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Almanac: Week: 50 \ Day: 341
December
Averages: 44°\17°
86004 Today: H 48°\L 31°
Ave. humidity: 70% Average Sky Cover: 90%
Wind ave: 3mph\Gusts: 9mph
Ave. High: 45° Record
High: 66° (1958)
Ave. Low: 17° Record
Low: -19° (1978)
Holiday Observances
Today:
International
Civil Aviation Day
Letter Writing Day
National
Cotton Candy Day
National
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Pearl Harbor Day
Special Kids Day
Observances This
Week:
1-7
Cookie
Cutter Week
International Coelenterate Biology
Week
3-9
Clerc-Gallaudet
Week
7-13
National Hand Washing Awareness
Week
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays
Week
Computer Science Education Week
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Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest
highways in the U.S. is completed
1787 - Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify
constitution
1804 - Lewis &
Clark go on a buffalo hunt with Big White
1907 - Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing
ring
1945 - Microwave oven patented
1971 - An off duty member of the Ulster Defence
Regiment is shot dead by members of the Irish Republican Army in County Tyrone,
Northern Ireland
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
My
Rambling Thoughts
Lazy day for sure. Stayed up way too late watching Netflix. Good
movies though.
It’s been cloudy all day, which makes it so much easier to be
lazy.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Each
of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are
anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).
1) George threw his extra javelin through two fleshy fruits related to an
apple.
2) Mary had to halt the food preparation because she found a stain on each of
the cooking utensils.
3) Per the negotiation, Isaac agreed to guide the troops through the valley.
4) How would you respond if the container of supplies had disappeared without a
vestige?
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain:
Actor
Facts…
¤ Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess
when they appeared in X-Men 2.
¤ Bill Murray was arrested
December
Holiday Facts
*Christmas-Christian
¤ Christmas trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are
sold.
¤ Many European countries believed that spirits, both good and
evil, were active during the Twelve Days of Christmas. These spirits eventually
evolved into Santa’s elves, especially under the influence of Clement C.
Moore’s The Night Before Christmas(1779-1863) illustrated by Thomas
Nast (1840-1902).
*Hanukkah-Jewish
Family celebration
As in many other celebrations of many other cultures, Hanukkah is
about family. It's a joyous time of year when those you love gather together to
share food, blessings, and music, as the traditions are passed on through the
ages.
*Kwanza-African-American
Star
Power
Celebrities who have been known to
celebrate Kwanzaa every year include Oprah, Maya Angelou, Chuck D, Angelina
Jolie, and Synthia Saint James (who designed the first Kwanzaa postage
stamp.)
*12 Days of Christmas
Five Gold
Rings
The first Five Books of the Old Testament, known as the Torah or
the Pentateuch: 1) Genesis, 2) Exodus, 3) Leviticus, 4) Numbers, and 5)
Deuteronomy, which gives the history of humanity's sinful failure and God's
response of grace in the creation of a people to be a light to the world.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
75 YEARS
AGO
Forest Service men Dick Chapman and Vern Harris have returned from
the Prescott forest with 4 16' x 20' cabins, 2 of which will be used as
shelters at the Snow Bowl. A portable ski lift capable of 180 skiers per hour
will be here by December 1.
Flagstaff’s
Iconic 50…
Grand
Canyon Plane Crash Memorial
The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision occurred on Saturday, 30
June 1956 at 10:30 am Pacific Standard Time when a United Airlines Douglas DC-7
struck a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over the
Grand Canyon in Arizona, resulting in the crash of both airliners. All 128 on
board both flights perished. It was the first commercial airline crash to
result in more than 100 deaths, and led to sweeping changes in the control of
flights in the United States. The location of the crash has been designated a
National Historic Landmark.
