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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
The ‘trimming’ was very successful, according to the doctor. He said the extra tissue had been there for years and was continuing to grow, but was not malignant. I did spend the night and was out by 11am this morning. My tongue, jaw and teeth are the only sore spots. As a kid I had lots of sore throats and this is nothing like that. I was able to eat dinner and breakfast with no problems. FMC has, they say, placed beds in the hospital that prevent bed sores. I don’t know how many remember those motels with ‘magic fingers’ where you put a quarter into a machine…well the beds are a lot like that. They are air beds that ungulate whenever you shift your weight. If you don’t shift your weight, the suddenly ungulate for no reason. They do this 24/7. I had to partially sit up as there was some swelling in my throat. I don’t know it was the moving bed or not laying down, but I woke up many times. They also took my vitals way too often. The other news was that he found some atypical cells in my thyroid. They do not show as cancer, but he wants to go back in and be sure. He’ll go in, take some of the cells and immediately check them for cancer. If they aren’t, he will remove all the atypical cells. If they are cancer, he will remove the thyroid. He says it is a textbook procedure and says it will be a snap…of course, it’s not his thyroid. If he takes the thyroid I will have to take a radiation pill, sit in a room for three days as it works its way through my body then come home. If not, I will come home much sooner. I talked to Mary, who had this done about 5 years ago, and she said hers was scary because she went in to her regular doctor, he sent her to the hospital, and in the week between the diagnosis of cancer and the surgery it had grown 2cm. Mine is not doing that. She hasn’t had any problems since the operation. I have felt good, but tired since I got home. More from a good night’s sleep than the procedure. The joys of growing old-er.
So far two patients have died since our governor cut Medicaid funding to transplant patients in Arizona. She came out today and said she doesn’t believe the funding cut had anything to do with their passing. They were on the list, then they weren’t. No one will ever know if they would have gotten their needed organ since they were taken off the list. Such a sad state of affairs.
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∞ JEOPARDY PUZZLE—(Super-Jeopardy Answers) from 1990 CLASSIC COMEDY TEAMS
…answers at bottom…
•In 1928 F. Gosden & Chas. Correll renamed their Sam ’n’ Henry characters this, & the rest is history
•Classic comedy team associated with the line “Here's another fine mess you've gotten me into”
•Name completing the catch phrase “Absolutely, Mr. Gallagher?” “Positively...”
•Wheeler had Woolsey, & Olsen had him for a partner
•Their real last name was Joachim; brothers Harry, Al & Jimmy got this name from a passing truck
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM-- WILMINGTON, DE
Police in Delaware say a man broke into a house, got drunk and couldn't make his way back outside — so he called 911 for help.
New Castle County police say 44-year-old John Finch was trapped in the home in part because he'd broken into it before, back in April. That led the homeowner to change the locks so that a key was required — even inside.
Police say no one was home when Finch broke in again, through a rear window. He stayed for a few days, drinking three bottles of gin and two bottles of whiskey. When he tried to leave, he was too drunk to climb back out of the window and called 911. He was arrested Wednesday afternoon.
Finch now faces charges in both break-ins. Police say he was admitted to a hospital and has yet to make a court appearance. There's no indication Finch has retained an attorney.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION— TEA
→All true tea (white, green, black, and oolong) comes from the same plant, the Camellia Sinesis. It takes a minimum of three to five years for a tea bush to grow and be ready for harvesting.
→ There is only one working tea plantation in the U.S. and it is located on Wadmalaw Island just outside Charleston, South Carolina. The plantation boasts 127 acres of tea bushes and a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
→ Herbal tea is not really tea, but a tea-like drink made from flowers, fruits and herbs. True herbal teas do not contain tea (Camellia Sinesis) leaves. Studies have shown that tea can provide over 15% of the minimum daily requirement of calcium, as much as 10% of folic acid, and 45% of manganese (promotes healthy bones).
→Organically grown tea is eco-friendly. Used tea leaves can be utilized as fertilizer to improve garden soil.
→The Bergamot used in Earl Grey tea comes from the skin of a fruit that has been created from a pear lemon and Seville orange. When consumed in large quantities, Bergamot can block the body’s ability to absorb potassium.
A LITTLE LAUGH
Sitting in the bar George asked his 40-year-old friend John, "How come you aren't married?"
John: "I haven't found the right woman yet."
George: "So what are you looking for?"
John: "Oh she's got to be real pretty, - a good cook and house keeper, she's got to know how to handle money, have a nice and pleasant personality -- and money, she's got to have money, and a nice big house wouldn't hurt either."
George: "A woman like that would be crazy to marry YOU!"
John: "Oh, it's okay, if she is crazy."
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS—Mass Participation
→The largest spirit tasting was achieved by 2,252 participants in an event organized by Whisky Unlimited in Gent, Belgium, on 31 January 2009.
→The most people belly dancing simultaneously is 535 at an event organized by BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester for Children in Need, in Malvern, UK, on 8 November 2008.
→Thousands descended on Guildhall Square in Derry City, Northern Ireland, on September 9, 2007, to help break the world record for the largest gathering of Santa Clauses. A total of 12,965 people dressed up as Santa or Santa's helper to smash the previous record of 3,921, which was set during the Santa Dash event in Liverpool City Centre on December 4, 2005 . The Derry record attempt, arranged by Martin Mullan, helped to raise over £100,000 for local charities as well as bring an early splash of festive color to the city center.
→The largest school in terms of pupils is the City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, which had a record enrolment of 32,114 pupils on 5 February 2008 for the 2007-2008 academic year.
