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27 September 1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England. This is only a matter of days after Longshanks defeated the invading Norse army. Anyone else lining up to take Britain by force this year? 1590 – Death of Pope Urban VII. At 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, his reign would be the shortest papacy in history. A record that future Popes are unlikely to attempt breaking deliberately. 1791 – The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France. Considering how rapidly citizens are being executed in Revolutionary France, it is surprising that the Jews accepted the invitation. 1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone. Remember, it's "Eye of Horus before Eagle, except after Cleopatra". 1940 – World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy. This made a very convenient way for the rest of the world to define the "Bad Guys".

It seems that if you have super powers and you want to be a "good guy", you only have a few choices. Either work for someone with deep pockets (enforcing their idea of the status quo and better tomorrow). Or be a vigilante constantly dodging lawsuits and overzealous law enforcement (on behalf of those who don't agree with your views of the status quo and better tomorrow).

If we ever figure out a way to safely and cleanly drain the humans sinuses on demand, we will put a lot of physicians and pharmacists out of work.

It is well known that a mirror reflects a flat and reversed image of the observer. We should all be grateful that mirrors do not let us see ourselves as we actually are.

The last panel is an accurate depiction of my own internal debates on the very BEST days.

Actually, the Trombone is Sliding. The "Secret Identity" convention barely stood up to scrutiny back in the 1930s. 21st century America leaves even less room for the masked vigilante. Time to recall the wisdom of MST3K.

Given Magic's flair for the dramatic? If you were to count on magic for weight control, that is exactly when magic would stop controlling your weight in a useful manner.

26 September 46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus. Nothing like making a grand symbolic gesture for religion that happens to celebrate your own ancestor and puts your name next to the gods. 1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100. Billy is the first monarch for England to make the Roman Numerals an official part of the name, starting a tradition that would be emulated by future British Monarchs, Olympic Games, Super Bowls, and Rocky Sequels. 1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed during the Morean War. This is the sixth war between the Ottomans and the Venetians. In an attempt to make the rest of the world look at their conflict as something other than a fight between footstools and window blinds, they start a Greece fire which damages the biggest tourist attraction in Athens. 1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia. Because nothing says "Brotherly Love" like a military encampment. 1792 – Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France. Spoiler Alert: France would get a dictatorship. But neither Monsieur Lasource nor Robespierre would survive to see it. 1888 – T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) A human who dared to reveal the Truth about cats. 1905 – Albert Einstein introduces the special theory of relativity in the Annalen der Physik scientific journal. The third of his four Annus Mirabilis papers. Does the Swiss Patent Office realize that this clerk seems to have a lot of time on his hands? 1907 – Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire. Newfoundland is eventually incorporated into its big neighbor, Canada. This does not surprise anyone. New Zealand somehow resists incorporation with Australia, despite being compelled to share a unified Olympic team in 1908 and 1912. 1953 – Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends Britain was in the war for six years, and the sugar ration only lasted another eight years after that. 1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. This does not go well for the Vice President. 1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released. Without any new material to be released, the Beatles are sure to be quickly forgotten. 1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time. Cramped and expensive. The only advantage it gave in trans Atlantic travel was cutting the time from New York or DC to Paris or London in half. And unlike the wide bodied subsonic jumbo jets, it could only fly from New York or DC to Paris or London. 1977 – The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant opens for official usage, the first nuclear power plant in the (then) Ukrainian SSR. Peaceful, clean, and safe nuclear power. 1983 – Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. Thank you Comrade Petrov.

In the US? Cyclists and pedestrians have a lot of regulations, rights and protections... on the books. But in practice, lots of motorists ignore these legal technicalities. Just like they ignore the cyclists and pedestrians on the road.

Spider Squirrel Spider Squirrel Squirrely, Spidery, Hero Girl She has strength, she has guts She knows where she hid those nuts

I still think it was something he ate. Green Eggs and Ham, perhaps? But more to the point, you missed a big one for 24 September 1936 – Birth of the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational Jim Henson.

