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Records: H 70°(2004)…L 5°(1948)
Wind: ave: 11mph; Gusts: 26mph Ave. humidity: 54%
Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling
enacted (Boston) ►1630
1st US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere
(50 miles up) ►1946
Anchorage jury finds Capt Hazelwood innocent
of Valdez oil spill►1990
Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach►1997
Edmunds Act adopted by the US to suppress polygamy,
1300 men later imprisoned►1882
Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual
equality in employment►1872
US confirms its troops used chemical warfare
against the Vietcong►1965
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free
Rambling Thoughts
Great spring day…slight breeze and gusts were few and far between. The HOA had workers hear about 8a blowing the dust, dirt and pine needles from the parking lot. Lots of dust…actually surprised me and the road didn’t look that dirty, but the dust clouds they were making with their blowers showed that there was lots of dust. They were nice enough to clean the driving areas and then blow the dust that landed on cars off the vehicles. Soon they will be trimming and cleaning up our front areas of pine needles.Our country does not seem to be run by congress anymore…it is run by lobbyists. The ban on assault weapons has been pulled. The latest figures show that the vast majority of American adults want an assault weapon ban. The NRA lobby, which currently represents about 2% of the adult population and the gun manufacturing industry have convinced the congressional leadership that a ban on assault weapons will destroy America as we know it. It is time that the gun violence in America ends through legislation. I am still in shock that the Democratic leadership would at least not have this voted on so all American citizens would know who voted to allow assault weapons and large magazines remain part of our great country.I watched two interesting movies on PPV this past week. One was the remake of Red Dawn, that now has the N. Koreans invading the US. As in the original, it’s young kids that save the country. Then I watched Zero Dark Thirty about the killing of Osama. The latter was an ‘edge of your seat’ movie, even when you know the ending. Both movies were well done.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started.What am I?
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
from
Cracked.com
Ridiculous Band Names in Rock History
Smashing Pumpkins
The story:
More of a cautionary tale than anything else,
bandmates Billy Corgan and co. reportedly dashed the name off quickly so they
could get on with their lives, not realizing they'd be fielding lame
pumpkin-based jokes about it for the rest of their lives.
Why it's ridiculous:
According to a November 1993 Washington
Post interview with bass player D'arcy Wretzky, even the band thinks
Smashing Pumpkins "is a stupid name, a dumb bad joke and a bad idea,"
which should tell you something. These days, they claim the name doesn't even
have anything to do with pummeling squash fruit, in that "smashing"
was meant to imply "great" (as in the British slang), like that
somehow makes it less stupid. It'd be like accidentally crapping yourself on a
bus, then telling everyone it's okay, because you meant to.
Stone Temple Pilots
The story:
One of the band members thought the logo on
the STP car treatment spray bottles was cool. So yes, in case you were
wondering: a lot of thought went into this.
Why it's ridiculous:
Most of the band members seemed to think
titling songs "Kitchenware & Candy Bars" and getting addicted to
heroin was a fantastic idea, too. Evidence suggests they might not be the guys
to turn to for well-reasoned decisions. The mental image of four guys flying
around ancient Aztec temples matches up better with a psychedelic rock band,
not a bunch of rockers penning songs like "Meatplow" and
"Sex-Type Thing."
Ok, then?
from 1951
Harper’s
Index
Percentage of characters shown on US TV who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual: 4.4
Picture
of the Day: Mammals of the Sea
Unusual
Fact of the Day
In Argentina, you can get your caffeine fix with yerba maté. Made from dried holly leaves, the beverage stimulant is so popular that the average Argentine drinks 11 pounds of the stuff a year.Joke-of-the-day
Married couples, both 60 years old, were celebrating their 35th anniversary. During their party, a fairy appeared to congratulate them and grant them each one a wish. The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her wand and poof -- the wife had tickets in her hand for a world cruise. Next, the fairy asked the husband what he wanted. He said, "I wish I had a wife 30 years younger than me." So the fairy picked up her wand and poof -- the husband was 90.
Rules of
Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
BUILDING
A CHURCH
A church needs 1 acre for every 100 people.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
As the Proverb says, the guilty flee where one pursueth. This was certainly true for a thief who anonymously returned $800 he stole from a store in western Michigan.What is so bizarre about that? He stole the money 30 years ago.The thief sent a note and $1,200 in $100 bills to the Barry County sheriff's department in Hastings. The writer admitted breaking into the Middle Mart about 30 years ago.In a letter packed with emotion and spelling errors, the writer asks for 'help in locating a man' to whom the writer owes the money."I did a very bad thing that I am shamed of and have lived with this guilt," the writer said. "I can't begin to say how sorry I am but have lived with this guilt too long. If you do find him, please tell him that I was a foolish stupid man when I did that and I am sorrie."The $1,200 includes some interest, although the stolen $800 would be worth about $1,800 today. But it's the thought that counts.Undersheriff Bob Baker said the letter and cash came as quite a surprise."This doesn't happen every day," Baker said.
