~~~Free Ramblings
This is my week for doctors. I see them about every six months. Thanks to my excellent planning ability, they usually end up all in the same week. Today was the dermatologist. I have had a small spot on my nose forever, but about three months ago it changed a little. So I figured I would get it frozen off today. Ah, I am so far behind in medical technology. I must have been all of 16 when I had a spot on my face the last time. Well in today’s health care system, first it has to be biopsied. Then, it’s removed, if necessary, in a two hour office procedure. Of course the doctor said it was nothing to worry about, but he said ‘freezing’ it won’t do it. So I will be back in around Thanksgiving, to have it removed after I’m sure a fairly expensive biopsy followed by a more expensive ‘surgery’. I’m not worried about it. Whatever it turns out to be, it is small, isn’t expected to spread, and just another bump in the road of life.
I woke up this morning to rain. A rain the weatherman didn’t predict. It was nice. We only got to 55° today and last night dipped to 35° last night. Not a great day to be outside, but it is October and we are at over 7000’, so I’m not complaining.
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~~~Random Facts
Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
~~~Crazy News from AOL
MEMPHIS — A Memphis woman who found a 1929 high school class ring while raking leaves in a lot said she traced the item back to its 97-year-old owner. Misty White said she found the Central High School ring, which bore the initials “AMM,” while raking a lot as part of a “Save Libertyland” event for cleaning defunct amusement park Libertyland.
“Something made me keep raking leaves,” White said. “It was under two years of leaves, and the ring just popped out.”
White said she found the school’s 1929 yearbook at a library and identified the ring’s owner as Anna Maude Mahaffey. “It gave me great pleasure to get it back,” Mahaffey White said. “It has a sentimental value.”
~~~Before They Were Famous
As a teenager, Tom Hanks was a popcorn and peanuts vendor at the Oakland Coliseum.
Audrey Hepburn formally entered a Dance Academy in Holland to become a ballerina. She was considered too tall, and was advised not to continue.
Before becoming a household name, Tommy Hilfiger sold his clothes out of his car trunk.
Comedian Benny Hill was once a milkman.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 6 Oct
Physicians Assistance’s Week
~~~7 OCT Observances
281 days so far this year…86 days remain in 2009
Nat’l Depression Screening Day
World Sight Day
^Croatia: Independence Day
^Peru: Navy Day
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1920__Frank Herbert sci-fi writer (Dune)
1936__David Carradine Hollywood, actor
1939__Paul Hogan Australia, actor (Crocodile Dundee)
1943__Chevy Chase NYC, comedian/actor
1949__Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver LA, actress
1941__George Bellamy musician: guitar: The Tornados: Telstar
1970__Matt Damon actor
~ATHLETICS
1956__Scott Michael Pellaton barefoot water ski champ
1959__Tony Eason football quarterback (New England Patriots)
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1890__Eddie Rickenbacker aviator "Ace of Aces" (WW I)
1895__Juan Peron Argentine Pres (1946-55, 1973-74)
1941__Jesse Jackson clergyman/presidential candidate
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1873__Ejnar Hertzsprung Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)
~~~In Remembrance
1793__John Hancock, American revolutionary @ 56
1869__Franklin Pierce 14th President of the United States @ 65
1982__Fernando Lamas actor/director, @ 67
~~~Historical Events on this day
1775__Officers decide to bar slaves & free blacks from Continental Army
1871__Great Chicago Fire starts
1935__Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie & Harriet)
1938__This day’s cover of The Saturday Evening Post portrayed Norman Rockwell, by Norman Rockwell—his first cover.
1952__The Complete Book of Etiquette was first published.
1970__The Russian writer, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, wins the Nobel Prize for literature
1998__The U.S. House of Representatives votes to proceed toward impeaching President Bill Clinton
~ Holy Mackerel
1929__A Man is Charged of Speaking Offensively in Front of a Lady and found guilty for using obscene language in front of a woman in Ohio.
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Kazakhstan
2. Kenya
3. Kiribati [in South Pacific]
4. Korea, North
5. Korea, South
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1. Kenya 39,002,772 (growth rate: 2.7%)
2. Korea, South 48,508,972 (growth rate: 0.2%)
3. Korea, North 22,665,345 (growth rate: 0.4%)
4. Kazakhstan 15,399,437 (growth rate: 0.3%)
5. Kiribati 112,850 (growth rate: 2.2%)
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Wednesday
~~~Free Ramblings
I saw my PCP today. I needed some Malaria pills for my trip. I made the appointment more for my rash/pain three weeks ago, but knew I needed to get my meds before I left for Africa. He gave me several scripts including one for Montezuma’s Revenge, one antibiotic in case I got sick, and the malaria pills.
I also had a chat with my PCP about why it took three weeks to see him when I was sick. He had a good answer, saying that he would rather have me go to a walk-in and then let him know what was wrong. His reasoning is that he takes a look at the whole patient and the whole picture of the patient’s well being. If he also did ‘emergency’ stuff, he wouldn’t have time to meet with his patients. I must say it made sense, was good information, and as usual I spent an hour with him. He checked the CDC site to be sure I was getting the script that would treat Malaria in that country. Hmmm. Everyone I have talked to had just said get Malaria meds. Little did I know there were various strains around the world, and that some meds are better than others for certain strains. Adding an ‘in case’ antibiotic for the possible problems in the area I was going makes a lot of sense.
I must say I wish I had talked to him earlier about his role in my overall health. As a kid we had a family doctor who dealt with just about everything. While I knew the health care in our country had changed a lot, I still thought of my PCP as my family doctor. Now I understand the difference. I’m better off, and am glad I have a PCP who takes the time to answer all my questions. I also know that in the future, when I get an illness, I need to notify my PCP, go to the walk-in who deal with ‘emergency’ care, and then just inform my PCP what I am taking. It’s a small price to pay for someone who oversees my overall health.
Fall weather is here. We only made it to 61° today, and last night here in East Flag was 35° but at the airport it was 25°. Johannesburg was 85° and Victoria Falls was 93°. Both had a low around 65°. Hmmm, seems like a hot spring to me. In a month we were told to expect 80’s during the day and 60’s at night.
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~~~Random Facts
A&W Root Beer is named after Roy Allen and Frank Wright, the founders of the company.
The English word “girl” was initially used to describe a young person of either sex. It was not until the beginning of the sixteenth century that the term was used specifically to describe a female child.
~~~Crazy News from AOL
Edgar Allan Poe's cousin, Neilson Poe, never announced his death publicly. Fewer than 10 people attended the hasty funeral for one of the 19th century's greatest writers. And the injustices piled on. Poe's tombstone was destroyed before it could be installed, when a train derailed and crashed into a stonecutter's yard. Rufus Griswold, a Poe enemy, published a libelous obituary that damaged Poe's reputation for decades.
But on Sunday, Poe's funeral will get an elaborate do-over, with two services expected to draw about 350 people each — the most a former church next to his grave can hold. Actors portraying Poe's contemporaries and other long-dead writers and artists will pay their respects, reading eulogies adapted from their writings about Poe.
"We are following the proper etiquette for funerals. We want to make it as realistic as possible," said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum.
Advance tickets are sold out, although Jerome will make some seats available at the door to ensure packed houses. Fans are traveling from as far away as Vietnam.
The funeral is arguably the splashiest of a year's worth of events honoring the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth. Along with Baltimore — where he spent some of his leanest years in the mid-1830s — Poe lived in or has strong connections to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Richmond.
Eulogies will follow from actors portraying, among others, Sarah Helen Whitman, a minor poet whom Poe courted after his wife's death, and Walt Whitman, who attended the dedication of Poe's new gravestone in 1875 but didn't feel well enough to speak. Writers and artists influenced by Poe, including Arthur Conan Doyle and Alfred Hitchcock, will also be represented.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Jake Gyllenhaal's first role was in 1991 as Billy Crystal's son in "City Slickers."
In 1985, a 9-year old Seth Green appeared as a detective in a Duncan Hines chocolate chip cookie commercial (alongside 8-year old Sarah Michelle Gellar). Seth can also be seen in a 1992 commercial for a NERF toy.
Hugh Grant once considered a career as an art historian. He intended to pursue PhD studies in Art History at the Courtauld Institute in London.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 6 Oct
Physicians Assistance’s Week
~~~7 OCT Observances
280 days so far this year…85 days remain in 2009
Balloons Around the World
Walk to School Day—celebrated around the world
^Brazil: Composers Day
^Fiji : Deed of Cession (1874)
^Libya : Evacuation Day
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1917__ June Allyson Bronx, actress
1951__ John Cougar Mellencamp Seymour Indiana, rocker
1955__ Yo-Yo Ma Paris France, world famous Chinese cellist
~ATHLETICS
1926__Alex Groza basketball
1950__Bo (David) Rather football: Miami Dolphins
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1879__Joe Hill Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr
1879__Leon Trotsky Russian revolutionary leader/writer
1888__Henry Wallace 33rd Vice President of U.S.
1943__Oliver North military
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1885__Niels Bohr Denmark, physicist
1896__Elijah Muhammad founder of Nation of Islam
1931__Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of S Africa (Nobel Peace Prize 1982)
~~~In Remembrance
1894__Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer @ 85
1849__Edgar Allen Poe poet, @ 40
1959__Mario Lanza American tenor @38—heart attack
1991__Leo Durocher baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), @ 86
~~~Historical Events on this day
1672__White Mountain APACHEs raid the ZUNI pueblo of Hawikum, and kill a priest named Pedro de Abila y Ayala today
1765__The Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY
1826__Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations
1886__Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba
1919__KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands is founded
1931__1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY
1950__US forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel
1957__ "American Bandstand" premieres
1959__A U.S. House subcommittee began investigations of allegedly rigged TV quiz shows.
1960__"Route 66" premieres
1968__Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
~ Holy Mackerel
1905__Andy Devine [Jeremiah Schwartz], Flagstaff Az, actor, raised in Kingman, AZ
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Iceland
2. India
3. Indonesia
4. Iran
5. Iraq
6. Ireland
7. Israel
8. Italy
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1. India 1,166,079,217 (growth rate: 1.5%)
2. Indonesia 240,271,522 (growth rate: 1.1%)
3. Iran 66,429,284 (growth rate: 0.8%)
4. Italy 58,126,212 (growth rate: 0.0%)
5. Iraq 28,945,657 (growth rate: 2.5%)
6. Israel 7,233,701 (growth rate: 1.6%)
7. Ireland 4,203,200 (growth rate: 1.1%)
8. Iceland 306,694 (growth rate: 0.7%)
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I saw my PCP today. I needed some Malaria pills for my trip. I made the appointment more for my rash/pain three weeks ago, but knew I needed to get my meds before I left for Africa. He gave me several scripts including one for Montezuma’s Revenge, one antibiotic in case I got sick, and the malaria pills.
I also had a chat with my PCP about why it took three weeks to see him when I was sick. He had a good answer, saying that he would rather have me go to a walk-in and then let him know what was wrong. His reasoning is that he takes a look at the whole patient and the whole picture of the patient’s well being. If he also did ‘emergency’ stuff, he wouldn’t have time to meet with his patients. I must say it made sense, was good information, and as usual I spent an hour with him. He checked the CDC site to be sure I was getting the script that would treat Malaria in that country. Hmmm. Everyone I have talked to had just said get Malaria meds. Little did I know there were various strains around the world, and that some meds are better than others for certain strains. Adding an ‘in case’ antibiotic for the possible problems in the area I was going makes a lot of sense.
I must say I wish I had talked to him earlier about his role in my overall health. As a kid we had a family doctor who dealt with just about everything. While I knew the health care in our country had changed a lot, I still thought of my PCP as my family doctor. Now I understand the difference. I’m better off, and am glad I have a PCP who takes the time to answer all my questions. I also know that in the future, when I get an illness, I need to notify my PCP, go to the walk-in who deal with ‘emergency’ care, and then just inform my PCP what I am taking. It’s a small price to pay for someone who oversees my overall health.
Fall weather is here. We only made it to 61° today, and last night here in East Flag was 35° but at the airport it was 25°. Johannesburg was 85° and Victoria Falls was 93°. Both had a low around 65°. Hmmm, seems like a hot spring to me. In a month we were told to expect 80’s during the day and 60’s at night.
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~~~Random Facts
A&W Root Beer is named after Roy Allen and Frank Wright, the founders of the company.
The English word “girl” was initially used to describe a young person of either sex. It was not until the beginning of the sixteenth century that the term was used specifically to describe a female child.
