Colors, Critters, Cats, and my Journey with MS: October 16

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Global Cat Day - October 16:

Happy Global Cat Day from Bodhi and Pepper, our resident cats:

#GlobalCatDay #CatLove #RagdollCat #Ragdoll #TabbyCat #Tabby

National Dictionary Day – October 16:

Happy National Dictionary Day 2024!

Dictionaries are now considered antiquated as Merriam-Webster online or Wikipedia are used by most for online term or spelling checking.

I have a soft spot for dictionaries for two reasons:

1 - When I taught 6th grade many years ago, our hall passes 'mysteriously' disappeared on the way to and back from the bathroom. I decided to use one of our classroom Dictionaries as the hall pass to dissuade students from 'misplacing' or destroying the pass (can't flush this), and perhaps learn something along the way.

2 - My dad had his favorite dictionary within arm's reach as he frequently looked up words while doing his nightly crossword puzzles. Every evening, we'd sit at the kitchen table as dad would work the puzzle, pause to scratch my back, continue with the puzzle, scratch my back, etc., etc. My dad died in 1978, but his dictionary holds fond memories for me. Here's his dictionary today...with a preserved leaf from our front yard maple tree as another keepsake.

Happy reading!

#NationalDictionaryDay #MerriamWebster #LookItUp

Jean Craighead George, on writing:

I love to write and I love the natural world.

Everything I've written about I've found exciting
and it has never left me at a loss for words.
I've always just done what I love.
- Jean Craighead George.

The Movie: "Barfly"

by Charles Bukowski.

Edited by Barbet Schroeder.
Published by Black Sparrow Press.
Published in 1987.

ISBN 10: 087685708X
ISBN 13: 9780876857083

Paperback.

Description:
The screenplay of the 1987 movie, directed by Barbet Schroeder.

Born on this day – Big Joe Williams:

Big Joe Williams

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982

Credits:

Songs:

49 Highway Blues; Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey; Baby Please Don't Go; Big Road Blues; Black Gal; Blues for Gamblers; Bye, Bye, Blues; Crawlin' King Snake; Drop Down Mama; First Meeting; Flour Dough Blues; Hand Me Down My Old Walking; Highway 49; House Lady Blues; I May Be Wrong; I Wanna Die Easy When I Die; If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make 'Em Lay; Jivin' Woman; Juanita; King Biscuit Stomp; Little Leg Woman; Mellow Apples; Motherless Children; My Grey Pony; P Vine Blues; Ramblin' On My Mind; She Left Me A Mule To Ride; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Sugar Mama; Tell Me Mama; Vitamin A; Wimmin From Coast To Coast.

Albums:

An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 2 (2021); An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 4; The Complete Singles 1935-1941 (2021); An American Singer, Songwriter, Blues Master, Volume 5; The Complete Singles 1942-1960 (2021); Baby Please Don't Go (2019); Back To The Country (1964); Back to the Roots (2023); Big Joe Williams (1964); Big Joe Williams at Folk City (1963); Big Joe Williams King Of The Delta Blues (2023); Blues Bash (1973); Blues for 9 Strings; Blues Masters Vol. 6 - Big Joe Williams (2009); Chewred Up Grass (2019); Chicago ‘63 (2023); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 2 (1945-1949) (1991); Delta Blues Live (2019); Down South Summit Meetin' (1960); Fantastic Music for Christmas (All the Greatest Tracks) (2016); Four Classic Albums (Piney Wood Blues / Tough Times / Blues on Highway 49 / Mississippi's Big Joe Williams and His Nine String Guitar) (Digitally Remastered) (2021); Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (1969); Hell Bound and Heaven Sent Blues (1968); Highway 49 (2018); I Got Wild (2003); Instinctively the Blues - Big Joe Williams (2020); Just the Blues, 1958-1961, (24 Successes) (Blues Left Texas) (2018); Malvina My Sweet Woman (1974); Meet Me Around the Corner (Nothing But the Blues) (2012); Nine Strings (2020); No More Whiskey (1998); Piney Wood Blues (1997); Piney Woods Blues (1958); Po' Joe (1999); Studio Blues (1964); The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins (1969); The Blues Collection: Big Joe Williams, Baby Please Don't Go (1994); The Blues Collective - Big Joe Williams (2023); The Essential Big Joe Williams (1945-1961), Vol. 1 (2020); The Essential Big Joe Williams (1945-1961), Vol. 2 (2020); The Original Ramblin' Bluesman 1945-1961; The Ultimate Jazz Archive 12 - Blues (2 Of 4) (2007); These Are My Blues (Live) (1998); Throw a Boogie Woogie; Watergate Blues (2000); Wild Cow Blues (2018).

