Daily Bread for 3.18.14

Good morning.

Sunrise today is 7:02 AM and sunset 7:05 PM. The moon is in a washing gibbous phase with ninety-six percent of its visible disk illuminated. We’ll have a partly sunny day today with a high of forty-five.

Common Council and the Planning Commission meet jointly tonight at 6:30 PM on campus.

Yesterday, I kindly received some recommendations for music from the Celtic band The Pogues. I listed to, and liked, all of the recommended songs (Body of an American, Fairytale of New York, Misty Morning Albert Bridge, The Broad Majestic Shannon, Rainy Night in Soho, NW3).

Here’s The Body of an American —

On this day in 1953, the Braves announce that they’re moving to Wisconsin:

1953 – Braves Move to Milwaukee
On this date the Braves baseball team announced that they were moving from Boston to Milwaukee. [Source: The History Net]

Here’s Puzzability‘s Tuesday game:

This Week’s Game — March 17-21

Irish Stew

We’re going for brogue this St. Patrick’s Day week. For each day, we started with a word or phrase, added the seven letters in IRELAND, and rearranged all the letters to get the name of a famous person. Both pieces are described in each day’s clue, with the shorter one first.

Example:

Affirmative answer; Rescue Me star

Answer:

Yes; Denis Leary

What to Submit:

Submit both pieces, with the shorter one first (as “Yes; Denis Leary” in the example), for your answer.

Tuesday, March 18

La Cage aux Folles attire; author of the memoir It’s Always Something