Friday 3-12

♣ 12 March 2010--Week 10 of 2010: 71 days this year…294 remain ♣

♣ Two Quotes to think about…Today ♣

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

~Mark Twain, American Author, Humorist

“There is not a truth existing which I fear or would wish unknown to the whole world.”

~Thomas Jefferson

♣ Free Ramblings ♣

Flagstaff has had 94 consecutive days with at least an inch of snow on the ground. As of today, that is the third longest time since records were started back in the early 1900’s. I must say, today was such a nice sunny day, no clouds, little wind, and a 42° high that gave me spring fever. The two snow banks at my front door are still over five feet high with huge icebergs inside. A few more feet away from the house there’s only a couple of inches of snow on the ground. The back deck still has about 3” and I haven’t gone out there yet. Strangely the birds are not coming by very often. I think it is the wind that rushes off the mountain. I know they will be back as soon as they get hungry. The day was so nice, I almost forgot that when I got up at 6 this morning, it was 5°. Certainly that was one of the coldest mornings we have had in a long time.

I’ve been putting the Number One songs from various years in this blog for some time. Most of the time, I see the title and the tune pops into my head, then I put another song down, and another tune pops in. Then I forget about it until the next day. Yesterday I put up “I Love Rock and Roll” and that tune kept popping into my head all day long. It doesn’t happen that often, and this song doesn’t have any odd or unusual or good memories associated with it, but it was a hard hitting song. Maybe that’s why it won’t leave my poor old brain. I hope other readers also are reminded of the tunes listed, maybe a good experience associated with that tune, and even maybe a couple of lines of the song. I hope no one has the song stick in some corner of the brain to pop out throughout the day. I can be very annoying.

Spring break is next week for Flagstaff and NAU. People will be heading out to warmer climates for the sun or to colder climates for skiing or just hangin’ out here in town. Lots of kids will be running around the neighborhood. It also means that for the next week we won’t be getting any local news or weather from NAU. It still amazes me that our little town has to rely on the University to get our local news. It is a good broadcast, and I can’t complain about the broadcast. I just wish it was on every day.

♣Random Fact: ♣

In 1893, Colorado was the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote. Utah and Idaho followed suit in 1896, Washington State in 1910, California in 1911, Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona in 1912, Alaska and Illinois in 1913, Montana and Nevada in 1914, New York in 1917; Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma in 1918.

♣Side Show Stories—♣

OWENSBORO, Ky. - Police in Kentucky said a woman arrested for public intoxication faces an additional charge for squirting breast milk on a deputy at the jail. Daviess County sheriff's deputies said Toni Tramel, 31, of Owensboro, was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor count of public intoxication and while changing into a jail uniform she allegedly sprayed a stream of breast milk into the face of a female deputy, WYMT-TV, Hazard, Ky., reported. The sheriff's office said the deputy went through a biohazard decontamination process and Tramel was booked on an additional charge of third degree assault on a police officer, a felony. She was being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.

♣ Puzzle ♣

Word Boxes are like miniature crossword puzzles, except that each word is filled in across AND down the grid. That is, the answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? To solve: draw a square that has 5 X 5 sections.

1 fumble (HINT: F - - - -)

2 of the moon (HINT: - U - - -)

3 all-American Sam (HINT: - - C - -)

4 lie descriptor (HINT: - - - S -)

5 released (HINT: - - - - D)

♣ Calendar Information ♣

• March’s Month Long Observances •

BIRTHSTONE: aquamarine and bloodstone (courage) FLOWER: Narcissus [daffodil, jonquil] (vanity)

National Cheerleading Safety Month • National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month • National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month • National Craft Month • National Ethics Awareness Month •National Eye Donor Month • National Frozen Food Month • National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month •National Kidney Month• National Nutrition Month • National Social Work Month • National Umbrella Month • National Women's History Month • Optimism Month • Play The Recorder Month • Poison Prevention Awareness Month • Red Cross Month • Save Your Vision Month • Sing With Your Child Month • Small Press Month •Spiritual Wellness Month • Women's History Month • Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month • Youth Art Month

