TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1950 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
One of the AZ southern counties, that includes Tucson, has a citizen based plan to secede and form a new state. They claim that the Phoenix legislature does not meet their needs. This is just as our governor and the Republicans are considering withdrawal from Medicaid. They believe it is just too expensive to continue to serve low income people in Arizona. I’m sure the various tribes are working on a plan as due to low income, many Natives are on the AZ Medicaid Plan and this will have a huge impact on all Native communities. While our governor claims to be for education, her actions don’t make that apparent. Her latest cut is to Maricopa Community College and that district is already planning to raise tuition and property taxes. None of this has passed through the legislature, but is certainly disturbing. They also are cutting business taxes with the idea that more business will come to AZ and make new jobs. That might work, but other states are doing the same thing so we need something else to bring business.
For those not living in AZ, you may say, so? Well SB1070—our outrageous immigration bill—is still in the courts and Texas just introduced a similar bill. Lots of scary news comes out of AZ.
This weekend will be another foot of snow here in Flagstaff. They say it won’t be as wet as last week, but a foot is foot and makes travel difficult. I’m ready so bring it on.
Still waiting for more info on ‘psych-ops’ used on legislature by Bush II administration re: Afghanistan.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Rubbing alcohol also gets out hair dye!
Sunlight can fade suede boots, so make sure to keep them in the closet when you're not wearing them.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
While many dictionaries and style guides are beginning to drop the hyphen and the caps in favor of “email,” the The Associated Press Stylebook still insists on seeing the word as an abbreviation of “electronic mail” and therefore sticks with e-mail.
As of September 2010, Compete revealed that, based on the U.S. Internet browsing population, Yahoo! Mail clearly dominates in the webmail service industry.. Hotmail comes in second, and Gmail follows in third place.
Google has a little fun with spam via an Easter egg that can be viewed in any Gmail account. Opening the “Spam” folder turns the “web clips” display into recipes for the canned pork product. Spam Primavera, Spam Swiss Pie, Creamy Spam Broccoli Casserole and Spam Veggie Pita ockets are just four examples of the delicious recipe links Google offers.
PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. In what magazine does Alfred E. Newman appear?
2. What was the topic of the letter that Ben Franklin sent to the Royal Academy in Brussels?
3. Who was supposed to have had sex with his nanny when he was only 9?
4. What is Challa?
5. In Maine what is it illegal to step out of?
6. What is the name for 100th of a second?
7. Which country do turkeys come from?
8. What shape is Anelli pasta?
9. In Greek myth, who was the first woman?
10. What was invented in 1855, 45 years later than it was needed?
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… Orange County Register
Two Califora men were arrested after they attempted to steal snacks and beer in front of four Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, authorities say, and security video released Wednesday appears to back up that story. The two men apparently didn't notice the four deputies inside the Chevron Food Mart in the 14000 block of Rosecrans Avenue in La Mirada or the pair of marked patrol vehicles parked on the side of the store when they attempted to steal $18.76 worth of merchandise just before 4 a.m. Jan. 23, authorities said.
Surveillance video released by the Sheriff's Department on Wednesday shows the pair entering the food mart shortly after the deputies, walking around the store for about 30 seconds before grabbing snacks and beer and running out the store. Four deputies chased the two men, reportedly catching them as they tried to enter their vehicle. Jacob Wallace, 29, of Costa Mesa and Robert Martin, 19, of Victorville are each facing burglary and petty theft charges, authorities said. The two have been released from custody pending a court hearing.
A LITTLE LAUGH… The Middle-Aged Teapot Song:
I'm a middle-aged man, short and stout.
Here is my beer gut, here is my pouch.
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout:
"Where's my remote? It was on the couch!"
Top 10 In The World
CLOSEUP PICTURE…
Can you identify this close up picture
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’…MAD MAGAZINE MEMORIES!