Harper’s
Index…
Pieces of underwear brought to the NYC transit system’s lost and
found so far this year: 549
Rules of
Thumb…
GETTING
A JOB
You have 30 seconds
to capture the attention of the person reading your resume.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
James
Baskett, who played Uncle Remus in Disney's film Song of the South,
was not able to attend the film's premiere in Atlanta, Georgia; at the time it
was a racially segregated city.
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Joke-of-the-day
Q. How does Bill Gates enter his house?
A. He uses "windows".
Yep, It
Really Happened
MELBOURNE (UPI) - An Australian man said he is aiming for a
Guinness World Record by having every character from The Simpsons tattooed on
his back. Michael Baxter, 60, a grandfather and prison warden from Barwon, said
at the Australian Tattoo and Body Art exhibition in Melbourne he is hoping to
obtain a Guinness record with the Simpsons collage inked on his back by Bacchus
Marsh tattoo artist Jade Baxter-Smith. The full back tattoo includes 203
characters spanning the 20-year history of the animated series. Baxter said the
record he is seeking is for "most tattoos of the same cartoon character
tattooed on the body," but Guinness officials told him his tattoo would be
eligible because all of the characters are from the same show. Baxter, whose
other tattoos include scheming baby Stewie from fellow Fox cartoon Family Guy,
said Guinness has accepted his application for the record, but he still has
paperwork to submit. The record bid pits Baxter against fellow
"Simpsons" super-fan Lee Weir of New Zealand, who obtained the
Guinness record earlier this year with 41 tattoos of cartoon family patriarch
Homer Simpson. Simpson’s writer David Mirkin tweeted he was impressed with
Baxter's tattoo. "Truly a lovely tribute. We will, of course, have to sue
him and confiscate his back," Mirkin tweeted.
Somewhat
Useless Information
¤
Drinking tea is undoubtedly a key habit in British culture. Because of that,
British people have initiated a practical way of having tea available more
often, even when they are in the army!
¤
British tanks contain a boiling vessel also known as a kettle which can be used to brew tea, produce other
hot beverages and heat boil-in-the-bag meals contained in ration packs.
¤
Those hot water boilers are general for armored vehicles of the British Armed
Forces, and they are unique to the armed forces of the UK.
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Today’s
Events through History
1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent
Garden, London
1808 - James Madison elected 4th US President
and George Clinton Vice-President
1831 - CHOCTAW
removal process begins
1836 - Martin Van Buren elected 8th president
1939 - Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's
Hall of Fame
1965 - Pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch
Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of
2 churches in 1054
1990 - Ted Turner & Jane Fonda announce
their engagement
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Birthday’s
Today
Noam
Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar) is 86
Ellen
Burstyn, actress (Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here) is 82
Johnny
Bench, MLB catcher (Reds) is 67
Tom Waits, rocker/song
writer (Blue Valentine) is 65
Priscilla
Barnes, actress (License to Kill, 3s Company) is 59
Larry
Bird, NBA star (Boston Celtics, 12-time NBA All Star) is 58
C Thomas
Howell, Los Angeles, actor (Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man) is 48
Aaron
Carter, American singer and actor is 27
Remembered
for being born today
Saint
Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland [521- 597]
Rod
Cameron, Calgary, actor (City Detective, State Trooper) [1910-1983]
Eli
Wallach, Brooklyn, actor (Magnificent 7) [1915-2014]
Ted
Knight, actor (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)
[1923-1986]
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Historical
Obits Today
Harry Morgan,
American actor (Colonel Potter-M*A*S*H), 2011, @96
Rube
Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), 1970, @87
Jeane
Kirkpatrick, American ambassador, heart failure, 2006, @79
Potter
Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), stroke, 1985, @70
Elizabeth
Edwards, American lawyer and wife of John Edwards, cancer, 2010, @61
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Brain Teasers Answers
spare = extra
spear = javelin
pears = fruit related to the apple
stop = halt
spot = stain
pots = cooking utensils
deal = negotiation
lead = guide
dale = valley
react = respond
crate = container
trace = vestige
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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 contains mistakes and sadly once 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…§
