Late morning. You had a nap, did your
exercises and had a relaxing bath with the bubbler on and the windows open as
it is a beautiful spring day with light clouds and blue sky plus a variety of
birds in song. - Amorella
1116 hours. Are you being sarcastic, Amorella? The paragraph reads like
an ancient Disney movie with the singing birds.
Which movie, boy? - Amorella
1118 hours. I don't remember, but there was a rabbit named Thumper I
think . . . "Snow White"? I
googled "Bambi". It was not a happy movie for me. I remember crying
and crying because Bambi's mother died from being shot by a mean hunter (I
think).
Sounds like you were the one being sarcastic
as you unconsciously remembered Thumper and the birds singing about. All appears good, then when it isn't as far as Bambi is concerned, at least the way you remember
it. - Amorella
1130 hours. I just checked, the film came out in 1942. I don't think I
ever knew that. I was probably four or five when I saw it at the Westerville
Theatre. I don't know who went with me. Surely I didn't go alone. I don't
remember really liking the Disney movies as a little kid. I was either scared
or crying about one thing or another. Odd, huh. No. Just weird. I think I
almost always misinterpreted what was going on. Who knows? Who cares. What a
dumb thing to think about. (1143)
You had lunch at Smashburgers after checking
out dishwashers at Home Depot. You favored a Kitchen Aid for $860.00
(instillation on your own) at the time. After lunch you stopped at the nearby
Lowes and found a Bosch that Carol favored for $719.00 plus the $120.00 for instillation
is rebated by Bosch. - Amorella
1628 hours. Carol is pulling weeds from her flower garden at the end of
the driveway. Tim mowed the yard and has been paid. He has two more days of
school and is looking forward to the summer off. We got the dishwasher ordered
and also I finally made the annual vet appointment (four months late) for Jadah
and Spooky for tomorrow at 11:15. Carol has begun focusing on our next Florida vacation
in June with the first half with Kim, Paul and the boys and the last half with
Craig and Alta and a mini travel vacation to Memphis and Nashville Tennessee
while heading back to Cincinnati. Looking forward to that too. (1637)
You
are weary of beginning chapter twenty-six because it has become very
complicated with the physics business. - Amorella
1641 hours. I glad you are setting this plan out and that I have just an
inkling of what's going on. I'm not going to bother Doug about the science
plausibility until something is actually taken up in the chapters, one step at
a time. We do have another errand or two to run this afternoon before supper.
Almost time for bed. You and Carol had a
light supper and watched NBC News then the last two episodes of the season's
"Blacklist" finishing in time to witness "The Rachel Maddow
Show" and the first half of "Lawrence O'Donnell" both on MSNBC. Carol
is still watching Elizabeth Warren on "O'Donnell" on how little Trump
wants to spend on the poor. You hope and trust his budget will never pass
Congress.
2243 hours. England's King John comes to mind.
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John, King of England
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John (24 December 1166 – 19
October 1216), also known as John
Lackland (Norman French: Johan
sanz Terre) was King of
England from 6 April 1199 until
his death in 1216. John lost the Duhchy of Normandy to King Phillip II of
France, resulting in the collapse of most of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent
growth in power of the Capetian dynasty during
the 13th century. The baronial revolt at
the end of John's reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document sometimes
considered to be an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the
United Kingdom.
John, the youngest of five sons of King Henry
II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, was at first not expected to
inherit significant lands. Following the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and
1174, however, John became Henry's favourite child. He was appointed the Lord
of Ireland in 1177 and given
lands in England and on the continent. John's elder brothers William, Henry and
Geoffrey died young; by the time
Richard I became king in 1189, John was a potential heir to the throne. John
unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's royal administrators
whilst his brother was participating in the Third Crusade. Despite this, after
Richard died in 1199, John was proclaimed King of England, and came to an
agreement with Philip II of France to recognise John's possession of the
continental Angevin lands at the peace treaty of Le Goulet in 1200.
When war with France broke out again in 1202,
John achieved early victories, but shortages of military resources and his treatment,
Norman, Breton and Anjou nobles resulted in the collapse of his empire in
northern France in 1204. John spent much of the next decade attempting to
regain these lands, raising huge revenues, reforming his armed forces and
rebuilding continental alliances. John's judicial reforms had a lasting impact
on the English common law system, as well as providing an additional source of
revenue. An argument with Pope Innocent III led to John's excommunication in 1209, a dispute finally settled by
the king in 1213. John's attempt to defeat Philip in 1214 failed due to the
French victory over John's allies at the Battle of Bouvines. When he returned
to England, John faced a rebellion by many of his barons, who were unhappy with
his fiscal policies and his treatment of many of England's most powerful
nobles. Although both John and the barons agreed to the Magna Carta peace treaty in 1215, neither side
complied with its conditions. Civil War broke
out shortly afterwards, with the barons aided by Louis of France. It soon
descended into a stalemate. John died of dysentery contracted whilst on campaign in
eastern England during late 1216; supporters of his son Henry III went on to achieve victory over Louis
and the rebel barons the following year.
Contemporary chroniclers were mostly critical
of John's performance as king, and his reign has since been the subject of
significant debate and periodic revision by historians from the 16th century
onwards. Historian Jim Bradbury has
summarised the current historical opinion of John's positive qualities,
observing that John is today usually considered a "hard-working
administrator, an able man, an able general". Nonetheless, modern historians agree
that he also had many faults as king, including what historian Ralph Turner
describes as "distasteful, even dangerous personality traits", such
as pettiness, spitefulness and cruelty. These negative qualities provided
extensive material for fiction writers in the Victorian era, and John remains a
recurring character within Western popular culture, primarily as a villain in
films and stories depicting the Robin Hood legends.
Selected and edited from -- Wikipedia
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2301
hours. Interesting article. I did not realize historians are now treating King
John better than they did sixty years ago. One day perhaps we'll need our own
form of a Robin Hood. Who knows. I seemed to have got off the subject.
You do have a tendency to float from subject
to subject. Students used to take advantage of this tendency. To leave it out
now would be a disservice to who you are and have been as a personality, orndorff.
2305 hours. I am not important, Amorella. I like to think about things
and I would hope my few readers like to think on our humanity and how it is in
this world. I am not a part of the equation.
However, I am orndorff. So it stays in
today's post. You see a connection between your President Trump and King John
of England almost out of the blue. This tell something about your reasoning or
lack of it. It is good to be somewhat objective from time to time, don't you
think? - Post. - Amorella
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