Tuesday

The lexicon portion of my brain seems to have taken a vacation yesterday. While I thought ‘fraternal’ sounded strange, nothing else kicked in. I was reminded today that I probably meant ‘paternal’ when speaking of my father’s side of the family. Thanks for reminding me that sometimes my fingers engage without the use of any deep structure I learned long ago.

Obama made another ‘change’ speech today. I am sure we will start hearing new slogans. This one was aimed at the “Financial Services Sector”. Today is the one year anniversary of the recognition of the financial crisis. He wants stronger rules so that it can’t happen again, and that are still happening today, due the laws of the previous administration. Good for him. He just keeps on bringin’ on the change. That’s why he was elected. Back in the day, many super conservatives used to yell “America, Love It or Leave It.” It is getting to be a time to turn the tables. President Obama is our elected President, and if super conservatives don’t like what he is doing—super conservatives can always leave. This won’t happen, I’m sure, because moderates and liberals know that this country was built of Freedom of Speech and dissent has always been part of our history. So, I will continue to be worn out listening to idiots who can’t even read the Health Care Bill. Now I can prepare to be worn out listening to idiots who think the financial sector is doing just fine.

The birds I feed seem to know that something is going to happen soon. While it was a nice day with a high of 73° the birds keep loading up on fuel. Today I had to fill my two suet baskets. I just filled them about a week and half ago. Last year I used one suet basket until the first frost, and only had to fill it in August. Then I filled it again in October.
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Random Facts…

Nearly 50% of the world’s scientists are assigned to military projects.

The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.


Crazy News …

ROME – A man received an eight-month suspended jail sentence Monday for rolling a half million or so colored balls down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps.
Graziano Cecchini, 54, was convicted of disrupting bus services with his January 2008 stunt, which he described as a protest against dishonest politicians of all parties, ANSA reported.

Cecchini criticized the outcome of his trial, the Italian news agency said. “What sort of interruption of service could there possibly have been? The Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps) is a pedestrian area. There wasn’t any crime, only a pop-art event,” he said. Vittorio Sgarbi, a prominent Italian art critic and former culture chief of Milan, praised Cecchini’s effort, saying “anarchy is a typical feature of contemporary art.”

September Month Long Observances

Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…

Before They Were Famous…

In a 2000 interview, Colin Farrell said he once spent eight months touring Ireland with a dance troupe - teaching line dancing.

In 1955 (at age 25), Clint Eastwood got his start in feature films with an uncredited role in the b-movie "Revenge of the Creature." He also reportedly installed swimming pools before becoming famous.

Danny DeVito was a formally trained hair stylist before his break on Taxi.

At an early age, Tom Cruise joined a seminary in order to become a priest. Cruise also spent a short time in Kentucky where he was a paperboy for the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Sheryl Crow was once an elementary school teacher in St. Louis, Missouri. She was also a backup singer for Michael Jackson and a song writer for Eric Clapton, Tina Turner and Celine Dion.

Week of 14 Sep…

Line Dance Week
Nat’l Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
Substitute Appreciation Week


15 Sep Observances…

258 days so far this year…107 days remain in 2009
UN International Day for Democracy
*Thailand – Silpa Bhirasri Day for Father of Modern Art
*Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica – Independence Day from Spain, since 1821.


BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1789….. James Fenimore Cooper 1st major American novelist

1890….. Agatha (Marie Clarissa) Christie (Miller) writer: Murder on the Orient Express, 65 other mysteries; playwright: The Mousetrap [world’s longest running play]

1903….. Roy Acuff Maynardville Tenn, country musician
1907….. Jack Bailey Hampton Iowa, TV host (Queen for a Day)
1946….. Oliver Stone NYC, director

…ATHLETICS…
1938….. Gaylord Perry baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner)
1940….. Merlin Olsen UT, NFL tackle (Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy)
1961….. Dan Marino NFL quarterback

…POLITICS/Business…
1857….. William Howard Taft (R) 27th pres
1876….. Frank E Gannett Rochester, newspaper publisher (Gannett)

1984….. Prince Harry (Henry Charles Albert David) third in line to the British throne

…SCIENCE/Religion…
1929….. Murray Gell-Mann physicist who predicted quarks

Events on this day…
1620….. Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims

1789….. Dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed the Dept of State

1853….. 1st US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell

1917….. Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky
1928….. Scottish bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory. The mold will later be developed into penicillin, a revolutionary antibiotic.
1935….. Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship & makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany
1957….. "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premiers
1963….. 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
1965….. “Green Acres” premiers on CBS-T
1971….. Twelve members of the Don’t Make a Wave Committee founded Greenpeace
1982….. 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc

Holy Mackerel…
1930….. Hoagy Carmichael recorded “Georgia on My Mind” on the Victor label.


Who Said it
1. “Warfare…is just an invention, older and more widespread that the jury system, but nonetheless an invention.”
2. It’s been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a great similarity to the first.”
3. “I can resist everything except temptation. ”
4. “We’re gonna do our part, and we will win, because we are on God’s side.”
5. “I don’t know how the Third World War will be fought, but I can tell you what they will use in the Fourth—rocks!”
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Need some help?
Albert Einstein Joe Lewis Margaret Mead
Ronald Reagan Oscar Wilde
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Answers:
1. Margaret Mead
2. Ronald Reagan
3. Oscar Wilde
4. Joe Lewis
5. Albert Einstein


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