Somewhat
Useless Information
- Henry Ford called the Model T the "universal car," a low-cost, reliable vehicle that could be maintained easily and could successfully travel the poor roads of the era. By 1916, 55% of all cars were Ford Model T's.
- Ford owned a controversial anti-Semitic newspaper, The Dearborn Independent, an offensive publication which damaged Ford's reputation. Hitler believed that Henry Ford was a perfect example for what all Germans should become.
- As most people know, Ford produced the first assembly line for automobiles. He supposedly got the idea from a process that was used to slaughter pigs.
- Though it owns a portfolio of British brands - Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo - UAW Ford does not consider them American cars.
- Henry Ford was especially fond of Thomas Edison, and on Edison's deathbed, he demanded Edison's son catch his final breath in a test tube. The test tube can still be found today in Henry Ford Museum.
- Mahatma Gandhi never visited the U.S., but he had many American fans and followers. One of his more unusual admirers was Henry Ford. Gandhi sent him an autographed charkha (spinning wheel) through a journalist emissary.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
17-23
Campfire USA Birthday Week
Consider Christianity Week
Health Information Professionals Week
National Animal Poison Prevention Week
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week
Root Canal Awareness Week
18-24
Consider Christianity Week
Health Information Professionals Week
National Animal Poison Prevention Week
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week
Root Canal Awareness Week
18-24
Act Happy Week
American Chocolate Week
Flood Awareness Week
Wellderly Week
Wildlife Week
World Folktales & Fables Week
21-27
American Chocolate Week
Flood Awareness Week
Wellderly Week
Wildlife Week
World Folktales & Fables Week
21-27
Week of Solidarity with People's
Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination
Today Is
American Diabetes Association Alert
Day
As Young As You Feel Day
Education and Sharing Day
International Day of The Seal
International Goof-off Day
World Day for Water (aka World Water
Day)
~US: Puerto Rico: Emancipation Day (1873: ends slavery)
India: New Years Day: Ugadi (for Hindi)
Today’s Events
through History
1st American Indian (Powhattan) massacre of
whites Jamestown Virginia, 347 slain►1622
1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur
Schawlow & Charles Townes►1960
Cornstarch patented►1841
Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book►1457
Largest protest in Quebec's history occurs in
Montreal with over 200,000 people
marching
against government tuition hikes and for free access to
post-secondary
education►2012
Massasoit, Quadequina, Samoset (a PEMAQUID),
Squanto, and 60 warriors visit
the
Plymouth colony with great ceremony. They will freely give lands to
the
pilgrims►1621
Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled
from Mass Bay Colony►1638
Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on
colonists►1765
The Emerald Buddha is moved with great
ceremony to its current place
in
Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand►1784
Today’s
Birthdays
In their 80’s
Pat Robertson, televangelist (700 club, Pres
candidate-R-1989) is 83
William Shatner, actor (Star Trek, T J Hooker) is 82
Stephen Sondheim, NC, lyricist (West Side
Story, Company) is 83
In their 70’s
George Benson, jazz/blues singer/guitarist
(Greatest Love of All) is 70
Jeremy Clyde, rocker (Chad &
Jeremy-Yesterday's Gone) is 72
Roger Whittaker, Nairobi Kenya, country singer
(Durham Town) is 77
In their 60’s
Bob Costas, sportscaster/talk show host
(Later) is 61
In their 50’s
Matthew Modine, actor (Full Metal Jacket) is 54
In their 30’s
Reese Witherspoon, American actress is 37
Remembered
for being born today
Randolph Caldecott, England, illustrator
(Caldecott Medal namesake) [1846-1886]
Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo,
Jubal Sackett) [1908-1980]
Karl Malden, actor (Mike-Streets of SF,
American Express)
Ross Martin, Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky,
Wild Wild West) [1920-1981]
Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], NYC, comedian
(Marx Brothers) [1887-1961]
Marcel Marceau, Strasbourg France, mime
(Barbarella, Silent Movie) [1923-2007]
Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter [1599-1641]
Today’s Historical
Obits
Walter Lantz, US cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker)►1994►at 93
Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80
Days) ►plane crash►1958►at 48
Karl Wallenda► falls to death walking high-wire in PR►1978►at 73
Answer: Brain
Teasers
The word Seven.
seveneven (equal) eve (2nd person, according to the Bible) v (Roman numeral five; two less than seven)
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.
§ And That Is All for Now §
