Sunday

I was happy that Sonia Sotamayor was placed on the Supreme Court. It was historical. I didn’t realize how it affected so many. Last night on HBO, George Lopez, the Chicano comedian had a special. I remember him from his sitcom a few years back. He used the Sotamayor appointment as a starting place for his comedy. This was not sitcom comedy. His comedy reminded me of a Vegas show I once saw back in the day, with Florence Henderson—the Partridge Family Mom. Both used some pretty raw stuff. Both were shocking, partly because I was used to TV sitcom dialog. Anyway, one of George’s comments was along the lines that Latinos will soon no longer be a minority. He promised, on behalf of all Latinos, that when they are in power, they will treat the white minority with all the compassion and love the whites had given the Latinos. I sure hope he is wrong about how a white minority will be treated. Then again, we reap what we sow. It is so discouraging that so many of any powerful group do not understand that at any moment, their power can diminish or disappear.

I had to check my calendar today. Last night it dropped to 36°. We made it to 85° today with no wind. The temp is only to drop to 43° tonight. Hard to believe. I’m sure the nights will begin being a little more bearable soon.

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Random Facts…

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for
pleasure.

A snail can have about 25,000 teeth.

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.



Crazy Stuff In The News…

Building a Risk-Free Society…A circus clown performing in Liverpool was ordered not to wear his classic oversized shoes because he could trip and injure someone.
BBC producers wielding a ‘telephone book-size’ set of safety precautions while making a recent adventure documentary, ordered Sir Robin Knox-Johnson—the first person to sail single-handedly and non-stop around the world—not to light a portable stove unless a ‘safety advisor’ supervised.

Month long events in August

Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month

Week of Aug 9…

Assistant Dog Week
National Resurrect Romance Week

10 Aug…

222 days so far this year…143 days remain in 2009
National Duran Duran Appreciation Day
Smithsonian Day
S’Mores Day
*Ecuador: Independence Day—1810 from Spain
*Zambia: Youth Day

BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…

1874….. Herbert Clark Hoover West Branch, Iowa, (R) 31st Pres
1893….. Viscount Dunrossil Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia
1898….. Jack (John Joseph) Haley Actor: Wizard of Oz

1913….. Noah Beery Jr NYC, actor (Rockford Files)
1928….. Eddie Fisher Phila Pa, singe
……..….. Jimmy Dean (Seth Ward)Grammy Award-winning singer TV host sausage mogul
1947….. Ian Anderson Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle)
1960….. Antonio Banderas (José Antonio Domínguez Banderas) actor

Events on this day…

1519….. Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate the Earth

1680….. The Pueblo Rebellion takes place in New Mexico under the leadership of a Tewa named Popé

1743….. Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated

1821….. Missouri admitted as 24th US state
1831….. William Driver, a ship's captain from Salem, Mass., is credited with coining the term "Old Glory" in reference to the American flag.
1833….. Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200
1846….. Congress charters the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution
1866….. Transatlantic cable laid - Former Pres Buchanan communicates over it to Queen Victoria

1948….. Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC
1966….. Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere & leaving it again

2000….. The California State Legislature approved a bill to make March 31, …..the birthday of the late labor leader Cesar Chavez a holiday for state workers.




Word Ends Puzzle:

In each of these puzzles, a word starts and ends with the same letter. Can you figure out what the word is?
Example: _fric_ Solution: Africa

1. _arsni_
2. _aya_
3. _urpas_
4. _rus_
5. _omi_
6. _ido_
7. _ene__
8. ende_
9. _abe_
10. _allof_
_*Bonus: erami_
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Answers:
1. Parsnip

2. Kayak

3. Surpass

4. Trust

5. Comic

6. Widow

7. Tenet

8. Render

9. Label

10. Falloff

• Bonus: ceramic


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