~~~Crazy News from AOL
Edgar Allan Poe's cousin, Neilson Poe, never announced his death publicly. Fewer than 10 people attended the hasty funeral for one of the 19th century's greatest writers. And the injustices piled on. Poe's tombstone was destroyed before it could be installed, when a train derailed and crashed into a stonecutter's yard. Rufus Griswold, a Poe enemy, published a libelous obituary that damaged Poe's reputation for decades.
But on Sunday, Poe's funeral will get an elaborate do-over, with two services expected to draw about 350 people each — the most a former church next to his grave can hold. Actors portraying Poe's contemporaries and other long-dead writers and artists will pay their respects, reading eulogies adapted from their writings about Poe.
"We are following the proper etiquette for funerals. We want to make it as realistic as possible," said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum.
Advance tickets are sold out, although Jerome will make some seats available at the door to ensure packed houses. Fans are traveling from as far away as Vietnam.
The funeral is arguably the splashiest of a year's worth of events honoring the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth. Along with Baltimore — where he spent some of his leanest years in the mid-1830s — Poe lived in or has strong connections to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Richmond.
Eulogies will follow from actors portraying, among others, Sarah Helen Whitman, a minor poet whom Poe courted after his wife's death, and Walt Whitman, who attended the dedication of Poe's new gravestone in 1875 but didn't feel well enough to speak. Writers and artists influenced by Poe, including Arthur Conan Doyle and Alfred Hitchcock, will also be represented.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Jake Gyllenhaal's first role was in 1991 as Billy Crystal's son in "City Slickers."
In 1985, a 9-year old Seth Green appeared as a detective in a Duncan Hines chocolate chip cookie commercial (alongside 8-year old Sarah Michelle Gellar). Seth can also be seen in a 1992 commercial for a NERF toy.
Hugh Grant once considered a career as an art historian. He intended to pursue PhD studies in Art History at the Courtauld Institute in London.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 6 Oct
Physicians Assistance’s Week
~~~7 OCT Observances
280 days so far this year…85 days remain in 2009
Balloons Around the World
Walk to School Day—celebrated around the world
^Brazil: Composers Day
^Fiji : Deed of Cession (1874)
^Libya : Evacuation Day
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1917__ June Allyson Bronx, actress
1951__ John Cougar Mellencamp Seymour Indiana, rocker
1955__ Yo-Yo Ma Paris France, world famous Chinese cellist
~ATHLETICS
1926__Alex Groza basketball
1950__Bo (David) Rather football: Miami Dolphins
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1879__Joe Hill Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr
1879__Leon Trotsky Russian revolutionary leader/writer
1888__Henry Wallace 33rd Vice President of U.S.
1943__Oliver North military
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1885__Niels Bohr Denmark, physicist
1896__Elijah Muhammad founder of Nation of Islam
1931__Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of S Africa (Nobel Peace Prize 1982)
~~~In Remembrance
1894__Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer @ 85
1849__Edgar Allen Poe poet, @ 40
1959__Mario Lanza American tenor @38—heart attack
1991__Leo Durocher baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), @ 86
~~~Historical Events on this day
1672__White Mountain APACHEs raid the ZUNI pueblo of Hawikum, and kill a priest named Pedro de Abila y Ayala today
1765__The Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY
1826__Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations
1886__Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba
1919__KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands is founded
1931__1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY
1950__US forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel
1957__ "American Bandstand" premieres
1959__A U.S. House subcommittee began investigations of allegedly rigged TV quiz shows.
1960__"Route 66" premieres
1968__Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
~ Holy Mackerel
1905__Andy Devine [Jeremiah Schwartz], Flagstaff Az, actor, raised in Kingman, AZ
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Iceland
2. India
3. Indonesia
4. Iran
5. Iraq
6. Ireland
7. Israel
8. Italy
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1. India 1,166,079,217 (growth rate: 1.5%)
2. Indonesia 240,271,522 (growth rate: 1.1%)
3. Iran 66,429,284 (growth rate: 0.8%)
4. Italy 58,126,212 (growth rate: 0.0%)
5. Iraq 28,945,657 (growth rate: 2.5%)
6. Israel 7,233,701 (growth rate: 1.6%)
7. Ireland 4,203,200 (growth rate: 1.1%)
8. Iceland 306,694 (growth rate: 0.7%)
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Tuesday
~~~Free Ramblings
We aren’t having a lot of freezing temperatures, but fall is sure here. Today was breezy and 55°. I keep forgetting that is light jacket weather. I get ready to go somewhere, walk outside and realize I have to go back and get a jacket. Soon I should start remembering to take it the first time.
I went to my allergist today. It is always an exciting trip. I enjoy watching office manager as she is one of the most anal-retentive people I have ever seen. I always get to the doctor about 10-15 minutes before my appointment. Today I came in at 8:50—give or take. I know, I’m a little a-r too. I checked in and sat down. She sat behind her glass window doing work. At exactly 9:00 she turned to the nurse and nodded. The nurse immediately came out of the glassed in area and called me in. This happens every time. The manager would never have me called in one minute early or one minute late. Believe me I’m not complaining. I was in and out in about 15 minutes. That’s nice at a medical office. She did become a little flustered when I tried to make my next appointment in 6 months. Seems the computer was not ready for April appointments. She said they would call me when the computer was ready and wrote a note on a sticky note and put it on the computer. I asked how long it would be before she called. She looked horrified. She had told me she would call and I guess that should have made me happy. I then told her I would be out of town soon. She said it would be about a week. I left after telling her that would be fine. While I don’t mind giving her a little bump in her day, I do wish more office managers were as good as she was. How many doctors does anyone know that are so punctual?
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~~~Random Facts
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
In a nod to astronauts, Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.
~~~Crazy News
To Fight Sin, One Must Know Sin: In April, the Arizona State Parks Board unanimously chose Renee Bahl, thought to be a dynamic, experienced professional, to be director of state parks. However, her employment record while an assistant parks director in California in 2001 included an incident in which she was disciplined for etching "Renee 2001" into the wall of one of the parks' historic adobe barns. [Arizona Republic, 5-1-09].
~~~Before They Were Famous
Whoopi Goldberg actually used to work as a bricklayer and a bank teller.
CNN news-woman Nancy Grace worked at an Indian burial grounds in Georgia.
Heather Graham of Austin Powers fame worked at Toys R'Us as a teenager, and once worked as an usher at The Hollywood Bowl.
Like most Hollywood hopefuls, Kelsey Grammer did his time as a waiter. He also painted apartments in New York before eventually landing regional theater roles.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 6 Oct
Physicians Assistance’s Week
~~~6 OCT Observances
279 days so far this year…86 days remain in 2009
Mad Hatter Day [look at his hat]
U.S. German-American Day observed since 1987
^Egypt Armed Forces Day; commemorates the October War of 1973.
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1820__Jenny Lind Sweden, soprano/nightingale
1906__Janet Gaynor Philadelphia, actress
1909__Carol Lombard actress
~ATHLETICS
1824__Henry Chadwick baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1905__Helen Wills Moody International Tennis Hall of Famer
1959__Dennis ‘Oil Can’ (Ray) Boyd baseball
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1846__George Westinghouse responsible for alternating current in US
1914__Thor Heyerdahl Norway,anthropologist, explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku)
~~~In Remembrance
1891__Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician @45
1892__Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet @83
1975__Henry Calvin actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), @ 57
1981__Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Assassinated @63
1989__Bette Davis, American actress @ 81
~~~Historical Events on this day
1683__The first German Mennonite settlers arrive in America. They will establish Germantown, outside Philadelphia.
1781__Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War
1866__1st train robbery in US
1876__American Library Association organized in Philadelphia
1927__"Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (NYC)
1966__The hallucinogen drug LSD is declared illegal in the United States
1973__Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur.
~ Holy Mackerel
1961__President John F. Kennedy advises American families to build bomb shelters to protect them from atomic fallout in the event of a nuclear war.
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Gabon
2. Gambia
3. Georgia
4. Germany
5. Ghana
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1. Germany 82,329,758 (growth rate: 0.0%)
2. Ghana 23,832,495 (growth rate: 1.8%)
3. Georgia 4,615,807 (growth rate: –0.3%)
4. Gambia 1,782,893 (growth rate: 2.6%)
5. Gabon 1,514,993 (growth rate: 1.9%)
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We aren’t having a lot of freezing temperatures, but fall is sure here. Today was breezy and 55°. I keep forgetting that is light jacket weather. I get ready to go somewhere, walk outside and realize I have to go back and get a jacket. Soon I should start remembering to take it the first time.
I went to my allergist today. It is always an exciting trip. I enjoy watching office manager as she is one of the most anal-retentive people I have ever seen. I always get to the doctor about 10-15 minutes before my appointment. Today I came in at 8:50—give or take. I know, I’m a little a-r too. I checked in and sat down. She sat behind her glass window doing work. At exactly 9:00 she turned to the nurse and nodded. The nurse immediately came out of the glassed in area and called me in. This happens every time. The manager would never have me called in one minute early or one minute late. Believe me I’m not complaining. I was in and out in about 15 minutes. That’s nice at a medical office. She did become a little flustered when I tried to make my next appointment in 6 months. Seems the computer was not ready for April appointments. She said they would call me when the computer was ready and wrote a note on a sticky note and put it on the computer. I asked how long it would be before she called. She looked horrified. She had told me she would call and I guess that should have made me happy. I then told her I would be out of town soon. She said it would be about a week. I left after telling her that would be fine. While I don’t mind giving her a little bump in her day, I do wish more office managers were as good as she was. How many doctors does anyone know that are so punctual?
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~~~Random Facts
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
In a nod to astronauts, Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.
~~~Crazy News
To Fight Sin, One Must Know Sin: In April, the Arizona State Parks Board unanimously chose Renee Bahl, thought to be a dynamic, experienced professional, to be director of state parks. However, her employment record while an assistant parks director in California in 2001 included an incident in which she was disciplined for etching "Renee 2001" into the wall of one of the parks' historic adobe barns. [Arizona Republic, 5-1-09].
~~~Before They Were Famous
Whoopi Goldberg actually used to work as a bricklayer and a bank teller.
CNN news-woman Nancy Grace worked at an Indian burial grounds in Georgia.
Heather Graham of Austin Powers fame worked at Toys R'Us as a teenager, and once worked as an usher at The Hollywood Bowl.
Like most Hollywood hopefuls, Kelsey Grammer did his time as a waiter. He also painted apartments in New York before eventually landing regional theater roles.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 6 Oct
Physicians Assistance’s Week
~~~6 OCT Observances
279 days so far this year…86 days remain in 2009
Mad Hatter Day [look at his hat]
U.S. German-American Day observed since 1987
^Egypt Armed Forces Day; commemorates the October War of 1973.
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1820__Jenny Lind Sweden, soprano/nightingale
1906__Janet Gaynor Philadelphia, actress
1909__Carol Lombard actress
~ATHLETICS
1824__Henry Chadwick baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1905__Helen Wills Moody International Tennis Hall of Famer
1959__Dennis ‘Oil Can’ (Ray) Boyd baseball
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1846__George Westinghouse responsible for alternating current in US
1914__Thor Heyerdahl Norway,anthropologist, explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku)
~~~In Remembrance
1891__Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician @45
1892__Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet @83
1975__Henry Calvin actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), @ 57
1981__Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Assassinated @63
1989__Bette Davis, American actress @ 81
~~~Historical Events on this day
1683__The first German Mennonite settlers arrive in America. They will establish Germantown, outside Philadelphia.
1781__Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War
1866__1st train robbery in US
1876__American Library Association organized in Philadelphia
1927__"Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (NYC)
1966__The hallucinogen drug LSD is declared illegal in the United States
1973__Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur.
~ Holy Mackerel
1961__President John F. Kennedy advises American families to build bomb shelters to protect them from atomic fallout in the event of a nuclear war.
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Gabon
2. Gambia
3. Georgia
4. Germany
5. Ghana
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1. Germany 82,329,758 (growth rate: 0.0%)
2. Ghana 23,832,495 (growth rate: 1.8%)
3. Georgia 4,615,807 (growth rate: –0.3%)
4. Gambia 1,782,893 (growth rate: 2.6%)
5. Gabon 1,514,993 (growth rate: 1.9%)
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Monday
~~~Free Ramblings
What an autumn Sunday. Got up this morning to clouds and wind as expected. Then came the rain. Nice surprise. Since the wind was blowing so hard, the rain came in waves. This blowing rain lasted on and off for a couple of hours. Then the wind stayed but no rain. We made it to a scorching 57° today while last night only dropped to about 45°. It really looked and felt like a real autumn day. I’m sure the Peaks got some snowfall throughout the day.