Movies, television and video:

AC/DC: Baby, Please Don't Go (1976); American Masters (2005); Archer (2014); Blue Chips (1994); Blues Odyssey (2003); Count Basie at Carnegie Hall (1981); Countdown (1974); Drop Zone (1994); Focus (2015); Friday Night Football (2015); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Heart Condition (1990); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Metal Evolution (2011); Nightmare Code (2014); Otis (2008); Out of Sight (1966); Passage to Mars (2016); Poor White Trash (2000); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1995); She's Out of Control (1989); Shindig! (1965); Swing In (1968); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festivals: The British Tours 1963-1966 (2007); The Beach Boys (2024); The Bikeriders (2023); The Blues (1966); The Buttercup Project (2010); The Devil's Music (1979); The Instigators (2024); The Led Zeppelin Story (2004); The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009); Treme (2011); Two Weeks to Live (2020); Wild at Heart (1990).

Born on this day – Molly O'Day:

Molly O'Day

Actress

October 16, 1909 – October 22, 1998

Credits:

Skull and Crown (1935); Lawless Border (1935); The Law of the 45's (1935); Bars of Hate (1935); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934); Hired Wife (1934); Divorce Sweets (1933); Gigolettes of Paris (1933); Playthings of Desire (1933); Get That Venus (1933); Devil on Deck (1932); Sob Sister (1931); Sea Devils (1931); Sisters (1930); Show of Shows (1929); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928); The Shepherd of the Hills (1928); The Lovelorn (1927); Hard-Boiled Haggerty (1927); The Patent Leather Kid (1927).

Born on this day – Linda Darnell:

Linda Darnell

Actress

October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); About Faces (1960); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); All Star Revue (1953); America After Dark (1957); America in Color (2018); Angels of Darkness (1954); Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Biography (1999); Black Spurs (1965); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blood and Sand (1941); Brigham Young (1940); Buffalo Bill (1944); Burke's Law (1964); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Centennial Summer (1946); Chad Hanna (1940); Cimarron City (1958); Cineficción Radio / Podcast Series (2020); City Without Men (1943); Climax! (1957); Dakota Incident (1956); Day-Time Wife (1939); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Everybody Does It (1949); Fallen Angel (1945); Folk Music Theater (1962); Forever Amber (1947); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); G.I. Journal (1944); Hangover Square (1945); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Preview (1955–1956); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hotel for Women (1939); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Igor Cassini's Million Dollar Showcase (1956); Island of Desire (1952); It Happened Tomorrow (1944); It Happens in Roma (1955); I've Got a Secret (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); John Ford (1992); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (1941); Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006); My Darling Clementine (1946); MythBusters (2007); Night Without Sleep (1952); No Way Out (1950); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pursuit (1958); Rise and Shine (1941); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Actors (1950); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Second Chance (1953); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Show-Business at War (1943); Slattery's Hurricane (1949); Star Dust (1940); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Studio 57 (1958); Summer Storm (1944); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); The 13th Letter (1951); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Castilian (1963); The Costume Designer (1950); The Ford Television Theatre (1956–1957); The Great John L. (1945); The Guy Who Came Back (1951); The Juke Box Jury (1956–1959); The Lady Pays Off (1951); The Linkletter Show (1957); The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942); The Mark of Zorro (1940); The Mike Douglas Show (1962); The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Walls of Jericho (1948); This Is My Love (1954); This Is Your Life (1957); Two Flags West (1950); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Wagon Train (1958); What's My Line? (1956); You Asked for It (1958); Your First Impression (1962); Yours for a Song (1963); Zero Hour! (1957).

Born on this day – Angela Lansbury:

Angela Lansbury

Actress

Singer

October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022

Born on this day – Eileen Ryan:

Eileen Ryan

Actress

October 16, 1927 – October 9, 2022

Born on this day – Carmen Sevilla:

Carmen Sevilla

Actress

Singer

Dancer

October 16, 1930 – June 27, 2023

Born on this day – Patricia McNulty:

Patricia McNulty

Actress

Editor

October 16, 1942 – September 4, 2023

Credits:

Avril Lavigne: The Bonez Tour (2005); Capturing the Friedmans (2003); Hazel (1962); Live at the Quick (2002); Mr. Novak (1963); My Three Sons (1961–1967); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Star Trek (1966); Tammy Tell Me True (1961); The Detectives (1961); The House of God (1981); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The Tycoon (1964).

