On This Odd Day In History...

Author: luminous_luciano

Date: November 29, 2005

by luminous_luciano
11-29-05
Today is the feast day of St. Saturninus, a healer whose presence in Toulouse short-circuits the regular news bulletins local pagan priests were receiving from supposed "gods"... in A.D. 257...
One of my favorites, he is... yes... yes... When locals tried to force him to make sacrifice to pagan idols, the idols actually crumbled! Aleluia!
I don't know, your holiness... the enraged mob then immediately dragged him across the streets behind a bull, until he died... they were not won over at all!
1919: The U.S. deports anti-war activist and author Emma Goldman...
At least the U.S. does not drag people around until they die... but they drag them through the mud - and deport them! Is that any better treatment than poor Anne Frank got some 20 years later?
Hey... quit staring at me like that! I didn't do it personally... and anyway, I am sure they coaxed my ancestor into doing their dirty work for them... okay?!?
1965: Dale Cummings does record 14,118 consecutive sit-ups.
Oh, Jolly! Oh, Joy! I love that one... I saw it many times... the best all-male DVD like... EVERRRRRR! He has such muscular legs... and those hairless thighs! He is n Apollo... an Adonis! An...
... An a$$, while you're at it! And you are one too, dah-ling... you're confusing Mr. Cummings with the up-and-coming (...) star of "Dale Does Dallas" - aren't you, you shameless drag queen b!tch?