23 September 99 Days in the Year left to go 99 Days in the Year... 1338 – The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle using gunpowder artillery. How many millennia of Human History at sea, and NOTHING went BOOM until less than 700 years ago? 1459 – The Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, takes place. Everybody loved the petals. But when it came time to fight, the thorns won the day. 1641 – The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure of over 100,000 pounds of gold (worth over £1 billion today), is lost at sea off Land's End. Wait a minute! We KNOW there is fifty TONS of gold off the coast of Land's End? Why hasn't someone drained the Atlantic to get it yet? 1642 – First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College. The first commencement speaker should be wrapping up his speech any year now. 1780 – American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides. Remember kids, if you want to commit high treason, don't let anyone who might talk know about it. 1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States. They fail to find the North West Passage. But they do inspire the name for a Soap-Opera version of the Superman Story. 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune. But they did it the hard way with math and telescopes. All they had to do was join the Navy, then they would have discovered Neptune as soon as they crossed the Equator. 1889 – Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda. How does one go from printing playing cards to destroying human civilization in less than a century? 1909 – The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois. Who knew that the story of a maimed drama nut would translate so well from magazines to books to any number of other languages to silent film to talkies to Broadway? 1913 – Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia). And for this, he becomes the muddiest of all the major tennis tournaments. 1938 – The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement. This mobilization, along with the concessions to Germany and the guarantee of Neville Chamberlain should be more than enough to ensure the safety and security of Czechoslovakia. 1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City. Because "Lincoln" is exactly the thought you want at a theatre.

22 September 1598 – English playwright Ben Jonson kills actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel and is indicted for manslaughter. Johnson confesses to the deed, but avoids hanging by claiming "Benefit of the Clergy" by being able to read. So his thumb is branded. 1692 – The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released. Someone confessed to murder, and they let him off with just branding his thumb. But a scared teenaged girl accused several people of witchcraft, without any evidence that would be admissible in a regular court, and many of them are hanged? Hate to say it, but the Salem colony needed...MORE LAWYERS! By all that is merciful and good, may I be forgiven for telling the truth as I have seen it. 1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution. Turns out he did only have one live to give for his country, or anything else for that matter. 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General is established. Benjamin Franklin really was the very model of the modern Postmaster General. 1791 – Birth of Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (d. 1867). Had a goofy idea that light, electricity, and magnetism were all some how the same thing. Crazy. 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published. And it's still sitting under a stack of the other old National Geographics in grandma's garage because someone might need them someday. 1892 – Lindal Railway Incident, a locomotive and quite a bit of track collapse in a sink hole. No one is hurt, but it does disrupt transportation for quite a while. And of course rumors abound making the event seem far more destructive that it actually was. This provides inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle. It is also, somehow, inspiration for the TV show, Lost. For this reason alone, we should dig up that old engine and show that it was an ordinary accident. No mystical or sci-fi shenanigans involved here. 1927 – Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney. When the referee tells you to go to a neutral corner, GO THERE AND STAY THERE until the referee says otherwise. 1939 – World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland. Good to see old friends getting along so well after a shared victory. I'm sure nothing will come between them. 1948 – Gail Halvorsen officially started parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Air lift. The coal and grain are useful to the citizens of Berlin. But little packs of chocolate and chewing gum dropped at random across the besieged city have an incalculable symbolic value. 1979 – A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. The Prince Edward Islands near Antarctica, not the PEI of the Canadian Maritimes. Its cause is never determined. There are several compelling hypothesis. But proving any of them would mean confirming that certain countries that were not supposed to have nuclear weapons were in fact testing nuclear weapons. 1991 – The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time. But before you check them out, consider what they charge as over due fines. If you have to ask, you can't afford it,

Nixon will do much better in the 31st Century.

I hate it when my inner elephant gets involved in my internal dialogue. It always blames everything on my inner donkey, and vice versa. And the "Don't Think Of..." object from when I was a kid was usually a Polar Bear.

