TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1981 - More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan.
MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
I hope everyone had a great Easter. I had a great Easter dinner with some friends here in town. It was a full feast with lots of goodies. NICE!
The promised moisture was only enough to dirty my car windows. And the wind blew all day…again. Clouds came, left, and new clouds came. The forest really needs moisture. The forest service will not change its campfire ban rules which follow some strange mathematical system that seems to be calculated about once a month. When last year’s fire started it has been determined that there should have been a campfire ban. Many locals have written, called, begged, and done whatever they can to get a ban starting very soon. The forest service just won’t budge. I know that many transients live out there in the forest, but even that is not in the forest service logistics about when to ban fires. So for those of us who enjoy the forest, we just hope that no one will be careless.
Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. In ancient Rome, by law prostitutes had to do what?
2. What did jack the ripper sign on his first note?
3. What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti, who died in 1971?
4. How did Alfred Nobel make his money?
5. The World's First Travel Agency Was Founded In 1850 By Whom?
6. In What Year Did India Gain Independence From British Colonial Rule?
7. What's the oldest college in the u.s.?
8. What was Jimmy Hoffa's middle name?
9. In 19th century Florence it was illegal for women to wear what?
10. 'Aescapalious' the emblem, staff snake, is the Greek/Roman god of what?
CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?
Hmmmm…
>Percentage change in spending by independent political groups between 2006 and 2010 midterm elections: +310
>Portion of those funds in 2010 that came from organizations not legally required to disclose their donors: 1/2
>Percentage of such groups that supported conservative candidates: 80
THIS REALLY WORKS…
>Clean and deodorize your vinyl shower curtain by sprinkling baking soda directly on a clean damp sponge or brush. Scrub the shower curtain and rinse clean. Hang it up to dry.
>Soak toothbrushes in salt water before your first use; they'll last longer.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
>Domesticated for more than 10,000 years, the dog was one of the first animals domesticated by humans.
>One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
>The term film noir, French for "black film", first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, was unknown to most American film industry professionals of the classic era.
>Humphrey Bogart's most memorable role, Casablanca's Rick Blaine, was originally developed for Ronald Reagan.
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
KYODO, Japan - Guinness World Records announced a 114-year-old Japanese man has been declared the world's oldest living man following the death of the previous record holder. Guinness said Jiroemon Kimura of Kyodo celebrated his 114th birthday and inherited the title of the world's oldest man from Walter Breuning of the United States, who died April 14. The record-keeping organization said Kimura, the last known man living to have been born prior to 1897, is now the third oldest person in Japan and the sixth oldest person in the world. He is the only man on the list of the world's 10 oldest people. Kimura said part of his secret to long life is eating meals in small portions. "With the sad passing of Walter, the world is left with the one remaining man who was alive in the 19th century," said Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness. "It's incredible to think that Kimura's life spans three centuries -- when he was born, Dracula had yet to be published, Queen Victoria was a few weeks from her Diamond Jubilee and the Wright Brothers were six years from their first successful test flight. How the world has moved on during his lifetime!"
A LITTLE LAUGH:
Within two weeks of moving into a new house, the homeowner had to call an electrician, a roofer and a carpenter. One afternoon he returned early from work and saw a plumber's truck in the driveway.
"Lord," he pleaded, looking skyward, "please let her be having an affair."
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’:
Note: Records show she died at 83, so title is wrong.
♫ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ♫
2004 Inductee: ZZ Top plays red-hot Texas boogie and blues, and no one does it better - or has done it longer - than this “little ol’ band from Texas.” The trio’s enduring appeal owes much to their mastery of and feel for rootsy forms. Guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard were influenced by such blues masters as Freddie King, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. MORE INFO http://rockhall.com/inductees/zz-top/bio/
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
DAYBOOK INFORMATION
«THIS WEEK
19-26
Pesach (Passover)
24-30
Administrative Professionals Week
National Dance Week
National Dream Hotline
National Scoop The Poop Week
National Playground Safety Week
National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week
Safe Kids Week
Sky Awareness Week
«TODAY IS
Easter Monday
Malaria Awareness Day
National Zucchini Bread Day
Red Hat Society Day
State License Plate Day
20-Something Service Day
White House Easter Egg Roll
Egypt: Sinai Day
Italy: Liberation Day
Portugal: Liberty Day
South Africa: Family Day
Swaziland: National Flag Day
US: AL, MS: Confederate Memorial Day
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1840 - Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (1812 Overture)
…ATHLETES
Tim Duncan, Basketball player, turns 35
Meadowlark Lemon, Basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters), turns 79
…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1853 - John Frank Stevens American chief civil engineer of the Panama Canal (1905-7)
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1918 - Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex)
Al Pacino, actor turns 71
Talia Shire, Actress (Rocky), turns 65
Bjorn Ulvaeus, Singer (ABBA), turns 66
…POLITICIANS
1599 - Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58)
1906 - William Brennan American associate justice of the Supreme Court (1956-90)
Jon Kyl, U.S. senator, R-Ariz., turns 69
…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1825 - Charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones
1502 - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian
1874 - Guglielmo Marconi Italian Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor (1909)
Today’s Obits:
2009 - Beatrice Arthur, American comedian, actress, and singer, dies at 87
1995 - Art Fleming, game show host (Jeopardy), dies at 74
1996 - John Lorne Campbell, folklorist, dies at 90
2000 - David Merrick, American theatrical producer dies at 89
2007 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (Monster Mash) dies of leukemia at 69
1995 - Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
1972 - George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), suicide at 65
Today’s Events:
… ARTS
1719 - Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"
… ATHLETICS
1950 - Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
… BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1684 - Patent granted for thimble
1886 - Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
… INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1541 - Coronado leaves Alcanfor en route to Quivira. While in Quivira, Coronado had killed many of the inhabitants of Tiguex Pueblo
1774 - Michael Cresap is one of many "frontiersmen" in Kentucky who wishes to instigate a war with the local Indians. He hopes that the Indians would lose the war, and be forced off their highly coveted lands. Cresap, and a few friends, come across a Shawnee and a Deleware Indian traveling through the woods. Cresap's group kills them both.
… INTERNATINOAL POLITICS
1507 - Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America
1607 - Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet
1792 - Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier
1829 - Charles Fremantle arrives in the HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom
1859 - Ground broken for Suez Canal
1867 - Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1905 - Whites win right to vote in South Africa
1976 - Portugal adopts constitution
… SCIENCE & RELIGION
1928 - Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind
1953 - Scientists identify DNA
1961 - Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
1990 - Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
2007 - Boris Yeltsin's funeral - the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
… US POLITICS
1967 - Abortion legalized in Colorado
1971 - About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington
1978 - Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. In ancient Rome, by law prostitutes had to do what?
Dye their hair blond or wear a blond wig
2. What did jack the ripper sign on his first note?
Yours truly
3. What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti, who died in 1971?
Papa Doc
4. How did Alfred Nobel make his money?
He invented Dynamite
5. The World's First Travel Agency Was Founded In 1850 By Whom?
Thomas Cook
6. In What Year Did India Gain Independence From British Colonial Rule?
1947
7. What's the oldest college in the u.s.?
Harvard
8. What was Jimmy Hoffa's middle name?
Riddle
9. In 19th century Florence it was illegal for women to wear what?
Buttons
10. 'Aescapalious' the emblem, staff snake, is the Greek/Roman god of what?
Medicine
Close Up Picture
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
