TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1865 - Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up
MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
Another windy day. Ran some errands. A Rez friend ran out of gas on the summit, so I got some gas and helped him out. Haven’t driven to the Summit for a long time. I shouldn’t have been surprised when I found road construction. Everything worked out fine.
Karma. What goes around comes around. Before the last elections many democratic incumbents found their local ‘town hall’ meetings were interrupted by angry people. It was soon shown that the ‘Tea Party’ had developed a plan of action for many of them on how to disrupt meetings. Well now the tables have turned, to a degree. There don’t seem to be any action plans, just upset voters asking very tough questions of those who are most concerned about the economy. Young and old do not want Medicare turned over to private insurance companies. The voters want to know why rich individuals and big corporations got tax cuts. There is a lot of yelling, but sadly no answers.
Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. With which sport do you associate the author Dick Francis?
2. Who were the four members of the Clampett Family who featured in the Beverley Hillbillies TV series?
3. What was Fonzie's favourite magazine?
4. In the Movie "Catch Me If You Can", which Actor is Tom Hanks trying to catch?
5. Which City Is Served By Leonardo Da Vinci Airport?
6. How Many Tears Did The Goombay Dance Band Have?
7. Which French term is used to describe excellent food?
8. Diego Maradona's Infamous "Hand Of God" Goal Occurred At The World Cup Finals In Which Year?
9. What are there 23 pairs of in the Human Body?
10. What is the German word for poison?
CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?
Hmmmm…
>Percentage of Germans who say they would accept a leader with a ‘strong hand’: 13
>Percentage of favor ‘sharply restricting’ Muslim religious practices: 56
>Percentat who support the expulsion of foreigners during periods of high unemployment: 32
THIS REALLY WORKS…
>Toss a pillowcase in your luggage to use as a laundry bag while you're away and to keep clean clothes separate from the soiled ones on the way home.
>Baking soda on a clean damp sponge cleans gently inside and outside the microwave and never leaves a harsh chemical smell. Rinse well with water.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
>The Cadbury Creme Egg plant at Bournville UK can produce more than 1.5 million eggs per day. In the UK, over 200 million cream eggs are sold annually, three for every person in the UK.
>The original advertising for the treat featured the tagline "How do you eat yours?", based on the fact that there are so many different ways to enjoy the egg.
>In 2008, the new 'Here Today, Goo Tomorrow' campaign was launched, showcasing creme eggs on amusing missions to release their Goo.
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
MEDINA, Ohio — The eggs may not be fresh, but they are drawing attention at an Ohio supermarket.
A female mallard duck is nesting atop bags of mulch just outside the main entrance of a Giant Eagle store in Medina in northeast Ohio. A small sign advises shoppers to beware of the bird and to grab their mulch from another pile.
The Akron Beacon Journal reports the duck is sitting on at least 10 eggs in a nest assembled on top of an 8-foot stack of bags. Store officials think she laid the eggs a couple of weeks ago.
A store spokeswoman told the newspaper two male mallards were seen in the parking lot earlier this spring.
A LITTLE LAUGH:
Jimmy: 'Hey, Mike! How's your new pet fish doing? You told me he was really something special.'
Mike: 'To tell the truth, I'm really disappointed in him. The guy who sold him to me said I could teach him to sing like a bird.'
Jimmy: 'What? Let me get this straight... You bought a fish because you thought you could teach him to sing like a bird?'
Mike: 'Well, yeah. After all, you know, he's a parrot fish.'
Jimmy: 'Now listen, Mike, while you might be able to teach a parrot to sing, you're never going to get anywhere with a parrot fish.'
Mike: 'That's what you think! It just so happens this fish CAN sing. The thing is, he's terribly off-key and it's driving me crazy. Do you know how hard it is to tuna fish?'
