l.p. - luminous pondering - hmm...

 The 115th of this... or the 375th of that?   The REAL founder of Montreal -most certainly-  not to be confused with modern namesakes like this   and not to be confused with the founder of the Soeurs Grises  ( Grey Nuns - but eligible widows, once upon a time...!) who herself is not to be confused with  yet another namesake ... and important builder  of this misbegotten Montreal place...! Should we pause and celebrate their historical MISTAKES... though they were good deeds and all...  Theirs and those poor fellows who came along, too -  Paul... Chomedey means only a sad district to me;  and Maisonneuve is a boulevard I avoid!  And Jacques - poorrrrrrr Jacques! Like his modern namesake on celluloid  (Clouseau) he was a clutz... underappreciated...  and his just reward for it all was... harsh. We added his name there - almost in jest! For the true "third founder" would be another w...

That name evokes sweaty black athletes that are far too tall for their own good, as far as sheer walking goes; or, perhaps, it gets mistaken for Hershey's - by those with an out-of-control sweet tooth... in advance state of decay, far beyond any dentist's ability to help, certainly...! But we are digressing - right off the bat, again?!? Today is the birthday of one of the world's most historically significant astronomer - her name is Herschel. Caroline Herschel. She is the first woman in recorded history to have assuredly identified a comet (a dozen comets, over time, actually) for the burgeoning science of astronomy! You may have seen her name on one of those comets that, quite periodically, dashes through the starry skies above - not as spectacular as Haley's, it can even be eclipsed by some asteroids - and yet... It is enduring; you can't take that away from it! For it is still out there... (However, it was last seen in 1939 - the year of birth of... Superman...

Is it a good tactic, I wonder, to blackout in protest of something that might permanently black things out all over... hmm? Wikipedia decided to go dark for 24 hours (in order to "raise awareness" apparently - one supposes that a simple banner/message on top of the page, whichever page is chosen, would not have sufficed?) so dark we go to protest the fact that U.S. Congress is merely discussing at this time the possibility of passing some restrictive legislation that would limit access to free stuff on the web, like we're all used to it by now... Wikipedia® chose to go dark indeed on the 18th of the first month of the ominous year of 2012 - and it is all for our own good, of course. Their encyclopedia articles have become the easy-access/easy-solution for any-and-all interrogations that we might have had, at any time during our cyber-lives - and to be met with a dark screen and a sinister message (though the hyperlink "learn more" does lend it a hopeful twist) ...