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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1836 - 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii
¬ 1909 - Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army
¬ 1935 - 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution
¬ 1965 - LBJ signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966
¬ 1969 - Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos) 1956 - US motto "In God We Trust" authorized
¬ 1975 - Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
I had a great lunch with Cheryl today. Her grandkids were with her for almost a month. They seemed to have a great time. Their boat trip with their grandfather was less than spectacular. The boat hadn’t been on water from almost 10 years, something broke on the trailer on the way back. They couldn’t spend a lot of time of the water as a boat had problems. Grandpa wouldn’t let them pee off the boat, so they had to use bottles. Not the best way to be introduced to ‘boating’. After two weeks in Michigan, the kids were ready to get home. Cheryl drove about 800 miles the last day—much easier at 25 than 65 years old. Cheryl seems to really want to know about my adventure. After some discussion she decided that a boat trip like that was not for her. So far, everyone seems to be enjoying my trip from afar and I am not finding any one ready to join me on another trip. That’s OK, I went into the trip dumb. Once I was on the river, there was no turning back…even if I had wanted to. I didn’t, but in retrospect I sure put my body through a lot more than any of my previous adventures.
I heard a news report from Phoenix where an ‘elderly’ lady came home from running errands and found her house had been robbed and the home was in great disarray. They interviewed her for the report and she said: “In my 57 years, I have never had anything like this happen.” What is going on? Fifty seven is not ‘elderly’ and she didn’t look or sound ‘elderly’ as she stood there telling her story. In the same newscast there was a story on immigration. They had a sound bite from an elegant elderly—by my definition—woman who said “I’m happy that 1070 passed, there isn’t enough room in this country for any immigrants.” The next sound bite had a brown skinned 30 something guy who was missing several important teeth saying that 1070 was a really bad idea.
Today marks the one year anniversary of our Governor’s signing of 1070…the bill that would let police stop and detain any person suspected of being here illegally. It is still in the courts but our governor still stands behind her decision. None of her dire predictions of life in AZ without 1070 have come about. The only thing it has done is to have a recall of the Senate President, who ‘authored‘the bill—with actual writing from people outside AZ with their own agenda. Oh and can’t forget: making it embarrassing to live here in AZ sometimes--Non-white tourist travel--socially aware travelers and socially aware conventions are choosing not to come. We did make a lot of headlines, and Baseball took a financial hit on the All Star game—with protesters outside the game, all shown on National TV.
It was cloudy all day, and rained in parts of Flag, but my place didn’t get any at all. The clouds kept us cooler than expected and it was nice to be outside. I have pretty much healed and feeling spunky. I decided not to go to the Great Decisions meeting tonight. I thought this morning that it would be too much, but now I realize I probably should have gone. I haven’t missed one in two years…so it’s not a big deal. When I called this morning, one other person had already called—she is at the Shakespeare Festival in Utah. She’s going to A Midsummer Night’s Dream tonight and Richard III tomorrow. Dream sound like fun, not so much for Richard III.
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
Old TV Shows - Gunsmoke - Milton Berle, Beverly Hillbillies, Bob Cummings Show, Price is right, 77 Sunset Strip, Lucille Ball, Gilligan's Island and many more.
1. Which family featured in the 50s sitcom Father Knows Best?
2. What was the first name of the person The Fugitive was accused of killing?
3. What was the name of the LA-based radio show which transferred to TV with Lucille Ball?
4. Which classic TV series had the catchphrase "Kookie, Kookie lend me your comb?"
5. Who played The Siren in the original / Batman TV series?
6. In the 1940s, on what night of the week was the Milton Berle show?
7. Who was creator / producer of The Beverly Hillbillies?
8. Which Gunsmoke actor was a veteran of the Anzio campaign of World War II?
9. In which New York nightclub in I Love Lucy was Ricky Ricardo bandleader and emcee?
10. How as the Ed Sullivan show known when it was premiered on CBS in 1948?
11. On which talent show did Bobby Rydell first find fame?
12. The Bob Cummings Show in the 50s was a revamp of which series with the same star?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬ Date on which a Dutch porn star pledged to ‘give a BJ’ to her Twitter followers if the Netherlands won the World Cup: 6/28/10
¬ Number of people who signed up to follow her beteen than and the World Cup Final: 105,269
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ One in 250 pregnancies results in identical twins.
¬ The average twin pregnancy lasts only 37 weeks, while the average single pregnancy lasts 40 weeks.
¬ If the mother herself is a fraternal twin, she is five times more likely to have twins.
¬ Twins have been known to develop their own dialect, or language. This is known as "cryptophasia", and only they can understand what is being said.
¬ The term "twin" derives from the ancient German word "twine" meaning "two together".