All this wind and moisture made it into a lazy day for me. I was glad the Broncos were playing the Cowboys. That puts the game on AZ TV. Before the Cardinals came to the state, AZ football fans became Cowboy fans. I never really understood why. The Rams, the Raiders, and the Broncos were all closer to Arizona. I guess it was because Dallas was in its glory days and everyone wants to support a winner. Anyway, Denver is now 4-0 and looking pretty good this year.
My friend Cheryl is visiting her mom back in Michigan, so she is missing all the fire stuff near Williams, where she lives. From what I can tell, her home is far enough away from the fire that she isn’t in the evacuation area, but it is still frightening. Don’t know which would be worse—being across the country and hearing about the fire or being in Williams near the fire. Either way, there isn’t a whole lot anyone can do in this situation, except pray that it doesn’t hit your neighborhood.
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~~~Random Facts
Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
~~~Crazy News
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – A Florida woman angry at her boyfriend for refusing to buy more beer allegedly tried to choke him and threw a table leg through a window, authorities said. Police in Fort Pierce, Fla., said the boyfriend told them his live-in girlfriend, Andrea Elizabeth Bathgate, 31, became angry after drinking a lot of beer Tuesday night —and he refused to buy her more because she became “aggressive” while intoxicated, TCPalm.com reported. Investigators said the man told the woman to leave and she attempted to choke him before exiting. Bathgate then allegedly broke a leg off an outside table and “threw the hard missile through a window of the residence, causing deadly shards of glass to be forcefully launched into the occupied residence,” the arrest affidavit states. Bathgate was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery and a felony count of throwing a missile into a dwelling.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Judy Garland was born as Frances Ethel Gumm. Judy and her sisters performed in vaudeville houses under the name "The Gumm Sisters."
Jennifer Garner was a hostess at Isabella's Restaurant on New York's Upper West Side before becoming a famous actress.
Bill Gates worked as a Congressional Page while attending Harvard.
Richard Gere attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on a gymnastics scholarship where he studied philosophy. He later dropped out to pursue acting.
Two years before his big break as Mad Max, Mel Gibson can be seen as an uncredited baseball player in "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden."
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 5 Oct
Spinning and Weaving Week
Nuclear Medicine Week
Customer Service Week
Financial Planning Week
~~~5 OCT Observances
278 days so far this year…87 days remain in 2009
Improve Your Office Week
^Bulgaria Independence Day (1908)
^Portugal – Republic Day, overthrow of the Monarchy 1910
^International World Teachers' Day [since 1994]
^Indonesia – Army Day
^World Habitat Week
^Hor and Susia in the Coptic Church—Martyrs
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1864__Louis LumiŠre with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895 )
1908__Joshua (Lockwood) Logan (III) producer, director, writer: Ensign Pulver; director: Paint Your Wagon, Camelot, Fanny, South Pacific, Sayonara, Bus Stop, Picnic
1919__Allen Ludden Mineral Point Wisc, TV host (Password)
1922__Bill Keane cartoonist: Family Circus
1924__Bill Dana comedian, actor: “My name, Jose Jimenez.”
1943__Steve Miller singer, songwriter: group: The Steve Miller Ban
1952__Clive Barker author
~ATHLETICS
1902__Ray Kroc Illinois, founder of McDonalds owner of SD Padres
1937__Barry Switzer football coach (Oklahoma)
1962__Michael Andretti Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1830__Chester Alan Arthur Fairfield Vt, (R) 21st Pres
1882__Robert Hutchings Goddard Worcester Mass, rocket pioneer "Father of Space Travel"
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1703__Jonathan Edwards US, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin)
1923__Philip Berrigan militant priest (Chicago 7)
~~~In Remembrance
1940__Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America @ 83
2004__Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian @ 83
~~~Historical Events on this day
1877__Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce‚ War “From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”
1945__"Meet the Press" premieres on radio
1947__1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman
1953__Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the US
1962__The Beatles release their first single in the UK "Love Me Do"
1970__PBS becomes a network
1983__Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1989__Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolent efforts to free his homeland from China.
~ Holy Mackerel
1969__Monty Python's Flying Circus makes its debut on BBC Television, there were only 45 episodes aired over four seasons
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Ecuador
2. East Timor
3. Egypt
4. El Salvador
5. Equatorial Guinea
6. Ethiopia
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1. Egypt 83,082,869 (growth rate: 1.6%)
2. Ethiopia 78,254,090 (growth rate: 2.2%)
3. Ecuador 14,573,101 (growth rate: 1.5%)
4. El Salvador 7,185,218 (growth rate: 1.6%)
5. East Timor 1,131,612 (growth rate: 2.0%)
6. Equatorial Guinea 633,441 (growth rate: 2.7%)
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What an autumn Sunday. Got up this morning to clouds and wind as expected. Then came the rain. Nice surprise. Since the wind was blowing so hard, the rain came in waves. This blowing rain lasted on and off for a couple of hours. Then the wind stayed but no rain. We made it to a scorching 57° today while last night only dropped to about 45°. It really looked and felt like a real autumn day. I’m sure the Peaks got some snowfall throughout the day.
All this wind and moisture made it into a lazy day for me. I was glad the Broncos were playing the Cowboys. That puts the game on AZ TV. Before the Cardinals came to the state, AZ football fans became Cowboy fans. I never really understood why. The Rams, the Raiders, and the Broncos were all closer to Arizona. I guess it was because Dallas was in its glory days and everyone wants to support a winner. Anyway, Denver is now 4-0 and looking pretty good this year.
My friend Cheryl is visiting her mom back in Michigan, so she is missing all the fire stuff near Williams, where she lives. From what I can tell, her home is far enough away from the fire that she isn’t in the evacuation area, but it is still frightening. Don’t know which would be worse—being across the country and hearing about the fire or being in Williams near the fire. Either way, there isn’t a whole lot anyone can do in this situation, except pray that it doesn’t hit your neighborhood.
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~~~Random Facts
Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
~~~Crazy News
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – A Florida woman angry at her boyfriend for refusing to buy more beer allegedly tried to choke him and threw a table leg through a window, authorities said. Police in Fort Pierce, Fla., said the boyfriend told them his live-in girlfriend, Andrea Elizabeth Bathgate, 31, became angry after drinking a lot of beer Tuesday night —and he refused to buy her more because she became “aggressive” while intoxicated, TCPalm.com reported. Investigators said the man told the woman to leave and she attempted to choke him before exiting. Bathgate then allegedly broke a leg off an outside table and “threw the hard missile through a window of the residence, causing deadly shards of glass to be forcefully launched into the occupied residence,” the arrest affidavit states. Bathgate was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery and a felony count of throwing a missile into a dwelling.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Judy Garland was born as Frances Ethel Gumm. Judy and her sisters performed in vaudeville houses under the name "The Gumm Sisters."
Jennifer Garner was a hostess at Isabella's Restaurant on New York's Upper West Side before becoming a famous actress.
Bill Gates worked as a Congressional Page while attending Harvard.
Richard Gere attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on a gymnastics scholarship where he studied philosophy. He later dropped out to pursue acting.
Two years before his big break as Mad Max, Mel Gibson can be seen as an uncredited baseball player in "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden."
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 5 Oct
Spinning and Weaving Week
Nuclear Medicine Week
Customer Service Week
Financial Planning Week
~~~5 OCT Observances
278 days so far this year…87 days remain in 2009
Improve Your Office Week
^Bulgaria Independence Day (1908)
^Portugal – Republic Day, overthrow of the Monarchy 1910
^International World Teachers' Day [since 1994]
^Indonesia – Army Day
^World Habitat Week
^Hor and Susia in the Coptic Church—Martyrs
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1864__Louis LumiŠre with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895 )
1908__Joshua (Lockwood) Logan (III) producer, director, writer: Ensign Pulver; director: Paint Your Wagon, Camelot, Fanny, South Pacific, Sayonara, Bus Stop, Picnic
1919__Allen Ludden Mineral Point Wisc, TV host (Password)
1922__Bill Keane cartoonist: Family Circus
1924__Bill Dana comedian, actor: “My name, Jose Jimenez.”
1943__Steve Miller singer, songwriter: group: The Steve Miller Ban
1952__Clive Barker author
~ATHLETICS
1902__Ray Kroc Illinois, founder of McDonalds owner of SD Padres
1937__Barry Switzer football coach (Oklahoma)
1962__Michael Andretti Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1830__Chester Alan Arthur Fairfield Vt, (R) 21st Pres
1882__Robert Hutchings Goddard Worcester Mass, rocket pioneer "Father of Space Travel"
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1703__Jonathan Edwards US, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin)
1923__Philip Berrigan militant priest (Chicago 7)
~~~In Remembrance
1940__Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America @ 83
2004__Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian @ 83
~~~Historical Events on this day
1877__Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce‚ War “From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”
1945__"Meet the Press" premieres on radio
1947__1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman
1953__Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the US
1962__The Beatles release their first single in the UK "Love Me Do"
1970__PBS becomes a network
1983__Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1989__Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolent efforts to free his homeland from China.
~ Holy Mackerel
1969__Monty Python's Flying Circus makes its debut on BBC Television, there were only 45 episodes aired over four seasons
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Ecuador
2. East Timor
3. Egypt
4. El Salvador
5. Equatorial Guinea
6. Ethiopia
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1. Egypt 83,082,869 (growth rate: 1.6%)
2. Ethiopia 78,254,090 (growth rate: 2.2%)
3. Ecuador 14,573,101 (growth rate: 1.5%)
4. El Salvador 7,185,218 (growth rate: 1.6%)
5. East Timor 1,131,612 (growth rate: 2.0%)
6. Equatorial Guinea 633,441 (growth rate: 2.7%)
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Sunday
~~~Free Ramblings
I had a good Saturday, and it’s not even over yet. Got up pain free. Cleaned up around the house, went for a walk, saw a couple of friends, and talked to a couple more. All is good. It’s great to talk to people who are still working. They have their lives so very structured. My brother really loves his wife, being in NY, and taking getaways on weekends or making long weekends. Next week they are headed for Barbados for a long weekend. Great. I’m happy they do that. But to be able to do that, they have to work 12 hour days, including weekends, for about three weeks to be able to leave the business for two work days. Not my idea of fun. Another friend runs into Flag from the Rez during the week, after work. Can’t come on weekends because work needs to be done at school or home. A four hour evening—including a 2 ½ drive—is OK is his book, but not a whole day and evening in Flagstaff. Oh well, to each his/her own.
I turned on my computer this evening to be greeted with yet another high wind advisory for all day tomorrow. We can expect sustained winds in the 20mph with gusts to 50mph for most of day and night tomorrow. Whoopee.
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~~~Random Facts
The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy!
Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Before becoming the great comedian known as "Redd Foxx," John Elroy Sanford worked as a dishwater in a small restaurant in New York where one of his best friends, Malcolm X, also worked there as a waiter.
Morgan Freeman attended Los Angeles Community College before serving as a mechanic in the US Air Force in the 1950's. He was also the character "Easy Reader" on the children's TV show "The Electric Company".
Before Clark Gable became the King of Hollywood, he worked as a necktie salesmen at the Meier & Frank department store.
Greta Garbo was once a lather girl in a barbershop. She also worked at PUB, a major department store in Stockholm, Sweden, during the 1920s before becoming a successful actress.
~~~Crazy News
BEECH GROVE, Ind. – Investigators said a man who stole $97 from an Indiana drug store returned for a beverage he purchased before the robbery. Beech Grove, Ind., police said the man, described as about 48 years old, handed a Walgreen’s clerk $2 for a cola and made “idle conversation” until she opened the cash register, The Indianapolis Star reported.
The man then put his hand under his coat and informed the clerk he was robbing the store. He took $97 from the register and began to leave, police said. However, the police report said the man “came back for the bottle of soda that he placed on the counter and previously paid for.”
Police said the suspect was last seen walking through a parking lot across the street from the store.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 2 Oct
Fire Prevention Week
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Mystery Series Week
Nat’l Work From Home Week
Nat’l Newspaper Week
Nat’l Metric Week
World Space Week
~~~4 OCT Observances
277 days so far this year…88 days remain in 2009
Intergeneration Day
‘Ten-Four Good Buddy’ Day
^World Animal Day
^World Communion Day
^Lesotho – Independence Day (from Britain, 1966).
