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§ TODAY’s “Geez”
· 1949 - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY
· 1837 - Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce
· 1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company
1979 - IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market1845 - Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue
· 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
§ Free Rambling Thoughts…
The weatherman said rain and thunder today. The clouds looked like it this afternoon. Even felt like it was going to rain. But alas…nada.
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I had a good Saturday. My friend in the hospital did get out today and is on his way back to TC. He still has a long battle but his daughter will be there to help him. He also has a bunch of boys—now men, in TC so they will help out too. I caught up on some bill paying and am ready to do some laundry tomorrow.
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All the news is about Irene. Mostly speculation. All the mayors and governors have told people to evacuate certain areas. Most have listened. What I can’t believe is the news reporters who defy that order/suggestion and stand out at the shore. Some of the shots are obviously green screens—one was so obvious—it was a wave and beach shot with the reporter appearing to be standing on the sand. Then a sea gull walked by on the shore and it was as big as the reporter’s torso. While the shot was faked; it did make sense. I wouldn’t want to be out there.
§ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. What was Muhammad Ali said to float like?
2. Sheryl Crow sang the title song for which Bond film?
3. Whose best-selling books include The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank?
4. In which decade of the 20th century was Meg Ryan born?
5. Who first commanded the US troops in South Korea?
6. James J Braddock was a world champion in which sport?
7. Which one-time wife of frank Sinatra starred in Peyton Place?
8. What is the largest city in Alabama?
9. Who wrote Farewell My Lovely and the Lady in The Lake?
10. In finance, what does the letter P stand for in APR?
11. Who was the first boxer to regain a lost world heavyweight title?
§ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
§ Hmmmmm…
· Confirmed number of terrorist plots against the US perpetrated by Muslims n 2010: 10
· By non-Muslims: 25
§ Somewhat Useless Information…The Bible
· There are 66 books in the standard Bible: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
· According to DEUTERONOMY 14:3-8 The Israelites were forbidden to eat rabbits.
· The Israelites were required to free their servants in the seventh year of service.
§ Yeah, It Really Happened…
ESKILSTUNA, Sweden - A Swedish man said he hosted a meal for his neighbors and served beef that had been placed in a glass jar by his family more than 70 years ago.
Eskil Carlsson said the beef was placed in a jar during food shortages in 1939 or 1940 by his wife's family and they decided to keep it in case "the bad times returned," The Local reported Wednesday.
"I came into the picture after about 10 years. By then the family had developed (so much) respect for the jar, that it had stayed sealed. We talked about it from time to time and it became like a member of the family," he said.
Carlsson said he decided it was time to open the jar after his wife's recent death. "I figured that 70 years was enough and that it would be a catastrophe if it started to leak and was thus destroyed. So I decided to make a bit an occasion and invited the neighbors for the opening," he said.
"We did our homework and consulted the authorities about what might happen and they said there shouldn't be a problem."
He said the first bite went to his cat. "The cat got the first taste and when it survived, we all had a taste," he said. "It didn't smell much. It didn't smell bad anyway. It was as if it had been meat from this week. I shouldn't exaggerate though, it was no delicacy,"
§ Guffaw…or at least smile…
A man was in a hurry to meet his friend down at the nearby lake. On the way down there, he was stopped by a man fully dressed in red.
The man pulled over, and the red man asked, "Hi, I'm the red jerk of the highway. Have anything to eat?"
The man smiled and handed him a sandwich. He continued down the highway and was yet again pulled over by a man fully dressed in green.
He stopped and the guy in green said, "Hi, I'm the green jerk of the highway. Have anything to drink?" Without smiling, the man handed the green guy his coke.
He started off again and started to speed down the highway. Yet again he was stopped by a guy fully dressed in blue. Sighing, he pulled over and pulled down his window, leant out and said, "Let me guess. You're the blue jerk of the highway. What do you want?"
"Registration and license please" came the reply.
§ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
§ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
19-28: Little League Baseball World Series
22-26: National Safe at Home Week
25-31: Be Kind To Humankind Week
28-9/3: Minority Enterprise Development Week
§ TODAY IS
· Crackers Over The Keyboard Day
· Dream Day Quest and Jubilee
· Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
· Radio Commercials Day
· World Sauntering Day
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· Tennessee: Family Day
§ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1965 - Bob Dylan booed for playing electric guitar at a concert in New York's Forest Hills
· IN ATHLETICS
1955 - 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17
· IN BUSINESS
1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola"
1907 - UPS is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle
2003 - An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt
· IN EDUCATION
· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1565 - Leading an expedition of 1,500 soldiers and colonists, Pedro Menendez de Aviles lands on the coast of Florida. His mission is to defeat the Protestants in the area, and to claim the land for Spain.
1833 - Assiniboines attack Piegan Indians at Fort McKensie.
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1609 - Henry Hudson, discovers & explores Delaware Bay
1994 - 1st Japanese gay pride parade
· IN RELIGION
1189 - Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
1640 - Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn
· IN SCIENCE
1789 - Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
1884 - 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD
· IN US POLITICS
1867 - US occupies Midway Islands in Pacific
1917 - 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House
1920 - 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights
1957 - Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
1963 - 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC
1968 - Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Nat’l Convention
2005 - Hurricane Katrina hammers the south eastern United States, especially New Orleans, Louisiana, and coastal Mississippi
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust)
1917 - Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America)
· ATHLETES
Scott Scovell Hamilton, ice skater (Olympic-gold-1984) turns 53
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1899 - Charles Boyer, French actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park)
1921 - Nancy Kulp, actress (Miss Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies)
Jason Priestley, actor turns 42
LeAnn Rimes, country singer turns 29
1929 - Rokie Roker, actress (Helen-Jeffersons)
Emma Samms, English Actor turns 51
David Soul [Solberg], actor turns 68
Shania Twain, singer turns 46
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1916 - C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite)
· POLITICIANS
1831 - Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady
· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1774 - Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint
§ Today’s Obits:
1995 - Earl Bascom, American rodeo pioneer dies at 89
1805 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader dies at 83
2009 - Adam Goldstein, American DJ also known as DJ AM dies of drug OD at 36
1985 - Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
1987 - John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
2007 - Arthur Jones, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines dies at 81
1839 - William Smith, Father of English geology dies at 70
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. What was Muhammad Ali said to float like?
a. A butterfly
2. Sheryl Crow sang the title song for which Bond film?
a. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. Whose best-selling books include The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank?
a. Erma Bombeck
4. In which decade of the 20th century was Meg Ryan born?
a. 1960’s
5. Who first commanded the US troops in South Korea?
a. Douglas MacArthur
6. James J Braddock was a world champion in which sport?
a. Boxing
7. Which one-time wife of Frank Sinatra starred in Peyton Place?
a. Mia Farrow
8. What is the largest city in Alabama?
a. Birmingham
9. Who wrote Farewell My Lovely and the Lady in The Lake?
a. Raymond Chandler
10. In finance, what does the letter P stand for in APR?
a. Percentage: Annual Percentage Rate
11. Who was the first boxer to regain a lost world heavyweight title?
a. Floyd Patterson
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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.
§ AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW §
