Some of the January meme

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3. The Danish/American comedian and pianist, Victor Borge was born on this day in 1909. Are you familiar with his comedy style?

He was very popular in the 1950s when I was growing up. It's good that there are recordings of his routines.

4. Dry January is a campaign where people choose to abstain from alcohol for the entire month of January (the campaign was started in 2013 by Alcohol Change UK, a UK charity). Are you joining in with dry January?

I haven't had any booze in years, but mostly because it makes me gain weight.

6. When was the last time you cleaned/polished your shoes?

Oddly, I wanted to buy some shoe polish this past week. I haven't found any for sale yet. I don't know if it's just Tucson being Tucson or it's out of fashion everywhere in the U.S.

8. Do you tend to text people or phone them and chat?

Right now more texting.

9. On this day in 1969, the first trial flight of Concorde, the supersonic jetliner, took place in Bristol, England. Have you, or anyone you know, been on Concorde?

Nope. I'm just glad the supersonic military flights over this country ended many years ago... BOOM!!! ( Read more... )