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1861__Frederic Remington US, artist/sculptor of the American West
1895__Buster Keaton actor
1917__Jan Murray Bronx NY, comedian Game Show Host
1923__Charlton Heston actor
1928__Alvin Toffler author: Future Shock
1931__Dick Tracy comic strip crimestopper
1935__Jimmy Orr football: Baltimore Colts wide receiver: Super Bowl III, V
1941__Jackie Collins author
1941__Anne Rice (Howard O’Brien Rice) author: Interview with a Vampire
1949__Armand Assante NYC, actor
1967__ Liev Schreiber actor
~ATHLETICS
1934__ Sam Huff Pro Football Hall of Famer
1943__Owen Keir Davidson Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1626__Richard Cromwell lord protector of England
1822__Rutherford B Hayes (R) 19th pres (1877-81)
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1542__Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)
~~~In Remembrance
1944__Al Smith, American politician @71
1970__Janis Joplin, American singer @27
1974__Anne Sexton, American poet @ 46
1989__Graham Chapman, British comedian of Monty Python @48
~~~Historical Events on this day
1636__1st code of law for Plymouth Colony
1824__Mexico becomes a republic
1854__Honest Abe Lincoln made his first great political speech
1881__The player piano was invented by Edward Leveaux of Sussex, England
1910__Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
1927__Work begins by sculptor Gutzon Borglum on the face of Mount Rushmore
1957__"Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS
1957__The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 into orbit.
~ Holy Mackerel
1965__Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Denmark
2. Djibouti
3. Dominica [in Lesser Antilles]
4. Dominican Republic
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1. Dominican Republic 9,650,054 (growth rate: 1.4%)
2. Denmark 5,500,510 (growth rate: 0.2%)
3. Djibouti 516,055 (growth rate: 1.9%);
4. Dominica [in Lesser Antilles] 72,660 (growth rate: 0.2%)
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I had a good Saturday, and it’s not even over yet. Got up pain free. Cleaned up around the house, went for a walk, saw a couple of friends, and talked to a couple more. All is good. It’s great to talk to people who are still working. They have their lives so very structured. My brother really loves his wife, being in NY, and taking getaways on weekends or making long weekends. Next week they are headed for Barbados for a long weekend. Great. I’m happy they do that. But to be able to do that, they have to work 12 hour days, including weekends, for about three weeks to be able to leave the business for two work days. Not my idea of fun. Another friend runs into Flag from the Rez during the week, after work. Can’t come on weekends because work needs to be done at school or home. A four hour evening—including a 2 ½ drive—is OK is his book, but not a whole day and evening in Flagstaff. Oh well, to each his/her own.
I turned on my computer this evening to be greeted with yet another high wind advisory for all day tomorrow. We can expect sustained winds in the 20mph with gusts to 50mph for most of day and night tomorrow. Whoopee.
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~~~Random Facts
The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy!
Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Before becoming the great comedian known as "Redd Foxx," John Elroy Sanford worked as a dishwater in a small restaurant in New York where one of his best friends, Malcolm X, also worked there as a waiter.
Morgan Freeman attended Los Angeles Community College before serving as a mechanic in the US Air Force in the 1950's. He was also the character "Easy Reader" on the children's TV show "The Electric Company".
Before Clark Gable became the King of Hollywood, he worked as a necktie salesmen at the Meier & Frank department store.
Greta Garbo was once a lather girl in a barbershop. She also worked at PUB, a major department store in Stockholm, Sweden, during the 1920s before becoming a successful actress.
~~~Crazy News
BEECH GROVE, Ind. – Investigators said a man who stole $97 from an Indiana drug store returned for a beverage he purchased before the robbery. Beech Grove, Ind., police said the man, described as about 48 years old, handed a Walgreen’s clerk $2 for a cola and made “idle conversation” until she opened the cash register, The Indianapolis Star reported.
The man then put his hand under his coat and informed the clerk he was robbing the store. He took $97 from the register and began to leave, police said. However, the police report said the man “came back for the bottle of soda that he placed on the counter and previously paid for.”
Police said the suspect was last seen walking through a parking lot across the street from the store.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 2 Oct
Fire Prevention Week
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Mystery Series Week
Nat’l Work From Home Week
Nat’l Newspaper Week
Nat’l Metric Week
World Space Week
~~~4 OCT Observances
277 days so far this year…88 days remain in 2009
Intergeneration Day
‘Ten-Four Good Buddy’ Day
^World Animal Day
^World Communion Day
^Lesotho – Independence Day (from Britain, 1966).
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1861__Frederic Remington US, artist/sculptor of the American West
1895__Buster Keaton actor
1917__Jan Murray Bronx NY, comedian Game Show Host
1923__Charlton Heston actor
1928__Alvin Toffler author: Future Shock
1931__Dick Tracy comic strip crimestopper
1935__Jimmy Orr football: Baltimore Colts wide receiver: Super Bowl III, V
1941__Jackie Collins author
1941__Anne Rice (Howard O’Brien Rice) author: Interview with a Vampire
1949__Armand Assante NYC, actor
1967__ Liev Schreiber actor
~ATHLETICS
1934__ Sam Huff Pro Football Hall of Famer
1943__Owen Keir Davidson Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1626__Richard Cromwell lord protector of England
1822__Rutherford B Hayes (R) 19th pres (1877-81)
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1542__Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)
~~~In Remembrance
1944__Al Smith, American politician @71
1970__Janis Joplin, American singer @27
1974__Anne Sexton, American poet @ 46
1989__Graham Chapman, British comedian of Monty Python @48
~~~Historical Events on this day
1636__1st code of law for Plymouth Colony
1824__Mexico becomes a republic
1854__Honest Abe Lincoln made his first great political speech
1881__The player piano was invented by Edward Leveaux of Sussex, England
1910__Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
1927__Work begins by sculptor Gutzon Borglum on the face of Mount Rushmore
1957__"Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS
1957__The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 into orbit.
~ Holy Mackerel
1965__Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Denmark
2. Djibouti
3. Dominica [in Lesser Antilles]
4. Dominican Republic
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1. Dominican Republic 9,650,054 (growth rate: 1.4%)
2. Denmark 5,500,510 (growth rate: 0.2%)
3. Djibouti 516,055 (growth rate: 1.9%);
4. Dominica [in Lesser Antilles] 72,660 (growth rate: 0.2%)
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Saturday
~~~Free Ramblings
Finally I seem to be pain free without meds. It has been almost two weeks with this shingle-like outbreak. The rash is gone, and this morning I didn’t need a pain pill to get moving or have the pain awaken me. What a relief. I was beginning to think that this was going to last forever. As I said many times, the pain was only about a 3 out of 10. But it was very annoying. But now it seems to be gone. That is good news.
I went to Wal-Mart today to get some household stuff. While the store is still a mess as it ‘remodels while open’ and the parking lot is also a mess; I could find everything I needed. Then the big surprise—three aisles of fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving stuff and no Christmas stuff. Such a relief. I was sure Santa would be set up for children’s laps by now at Wal-Mart and that I would be listening to non-Christian Christmas music.
I have to say that I was disapponted today for two reasons. First, Chicago didn’t get farther than the first round in Copenhagen. I enjoy the Olympics and now in 2016 they will be in Rio. Congrats to them. This is the first time the Olympics will have ever been in South America. Since the Olympics is supposed to represent the world, it makes sense to me that South America’s time has come.
Second, the conservative pundits actually cheered when it was announced that Chicago had lost the bid. Rush, Glenn, the Weekly Standard and others we elated that Obama’s trip and speech had failed to persuade the Olympic committee. They saw this as a great defeat for Obama. Hello!!! The Olympics does cost a city mucho dinero. It may not bring in a huge profit to the city. It forces a city to ‘get a good face-lift’. It makes commuting difficult for a couple of weeks. IT IS THE OLYMPICS. It creates jobs; it brings in thousands of tourists who spend mucho dinero to stay, eat, and view the city. It allows people to see some great athletic events. Not everyone in Chicago wanted the Olympics. Not everyone in the US wanted the Olympics. I get that. For these conservative pundits to cheer at the first announcement that Chicago was out of the running in the first vote of three is so much more than annoying. It seems all they want is for Obama to fail. I hope this crazy behavior unites the people of Chicago and that they come out swinging against these conservatives. I have watched at least ten announcements from the Olympic Committee when they announce the games upcoming city. Never have I seen people cheering when their city was not chosen. The people in Chicago were seen with shocked looks, some tears, and some sadness. Too bad that the international news organizations have those images as well as the images and words of the conservative pundits cheering when Chicago was out.
The weatherman says that the Flagstaff Airport dropped to 22° last night. Here in East Flag we didn’t get below 30°. Here in East Flag we got all the way to 65° today. Fall is certainly in the air. More so at the airport than over here. It was a little breezy today, all around Flagstaff but no moisture.
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~~~Random Facts
The height of a bowling pin is equal to its circumference
Dentists in medieval Japan extracted teeth by pulling them out with their fingers.
~~~Before They Were Famous
You may remember Laurence Fishburne as the pink satin wearing "Cowboy Curtis" from "Pee Wee's Playhouse" in the 80's. He was billed as Larry Fishburn.
Calista Flockhart was an aerobics instructor at one point
After attending the University of Minnesota to study journalism, Henry Fonda took a job with the Retail Credit Company.
Harrison Ford had earned quite a reputation as a carpenter before his acting career took off.
Before Family Ties or Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox appeared in a scavenger hunt movie called Midnight Madness.
~~~Crazy News
WILMORE, Pa. – A Pennsylvania couple who married nearly 49 years ago said they discovered their wedding was never made official under the law. Frank and Betty Skrout, who married Oct. 6, 1960, at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Wilmore, said they discovered recently while hunting down documents needed for Betty Skrout’s pension plan that Rev. James Feehley failed to file the “return of marriage” document at the Cambria County Register of Wills/Clerk of Orphans Court, The (Johnsontown, Pa.) Tribune Democrat reported Monday.
“All these years we’ve been living in sin,” Frank Skrout joked. Patty Sharbaugh, the Cambria County official in charge of the records, said she would file the document and backdate it to the couple’s wedding date if it can be located. “If the priest is still around or if they can locate those church records, we’ll complete them,” she said. Officials with the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese said they are searching for the documents to finally make the marriage official.
*Update: The Univesity of AZ has now dropped charges on the sidewalk writers, and changed the policy. Writing on a sidewalk is not longer a crime.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 2 Oct
No Salt Week
Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend
~~~3 OCT Observances
276 days so far this year…89 days remain in 2009
Alternative Fuel Day
Change a Light Day
World Card Making Day
^Germany – Day of German Unity 1990
^Leiden – Siege of Leiden 1533
^South Korea – National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol) in 2333BC
^Iraq : Independence Day (1932)
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1925__Gore Vidal writer/playwright (Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln)
1939__James Darren Phila, actor/singer (Gidget, Diamond Head)
1941__Chubby Checker singer (The Twist)
1947__Lindsey Buckingham rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk)
1924__Harvey Kurtzman cartoonist; founder of Mad magazine
1938__Eddie (Ray Edward) Cochran Rock and Roll Hall of Famer [1987]: singer: Summertime Blues
1944__Roy (Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn) illusionist: Siegfried & Roy
~ATHLETICS
1937__Eli Jacobs baseball owner (Baltimore Orioles)
1941__Mike Gallagher skier: Olympic Men’s Skiing/Cross Country
1959__Fred Couples golf champion
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1804__Townsend Harris 1st Western consul to reside in Japan
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1803__John Gorrie inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)
1844__Sir Patrick Manson "Father of tropical medicine"
1854__William Crawford Gorgas US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever
1916__James Herriot (James Alfred Wight) veterinarian, author: All Creatures Great and Small
~~~In Remembrance
1226__ Saint Francis of Assisi @45
1656__Myles Standish, English-born soldier @72
1838__Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe @71
1967__Woody Guthrie, American musician @55
~~~Historical Events on this day
1789__Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
1863__Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
1913__Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
1922__Rebecca L. Felton becomes the first female senator in U.S. history
1922__1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, DC
1945__World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member
1955__"Captain Kangaroo" premieres
1955__"Mickey Mouse Club" premieres
1961__"Dick Van Dyke Show" premieres
1961__"Mr Ed" premieres
1981__Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-mo hunger strike
1995__O.J. Simpson was acquitted.
