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[CigarBanter]

Monday again, already?!? Are there any cigar deals out there today to be had? Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something about cigars along the way. Warning: don't proceed if you have thin skin but don't be afraid to post either... And welcome aboard!

[A Friend of Charlie]

Sheesh. May, already?

And for those of you playing along at home, sis' daily deal is still showing 404 Error. Double sheesh!

[Oyam18]

Tony, the photos are of cinque Terre

[Oyam18]

Pesto Pesto

[Travellin Dave]

Sheesh. May, already?

And for those of you playing along at home, sis' daily deal is still showing 404 Error. Double sheesh!

She is rather worthless as of late.

[Travellin Dave]

Pesto Pesto

Yum!  I likes me some pesto!

[Travellin Dave]

Operating on JWackytime for the week.  Just got in and settled.

[Travellin Dave]

Today is Monday, May 1, the 121st day of 2017. There are 244 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History:

On May 1, 1967, Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. (They divorced in 1973.) Anastasio Somoza Debayle became president of Nicaragua.

On this date:

In 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect.

In 1786, Mozart’s opera “The Marriage of Figaro” premiered in Vienna.

In 1866, three days of race-related rioting erupted in Memphis, Tennessee, as white mobs targeted blacks, 46 of whom were killed, along with two whites. (The violence spurred passage of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution defining American citizenship and equal protection under the law.)

In 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley,” as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

In 1915, during World War I, a German submarine torpedoed and severely damaged the SS Gulflight, an American tanker near Britain’s Scilly Isles, even though the United States was still neutral in the conflict.

In 1931, New York’s 102-story Empire State Building was dedicated. Singer Kate Smith made her debut on CBS Radio on her 24th birthday.

In 1941, the Orson Welles motion picture “Citizen Kane” premiered in New York.

In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

In 1971, the intercity passenger rail service Amtrak went into operation.

In 1987, during a visit to West Germany, Pope John Paul II beatified Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. (She was canonized in 1998.)

In 1992, on the third day of the Los Angeles riots, a visibly shaken Rodney King appeared in public to appeal for calm, pleading, “Can we all get along?”

In 2011, President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a U.S. commando operation (because of the time difference, it was early May 2 in Pakistan, where the al-Qaida leader met his end).

[Travellin Dave]

Ten years ago: In only his second veto, President George W. Bush rejected legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq in a showdown with Congress over whether the war should end or escalate. Thousands of people protested across the country to demand a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million people living in the U.S. without legal permission.

Five years ago: In a swift and secretive trip to the Afghan war zone, President Barack Obama signed an agreement vowing long-term ties with Afghanistan after America’s combat forces returned home. Hundreds of activists across the U.S. joined worldwide May Day protests, with Occupy Wall Street members in several cities leading demonstrations and in some cases clashing with police.

One year ago: A wildfire broke out near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada; in the days that followed, the blaze destroyed 2,400 homes and other buildings and forced more than 80,000 people to evacuate. Anti-government protesters disbanded from the heavily fortified Green Zone they had stormed a day earlier. After a half-century of waiting, Cuban-born passengers set sail from Miami on an historic cruise to Havana, the first such trip from the U.S. since recent policy changes. Elephants performed for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Providence, Rhode Island.

[Travellin Dave]

