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[IceWizard]

22 Jan 2017

Answer Your Cat's Questions Day



If you’re a cat person, you’ll no doubt wonder what your cat is thinking from time to time. What unsolved mysteries does your tabby ponder, hmm? Answers Your Cat’s Questions Day is a chance to find out, and to answer some of the big questions. Take some time and attempt to work out what questions your cat is asking, and make a concerted effort to fill in the blanks.



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Celebration Of Life Day



Celebration Of Life Day is when we take a step back and truly appreciate our children and grandchildren. Granted, some may do this on an everyday basis, but it’s an opportunity to look at our young ones’ lives from a different angle, think about what it is that makes them truly special, and of course, to lavish treats upon them if we so wish, be it an ice cream or a trip to Disneyland.

It can be easy to forget that our children and grandchildren are people in their own right. You’ve helped them to discover themselves over the years, but you can’t take all the credit. Their life choices are ultimately down to them; sometimes they’ll do you proud, and other times, as is the case with us all, they’ll make mistakes. So be the one who’s there to offer congratulations, or encouragement to pick themselves up when they fall. And above all else, as cheesy as it may sound, show that you love them.



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Hot Sauce Day



Are you more of a Tabasco person, or do the spicy chili peppers of Southeast Asia the ones that get your mouth watering? Should hotness be combined with salty flavors, or rather sweet ones? Whatever you believe and whatever your preferences, if you are one of those people who feels that “spicy” is never quite spicy enough, Hot Sauce Day is the perfect holiday for you!

The History of Hot Sauce Day

Humans started using chili peppers and other such spices thousands of years ago. In South and Central America, there is evidence for chili peppers being used for cooking as early as 6,000 years ago, but they never reach Europe until the 16th century, when Portuguese and Spanish explorers began sending all sorts of unusual foods from the New World back home. The first hot sauce to be available in a bottle appeared in shops in the state of Massachusetts in the year 1807, and then suddenly, hot sauce was everywhere, and being added to everything. Tabasco sauce is one of the earliest brands to have come into existence that still exists today, being bottled and sold for the first time in 1868.

According to a survey in 2014, the world’s ten best how sauces are:

10. Valentine Salsa Picante

This sweet and sour hot sauce has a citrusy tang to it.

9. Texas Pete

This sauce was made by accident at a little family-run restaurant in 1929, and it a bit weaker than most Louisiana-style sauces.

8. Tabasco

This is a classic, there’s no doubt about it. It contains more vinegar than other hot sauces tend to.

7. Tapatio

This hot sauce is also a bit sweet, with a distinct garlicky flavor.

6. Louisiana Hot Sauce Original

This is Louisiana’s number one hot sauce, and we all know those Cajuns know a thing or two about spice.

5. Huy Fong Chili Garlic

Long story short, this stuff is thick, hot, garlicky and delicious.

4. Frank’s Red Hot

This is the main ingredient in buffalo wing sauce. ‘Nuff said.

3. Crystal

People from Louisiana (yes, Louisiana again) swear by this stuff.

2. Cholula

This delightfully hot Mexican sauce is made from pequin peppers, that are 7 times hotter than jalapenos.

1. Huy Fong Sriracha

It’s no wonder the fame of this sauce reaches far and wide. It’s spicy, salty and seems to go well with almost everything. This is definitely a favorite the world over.

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Guy Fieri - 49



Steve Perry - 68



John Hurt -77



Sam Cooke - (1931 - 1964)



Linda Blair - 58



Steven Adler - 52







January 22nd


1994: Rush kicked off their tour in support of Counterparts at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, FL.

1993: Metallica kicked off their Nowhere Else to Roam tour at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI in support of their self-titled fifth album.

1990: During the seventeenth annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Slash & Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses were visibly drunk & said various obscenities during their acceptance speech. Due to this incident, every subsequent American Music Awards show was on broadcast delay.

1989: Gene Simmons’ longtime partner Shannon Tweed gave birth to their first child, a son named Nicholas.

1983: The Clash peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Rock the Casbah” which was their first and only top ten single in the U.S.

1977: Wings reached number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart for one week with their triple live album, Wings over America.

1971: Joe Cocker’s documentary on his American tour with Leon Russell, Mad Dogs & Englishmen premiered at London’s Festival Place.

1966: The Beatles peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Day Tripper”.

1965: The Animals were set to record their live album The Animals at the Apollo at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre. Before the concert, the U.S. Immingration Department ordered the concert to be cancelled.



Birthdays:

Steve Perry - Singer for Journey born in 1953

Steven Adler - Drummer for Guns N’ Roses born in 1965