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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1863 - 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)
¬ 1883 - The last quagga—subspecies of Zebra--dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam
¬ 1896 - Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson
¬ 1898 - Hawaii formally annexed to US
¬ 1922 - Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Wash DC as national shrine
¬ 1935 - Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand
¬ 1992 - Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
Our retirement trio had lunch today. Good food and good conversation. Mary is heading out for her quadrillionth reunion. This one is with the people who spent a semester in Italy while she was at Gonzaga as an undergrad. After they meet in Seattle, she is off to her mom’s 99th birthday in Portland. Just after she returns, her daughter from Chicago will arrive for a few days with the grandson. She seems to be having a great time visiting all her former classmates. I haven’t ever gone to a high school or college reunion, so I guess I don’t what I’m missing. My high school had one last weekend, and posted a bunch of pictures. Only recognized one person and only about ½ the names. The pictures listed all the women’s maiden names so that wasn’t it. Cheryl has been busy with her grant writing for a dog rescue place in Williams. She says that it is really hard to write a grant for a cause you don’t think should get any money. She is a dog lover, she has two Schnauzers herself. The problem is the group wants to build a new building and it won’t have any dog runs for the rescued animals. She says there is an abandoned building in Williams that would cost less, was a former kennel and has dog runs. The organizer says the building doesn’t have the right ‘energy’ and only a new building will work. Her group of about 20 people has dwindled to about 10 over the past few months. It sounds to me that her group might not have the right ‘energy’.
The Sandra brochure is coming along. I have the template completed; I’ve started writing about the Sandra, from all the stuff Greg gave me. I really need the pictures and the guest comments so I know how much space I actually have. He should be calling in a few days, so I can get them. It is more fun than I expected.
I saw an interesting campaign video today. Mitt Romney was outside, talking to people in Iowa. He said ‘Corporations are people’ which led to laughter. He tried to save himself by asking ‘where do corporation profits go?’ The answer was ‘in their pockets’. To which he said, ‘and those are human beings.’ Just more laughter in Iowa at a rally FOR Romney. It is much too early in the 2012 campaign to have hecklers at these rallies—these were supporters. If they laughter was from hecklers, the mass of supporters didn’t respond to it. I think he is in trouble as a candidate. Mormon men are taught to speak at their services. They are taught that the listeners will appreciate their words. The Mormon men I know are not used to having people laugh unless the speaker tells a joke. After all, they are Latter Day Saints.
My brother called from Saigon last night—his morning—to let me know he was doing fine, but his one week trip, which had been expanded to a two week trip, has now been extended again to a three week trip. He should have been getting back to NYC tomorrow, but now it will be another week. He says his business trip is going well, and that the heads of the company should have known that couldn’t complete the work in less time. He finally broke down and got a SIM card so he could call back to the US. He has an iPad with him, but said that he was having way too much trouble trying to email from it. Not surprising, as all the tech hype is usually more hype and less tech than the humans of the corporation want to admit. He is in meetings most every day, and at the furniture production line a lot of time. He says he is happy with the final products, but is ready to get back home and get the business rolling. I’m sure he is able to see some of the country but not as much as he wants to see.
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. Who said, "I never had any problems with drugs--only with policemen"?
2. What was the profession of Glenn Close's father?
3. Who had a No 1 hit with wishing Well?
4. Who had a big 60s No 1 with People Got To Be Free?
5. Sean O'Feeney worked under what name as a movie director?
6. What was Katharine Hepburn's first movie?
7. Which Beatles track spent nine weeks at No 1 in the US?
8. Which actor's real name is Walter Matasschansayasky?
9. How is Simone Kaminker better know?
10. In which decade of the 20th century was Willem Dafoe born?
11. Who was starring in The Streets of San Francisco at the same time as being executive producer on One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?
12. Which late rock star said, "When you're dead you're made for life?"
13. Which Arthur recorded the 60s classic Sweet Soul Music?
14. In song, what does every rose have according to the group Poison?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬ Estimated portion of registered voters in Zimbabwe who are dead: 1/4
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ The world's oldest written etiquette guide (and the oldest literary work of any kind in existence) was composed by Egyptian philosopher Ptah-Hotep during the Fifth Egyptian Dynasty around 3550 B.C. The papyrus scroll lists rules of behavior which wise men should pass on to their sons.
¬ The term "etiquette" dates from 17th century France, where King Louis XIV used small placards or "etiquettes" to remind his guests of the rules of court behavior.
¬ The father of American etiquette was George Washington, who compiled a list of "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior In Company and Conversation" at the age of 16.
¬ In the 18th and 19th centuries, etiquette was usually taught in schools, particularly in the private schools where wealthier families sent their children.
¬ During the early 20th century, the movement of the middle class into professional and social circles led to numerous questions about proper etiquette. In 1922, socialite Emily Post, who had been born into a wealthy family and then married into another wealthy family, decided to answer these questions by writing a book "Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home."
¬ The name of the book was later changed to "Etiquette," and it became a best seller and has been updated numerous times in the past 80 years. Today, those looking for some lessons in etiquette can visit the Emily Post Institute, which is run by Post's great-granddaughter-in-law, Peggy Post, and other relatives.
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A man said he crashed his van into six cars at a New Hampshire car dealership because the dealer refused to take his "lemon" vehicle back. David Cross of Salisbury, Mass., was charged with six felony counts of criminal mischief. He said his wife purchased the van Monday at the Portsmouth Used Car Superstore and he soon discovered the vehicle had major problems including a broken odometer, the Portsmouth Herald reported Thursday.
