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Today’s Historical
Highlights
- 1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
- 1854 - Anthony Foss patents accordion
- 1888 - National Geographic Society founded (Washington, DC)
- 1943 - Hitler declares "Total War"
- 1957 - Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee
- 1967 - Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
♫Happy Birthday To: ♫
Free Rambling
Thoughts
Busy afternoon…I had
lunch with Mary. Cheryl had vehicle problems and we weren’t able to hook up.
Mary has on-line Netflix connected to her TV. Sounds great!!!. I did a quick
recap of Merida weekend. Good food, good conversation.
This afternoon I took a
little over 3 hours to hook up Martha’s computer and printer. Not bad…still
have a little more to do. The new MacBooks are pretty awesome.
Sure glad I was busy, as
it was chilly all day and not a great day to be outside. Greg called and the
t-shirt will be worked on again on Tuesday….very cool.
Game Center
(answers
at the end of post)
Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
Every
answer is a six-letter word or phrase that contains the consecutive letters
S-B. For example, given the clue "comic Bill and others," the answer
would be "Cosbys."
1.
Capital
of Portugal: Lisbon
2.
‘White
Christmas’ singer: Crosby
3.
Old
walled section of Algiers: Kasbah
4.
‘Great’
character of literature: Gatsby
5.
__
park NJ: Asbury Park
6.
One
who talks and talks: gas bag
7.
A
clearer of dishes in a restaurant: bus boy
8.
In
Spiderman, Parker’s closest friend Harry ____: Osborn
9.
To
elapse: pass by
10. Composer of Brandenburg Concerto: J.
S. Bach
11. GI Joe toy maker: Hasbro
Wuzzles What concept or
phrase do these suggest?
Lifestyle Substance
AZ Centennial is in 34 days: Did you know?…
- AZ Land area in square miles, 2010: 113,594.08 of US: 3,531,905.43
- AZ Persons per square mile, 2010: 56.3 of US: 87.4
Found on You Tube
- Bullet for My Valentine [ a heavy metal Welsh band]
Harper’s Index
- Portion of the increase in US corporate profit margins since 2001 that has come from depressed waged: 3/4
Joke-of-the-day
A mechanic was removing
a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a
well-known heart surgeon in his shop.
The surgeon was there,
waiting for the service manager to come and take a look at his bike.
The mechanic shouted
across the garage, "Hey, Doc, can I ask you a question?"
The surgeon a bit
surprised, walked over to the mechanic working on the motorcycle. The mechanic
straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, "So Doc, look at this
engine. I open its heart, take valves out, fix 'em, put 'em back in, and when I
finish, it works just like new. So how come I get such a small salary and you get
the really big bucks, when you and I are doing basically the same work?"
The surgeon paused,
smiled and leaned over, and whispered to the mechanic...
"Try doing it with
the engine running."
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
Blue smoke from your exhaust may mean your car needs a complete engine overhaul. Black smoke usually means a maladjusted carburetor. White smoke: Ignore it if the engine is cold, but if it keeps up after the engine has warmed, you may have a leaking head gasket.
Somewhat Useless
Information
- The 25% of India's population with the highest IQ is bigger than the total population of the U.S. India has more honors students than the U.S. has students period.
- One in five adults in the developing world - almost 862 million people - cannot read or write.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
ALBURTIS, Pa. - A Pennsylvania 19-year-old who spent his morning pleading guilty to escape and stalking charges spent his evening being sworn in as a public official.Kyle Bower, 19, pleaded guilty to the charges Wednesday in a Lehigh County court and, after being sentenced to probation, was sworn in to the position on the Alburtis Borough Council he was elected to in November, the Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call reported Thursday.
"You've been given a great responsibility here," council President Steven Hill told Bower.
"Do the best you can and make the borough proud of you."
Bower was arrested in 2010 while drinking alcohol and managed to slip out of his handcuffs and flee the police station. He was arrested again in July after throwing a brick through his ex-girlfriend's window and throwing rocks at his car.
