TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1987 Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers brought $39.85 million -- more than triple the record for an auctioned painting
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
A decent day to run some errands. It was cloudy most of the day, but was warm enough to be outside and enjoy it. Gotta love Spring time in Flag.
I’m still trying to figure out the new blog posting software. It now sorta accepts fonts with bold and italic and even links. In the past I had to add that myself. I haven’t figured out why sometimes it puts text in white and sometimes in black. I also haven’t figured out why sometimes it posts in a smaller text that I want. The magic is still there.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
~The best thing about a grill: cooking outside. The worst thing about a grill: the clean up. Always spray your grill with nonstick cooking spray before grilling to avoid sticking. This will cut your clean up time in half.
~An environmentally friendly toilet cleaner is vitamin C. Depending on how bad the stains in your toilet are, simply place 2 or 3 tablets in the water. Let stand for 2 or 3 hours, and flush.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
The Spanish explorer Cortez brought tomatoes back to Europe from Mexico in 1519. Even then, almost 200 years passed before spaghetti with tomato sauce made its way into Italian kitchens.
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The first American pasta factory was opened in Brooklyn, New York, in 1848, by a Frenchman named Antoine Zerega. He managed the entire operation with just one horse in his basement to power the machinery. To dry his spaghetti, he placed strands of the pasta on the roof to dry in the sunshine.
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During the 1980s, macaroni, which was traditionally considered a "blue-collar" down-home meal, was transformed into the more upscale "pasta."
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The first American pasta factory was opened in Brooklyn, New York, in 1848, by a Frenchman named Antoine Zerega. He managed the entire operation with just one horse in his basement to power the machinery. To dry his spaghetti, he placed strands of the pasta on the roof to dry in the sunshine.
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During the 1980s, macaroni, which was traditionally considered a "blue-collar" down-home meal, was transformed into the more upscale "pasta."
PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…] Geography
1. What are the Aki, Daishimizu and the Seikan in Japan?
2. What is the largest country in Africa?
3. Timbucktoo is in which country?
4. What capitol city stands on the Tagus River?
5. Which island's capital is Flying Fish Cove?
6. Which American State is nicknamed the 'Diamond State'?
7. Where would you find the Meander River?
8. Bam, Yat and Holon are in which country?
9. What countries national anthem is Land of Two Rivers?
10. What is the world's largest sand island, located northeast of Brisbane?
2. What is the largest country in Africa?
3. Timbucktoo is in which country?
4. What capitol city stands on the Tagus River?
5. Which island's capital is Flying Fish Cove?
6. Which American State is nicknamed the 'Diamond State'?
7. Where would you find the Meander River?
8. Bam, Yat and Holon are in which country?
9. What countries national anthem is Land of Two Rivers?
10. What is the world's largest sand island, located northeast of Brisbane?
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A California woman facing nearly five years in prison for forging drug prescriptions showed up for sentencing with a phony doctor's note seeking a delay in the proceedings.
Michelle Elaine Astumian was free on $45,000 bail and pleaded no contest in January to felony counts of forgery and using a fraudulent check.
The 41-year-old woman arrived Monday for sentencing in a San Luis Obispo County courtroom and presented a note with a doctor's signature asking for a postponement.
Prosecutor Dave Pomeroy called the doctor, who said the note is a forgery.
The judge immediately ordered Astumian into custody and she collapsed to the floor. An ambulance took her to a hospital.
Pomeroy told the San Luis Obispo County Tribune that Astumian will be sentenced later, but he doesn't know when.
A LITTLE LAUGH:
A wife and her husband attended a very important business party thrown by her boss where the husband may have had one or two more than he should have.
On the way home from the party, the woman said to her husband, "Have I ever told you how handsome and sexy and totally irresistible to all women you are?"
"Why no," said the husband, deeply flattered.
"Then what gave you that idea at the party?!" she yelled.
On the way home from the party, the woman said to her husband, "Have I ever told you how handsome and sexy and totally irresistible to all women you are?"
"Why no," said the husband, deeply flattered.
"Then what gave you that idea at the party?!" she yelled.
