9-29-11


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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .
1904 - 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio)
1962 -  "Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show," debuts on ABC-TV
1966 - Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season
1966 - The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced

♪♪ HaPpY  BiRtHdAy to♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .
I ran some errands for my upcoming trip…picked up meds that I need—no-malaria pills and some I hope I don’t need—antibiotic, and diarrhea meds. I’m looking for an inexpensive small day pack or a messenger bag. It will be used for our daily walking with cameras and any stuff I buy. I haven’t found what I want yet, but am sure I will.

I am tired of reading and hearing ignorant people talking about government waste and too many regulations. Most are just ramblers who have no idea what they are talking about. Today’s misstep was Rand Paul saying that mining regulations are too strict. When asked what would happen if there was a mining disaster due to lack of regulations—his response was that the workers could move to another mine with a better safety record. But…but…but..what about the miners who are killed? Or the families of those killed? These Tea Party people just don’t seem to think.

I had a strange encounter at the pharmacy parking lot this afternoon. It is in a strip mall with pull in parking in front of all the stores and then a large parking lot across a wide driving area. As I was backing out, I saw a 50 something lady walking behind all the cars, not on the provided sidewalk. I had back out about ½ way when I saw her walking. I stopped. It was a nice day and my window was rolled down. When I stopped she chose to walk father into the driving lane to go behind my vehicle. As she walked behind my car, in the driving lane, she yelled, “hey a**hole, pedestrians have the right of way. You should have pulled back in.” I surprised myself, and simply replied, “Have a great day.” After walking behind my vehicle she then walked between the next two cars and got on the sidewalk. Strange lady.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .
1.      What was the title of Barbara Streisand's 1980 hit song?
2.      Diana Prince was able to turn into who?
3.      The first American woman to win Wimbledon was who?
4.      Which woman was the only woman that James Bond married?
5.      Demi Moore early in her career, appeared in a low budget 3-D horror movie in 1982.
6.      Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn's first film together was called what.
7.      Michael Bolton neglected to thank what singer while accepting a Grammy for "When a Man Loves a Woman"?
8.      What actress starred with Richard Gere in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman?
9.      Al Pacino plays a retired Colonel, Frank Slade, in what 90s movie?
10.   Who was the first American woman to fly the Atlantic solo in 1932?
11.   What female astronaut spent more time in space than any woman or any U.S. astronaut after NASA delayed her ride home by six weeks in 1996?
12.   What woman has been described as a woman who pulled herself up by her bra straps?
13.   The world’s first woman prime minister was elected in what year?
14.   Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, was played by what ex-Bond Girl?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase does this suggest?                           .

Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .
  • Percentage of Americans in 2009 who believed that the free marked ‘is the best system on whih to base the future of the world’: 74
  • Percentage in 2011: 59

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                  .
  • Tests conducted by St. Lawrence University in New York found that there were more left-handed people with IQs over 140 than right-handed people. Famous left-handed intellectuals include Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Benjamin Franklin.
  • The Incas thought left-handers were capable of healing and that they possessed magical abilities. The North American Zuni tribe believed left-handedness signified good luck.
  • Herbert Hoover is believed to be the first left-handed U.S. president, though James Garfield could write Greek with the left hand and Latin with the right.
  • Connections between the right and left sides of the brain are faster in the left-hand people. This means information is transferred faster, making left-handers more efficient in dealing with multiple stimuli and using both sides of the brain more easily.
  • Researchers postulate that the proportion of left-handers has remained constant for over 30,000 years.
  • Some scholars postulate that increased levels of testosterone in the womb increase the chances of becoming left-handed. This may explain the correlation that seems to exist between left-handedness and some immune disorders, as testosterone has been linked to immune disorders.

 Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                              .            
OCALA, Fla. - The owners of a Florida ice cream shop said they want to assure locals their white-hooded ice cream cone mascot is in no way associated with the Ku Klux Klan.
 Jose Cantres, co-owner of Ice Cream Family Corner and Sandwiches in Ocala, said he and other workers have heard through word of mouth and on Facebook that some passersby believe their costumed mascot, a vanilla ice cream cone, resembles a KKK member in the group's signature robes, the Ocala Star-Banner reported Tuesday.
"One (customer) told me, 'I had to think twice before coming in here because I thought it was KKK,'" manager Liza Diaz said. Diaz, who moved to Florida from Puerto Rico, said she had never heard of the KKK until the controversy at the 2-month-old business began.
"We're a friendly environment, family-oriented," Diaz said. "We're not (racist). We're very friendly, very religious."

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .
Three old couples were having tea one fine day. There were all chatting and whatnot when one of the men, trying to get a chuckle, said to his wife, "Pass the honey, honey!”
Getting the chuckle he expected, he carried on. A moment later, the second man said, "Pass the sugar, sugar!"
This got a bit of a bigger laugh, so the third man, although not quite as clever or quick-witted as the other two, decided to join in the fun. He waited for the perfect opportunity, cleared his throat and then confidently said, "Pass the tea, bag!"

