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IN HONOR OF COLUMBUS DAY.....the man who was about the three thousandth person to step onto the shores of AMERICA which he thought was INDIA......

li'l factoid:
America is named for navigator Amerigo Vespucci who followed after Columbus and extended his discoveries. Vespucci (1451-1512) was Italian explorer who navigated the coast of South America in 1501.
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There has been much debate about both the accomplishments and the destruction caused by Columbus's voyages. The view of Columbus as a hero has been countered by the study of the impact of the slave trade and the ravages of disease brought by the visitors upon the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean region and the Americas. Columbus himself was not greatly revered by his companions or the natives he encountered. Still, Columbus is regarded as a hero for accomplishing the four voyages, for bringing great material profit to Spain and other European countries, and for opening up the Americas to European settlement
THANKS DICTIONARY.COM...all because i needed to know how to spell "ridiculously" in reference to my feline companions. Who i spent all day with, reading a James Patterson paperback, watching old CSIs, Footloose, Love Actually, and ordering sushi.....the perfect day off.

Here are my ridiculously cute kittens.....emma (12, tabby) and Otis (4, male model, pretty white cat):







PUSSIES: IN CELEBRATION OF OUR FAVORITE DISCOVERER
COLUMPUSS