On this day

Editor's note -- Emperor Julius Caeser consulted with the most prominent astronomers and mathematicians to design a calendar that aligned with the sun's orbit naming Januarius 1, 46 B.C. the first day of his Julian calendar. 


Romans celebrated with sacrifices to the two-faced god Janus, decorated their homes with laurel  branches and attended raucous parties.

Namesake for the Gregorian calendar

But Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar in 1582 because the year was too long. After 13 centuries, the vernal equinox had moved to the wrong day.

..........................

HistoryChannel History Channel 

Julius Caesar had to add 90 extra days to the year 46 B.C. when he introduced the Julian calendar. bit.ly/t9M7W4

 Favorite Undo Retweet Reply

Vlad and Kim

Editor's note -- The Washington Post feted our Dear Leader's death with a stunning pictorial of his treacherous life during possibly the worst Sunday Night Football on NBC in weeks.  

Kim Jung Il dead at 69  

Aug. 23, 2002 Vladimir Putin and KimJung Il "party down" in Vladivostok.

...........................

karenagardner k. a. gardner 

NEWSFLASH: #DearLeader with horribly overprocessed hair dies. @washingtonpost wants us to take a look at his life. Much better than #SNF

...

En L'an 2000

Editor's note -- SAD AND USELESS the most depressive humor site on the net found "Illustrations by French artist Villemard in 1910 of how he imagined the future to be in the year 2000". Unfortunately, Boing Boing already ran a Villemard post on Wed. Sept 12, 2007. 

S&U's post wasn't entirely useless as it featured more than one postcard but, sadly, the blog does not have "BB's Paris liaison, Alex Boucherot, editor of
Fluctuat".

Spy Helicopters

Wars will be fought by “combat cars”.

.............

karenagardner k. a. gardner 

World in 2000 as Predicted in 1910 | SadAndUseless.com:bit.ly/v4jwO3 via @StumbleUpon - 2011 Best #Useless blog

7 Dec Favorite Reply Delete

A Gentleman's Folly

Editor's note -- Broadway Tower was designed by English architect James Wyatt as a folly for Lady Coventry in 1794. She wondered if she could see a pretend castle 22 miles away from her home. Yes. By 1799, Lady Coventry could see it clearly. 

A folly is a building so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments. 

A Gentleman's Folly, Broadway Tower by Andrew Lockie

Editor's note -- Today, Broadway Tower is an English tourist attraction located on Broadway Hill, one mile southeast of the village of Broadway, Worcestershire, at the second highest point of the Cotswolds after Cleeve Hill.

...........................

GBritishLife Great British Life 

Latest #blog Top 10 Stunning Buildings Photographs: Each week, Mary Brooks, Editor and Publisher of Great Britis... bit.ly/rS42iG

26 Nov Favorite Undo Retweet Reply

Retweeted by karenagardner


~8~

On Bergen Street

Editor's note -- Michael Kupperman has another new book. Although he says he's exhausted, he'll still make an effort to attend his own book release party in Brooklyn. Note date and time. 

.................................................

MKupperman Michael Kupperman 

December 9th is Thrizzle time! twitpic.com/7k9x29

26 Nov Favorite Undo Retweet Reply

Retweeted by karenagardner

Oregon Route 212

Editor's note -- Known for his dry wit, British photographer Martin Parr has long gathered amusing photos of contemporary boredom. The firetruck below serves the unincorporated community of Boring, located on Oregon Route 212 in Clackamas County.

A Boring Firetruck

Editor's note -- Boring's unincorporated community motto: An exciting place to live and work. 

..............

karenagardner k. a. gardner

Today's Pictures: Boring! todayspictures.slate.com/20111110/via@MagnumPhotos

~8~

Satsumas

Editor's note --  Earlier this year, in April, a Chinese Sweet and Sour Rabbit recipe was included on a post about the global market for rabbit meat. Today, the Editor is featuring an "easy enough" rabbit recipe from the The Wall Street Journal by Chef Stephen Stryjewski of Cochon, a Cajun Southern-Cooking restaurant in New Orleans. 

Paneed Rabbit with Citrus, Sage and Caper-Butter Sauce

Justin Walker for The Wall Street Journal,
Food Styling by Karen Evans, Prop Styling by DSM

Chef Stryjewski insists that one of the ingredients in the sauce must be the satsuma, a seedless and easy-peeling citrus mutant of Japanese origin. Jesuits brought the mutant from Asia in the 18th-century to Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, where groves still thrive to this day. 

....................

karenagardner k. a. gardner 

Paneed Rabbit With Citrus, Sage and Caper-Butter Sauce on.wsj.com/ujQB2b via @WSJ -- "Sweet, salty and fragrant, the sauce..." 


~8~