Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
HOLY MACKEREL: 1980 The Selective Service System sent a warning to Mickey Mouse at Disneyland in Anaheim, California: Register for the draft or else! The Selective Service said that Mickey was in violation of registration compliance. Of course, Mickey, age 52 at the time, sent in his registration card proving that he’s a World War II veteran.
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FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
I did get all the Christmas decorations packed away for another year. I was able to get rid of some stuff and cut the number of boxes by one. Of course, as always, after everything was packed, stacked, covered I discovered a few ornaments that had decided they would rather be hiding than be on the tree. They are now sitting on top of the boxes until I am sure everything is found. I really picked a good day to do all this since we had 45+mph winds most of the day, with snow trying really hard to hit the ground, but ended up spending much of their life in the air being slammed in every direction. Roads are not bad as we only got about 6” to stick. The weatherman says maybe 2’ by tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow I go in for my pre-op conference. They said they would be open, no matter how much snow there is. I get an EKG and a lung x-ray to be sure they can do it. The doctor told me I would be out the same day, as long as my throat didn’t swell shut. The paperwork says I’m there for 23 hours. I’m sure that is so the hospital stay doesn’t start into day two. I will find out tomorrow what will actually happen. While I am not a big fan of staying in the hospital I wouldn’t mind overnight. Living alone makes life a little more difficult when it comes to things like this. I hate to have to stay at a friend’s house or have a friend stay with me at my house. I hate being dependant on any person. The surgery isn’t until the first week in January so I do have time to be extra nice to someone if I have to go home after the cutting is over.
I have a couple of New Year’s resolutions. First, I am not going to diet. Second, I’m not going to spend less time on the computer. Third, I’m going to continue to have a ‘glass half full’ philosophy on most things. Fourth, I’m going to continue to listen to the TV while I do other things around the house. Fifth, I’m going to travel outside the US. I figure these are resolutions I can keep. They are realistic. They don’t take too much work. I hope everyone who makes resolutions will be able to keep them.
∞ JEOPARDY PUZZLE—(SuperJeopardy Answers) from 1990 GEOMETRY
…answers at bottom…
→A single straight line forms an angle of this many degrees
→In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called this
→To determine the area of a circle, you multiply pi X this
→Two or more circles that share the same center are said to be this
→An oblique angle is one that is either acute or this
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM
When a woman has twins with two different fathers, it is called heteropaternal superfecundation - and may not be quite as rare as once thought. Three HS cases were found in a parentage test database of 39,000 records. The frequency of HS among dizygotic twins whose parents were involved in paternity suits is 2.4%.
A Croatian woman who slept with two men at the same time has given birth to twins with two different fathers. The 23-year-old student, who has been named only as M B, gave birth to non-identical twins in Zagreb seven months ago. However, she has revealed that DNA testing has shown the children have different fathers.
She told daily Jutarnji List, "I was shocked at getting pregnant and even more surprised when doctors told me that my two sons had different fathers." Doctors have said twins being born to different fathers is extremely rare.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION—
↑Approximately 500 meteorites hit the Earth a year.
↑The Andromeda galaxy is on a collision course with our galaxy, speeding at 720,000 mph. The catastrophic clash will likely occur in 3 billion years. Hmmm..Guess I better start packing.
A LITTLE LAUGH
An office technician got a call from a computer user. The user told the tech that her computer was not working. She described the problem and the tech concluded that her computer needed to be brought in and serviced.
He told her, "Unplug the power cord and bring it up here and I'll fix it for you."
About ten minutes later she showed up at his door... with the electrical cord in her right hand.
