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Today in History: 13 April

1742 – George Friderich Handel’s “Messiah” is performed for the first time at New Music Hall in Dublin

1861 – After 34 hours of bombardment, Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates (US Civil War)

1870 – Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in New York City, New York, US

1912 – Royal Flying Corps formed (later Royal Air Force)

1954 – Milwaukee Braves’ Hank Aaron plays his first game

Download Complete! – Guy Fawkes, English revolutionary – 1570; Butch Cassidy, American Outlaw – 1866; Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist – 1906; Ron Perlman, American actor – 1950

Unrecoverable Error – Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French revolutionary – 1793; Rigardus “Rijn” Rijnhout, Giant of Rotterdam – 1959; Dionyssis Papayannopoulos, Greek actor – 1984; Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler – 1997

On the Menu Today – Zucchini Noodles with Vegetables

I know, I know, so many vegetables. When you’re cooking for someone who is following the keto diet, exceptions must be made. I’m definitely adding bacon to this recipe, though, because bacon. Original recipe can be found here .

The Funnies:

Quote of the Day

“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis

YouTube Song of the Day

Here’s something completely different – a Hassidic Jew singing Reggae!

Comic of the Day

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Mouseover: Because they orbit the Earth every 90 minutes, some astronauts should try to argue that, due to CDC regulations and time zone technicalities, they should be able to get their second dose just 30 or 40 hours after their first.

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Image Credit: XKCD

Inspirobot Sometimes Controversial Inspirational Quote of the Day:

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Read yesterday’s out of this world Spark! by @lonnyl over here, and make sure to leave a Spice if you haven’t already!

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Man, I waited something like 3 minutes just to see if someone else would get the first post.

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Second!

(* First is so 5 minutes ago.)

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I missed First darn. I cannot do that many vegetables in one sitting without meat adding bacon helps.

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Actually, judging by the post times, it is so, like, 3 minutes ago.

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Have a beast of a birthday Ron Perlman

Inspirobot. Sure, it’s a sentence. However, it makes no sense.

and, first!
(or sixth!, that’s what I was going for. Just like those phone-in radio contests.)

*edit: Yes, I know how to count. I was just estimating.

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Inspirobot, I just don’t know what to say.

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Inspirobot: Sorry what again? Go sober up first.

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Yes. Agree or disagree with Inspirobot, recently it seemed to be putting out coherent statements. Today, not so much.

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I think what inspobot means is when we get hungry, break Google.

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Someone call HR on Inspirobot, I think he’s into the hippie lettuce again.

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COTD made me giggle.

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Thanks to Inspirobot, I was just reminded that I have to do some research on new security cameras. At least it was good for something today.

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Inspirobot: I think your Quote AI was poisoned by the Dr Seuss dictionary.

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Very prophetic quote of the day.

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Just don’t ruin it! :slight_smile:

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I’ve seen a lot of different air display teams, and nothing comes close to the Red Arrows.

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I like Matisyahu, the only man to rap about Moshiach. Also a ship in the night since we went to high school in adjacent towns and he lived in my current city a few years before I moved there.

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I tried to find the video of him stage diving from his Live at Stubbs’ concert, but couldn’t remember what song it was on. He’s definitely high up on my playlist.

@edrubin1718

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On the Menu Today – Zucchini Noodles with Vegetables

I know, I know, so many vegetables.

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