12-06-11


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Today’s “Geez”
  • 1849 - Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland
  • 1865 - 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery
  • 1897 - London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs
  • 1921 - Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
  • 1933 - Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in US, lifted
  • 1941 - NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
  • 1947 - The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated
  • 1955 - NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing
  • 1956 - Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa

♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪                       
 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
Overnight snow ended early and I was greeted with a clear sky at sunrise. Then I looked at the thermometer…8°.  It was a cold day all day. My only outing was to the mailbox. Tomorrow I’ve got to run errands. Since I was home all day, I baked some chocolate chip cookies. Nothing like comfort food on a cold wintery day.

The weather news was all about snow in Phoenix…or at least in the desert outside Phoenix and on the higher hills. It is unusual to have snow at 2400’, but this weekend brought it down that low. It did make for some nice pictures…tall saguaro cactus with snow on the tops of each arm. Flag’s total of 13.4” of snow with .5” of moisture from the four day storm hardly made the Phoenix news. Each story dealt with interstate accidents, but nothing on how beautiful Flag is when it snows. Sigh…

My brother and his wife have been in Miami Beach this past week for Art Basel 2011. It is a very high class art showing at various galleries in the Miami Beach area. There were over 2000 artists and 50,000 attendees. They have lots of connections and some of my brother’s design were shown at one of the galleries. Very cool.

NPR Sunday Puzzle…(answers at the end of post)
You are given a series of sentences, each of which is missing three words. The word in the first blank is five letters long. Drop the last letter to get a four-letter word for the second blank. Drop the last letter to get a three-letter answer for the third blank. For example, given the sentence, "While I was filming at the Egyptian pyramids, a ____ with a rider on it ____ into view of my ____," the words would be "camel," "came" and "cam."
1.     At my birthday ____ playing miniature golf, my favorite ____ of the course was the ____
2.     Go ____ the general cried as the troops left the ____  ____battle
3.     George was driving his old ____ to the store to buy a ____ of milk when a __ in the steering wheel broke.
4.     During the recent recession our family decided to __ on unnecessary things like __ milk and our planned __vacation
5.     During the ___17th c the __of sandwich lost his __ in a sword fight
6.     In the announcers __ the commentators couldn’t believe the coach had been given the __ or that the spectator’s answered with a __

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest?

Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
  • The quality of a Mexican Restaurant is often in reverse proportion to the quality of its architecture.

Hmmmmm          
  • Value of currency eaten by termites at a bank in Uttar Pradesh, India: $221,900

Somewhat Useless Information   
  • Air pollution is responsible for 33% of the toxic contaminants that end up in oceans and coastal waters. About 44% of the toxic contaminants come from runoff via rivers and streams.
  • Each year, three times as much waste is dumped into the world's oceans as the weight of fish caught.

Yeah, It Really Happened                 
--Returns tomorrow--
Guffaw…or at least smile     
Things to do @ Wal-Mart while the significant other is taking his/her sweet time:
1. Look right into the security camera, and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.
2. Take up an entire aisle in Toys by setting up a full scale battlefield with G. I. Joe's vs. the X-Men.
3. Ask other customers if they have any Grey Poupon.
4. Switch the men's and women's signs on the doors of the restroom.
5. Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from "Mission Impossible."
6. Set up a "Valet Parking" sign in front of the store.
7. Hide in the clothing racks and when people browse through, say things like "pick me! pick me!!"
8. If the store has a food court, buy a soft drink; explain that you don't get out much, and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it.

Searchin’ “YouTube” I found        

Daybook Information        
…Happening This Week:
1-7 
  • Cookie Cutter Week 
  • Tolerance Week  Recipe Greetings for The Holidays Week 4-10
  • Clerc-Gallaudet Week: 

6-12 
  • National Hand washing Awareness Week 
Today Is                                                                       
  • Miner's Day
  • Mitten Tree Day
  • National Gazpacho Day
  • National Pawnbrokers Day
  • Put On Your Own Shoes Day
  • St. Nicholas Day

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  • Finland: Independence Day (1919 from Russian Empire)
  • Spain: Constitution Day (1978)

Today’s Events                                                             
Arts
1732 - 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, NYC
1841 - Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres
1964 - "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
1969 - 300,000 attend Altamont Calif, rock concert feature Rolling Stones
1994 - Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995
Athletes
1873 - 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1
1975 - 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1986 - 52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Fla (QB)
Business
1877 - Washington Post publishes 1st edition
1922 - 1st electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica, NY
Education
1768 - 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Britannica" published (Scotland)
Indigenous People
1830 - President Jackson supports Cherokee removal
1862 - Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux
Politics [International]
1534 - Quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland
1966 - Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium
1983 - A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
1988 - Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown
Politics [US]
1790 - The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1825 - Pres John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory
1876 - US Electoral College picks Rep Hayes as pres (although Tilden won)
1973 - Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected VP, succeeds Spiro T Agnew
Religion
1992 - 300,000 Hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
Science
1196 - Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood"
1957 - 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
1896 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist ('S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm)
1886 - Joyce Kilmer, US, poet (Trees)
Athletes
Eric Mahlum, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts) is 41
Matt Maloney, NBA guard (Houston Rockets) is 40
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
1920 - Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist/composer (Gates of Justice) is 91
1924 - Wally Cox,  actor (Mr. Peepers, Hollywood Squares)
Teri Hatcher, actress (Lois & Clark) is 46
1900 - Agnes Moorehead, American actress(Endora-Bewitched)
1943 - Mike Smith, rocker/pianist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over )
JoBeth Williams, actress (Kramer vs Kramer, Poltergeist) is 63
Entrepreneurs & Educators
1792 - Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)
1876 - Fred Duesenberg, German-born automobile pioneer
Political Figures
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Scientists & Theologians
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Today’s Obits                                                           
1993 - Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85
1989 - Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86
1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter dies at 80
1889 - Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81
2000 - Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (Hogan’s Heroes) dies at 80
 343 - Saint Nicholas
1949 - Leadbelly, [Huddie William Ledbetter], blues singer, dies at 61
1988 - Roy Orbison, singer (Pretty Woman), dies of massive heart attack at 52
1985 - Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie), dies at 68
1991 - Headman Tshabalala, South African singer (founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo:  Amazing Grace), shot in road rage incident at 44

Answers                                                                                                                                            
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     At my birthday ____ playing miniature golf, my favorite ____ of the course was the ____
a.     five hole. Party, part, par
2.     Go ____ the general cried as the troops left the ____  ____battle
a.     forth fort for
3.     George was driving his old ____ to the store to buy a ____ of milk when a __ in the steering wheel broke.
a.     Pinto, pint, pin
4.     During the recent recession our family decided to __ on unnecessary things like __ milk and our planned __vacation
a.     Skimp skim ski
5.     During the ___17th c the __of sandwich lost his __ in a sword fight
a.     early Earl ear
6.     In the announcers __ the commentators couldn’t believe the coach had been given the __ or that the spectator’s answered with a __
a.     Booth, boot boo
Wuzzle
Condescending
Cutting corners
Bookends

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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