Born on this day – Suzanne Somers:

Suzanne Somers

Actress

Writer

Singer

October 16, 1946 – October 15, 2023

Credits:

Say It Isn't So (2001); The Darklings (1999); Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998); Step by Step (1991–1998); No Laughing Matter (1998); Love-Struck (1997); Devil's Food (1996); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Simpsons (1996); The Naked Truth (1995); ABC TGIF (1991–1995); ABC Sneak Peek with Step by Step (1994); Seduced by Evil (1994); Serial Mom (1994); Full House (1994); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); Sisters (1993); Exclusive (1992); Keeping Secrets (1991); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); She's the Sheriff (1987–1989); Totally Minnie (1988); Goodbye Charlie (1985); Hollywood Wives (1985); Three's Company (1977–1981); Nothing Personal (1980); Yesterday's Hero (1979); The Ropers (1979); Billy (1979); Zuma Beach (1978); Happily Ever After (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Ants! (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1977); The Love Boat (1977); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); One Day at a Time (1976); Sky Heist (1975); The Rockford Files (1974); Lotsa Luck! (1974); Magnum Force (1973); American Graffiti (1973); Fools (1970); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Bullitt (1968).

On this day in movie history - Confidential (1935)

Confidential

directed by Edward L. Cahn,

written by Wellyn Totman and Olive Cooper,

based on a story by Scott Darling and John Rathmell,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1935.

Music by Abe Meyer.

Cast:

Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, Theodore von Eltz, Warren Hymer, J. Carrol Naish, Herbert Rawlinson, Kane Richmond, Guy Edward Hearn, James P. Burtis, Clay Clement, Reed Howes, Morgan Wallace, Monte Carter, Al Bridge, Earl Eby, Lynton Brent, George Chesebro, Mary Gwynne, Frank Marlowe, Lillian Castle, Donald Kerr, Edwin Argus, Jack Gustin, David Worth, Allen Connor, Tom Brower, Harry Harvey, Sr., Robert Homans, Allan Cavan, Earl Dwire, John Ince, Lee Phelps.

On this day in television history - The Detectives (1959)

The Detectives

a.k.a. The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, Captain of Detectives and Robert Taylor's Detectives,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1959, and ran for three seasons until May 18, 1962.

Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Directed by: Alvin Ganzer, Arnold Laven, Arthur Hiller, Charles F. Haas, David Friedkin, David Lowell Rich, Dick Moder, Don McDougall, Don Medford, Don Weis, Felix E. Feist, Gerald Mayer, Harry Keller, James Clavell, James Neilson, James P. Yarbrough, John Rich, Joseph H. Lewis, Lamont Johnson, Lawrence Dobkin, Lewis Allen, Murray Golden, Paul Landres, Paul Wendkos, Richard Carlson, Richard Donner, Richard Whorf, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert Butler, Roger Kay, Stuart Rosenberg, Ted Post, Thomas Carr, Tom Gries, Walter Doniger, William A. Graham, William F. Claxton.

Written by: A.I. Bezzerides, Alfred Brenner, Alvin Sapinsley, Anthony Boucher, Antony Ellis, Arthur Browne Jr., Barry Trivers, Borden Chase, Boyd Correll, Calvin Clements Sr., Christopher Knopf, Clark Howat, Curtis Kenyon, David P. Harmon, Don Brinkley, Donald S. Sanford, Ed Adamson, Elliot West, Ellis Marcus, Erna Lazarus, Gene Roddenberry, George Bruce, George W. George, Gordon Gordon, Harry Kronman, Henry F. Greenberg, Herbert Abbott Spiro, Herman Groves, Howard Dimsdale, Jack Laird, Jay Simms, John K. Butler, Joseph Petracca, Joseph Stefano, Judy George, Laurence E. Mascott, Lawrence Dobkin, Lee Berg, Lee Karson, Leonard Freeman, Lewis Reed, Louis Pelletier, Meyer Dolinsky, Michael Morris, Michael Plant, Mildred Gordon, Milton S. Gelman, Mort Thaw, Norman T. Herman, Palmer Thompson, Patricia Chase, Peter Packer, Peter Stephens, Philip Saltzman, Richard Collins, Richard Morgan, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert C. Dennis, Robert J. Shaw, Stanley Niss, Sy Salkowitz.