Top 10: Most Scary Movies
10-28 Days Later (2002)
9-Psycho (1960)
8-Saw (2004)
7-Halloween (1978)
6-Night of the Living Dead (1968)
5-Ring (1998)
4-A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
3-Stephen King's It (1990)
2-The Thing (1982)
1-The Exorcist (1973)
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◄
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►TODAY IS◄
►TODAY IS◄
Doctors Day
Grass Is Always Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day
I Am In Control Day
Pencil Day
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Palestine / Israel: Land Day commemoration
Trinidad and Tobago: Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day
■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS
1842 John Fiske [Edmund Fisk Green] US historian/philosopher
1746 Francisco Goya, Spanish painter
1719 Sir John Hawkins English writer- 1st history of music
1853 Vincent van Gogh Dutch artist (Irises)
■…ATHLETES
Ty Conklin, 35, American ice hockey player
Davis Romero, 28,Panamanian baseball player
Davis Romero, 28,Panamanian baseball player
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1919 McGeorge Bundy president of the Ford Foundation; Special Assistant for National Security Affairs under U.S. Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)
1917 Herbert Anderson actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace)
John Astin, 81, actor (“The Addams Family”; stage: The Three Penny Opera), director
Warren Beatty, 73, actor (Bonnie and Clyde), director (Reds, Dick Tracy)
Eric Clapton, 66, singer, songwriter, guitarist
Warren Beatty, 73, actor (Bonnie and Clyde), director (Reds, Dick Tracy)
Eric Clapton, 66, singer, songwriter, guitarist
Celine Dion, 43, singer
Richard Dysart, 82, actor (“LA Law”)
M.C. Hammer, 48, rapper
Norah Jones, 32, singer
1913 Frankie Laine [Frank Paul LoVecchio] singer (Hey, Good Lookin', That's My Desire)/ actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide)
Peter Marshall (Pierre La Cock), 84, television host, actor
Paul Reiser, 54, actor (Diner, “Mad About You”)
Paul Reiser, 54, actor (Diner, “Mad About You”)
■…POLITICIANS
1913 – Richard Helms, American CIA director
1913 – Richard Helms, American CIA director
1672 Peter I "the Great" Romanov great tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1811 Robert Bunsen, German chemist
1864 Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist
1903 Joy Ridderhof, American missionary
Today’s Obits:
1840 George (Beau) Brummell Dandy, strokes and penniless @ 61
1986 James F Cagney actor, @ 86
2002 HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother @101
1955 Harl McDonald US composer (Santa Fé Trail), @ 55
1873 Benedict Augustin Morel psychologist (dementia praecox), @ 63
1981 Dewitt Wallace US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91
Today’s Events:
■…ARTS
1964 “This ... is ... ‘Jeopardy’!” One of television’s best known game shows, Jeopardy, developed by Merv Griffin, aired on NBC-TV for the first time
1974 John Denver reached the top spot on the music charts with his hit, Sunshine on My Shoulders.
1987 Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers brought $39.85 million -- more than triple the record for an auctioned painting
■…ATHLETICS
1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1858 Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia)
1909 Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens
■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1802 The Indian Trade and Intercourse Act today.
1854 Indians successfully attack, and defeat a company of dragoons at Cieneguilla, New Mexico.
■…POLITICS (International)
1919 Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
■…POLITICS (US)
1822 Congress combined East & West Florida into Florida Territory
1867 US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2¢ an acre-Seward's Folly)
1870 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
1981 President Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley Jr
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1932 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic
1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill NJ
1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory
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ANSWERS:
Quiz
1. What are the Aki, Daishimizu and the Seikan in Japan? Tunnels
2. What is the largest country in Africa? Sudan
3. Timbucktoo is in which country? Mali
4. What capitol city stands on the Tagus River? Lisbon
5. Which island's capital is Flying Fish Cove? Christmas Island
6. Which American State is nicknamed the 'Diamond State'? Delaware
7. Where would you find the Meander River? Turkey
8. Bam, Yat and Holon are in which country? Israel
9. What countries national anthem is Land of Two Rivers? Iraq
10. What is the world's largest sand island, located northeast of Brisbane? Fraser Island
Close Up Picture
2. What is the largest country in Africa? Sudan
3. Timbucktoo is in which country? Mali
4. What capitol city stands on the Tagus River? Lisbon
5. Which island's capital is Flying Fish Cove? Christmas Island
6. Which American State is nicknamed the 'Diamond State'? Delaware
7. Where would you find the Meander River? Turkey
8. Bam, Yat and Holon are in which country? Israel
9. What countries national anthem is Land of Two Rivers? Iraq
10. What is the world's largest sand island, located northeast of Brisbane? Fraser Island
Close Up Picture
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