9-30-11


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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .
1659 - Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
1927 - Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)
1452 - 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible
1980 - Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation
1934 - FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)

♪♪ HaPpY  BiRtHdAy to♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .
It was like summer today. So nice, but the weather man says these days will soon be gone.

We had a great lunch today…Chinese. Cheryl had some great stories of her time with the grandkids. Mary’s mom is much better and moving around again. Mary is headed to Phx this weekend to be with her grandkids. Dawn updated the ladies on her trip back to Mexico with her dad. Things went well but she thinks it’s time for dad to head home to Flag/TC. Next week we’re headed for Cameron for some Navajo Tacos. That will be nice too.

Can’t decide if tomorrow will be errand day or laundry day…can’t do too much in one day. I think errands will win out, since I hate doing laundry. I don’t really hate laundry; it’s the folding and putting away the clean stuff that I hate.

We have had low humidity for about two weeks. I had to start using my cream again so that my skin doesn’t become all chizzie. I still haven’t figured out if it is getting old-er, or the high altitude that dries my skin. I lived on the Rez for so long and never had a problem, and while the altitude is about 2500 feet lower, there is much less humidity up there. Oh well, greasing up is not that big a deal.

Wow…Ken Burns is starting a new documentary series on PBS…this time on prohibition. Set that DVR so I don’t miss a minute of it. He always does great stuff and I just caught an interview on the series. While it wasn’t discussed, I already see similarities in the current political turmoil and the turmoil that led up to prohibition…small groups with ‘moral agendas’ that somehow combine and get the government behind them. Scary to possibly be watching history repeat itself.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .
1.      Six flags have flown over Texas, what were they?
2.      What state is the only state to have been an independent republic?
3.      What basketball team won the first four WNBA crowns?
4.      On the Gulf of Mexico, which state is nearest the end of the alphabet?
5.      Which soap outlasted its spin offs Somerset and Texas before folding up its tent?
6.      On the show King of the Hill, where did the Hills live?
7.      What NBA team plays home games in the Alamo dome?
8.      From what state does Jerry Hall, model and Mick Jagger lover, hail from?
9.      Where does the Mavericks basketball team hail from?
10.   The center of the U.S. oil industry has been in what city since 1901?
11.   Texas ice-cream producer Elmer Doolin bought a recipe for $100 from a cafe owner in San Antonio and used it to make a fortune. What did the recipe make?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase does this suggest?                           .

Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .
Minimum number of journalists imprisoned without charges by the US military between 2004 and 2010: 14

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                  .
J. M. Barrie did not invent the name Wendy for his 1904 play 'Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'. He did popularize it, though. The name Wendy was indeed used in both the U.S. and Great Britain throughout the 1800s. In the 1880 U.S. Census and the 1881 British Census, you'll have no trouble finding twenty females with the first name Wendy in the United States, the earliest being Wendy Gram of Ohio (born in 1828). If you include such spelling variations as Windy, Wendi, Wenda, and Wandy the number triples.
Many people will attest that microwaving food kills off its nutrients. "Actually, microwaving retains more nutrients than other forms of cooking, if you don't use a lot of water and don’t overcook the food," says food scientist Barry Swanson.

Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                              .            
NAPOLEONVILLE, La. - A Louisiana woman who has been growing her hair out for 12 years was awarded the Guinness World Record for the world's largest afro. Aevin Dugas of Napoleonville said she applied for the Guinness certification when a friend saw a picture of her afro picked out to its largest point, with a circumference of 4-foot-4, on Facebook and she soon heard back from the record keeping organization, WGNO-TV, New Orleans, reported Tuesday.
"The whole Guinness thing is just a whole bunch of people, different people from all over the world, everywhere. To be included -- that is a big honor," she said. Dugas said she loves her long hair, but it occasionally gets her into trouble. "Sometimes it gets in the way. Once I slammed it in a car door," she said.