Calendar Information
…Happening
This Week:
8-14
- Universal Letter Writing Week
- Home Office Safety and Security Week
- National Vocation Awareness Week
10-13
- International Consumers Electronics Show
11-17
- Cuckoo Dancing Week
- National No-Tillage Week Conference
- National Soccer Coaches of America Week
- International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week
Today
Is
- Make Your Dream Come True Day
- Blame Someone Else Day
- Friday the 13th
- Public Radio Broadcasting Day
- Rubber Duckie Day
- Russia: Old New Year's Eve
- Togo :Liberation Day (1967 coup)
- Norway: Tyvendedagen (the official end of Yuletide, time to take down the tree)
Today’s
Other Events
1000’s
1099 - Crusaders
set fire to Mara Syria
1500’s
1559 - Elizabeth
I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey
1600’s
1630 - Patent
to Plymouth Colony issued
1695 - Jonathan
Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
1700’s
1794 - Congress
changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes
1800’s
1830 - Great
fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
1834 - Joseph
Rutherford Walker leaves Monterey, California in route to the east. He will
"discover" Walker Pass through the southern Sierra Madre Mountains.
This pass will become part of a major emigrant trail to California."
1863 - Thomas
Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet
1900’s
1927 - US
& Mexico battle over oil interests
1929 - Humanist
Society established, Hollywood
1930 - "Mickey
Mouse" comic strip 1st appears
1954 - Milt
rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested
1958 - US newspaper
"Daily Worker" ceases publication
1966 - 1st black
selected for pres cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)
1976 - Sarah
Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led
orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
1985 - 99-yr-old
Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course
1985 - Express train
derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428
1986 - NCCA
institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams
1988 - Supreme Court
rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school
newspapers, plays & other expressive activities
1989 - "Friday
the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain
2000’s
2000 - Microsoft
chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company
president Steve Ballmer to the position
2007 - Two
thirds of the Venus's southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something
triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate
Today’s
Birthdays
In their 30’s
Orlando Bloom actor
is 35
Jason James, Welsh
musician (Bullet for My Valentine) is 31
Michael Peña, American
actor is 36
In their 40’s
Patrick Dempsey, actor is
46
Nicole Eggert,
actor is 40
In their 50’s
Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
comedienne (SNL, Seinfeld, Soul Man, Troll) is 51
Mark Francis O'Meara,
PGA golfer (1984 Greater Milw) is 55
In their 60’s
Richard Moll, actor (Night
Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor) is 69
In their 70’s
Rip Taylor, comedian
(Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show) is 78
In their 80’s
1930 - Frances
Sternhagen, actress (Outland, Starting Over, and TV) is 82
Remembered for being
born on this day
Horatio Alger Jr, author
(Lost at Sea, Work & Win) in 1834
Army Archerd, Hollywood
columnist/TV host (Movie Game) in 1919
Mark Alexander Boyd,
Scottish poet in 1562
Salmon P Chase, (Sen)
cabinet member, 6th chief justice on $10,000 bill in 1808
Jan J Goyen, Dutch
landscape painter in 1596
Charles Nelson Reilly, actor
(Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir) in 1931
Robert Stack, actor
(Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane) in 1919
Brandon Tartikoff, TV
exec (NBC) in 1949
Sophie Tucker, [Kalish],
Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas in 1884
Today’s
Obits
John H. D. Anderson,
Scottish scientist and inventor dies at 70 in 1796
Chiang Ching-huo,
president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies of heart failure at 77 in 1988
Schuyler Colfax,American
Vice President dies at 62 in 1885
Wyatt Earp, US marshall
(OK Corral), dies at 80 in 1929
George Fox, founder of
Quakers, dies at 66 in 1691
James Joyce, novelist
(Ulysses), complications of perforated ulcer at 58 in 1941
Patrick McGoohan,
American actor at 81 in 2009
Danny Oakes, racecar
driver at 96 in 2007
Teddy Pendergrass,
American R&B singer dies of respiratory failure at 59 in 2010Alexander Stepanovich
Popov, Russian physicist dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 49 in 1906
Carol Wayne, Johnny
Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies on beach at 42 in 1985
Answers
Brain Game
- Bronze
- Scherzo
- Organize
- Memorize
- Vaporize
- Howitzer
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Capital
of Portugal: Lisbon
2.
‘White
Christmas’ singer: Crosby
3.
Old
walled section of Algiers: Kasbah
4.
‘Great’
character of literature: Gatsby
5.
__
park NJ: Asbury Park
6.
One
who talks and talks: gas bag
7.
A
clearer of dishes in a restaurant: bus boy
8.
In
Spiderman, Parker’s closest friend Harry ____: Osborn
9.
To
elapse: pass by
10. Composer of Brandenburg Concerto: J.
S. Bach
11. GI Joe toy maker: Hasbro
Wuzzle
- Fatten up
- Odd jobs
- Cross over the border
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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