#29 September

[greendayauthority]

Green Day's crowd at the X-Ray Cafe, Portland, OR, 29 September 1992

[castial]

happy birthday midam ! !

[newyorkthegoldenage]

42nd Steet celebrated its centennial in 1925. These men are displaying what the well-dressed man would be wearing throughout those hundred years, September 29, 1925.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[dateinthelife]

29 September 1967

The BBC airs a radio version of King Lear, which happens to be playing as John Lennon is looking for some live radio to add to complete the mix of "I Am the Walrus."

[wiiildflowerrr]

@Michael5SOS: I don't really know what's appropriate for throwback thursday, but is this okay?

29 September 2016

[a-shade-of-blue]

New Gaza fundraiser asks I've received (29 September)

Rania (@saveomarfamily): They are a family of 5 with 3 children: Rania, Misk, and baby Ghazal. Misk has contacted meningitis but there is no medicine for her in Gaza. They are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/970f189c) (vetted by association. They are relatives of @aya2mohammed (vetted by el-shab-hussein and #166 on the verified fundraiser list vetted by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi)) ($1,635 USD raised of $35,000 target)

Mohammed (@mohmad40, @mohmad2): Mohammed has a toddler son Ahmed. He has lost loved ones and has been arrested and tormented in an Israeli prison for 2 months. His brother has broken his hand and their tent has been flooded with sewage. (https://gofund.me/9184bdf8) (#47 on the @/gazavetters vetted list)

Ghazi Al Amoudi (@ghazialamoudi): Ghazi is 25 years old and from a family of 7. He is an instructional designer. He and his family are now displaced and living in a tent in Deir Al-Balah.  (https://gofund.me/4c0c11c3) (#89 on @/gazavetters vetted list!) (€66 raised of €10,000 goal)

Hamza Abu Reesh (@hamza-gaza): Hamza is from a family of 7. HIs parents are elderly and his father suffers from chronic diseases. His little sister is suffering from Mediterranean fever and there are no medicine available. They are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/abf54bf1) (vetted by @/gazavetters and #91 on their vetted list, also vetted by association through @/ayoosh-gaza (vetted and promoted by @/gaza-evacuation-funds)) (€912 raised of €100,000 goal)

How are gfm campaigns vetted?  See here, here, here and here.

Click here for my Google Doc with my complete masterlist of all the Palestinian gfm asks I've received, updated daily (along with other verified ways to send aid to Gaza).

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[rabbitcruiser]

Goose Day  

National Goose Day is celebrated on September 29 every year. Also known as Michaelmas Day, the holiday initially celebrated the Archangel Michael but later became associated with geese because the date coincided with rent day in medieval England. Geese were a common form of payment, and many a citizen paid off their landlord with a goose tucked under their arm. Today the holiday is an excuse to munch on some tender roast goose, a bird that’s not eaten as frequently nowadays. No matter how you choose to celebrate, enjoy International Happy Goose Day!

History of National Goose Day

Egyptians were among the first civilizations to domesticate geese some 3,000 years ago. They captured thousands of the birds in nets, kept them in pens, and bred them for meat and eggs. Goose was a delicacy only the wealthy merchants and nobility could afford. In the 4th century in France, locals told the story of St. Martin of Tours and his geese. Martin did not want to be a bishop, and on the day of his appointment, he locked himself inside a barn. The honking was so loud that the geese drew the congregation to the barn, where they discovered Martin hiding. Martin became a bishop in 327 A.D. The goose was the traditional bird eaten by the Christian faithful on his feast day on November 11.

The first informal Goose Day in the U.S. was celebrated in Pennsylvania, in the Juniata River Valley. A Dutchman named Andrew Pontius employed Archibald Hunter, and their contract stated that Pontius would settle payments on September 29. Hunter appeared on Pontius’ doorstep with a goose on the day of payment. He explained to his employer that geese were good luck symbols for the coming year.

This is how the tradition of Goose Day caught on in America, starting in the Juniata River Valley. In 1973, International Goose Day was officially celebrated in Mifflin County, and in 1976, Juniata County followed suit. Since then, International Happy Goose Day has been observed annually on September 29.

National Goose Day timeline

3,000 Years Ago

Geese in Egypt

Ancient Egyptians domesticate geese.

