Nov 3, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  

Week: 44/ Day: 308   

Today: High   59°…Low 33°

Records: High   73°(1977)…Low 10°(1956)

Averages: High  56° Low 27°

Wind: average:   4mph; Gusts:  29mph

Today’s average humidity:  37%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

John Adams elected president—1762
Bill Clinton (D) wins US presidential election over Pres Bush (R) —1992
Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D) —1868
LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for pres—1964
William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president—1896
FDR (D) wins landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (R) —1936
William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th pres over William Jennings Bryan—1908
"Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV) —1956
Good Morning America premieres on ABC—1975
Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI—1394

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

An interesting day. I got a call from my friend Bob, in Denver, and he is taking a cruise up the eastern seaboard into Canada. Sounded like a lot of fun…so I’m going in May. Should be great. Living in a swing state, he said the TV commercials are horrific in content and in sheer numbers. While I too am fed up with the commercials, ours are about congress and local elections. He said they have all those + the presidential race. Awful.

 

I also watched the news on the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. Everyone I know that was in the path is so lucky.

 

Before I got the call about a trip, I picked up an iPad3 at Sam’s. So very cool. It will be great for traveling. The 10 hr battery was a real selling point. Now to figure out how to put my pictures on it. Always a learning curve. Also there was NO instruction manual…just plug it in and start working. Cool.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Anagram Sentences: 5 letter anagram

What are the missing words?

The track star used great _____ in yesterday's _____ , but _____ the way he feels today as a result.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Unusual Uses for Everyday Things: Air Sick Bags

• At a restaurant with no doggie bag, you can surreptitiously stuff in all the bread you couldn't finish before the appetizers came.
• On a plane and thristy? Using your airsickness bag as a funnel, you can get water from the lavatory to your water bottle. It's a little hack-y, but it works.
• Use a barf bag to send mail. They're usually the right size for 4x6 pictures, you can affix labels and stamps to the outside, and the recipient will appreciate your creativity.

Old Saying Explained:

BITES THE DUST..This phrase comes from a translation of the epic Ancient Greek poem the Iliad about the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. It was poetic way of describing the death of a warrior.

Ok, then?

TV Theme Songs you may remember:

The Sopranos - "Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One Mix)" by Alabama 3

Read This Headline Carefully!!

Two Convicts Evade Noose, Jury Hung

Bumper Stickers:

Bagpiping:

Irish Bagpipe Marches

Harper’s Index:         

Date after which Olympic athletes will be banned from promoting any brand, product, or service on Twitter: 7-15-2012

Ruminatoins:

I wonder if there will be a lot of babies born nine months from now because the programs on TV are so bad right now.

Unusual Fact of the Day:

Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.

Found on You Tube: 

• 1955 "Peter Pan" with Mary Martin

• Lulu - To Sir With Love

Joke-of-the-day:

A cop pulls a young guy over: "Hello officer" said the smart aleck kid. "Young man did you see that stop sign?" asked the cop. “Yup, but I didn't see you! “

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

PLANTING A TREE…When you're planting a tree, make the hole twice as wide and twice as deep as the root ball. Then refill the hole one-fourth of the way with good soil before putting in the tree.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

WESTMINSTER, England - Scientists at a British university said their research indicates horror movie viewers could burn up to 113 calories in 90 minutes. Dr. Richard Mackenzie of the University of Westminster, England, said he and his team monitored the heart rate, oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output of people watching scary movies and discovered some of them were burning the same amount of calories found in a chocolate bar, The Mirror reported Monday. "The 10 films tested set pulses racing," Mackenzie said. "Adrenaline is known to lower the appetite, increase the basal metabolic rate and ultimately burn calories." Mackenzie said those watching "The Shining" burned an average 184 calories viewing the film, while "Jaws" viewers burned 161 calories, those watching "The Exorcist" burned 158, "Alien" watchers burned 152 and "Saw" watchers burned 133.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• In 1968, when the Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, Mayor Richard Daley asked radio stations across the city to refrain from playing the Rolling Stones' song "Street Fighting Man" so as not to incite rioters.

• The band the Rolling Stones predated the Rolling Stone magazine by five years.

• The Stones keep getting richer for doing less work, at least on stage. In 1989, they set a world record by grossing $98 million during a 60-concert tour. In 2005, their tour lasted only 42 shows, but the band brought in an amazing $162 million, setting a new record.

• Thanks in part to socialized dentistry and also substance abuse, Keith Richard's smile was in such disrepair during the 1970s that one of his teeth reportedly fell out during a magazine interview.

• An unlikely defender of the Rolling Stones was Bob Dylan. In some poetry printed in the liner notes of his album Another Side of Bob Dylan, the folk-rock star suggested that Dean Martin should apologize to the Stones. Martin had made the band the butt of many jokes on his TV variety show.

• In 1977, Margaret Trudeau, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, left her own anniversary party to see the Rolling Stones play in Toronto. She returned with them to their hotel for a night of partying and later accompanied guitarist Ron Wood back to England for a time.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

1-4

Give Wildlife a Break Week

1-7

National Fig Week ► National Patient Accessibility Week ►World Communication Week

2-4 

Sherlock Holmes Weekend

Today Is                                                                      

Cliché Day

Housewife's Day

National Gaming Day (Libraries)

National Men Make Dinner Day

Sandwich Day

~Dominica National Day (1978 from Great Britain)
~Japan Culture Day

~Micronesia Independence Day (1986 from UN/US)

Today’s Events through History  

1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana) —1868
1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured—1931
1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC) —1953
1st US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC) —1900
1st vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens—1930
Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet—1679
J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales—1896
Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane—1988
Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule across Pakistan—2007Spain acquires Louisiana—1796 
Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet—1928

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Under 30

Angus McLaren, Australian actor is 24

In their 50’s

Adam Ant, [Stuart Goddard], London, English punk rocker (If I Strip For You) is 58

Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor , actor (Rocky IV) is 55

Dennis Miller, comedian/TV host (SNL, Dennis Miller Show) will be 59

In their 60’s

Roseanne, [Barr Arnold], Salt Lake City, comedienne/TV star (Roseanne) will be 60

Larry Holmes, heavyweight boxing champ (1978-85)is 63

Lulu [Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie], Scotland, singer/actress (To Sir With Love) is 64

In their 70’s

Ken Berry, Moline Ill, actor (F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family) is 79

Remembered for being born today

Charles Bronson, actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, Dirty Dozen)—1921-2003

Shirley Chisholm, (D-Rep-NY), 1st black congresswoman/pres candidate—1924-2003

D. James Kennedy, American theologian—1930-2007

William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island—1799-1856

Andy Williams, Wall Lake, Iowa, singer/actor (Andy Williams Show, "Butterfly")—1927-2012

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Bob Kane, comic artist and Batman co-creator—1998—at 83

Solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector—1949—at 88

Mary Martin, actress (Peter Pan)—cancer—1990—at 76

Annie Oakley [Phoebe Ann Moses], US sharp shooting star— anemia—1926—at 66

Answer: Anagram sentence

The track star used great haste in yesterday's heats , but hates the way he feels today as a result.

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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