~ Holy Mackerel
1971__Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Cambodia
2. Cameroon
3. Canada
4. Cape Verde
5. Central African Republic
6. Chad
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1. Canada 33,487,208 (growth rate: 0.8%)
2. Cameroon 18,879,301 (growth rate: 2.2%)
3. Cambodia 14,494,293 (growth rate: 1.7%)
4. Chad 10,329,208 (growth rate: 2.0%)
5. Central African Republic 4,511,488 (growth rate: 1.4%)
6. Cape Verde 429,474 (growth rate: 0.5%)
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Finally I seem to be pain free without meds. It has been almost two weeks with this shingle-like outbreak. The rash is gone, and this morning I didn’t need a pain pill to get moving or have the pain awaken me. What a relief. I was beginning to think that this was going to last forever. As I said many times, the pain was only about a 3 out of 10. But it was very annoying. But now it seems to be gone. That is good news.
I went to Wal-Mart today to get some household stuff. While the store is still a mess as it ‘remodels while open’ and the parking lot is also a mess; I could find everything I needed. Then the big surprise—three aisles of fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving stuff and no Christmas stuff. Such a relief. I was sure Santa would be set up for children’s laps by now at Wal-Mart and that I would be listening to non-Christian Christmas music.
I have to say that I was disapponted today for two reasons. First, Chicago didn’t get farther than the first round in Copenhagen. I enjoy the Olympics and now in 2016 they will be in Rio. Congrats to them. This is the first time the Olympics will have ever been in South America. Since the Olympics is supposed to represent the world, it makes sense to me that South America’s time has come.
Second, the conservative pundits actually cheered when it was announced that Chicago had lost the bid. Rush, Glenn, the Weekly Standard and others we elated that Obama’s trip and speech had failed to persuade the Olympic committee. They saw this as a great defeat for Obama. Hello!!! The Olympics does cost a city mucho dinero. It may not bring in a huge profit to the city. It forces a city to ‘get a good face-lift’. It makes commuting difficult for a couple of weeks. IT IS THE OLYMPICS. It creates jobs; it brings in thousands of tourists who spend mucho dinero to stay, eat, and view the city. It allows people to see some great athletic events. Not everyone in Chicago wanted the Olympics. Not everyone in the US wanted the Olympics. I get that. For these conservative pundits to cheer at the first announcement that Chicago was out of the running in the first vote of three is so much more than annoying. It seems all they want is for Obama to fail. I hope this crazy behavior unites the people of Chicago and that they come out swinging against these conservatives. I have watched at least ten announcements from the Olympic Committee when they announce the games upcoming city. Never have I seen people cheering when their city was not chosen. The people in Chicago were seen with shocked looks, some tears, and some sadness. Too bad that the international news organizations have those images as well as the images and words of the conservative pundits cheering when Chicago was out.
The weatherman says that the Flagstaff Airport dropped to 22° last night. Here in East Flag we didn’t get below 30°. Here in East Flag we got all the way to 65° today. Fall is certainly in the air. More so at the airport than over here. It was a little breezy today, all around Flagstaff but no moisture.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~Random Facts
The height of a bowling pin is equal to its circumference
Dentists in medieval Japan extracted teeth by pulling them out with their fingers.
~~~Before They Were Famous
You may remember Laurence Fishburne as the pink satin wearing "Cowboy Curtis" from "Pee Wee's Playhouse" in the 80's. He was billed as Larry Fishburn.
Calista Flockhart was an aerobics instructor at one point
After attending the University of Minnesota to study journalism, Henry Fonda took a job with the Retail Credit Company.
Harrison Ford had earned quite a reputation as a carpenter before his acting career took off.
Before Family Ties or Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox appeared in a scavenger hunt movie called Midnight Madness.
~~~Crazy News
WILMORE, Pa. – A Pennsylvania couple who married nearly 49 years ago said they discovered their wedding was never made official under the law. Frank and Betty Skrout, who married Oct. 6, 1960, at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Wilmore, said they discovered recently while hunting down documents needed for Betty Skrout’s pension plan that Rev. James Feehley failed to file the “return of marriage” document at the Cambria County Register of Wills/Clerk of Orphans Court, The (Johnsontown, Pa.) Tribune Democrat reported Monday.
“All these years we’ve been living in sin,” Frank Skrout joked. Patty Sharbaugh, the Cambria County official in charge of the records, said she would file the document and backdate it to the couple’s wedding date if it can be located. “If the priest is still around or if they can locate those church records, we’ll complete them,” she said. Officials with the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese said they are searching for the documents to finally make the marriage official.
*Update: The Univesity of AZ has now dropped charges on the sidewalk writers, and changed the policy. Writing on a sidewalk is not longer a crime.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 2 Oct
No Salt Week
Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend
~~~3 OCT Observances
276 days so far this year…89 days remain in 2009
Alternative Fuel Day
Change a Light Day
World Card Making Day
^Germany – Day of German Unity 1990
^Leiden – Siege of Leiden 1533
^South Korea – National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol) in 2333BC
^Iraq : Independence Day (1932)
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1925__Gore Vidal writer/playwright (Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln)
1939__James Darren Phila, actor/singer (Gidget, Diamond Head)
1941__Chubby Checker singer (The Twist)
1947__Lindsey Buckingham rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk)
1924__Harvey Kurtzman cartoonist; founder of Mad magazine
1938__Eddie (Ray Edward) Cochran Rock and Roll Hall of Famer [1987]: singer: Summertime Blues
1944__Roy (Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn) illusionist: Siegfried & Roy
~ATHLETICS
1937__Eli Jacobs baseball owner (Baltimore Orioles)
1941__Mike Gallagher skier: Olympic Men’s Skiing/Cross Country
1959__Fred Couples golf champion
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1804__Townsend Harris 1st Western consul to reside in Japan
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1803__John Gorrie inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)
1844__Sir Patrick Manson "Father of tropical medicine"
1854__William Crawford Gorgas US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever
1916__James Herriot (James Alfred Wight) veterinarian, author: All Creatures Great and Small
~~~In Remembrance
1226__ Saint Francis of Assisi @45
1656__Myles Standish, English-born soldier @72
1838__Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe @71
1967__Woody Guthrie, American musician @55
~~~Historical Events on this day
1789__Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
1863__Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
1913__Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
1922__Rebecca L. Felton becomes the first female senator in U.S. history
1922__1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, DC
1945__World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member
1955__"Captain Kangaroo" premieres
1955__"Mickey Mouse Club" premieres
1961__"Dick Van Dyke Show" premieres
1961__"Mr Ed" premieres
1981__Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-mo hunger strike
1995__O.J. Simpson was acquitted.
~ Holy Mackerel
1971__Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Cambodia
2. Cameroon
3. Canada
4. Cape Verde
5. Central African Republic
6. Chad
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Answers:
1. Canada 33,487,208 (growth rate: 0.8%)
2. Cameroon 18,879,301 (growth rate: 2.2%)
3. Cambodia 14,494,293 (growth rate: 1.7%)
4. Chad 10,329,208 (growth rate: 2.0%)
5. Central African Republic 4,511,488 (growth rate: 1.4%)
6. Cape Verde 429,474 (growth rate: 0.5%)
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Friday
~~~Free Ramblings
I went to Sam’s Club today. The good news—they just opened a gas station that is about 20 cents cheaper than anywhere in town. The bad news—fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving decorations have been cut down to one partial aisle. They now have two full aisles of Christmas stuff. I’m old enough to remember being surprised when Christmas stuff came out before Thanksgiving. For a few years I wouldn’t shop at any store that had Christmas stuff up before Thanksgiving. That boycott didn’t seem to have done any good. Now the stuff is for sale in September. My only question: WWJD? Somehow I don’t think commercialism and money was part of the message.
Speaking of rampant profit motive…Target just had to pay $600K for knowingly importing toys with too much lead based paint. They sold these toys to many in 06 and 07. First I am outraged that it took this long to find out. Second I am outraged that they did it. Target used to be better than that. I have come to expect such shenanigans for those Dollar Stores. The fine will hardly hurt the bottom line. But I hope that people let the management of Target that they will not want to shop at a store that does this. The bottom line for me is that safety is more important than price.
The weatherman says we will drop to 22° tonight. The temp is falling rather fast. Again I will wait and see. We were breezy today and only made it to 65° so maybe the forecast is finally right.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~Random Facts
More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making ugly faces at dogs in Oklahoma.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Before actor Dennis Farina found success in Hollywood, he was an officer in the Chicago Police Department from 1967 to 1985.
In a 2000 interview, Colin Farrell said he once spent eight months touring Ireland with a dance troupe - teaching line dancing.
Before Charlie's Angels, Farrah Fawcett appeared in a 1972 commercial for Ultra Brite toothpaste. She also appeared in ads for Winchester Cigars, Union 76 gasoline, and Head and Shoulders shampoo.
In high school, Will Ferrell was a record-setting place kicker for the varsity football team.
Tina Fey (star of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock) said that when she was 14 she worked in a snack bar at a swim club.
~~~Crazy News
Thunder Valley casino in California has given away eight cars and trucks in the past two months, and four of them have gone to the same Sacramento woman.
Last week, the woman won a Lexus convertible worth $43,000 and the week before it was a Mercedes convertible worth $47,000. Last month she won two pickup trucks.
The woman, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Salina, said could not believe her run of good luck – and apparently neither could the casino. Thunder Valley spokesman Doug Elmets said casino security officials reviewed video of the drawings and were convinced they were legitimate.
“After the second time she won we immediately went and investigated to make certain everything was perfectly clear,” he said.
Elmets said Salina is one of the casino’s top players, so her odds of making the first cut were relatively good. But it was phenomenal luck that allowed her to beat out nine other contestants to win the grand prize four times in a row.
Now comes the second unbelievable part of the story, and it may help the gamblers who lost to Salina feel better. Salina works quietly with Sacramento’s homeless community and said she has given away virtually everything she’s ever won at Thunder Valley, including the trucks and cars.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 2 Oct
No Salt Week
Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend
~~~2 OCT Observances
275 days so far this year…90 days remain in 2009
Guardian Angels Day
Lee’s National Denim Day
Phileas Fogg’s Wager Day
Techie Day
National Custodial Worker’s Day
^World Smile Day
^World Farm Animal’s Day
^ International Day of Non-Violence to commemorate birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
^Guinea: Independence Day (from France, 1958)
^India – Gandhi Jayanti (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, 1869)
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1879__ Wallace Stevens Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Collected Poems [1955]
1890__Julius "Groucho" Marx NYC, comedian
1895__Bud Abbott Asbury Pk NJ, comedian
1928__Spanky McFarland actor (Little Rascals)
1945__Don McLean singer/songwriter (American Pie)
1948__Donna Karan Forest Hills NY, fashion designer
~ATHLETICS
1932__Maury (Maurice Morning) Wills baseball: LA Dodgers
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1800__Nat Turner Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1869__Mohandas K Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist
~~~In Remembrance
1803__Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader @ 81
1985__Rock Hudson, American actor @60
1998__Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur @ 91
2005__Nipsey Russell, American comedian @ 87
~~~Historical Events on this day
1187__Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders
1608__Hans Lippershey offers Dutch gov't a new invention, the telescope
1853__Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land
1950__The renowned comic strip Peanuts, premiered in seven U.S. newspapers.
1953 __Person to Person premiers with Edward R. Murrow
1955__"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers
1959__Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS
1961__"Ben Casey" premieres
1962__Johnny Carson premiered as the new host of The Tonight Show
~ Holy Mackerel
1967__Thurgood Marshall, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was sworn in as first Black associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Bahamas
2. Bahrain
3. Bangladesh
4. Barbados
5. Belarus
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Answers:
1. Bangladesh 156,050,883 (growth rate: 1.2%)
2. Belarus 9,648,533 (growth rate: -0.3%)
3. Bahrain 727,785 (growth rate: 1.2%)
4. Bahamas 309,156 (growth rate: 0.5%)
5. Barbados 284,589 (growth rate: 0.3%)
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I went to Sam’s Club today. The good news—they just opened a gas station that is about 20 cents cheaper than anywhere in town. The bad news—fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving decorations have been cut down to one partial aisle. They now have two full aisles of Christmas stuff. I’m old enough to remember being surprised when Christmas stuff came out before Thanksgiving. For a few years I wouldn’t shop at any store that had Christmas stuff up before Thanksgiving. That boycott didn’t seem to have done any good. Now the stuff is for sale in September. My only question: WWJD? Somehow I don’t think commercialism and money was part of the message.
Speaking of rampant profit motive…Target just had to pay $600K for knowingly importing toys with too much lead based paint. They sold these toys to many in 06 and 07. First I am outraged that it took this long to find out. Second I am outraged that they did it. Target used to be better than that. I have come to expect such shenanigans for those Dollar Stores. The fine will hardly hurt the bottom line. But I hope that people let the management of Target that they will not want to shop at a store that does this. The bottom line for me is that safety is more important than price.