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .
Four people are in an airplane, the pilot, the smartest man in the world, the richest man in the world, and a punk teenager. The airplane experiences some difficulties, and the pilot informs the three passengers that the plane is going to crash, and there are only three parachutes on the plane.
The richest man in the world takes one, because he says that his lawyers will sue everyone else on the plane if he doesn't survive.
The smartest man in the world takes a parachute, because he thinks that the world would be a worse place without him.
The pilot says to the punk "There's only one parachute left, I'll fight you for it."
"That won't be necessary," said the punk, "The smartest man in the world took my backpack."

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                                                                                                         .
Ask A Stupid Question Day
Blasphemy Day individuals and groups are encouraged to openly express their criticism of, or even disdain for, religion
National Mud Pack Day
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Botswana: Independence Day (1966 from UK)

Today’s Events                                                                                                .
ARTS
1791 - Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna
1960 – Flintstones premieres (1st prime time animation show)
1960 - On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
1965 - Donovan's 1st US TV appearance sings Colours (Shindig)
ATHLETICS
1877 - 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)
1887 - Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup
1928 - Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr
1956 - White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses)
1979 - Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout
1988 - Louise Ritter, US, jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal
1984 - Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
BUSINESS
1962 - Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers
EDUCATION
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1946 - 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg
1949 - Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
RELIGION
1970 - New American Bible published
1990 - The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa
2005 - The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
SCIENCE
1950 - 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris
1954 - Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered vessel (sub), commissioned by the Navy
1993 - 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed
US POLITICS
1777 - Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
1857 - US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland & Jarvis Is south of Hawaii
1864 - Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
1953 - Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1962 - JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi James Meredith registers 
1993 - General Colin Powell retires at 56

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .
ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1924 - Truman Capote, New Orleans LA, author (In Cold Blood)
1906 - John I M Stewart, British detective writer (Comedy of Terrors)
ATHLETES
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ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Angie Dickinson, screen and TV actor will be 80
Fran Drescher, TV actor (The Nanny) will be 54
Jenna Elfman, actor will be 40
1921 - Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (King & I , Night of Iguana)
1942 - Frankie Lymon, rocker (The Teenagers- Why do Fools Fall in Love)
Johnny Mathis,  voclaist (Chances Are, 12th of Never) is 76
Marilyn McCoo,  host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension) is 68
1917 - Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer and band leader 
Eric Stoltz, actor (Mask) will be 50
Barry Williams, actor (Greg-Brady Bunch) is 54
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1861 - William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) 
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1915 - Lester Garfield Maddox, (Gov-D-Ga)/restaurant owner

1943 - Jody Powell, press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize Physiology/Medicine is 57

Today’s Obits                                                                                                  .
1952 - Waldorf Astor, House of Lords & Commons/owner of Observer, dies at 73
1978 - Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), dies at 75
1630 - John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged
  420 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
1973 - Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author dies at 71
1985 - Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85
1985 - Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64 1487 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
1877 - Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle

ANSWERS                                                                                                        .    
Trivia Quiz
1.      Six flags have flown over Texas, what were they?
a.      The flags of the U.S., Mexico, France, Spain, Confederacy, and the Republic of Texas
2.      What state is the only state to have been an independent republic?
a.      The state of Texas
3.      What basketball team won the first four WNBA crowns?
a.      The Houston Comets
4.      On the Gulf of Mexico, which state is nearest the end of the alphabet?
a.      Texas
5.      Which soap outlasted its spin offs Somerset and Texas before folding up its tent?
a.      Another World
6.      On the show King of the Hill, where did the Hills live?
a.      Arlen, Texas
7.      What NBA team plays home games in the Alamo dome?
a.      The San Antonio Spurs
8.      From what state does Jerry Hall hail from?
a.      Texas
9.      Where does the Mavericks basketball team hail from?
a.      Dallas, Texas
10.   The center of the U.S. oil industry has been in what city since 1901?
a.      Houston, Texas
11.   Texas ice-cream producer Elmer Doolin bought a recipe for $100 from a cafe owner in San Antonio and used it to make a fortune. What did the recipe make?
a.      Fritos corn chips

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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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