arrangements for drop-off/pick-up or put in your vehicle. ASSIGN: separate your paper into categories that make sense to you. For example, you may want to divide it simply into cardstock and patterned paper. If you have a huge stash of paper, you may want to divide it by colour, theme, or manufacturer. **Another way to...

Journal Prompt ~ One Thing You Do Really Well

Name one thing you do really well . . . One thing I do really well is solve crossword puzzles.

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