Wednesday

Our country lost the final brother of a political dynasty. I never really followed what Ted did…I was a bigger fan of John and Bobby. I was stuck on the car accident. But as I listen to those who knew him, from all political sides, he certainly did a lot for the many. I was surprised that from within his huge circle of acquaintances he was seen as a very caring human being who always had time to listen. That kind of politician is needed in our leadership positions.

We received no rain today, but it didn’t get that hot either. A nice day. I was very glad that last night’s temperature only dropped to a comfortable 45°--which is much better than the predicted possible 35°.

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Random Facts…

You have no sense of smell when you're sleeping!

Crazy Stuff in the News…

When most people think of Peru they think of tropical rain forests, the Andes mountains, the ancient Incas, gold mines and fish meal (one of their major exports in case you never read Wikipedia).
What most people don’t think of is surgically implanted drug turkeys. However, since drugs are another major export of Peru, the Peruvians have to be pretty innovative about how they get them out of the country. Enter the turkeys.
Recently, Peruvian police expecting to find a shipment of cocaine hidden in a crate holding two live turkeys were surprised to discover the drug surgically implanted inside the birds.
Acting on a tip, officers stopped a bus outside the city of Tarapoto in the central jungle state of San Martin.
Police were puzzled when they found the turkeys in the crate, but didn’t find the cocaine. They then noticed that the two turkeys were bloated. Lifting up the feathers of the bird, in the chest area, police detected a handmade seam.
A veterinarian extracted 11 oval-shaped plastic capsules containing 1.9 kilograms of cocaine from one turkey and 17 capsules with 2.9 kilograms from the other.
That’s nearly 11 pounds of drugs!
Gangs often use human couriers who swallow cocaine to sneak it across borders but it is unusual to use animals. In 2005, Colombian police found a total of 3 kilograms of heroin sewn into the bellies of six puppies during a raid on a veterinarian clinic.
You’ll be happy to know both turkeys survived the removal.



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 25…

Be Kind to Humankind Week

27 Aug…

239 days so far this year…126 days remain in 2009
Global Forgiveness Day
*Texas—LBJ Day
*Moldova: Independence Day—from USSR—1991

BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…

…SCIENCE…
1770….. Georg Wilhelm F Hegel German philosopher/inventor (dialectic)

…POLITICS…
1809….. Hannibal Hamlin (R) 15th VP
1865….. Charles Gates Dawes (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925)

1908….. Lyndon B Johnson (D) 36th Pres


…ARTS…
551 B.C ….. Confucius (K’ung Fu-tzu) philosopher

1871….. Theodore Dreiser US, novelist (Sister Carrie, American Tragedy)
1882….. Samuel Goldwyn pioneer film maker/producer (MGM)
1899….. C.S. Forester Engl, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower

1908….. Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress
1910….. Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia
1929….. Ira Levin writer: Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil
1942….. Daryl Dragon Pasadena Calif, keyboardist (Capt & Tennille)
1943….. Susan "Tuesday" Weld NYC, actress
1952….. Pee-wee Herman aka Paul Reubens, actor


Events on this day…

26 -BC….. Origin of Egyptian Era

1660….. John Milton’s books were burned in London, because of the author’s attacks on King Charles II.
1667….. Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia)

1859….. In Titusville, Pennsylvania, Edwin Drake drills the first successful oil well in the United States.
1883….. Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons
1889….. Charles G. Conn of Elkhart, IN patented the metal clarinet

1912 ….. Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan
1955….. The "Guinness Book of World Records" compiled by student twins Norris and Ross McWhirter is published for the first time and becomes an instant success.
1990….. Former Guinness chairman Ernest Saunders and his three conspirators Gerald Ronson, Sir Jack Lyons and Anthony Parnes are convicted for involvement in a conspiracy to drive up the price of shares of Guinness



Riddles from BrainFood.com

Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?




1. I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

2. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

3. I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
What am I?

4. I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?

5. I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

* BONUS:
Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?
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Answers:
1. A splinter.
2. A hole.
3. Tomorrow.
4. Breath.
5. Smoke.
.*Bonus: An eye.
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