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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1608 - John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication
¬ 1987 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5½" jump
¬ 1907 - 1st taxicab (NYC)
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
A non-committal Friday. No errands, no need to head out in the ‘muggy for Flagstaff weather’. I cleared off the deck, fed the birds, gave them fresh water. I had a couple of friends stop by last night and closed the front window since they are not used to visiting in a cool house. Dumb me said good bye to the friends and left the drapes closed. When I got up this morning I opened the drapes. I had the front door open most of the afternoon, but it was still ‘muggy’ in the house. As I was closing the door to come upstairs, I realized the window was still closed….no wonder it was muggy. It will cool off nicely tonight, but don’t expect much to happen before 1a or 2a. The upstairs is less cool than normal, but bearable. I need all that air circulating on both floors to keep the house nice. I’m running a fan right now to help get more air circulating. It works—at least in the office.
I got some great photos from Greg today of The Sandra. They will look really nice in the brochure. He is busy getting his classroom ready over at Coconino High, for his 7th year of teaching. He will have his mandatory 20 years for full retirement just as he turns 62. He says he didn’t ‘settle down’ very early in life. I told him I got that, and that’s one of the things makes him such a good teacher. He agrees but says it was tough on his mom. Hmmm. He is certainly one of the kindest persons I have met in years. He sincerely thanks everyone for even the smallest thing. His son, at 6, is following in his dad’s footsteps. Good family.
Kids in my neighborhood are busy getting ready for school. Every day I see kids coming back from shopping with bags of new clothes and bags of school supplies. They seem as excited as their parents to have school get going. It is a great time of year. I remember those days—as a kid and as an educator—with fond memories…but memories much the less. I am glad that I no longer walk into stores, looking for new school clothes, looking for new stuff for the classroom or my office. They were great times, but now I enjoy other things. When I first moved to Flag, I still changed my front door wreath each month. I had a Welcome sign in my window that I changed every month. Now I have a wreath that stays on the front door until I’m tired of it and the Welcome sign is generic and works for ever. Amazing how things change.
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. In which decade of the 20th century was Nick Nolte born?
2. Which James Bond appeared in The Persuaders?
3. Which band leader wrote One O' Clock Jump and Jumpin at the Woodside?
4. In TV's Charlie's Angels, what was the name of the agency headed by Charlie?
5. With which three words did TV's Dragnet always begin?
6. Which musical featured the song Too Darn Hot?
7. Where was the unsuccessful landing by US troops in April 1961?
8. Susan Devoy has been a 90s world champion in which sport?
9. Who created Felix the cat?
10. In which state was Michael Jackson's Never Land Ranch?
11. Which rank did actor James Stewart reach in the US Air Force?
12. Joe Louis was a native of which US state?
13. What type of plays did George Feydeau specialize in writing?
14. What was NBC's biggest 90s comedy after Seinfeld?
15. What did the Odd Ball throw in the Bond movies with deadly result?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬ Number of people taken by pirates in the last year: 1181
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ The largest living organism on earth is Australia's Great Barrier Reef. It has a larger surface area than all of England.
¬ Most "Sea Serpent" sightings are just sightings of the massive Oarfish, the longest bony fish in the world, growing up to 45 feet and having a horse-like face.
¬ Earth's longest mountain range, the Mid-Ocean Ridge, is underwater. It's four times as long as the Rockies, Andes and Himalayas combined.
¬ The gray whale migrates more than 10,000 miles each year, the longest migration of any mammal.
¬ A swallow of seawater contains millions of bacterial cells, hundreds of thousands of phytoplankton and tens of thousands of zooplankton.
¬ Over 90% of all volcanic activity happens in the ocean.
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
BRANDON, Fla. - A Florida man was arrested on child neglect charges after allowing his girlfriend's 11-year-old daughter to drive, authorities said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Donald Leet, 37, allowed the girl to drive her mother's sport-utility vehicle with a 7-year-old girl in the vehicle Tuesday and she crashed into a water pipe near the First Baptist Church of Brandon about 7:30 p.m., The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Thursday.
Leet told deputies he decided not to drive because he had consumed a glass of wine with his dinner and had a suspended license. The girl told deputies Leet was teaching her to drive.
