Daily Holidays - January 22

[Sherman A1]

National Blonde Brownie Day First known as "blonde brownies" and later just "blondies," chocolate-free butterscotch brownies were all the rage in the mid-1950s. Today, a "blondie" might be the classic butterscotch treat or many other cocoa-free bars.

Chocolate-Chunk Blondies
Pecan Blondie Caramel Cups
Cointreau Blondies
Cinnamon Zucchini Blondies
Blondies with White Chocolate Ganache
Better-Than-Twix Bars http://www.food.com/food-holidays/blonde-brownie-day-0122

Answer Your Cat's Questions Day Have you ever wondered what your cat is trying to tell you through certain behavior? For example, when your cat pees on your pillow, he’s not trying to get even with you for coming home late. When he scratches your new sofa, he’s not being bad. Because cats have different needs and desires than us and a completely different way of seeing the world, they communicate in ways which we don’t always understand or appreciate.

People often try to change their cats' “bad” behavior in ways that don’t work and may even make things worse. That's not good cat care. Some people learn to live with their cats' behavior, while others heartbrokenly surrender their cats to animal shelters. It doesn’t have to be that way. Most cat behavior issues are quite solvable once you know how cats think and why they are behaving as they are. http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/cat-behavior-care-tips-national-answer-your-cats-questions-day

Roe vs. Wade Day The Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion by handing down their decision in the case of Roe v. Wade. Despite opponents' characterization of the decision, it was not the first time that abortion became a legal procedure in the United States. In fact, for most of the country's first 100 years, abortion as we know it today was not only not a criminal offense, it was also not considered immoral.

In the 1700s and early 1800s, the word "abortion" referred only to the termination of a pregnancy after "quickening," the time when the fetus first began to make noticeable movements. The induced ending of a pregnancy before this point did not even have a name--but not because it was uncommon. Women in the 1700s often took drugs to end their unwanted pregnancies.

In 1827, though, Illinois passed a law that made the use of abortion drugs punishable by up to three years' imprisonment. Although other states followed the Illinois example, advertising for "Female Monthly Pills," as they were known, was still common through the middle of the 19th century.

Abortion itself only became a serious criminal offense in the period between 1860 and 1880. And the criminalization of abortion did not result from moral outrage. The roots of the new law came from the newly established physicians' trade organization, the American Medical Association. Doctors decided that abortion practitioners were unwanted competition and went about eliminating that competition. The Catholic Church, which had long accepted terminating pregnancies before quickening, joined the doctors in condemning the practice. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roe-v-wade

Data Innovation Day On January 22, 2015, join the Center for Data Innovation in celebrating the third annual Data Innovation Day. The purpose of Data Innovation Day is to raise awareness about the benefits and opportunities that have come from the data revolution. Participants around the world will participate in an online video discussion about the economic and social opportunities made possible by data-driven innovation. http://www.datainnovationday.org

Women’s Healthy Weight Day Healthy Weight Week is an educational event to help change public perception that weight determines health and that dieting is a viable health solution.

Dieting has led women astray by making their struggles with weight worse, negatively affecting their health, and keeping them from living the lives they want. Healthy Weight Week encourages women to improve health habits in lasting ways by eating well without dieting, living actively and feeling good about themselves and others. http://www.fitwoman.com/healthy-weight-week/

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/january22.html

[betsuni]

1. Happy Birthday to George Balanchine

One of my favorite quotes from George:

"We read Ivan Goncharov's novel, 'Oblomov,' in school. Its hero, a Russian landowner, lies on his couch and does nothing. Oblomovism is a widespread term in Russia. There's a bit of Oblomov in us all. I sometimes think about my life that it's nothing but Oblomovism! I've done so little. ... But I also think that what Russian call Oblomovism is not simply laziness or an unwillingness to work. There is also a rejection of excessive bustle, a conscious decision not to participate in the rat race for the phantoms of fame and success. Here in the West, people run all the time --- hurry, hurry, like squirrels in a wheel. It looks like movement, but where are the results? The Russian says, 'I will not participate in your vanity fair, I think I'll lie down on the couch and take a rest.' Actually, you can think of quite a few interesting things on the couch."

The Four Temperaments ballet, first performed in 1946:

[Sherman A1]

2. Thanks for posting!

I agree that we should all perhaps take more time to "not participate in your vanity fair".

[bigwillq]

3. Happy Birthday, Ray Rice!

[femmocrat]

4. You'd better hide! LOL

[femmocrat]

5. Happy Birthday to the fabulous Sam Cooke:

[Sherman A1]

6. Cool!

Thanks for posting!

[logosoco]

7. It is also my adorable grandsons 7th birthday!

He is currently obsessed with Michael Jackson (with whom his dad shares a birthday!). It all started when we told him what a great dancer he was and on Halloween I showed him the Thriller video.

I did not know it was Sam Cooke's birthday as well. I am not sure if I can get my grandson's into him right now. Maybe when they are older!

[Sherman A1]

8. And A Happy Birthday to

your grandson!

[femmocrat]

9. Happy Birthday to your grandson!