The weatherman says we will drop to 22° tonight. The temp is falling rather fast. Again I will wait and see. We were breezy today and only made it to 65° so maybe the forecast is finally right.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~Random Facts
More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making ugly faces at dogs in Oklahoma.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Before actor Dennis Farina found success in Hollywood, he was an officer in the Chicago Police Department from 1967 to 1985.
In a 2000 interview, Colin Farrell said he once spent eight months touring Ireland with a dance troupe - teaching line dancing.
Before Charlie's Angels, Farrah Fawcett appeared in a 1972 commercial for Ultra Brite toothpaste. She also appeared in ads for Winchester Cigars, Union 76 gasoline, and Head and Shoulders shampoo.
In high school, Will Ferrell was a record-setting place kicker for the varsity football team.
Tina Fey (star of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock) said that when she was 14 she worked in a snack bar at a swim club.
~~~Crazy News
Thunder Valley casino in California has given away eight cars and trucks in the past two months, and four of them have gone to the same Sacramento woman.
Last week, the woman won a Lexus convertible worth $43,000 and the week before it was a Mercedes convertible worth $47,000. Last month she won two pickup trucks.
The woman, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Salina, said could not believe her run of good luck – and apparently neither could the casino. Thunder Valley spokesman Doug Elmets said casino security officials reviewed video of the drawings and were convinced they were legitimate.
“After the second time she won we immediately went and investigated to make certain everything was perfectly clear,” he said.
Elmets said Salina is one of the casino’s top players, so her odds of making the first cut were relatively good. But it was phenomenal luck that allowed her to beat out nine other contestants to win the grand prize four times in a row.
Now comes the second unbelievable part of the story, and it may help the gamblers who lost to Salina feel better. Salina works quietly with Sacramento’s homeless community and said she has given away virtually everything she’s ever won at Thunder Valley, including the trucks and cars.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 2 Oct
No Salt Week
Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend
~~~2 OCT Observances
275 days so far this year…90 days remain in 2009
Guardian Angels Day
Lee’s National Denim Day
Phileas Fogg’s Wager Day
Techie Day
National Custodial Worker’s Day
^World Smile Day
^World Farm Animal’s Day
^ International Day of Non-Violence to commemorate birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
^Guinea: Independence Day (from France, 1958)
^India – Gandhi Jayanti (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, 1869)
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1879__ Wallace Stevens Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Collected Poems [1955]
1890__Julius "Groucho" Marx NYC, comedian
1895__Bud Abbott Asbury Pk NJ, comedian
1928__Spanky McFarland actor (Little Rascals)
1945__Don McLean singer/songwriter (American Pie)
1948__Donna Karan Forest Hills NY, fashion designer
~ATHLETICS
1932__Maury (Maurice Morning) Wills baseball: LA Dodgers
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1800__Nat Turner Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1869__Mohandas K Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist
~~~In Remembrance
1803__Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader @ 81
1985__Rock Hudson, American actor @60
1998__Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur @ 91
2005__Nipsey Russell, American comedian @ 87
~~~Historical Events on this day
1187__Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders
1608__Hans Lippershey offers Dutch gov't a new invention, the telescope
1853__Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land
1950__The renowned comic strip Peanuts, premiered in seven U.S. newspapers.
1953 __Person to Person premiers with Edward R. Murrow
1955__"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers
1959__Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS
1961__"Ben Casey" premieres
1962__Johnny Carson premiered as the new host of The Tonight Show
~ Holy Mackerel
1967__Thurgood Marshall, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was sworn in as first Black associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Bahamas
2. Bahrain
3. Bangladesh
4. Barbados
5. Belarus
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Scroll down for answers
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Answers:
1. Bangladesh 156,050,883 (growth rate: 1.2%)
2. Belarus 9,648,533 (growth rate: -0.3%)
3. Bahrain 727,785 (growth rate: 1.2%)
4. Bahamas 309,156 (growth rate: 0.5%)
5. Barbados 284,589 (growth rate: 0.3%)
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Thursday
~~~Free Ramblings
Finally the wind has died down. It blew all night and most of the day. We did get a little rain sometime last night; just enough to wet the dust and pollen that was on the clean car and make it look very dirty. It still hasn’t reached freezing temps at night. The hope now is that the wind will simply not start up again.
I went to a lunch today. It was put on my investment consultant. Great food. Interesting information. Seems this ‘recession’ is far from over. The scary part is that it doesn’t look like we will be back from this for quite a time. As one guy was saying, the Generation X people will be fine, the Baby Boomers will have to be very careful. It will take 5-10 years to get all the lost money back. So glad I’m not really in that group that had so much in the stock market. With less money out there, even some of the alternative investments will not be able to make the gains we thought we would get. Add that to the falling American dollar on the world market, and many more will be hurting. The new trend in alternative investments is Health Care REITS. That is investing in buildings that are used for assisted living, health care facilities, etc. Ten years ago these places were called nursing homes and were very limited. Now these centers are on the rise, and most have a 6 month waiting list to get in.
A friend of mine is leaving tomorrow for 2 weeks in Paraguay. It is a church-oriented mission to conduct some ESL classes down there and to train teachers. Sounds like they will be in some very isolated areas. Very interesting sites. Living with the people. Sounds like an engaging adventure.
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~~~Random Facts
In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent 'in-grown' toe nails.
~~~Before They Were Famous
In 1955 (at age 25), Clint Eastwood got his start in feature films with an uncredited role in the b-movie "Revenge of the Creature."
Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney) was a camp counselor for his first job at age 16.
While studying Communications and Psychology at the University of Miami, Gloria Estefan worked as a translator in the Customs Department at Miami International Airport.
~~~Crazy News
MEDFORD, Mass. – Officials with a Massachusetts university said complaints led to a new policy banning students from having sex while their roommates are present. Tufts University spokeswoman Kim Thurler said officials added the rule to the 2009-10 guest policy after receiving about a dozen complaints from students “who expressed concerns that they were experiencing uncomfortable situations with their roommates’ sextra-curricular activities,” The Boston Herald reported Tuesday. “We really didn’t have anything concrete in place for (them) to set clear boundaries,” she said. The policy informs students in dormitories that they “may not engage in sexual activity while your roommate is present in the room.” Thurler said the policy does not state any penalties for a violation, but she said officials hope the rule will “empower” students to “bring that issue up” if they have a problem with their roommate’s sexual activities.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 27 Sep
Banned Books Week
~~~1 OCT Observances
274 days so far this year…91 days remain in 2009
World Vegetarian Day
Agricultural Fair Day (since 1810)
International Day of Older Persons
Fire Pup Day—to honor all firehouse mascots
^National Day of the People's Republic of China (1949)
^Republic of Cyprus – Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
^Nigeria – Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
^Tuvalu – Independence Day (from Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), 1975)
^ Cameroon : Unification Day (1961)
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1847__Annie Besant [Wood], England, philosopher/thesophist
1914__Daniel Boorstin author (1974 Pulitzer Prize)
1920__Walter Matthau NYC, actor (Odd Couple)
1921__James Whitmore White Plains NY, actor
1925__Roger Williams (Louis Weertz) pianist
1927__Tom Bosley Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days)
1933__Richard Harris actor
1935__Julie Andrews England, actress/singer (Sound of Music, Mary Poppins)
1944__Scott McKenzie (Phillip Blondheim) singer: San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair]
1949__Annie Leibovitz photographer
~ATHLETICS
1939__George Archer golf: Masters Champion [1969]
1945__Rod (Rodney Cline) Carew Baseball Hall of Famer
1963__Mark McGwire Baseball Oakland A's
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1781__James Lawrence naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!")
1881__William Edward Boeing founded aircraft co (Boeing)
1924__Jimmy Earl Carter (D) 39th Pres
1924__William Rehnquist Ws, Supreme Court
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
~~~In Remembrance
1972__Louis Leakey anthropologist, @68
1985__E. B. White, American author @85
1996__Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member @40
2004__Richard Avedon, American photographer @81
~~~Historical Events on this day
1800__Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty Treaty of San Ildefonso
1880__ John Philip Sousa became director of the United States Marine Corps Band
1885__Special delivery mail service begins in US
1890__Yosemite National Park established
1918__Arab and British forces commanded by Lawrence of Arabia capture Damascus from Turkish forces
1936__Gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain
1937__The US House of Representatives passed The Marihuana Tax Act, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 the bill was an important bill on the path that led to the criminalization of cannabis.
1939__Winston Churchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
1946__Mensa the well known high-IQ society is formed which is non political and free from all social distinctions (racial, religious, etc.).
1955__ "Honeymooners" premieres 1964 SF cable cars declared a national landmark
1971__Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens
1979__US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal)
1985__The public health service agency has issued a master plan to combat the spread of Aids and has stated that an Aids vaccine is unlikely to be available till 1990.
~ Holy Mackerel
1989__US issues a stamp, labeling an Apatosaurus as a brontosaurus
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. Andorra
5. Angola
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Answers:
1. Algeria 34,178,188 (growth rate: 1.2%)
2. Afghanistan 33,609,937 (growth rate: 2.6%)
3. Angola 12,799,293 (growth rate: 2.0%)
4. Albania 3,639,453 (growth rate: 0.5%)
5. Andorra 83,888 (growth rate: 1.1%)
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Finally the wind has died down. It blew all night and most of the day. We did get a little rain sometime last night; just enough to wet the dust and pollen that was on the clean car and make it look very dirty. It still hasn’t reached freezing temps at night. The hope now is that the wind will simply not start up again.
I went to a lunch today. It was put on my investment consultant. Great food. Interesting information. Seems this ‘recession’ is far from over. The scary part is that it doesn’t look like we will be back from this for quite a time. As one guy was saying, the Generation X people will be fine, the Baby Boomers will have to be very careful. It will take 5-10 years to get all the lost money back. So glad I’m not really in that group that had so much in the stock market. With less money out there, even some of the alternative investments will not be able to make the gains we thought we would get. Add that to the falling American dollar on the world market, and many more will be hurting. The new trend in alternative investments is Health Care REITS. That is investing in buildings that are used for assisted living, health care facilities, etc. Ten years ago these places were called nursing homes and were very limited. Now these centers are on the rise, and most have a 6 month waiting list to get in.
A friend of mine is leaving tomorrow for 2 weeks in Paraguay. It is a church-oriented mission to conduct some ESL classes down there and to train teachers. Sounds like they will be in some very isolated areas. Very interesting sites. Living with the people. Sounds like an engaging adventure.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~Random Facts
In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent 'in-grown' toe nails.
~~~Before They Were Famous
In 1955 (at age 25), Clint Eastwood got his start in feature films with an uncredited role in the b-movie "Revenge of the Creature."
Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney) was a camp counselor for his first job at age 16.
While studying Communications and Psychology at the University of Miami, Gloria Estefan worked as a translator in the Customs Department at Miami International Airport.
~~~Crazy News
MEDFORD, Mass. – Officials with a Massachusetts university said complaints led to a new policy banning students from having sex while their roommates are present. Tufts University spokeswoman Kim Thurler said officials added the rule to the 2009-10 guest policy after receiving about a dozen complaints from students “who expressed concerns that they were experiencing uncomfortable situations with their roommates’ sextra-curricular activities,” The Boston Herald reported Tuesday. “We really didn’t have anything concrete in place for (them) to set clear boundaries,” she said. The policy informs students in dormitories that they “may not engage in sexual activity while your roommate is present in the room.” Thurler said the policy does not state any penalties for a violation, but she said officials hope the rule will “empower” students to “bring that issue up” if they have a problem with their roommate’s sexual activities.
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~~~October Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Opal Birth flower: calendula
Adopt A Shelter Animal Month ~ Apple Month ~ Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month ~ Domestic Violence Awareness Month ~ Emotional Intelligence Month ~ Gay & Lesbian History Month ~ Halloween Safety Month ~ Month of Free Thought ~ Nat’l Arts and Humanities Month ~ Nat’l Book Month ~ Nat’l Cyber Safety Awareness Month ~ Nat’l Popcorn Poppin’ Month ~ Nat’l Sarcastic Awareness Month ~ Photographer Appreciation Month ~ Squirrel Awareness Month ~ Vegetarian Month
~~~Week of 27 Sep
Banned Books Week
~~~1 OCT Observances
274 days so far this year…91 days remain in 2009
World Vegetarian Day
Agricultural Fair Day (since 1810)
International Day of Older Persons
Fire Pup Day—to honor all firehouse mascots
^National Day of the People's Republic of China (1949)
^Republic of Cyprus – Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
^Nigeria – Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
^Tuvalu – Independence Day (from Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), 1975)
^ Cameroon : Unification Day (1961)
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1847__Annie Besant [Wood], England, philosopher/thesophist
1914__Daniel Boorstin author (1974 Pulitzer Prize)
1920__Walter Matthau NYC, actor (Odd Couple)
1921__James Whitmore White Plains NY, actor
1925__Roger Williams (Louis Weertz) pianist
1927__Tom Bosley Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days)
1933__Richard Harris actor
1935__Julie Andrews England, actress/singer (Sound of Music, Mary Poppins)
1944__Scott McKenzie (Phillip Blondheim) singer: San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair]
1949__Annie Leibovitz photographer
~ATHLETICS
1939__George Archer golf: Masters Champion [1969]
1945__Rod (Rodney Cline) Carew Baseball Hall of Famer
1963__Mark McGwire Baseball Oakland A's
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1781__James Lawrence naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!")
