The Wikipedia article of the day for September 6, 2021 is Katie Joplin. Katie Joplin is an American sitcom created by Tom Seeley and Norm Gunzenhauser that aired for one season on The WB Television Network from August to September 1999. Park Overall plays the title character, a single mother who tries to balance her job as a radio program host with parenting her teenage son Greg (Jesse Head). Supporting characters include her boss, played by Jay Thomas (pictured), her niece (Ana Reeder), and her co-workers (Jim Rash and Simon Rex). The series was optioned as a mid-season replacement for the 1998–1999 television season, but was delayed for a year after production issues. Katie Joplin received the lowest ratings for…
Month: September 2021
Abberton Reservoir
The Wikipedia article of the day for September 5, 2021 is Abberton Reservoir. Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares (1,700 acres). Most of its water is pumped in from the River Stour. Constructed between 1935 and 1939, it is currently owned by Essex and Suffolk Water, and lies 6 km (4 mi) south-west of Colchester. In World War II, the reservoir was mined to deter invading seaplanes, and it was used by the RAF’s No. 617 Squadron (“The Dam Busters”) to practise for the bombing of the German dams in the Ruhr. A project to increase the reservoir’s capacity to 41,000 megalitres (9.0×109 imperial gallons) was completed in 2013, along…
Lördag och det blev ChopChop Express
Lördag igen. Tvättlördag till och med. Inte mycket blev gjort här men jag blev sugen på mat från ChopChop Express. Så det var bara att åka dit och köpa mat att hämta hem. Jag har ju två ChopChop nära mig. En i Lockarp och en på Svågertorp. Den senare är min standard numera. Det är god mat faktiskt. Beställning via bildskärmar i restaurangen. Det passar mig perfekt. Valde mina två standardrätter, Yakiniku och Peanut Chicken. Helt perfekt. Ganska mycket folk i restaurangen idag. Verkar vara populärt på fredagar och helger.
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
The Wikipedia article of the day for September 4, 2021 is Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (c. 646 – 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 until his death. At his accession, Umayyad authority in the Caliphate had been restricted to Syria and Egypt as a result of the second Muslim civil war. Abd al-Malik reunited the Caliphate after defeating the Zubayrids at the Battle of Maskin in Iraq in 691 and the siege of Mecca in 692. The wars with Byzantium recommenced, resulting in Umayyad advances into Anatolia and Armenia and the recapture of Kairouan, which led to the conquests of Northwest Africa and most of the Iberian Peninsula during the reign of his son and successor,…