1939 Judy Collins, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds), born in Seattle, Washington
1939 Max Robinson, 1st African American network TV anchor (ABC), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1988)
1939 Ray Aranha, actor (Nick-Married People), born in Miami, Florida
1940 Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
1941 Barbara Barendrecht, [BHM Wurfbain], actress (Dirty Picture)
1941 Juraj Hatrick, composer
1942 Stephen Macht, actor (Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1943 Joy Harmon, actress (Cool Hand Luke), born in St Louis, Missouri
1944 Rita Coolidge, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone), born in Nashville, Tennessee
1944 Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
1946 Bruce Robinson, actor (Story of Adele H)
1946 Jerry Weiss, American rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears), born in NYC, New York
1946 Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service)
1946 Nick Fortune, [Nicholas Fortuna], rock bassist (Buckinghams Chicago)
1946 Valentin Muratov, USSR, floor exercise gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956)
1946 John Woo, Hong Kong director
1947 Carlos Ward, rocker (B T Express)
1947 Ghulam Abbas, cricketer (scored 12 & 0 in only Test for Pakistan 1967)
1947 Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer
1947 Jacob Bekenstein, American-Israeli theoretical physicist (Bekenstein-Hawking radiation), born in Mexico City (d. 2015)
1948 James Wise, US soul singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
1949 Douglas Barr, actor (Howie-Fall Guy), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1949 Margo Miller, fencer-epee (Olympics-96), born in San Francisco, California
1949 Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow)
1949 Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers
1950 Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986)
1950 Dann Florek, American actor
1950 Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer
1951 Gordon Greenidge, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1974-91)
1951 Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef
1953 Elquemedo Willett, cricketer (WI lefty spinner early 70's)
1953 Felix Hanemann, rocker (Zebra)
1953 Mindy Moore, LPGA golfer
1953 Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
1954 Michael Scott, reporter (Entertainment Tonight)
1954 Ray Parker Jr, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters), born in Detroit, Michigan
1954 Taslim Arif, cricketer (Pakistani keeper/batsman, 210 v Aust 1980)
1954 Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author
1955 Julien Wiener, cricketer (Australian opening batsman 1979-80)
1955 Nick Feldman, English musician
1956 Byron Stewart, Baxter Springs Ks, actor (Warren Coolidge-St Elsewhere)
1957 Dick Swett, (Rep-D-New Hampshire)
1957 Paul D Ronney, ScD/astronaut (STS 83 alt), born in Los Angeles, California
1957 Rick Darling, cricketer (accident-prone/dashing Aussie opener 1978-79)
1957 Steve Farris, rock guitarist (Mr Mister)
1957 Ko Otani, Japanese composer
1959 Eddie Johnson, NBA guard/forward (Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers)
1959 Paul Smith, rock saxophonist (Haircut 100)
1960 Albert McDonald, Dartmouth NS, US canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1961 Charlie O'Brien, catcher (Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1961 Steven Cauthen, jockey (1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed)
1961 Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court
1962 Gary Clark, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1962 Paula Weishoff, volleyballer (Oly-Sil-84, br-92, 96), born in Hollywood, California
1962 Reggie Pleasant, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1963 Robert Seguso, tennis star, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1964 Carlos Aalbers, Dutch soccer player (NEC)
1964 Ruth Picardie, journalist
1964 Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon
1965 Jon Warren, 1.5k runner, born in Akron, Ohio
1966 Armando Reynoso, San Luis Potosi Mexico, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1966 Charlie Schlatter, American actor (18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel), born in NYC, New York
1966 Johnny Colt, Cherry Point NC, rock bassist (Black Crowes)
1966 Mark Coogan, Manhaset NY, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966 Olaf Thon, German football player
1967 Bill Schultz, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle (Den Broncos, Scot Claymores)
1967 Marvcus Patton, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
1967 Scott Coffey, HI, actor (Satisfaction, Shout)
1967 Tawni Cable, playmate (June 1989), born in Salem, Oregon
1967 Yael Arad, Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka (Oly-1996)
1967 Tim McGraw, American musician and actor, born in Delhi, Louisiana
1968 Anton Scheutjens, soccer player (Roda JC)
1968 Lisa Campbell, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1968 Mark Scott, Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
1968 Denise Masino, American Female Bodybuilder
1968 Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer
1968 Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
1968 D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
1969 Billy Owens, NBA forward/guard (Sacramento Kings)
1969 Bryan Marchment, Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
1969 Carrie Stevens, playmate (June 1997), born in Buffalo, New York
1969 Wes Anderson, American director and writer
1970 Alex Van Pelt, NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills)
1970 Allen DeGraffenreid, WLAF wide receiver (Scotland Claymores)
1970 Alundis Brice, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
1970 Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Oly-silver-92, 96)
1971 Ethan Albright, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills)
1971 Jamie Marie Swenson, Miss USA-South Dakota (1997)
1971 Renee Poetschka, Australian 200m/400m (Olympics-92, 96)
1971 Stuart Appleby, Cohuna Australia, Nike golfer (1994 Victorian PGA)
1971 Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
1972 Bobby Chouinard, Manilla Phillipines, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1973 Curtis Martin, NFL running back (NE Patriots)
1973 Frank Beede, NFL center (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 Oliver Neuville, German footballer
1974 Keri Phebus, Laguna Beach California, tennis star
1974 Matthew Hatchette, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
1974 Vladimir Zavyalov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998)
1975 Austin Croshere, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
1975 Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
1975 Jodhi May, British actress (A World Apart, The Other Boleyn Girl), born in London, England
1975 Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer
1976 Darius McCrary, actor (Edward Winslow-Family Matters)
1977 Anna Louise Wilson, Dunedin NZ, 100m breast stroke (Olympics-96)
1977 Dan Regan, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1977 Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer
1978 Sachie Hara, Japanese actress
1979 Jennifer Botterill, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1979 Kimberly Grigsby, Miss Virginia Teen USA (1997)
1979 Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
1979 Ben Easter, American actor
1980 Jan Heylen, Belgian racing driver
1980 Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
1981 Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian footballer
1981 Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian Footballer
1981 Wes Welker, American football player
1982 Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
1982 Jamie Dornan, Irish actor (Fifty Shades of Grey), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1983 The Human Tornado (Craig Williams), American professional wrestler
1984 Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
1984 Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS)
1984 Farah Fath, American actress
1985 Drew Sidora, American actress
1986 Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer, (d. 2013)
1986 Adam Casey, Australian footballer
1987 Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
1987 Matt Di Angelo, English Actor
1988 Graeme Owens, English footballer
1991 Creagen Dow, American actor
1997 Ariel Gade, American actress

[Travellin Dave]

Sorry, but the regular AP news feed has been a bit wonky as of late.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Morning Snowflakes

[South Carolina Redfish]

Sheesh. May, already?

And for those of you playing along at home, sis' daily deal is still showing 404 Error. Double sheesh!

Messed up operation!!!

[South Carolina Redfish]

55 degrees this morning, sunny and close to 90 for the afternoon.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Time to ready for work, hell week at my place.  2 full days of totally worthless planning meetings immediately followed by another 2 day masquerade ball love-in retreat way the fuk out past the airport.  And I don't get my Wednesday off.  Total Bullshit!