1881__William Edward Boeing founded aircraft co (Boeing)
1924__Jimmy Earl Carter (D) 39th Pres
1924__William Rehnquist Ws, Supreme Court
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
~~~In Remembrance
1972__Louis Leakey anthropologist, @68
1985__E. B. White, American author @85
1996__Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member @40
2004__Richard Avedon, American photographer @81
~~~Historical Events on this day
1800__Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty Treaty of San Ildefonso
1880__ John Philip Sousa became director of the United States Marine Corps Band
1885__Special delivery mail service begins in US
1890__Yosemite National Park established
1918__Arab and British forces commanded by Lawrence of Arabia capture Damascus from Turkish forces
1936__Gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain
1937__The US House of Representatives passed The Marihuana Tax Act, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 the bill was an important bill on the path that led to the criminalization of cannabis.
1939__Winston Churchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
1946__Mensa the well known high-IQ society is formed which is non political and free from all social distinctions (racial, religious, etc.).
1955__ "Honeymooners" premieres 1964 SF cable cars declared a national landmark
1971__Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens
1979__US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal)
1985__The public health service agency has issued a master plan to combat the spread of Aids and has stated that an Aids vaccine is unlikely to be available till 1990.
~ Holy Mackerel
1989__US issues a stamp, labeling an Apatosaurus as a brontosaurus
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Countries by population
Place these countries in order by estimated 2009 population—largest to smallest.
1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. Andorra
5. Angola
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Scroll down for answers
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Answers:
1. Algeria 34,178,188 (growth rate: 1.2%)
2. Afghanistan 33,609,937 (growth rate: 2.6%)
3. Angola 12,799,293 (growth rate: 2.0%)
4. Albania 3,639,453 (growth rate: 0.5%)
5. Andorra 83,888 (growth rate: 1.1%)
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Wednesday
~~~Free Ramblings
Amazing, Sara Palin’s book is coming out months early. She is such a rogue. I wonder who is going to buy it. I heard a suggestion that she will be selling them at NASCAR rallies since most of her followers don’t know how to find a local bookstore. I think it is coming out early because someone else has written a book that explains what a fraud she really is. She is just trying to get it out while people still remember her. She is so folksy and has a very odd view of America. I just don’t see her opinions as really important.
I hope readers are following the Ken Burns National Park series on PBS. Photography is breathtaking, the history is fascinating. The idea that in America, our National Parks are owned by the people, for the people is so exciting. This series will certainly be in many American’s video collection. It’s too bad it didn’t come out before carrying loaded weapons in National Parks became acceptable.
Speaking of loaded weapons, Arizona now allows citizens to legally carry a loaded weapon into a bar or restaurant. The gun carriers can’t consume alcohol in the establishment. The only way a bar or restaurant owner can stop loaded guns in their establishments is to post a sign on all the entrances that have a gun with the famous red slash and circle. We of Arizona may live in the west. Many may make a buck off the ‘wild west’ image. This is a stupid law. I don’t look forward to going to a restaurant and being reminded that people are prohibited from bringing loaded guns into the restaurant. I don’t want to eat at a restaurant that allows people to carry a loaded gun to dinner. In my life, I have been in restaurants where loud arguments have happened. Not a lot of them, but a few. I was even in a restaurant where the argument led to a fist fight—once. I have never been in a restaurant that had an armed robbery while I was there. I’m guessing that 99.99% of my restaurant visits in my lifetime have not had any violence. Those kinds of things don’t happen that often. And if a robbery or fight breaks out, I don’t want someone with a loaded gun to start shooting. I know that some restaurants and some bars have a loaded gun under the counter. They usually don’t shoot them because the firing of a gun escalates the incident and could easily harm innocents. After all, it is only money. Even more concerning, many bar and restaurant owners don’t even know about the law. I wonder how many innocents will be harmed before this law is repealed.
Flag and much of Northern AZ is under a wind advisory. That means sustained winds between 25-35 mph and gust up to 60mph. While we did make it to about 77° today, it was very windy. The weather guy says that a strong storm is headed our way. It will be windy through Wednesday night, but no precipitation. Just wind. I’m so glad I’m not on the Rez. I feel for those people who do. At least here in Flag the wind doesn’t pit your skin with sand.
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~~~Random Facts
The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Before finding fame in Law & Order, Vincent D'Onofrio appeared as "Thor" the mechanic in 1987's Adventures in Babysitting.
Michael Douglas once worked as a gas station attendant.
David Duchnovy holds an undergrad degree from Princeton and a master's degree from Yale.
As an up and coming actor, Robert Duvall spent several months working as a post office clerk.
~~~Crazy News
A California man was arrested on suspicion of stalking after he allegedly used his airplane to violate a restraining order by buzzing a neighborhood, police said.
In recent weeks, Concord, California, police were investigating an incident in which leaflets were dropped over a residential neighborhood, possibly by a low-flying airplane. “The leaflets referenced a specific person and contained defamatory language and racial slurs. As the investigation has progressed, it appears that the motivation behind this situation is a failed domestic relationship,” the statement read. The investigation led to the identification of a possible suspect, a 51-year-old licensed pilot.
Police received several calls from residents of the neighborhood reporting a low-flying private airplane in the area. Police officers responded to the airport and contacted the man after he landed his plane. It was the same man who had been served with the restraining order earlier in the day.
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~~~September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
~~~Week of 26 Sep
Banned Books Week
~~~30 Sep Observances
273 days so far this year…92 days remain in 2009
National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
*Botswana – Independence Day (1966) from Britain
*International Translation Day, introduced in 1991 by International Federation of Translators
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1627__Robinson Crusoe according to Daniel Defoe
1921__Deborah Kerr Helensburg Scotland, actress (King & I, Night of Iguana)
1924__Truman Capote a short short story writer (In Cold Blood)
1935__Johnny Mathis singer (Chances are, 12th of Never)
1942__Frankie Lymon NYC, rocker (& Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love)
1943__Marilyn McCoo Jersey City NJ, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension)
~ATHLETICS
1951__Catie Ball US, 100 m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-4X4 gold-1968)
1962__Dave Magadan baseball: Mets, Mariners, Marlins, Astros, Cubs, Athletics, Padres
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1861__William Wrigley Jr. chewing gum tycoon
1928__Elie Wiesel author (Souls on Fire), Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986)
1943__Jody Powell press secretary to Jimmy Carter
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin French physicist, Nobel laureate
~~~In Remembrance
1943__Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist @ 79
1955__James Dean, American actor (automobile accident) @ 24
1978__Edgar Bergen ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), @ 75
~~~Historical Events on this day
1452__1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible
1791__Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premiers in Vienna
1846__Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr Wm Morton extracts a tooth)
1898__City of NY established
1934__FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1949__Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
1951__“Thank you and may God bless.” The Red Skelton Show debuted on NBC-TV--The Mean Wittle Kid (“I dood it!”), Clem Kadiddlehopper, Sheriff Deadeye, Cauliflower McPugg, Willie Lump-Lump, San Fernando Red, Bolivar Shagnasty and Freddie the Freeloader.
1960__Flintstones premiers (1st prime time animation show)
1960__On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
1980__Israel issued new currency. The shekel replaced the pound.
1981__Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice in history when she is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger
1988__IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer
~ Holy Mackerel
1865__According to a report dated today, the following number of Indians were present at the Fort Sumner, New Mexico reservation in September: 402 Apache, 7,318 Navajo.
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Anagrams
Here are some words that can easily be anagrammed into something interesting.
1. Old West Action
2. Insane Anglo Warlord
3. Humans sad side
4. her slow cry
5. Retard Shown
6. No more stars
7. Alas! No More Z's
8. Elegant Man
9. oh so ethical
10. contaminated
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Answers:
1. Clint Eastwood = Old West Action
2. Ronald Wilson Reagan = Insane Anglo Warlord
3. Saddam Hussain = Humans sad side
4. Sheryl crow = her slow cry
5. Howard Stern = Retard Shown
6. Astronomers = No more stars
7. Snooze Alarms = Alas! No More Z's
8. A Gentleman = Elegant Man
9. I hate school = oh so ethical
10. No admittance = contaminated
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Amazing, Sara Palin’s book is coming out months early. She is such a rogue. I wonder who is going to buy it. I heard a suggestion that she will be selling them at NASCAR rallies since most of her followers don’t know how to find a local bookstore. I think it is coming out early because someone else has written a book that explains what a fraud she really is. She is just trying to get it out while people still remember her. She is so folksy and has a very odd view of America. I just don’t see her opinions as really important.
I hope readers are following the Ken Burns National Park series on PBS. Photography is breathtaking, the history is fascinating. The idea that in America, our National Parks are owned by the people, for the people is so exciting. This series will certainly be in many American’s video collection. It’s too bad it didn’t come out before carrying loaded weapons in National Parks became acceptable.
Speaking of loaded weapons, Arizona now allows citizens to legally carry a loaded weapon into a bar or restaurant. The gun carriers can’t consume alcohol in the establishment. The only way a bar or restaurant owner can stop loaded guns in their establishments is to post a sign on all the entrances that have a gun with the famous red slash and circle. We of Arizona may live in the west. Many may make a buck off the ‘wild west’ image. This is a stupid law. I don’t look forward to going to a restaurant and being reminded that people are prohibited from bringing loaded guns into the restaurant. I don’t want to eat at a restaurant that allows people to carry a loaded gun to dinner. In my life, I have been in restaurants where loud arguments have happened. Not a lot of them, but a few. I was even in a restaurant where the argument led to a fist fight—once. I have never been in a restaurant that had an armed robbery while I was there. I’m guessing that 99.99% of my restaurant visits in my lifetime have not had any violence. Those kinds of things don’t happen that often. And if a robbery or fight breaks out, I don’t want someone with a loaded gun to start shooting. I know that some restaurants and some bars have a loaded gun under the counter. They usually don’t shoot them because the firing of a gun escalates the incident and could easily harm innocents. After all, it is only money. Even more concerning, many bar and restaurant owners don’t even know about the law. I wonder how many innocents will be harmed before this law is repealed.
Flag and much of Northern AZ is under a wind advisory. That means sustained winds between 25-35 mph and gust up to 60mph. While we did make it to about 77° today, it was very windy. The weather guy says that a strong storm is headed our way. It will be windy through Wednesday night, but no precipitation. Just wind. I’m so glad I’m not on the Rez. I feel for those people who do. At least here in Flag the wind doesn’t pit your skin with sand.
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~~~Random Facts
The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
~~~Before They Were Famous
Before finding fame in Law & Order, Vincent D'Onofrio appeared as "Thor" the mechanic in 1987's Adventures in Babysitting.
Michael Douglas once worked as a gas station attendant.
David Duchnovy holds an undergrad degree from Princeton and a master's degree from Yale.
As an up and coming actor, Robert Duvall spent several months working as a post office clerk.
~~~Crazy News
A California man was arrested on suspicion of stalking after he allegedly used his airplane to violate a restraining order by buzzing a neighborhood, police said.
In recent weeks, Concord, California, police were investigating an incident in which leaflets were dropped over a residential neighborhood, possibly by a low-flying airplane. “The leaflets referenced a specific person and contained defamatory language and racial slurs. As the investigation has progressed, it appears that the motivation behind this situation is a failed domestic relationship,” the statement read. The investigation led to the identification of a possible suspect, a 51-year-old licensed pilot.
Police received several calls from residents of the neighborhood reporting a low-flying private airplane in the area. Police officers responded to the airport and contacted the man after he landed his plane. It was the same man who had been served with the restraining order earlier in the day.