• Observance Weeks in March•

6-21 •Iditarod Race

7-13 •Celebrate Your Name Week:

       •National Consumer Protection Week

       •National Words Matter Week

       •Save Your Vision Week

       •Telecommuter Appreciation Week

       •National Professional Pet Sitters Week

       •Read an E-Book Week

       •Teen Tech Week

8-12•Make A Referral Week

      •National Sleep Awareness Week

      •National School Breakfast Week

8-14•Universal Women's Week

• 10 March Observances—US/UN/World •

Alfred Hitchcock Day

Girl Scout Day

Middle Name Pride Day

New Mexico : Arbor Day

•10 March Observances—by country •

Taiwan: Arbor Day

China: Arbor Day

♣ Number One Songs in…

1951•There’s Been a Change in Me - Eddy Arnold

1959•Charlie Brown - The Coasters

1967•Baby I Need Your Lovin’ - Johnny Rivers

1975•My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli

1983•Billy Jean - Michael Jackson

• Holy Mackerel: 1930•Mahatma Gandhi and his followers begin a 200 mile march to the salt beds of Jalalpur to campaign against British tax on salt

• Born on this day •

     …The Arts

Authors, Artists and Composers

Edward Albee, 82, playwright, born Washington, DC

Jack Kerouac, 1922, Beat writer (Dharma Bums, On the Road, Mexico Blues)

Entertainers in Cinema, Music, Theater, and TV

Barbara Feldon, 69, actress (“Get Smart,” Smile)

Al (Alwin) Jarreau, 70, singer, songwriter

Paul Kantner, 68, , rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane)

Gordon MacRae, 1921, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel)

Liza Minnelli, 64, singer, actress (Oscar for Cabaret; The Sterile Cuckoo, Arthur)

Jon Provost, 60, actor (Timmy-Lassie)

James Taylor, 62, singer, musician (“You’ve Got a Friend,” “Handy Man”)

William "Buckwheat" Thomas, 1931, actor (Little Rascals)

     …Athletes

Darryl Strawberry, 48, former baseball player (Mets, Yankees, Dodgers)

     …Business, Education

Charles Boycott, 1832, real estate agent: refused to lower rents, served eviction notices instead [1880]; tenants refused to deal with him; in other words, they boycotted Boycott making his name a part of the English language from then on

     …Politics

Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1806, 1st lady-Franklin Pierce

James McKay, 1912, lord provost of Edinburgh

Mitt Romney, 63, former Governor of Massachusetts (R)

Andrew Young, 78, civil rights leader, former mayor of Atlanta

     …Science/Religion

Jane Delano, 1862, (US), nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross)

William Perkin, 1838, inventor (1st artificial dye)

Capt. Walter ‘Wally’ M. Shirra Jr., 1923, astronaut

•Today’s Obits •

Annelies Marie Anne Frank, estimated day-1945, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), typhus in Belsen Camp @ 16

George Westinghouse, 1914, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), heart disease @ 67

Sun Yat-Sen,1925, Chinese revolutionary president, liver cancer @ 58

•What Happened on this Day •

     …The Arts

1951•“Mr. Wiiiiillllssssson!” The comic strip, Dennis the Menace, appeared for the first time in 16 newspapers

     …Athletics

1978•Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:14.99)

     …Business, Education.

1789•US Post Office established

1884•The State of Mississippi authorized the first state-supported college for women.

1912•Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low

     …Politics

1664•New Jersey becomes a British colony

1689•Former English King James II lands in Ireland

1850•1st US $20 gold piece issued

1933•FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat"

1945•New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment

     …Science/Religion

1912•Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane

♣ANSWERS to puzzle ♣

FLUFF

LUNAR

UNCLE

FALSE

FREED

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