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
♦ THIS WEEK ♦
25-31 It's About Time Week
26-1/1 Kwanzaa
♦ TODAY IS… ♦
Day Of Enormous Changes At The Last Minute
National Bicarbonate Of Soda Day
Falling Needles Family Fest Day: Recycle your tree before all the needles fall
Western Christianity: The sixth day of Christmas. (6 geese a laying: for the 6 days of creation)
Kwanzaa: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Iran: Birthday of Iman Reza
Philippiines: Rizal Day (anniversary of his death) (1896)
♫ Academy Awards Best Original Song ♫
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♦Today’s Births♦
AUTHORS
1865 Rudyard Kipling, English writer, Nobel laureate
ATHLETES
Sanford (Sandy) Koufax, 75, Hall of Fame baseball Dodgers
LeBron James, 26, basketball: Cavaliers, Heat
1942 Jim ‘Bo’ Nance football: Boston Patriots full back NCAA Heavyweight Wrestling Champion [1963, 1965]
1941 Mel Renfro College & Pro Football Hall of Famer: Dallas Cowboys defensive back
Eldrick “Tiger” Woods, 35, golfer
BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Matt Lauer, 53, news anchor (“Today”)
Sean Hannity, 49, journalist, talk show host
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
1931 Skeeter Davis [Mary Penick] Dry Ridge KY, singer (End of the World)
1928 Bo Diddley [Ellas Bates] rock 'n' roll pioneer
Davy Jones, 64, actor, singer (The Monkees)
1928 Jack Lord actor (Steve McGarrett-Hawaii 5-0, God's Little Acre)
Michael Nesmith, 68, singer, songwriter (The Monkees)
1914 Bert Parks [Jacobson] Atlanta GA, TV host (Miss America)
1939 Del Shannon [Charles Westover] rocker (Runaway)
1937 [Noel] Paul Stookey,73 , singer/musician/comedian (Peter, Paul, & Mary)
Tracey Ullman, 51, actress, singer (“The Tracey Ullman Show,” I Love You to Death
Meredith Vieira, 59, television journalist, cohost (“Today Show,” “The View”)
POLITICIANS
1884 Hideki Tojo Prime Minister of Japan; WWII war criminal
SCIENCE & RELIGION
1879 Sri Ramana Maharshi Hindu philosopher/yogi (Maharshi Research Institute)
♦Today’s Obituaries♦
1894 Amelia Jenks Bloomer suffragist (Bloomers named for her), @ 76
1832 Colonel Abijah Hammond owned large portion of Greenwich Village
1992 Ling-Ling 1st panda China gave US, @ 23 More on Pandas
1979 Richard Rodgers composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77
♦Today’s Events♦
ARTS
1809 Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
1879 Gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance" premieres
1954 James Arness made his dramatic TV debut on the Lux Video Theatre in The Chase. (The Gunsmoke series didn’t begin for Arness until the fall of 1955.)
ATHLETICS
1978 Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach
BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
1873 American Metrological Society forms (New York NY) weights, measures & money
1927 Japan dedicates 1st subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long)
1940 California's 1st freeway (Arroyo Seco Parkway) opens between LA and Pasadena
1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released 1993 Vatican recognizes Israel
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1835 After gold discovery in Georgia, Cherokees are forced to move across Mississippi River
1847 During the CAYUSE War, Col. Gilliam, and 160 men, are attacked by some Indians near Wailatpu. The Indians lose 20 warriors, and lots of supplies.
POLITICS (US)
1853 Gadsden Purchase - 45,000 square miles (120,000 km) by Gila River from México for $10 million; Area is now southern Arizona & New Mexico
1918 John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover
1963 Congress authorizes the Kennedy half dollar
POLITICS (International)
1906 Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy
1972 President Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks
SCIENCE & RELIGION
1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1959 The George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned
1973 1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab)
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ANSWERS
∞ JEOPARDY
→A single straight line forms an angle of this many degrees
What is 180?
→In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called this
What is the hypotenuse?
→To determine the area of a circle, you multiply pi X this
What is the radius squared?
→2 or more circles that share the same center are said to be this
What are concentric?
→An oblique angle is one that is either acute or this
What is obtuse?