¬ Because identical twins developed from the same split egg and were fertilized by the same sperm, they share exact matches of their DNA.
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
NORTH NAPLES, Fla. - Florida officials say a domestic beef over razors in the shower ended with a woman's arrest for allegedly hitting her boyfriend on the head with a frying pan. Mary Batson, 22, of North Naples, was arrested for battery after she allegedly conked her live-in boyfriend in the head during a noisy row that began over his refusal to let her borrow a razor. The Naples Daily News said Sunday that Batson denied striking the victim, although she admitted she slammed the pan down on the counter during the argument. Arrest reports said the dispute Thursday escalated quickly from argument to slapstick. The victim claimed Batson scratched him on the chest and face before going for the cookware.
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
A man was on a beach when he discovered an old lamp in the sand. He rubbed it and a genie popped out.
The genie said "I will grant you three wishes. The only condition is that you cannot wish for more wishes."
"Alright," said the man, "I wish for more genies."
‡ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Buffalo Bob Smith and Howdy Doody
‡ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
¬29-31 Garlic Days
World Lumberjack Championships
‡ TODAY IS
¬ National Cheesecake Day
¬ Father-In-Law Day
¬ Paddle for Perthes Disease Awareness Day (the ball of the thighbone in the hip doesn't get enough blood, causing the bone to die)
¬ Vanuatu: Independence Day (South Pacific Island in 1980 from France and UK)
‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1930 - 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio
1948 - Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont)
2006 - World's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years
· IN ATHLETICS
1874 - 1st baseball teams to play outside US, Boston-Philadelphia in British Isles
1932 - 10th modern Olympic games open in Los Angeles
· IN BUSINESS
1739 - Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ
1898 - Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes
1928 - George Eastman shows 1st color motion pictures (US)
· IN EDUCATION
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· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1608 - At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years
1863 - Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1678 - English troops lands in Flanders
2009 - A Basque separatist bomb explodes in Palma Nova, Mallorca, killing 2 police officers
· IN RELIGION
1419 - Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague & throw Catholic councillors out the windows
1865 - Pope Pius IX visits Suriname
· IN SCIENCE
1626 - Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die
· IN US POLITICS
1619 - House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective US governing body
1729 - City of Baltimore founded
1863 - Pres Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1747 - Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer
1818 - Emily Jane Bronte, novelist (Wuthering Heights)
· ATHLETES
Michael Brandon, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers) turns 43
Ingrid Butts, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) turns 48
Tom McManus, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars) turns 41
1890 - Casey Stengel, baseball manager (Yankees (1949-60)/NY Met's 1st)
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Simon Baker actor turns 42
Delta Burke, actress (Suzanne-Designing Women) turns 55
Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper) turns 78
Laurence Fishburne, actor (Red Heat, School Daze) turns 60
Vivica Fox, actor turns47
Lisa Kudrow actor turns 48
Jaime Pressly, American actress turns 34
Hilary Swank, actor turns 37
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1922 - Henry W. Bloch, American co-founder of H&R Block
1863 - Henry Ford, auto maker (Ford)
· POLITICIANS
Patricia Schroeder, (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973- ) turns 71 Arnold Schwarzenegger, body builder, actor, Governor of CA turns 64
Anita Hill, professor of law, Clarence Thomas' nemesis turns 55
· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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‡ Today’s Obits:
2007 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish stage and film director dies at 89
1898 - Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83
1863 - George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29
1811 - Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico at 58
1918 - Joyce Kilmer, American poet dies by sniper during WWI at 32
1998 - Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (Howdy Doody) dies at 81
2007 - Bill Walsh, American football coach dies at 76
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. Which family featured in the 50s sitcom Father Knows Best?
a. Andersons
2. What was the first name of the person The Fugitive was accused of killing?
a. Helen (Kimble—his wife)
3. What was the name of the LA-based radio show which transferred to TV with Lucille Ball?
a. My Favorite Husband
4. Which classic TV series had the catchphrase "Kookie, Kookie lend me your comb?"
a. 77 Sunset Strip
5. Who played The Siren in the original / Batman TV series?
a. Joan Collins
6. In the 1940s, on what night of the week was the Milton Berle show?
a. Tuesday
7. Who was creator / producer of The Beverly Hillbillies?
a. Paul Henning
8. Which Gunsmoke actor was a veteran of the Anzio campaign of World War II?
a. James Arness
9. In which New York nightclub in I Love Lucy was Ricky Ricardo bandleader and emcee?
a. Tropicana Club
10. How as the Ed Sullivan show known when it was premiered on CBS in 1948?
a. Toast of the Town
11. On which talent show did Bobby Rydell first find fame?
a. Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club
12. The Bob Cummings Show in the 50s was a revamp of which series with the same star?
a. Love That Bob!
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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree. All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] may not be totally accurate.
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