This is Week 35 of 2010►Day 242 with 123 days left.
FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
A bit of a nip in the air this morning. At 9am my deck was only 57°, a little too cool for a nice newspaper read. I am amazed that fall is almost in the air. It is still August for goodness sake. I did get better as the day went on—all the way to 69° with another day of wind. We didn’t get any rain, had some clouds on and off. Hard to enjoy much time outside when the wind is blowing. Everyone has their favorite weather, some like a sunny day, some like a winter snow storm, some like the dew on the first flowers of spring and others the fall colors on a crisp morning. I don’t know anyone who wishes they could have more windy days.
My brother and his wife are off to a working vacation in Paris. They are attending a design show and have numerous ‘meetings’ set up with potential business partnerships. Then they are off to the south of France to stay with friends for a couple of weeks. A great way to spend their anniversary. My brother’s former boss just lost her main partner, who sold his 46% of the business. This has thrown the design world into a frenzy as Holly Hunt is one of the major firms in the US for foreign designers. My brother worked there for about 15 years and the revamping could open up lots of possibilities for him. I hope things work out. He does a great job of finding buyers and certainly has the personality to do it well. He turns 60 soon and that can be a good thing or a bad thing when looking for a job.
Arizona and Denver both won this week. It’s turning into a good football season afterall.
C-Span ran the Beck rally last night and I watched some it. I was stuck that he had a really good idea…honor. But somehow, he found a way to make it cheesy and not in a good way. He tried to hijack King’s religious background and become the new messiah. One of the presenters even called him a ‘son of God’. It was a good idea gone very, very badly. I watched speaker after speaker try to save it, but couldn’t. Sara was introduced to honor the military, not as a politician, but as a mom of a soldier. She of course found a way to turn it political. As an entertainer, he was playing a role and did not give even a decent performance. It cost Faux News and ol’ Glenn a lot of money for the day, and again, while the idea was a good one, it just didn’t come off the way many had hoped.
QUOTE FOR THE DAY
Wilson Mizner: "A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something."
HOLY MACKEREL: 1979 Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION
The African Fish Eagle, swooping faster than 100 miles per hour, can break to a halt in twenty feet!
I saw several in South Africa See One In Flight Here!
GREY MATTER PUZZLE 1—Jeopardy Answers Travel and Tourism
$200-Although this Roman arena could hold 50,000, it's not on the Jackson tour
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$400-Date just west of this is 1 day later than the date just east
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$800-Official endorsement to show validity of a passport, or a major credit card
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$1000-Currency of Liechtenstein, Luxembourg & Andorra
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM
HAVANA — Fidel Castro says al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent who always popped up when former President George W. Bush needed to scare the world, arguing that documents recently posted on the Internet prove it.
A LITTLE LAUGH
If you've ever worked for a boss who reacts before getting the facts and thinking things through, you will love this!
Arcelor-Mittal Steel, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO.
The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers.
On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning against a wall.
The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business.
He asked the guy, "How much money do you make a week?"
A little surprised, the young man looked at him and said, "I make $400 a week. Why?"
The CEO said, "Wait right here."
He walked back to his office, came back in two minutes, and handed the guy $1,600 in cash and said, "Here's four weeks' pay. Now GET OUT and don't come back."
Feeling pretty good about himself, the CEO looked around the room and asked, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-ball did here?"
From across the room a voice said, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's."
GREY MATTER PUZZLE 2--Riddle
A black dog is sleeping on a black road. It is a one way road and no street lights are on. A truck is coming down the road with no head-lights on and still manages to avoid the dog. How did the driver do this?
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’
John singing Hey Jude: Hear It Here!
GREY MATTER PICTURE
This is a close up of what object?
SOME CALENDAR INFORMATION
♦ Weekly Observances ♦
25-31: Be Kind To Humankind Week
29-9/4: Minority Enterprise Development Week
♦ Today’s Observances ♦
International Day of the Disappeared
National Toasted Marshmallow Day
National Holistic Pet Day
Afghanistan : Children's Day Turkey : Victory Day (1922)
Hong Kong : Liberation Day (1945)
♦ Hit Songs on this date ♦
1918 ...Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody...Al Jolson Hear It Here!
1948 ...Twelfth Street Rag ...Pee Wee Hunt
1958 ...Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu) ...Domenico Modugno Hear It Here!
1968 ...People Got to Be Free ...The Rascals Hear It Here!
