Sunday

I finally got around to doing some carpet shampooing today. I did the living room and hallway. I’ll keep going now that I have started. Amazing how much brighter the carpet is when it is clean…or maybe I just think so after seeing the dark water I dumped out from the shampooer. Whatever, I’m glad I got it done.

I didn’t make it to the Fair today, so maybe tomorrow. Our state rep was there today according to his facebook page. I didn’t see it until I was between moving furniture and shampooing so I decided not to stop my work to see him.

With this Labor Day weekend, many people are just remembering when they had jobs. Searching is not working. A sad state of affairs. At the same time the right wing crazies are telling kids not to hear Obama’s speech on studying hard and staying in school. What kind of nation will we have? The AZ School Board Association is encouraging students to listen, the AZ State School Superintendent says it is just ‘hero worship’ and admits he has no say in what individual schools do. The Flagstaff School District has not taken a stand. This is not a surprise. They announced Friday that some parents had concerns and others were more concerned. They said they were surprised. Since Monday is a holiday, I guess they will just wait and see. I wouldn’t be surprised if some schools had technical issues that prevent the speech from being seen or heard.

Our discussion group meets Tuesday evening. It should be a good time. I’ll be talking about Egypt and sharing some pictures, another lady will be doing the same on Syria, and a third person on Jordan. All three of us are left of middle in politics, and the super-right wing husband and wife won’t be attending. My reminder letter talked about how Egypt was a Muslim Nation and was our friend. So many right wingers don’t want to be reminded of this. I’m sure this is not the reason, as at least the husband likes a lively discussion.

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Random Facts…

The 'L.L.' in L.L. Bean stands for 'Leon Leonwood'.


Crazy Stuff in the News…

PALMER, Alaska – Officials with the Alaska State Fair said a giant green cabbage weighed at the event set a Guinness World Record at 125.9 pounds. Dean Phipps, marketing director for the fair, said Wasilla resident Steve Hubacek’s cabbage, which sports 5-foot leaves and measures about 21 inches across its head, beat the previous cabbage weight record of 124 pounds, set in Wales in 1989, the Anchorage Daily News reported. “I was there when they put it on” the scale, Phipps said. “When they put it on, everybody took a couple steps back and went like, ‘Oh, my gosh.’
They all had versions of that and then they started jumping up and down.” Fair officials said the record may last only until the next giant cabbage weigh-off, scheduled for Friday, as Hubacek claims to have a cabbage at home larger than his record-setter.

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 7 Sep…

National Payroll Week
Suicide Prevention Week

7 Sep Observances…

250 days so far this year…115 days remain in 2009
Labor Day
Grandma Moses Day
Salami Day
*Brazil – Independence day--from Portugal, 1822
*Aydın Turkey – Independence day 1922
*Mozambique – Victory Day 1974 against Portugal
*South Africa—Settler’s Day



BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…

…ARTS…
1860….. Grandma (Anna Maria) Moses NY, primitive painter

1900….. "Janet" Taylor Caldwell England, novelist (Melissa)
1909….. Elia Kazan Constantinople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire)
1923….. Peter Lawford London England, actor
1936….. Buddy Holly singer (Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day)
1942….. Garrison Keillor humorist (Praire Home Companion)
1942….. Richard Roundtree actor (Shaft, Earthquake)

…ATHLETICS…
1908….. Paul Brown, American football coach and executive
1910….. John Shea US, 500m/1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1932)

…POLITICS…
1533….. Queen Elizabeth I England, (1558-1603) daughter of Henry VIII
1819….. Thomas Hendricks 21st vice president of the United States 1867….. J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan Jr. financier
1924….. Daniel Inouye U.S. Senator from Hawaii
1930….. Baudouin I king of Belgium from1951-1993

…SCIENCE/Religion…
1829….. August Kekule von Stradonitz discovered structure of benzene ring
1829….. Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden US, geologist

1908….. Dr. Michael DeBakey heart surgeon
1914….. James Van Allen discovered Van Allen radiation belts

Events on this day…
1714….. Treaty of Baden-French retain Alsace, Austria gets right bank of Rhine

1888….. Edith Eleanor McLean was the first baby to be placed in an incubator

1901….. The Peace of Beijing formally ends the Boxer Uprising in China.
1921….. The first Miss America Pageant was held at Atlantic City, New Jersey
1936….. Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1963….. The Pro Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, OH.
1979….. Chrysler has asked for Federal assistance to help with a rescue plan
1986….. Desmond Tutu installed to lead south African Anglican Church

Holy Mackerel….
1979….. ESPN, the first all-sports cable network in the United States, begins broadcasting. Thirry years ago--how time flies

Bookhooks.com
In the beginning…
(AWAD, May 19 - 26, 1997) This week's theme was "A Study in Scarlet",
words from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, not synonyms for 'sanguine'.

What word is being defined?
1. a place where trees and plants are grown for scientific
and educational purposes first letter is a
2. a sculptured draped female figure used as an
architectural column- first letter is c
3. florid ornamentation in vocal music- first letter is c
4. a peddler of religious books- first letter is c
5. manorial land possessed by the lord and not held by
free tenants- first letter is d
6. the execution by a horse of complex maneuvers in
response to barely perceptible movements of a rider's
hands, legs, and weight- first letter is d
7. preventing or guarding from disease- first letter is p
8. measured by the apparent motion of the fixed stars- first letter is s
9. a usu. 3-masted Mediterranean sailing ship
with long overhanging bow and stern- first letter is x
10. a usu. sweetened bread that is baked and then sliced
and toasted until dry and crisp- first letter is z
*Bonus: a gentle breeze- first letter is z

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Answers:
1. arboretum: a place where trees and plants are grown for scientific and educational
purposes
2. caryatid: a sculptured draped female figure used as an architectural column
3. coloratura: florid ornamentation in vocal music
4. colporteur: a peddler of religious books
5. demesne: manorial land possessed by the lord and not held by free tenants
6. dressage: the execution by a horse of complex maneuvers in response to barely perceptible movements of a rider's hands, legs, and weight
7. prophylactic: preventing or guarding from disease
8. sidereal: measured by the apparent motion of the fixed stars
9. xebec: a usu. 3-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with long overhanging bow and stern
10. zwieback: a usu. sweetened bread that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp
*Bonus zephyr: a gentle breeze


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