Cast:
Robert Taylor, Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Mark Goddard, Lee Farr, Adam West, Ursula Thiess, Michael Harris, Rita Lynn, Joe Higgins, Johnny Seven, Arthur Batanides, Enid Jaynes, Marc Lawrence, Sandra Warner, Dabbs Greer, William Sargent, Adam Williams, John Anderson, Michael Parks, Sandra White, Al Ruscio, Laura Shelton, Alice Backes, Arlene Martel, Joe Mantell, John Milford, Naomi Stevens, Robert Brubaker, Bruce Gordon, Vera Miles, Jay Adler, Grace Lee Whitney, Diane Mountford, Aneta Corsaut, Jena Engstrom, Jack Kruschen, Harold J. Stone, Eileen Ryan, Robert Karnes, Michael Fox, Joey Faye, Sue England, Joan Marshall, Bernard Fein, Denise Alexander, John Considine, Augusta Merighi, William Tannen, Jack Holland, Jean Allison, Hazel Shermet, Philip Bourneuf, Kay Stewart, Larry Breitman, Mel Carter, Marc Cavell, Jay Strong, John Larkin, Morris D. Erby, George E. Mather, Hugh Sanders, Arthur Malet, Joe Turkel, Adrianne Ellis, Adrienne Hayes, Alice Allyn, Alice Frost, Amzie Strickland, Anita Sands, Barbara Nichols, Brian G. Hutton, Bruce Dern, Catherine Mazzola, Cathy O'Donnell, Charles McGraw, Claire Carleton, Danielle Aubry, Darlene Fields, Diane Ladd, Dianne Foster, Donna Douglas, Dyan Cannon, Edward G. Robinson, Ellen Burstyn, Eva Gabor, Fay Spain, George Conrad, Inger Stevens, James Coburn, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Joseph Sargent, Joyce Van Patten, L.Q. Jones, Lawrence Tierney, Lee Meriwether, Marianna Hill, Marion Ross, Marsha Hunt, Martin Landau, Michael Constantine, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Anderson, Robert Culp, Telly Savalas.

On this day in television history - The Rookie (2018)

The Rookie

created by Alexi Hawley,

was released in the United States on October 16, 2018.

Opening theme Kings & Queens by ChinChin.

Series music by Jordan Gagne.

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Titus Makin Jr., Mercedes Mason, Melissa O’Neil, Afton Williamson, Eric Winter, Mekia Cox, Shawn Ashmore, Jenna Dewan, Tru Valentino, Mircea Monroe, Sara Rue, Currie Graham, Demetrius Grosse, David DeSantos, Zayne Emory, Michael Beach, Brent Huff, Angel Parker, Sarah Shahi, Matthew Glave, Harold Perrineau, Daniel Lissing, Ali Larter, Jasmine Mathews, Enver Gjokaj, Carsyn Rose, Madeleine Coghlan, Annie Wersching, Jeff Pierre, Hrach Titizian, Brandon Routh, Arjay Smith, Toks Olagundoye, Dylan Conrique, Camille Guaty, Lisseth Chavez, Danny Nucci, Shawn Christian, Joelle Carter, Niko Nicotera, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Beau Garrett, Sean Maher, Mario Lopez, Joel McHale, Michael Trucco, Jim Lau, will.i.am, Stephen Lang, Felicia Day, Mark Cuban, Mitch Pileggi, Seamus Dever, Jon Huertas, Lauren Tom, Eric Weddle, Robert Woods, Alan Tudyk, Michael Cassidy, Pete Davidson, Seth Green, Roselyn Sánchez, Bailey Chase, Don Swayze, Hannah Kasulka, Christopher O’Shea, Frances Fisher, Frankie Muniz, Skyler Samuels, Rainn Wilson, Molly Quinn, Katy O’Brian, Emily Deschanel, Kyle Secor, Joshua Malina, Brandon Jay McLaren, Kathryn Prescott, Piper Curda, Peyton List, James Remar, Flula Borg, Tamala Jones, Niecy Nash, Britt Robertson, Felix Solis, Kevin Zegers, Thomas Dekker, Bridget Regan, Kelly Clarkson.