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

Daybook Information                                                                                    .
…Happening This Week:
24-10/1 
  • Banned Books Week 
  • Fall Astronomy Week
  • National Chimney Safety Week
  • National Keep Kids Creative Week

27-10/2

  • Remember to Register to Vote Week 
  • Great American Beer Week

TODAY IS                                                                                                         .
  • National Attend Your Grandchild's Birth Day
  • National Coffee Day
  • National Women's Health & Fitness Day
  • Poisoned Blackberries Day: In the 1700s blackberries were the cause of more deaths than any other form of fruit from a vine or patch.
  • VFW Day

Today’s Events                                                                                                .
ARTS
1946 - "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio
1953 -  "Buick-Berle Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1953 - "Make Room for Daddy,"  starring Danny Thomas, premieres 
1954 -  "Masquerade Party," TV game Show; moves to ABC
1955 - "Sergeant Preston,"debuts on CBS
1956 - "Oh! Susanna," debuts on CBS-TV
1958 - "Studio One," TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
1960 - "Johnny Ringo," TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV
1960 - "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
1962 - "Green Onions" by Booker T & MG's peaks at #3
1963 - "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV
1969 - "Love American Style," premieres on ABC-TV
1971 - "McMillan & Wife," debuts on NBC-TV
1973 -  "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
1982 - 1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
1985 - "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV
1986 - "Designing Women," TV Comedy, debuts on CBS
ATHLETICS
1793 - Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
1927 - Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
1986 - Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast
1995 - OJ Simpson trial sent to the jury
BUSINESS
1916 - John D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire
1927 - Telephone service begins between US & Mexico
1996 - Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)
2008 - Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.
EDUCATION
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1806 - Zebulon Pike holds a grand council with the Pawnee. Pike estimates 400 Pawnee warriors attend. He hopes to win their allegiance to the United States, rather than Spain.
1872 - Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta & Big Tree
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1567 - War of Religion - Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX
1988 - UN peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize
RELIGION
1650 - Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)
1907 - Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
         *1990 - Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years
1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland
SCIENCE
1915 - 1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent
US POLITICS
1789 - US War Dept established a regular army
1936 - Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .
ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1547 - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish author and novelist (Don Quixote)
ATHLETES
Sebastian Newbold Coe, England, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1980, 84) is 55
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1907 - Gene Autry, cowpoke/singer/actor/owner (Calif Angels)
Andrew "Dice" Clay, [Silverstien], comedian (Adv of Ford Fairlane) is 54
Anita Ekberg actor (La Dolce Vita)/Miss Sweden (1950) is 80
1904 - Greer Garson, North Ireland actress (Pride & Prejudice, Chips)
1899 - Jolie Gabor, mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa, & Eva
Bryant Gumbel, sportscaster/TV host (Today Show) is 63
1942 - Madeline Kahn, actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety)
1913 - Stanley E Kramer, producer/director (Inherit the Wind)
Zachary Levi, TV actor turns 31
Jerry Lee Lewis, country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin') is 76
1939 - Larry Linville, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H, Blue Movie)
Tom Sizemore actor is 47
Ken Weatherwax, actor (Pugsley-Addams Family) is 56
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
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POLITICIAL FIGURES
Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy is 75

1725 - Robert Clive, English explorer/founder (British empire in India)
1758 - Horatio Nelson, English naval hero (Trafalgar)
Lech Walesa, leads Polish Solidarity (Nobel 1983) is 68
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
1895 - Joseph Banks, parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception)

Today’s Obits                                                                                                  .
1996 - Ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice, dies at 87
2010 - Tony Curtis, American Actor dies at 85
1970 - Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84
1910 - Winslow Homer, painter (Prout's Neck), dies at 74
1895 - Louis Pasteur, scientist (Pasteurization) dies at 72
1978 - John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies in sleep at 65
2009 - Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut dies at 79
1975 - Casey Stengel, NY Yankee manager (1949-60), dies at 85

ANSWERS                                                                                                        .    
Trivia Quiz
1.      What was the title of Barbara Streisand's 1980 hit song?
a.      Woman in Love
2.      Diana Prince was able to turn into who?
a.      Wonder Woman
3.      The first American woman to win Wimbledon was who?
a.      May Sutton in 1905 at 19
4.      Which woman was the only woman that James Bond married?
a.      Teresa Draco in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5.      Demi Moore early in her career, appeared in a low budget 3-D horror movie in 1982.
a.      Parasite. A film where a young woman is menaced by giant slugs
6.      Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn's first film together was called what.
a.       Woman of the Year
7.      Michael Bolton neglected to thank what singer while accepting a Grammy for "When a Man Loves a Woman"?
a.      Percy Sledge
8.      What actress starred with Richard Gere in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman?
a.      Julia Roberts
9.      Al Pacino plays a retired Colonel, Frank Slade, in what 90s movie?
a.      Scent of a Woman
10.   Who was the first American woman to fly the Atlantic solo in 1932?
a.      Amelia Earhart
11.   What female astronaut spent more time in space than any woman or any U.S. astronaut after NASA delayed her ride home by six weeks in 1996?
a.      Shannon Lucid
12.   What woman has been described as a woman who pulled herself up by her bra straps?
a.      Madonna
13.   The world’s first woman prime minister was elected in what year?
a.      1960 Siramavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
14.   Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, was played by what ex-Bond Girl?
a.       Jane Seymour

Wuzzle
A big fuss over nothing
Burning desire

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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