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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
H A P P Y S T. P A T T Y ‘ S D A Y ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣
Another windy day didn’t keep me inside. I was able to run errands without much hassle. Home Depot has brought in its spring flowers, but I know it is much too early to even think about that. We are getting a new store at the mall extension. It’s called Tuesday Morning. Not sure what they sell yet. As I drove by the workers are putting up shelving. Such a strange name for a store.
The Japanese government keeps its people updated with information from the company that is in charge of the nuclear plants. They are learning, just like we learned with BP, that information is never ‘full disclosure’ and over the years has been less than truthful with its safety reports. I so wish the legislatures across the country that are calling for less government oversight would open their eyes and see what is happening. All the business models look at the bottom line and little more. Government regulations and oversight are to protect the citizens. Our government didn’t do that with Wall Street. Our government didn’t do that with off shore drilling. Now we see that the Japanese government didn’t do that with their nuclear energy. Yet the legislatures in Phx and other state capitals and in DC continue to say that the business model in democracy says that they need tax breaks, they need deregulation, and everything will be fine. Hmmm. Doesn’t look that way from where I am sitting. The government agencies in charge of oversight have dropped the ball. In this world’s latest disasters, the governments involved had to get their information from the business that in charge of the disaster. That is crazy. From where I sit, the only thing that will come from less regulation and oversight is more and more disasters—financial and environmental.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Plastic Bags from the supermarket or Target (it’s best to avoid using plastic, try carrying a reusable bag with you to the store next time) Have you noticed that printed on the Target plastic bags are ideas on how to reuse that bag? It’s very helpful! You can use these bags to line your small bathroom garbage cans, to carry when you walk your dog to pick up doggie poop or to use as a trash bag in your car.
Save time removing silk from the cobs by holding the ear under running water, then brushing back and forth with a clean toothbrush.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Pizza Part II
The world's most extravagant pizza can be found at Nino's Bellisima in New York City. The 12 inch pizza, topped with caviar, lobster, creme fraiche and chives, sells for $1000.
Ninety-three percent of Americans eat pizza at least once a month.
More pizza is consumed during the week of the Super Bowl than any other time of the year.
PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. What do Millionaires, Metropolitans, Black Hawks and Silver Seven have in common?
2. Methacrylate resin is used to make what?
3. What do you add to vegetables to make the dish salmagundi?
4. What is the capital of Sicily?
5. In 1925, bookies went on strike against what?
6. What was Cuisine Minceur designed for?
7. Who would use a swozzle?
8. What type of animal is a vmi-vmi?
9. What instrument does Grumpy play in Disney's Snow White?
10. Author P.G. Woodhouse used which London Club?
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
AP-Silvio Berlusconi has inspired a restaurant in Poland to create a "bunga bunga" pizza — a concoction as spicy and wild as the Italian leader's alleged sex parties.
Topped with anchovies, figs, prosciutto and a lot of black pepper, the pizza at the Warsaw pizzeria, A Modo Mio, has been a hot seller since owner Walter Busalacchi put in on the menu several weeks ago.
The Italian-Polish chef said Wednesday he created the pizza to "laugh about what is going on in Italy." Berlusconi goes on trial in Milan next month on charges he paid for sex with a minor.
He has denied wrongdoing and maintained his parties were dignified.
The pizza's flavor is heightened by figs and black pepper, words with sexual connotations in Italian and Polish slang, respectively.
A LITTLE LAUGH:
A preacher of the old school was describing the events of Judgement Day and, of course, he used Biblical phraseology whenever he could.
"Oh, my friends," he intoned, "imagine the suffering of the sinners as they find themselves cast into the outer darkness, removed from the presence of the Lord and given to eternal flames. My friends, at such a time there will be weeping, wailing and a great gnashing of teeth!"
At this point, one of the elders of the congregation interrupted to say, "But Reverend, what if one of those hopeless sinners has no teeth?"
The preacher crashed his fist on the pulpit, "My friends, the Lord is not put out by details. Rest assured... teeth will be provided!"
