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Today’s Historical
Highlights
1822 - Boston is incorporated as a city
1836 - Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire
garrison eventually killed
1870 - Mississippi is readmitted to US
1886 - Aluminum manufacturing process developed
1916 - Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1
gold coin
1968 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBAer to score
25,000 points
1983 - The United States Environmental Protection
Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated
community of Times Beach, Missouri
1993 - Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against
parents for high fees
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Rambling Thoughts
We had a good lunch
today. Cheryl is busy getting ready for her Hawaii trip next month. None of us
has done our taxes and none of us seems to be in a hurry to get them done. We
are all enjoying the good weather in N. AZ. Next week is my birthday, so we are
going fancy and doing it on my birthday. There is a cool bistro here in town
that does great lunches and has become our go-to for special days. Nice. The
Mexican food today was very good and so was the conversation.
Tonight is the
Republican debate in Phx. I’ll be watching it…just to see if the crazy rhetoric
continues. I remember the Dems four years ago, with the battle between Hillary and
Barack. Either one seemed to be ready to support the American people. These
guys in the Republican debate seem to be more interested in big business. Now they
have moved into social issues of which they seem to know little about. Should
be interesting…even though it is the 20th debate.
Last year, there was a
webcam on an Eagle nest, and we were able to watch the eaglets from egg to
flying. Well the cam http://www.farmyou.com/falcon_cams/index.html
is back. Not a lot happening now, but in
a few weeks, it should be very exciting.
Some problems with the
internet connection. Everything should be back tomorrow.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
Every
answer is a familiar phrase in the form ____ to ____, as in "bored to
tears" or "year to date." Each clue is a compound word or common
two-word phrase in which the first part rhymes with the first word in the
answer and the second part rhymes with the last word in the answer. For
example, if the clue is "rear gate," the answer would be "year
to date."
1.
Line
drive:
2.
Small
farms:
3.
White
sheet:
4.
Black
pool:
5.
Head
lights:
6.
Flip
for:
7.
Book
smart:
8.
Hot
curry:
9.
West
hill:
10. Cricket side:
Wuzzles
What concept or phrase do these suggest?
Lifestyle Substance
Planet Earth—Orkney Islands
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Harper’s Index
Number of suspected leakers of classified information who have been prosecuted since Obama too office: 5
Joke-of-the-day
Larry was startled to see the nonchalant way Jason was taking the fact that his girlfriend was seen with another man. “You said you loved her and yet you saw her with another man and you didn’t knock the guy down?” “I’m waiting.” “Waiting for what?” asked Larry “Waiting to catch her with a smaller feller.”
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
You can check the fit of new pants without trying them on. With the top of the pants closed and the button snapped, the waistband should just wrap around your neck.
Somewhat Useless Information
His name "Dickens" was a curse, possibly invented by Shakespeare. Instead of saying, "What the devil?" as a profanity, people exclaimed, "What the dickens?" The first usage of that word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.
According to the New York Times, Dickens was on a train that derailed over a bridge, in the only first-class carriage that didn't plummet into a river. He not only found the key that freed his friends, he went to the carriages below and gave water and brandy to those who needed it.Dickens helped create "Urania House" where former prostitutes could learn to read and write, as well keep house. He searched prisons and workhouses for potential candidates and interviewed them personally.He probably had obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). According to a Dickens biography, the writer, said that Dickens "had a habit of rearranging furniture whenever he stayed in a hotel room and inspecting his children's bedrooms every morning, leaving behind notes when he was not satisfied with their tidiness."Dickens had written half of a novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, but left it unfinished when he died of a stroke in 1870. Dickens left no clues behind as to who killed his protagonist, although many suspect his uncle. There have been multiple radio, television, and theater reworkings of this story, each with different endings.Hans Christian Andersen was Dicken's close friend and mutual influence. Andersen even dedicated his book Poet's Day Dream to Dickens in 1853.
Yeah, It Really Happened
BRAUNLAGE, Germany - Organizers of the 2012 Nude Luge World Championships in Germany said 25,000 people watched 30 lugers throw themselves down the slopes. The organizers said 17 men, including former Calvin Klein cover model Marcus Schenkenberg, and 13 women, including porn star Mia Magma, slid down the mountainside in Braunlage Saturday for the fourth-annual event, The Local reported Monday. The participants were required by safety rules to wear helmets, shoes and underwear, but were otherwise unclothed when they took their turns sledding. "With a lot of German beer and Jagermeister, I'll be able to keep myself warm," Schenkenberg said. A 37-year-old Hannover man was declared the winner of the event and was awarded $1,300.