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~~~September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
~~~Week of 26 Sep
Banned Books Week
~~~30 Sep Observances
273 days so far this year…92 days remain in 2009
National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
*Botswana – Independence Day (1966) from Britain
*International Translation Day, introduced in 1991 by International Federation of Translators
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1627__Robinson Crusoe according to Daniel Defoe
1921__Deborah Kerr Helensburg Scotland, actress (King & I, Night of Iguana)
1924__Truman Capote a short short story writer (In Cold Blood)
1935__Johnny Mathis singer (Chances are, 12th of Never)
1942__Frankie Lymon NYC, rocker (& Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love)
1943__Marilyn McCoo Jersey City NJ, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension)
~ATHLETICS
1951__Catie Ball US, 100 m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-4X4 gold-1968)
1962__Dave Magadan baseball: Mets, Mariners, Marlins, Astros, Cubs, Athletics, Padres
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1861__William Wrigley Jr. chewing gum tycoon
1928__Elie Wiesel author (Souls on Fire), Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986)
1943__Jody Powell press secretary to Jimmy Carter
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin French physicist, Nobel laureate
~~~In Remembrance
1943__Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist @ 79
1955__James Dean, American actor (automobile accident) @ 24
1978__Edgar Bergen ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), @ 75
~~~Historical Events on this day
1452__1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible
1791__Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premiers in Vienna
1846__Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr Wm Morton extracts a tooth)
1898__City of NY established
1934__FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1949__Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
1951__“Thank you and may God bless.” The Red Skelton Show debuted on NBC-TV--The Mean Wittle Kid (“I dood it!”), Clem Kadiddlehopper, Sheriff Deadeye, Cauliflower McPugg, Willie Lump-Lump, San Fernando Red, Bolivar Shagnasty and Freddie the Freeloader.
1960__Flintstones premiers (1st prime time animation show)
1960__On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
1980__Israel issued new currency. The shekel replaced the pound.
1981__Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice in history when she is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger
1988__IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer
~ Holy Mackerel
1865__According to a report dated today, the following number of Indians were present at the Fort Sumner, New Mexico reservation in September: 402 Apache, 7,318 Navajo.
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Anagrams
Here are some words that can easily be anagrammed into something interesting.
1. Old West Action
2. Insane Anglo Warlord
3. Humans sad side
4. her slow cry
5. Retard Shown
6. No more stars
7. Alas! No More Z's
8. Elegant Man
9. oh so ethical
10. contaminated
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Scroll down for answers
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Answers:
1. Clint Eastwood = Old West Action
2. Ronald Wilson Reagan = Insane Anglo Warlord
3. Saddam Hussain = Humans sad side
4. Sheryl crow = her slow cry
5. Howard Stern = Retard Shown
6. Astronomers = No more stars
7. Snooze Alarms = Alas! No More Z's
8. A Gentleman = Elegant Man
9. I hate school = oh so ethical
10. No admittance = contaminated
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Tuesday
~~~Free Ramblings
UPS delivered a duffle bag today. It is from HLO Travel, the provider for my trip to Africa. How cool is that? The wheeled duffle bag is big enough for my stuff, and is said to work better out in the wild than a suitcase. The trip is only three weeks away and I’m getting more excited with each passing day.
Many eyes will be on Denmark at the end of the week. Four world leaders will be in Copenhagen to bid their country’s venue as the best place for the 2016 Olympics. Chicago, Rio, Madrid and Tokyo are the front runners. This is the first time in our history that a President has gone to help a city bid. We are one of the few countries that haven’t had our chief executive schmoozing for the Olympic Games. The games are not supposed to be political, just athletes competing in the Olympic spirit. It looks to me like Obama is just leveling the playing field, as it were. With the Chief Executives from Brazil, Spain, and Japan at the final meeting before the vote, the US absence of the Chief Executive would certainly not help Chicago’s chances. Again, Obama promised change, and he continues to bring it on.
We had another 80°+ day with a low of 39°. The weather guy keeps saying that we will be getting colder. We have now broken the record for longest growing season. We are at 150 days and counting—the previous record was 147 days. I will believe freezing temperatures when they finally arrive. Longest growing season doesn’t mean good crops around here since it was also our third driest year on record.
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~~~Random Facts
75% of Honda vehicles purchased in the U.S. are manufactured in North America!
An albatross can sleep while it flies!
~~~Before They Were Famous
Danny DeVito was a formally trained hair stylist before his break on Taxi.
Leonardo DiCaprio's road to fame included an appearance on the TV show Romper Room at age five, a Bubble Yum commercial, and a 2-year stint on Growing Pains in the early 1990's as the homeless boy Luke Brower.
Vin Diesel said in an interview that he worked as a bouncer for 9 years in New York. In his teens, he also performed in a break dancing instructional video.
Walt Disney drove an ambulance for the Red Cross during World War I.
~~~Crazy News
George D. Bryson, a businessman from Connecticut, decided to change his travel plans and stop in Louisville, Kentucky, a place he’d never visited before. He went to a local hotel and made preparations to check into Room 307. Before he could do so, a hotel employee handed him a letter addressed to his exact name. It turned out the previous occupant of Room 307 was another George D. Bryson.
One three separate occasions – in the years 1664, 1785, and
1860 – there was a shipwreck in which only one person survived the accident. Each time that one person was named Hugh Williams.
Several secret code words were devised by Allied military commanders during their preparations to invade Normandy in World War II. Among them: “Utah,” “Neptune,” “Mulberry,” “Omaha,” and “Overlord.” Before the invasion could begin, however, all of these words appeared in a crossword puzzle in the London Daily Telegraph. After interrogating the puzzle’s author, an English school teacher, authorities became convinced that it was sheer, inexplicable coincidence.
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~~~September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
~~~Week of 26 Sep
Banned Books Week
~~~29 Sep Observances
272 days so far this year…93 days remain in 2009
VFW Day
*Argentina: Inventor's Day
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1547__Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra author: Don Quixote
1908__Greer Garson North Ireland, actress
1929__Bob Newhart Oak Park Ill, actor/comedian
1931__Anita Ekberg Sweden, actress (La Dolce Vita)
1935__Jerry Lee Lewis singer (Great Balls of Fire)
1939__Larry Linville Ojai Calif, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H)
~ATHLETICS
1907__Gene Autry Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/Calif Angels owner
1923__O.A. "Bum" Phillips football coach (Houston Oilers/New Orleans Saints)
1956__Sebastian Coe England, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1980, 84)
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1758__Horatio Nelson Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero at Trafalgar
1848__Caroline Ardelia Yale US, educated deaf
1943__Lech Walesa Popowo Poland, leads Polish Solidarity (Nobel 1983)
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1895__Joseph Banks Rhine Penn, parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception)
~~~In Remembrance
1902__William Topaz McGonagall, British poet (b. 1825) 77 years old
1975__Casey Stengel, baseball player and manager (b. 1890) 85 years old
~~~Historical Events on this day
1806__Zebulon Pike holds a grand council with the Pawnee. Pike estimates 400 Pawnee warriors attend. He hopes to win their allegiance to the United States, rather than Spain.
1829__Scotland Yard formed in London
1907__Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
1936__Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
~ Holy Mackerel
1979__Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland
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Anagrams
Here are some words that can easily be anagrammed into something interesting.
1. Bad Credit
2. where moist
3. satanic moan
4. Obey god
5. poor devil
6. Man's crisis
7. Very cool talentless star
8. Real Fun
9. Microsoft
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Answers:
1. Debit card = Bad Credit
2. shower time = where moist
3. Santa Monica = satanic moan
4. goodbye = Obey god
5. ipod lover = poor devil
6. Narcissism = Man's crisis
7. Actor Sylvester Stallone = Very cool talentless star
8. Funeral = Real Fun
9. comfort is = microsoft
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UPS delivered a duffle bag today. It is from HLO Travel, the provider for my trip to Africa. How cool is that? The wheeled duffle bag is big enough for my stuff, and is said to work better out in the wild than a suitcase. The trip is only three weeks away and I’m getting more excited with each passing day.
Many eyes will be on Denmark at the end of the week. Four world leaders will be in Copenhagen to bid their country’s venue as the best place for the 2016 Olympics. Chicago, Rio, Madrid and Tokyo are the front runners. This is the first time in our history that a President has gone to help a city bid. We are one of the few countries that haven’t had our chief executive schmoozing for the Olympic Games. The games are not supposed to be political, just athletes competing in the Olympic spirit. It looks to me like Obama is just leveling the playing field, as it were. With the Chief Executives from Brazil, Spain, and Japan at the final meeting before the vote, the US absence of the Chief Executive would certainly not help Chicago’s chances. Again, Obama promised change, and he continues to bring it on.
We had another 80°+ day with a low of 39°. The weather guy keeps saying that we will be getting colder. We have now broken the record for longest growing season. We are at 150 days and counting—the previous record was 147 days. I will believe freezing temperatures when they finally arrive. Longest growing season doesn’t mean good crops around here since it was also our third driest year on record.
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~~~Random Facts
75% of Honda vehicles purchased in the U.S. are manufactured in North America!
An albatross can sleep while it flies!
~~~Before They Were Famous
Danny DeVito was a formally trained hair stylist before his break on Taxi.
Leonardo DiCaprio's road to fame included an appearance on the TV show Romper Room at age five, a Bubble Yum commercial, and a 2-year stint on Growing Pains in the early 1990's as the homeless boy Luke Brower.
Vin Diesel said in an interview that he worked as a bouncer for 9 years in New York. In his teens, he also performed in a break dancing instructional video.
Walt Disney drove an ambulance for the Red Cross during World War I.
~~~Crazy News
George D. Bryson, a businessman from Connecticut, decided to change his travel plans and stop in Louisville, Kentucky, a place he’d never visited before. He went to a local hotel and made preparations to check into Room 307. Before he could do so, a hotel employee handed him a letter addressed to his exact name. It turned out the previous occupant of Room 307 was another George D. Bryson.
One three separate occasions – in the years 1664, 1785, and
1860 – there was a shipwreck in which only one person survived the accident. Each time that one person was named Hugh Williams.
Several secret code words were devised by Allied military commanders during their preparations to invade Normandy in World War II. Among them: “Utah,” “Neptune,” “Mulberry,” “Omaha,” and “Overlord.” Before the invasion could begin, however, all of these words appeared in a crossword puzzle in the London Daily Telegraph. After interrogating the puzzle’s author, an English school teacher, authorities became convinced that it was sheer, inexplicable coincidence.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
~~~Week of 26 Sep
Banned Books Week
~~~29 Sep Observances
272 days so far this year…93 days remain in 2009
VFW Day
*Argentina: Inventor's Day
~~~Births on this day
~ The ARTS
1547__Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra author: Don Quixote
1908__Greer Garson North Ireland, actress
1929__Bob Newhart Oak Park Ill, actor/comedian
1931__Anita Ekberg Sweden, actress (La Dolce Vita)
1935__Jerry Lee Lewis singer (Great Balls of Fire)
1939__Larry Linville Ojai Calif, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H)
~ATHLETICS
1907__Gene Autry Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/Calif Angels owner
1923__O.A. "Bum" Phillips football coach (Houston Oilers/New Orleans Saints)
1956__Sebastian Coe England, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1980, 84)
~POLITICS/BUSINESS/EDUCATION
1758__Horatio Nelson Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero at Trafalgar
1848__Caroline Ardelia Yale US, educated deaf
1943__Lech Walesa Popowo Poland, leads Polish Solidarity (Nobel 1983)
~SCIENCE/RELIGION
1895__Joseph Banks Rhine Penn, parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception)
~~~In Remembrance
1902__William Topaz McGonagall, British poet (b. 1825) 77 years old
1975__Casey Stengel, baseball player and manager (b. 1890) 85 years old
~~~Historical Events on this day
1806__Zebulon Pike holds a grand council with the Pawnee. Pike estimates 400 Pawnee warriors attend. He hopes to win their allegiance to the United States, rather than Spain.
1829__Scotland Yard formed in London
1907__Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
1936__Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
~ Holy Mackerel
1979__Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland
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Anagrams
Here are some words that can easily be anagrammed into something interesting.
1. Bad Credit
2. where moist
3. satanic moan
4. Obey god
5. poor devil
6. Man's crisis
7. Very cool talentless star
8. Real Fun
9. Microsoft
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Scroll down for answers
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Answers:
1. Debit card = Bad Credit
2. shower time = where moist
3. Santa Monica = satanic moan
4. goodbye = Obey god
5. ipod lover = poor devil
6. Narcissism = Man's crisis
7. Actor Sylvester Stallone = Very cool talentless star
8. Funeral = Real Fun
9. comfort is = microsoft
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- Retired, Not Dead
- Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
- I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.