♫ 60’s Rock ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
¤…THIS WEEK…¤
20-27 ► National Future Farmers of America Week ♥ National Engineers Week National Entrepreneurship Week ♥ Build A Better Trade Show Image Week ♥ National Eating Disorders Awareness Week ♥ Read Me Week ♥ Learning Disabilities Week ♥ Texas Cowboy Poetry Week
¤…TODAY IS…¤
Pistol Patent Day (Samuel Colt)
Georgia: Soviet Occupation Day
Japan: Kitano Baika-sai or "Plum Blossom Festival" (Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kyoto)
Kuwait:National day
México : Coronado Day (1540)
Philippines: People Power Day
Today’s Births...
○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/PAINTERS
1917 Anthony Burgess essayist/novelist (A Clockwork Orange)
Chelsea Handler, 36, author, television personality (“Chelsea Lately”)
1841 Pierre-Auguste Renoir Impressionist artist
○ ATHLETES
1922 ‘Texas Rose’ Bascom (Flynt) National Cowgirl Hall of Famer: trick roper of Cherokee Tribe
Ric Flair, 62, former professional wrestler, born Richard Fliehr
1918 Robert Lorimer "Bobby" Riggs US tennis star (US Open 1939, 41)
Josh Wolff, 34, soccer player
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Sally Jessy Raphael, 68, talk show host
Bob Schieffer, 74, television journalist
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Sean Astin, 40, actor (the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Goonies, Rudy, Courage Under Fire)
1913 Jim Backus actor (Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III-Gilligan's Island)
1873 Enrico Caruso operatic tenor (Faust)
1928 Larry Gelbart Emmy Award-winning producer: M*A*S*H [1973-74]
Karen Grassle, 67, actress (“Little House on the Prairie”)
Tea Leoni, 45, actress (Jurassic Park III, Deep Impact, Flirting with Disaster)
1901 [Herbert] Zeppo Marx comedian/actor (Marx Brothers)
1929 Tommy Newsom musician: tenor sax; arranger, composer, back-up conductor: NBC’s Tonight Show band
1932 Faron Young country singer/actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone)
○ POLITICIANS
1888 John Foster Dulles US Secretary of State (1953-59)
1778 José Francisco de San Martín liberated Argentina, Chile & Perú
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
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Today’s Obits…
1975 Elijah Muhammad leader of the Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago @ 77
1899 Paul Julius von Reuter founder of the news agency (Reuters) @ 83
1723 Sir Christopher Wren England, astronomer/architect, @ 90
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
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○ ATHLETICS
1951 1st Pan American Games open (Buenos Aires Argentina)
1989 Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1751 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1¢)
1837 1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
1930 Check photographing device patented
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
529 Palenque Maya Lord Kan - Xul I ascends the throne according to the museum at Palenque, Mexico.
1875 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft Sill
1799 Congress passes "An Act Making Appropriations for Defraying the Expenses Which May Arise in Carrying into Effect Certain Treaties Between the United States and Several Tribes or Nations of Indians."
○ POLITICS (International)
1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola México
1932 Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship
○ POLITICS (US)
1791 1st Bank of US chartered
1799 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land
1859 First use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence
1862 Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by President Abraham Lincoln
1885 US Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds
1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax
1987 US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance
1908 1st tunnel under the Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
1910 13th Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies
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ANSWERS
Quiz ANSWERS…
1. In what magazine does Alfred E. Newman appear? MAD
2. What was the topic of the letter that Ben Franklin sent to the Royal Academy in Brussels?
Perfuming Farts
3. Who was supposed to have had sex with his nanny when he was only 9? Lord Byron
4. What is Challa? Bread - often plaited
5. In Maine what is it illegal to step out of? Flying Plane
6. What is the name for 100th of a second? A Jiffy
7. Which country do turkeys come from? USA
8. What shape is Anelli pasta? Rings
9. In Greek myth, who was the first woman? Pandora
10. What was invented in 1855, 45 years later than it was needed? Can Opener
Close Up Picture…
Window
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