Calendar
Information
…Happening This Week:
14-21
National Condom Week
National Nestbox Week to
provide bird houses for winter
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia
Staff Education Week
19-25
National Entrepreneurship Week
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week
National Engineers Week
National Pancake Week
National Justice for Animals Week
National Future Farmers of America
Week
Read Me Week
Texas Cowboy Poetry Week
Today Is
Curling is Cool Day
Diesel Engine Day
International Dog Biscuit
Appreciation Day
Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day
Iwo Jima Day (flag raised)
National Chili Day
Brunei Darussalam: National Day
Russia: Army and Navy Day
Today’s Other Events
1400’s
1455 - Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible
(estimated date)
1500’s
1540 - According to some sources, the
Coronado expedition begins preparations to get underway.
1700’s
1792 - Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated
(erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)
1800’s
1813 - 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in
Waltham, Mass
1821 - College of Apothecaries organized in Phil;
1st US pharmacy college
1861 - By popular referendum, Texas becomes 7th
state to secede from US
1861 - Pres-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Wash
DC to take office
1874 - Major Walter Winfield patents game called
"sphairistike" (lawn tennis)
1877 - Lieutenant J.F. Cummings, and
Troop C, Third Cavalry, attack a group of "hostiles" near Deadwood,
Dakota Territory. One Indian is killed. 624 head of live stock are recovered.
1883 - Alabama becomes 1st US state to enact an
antitrust law
1886 - London Times publishes world's 1st
classified ad
1892 - 1st college student government forms at Bryn
Mawr Penn
1896 - Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
1900’s
1903 - Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA
1904 - US acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone
for $10 million
1905 - Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in
Chicago
1910 - 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
1915 - Nevada enforces convenient divorce law
1917 - February revolution begins in Russia
1927 - Pres Coolidge creates Federal Radio
Commission (FCC)
1940 - Walt Disney's animated movie
"Pinocchio," released
1954 - 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine
(Pittsburgh)
1960 - Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field
(opened in 1913)
1967 - 25th amendment (presidential succession)
declared ratified
1967 - US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam
War
1970 - Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time
in Roman Catholic service
1974 - Patty Hearst, daughter of publisher Randolph
Hearst, kidnapped by SLA
1975 - In response to the energy crisis, daylight
saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States.
1980 - 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake
Placid, NY
1992 - 16th Winter Olympic games closes in
Albertville, France
1997 - NBC TV shows "Schindler's List,"
completely uncensored, 65M watch
2000’s
2005 - Slovakia Summit 2005 begins, marking the
first occasion when a sitting American President visits Slovakia; George W.
Bush and Vladimir Putin are in attendance
2006 - Dubai Ports World agrees to postpone its
plans to take over management of six U.S. ports after the proposal ignited
harsh bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill
2007 - Japan launches its fourth spy satellite,
stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea
2010 - Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million
liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern
Italy, causing an environmental disaster
Today’s Birthdays
In their 70’s
Sylvia Chase, newscaster (ABC Weekend
News, 20/20) is 74
Peter Fonda, actor is 73
In their 60’s
Ed "Too Tall" Jones, NFL
linebacker (Dallas Cowboys) is 61
In their 40’s
Niecy Nash, actor is 42
Under 30 years old
Dakota Fanning, actor is 18
Remembered for being
born on this day
William E B Du Bois, civil rights
writer (Souls of Black Folk) in 1868
Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner
(Pittsburgh Pirates) in 1865
Victor Fleming, American director
(Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind) in 1889
George Friedrich Handel, Halle
Germany, organist/composer (Messiah)
in 1685
Josiah Hornblower, American statesman in
1729
Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired
Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay"
over Hiroshima in 1915
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun in
1646
Today’s Obits
John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres
(1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 in 1848
John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of
tuberculosis at 25 in 1821
Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel &
Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74 in 1965
Answers
Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Line
drive:
a.
nine
to five
2.
Small
farms:
a.
call
to arms
3.
White
sheet:
a.
bite
to eat
4.
Black
pool:
a.
back to school
5.
Head
lights:
a.
dead
to rights
6.
Flip
for:
a.
ship
to shore
7.
Book
smart:
a.
took
to heart
8.
Hot
curry:
a.
not
to worry
9.
West
hill:
a.
dressed
to kill
10. Cricket side:
a.
ticket
to ride
Wuzzle
- Are you lonesome without me?
- Encircled
- Wet behind the ears
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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