"You are going to make me lose my job," Leet was quoted by a report as telling deputies. "Why don't you arrest a rapist or murderer instead of me. You're an illiterate southerner. You don't know anything. You only have a high school diploma. You're dumb."
Leet was charged with two counts of child neglect and was released after posting $4,000 bail Wednesday.
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
Doctor: I’m sorry to have to tell you that you may have rabies, and it could prove fatal.
Patient: Well, doctor, please give me pencil and paper.
Doctor: To make your will?
Patient: No, to make a list of people I want to bite.
Bonus
A police recruit was asked during the exam, "What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?"
He said: "Call for backup."
‡ 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
¬ Blame Someone Else Day
¬ International Left Hander's Day
¬ National Garage Sale Day
¬ Sturgeon Moon: Largest fish in Great Lakes
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¬ Central African Republic: Independence Day (1960 from France)
¬ Tunisia: Women's Day
‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1981 - Last broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS-TV
1997 - South Park's first episode is aired
· IN ATHLETICS
1919 - Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga)
1950 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
· IN BUSINESS
1889 - William Gray patents coin-operated telephone
1892 - US black newspaper "Afro-American" begins publishing from Baltimore
1914 - Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st US bus line, in Minnesota
1923 - US Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day
· IN EDUCATION
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· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
· 1645 - For several years, the Dutch, and the local Indian tribes near New Amsterdam and Pavonia, have been fighting. Hackensack Chief Oratamin negotiates a peace between the warring parties. It is another ten years before another major conflict erupted.
1521 - Montezuma’s nephew, and successor, Cuahtemoc (spelled Guatimozin in some sources) surrenders to Cortés… Spanish conquerors Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) from Aztecs
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1814 - Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch
1961 - Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany
· IN RELIGION
1326 - Aradia de Toscano, according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult and subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria, later known as the Malandanti
1536 - Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance
1553 - Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic
1624 - Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII
· IN SCIENCE
1913 - Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley
· IN US POLITICS
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· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1655 - Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)
Jing Xing, ballerina turns 44
· ATHLETES
Bobby Clarke, Manitoba, NHL player/coach (Phila Flyer) turns 62
Tom Prince, catcher (LA Dodgers) turns 47
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1914 - Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of the Sea)
1921 - Neville Brand, actor (DOA, Eaten Alive, Fire, Mohawk)
1951 -Dan Fogelberg, rocker (Run For the Roses)
1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window)
1895 - Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic/actor (Lion-Wizard of Oz)
1860 - Annie Oakley, frontierswoman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West)
Kevin Tighe actor, turns 67
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1422 - William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)
1867 - Wiliam A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer (Skotlands Rimur)
· POLITICIANS
1818 - Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)
Fidel Castro Ruz, Cuban dictator turns 85
· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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‡ Today’s Obits:
2004 - Julia Child, American chef and television personality dies at 92
1278 - Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65
1910 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90
1995 - Mickey Mantle, baseball great (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
2010 - Edwin Newman, American broadcast journalist dies at 91
1974 - Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer), dies at 76
1982 - Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77
1991 - Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies following 1989 stroke at 65
1667 - Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop dies of fever at 54
1946 - H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. In which decade of the 20th century was Nick Nolte born?
a. 1940s
2. Which James Bond appeared in The Persuaders?
a. Roger Moore
a. Count Basie
4. In TV's Charlie's Angels, what was the name of the agency headed by Charlie?
a. Townsend Investigations
a. Ladies and Gentlemen
a. Kiss Me Kate
7. Where was the unsuccessful landing by US troops in April 1961?
a. Bay of Pigs
8. Susan Devoy has been a 90s world champion in which sport?
a. Squash
9. Who created Felix the cat?
a. Otto Messmer
10. In which state was Michael Jackson's Never Land Ranch?
a. California
11. Which rank did actor James Stewart reach in the US Air Force?
a. Colonel
12. Joe Louis was a native of which US state?
a. Alabama
13. What type of plays did George Feydeau specialize in writing?
a. Farce
14. What was NBC's biggest 90s comedy after Seinfeld?
a. 3rd Rock From The Sun
15. What did the Odd Job throw in the Bond movies with deadly result?
Close Up Picture
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 ‡
