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Plot twist: InnovationIsMySpeciality is mymango's alt account so he can have a conversation with himself about Jimmy Carter in order to get his daily fix.

Who the fuck are smokie?

14-Oct 38 Dean Martin — That’s Amore +4 26 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 22 Dean Martin — Volare 21 Elvis Presley — King Creole 20 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog 16 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel 09 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 06 Nat King Cole — Smile 06 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog -5 00 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Stereo-Type Song that I hate -1

Wilson after dirty Phil has had his way

I believe it.

14-Oct 34 Dean Martin — That’s Amore 26 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love +4 22 Dean Martin — Volare 21 Elvis Presley — King Creole 20 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog 16 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel 11 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 09 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 06 Nat King Cole — Smile 01 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song -6

I haven’t cheated by peaking but I’m going to guess he’s posted about either the Cuban-Spanish TV presenter or the Brazilian publicist?

I take no pride in this, but to those posting facepalms? Look again - it's a damn joke. I know who smokie are and what's more, I appear to know their tracks (especially that famous one and critically variations thereof) well enough...

13th October 21:48 GMT 34 Dean Martin — That’s Amore +4 22 Dean Martin — Volare 22 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 21 Elvis Presley — King Creole 20 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog 16 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel 11 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 09 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 07 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song -6 06 Nat King Cole — Smile

We saw the group Smokie at the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway last night, October 12th. It was great fun for us all!

I have two gigs that I'll be working this week. Wednesday, I shall be working for T Bone Burnett. I didn't realize until just the other day that he produced the debut album for my friend David Poe. Then on Thursday, I'll be working for American Authors. I think I have successfully impressed my son as he used to listen to them when he was a lot younger.

Ronnie Dawson, Irish rugby player, reportedly dead: https://www.irishrugby.ie/2024/10/13/ronnie-dawson-an-icon-of-rugby/ DDP pick for @time.

Lord Monson has 4 months to live with terminal cancer: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13954343/Lord-Monson-terminal-cancer.html Well, once you read past the headline, you realize that he could also live for 4 more years, as it's terminal prostate cancer. So a bit like Frank Field maybe, only younger.

Tylee Craft: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-college-football-player-tylee-020545885.html

Nana Mouskouri is 90 today. Photo Credit: Kroon, Ron for Anefo per Creative Commons license

It was… the salmond mousse.

Written by mymango.

Michiko hospitalised after fall.

The wiki article says her husband and son were suffering from cancer back in 2015 but it seems her husband at least is still alive. Seeing Wang Zhenyi is 99 years old apparently and in this bad a condition, he's got to be a candidate for the immortals list next year surely.

Lalu Prasad Yadav hospitalised , but of course stable and not in danger.

Tommy F. Robinson, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1985 to 1991, has died. He was 82. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/07/11/tommy-robinson-politician-patrolman-provocateur-dies-at-82

Managed to finally solve the case of romance novelist Katharine Gordon (wiki). She died in West Sussex in 2005, aged 90, under the name of Katharine Hornsby. As per Ancestry she had at least 3 marriages, which made her tricky to track.

Emperor Elagabalus died on this day 1802 years ago, aged 18. - Elagabalus' birth name was Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, but was later known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. - The reason for Elagabalus' ascent to emperor at the age of 14 was due to his grandmother (the sister-in-law of emperor Septimius Severus) spreading a rumor that he was a bastard son of emperor Caracalla. Emperor Macrinus was soon defeated in a battle with soldiers who supported the claim, and then executed shortly after Elagabalus declared himself emperor. - Elagabalus would install the Persian sun god Elagabal as the head of the Roman pantheon in 220- he also took his regnal name from the deity. In order to worship him, Elagabalus would build a temple with a black rock from Persia representing the god inside it, and had himself circumcised and stopped eating pork (the later oddly similar to worshipping the Jewish God). - Elagabalus was known for his sexual deviancy (at least according to Romans) when he married a Vestal virgin- these women were sworn to remain virgin under punishment of death by being buried alive. - Some historians have put Elagabalus' gender identity into question; while it is confirmed he was bisexual, some believe he may have identified as female due to the fact Elagabalus enjoyed being referred to with female pronouns and dressing in drag. It is also believed he desired sex reassignment surgery, with one account stating he would pay a physician vast amounts of money to incise a vagina onto him. However, some believe these accounts may have been made to malign him. Regardless, Elagabalus issued a reform that allowed women to attend Senate meetings. - On the advice of his grandmother due to his declining favorability, Elagabalus elevated his cousin Severus Alexander to emperor in 221. Alexander soon received the support of the Praetorian Guard, who executed Elagabalus the following year. A damnatio memoriae was issued on him, and several statues were altered so his face was changed to that of Alexander's.

Davy Jones died on this day 12 (...or 3) years ago, aged 66. - Jones would start off as an actor, starring in one episode of Coronation Street as Colin Lomax. He also starred on West End and Broadway as Artful Dodger in Oliver!, being nominated for a Tony Award in 1963. - Before joining The Monkees, Jones had a charting song in 1965 with "What Are We Going to Do?"- peaking at #93 on the Billboard Hot 100: - After the Monkees' show ended in 1968, Jones had a few more successful singles, such as a cover of Neil Sedaka's "Rainy Jane", and "Girl"- the latter being featured when he guest starred on The Brady Bunch in 1971. - Jones would guest star on many other shows, including Boy Meets World and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. He turned to voice acting later in his career, and lent his voice to episodes of Hey Arnold! and Phineas and Ferb- but most notably a scene in a 2009 SpongeBob episode where he portrayed Davy Jones (of the Davy Jones' Locker legend): - Jones was also an avid horse jockey, and competed in several tournaments. The last activity he did before he died was ride one of his 14 horses around his racetrack.