Top 10 In The World:
CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’:
♫ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
►THIS WEEK◄
13-19► Campfire USA Birthday Week ♣ Wildlife Week ♣ International Brain Awareness Week ♣ National Money Week ♣
►TODAY IS◄
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
Campfire Girls Day
St. Patrick's Day
Submarine Day
World Maritime Day
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Jewish holiday: Ta'Anit Ester (Fast of Esther)
Ireland: National Day
Us: Boston MA: Evacuation Day (1776)
■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS
1903 Marquis (William) Childs Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist [1969]: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
■…ATHLETES
Daniel Ray (Danny) Ainge, 52, basketball coach, basketball player: Celtics, Kings, Trail Blazers, Suns
1917 Hank (Henry John) Sauer baseball: Reds, Cubs Cardinals, Giants,
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1804 James Bridger scout/fur trader/mountain man
■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)
1919 Nat "King" Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles) singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa)
Patrick Duffy, 62, actor (“Step by Step,” “Dallas”)
1895 Shemp Howard [Samuel Horwitz] comedian/actor (3 Stooges)
Rob Lowe, 47, actor (“Brothers & Sisters,” “The West Wing”)
1938 Rudolf Nureyev (Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev) Russian ballet dancer: defected to U.S. [1961]
Kurt Russell, 60, actor (Backdraft, Elvis)
Gary Sinise, 56, actor (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, “CSI: New York”)
1899 Gloria Swanson actress
■…POLITICIANS
1777 Roger Brooke Taney 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott decision)
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1874 Stephen Samuel Wise US, president of Zionist Organization of America
Today’s Obits:
1956 Fred Allen comedian (Colgate Comedy Hour, Fred Allen Radio Show), heart attack @ 61
1993 Helen Hayes actress (Airport), congestive heart failure @ 92
0461 St Patrick patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)@ 74?
The beautiful prayer of St Patrick, popularly known as "St Patrick's Breast-Plate", is supposed to have been composed by him in preparation for this victory over Paganism. The following is a literal translation from the old Irish text:
I bind to myself today The strong virtue of the Invocation of the Trinity: I believe the Trinity in the Unity The Creator of the Universe.
I bind to myself today The virtue of the Incarnation of Christ with His Baptism, The virtue of His crucifixion with His burial, The virtue of His Resurrection with His Ascension, The virtue of His coming on the Judgment Day.
I bind to myself today The virtue of the love of seraphim, In the obedience of angels, In the hope of resurrection unto reward, In prayers of Patriarchs, In predictions of Prophets, In preaching of Apostles, In faith of Confessors, In purity of holy Virgins, In deeds of righteous men.
I bind to myself today The power of Heaven, The light of the sun, The brightness of the moon, The splendor of fire, The flashing of lightning, The swiftness of wind, The depth of sea, The stability of earth, The compactness of rocks.
I bind to myself today God's Power to guide me, God's Might to uphold me, God's Wisdom to teach me, God's Eye to watch over me, God's Ear to hear me, God's Word to give me speech, God's Hand to guide me, God's Way to lie before me, God's Shield to shelter me, God's Host to secure me, Against the snares of demons, Against the seductions of vices.
Today’s Events:
■…Saint Patrick…
0432 St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave
1753 1st official St Patrick's Day
1756 St Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in NYC at Crown & Thistle Tavern
1762 1st St Patrick's Day parade in NYC
■…ARTS
1941 The National Gallery of Art was officially opened by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
■…ATHLETICS
1907 America’s first bowling tournament for ladies began in St. Louis, MO
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1845 Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-rising flour
1854 1st park land purchased by a US city, Worcester MA
1868 Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1775 The "Sycamore Shoals" Treaty: the Transylvania Company, headed by North Carolina Judge Richard Henderson, will purchase most of western and central Kentucky, and north central Tennessee from the Cherokees.
1854 Kickapoo Indians have determined that 2 men of their tribe, Thunder (Piawataka), and Polecat (Chekaquah), killed Colonel Jesse Stem on February 12, 1854. Thunder is captured by the Kickapoos. While they are taking him to a nearby fort, a fight breaks out, and Thunder is killed
1876 General Crook destroy Cheyennes & Oglala-Sioux Indian camps
■…POLITICS (International)
1521 Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines
1961 South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
■…POLITICS (US)
1836 Texas abolishes slavery
1905 Eleanor Roosevelt marries FDR in New York
1906 President Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckraker"
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1963 Elizabeth Ann Seton of New York beatified (canonized in 1975)
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ANSWERS:
Quiz
1. What do Millionaires, Metropolitans, Black Hawks and Silver Seven have in common?
Stanley Cup winners in ice hockey
2. Methacrylate resin is used to make what? Prosthetic eyes
3. What do you add to vegetables to make the dish salmagundi? . Duck or Chicken
4. What is the capital of Sicily? Palermo
5. In 1925, bookies went on strike against what? Betting Tax
6. What was Cuisine Minceur designed for? Slimmers (Fine cooking)
7. Who would use a swozzle? Punch and Judy
8. What type of animal is a vmi-vmi? Very small pig
9. What instrument does Grumpy play in Disney's Snow White? Organ
10. Author P.G. Woodhouse used which London Club? Drones
Close Up Picture
duh...
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