#december 28

[shisasan]

December 28, 1922

Beloved Prophet: The Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell and Her Private Journal

[musickickztoo]

RIP Mary Weiss 

December 28, 1948 – January 19, 2024

[dailykafka]

— December 28, 1911 / Franz Kafka diaries

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Red Flat Bark Beetle (Cucujus clavipes)

(Photo by Tom Murray)

Conservation Status- Unlisted

Habitat- Northern North America

Size (Weight/Length)- 10 mm

Diet- Insects; Larvae

Cool Facts- People generally have a stigma against bark beetles because they’re known to kill trees through blue stain fungus. May I introduce the red flat bark beetle, a beetle that eats the larvae of other bark beetles and protects their home tree. They make a small initial hole to crawl underneath the tree’s bark where they then hunt anything that fits in their mouth. Due to living in polar areas, red flat bark beetles have learned how to survive freezing temperatures to the extreme. They lose up to 40% of the water in their cells to prevent themselves from freezing solid. Instead, they are able to continue eating the other hibernating insects in their tree as snow continues to fall. 

Rating- 12/10 (Flat as a pancake.)

[happybirthday-unusannus]

Happy 4th Birthday to

“Emotional Pain vs Physical Pain... Which Is Worse?”

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode, 28 décembre 1839, Paris. Robe satin garni de tulle. Mantelet garni de cigne. Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

Wearing a pink bodice with ruffled sleeves and hem. Background— Piano, royal-blue chair, white drapes, and hanging picture.

[lulublack90]

Prompt - Skill

@jegulus-microfic December 28 Word count 312

They were playing a mostly friendly game of Quidditch in the Potter’s back garden. James and Sirius were one team's chasers with Peter as keeper. Marlene and Regulus made up the other team, with Lily as their keeper. Remus was lying on the grass beneath them. He’d said in no uncertain terms that he would not be playing. No, Sirius, don’t even ask. 

James had the most skill out of all the players. However, the others were hardly lacking in Quidditch skills. 

James was faster and managed to get the quaffle past Lily repeatedly. He could tell that Marlene, in particular, was getting frustrated by their team’s lack of points. She called a time-out. Regulus and Lily flew closer, huddling together. James watched as Marlene leant close to Regulus’s ear and whispered something that made him look up at James with a wicked grin, nodding in agreement. 

They started again, racing up and down the pitch. James had the quaffle and was almost within scoring range when Regulus shot in front of him, giving him a cheeky wink as he flew by. James’s head swung around to follow Regulus’s flight. His grasp loosened for a split second, but it was long enough for the quaffle to slip from where he had it tucked under his arm and fall into the waiting hands of Marlene, flying directly beneath him. She wasted no time racing towards Peter and getting the quaffle through the goalpost. 

A huge cheer went up from Marlene and Lily, having finally scored. Regulus flew back to James, hovering at his side. 

“Dirty tactics, is it, love?” James asked, unable to hide his grin. 

“Marlene is very competitive.” Regulus shrugged, “Though I can’t say I didn’t jump at the chance.” He leaned over and placed a chaste kiss on James’s face before shooting off again, spinning James’s broom as he did.    

[todaysdocument]

Unloading Under Fire

Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast GuardSeries: Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and PersonalitiesFile Unit: Art by Gildersleeve through Klein

This image depicts artwork of Coast Guardsmen unloading gasoline during an invasion in the Mediterranean, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist John S. Gretzer.

1228431 FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION U.S. COAST GUARD WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. COAST GUARD COMBAT ART "UNLOADING UNDER FIRE"...WORKING IN HEAVY SEAS, U.S. COAST GUARDSMEN ARE SHOWN UNLOADING TINS OF HIGH TEST GASOLINE IN THIS ARTIST'S CONCEPTION BY JOHN S. GRETZER, CAOST GUARD COMBAT ARTIST. OTHER LANDING BARGES ARE WAITING TO COME ALONGSIDE THE COAST GUARD-MANNED TRANSPORT AS THE INVASION OPERATION TAKES PLACE UNDER FIRE. GRETZER DURING 18 MONTHS AT SEA PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASIONS OF NORTH AFRICA, SICILY AND ITALY. HE IS A NATIVE OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. *** * IN REWRITING CAPTION PLEASE MENTION "COAST GUARD." *** *

[callmebrycelee]

HAPPY 47TH BIRTHDAY, JOE MANGANIELLO!!!

[the-patchwork-girl-of-oz]

Today is my birthday!!! :3

[dayinanimanga]

Today in Manga History

December 28th, 1996

Toe Shoes begins serialization in Ribon Magazine

Written and illustrated by Megumi Mizusawa

[kuro-theoneandonly]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUACKITY

YIPEEE

[musickickztoo]

Lemmy   

December 24, 1945 – December 28, 2015

[floridaboiler]

HAPPY NATIONAL CARD PLAYING DAY!!! National Card Playing Day is observed annually across the United States on December 28. A standard pack of cards may be used for playing a variety of card games including Spades, Poker, Solitaire, Spite and Malice, Hearts, Spoons, Gin Rummy, Ridge, Black Jack and Texas Hold’em. Of course, there are thousands of card games, some of which are regional favorites.

Source - https://mewe.com/p/bikinisummer

[shysheeperz]

[duadaily]

December 28, 2022