→The largest ground breaking ceremony was achieved by 4,532 people in an event hosted by Unique Builders (a Mannat Group enterprise) in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India on 17 November 2007.
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’
♫ T O P T V T H E M E S O N G S OF ALL TIME♫
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There have been a lot of cool spy show themes, but this is the one that beats them all. This is an exciting piece of music that instantly puts you in the frame of mind to see some serious espionage and action, and couldn't even be defeated by a horrible Limp Bizkit interpretation
It's tough to follow the powerful and oft-quoted opening statements of Star Trek. After all, where do you go once you boldly go where no man has gone before? You go straight into an amazing space romp of an opening theme, complete with an ethereal female vocalist and a triumphant finale. Always a picker-upper, Star Trek easily earns the fourth spot on our list
While it might be difficult for some to name a character in this series, you'd be hard pressed to find a person who watched TV in the Seventies or Eighties who wouldn't recognize the upbeat, surf-inspired classic. Simple but brilliant, this Morton Stevens theme song manages to do the impossible: remain timeless even though the style of the song is firmly lodged in its era of creation—the late Sixties
The theme to this Korean war dramedy originally appeared as "Suicide is Painless" in the Robert Altman film that inspired it. Stripped of its lyrics for the television show, the melancholy song is the perfect lead-in to a show that dealt with humanity head-on with humor and grace. Immediately recognizable and iconic, the MASH theme only barely lost to #1… which is, of course
One of the best sitcoms ever was complemented by an iconic theme song that quickly became instantly identifiable with the employees and customers of that bar in Boston where everybody knows your name. We all wanted to hang out with Sam and the gang at Cheers, and this wonderful, rather poignant theme song instantly set the tone
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
‡…THIS WEEK…‡
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week: 1-8
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8
New Year's Resolutions Week: 3-9
Women's Self Empowerment Week: 5-9
Universal Letter Writing Week: 8-14
‡…TODAY IS…‡
National JoyGerm Day: a day to spread joy
Man Watcher's Day
Show & Tell Day at Work
Greece: Midwife's Day/Women's Day
Northern Mariana Islands: Commonwealth Day
Thailand: Children's Day
North Korea: Kim Jong-un's Birthday (youngest son and rising leader. He is either 27 or 28 today)
US: Louisana: Battle of New Orleans/Old Hickory Day/ Jackson Day (1815)
‡…Today’s Births…‡
• AUTHORS
1904 Peter Arno cartoonist (New Yorker)
1824 William Wilkie Collins English novelist (The Woman in White, The Moonstone)
1896 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda Chilean writer (Men of the South)
• ATHLETES
1930 Doreen Wilbur archery: Olympic Gold Medalist [Munich: 1972]
• BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1786 Nicholas Biddle made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank
1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)
1836 Fannie M Jackson pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad
Charles Osgood, 77, television journalist
Sander Vanocur, 83, news anchor (NBC Weekend News/History Channel)
1909 Evelyn Wood, American educator
• ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Shirley Bassey, 73, singer (“Goldfinger”), born Cardiff, Wales
David Bowie, 63, musician, actor (The Labyrinth), born David Robert Jones
Bob Eubanks, 73, game show host (The Newlywed Game. Rhyme and Reason, Card Sharks, The New Newlywed Game)
1912 José Ferrer (Cintron) Academy Award-winning actor: Cyrano de Bergerac [1950]; Joan of Arc, Moulin Rouge, The Caine Mutiny, Deep in My Heart, Lawrence of Arabia, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Ship of Fools, Dune, The Evil That Men Do
1935 Elvis Aaron Presley Tupelo MS, rocker (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog)
1926 Soupy Sales [Milton Hines Supman], slap stick comedian (Soupy Sales Show)
Larry Storch, 88, New York City NY, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show)
• POLITICIANS
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• SCIENCE & RELIGION
Stephen Hawking, 68, physicist, author (A Brief History of Time)1902 Carl R[ansom] Rogers US, psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy)
‡…Today’s Obituaries…‡
1941 Lord Robert Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement, @ 83
1992 Menachim Begin Israeli PM, heart attack @ 78
1998 Walter Diemer inventor (bubble gum 1928), heart failure @ 93
1642 Galileo Galilei Italian physicist/astronomer, @ 78
1324 Marco Polo Venetian explorer/Governor of Nanking, bedridden @ 70
‡…Today’s Events…‡
• ARTS
1906 Arthur Rubinstein made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
• ATHLETICS
1996 For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1675 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co)
2002 President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
• INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1877 Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
1996 The last native speaker of the Catawba language, Red Thunder Cloud, @ 76 years old.
• POLITICS (US)
1790 George Washington delivers 1st "State of the Union" address
1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
• POLITICS (International)
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling
• SCIENCE & RELIGION
1889 Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a tabulating machine (1st Computer)
1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies
1935 Spectrophotometer (light intensity measure) patented, AC Hardy
1951 Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow (nocturnal bird) is rediscovered in Bermuda
1974 Loch Ness Monster photographed
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ANSWERS
∞ JEOPARDY
•In 1928 F. Gosden & Chas. Correll renamed their Sam ’n’ Henry characters this, & the rest is history
Who are Amos and Andy?
•Classic comedy team associated with the line “Here's another fine mess you've gotten me into”
Who are Laurel and Hardy?
•Name completing the catch phrase “Absolutely, Mr. Gallagher?” “Positively...”
What is ‘Mr. Shean’?
•Wheeler had Woolsey, & Olsen had him for a partner
Who was (Chick) Johnson?
•Their real last name was Joachim; brothers Harry, Al & Jimmy got this name from a passing truck
Who were the Ritz Brothers?
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW
