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Today’s “Geez”
- 1766 - London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale
- 1848 - Pres Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms CA gold discovery
- 1854 - Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
- 1908 - 1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
- 1932 - German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa
- 1933 - 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST)
- 1955 - Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks
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Free Rambling Thoughts
A strange day for sure…sunshine
most of the day, but still a few snow showers and some very dark clouds headed
our way at sunset.
I headed out to get a
haircut this afternoon. It was nice, roads were wet. I also stopped at Penny’s
and got a few Henley shirts….they were having a good sale. Customer service left
something to be desired, but all in all it was a good shopping time. The mall
was busy, but not overcrowded. My stylist was busy finishing up a lady from Tuba.
I recognized her, but don’t know her. Anyway, near the end of her time, her son
handed her the cell phone to talk to her husband. Poor Teri, my stylist, had to
finish while she continued a lengthy conversation. I just don’t get the rudeness
of some people.
Laura, my sister-in-law,
is gathering photos of my brother for his party in Merida. I dug through some
old albums and sent her 10. Thank goodness for Dropbox and a scanner. It makes
life so much easier.
Amazing football day on
TV. Broncos won a close one. I hear that Denver is in the lead in its division.
Cards beat the Cowboys in OT. Two good games for a Sunday afternoon.
NPR Sunday Puzzle…(answers
at the end of post)
Every answer ends
with the letter F. You are given an anagram of the letters before the F. For
example, given the word "flub," the answer would be
"bluff." 11 is a two word answer
1.
Ward
+ f:
2.
Cars
+ f:
3.
Fast
+ f:
4.
Ashe+
f:
5.
Fins
+ f:
6.
Aced
+ f:
7.
Frug
+ f:
8.
Tiles
+ f:
9.
Fisher
+ f
10. Fat slob + f:
11. Bare toes + f:
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase do these suggest?
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- With retriever litters, pups seen carrying objects around fairly regularly are best bets.
Hmmmmm
- Percentage by which a person bon n the spring is more likely than one born in the fall to become anorexic: 31
Somewhat Useless Information
- Ancient Egyptians believed that mummification ensured the deceased a safe passage to the afterlife. The mummification process had two stages: first the embalming of the body, then the wrapping and burial of the body.
- Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals as well. Archeologists discovered a 15-foot-long mummified crocodile. The crocodile is known as the "devourer of human hearts" in the ancient Book of the Dead.
- In Egypt, both men and women wore eye make-up called kohl, which was made from ground-up raw material mixed with oil. They believed it had magical healing powers that could restore poor eyesight and fight eye infections.
- Hieroglyphs were developed about 3,000 B.C. and may have started as early wall paintings. In contrast to English's 26 letters, there are more than 700 different Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- A priest often wore the jackal-headed mask of the god Anubis when making a body into a mummy. Ancient Egyptians associated Anubis (the god of the death) with jackals because jackals would uncover bodies from Egyptian cemeteries and eat them.
- The word pharaoh began as a nickname for the Egyptian king. It means "great house" because everyone believed the king's human body was home to a god. The term wasn't actually used until the 20th dynasty (1185-1070 B.C.)
Yeah, It Really Happened
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah -
Authorities in Utah said a hunter was wounded in the buttocks when his dog
jumped on a 12-gauge shotgun, causing the weapon to fire a round of birdshot.
Box Elder County
Sheriff's Chief Deputy Kevin Potter said two duck hunters were at the Bear
River Migratory Bird Refuge preparing for a day of hunting Sunday morning when
the incident took place,
The Salt Lake Tribune
reported Thursday. "One of the hunters was inside the boat with the dog,
and the other hunter was in the water setting up decoys," Potter said.
"The guy in the
water had put his 12-gauge shotgun across the bow of their boat."
"The dog got
excited, was jumping around inside the boat and then it jumped on the gun. It
went off, shooting the (decoy setter) in the buttocks," Potter said.
Potter said the man was
taken to the Brigham City Community Hospital around 9 a.m. and released after
doctors removed the birdshot from his posterior. The chief deputy said there
were no other injuries to the other hunters or the dog.
Guffaw…or at least smile
COMPUTER TERMS - TEXAS
TRANSLATION:
LOG ON: Making a wood stove hotter.
LOG OFF: Don't add no more wood.
MONITOR: Keeping an eye on the wood stove.
DOWNLOAD: Gettin' the farwood off the truck
MEGA HERTZ: When yer not keerful gettin' the
farwood
FLOPPY DISC: Whatcha git from tryin to carry
too much farwood
RAM: That thing tha splits the farwood
HARD DRIVE: Gettin' home in the winter time
PROMPT: What the mail ain't in the winter time
WINDOWS: What to shut when it's cold outside
SCREEN: What to shut when it's black fly
season
BYTE: What them dang flies do
CHIP: Munchies fer the TV
MICRO CHIP: What's in the bottom of the
munchie bag
MODEM: Whatcha did to the hay fields
DOT MATRIX: Old Dan Matrix's wife
LAP TOP: Where the kitty sleeps
KEYBOARD: Where ya hang the dang truck keys
SOFTWARE: Them dang plastic forks and knives
MOUSE: What eats the grain in the barn
MOUSE PAD: That's hippie talk fer the mouse
hole
MAIN FRAME: Holds up the barn roof
ENTER: Northerner talk fer "c'mon in,
y'all"
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY: When ya can't 'member
what ya paid fer the rifle
Searchin’ “YouTube” I found
Daybook Information
…Happening This Week:
1-7
- Cookie Cutter Week
- Tolerance Week Recipe Greetings for The Holidays Week
4-10
- Clerc-Gallaudet Week:
- Bathtub Party (or Fun) Day
- Blue Jeans Day
- International Ninja Day
- International Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Development
- National Commute With Your Baby Day
- National Sacher Torte Day ( Chocolate cake invented in 1832)
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- Austria: Krampuslauf (In folklore, the Krampus is a devilish companion of St. Nicholas who punishes bad children just as St. Nicholas rewards good ones. The Krampus, represented by costumed revelers, is usually depicted as a dark, hairy, cloven-hooved beast with red horns, a leering mouth, chains and a switch. Children are invited to throw snowballs at the Krampus.)
- Haiti: Discovery Day (1492 by C. Columbus)
- Thailand: King's Birthday and National Day
Today’s Events
Arts
63 BC - Cicero reads
the last of his Catiline Orations
1952 - "Dragnet" premieres
1974 - "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
final episode on BBC
Athletes
1947 - Joe Louis
beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 - Buffalo Bill
OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards
1978 - Free agent
Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies becomes highest paid
baseball player
1981 - 47th Heisman
Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern Cal (RB)
Business
1893 - 1st electric
car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1929 - 1st US nudist
organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC)
1955 - AFL & CIO
merge, with George Meany as president
1991 - Charles
Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
Education
1776 - 1st US
fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms
Indigenous People
1787 - Indian war party
will attack several settlement in western Virginia, along Hacker's Creek. Four
settlers will be killed in the fighting.
1835 - Members of the
Georgia Guard will arrest Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross at his home. Also
arrested in historian John Howard Payne. Payne, the author of the song
"Home, Sweet Home", was writing a history of the Cherokee people.
They are arrested so they will not be able to attend the "New Echota
Treaty" conference.
Politics [International]
1360 - The French
Franc is created
1957 - Sukarno
expels all Dutch people from Indonesia
Politics [US]
1792 - George
Washington re-elected US pres
1804 - Thomas
Jefferson re-elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres
1831 - Former Pres
John Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
1832 - Andrew
Jackson re-elected president of US
1847 - Jefferson Davis
is elected to the US senate, his first political post
1957 - NYC is 1st
city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market
(Fair Housing Practices Law)
1964 - Vietnam War:
For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded
the first Medal of Honor of the war
1967 - Benjamin
Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war
Religion
1496 - Jews are
expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
Science
1456 - Earthquake
strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
1876 - Daniel
Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
1879 - 1st automatic
telephone switching system patented
1935 - 1st commercial
hydroponics operation established (Montebello CA)
Today’s Birthdays
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
1901 - Walter Elias
Disney, Chicago, animator (Mickey Mouse)
Athletes
Pablo Morales, Chic,
butterfly swimmer (Oly-3 gold/2 silver-1984, 92) is 47
1871 - Bill
Pickett, American rodeo performer
Jim Plunkett, NFL
quarterback (New England, Oakland) is 64
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
Margaret Cho, comedian
is 43
Doctor Dre [Andre
Romelle Young], American radio personality, rapper is 48
Frankie Muniz, actor is 26
Entrepreneurs & Educators
--
Political Figures
1839 - George
Armstrong Custer, Mjr General (Union volunteers)
1902 - [Steve
James] Strom Thurmond, (Sen-SC)
1782 - Martin
Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41)
Scientists & Theologians
--
Today’s Obits
2002 - Roone
Arledge, American sports broadcasting pioneer dies of prostate cancer at 71
2008 - Nina Foch,
Dutch-born American actress dies at 84
1895 - Chief
Gall [PhizÃ], Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux chief [leader at Little Big Horn] dies at
65
2010 - Don
Meredith, American football player and broadcaster dies of brain hemorrhage at
72
1791 - Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies of acute rheumatic fever at 35
1991 - Richard
Speck, mass murderer, dies of heart attack a day before his 50th birthday
Answers
NPR Sunday Puzzle
12. Ward + f: dwarf
13. Cars + f: scarf
14. Fast + f: staff
15. Ashe+ f: sheaf
16. Fins + f: sniff
17. Aced + f: decaf
18. Frug + f: gruff
19. Tiles + f: itself
20. Fisher + f sheriff
21. Fat slob + f: blastoff
22. Bare toes + f: roast beef
Wuzzle
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] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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