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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
It’s Playoff time in the NFL…well actually today brought it down to the two teams for the Super Bowl. None of my teams even came close this season. A few friends stopped by and we watched the Bears/Packers game. They headed back to the Rez to watch the second game. My Chicago in-laws are die-hard Bear’s fans. I was in Chicago when they made the beginning of the playoffs. The suburbs reminded me so much of Denver during playoff season. We did some grocery shopping a couple of hours before the game started. The clerks, the stockers, and most of the customers had some kind of Bear paraphernalia on. My brother, sister-in-law, and I really stood out with regular clothes. Watching that day’s game, with all the yelling at the house caused me to become a Bear’s fan for the rest of their season. The fact that Jay Cutler, a former Cardinal, made that a little easier. It ended for them today, but they did play a good game. We switched houses during the 3rd quarter and had to drive by the game. Their traffic alert signs that are supposed to tell the drivers about upcoming delays did that and also put the score up at the end of each message. Right now it looks like the Steelers will be playing the Packers, but it is only half-time, so anything can still happen.
Part of the day was windy—about 20-25mph and it was chilly. That made it a good day to watch football, inside. Through all the wind, the birds were busy eating up…guess they know it’s gonna be another cold one tonight.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
To sharpen scissors use sandpaper - when blades are dull just snip a piece of sandpaper a few times and the scissors should then be able to cut paper again!
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
○ Seventy percent of Americans cannot identify the source of the phrase, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." (The Declaration of Independence)
○ Research shows that the average American has on more hour of free time every day than he or she did in 1965, but spends 40 percent less time with their children now.
¤… Who Wants to be a Millionaire PUZZLE
…answers at bottom…
1. Which of the following letters does not appear in the group of letters 'xnfzeslg'?
T F X G
2. Which of these numbers does not make a whole number when divided by three?
6 9 3 5
3. Which of the following words is not spelled correctly?
Chair Book Vakyume Dictionary
4. To the naked eye, what color is living grass?
Green Yellow Brown Blue
5. What is the famous theory that scientists believe created the universe called?
Explosion The Big Bang Universe Creation Boom Bad Bang
6. What are the three colors of Aquafresh toothpaste?
Red, aqua, blue White, aqua, yellow White, aqua, red White, aqua, blue
7. What color is Pinky's nose on the cartoon 'Pinky and the Brain'?
Blue Black Green Red
8. American political leader James McHenry was born in what country?
England Greenland Iceland Ireland
9. Which of the following states does not border Kansas?
Arkansas Colorado Nebraska Oklahoma
10. What can be found between the words 'Paper' and 'Mate' on standard Paper Mate pens?
Kids Swords Documents Hearts
11. What is the fourth largest main division (or third level) in Linnaeus' scientific classification of living things? This does not include 'domain'.
Family Phylum Genus Class
12. Who of the following was not a brother of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro?
Juan Pizarro Hernando Pizarro Gonzalo Pizarro Margall Pizarro
13. The Ligurian pizza is composed of what toppings?
Tomatoes, onions Anchovies, olives, onions
Pepperoni, sausage, onions Pineapple, onions, sausage
14. Who is credited with inventing the first workable, mass-produced adding machine?
Enrico Fermi Nikola Tesla John Bardeen William Seward Burroughs
15. What is the monetary unit of Albania?
Zloti Taka Lek Dalasi
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… DALLAS
- A Texas man says he has attained his goal of setting a world record by playing 600 rounds of golf in one year. Richard Lewis set out to last year to get his name in the Guinness Book of Records by playing up to 56 holes of golf a day, WFAA-TV, Dallas/Fort Worth, reported. "These feet have walked 4,000 miles," Lewis, who refused to use a golf cart for his record attempt, said. "I'm addicted; what can I say?" "If nobody knew about this, I would be just as satisfied, because I know I did it and no one else in the whole wide world has ever done it," he said. "That is special to me." Lewis, 64, admits his obsession with the sport led to two divorces, but that the golf course is the place that makes him happiest. "You have to be a little over the edge to do this," Lewis concedes. The Guinness Book of Records required Lewis to sign in and out with golf pros to prove he had completed each round. In the end he played 611 rounds of golf, 11 more than he expected. His average score per round was 78.5.
A LITTLE LAUGH…
A 17-year-old girl came home with five job applications. She carefully filled them out, and later asked her mother to look them over.
All the answers were clear and concise and she noticed that on all five applications, under "Previous Employment", she had listed "Baby-sitting".
But then she read, under "Reason for Leaving" her daughter had answered, "Parents came home."
¤…CLOSEUP PICTURE
Can you identify this close up picture
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
¤…THIS WEEK…¤
17-23
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
18-25
Week of Christian Unity
20-30
Sundance Film Festival
22-25
Kid Film Festival
23-29
National Handwriting Analysis Week ◘ National Nurse Anesthetists Week ◘ World Leprosy Week
24-Feb 4
Clean Out Your Inbox Week
¤…TODAY IS…¤
Eskimo Pie Patent Day
Belly Laugh Day
Beer Can Day
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
National Compliment Day
Aymara Indians, Bolivia : Alacitis Fair: Traditional annual celebration by Aymara Indians with prayers and offerings to the god of prosperity.
Romania: Unification Day (1859: Moldavia and Wallachia)
Today’s Births
○ AUTHORS
Maria Tallchief, 86, former ballet dancer
1862 - Edith Wharton (Jones) Pulitzer Prize winning author: The Age of Innocence [1921]
○ ATHLETES
Gus Mortson, 86, hockey: NHL: Maple Leafs [all-star: 1949], Blackhawks, Red Wings
Mary Lou Retton, 43, Olympic gymnast
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1800 Sir Edwin Chadwick British social reformer
1913 Mark Goodson TV game-show producer (Goodson-Toddman)
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
1949 - John (Adam) Belushi comedian: Second City improvisational troupe, original cast: Saturday Night Live
Ernest Borgnine, 94, actor (“McHale’s Navy,” Marty)
Neil Diamond, 70, singer, composer
Doug Kershaw, 72, musician: Cajun fiddle, songwriter, singer: Louisiana Man
Jimeoin, 45, Northern Irish comedian
Yakov Smirnoff, 60, comedian, born Odessa, USSR
Ray Stevens (Harold Ray Ragsdale), 71, singer, entertainer: Everything Is Beautiful
1943 - Sharon Tate actress: Valley of the Dolls
○ POLITICIANS
1916 – Rafael Caldera President of Venezuela
0076 Hadrian, Roman Emperor
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1888 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft)
1918 Oral Roberts Televangelist
¤…Today’s Obituaries…¤
0661 Ali ibn Abu Talib kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered @ 65
1989 Ted Bundy serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida @ 42
0041 Caligula [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated @ 28
1965 Winston Churchill PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), @ 90
1975 Larry Fine actor (3 Stooges), numerous strokes @ 72
1991 George Gobel comedian, heart attack @ 71
1986 L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard author/founder of Scientology (Dianetics,Death Quest), dies at 74
1993 Thurgood Marshall 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84
1986 Gordon MacRae singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64
¤…Today’s Events…¤
○ ARTS
1986 43rd Golden Globes Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win
○ ATHLETICS
1999 The International Olympic Committee voted to expel six IOC members after charges that they had accepted money and other compensation from officials from cities bidding to host the Olympics. The cities included Sydney, Australia (2000 summer games) and Salt Lake City, Utah (2002 winter games).
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1899 Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
1908 General Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts
1935 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale", is sold by Kruger Brewing Co in Richmond VA
1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1806 Cherokee Chief Doublehead, and 16 others, sign a land cession treaty in Washington. They give up lands on the north side of the Tennessee River and near Chickasaw lands for a little over $10,000 and a cotton gin and a gristmill. The Chief Do not represent the Cherokees. When the rest of the tribe hears of the treaty, it will be repudiated, at once. Doublehead will be killed for making the agreement.
1847 1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Colonel Price
1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established
○ POLITICS (US)
1985 Penny Harrington became the first woman police chief of a major city. She assumed the duties as head of the Portland, Oregon force of 940 officers and staff.
2003 The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
○ POLITICS (International)
1458 Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary
1568 In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1076 Synod of Worms German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII
1656 1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
1722 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st US divinity professor (Harvard)
1958 After warming to 100,000,000ยบ, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion
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ANSWERS
¤…Millionaire ANSWERS…¤
1. Which of the following letters does not appear in the group of letters 'xnfzeslg'? T
2Which of these numbers does not make a whole number when divided by three? 5
3. Which of the following words is not spelled correctly? Vakyume
4. To the naked eye, what color is living grass? Green
5. What is the famous theory that scientists believe created the universe called? The Big Bang
6. What are the three colors of Aquafresh toothpaste? White, aqua, red
7. What color is Pinky's nose on the cartoon 'Pinky and the Brain'? Red
8. American political leader James McHenry was born in what country? Ireland
9. Which of the following states does not border Kansas? Arkansas
10. What can be found between the words 'Paper' and 'Mate' on standard Paper Mate pens? Hearts
11. What is the fourth largest main division (or third level) in Linnaeus' scientific classification of living things? This does not include 'domain'. Class
12. Who of the following was not a brother of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro? Margall Pizarro
13. The Ligurian pizza is composed of what toppings? Anchovies, olives, onions
14. Who is credited with inventing the first workable, mass-produced adding machine? William Seward Burroughs
15. What is the monetary unit of Albania? Lek
¤…Close up Picture…¤
Street Lamp
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