1978 ...Grease ...Frankie Valli Hear It Here!
♦ Today’s Births ♦
• The Arts
Lewis Black, 62, comedian (“The Daily Show”)…born Silver Springs, MD
John Phillips, singer (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming) …born 1935…Paris Island, SC
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author (Frankenstein) …born 1797… London England
Kitty Wells (Muriel Deason), 91, singer…born at Nashville, TN
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Shirley Booth (Thelma Booth Ford), Academy Award-winning actress…born 1898… NYC, NY
Timothy Bottoms, 59, actor (The Last Picture Show, The Paper Chase)…born Santa Barbara, CA
Michael Chiklis, 47, actor (Emmy and Golden Globe for “The Shield”)…born Lowell, MA
Cameron Diaz, 38, actress (Charlie’s Angels, My Best Friend’s Wedding, There’s Something About Mary)…born San Diego, CA
Peggy Lipton, 63, actress (“The Mod Squad,” “Twin Peaks”)…born New York, NY
Raymond Massey, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare)…born 1896… Toronto Canada
Fred MacMurray, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons)…born 1907… Kankakee IL
• Athletics
Jean-Claude Killy, 67, Olympic Gold Medal skier [3]: downhill, slalom and giant slalom [1968] …born Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Tug (Frank Edwin) McGraw, baseball: pitcher: Mets, Phillies…born 1944…Martinez, CA
Robert Lee Parish, 57, former basketball player(Warriors, Celtics, Hornets, Bulls), …born Shreveport, LA
Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter (Red Sox)…born 1918…San Diego, CA
• Business & Education
Warren Buffett, 80, author (The Midas Touch), rich guy …born Omaha, NE
• Politics
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, wife of president 21st Pres Chester A Arthur …born 1837… Culpeper Court House, VA
Huey P Long, (gov/sen-La) …born 1893… Winn Parish La
• Science/Religion
Ernest Lord Rutherford, physicist; discovered atomic nucleus…born 1871… Brightwater, New Zealand
Dr. Claire Straith, cosmetic surgeon; developed many techniques of plastic surgery, and developed seat belts and padded dash…born 1891…Detroit, MI
John L Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13) …born 1931…Denver, CO
♦ Today’s Obituaries ♦
Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bomb @ 48 in 1981
Cleopatra, 7th & most famous queen of Egypt, commits suicide @ 39 in 30BC
Charles Coburn, Acad award winning actor, @ 84 in 1961
Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb @ 48 in 1981
William H Taft, 27th US President, @ 73 in 1930
♦ Today’s Events ♦
• The Arts
1993 Late Show with David Letterman debuted on CBS-TV
• Athletics
1939 NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
1990 Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey Jr become 1st father & son to play on the same team (Mariners), both single in the 1st inning
• Business & Education
1968 1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude)
• Indigenous People
1645 A peace treaty between the Dutch, led by Willem Kieft, and several local tribes is signed at Fort Orange, in modern Albany.
1690 A combined force of British, Yamassee and Yuchi Indians attack the Spanish mission of San Juan de Guacara in northern Florida. Many Timucua Indians in the area have been converted to Christianity or are loyal to the Franciscan monks. All of the Timucua Indians at the mission are killed in the fighting.
• Politics (US)
1843 1st black participation in nat’l political convention (Liberty Party)
1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
1956 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas
1961 1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons
1967 US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice
• Politics (International)
1682 William Penn sailed from England. He later established the colony of Pennsylvania
1944 Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania
1945 Hong Kong liberated from Japan
1963 Hot Line communications link between Wash DC & Moscow went begins
• Science / Religion
1979 1st recorded occurrence-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
GREY MATTER ANSWERS
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Although this Roman arena could hold 50,000, it's not on the Jackson tour: What is the Coliseum?
Date just west of this is 1 day later than the date just east: What is the International Date Line?
Official endorsement to show validity of a passport, or a major credit card: What is a Visa?
Currency of Liechtenstein, Luxembourg & Andorra: What is the franc?
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It was still day time so he didn't need any extra lights to see the dog.
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A pitcher
TODAY’S NATIONAL PARK PHOTO SHOTS
Denali National Park, Alaska, 15th National Park since February 26, 1917: Centered around the Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, Denali is serviced by a single road leading to Wonder Lake. McKinley and other peaks of the Alaska Range are covered with long glaciers and boreal forest. Wildlife includes grizzly bears, Dall sheep,caribou, and gray wolves.
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