Cross said his mechanic recommended he "take it back," but the dealer refused to refund his money and told him he was "stuck with it." Cross said he brought the van back to the dealership just before midnight Monday night and drove it into six cars.
"I hit the first $25,000 car I could see," Cross said. "I didn't hit a car under $20,000. Then I moved a van that they wouldn't come down on the price for. I moved it with the lemon they sold me. I just held it to the floor until I couldn't move it anymore. I took out seven vehicles, including my own." Cross said he flagged down a police cruiser and told an officer "the deal." He was arrested and released on his own recognizance.
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
There were two guys working for the city. One would dig a hole -- he would dig, dig, dig.
The other would come behind him and fill the hole -- fill, fill, fill. These two men worked furiously; one digging a hole, the other filling it up again.
A man was watching from the sidewalk and couldn't believe how hard these men were working, but couldn't understand what they were doing. Finally he had to ask them.
He said to the hole digger, "I appreciate how hard you work, but what are you doing? You dig a hole and your partner comes behind you and fills it up again!"
The hole digger replied, "Oh yeah, must look funny, but the guy who plants the trees is sick today."
‡ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
‡ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
7-13: International Clown Week / National Farmers' Market Week / Assistance Dog Week /
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week / Knights of Columbus Family Week
8-14: Exercise With Your Child Week / Sturgis Rally
10-16: Elvis Week
‡ TODAY IS
¬ Middle Child's Day
¬ IBM PC Day 1st Personal computer on sale: 1981
¬ International Youth Day
¬ Kool-Aid Day
¬ Sewing Machine Day
¬ Vinyl Record Day
‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1915 - "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published
· IN ATHLETICS
1879 - 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
· IN BUSINESS
1936 - Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats US, 6-5
· IN EDUCATION
--
· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1676 - 1st war between American colonists & Indians ends in New England
1769 - Kumeyaay Indians fight with the Spaniards who have established the Mission San Diego de Alcala in what becomes San Diego, California
1831 - George Gaines, a white man the Choctaws trust, is appointed Special Agent to supervise the "collection and removal" of the Choctaws to the west bank of the Mississippi River. Here they are turned over to the army. The Choctaws want Gaines to handle the entire process. They feel he will not exploit them.
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers Canary Islands
1508 - Juan Ponce de Leon arrives in Puerto Rico
· IN RELIGION
1553 - Pope Julius III orders confiscation & burning of Jewish Talmud
1993 - Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
· IN SCIENCE
1851 - Isaac Singer patents sewing machine
1877 - Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device
· IN US POLITICS
1658 - 1st US police corps forms (New Amsterdam)
1955 - Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents ($6.02 in 2010$) to $1 an hour ($8.05 in 2010 $)
1972 - Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)
1753 - Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)
1881 - Cecil B deMille, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)
1925 - Ross McWhirter, author (Guinness Book of World Records)
· ATHLETES
Dean Hartgraves, pitcher (Houston Astros)turns 45
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1926 - John Derek, actor/director (10, Annapolis Story)
George Hamilton ‘tanned’ actor turns 72
Peter Krause actor (Six Feet Under) turns 46
1885 - Marion Lorne, American actress movies and TV (Bewitched—Aunt Clara)
1911 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days)
Dominique Swain, actor turns 31
1929 - Buck Owens, [Alvis Edgar], country singer (Hee Haw)
1889 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane)
1927 - Porter Wagoner, American singer discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come)
Ralph Waite, actor (John-Waltons, Roots) turns 84
1910 - Jane Wyatt, American actress
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1856 - "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier
· POLITICIANS
-- --· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1887 - Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1951 - Charles E Brady Jr, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 78)
‡ Today’s Obits:
1827 - William Blake, English poet/painter, dies after long illness at 69
30 BC - Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide allegedly by means of an asp bite at 39
1964 - Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies of heart attack at 56
2007 - Merv Griffin, American television host and game show creator dies at 82
1900 - James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies of stroke at 42
1944 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., eldest brother of John F. Kennedy killed in action at 29
1676 - Metacomet, [King Philip], leader of Wampanoag, shot to death at 37
1861 - Eliphalet Remington, inventor, designed Remington rifle dies of heart failure at 68
1955 - James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel laureate dies of cancer at 68
2000 - Loretta Young, American actress dies at 87
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. Who said, "I never had any problems with drugs--only with policemen"?
a. Keith Richard, Rolling Stones
2. What was the profession of Glenn Close's father?
a. Doctor
a. Terence Trent D'Arby
a. The Rascals
5. Sean O'Feeney worked under what name as a movie director?
a. John Ford
6. What was Katharine Hepburn's first movie?
7. Which Beatles track spent nine weeks at No 1 in the US?
8. Which actor's real name is Walter Matasschansayasky?
a. Walter Matthau
9. How is Simone Kaminker better know?
a. Simone Signoret
10. In which decade of the 20th century was Willem Dafoe born?
a. 1950s
11. Who was starring in The Streets of San Francisco at the same time as being executive producer on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
a. Michael Douglas
12. Which late rock star said, "When you're dead you're made for life?"
a. Jimi Hendrix
a. Conley
a. Its thorn
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Fancy Pill Box
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.
‡ AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW ‡
