by Anura Guruge
on April 1, 2024
As far as I am concerned, each & every day should be HAPPY.
SMILE.
A Happy April 1, 2024 To YOU (Easter Monday).
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Anura’s Picture Of The Day + 6 Others, April 1, 2024.
by Anura Guruge
on April 1, 2024
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Anu’s Picture of the Day:
Click to ENLARGE for FULL-SIZE ENLARGEMENTS.
The other 6:
In smaller-size here in gallery, for FULL-SIZE (i.e., to ENLARGE) click on an image. You can then SCROLL through all 6 images ENLARGED.
| All taken with my (January 3, 2023) Google Pixel 7 Pro. | Post processing limited, at most to just adjusting brightness, if & when required. | Attribution will be strictly ENFORCED. |
U.S. Cardinal ‘Wilton Gregory’ — Has A Good Chance Of Becoming The NEXT POPE.
by Anura Guruge
on April 1, 2024
He is currently #4 in MY papabili list.
But, he could quite easily leapfrog to the TOP. He has AGE on his side. Goldilocks. Not too old. Not too young. SAME AGE as Pope Francis when he was elected in 2013.
We, the Americans, should mount a campaign to get him elected. I am going to do what little I can.
Ironically, one of his competitors is Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, the Archbishop of Boston. O’Malley, however, is 3-years older. He will be 80 this June. But, he is white — albeit bearded (which is a slight negative).
Gregory will NOT be the first black pope (from what we know). There has been, in the early days, at least one pope from Africa. We, however, don’t know how dark he was. But, as with Obama, Gregory’s color could be a bonus.
So, come on, let’s all root for an American Pope — Wilton Gregory.
Bought A Load Of Discounted Easter Chocolates. [Should Last Me A Couple Of Weeks.]
by Anura Guruge
on April 1, 2024
Though I (the prediabetic, reformed alcoholic that I am) consume but the bare minimum, we go through a LOT of chocolate in this house — & I will not mention any names to protect the guilty. So, some of the chocolates, the two bunnies at the top in particular, are for the chocolate eaters here.
The rest is for me, THE CHOCOLATE MAN, to give away.
Notice the 9 bags of chocolate eggs and the two ‘Ferrero Rocher’ bunnies I bought. The ‘eggs’ inside do NOT have any Easter markings. SMILE. I do KNOW what I am doing when it comes to chocolates. Each of those bunnies costs me $5 today. They each contain 13 PREMIUM chocolate eggs. Folks LOVE them. Do the math. SMILE.
I would have bought more IF I had the money. But, as you all know, I am NOT a rich man — & I spend a fair amount of the little money I have on chocolates for others. SMILE.
A Very Happy Birthday To Kenyan Cardinal Jester, ‘John (Idi) Njue’ (Who Is Younger Than We Thought).
by Anura Guruge
on April 1, 2024
A very special birthday to a very special man — who until last year was the ‘man with no birthday‘.
I, of course, felt BAD for him. Everybody should have a birthday. So, I assigned him, ‘April 1’, a very special day for I, as his official birthday. NO, he was NOT gracious enough to thank me. {But, I did not expect it from him.}
Well, it appears that he, MIRACULOUSLY, discovered his Birth Certificate. He claims that it got erroneously filed — of all places — Hawaii. Yes, his birth certificate, he claims, was found in Hawaii. You go figure.
The Vatican had initially assumed that the birth certificate pegged his birthday as December 31, 1944.
Ooops! NO. Big Mistake. He is much, much, much youger.
His birth certificate supposedly says he was born December 31, 1954. He is still just a baby. Just 70 years old.
So, he will continue to be an elector till 2034.