Sunday

~~~Free Ramblings
T-12 and my trip lists are coming together. My next big hurdle is to get a couple of my medications. For some unknown reason, BCBS needs to give me permission to buy my regular medications ahead of time. The three meds are set up on a monthly refill. I can only refill them a couple of days before they are due. Since I will be out of the country when the refill comes due, I have to call BCBS and get permission. These are not narcotics. They aren’t meds that expire quickly. They have no ‘street’ value. When I went to Egypt I had to give them my itinerary. This trip is longer, and I’m sure they will want the same. As far as I’m concerned, where I go is none of their damn business. I really don’t like strangers knowing that I will be out of the country. I am not that private a person, but I don’t hand out private information when it is not necessary. I have no problem letting the bank know that I will be traveling…since they might shut down my cards due to ‘unusual’ purchases. I’ve talked to several people who didn’t tell their bank, or the told the bank, and the bank forgot. They were in European countries and it was still a hassle. I’m sure being in Botswana would surely set off some bell somewhere at the bank that would freeze the card. I’m just as sure that it would be very difficult to get the card thawed. No one on a vacation wants to spend time on a phone, calling a bank and proving it is necessary the card work. So on Tuesday I’ll start working with BCBS.

Flagstaff had a nice fall day. Cool at night—about 33°, and only up to 63° during the day. It got a little breezy this afternoon, but overall just a typical fall day. I talked to a friend in Colorado, and they are having their first snow storm. Guess it is time for the ol’ snow shovel up there, and soon we will be in the same boat.
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~~~Random Facts
The average human head has about 100,000 hairs

Just under 500,000 babies are born each year in the U.S. to teenage mothers

Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.

~~~Crazy Superstitions
In Iceland, an unmarried person who sits at the corner of a table won’t marry for seven years. A pregnant woman who drinks from a cracked cup risks having a baby with a harelip.
In Japan, picking up a comb with its teeth facing your body brings bad luck.

In Malta, churches with two towers are fitted with a clock face in each but the two clocks always tell different times to confuse the Devil about the time of the service.

In Nigeria, a man hit with a broom becomes impotent unless he retaliates seven times with the same broom. Sweeping a house at night brings misfortune to the occupants.

~~~Before They Were Famous
Hugh Jackman once worked as a clown, reportedly making about $50.00 per show.

Samuel L. Jackson was once expelled from Morehouse College for a civil rights demonstration in which he and other students held hostage members of the Morehouse board of trustees. He then moved to L.A. and worked in social services for two years before returning to Morehouse to major in drama.

Mick Jagger used to be a porter in a mental hospital. As a child, he also had a summer job selling ice cream from a refrigerated trolley.

Waylon Jennings was a disc jockey in West Texas before becoming a country artist. He was part of history when he played bass guitar for Buddy Holly during his final tour.In a very early tour, he played the Tuba City Chapter House and then went to a 49er with the locals.

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~~~October Month Long Observances

Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month

~~~Week of 11 Oct
Emergency Room Nurses Week
Get the World to Beat A Path to Your Door Week
Home-based Business Week
International Credit Union Week
National Food Bank Week


~~~11 OCT Observances
284 days so far this year…81 days remain in 2009

Clergy Appreciation Day
Internat’l African Diaspora Day
Nat’l Coming Out Day
^Republic of Macedonia – Revolution Day (1941)

~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1932__Dottie West Tenn, country singer (Here Comes My Baby)
1948__Daryl Hall rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile)
~ATHLETICS

~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1827__Sir George Williams England, founder YMCA
1844__Henry John Heinz founded prepared-foods company (57 varieties)
1884__Eleanor Roosevelt 1st lady/crusader and UN Delegate
1896__Roman Jakobson linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language)

~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1906__Charles Revson cosmetic mogul: founder of the Revlon Co

~~~In Remembrance
1809__Meriwether Lewis, American explorer suicide @ 35
1961__Chico Marx, American comedian @ 74
1971__Nikita Khrushchev @ 77
1987__Lorne Greene actor (Bonanza), @ 72
1988__Peter Tosh reggae singer shot @ 43
1991__Redd Foxx American comedian and actor @ 69
2005__Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Linguist, and writer of Pakistan @ 88
2007__Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers @ 92

~~~Historical Events on this day
1864__Slavery abolished in Maryland
1881__Roll film for cameras was patented
1890__Daughters of the American Revolution founded

1939__Albert Einstein wrote his famous letter to FDR about the potential of the atomic bomb.
1983__Last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
1987__200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington

2000__America Online becomes the biggest, richest and most successful Internet company with nearly 30 million subscribers
2002__Former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at ending the middle east conflict

~ Holy Mackerel
1975__William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham tied the knot
1975__The comedy-variety show Saturday Night Live premiered with George Carlin as the host Years later, Bill and Hillary were prominent in many skits.
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Game Today
Jeopardy Categories

(these answers all contain the word night)

1. This Shakespearean comedy features pairs of lovers who are found by the king and queen of the fairies.
2. These Islamic stories were supposedly narrated by Scheherazade to entertain a sultan.
3. This expressionistic painting by Van Gogh features a night sky and is recognizable by its swirling blues and golds.
4. This painting by Rembrandt depicts members of a military unit falling into action.
5. This play won a Pulitzer prize for Louisville native Marsha Norman.

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Answers:
1. What is ‘Twelfth Night’?
2. What is ‘One Thousand and One Nights’?
3. What is ‘The Starry Night’?
4. What is ‘The Night Watch’?
5. What is ‘night, Mother’?

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