The World Isn't Fair...
But You Can Be.
To me, this photo is a perfect example of āa picture is worth a thousand words.ā
It says everything I want to say today.
Wishing you a fair and fun weekend!
Thank YOU for being a friendā¦
Clint šāļø
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NEW + RECENT
SUNDAY = Let's Celebrate...Good Times
MONDAY = Better Late Than Never
TUESDAY = Revisiting 'Tales Of The City'
WEDNESDAY = Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld
THURSDAY = One Size Does Not Fit All
FRIDAY = Honoring Our LGBTQ Elders
ON THIS DAY = MAY 17
BIRTHDAYS
1911 = Maureen O'Sullivan = Irish-American actor
1916 = Robin Maugham = British writer š
1919 = Antonio Aguilar = Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter
1929 = Jill Johnston = British-born American author and critic š
1934 = Ronald Wayne = American computer scientist and Apple co-founder
1936 = Dennis Hopper = American actor and director
1941 = Grace Zabriskie = American actor
1950 = Howard Ashman = American playwright and lyricist š
1955 = Bill Paxton = American actor and director
1956 = Annise Parker = American politician š
1956 = Bob Saget = American comedian, actor, and tv host
1961 = Enya = Irish singer-songwriter
1962 = Craig Ferguson = Scottish-American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1964 = David Eigenberg = American actor
1964 = Rose Troche = American filmmaker š
1965 = Trent Reznor = American singer-songwriter
1970 = Jordan Knight = American singer-songwriter and actor
1976 = Kandi Burruss = American singer-songwriter and tv personality
1984 = Lena Waithe = American screenwriter, producer, and actor š
1985 = Derek Hough = American actor, singer, and dancer
1990 = Ross Butler = Singaporean-born American actor
EVENTS
1861 = The first color photograph, made by Thomas Sutton (using the three-color method suggested by James Clerk Maxwell) is shown publicly in London.
1900 = The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the US.
1954 = The SCOTUS hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
1976 = The Love Boat premieres on ABC.
1977 = Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre (later renamed Chuck E. Cheese) in San Jose, California.
1990 = The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
1990 = Queer Nationās name is officially adopted. Queer Nation is an LGBTQ activist organization founded in March 1990 in NYC by HIV/AIDS activists from ACT UP. The founders were outraged at the escalation of anti-gay and lesbian violence on the streets and prejudice in the arts and media.
1995 = The first Lavender Graduation took place at the University of Michigan, with three graduates. Lavender Graduation is an annual ceremony conducted on 200+ campuses to honor lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and ally students.
2004 = The first legal same-sex marriages in the US are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES
PORTRAIT + QUOTE OF THE DAY
āLittle Shop has proven to me that there is a large public demand for musicals about leafy greens and I am consequently at work on a very exciting new project. This one will be more elegant, though. More continental, more sophisticated. More NoĆ«l Coward. You see, thereās this very large head of Belgian endiveā¦ā
Howard Ashman
So True!! Happy "24" Weekend (Victoria Day) Canada.
What a wonderful sign!