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’:
♫ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ♫
2004 Inductee: A self-taught pianist, Floyd Cramer was one of the architects of the “Nashville Sound,” a merger of country and pop that helped revive the former genre as it emerged from a commercially fallow period. Often mentioned alongside such fellow sessionmen as guitarist Chet Atkins and saxophonist Boots Randolph, Cramer became the pianist to use in Nashville from 1955 on. MORE INFO http://rockhall.com/inductees/floyd-cramer/bio/
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
DAYBOOK INFORMATION
«THIS WEEK
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
Administrative Professionals Day or Secretary's Day
Babe Ruth Day
Mantanzas Mule Day: Naval Action of Spanish American War
Morse Code Day
Tell A Story Day
Sierra Leone: Independence Day from UK
South Africa: Freedom Day
Togo: Independence Day from France
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1673 -Claude Gillot French painter, engraver and theatrical designer
1759 - Mary Wollstonecraft English writer and women's rights advocate
…ATHLETES
1896 - Rogers Hornsby American professional baseball player
…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1791 - Samuel Morse American painter and developer of the telegraph
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Sheena Easton, Singer, actress, turns 52
Ace Frehley, Rock musician (Kiss), turns 60
Casey Kasem, Radio announcer, turns 79
Jack Klugman, Actor ("The Odd Couple," "Quincy"), turns 89
1899 - Walter Lantz American film animator; creator of "Woody Woodpecker"
…POLITICIANS
1822 - Ulysses S. Grant 18th president of the United States
…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1896 - Wallace Hume Carothers American chemist; developed nylon
Today’s Obits:
1124 - Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies at 44
1959 - Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies
1998 - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer dies of cancer at 72
1991 - Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Gunsmoke), dies at 74
1882 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies at 78
1999 - Al Hirt, American trumpeter dies at 77
1521 - Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50
1965 - Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57
1813 - Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle as Americans overtake Toronto, at 34
Today’s Events:
… ARTS
1667 - The blind and impoverished, John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
1810 - Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
… ATHLETICS
1908 - 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
1947 - Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & throughout US
1953 - Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek"
1983 - Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
… BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1865 - Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered
1897 - Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) dedicated
1965 - RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper
… INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1763 - Pontiac will hold a council with a large group of Ottawa, Wyandot, and Potawatomi Natives. He will tell them of his plans to attack Fort Detroit. He will extol the virtues of returning to the old Indian ways, before the coming of the Europeans.
1877 - General George Crook contacts Red Cloud with a message for Crazy Horse. Crook promises that if Crazy Horse surrenders, he will get a reservation in the Powder River area. On this date, Red Cloud delivers the message to Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse agrees and heads to Fort Robinson, in northwestern Nebraska, where he will surrender to the U.S.Army.
… INTERNATINOAL POLITICS
1539 - Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar
1565 - 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms
… SCIENCE & RELIGION
1946 - 1st radar installation aboard a commercial ship installed
1977 - Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa
… US POLITICS
1805 - US Marines attack shores of Tripoli
1861 - President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus
1861 - West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from US
1937 - 1st US social security payment made
1978 - Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, W Virginia, kills 51
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. With which sport do you associate the author Dick Francis?
Horse Racing
2. Who were the four members of the Clampett Family who featured in the Beverley Hillbillies TV series?
Jed, Granny (Daisy Moses), Jethro (Bodine) and Elly May
3. What was Fonzie's favorite magazine?
Hot Rod
4. In the Movie "Catch Me If You Can", which Actor is Tom Hanks trying to catch?
Leonardo Di Caprio
5. Which City Is Served By Leonardo Da Vinci Airport?
Rome , Italy
6. How Many Tears Did The Goombay Dance Band Have?
Seven
7. Which French term is used to describe excellent food?
Cordon Bleu
8. Diego Maradona's Infamous "Hand Of God" Goal Occurred At The World Cup Finals In Which Year?
1986, Mexico
9. What are there 23 pairs of in the Human Body?
Chromosomes
10. What is the German word for poison?
Gift
Close Up Picture
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
