Friday Fun Facts – September 16

Welcome to the 259th day of the year. 2 + 5 + 9 = 16. Math. Well, here’s a list of stuff that has happened on September 16 throughout the annals of history.

1620 – A bunch of disease-ridden vanilla-faces set off for America aboard the Mayflower.

1810 – Arrrrriiba! Mexico began an 11-year war that would give them freedom from the dastardly Spaniards. For some reason they celebrate the day the war began, not when it ended. That is why today is Mexican Independence Day.

1925 – B.B. King was born.

1956 – David Copperfield was born. I read an illuminating story about him on Wikipedia. In April of 2006, D-Cop and two of his female assistants were robbed at gunpoint after a show. The girls gave up their money and cell phones. David said in the police report that he didn’t give up anything, because he had used sleight of hand to conceal his valuables. Now THAT’S a magician.

1964 – Molly Shannon was born. I wonder what she is doing at this exact moment.

1971 – Amy Poehler was born. She’s married to the guy who played G.O.B. Bluth, so she’s alright in my book. Plus she’s got a kid named Archibald.

1975 – Papa New Guinea was able to escape the cold clutch of the Australians, so it’s Independence Day there as well.

1981 – Fan Bingbing was born. She’s a Chinese person. She acts or something.

Double Blong (Blog Song) today. Here’s the first, a live performance from Thanksgiving 1972 at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York. Only hardcore badasses do prison shows. B.B. King – How Blue Can You Get?

And here’s the second, which uses a sample from the first. Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand.

I Have a New Name Now

If you haven’t noticed the little title bar up there, this is now the Blog of Cliff Kennelly. Why? My true identity must be protected at all costs. And it’s kind of neat to have a pen name. And I can say whatever I want and not get in any kind of trouble. How did I land on this alias? Well I live on a road called Cliff, and there is this other road called Kennelly that intersects it. It’s not that difficult people. And I just noticed that I now share initials with Clark Kent, a favorite person from my childhood. And also Calvin Klein. Not a favorite person, but I’ve heard he’s doing innovative things in the olfactory world. Everyone’s got their thing that they’re into. And after a short Google search, it looks like there actually is a real guy named Cliff Kennelly. But hey Cliff, I think there’s room on this big blue marble for the both of us.

That’s it. Go to bed.