21 September 1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders. The Vikings keep declining rematch offers from the Fighting Irish. 1435 – The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War. Wait a minute. Congress can just tell countries to switch sides in a war and they'll do it? We could legislate world peace and all it would take is for a majority of both houses to agree... OK, I see the problem. 1745 – A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. A little appreciated aspect of German efficiency. If you're going to lose, you are better off losing quickly and getting on with the rest of your day. 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point. Giving the West Point plans to the British was Treason. But at least he didn't give the West Point plans to the Naval Academy. That would be Blasphemy. 1792 – French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy and ends the Gregorian calendar. Neither decision lasts. 1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, is published. Although if Bilbo's Hobbit nature had been portrayed accurately, the novel would have been Here and Here Again Without Going There. 1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California. Nearly everyone in the military concedes that it was obsolete before it was built. The landing gear would not retract when it was flown from the manufacturer to the Air Force, so the Mach 3 fighter's maiden flight was under 400 mph. 1967 – Fred McFeely Rogers begins taping the first episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood at WQED, Pittsburgh. Throwing horse shoes had been a game for centuries. Who knew it could be fun to throw human shoes? 2003 – The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere. Apparently NASA did not want to litter on any of Jupiter's moons. But Jupiter itself is big enough that no one will notice if we seep an old satellite under the Great Red Spot.

Humor of the highest caliber.

In spite of her personal feelings for the man, Mrs Kitsune may still respect Adrian's ability as a educator. Remember, she is far more aware of Nanase's abilities and activities than she admits to her daughter. Perhaps putting Nanase in contact with people like Adrian and Sensei Greg is a deliberate choice? Just because Mrs Kitsune has some magical awareness and ability does not necessarily mean that she is a good magical teacher. And by stating objections, she had given Nanase a way out if her daughter wasn't serious about the esoteric. Noriko's plan was for Tedd to be her apprentice, but she was ready to leave her child when that wand failed to detect magical ability. Mrs Kitsune may have decided that she needed to be a mother to her children and let others be their teachers.

ARRR!!!! Avast and heave to ye scurvy dogs. It be the nineteenth of Septembarrrr. Talk Like A Pirate Day. Aye, and some otharrrr things happened on this here day in history. Here be a few... 1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion. But Bacon is good. Bacon makes everything better. Bacon is our delicious friend... 1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget. Majority side, "We did the best we could with what we had". Minority side, "You squandered resources from your children's children". Repeat annually for the next 240 years. 1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England. Apparently Joseph McCarthy and/or J Edgar Hoover were not fans. 1982 – The Death of Language – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. 1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music. This is why relatives of politicians need real jobs. Otherwise they try to do what their spouses, siblings, or parents were elected or appointed to do, and usually with less than desirable results. 1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria. It doesn't matter if they seal you in a pyramid or a glacier. If you leave an well preserved corpse, someone is bound to think that you should be a scientific specimen.

Right Idea. But what song should be playing?

For some reason, Illjwamh's recent comments about how he classifies characters in the counting thread got me thinking about the Opening Credits to EGS. I'm imagining it something like Happy Days Elliot would be first, like Ron Howard Even though Tedd no longer has the second most Canon appearances, the young Verres would probably be second out of tradition. The other under 30 characters with over 100 canon appearances would generally be listed in order of number of appearances as of the start of the current season. Adrian Raven would probably make the list after all the "kids". Pandora was a prominent character, in the "season" that ended in August 2018. She was probably in the credits that season, but not in the current season. This could change based on how much of a splash she wants to make with her reappearance. And Edward Verres would have the last character credit, like Tom Bosley as Howard Cunningham.

On the other hand... Given Grace's attitude towards casual nudity, could she possibly have some Naked Mole Rat in her genetic makeup?

It might have worked as a One Shot, Filler, Sketchbook, or stand alone NP comic back in the early days of EGS. The Mouse's legal team probably would have regarded it much like all the other KP fan art out there. But the Disney Lawyers can be very protective of their property if it is used commercially. And Dan has been making money off EGS for some time now. Maybe not much, but it doesn't take much blood to attract sharks. Setting aside the copyright issues. It would be difficult to work the KP & Co characters into one of the long EGS story arcs organically. That said, with a new live action Kim Possible movie scheduled to premier on the Disney Chanel next year, it will probably be quickly released to video. There are ways the EGS characters might talk about Kim Possible within the context of the comic. Susan and Elliot discussing the video on their review show comes to mind almost immediately. Or perhaps Justin and Grace playing that instead of Spaceballs during the card tournament. After all, Nanase and Ellen were more than ready to solve a mystery. Or rewrite history. Woo-oo.

But can she transform a Gingham Dog into a Calico Cat?

If you throw someone to the Alligators, the worst the gators can do is eat the victim. If you throw someone to the Senate? That can get very nasty...