17th Century

A Goose For Christmas

In London, geese become a popular Christmas dish.

1843

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge presents a goose for Christmas dinner.

1856

“The Food of London”

According to George Dodd’s “The Food of London,” 888,000 geese are sold every year, compared to 69,000 turkeys.

National Goose Day FAQs

Do geese have teeth?

No, geese do not have teeth.

How long do geese live?

Canadian geese live between 10 to 24 years, while swan geese live for 20 years.

Do geese mate for life?

Geese mate for life, and it’s rare for them to split up.

National Goose Day Activities

Roast a goose: Roast goose has a gamey but intense flavor comparable to dark meat like beef. Now is the perfect time to give it a try.

Fry a goose egg omelet: Goose eggs are larger and richer in flavor compared to chicken eggs. A goose egg omelet is sure to be a tasty treat.

Sharing is caring: Give your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers some succulent goose meat to sample. They’ll love it, and you get to introduce one more person to this delicious fowl.

5 Great Facts About Geese

Imprinting on moving objects: Goslings will imprint on the first suitable moving stimulus, whether it's a mother goose, a human being, or an object.

Geese are territorial: Geese are fiercely protective of their territory, making them good guard animals on a farm.

Geese are the largest waterfowl: Aside from swans, geese are the largest waterfowl.

They are loyal: Geese mate for life and are very protective of their partners and offspring.

Goose alarm: In ancient Rome, geese were used to alert the citizens of the Gaulish invasions.

Why We Love National Goose Day

Goose meat is juicier: Farmers often joke that geese are the pigs of the air, bred to be lard animals. This means their meat is juicy and tender. You won’t need any gravy.

They have a unique taste: Geese absorb the flavor of whatever they eat in their body fat. Breeds like Black Brant are prized for this reason. Fed on eelgrass or wild celery diet, they’re pretty popular on the West Coast.

It’s a welcome change: People don’t eat goose as much as they used to. It’s a nice change if you’re bored of eating chicken or turkey all the time.

Source

[oediex]

I saw a beautiful piece of theatre. Two people, one mainly dressed in white, the other black. Wordless, just music with cues for them to move the story forward. Dancing, waving, twirling, swirling, miming, and acrobatics.

The story of a nest falling off a rock in a storm, with one egg surviving. Two birds, one black, one white, find the egg, take care of it. Some shenanigans, while the egg grows to symbolise its development. Then, a crack appears. The egg opens, and a colourful bird emerges in all their glory.

A simple story for children, who followed the events with serious faces, filled with metaphors for the adults, who smiled and laughed as two people clearly had the time of their lives.

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 29 September:

Old Michaelmas Day – Celtic holiday. According to an old legend, blackberries should not be picked after this date. This is because, so folklore goes, Satan was banished from Heaven on this day, fell into a blackberry bush and cursed the brambles as he fell into them. Michaelmas, the Feast of St Michael the Archangel (also the Feast of SS Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael or the Feast of Michael and…

[another-chaotic-bisexual-vampire]

Happy Cursed Lucy Came Back Wrong Day

(the chocolate one is Mr. Deville's Food Cake)

cakes for when you die and get brought back but there's something wrong with you and everyone can tell

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: you can probably tell from AdeptApril's #ANSIart illustration that yesterday was World #Heart Day, but what you might not realise is that the occasion shines the spotlight on preventing and controlling cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide.

[greendayauthority]

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spain, 29 September 2009

[elgallinero]

Practice English

michaelmas day – Google Search — Read on www.google.com/search

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Leslie Howard, Gertrude Lawrence, and Reginald Owen in Candle Light. The play, from a book by Siegfried Geyer adapted by P.G. Wodehouse, opened at the Empire Theater on September 30, 1929, and ran for 128 performances.

Photo: NYPL

[dateinthelife]

29 September 1967

On the David Frost show with George Harrison and John Lennon, we learn that "Buddha was a groove, Jesus was all right.”

Apparently the lesson John took from the previous Jesus debacle was not that he shouldn't mention Jesus at all.

[wiiildflowerrr]

5 Seconds of Summer: Bad Omens live on Seth Meyers | That Singer Reactions

29 September 2022