Monday

♣ 8 March 2010--Week 10 of 2010: 67 days this year…298 remain ♣

♣ Two Quotes to think about…Today ♣

"Quit work and play for once."

~unknown

“Unity is power”

~Arabic Proverb

♣ Free Ramblings ♣

The promised snow arrived today. We had an afternoon of huge flakes. Last night we had a night of wind and rain. The huge flakes were kept in the air for some time by the wind, and then, as they fell to the ground, they quickly melted. Snow that fell on snow lasted longer than snow that fell on pavement. After a couple of hours of the beauty of falling snow, both the wind and the snow stopped and the remainder of the day was simply grey. The high of 35° wasn’t too cold, but the wind made it a day to stay inside.

♣Random Fact: ♣

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

♣Side Show Stories—♣

DOUGLAS, Ariz. - U.S. Border Patrol officials in Arizona said someone outfitted in scuba gear was spotted in a sewer along the U.S.-Mexico border with two bundles of marijuana. The Border Patrol Douglas Station said a bike patrol was dispatched to a sewer outlet Friday after infrared cameras picked up signs of people illegally crossing into the United States from Mexico, The Arizona Republic reported. The agents said the bike patrol spotted someone in scuba gear wading through waist-high water with two bundles of marijuana. The person dropped the bundles and turned back toward Mexico upon seeing the agents, spokesman Omar Candelaria said. The bundles, containing 55 pounds of marijuana, were recovered by the agents. However, Candelaria said the smuggler evaded capture.

♣ 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 sulk walk (HINT: S - - - -)

2 a type of mostly nocturnal ungulate (HINT: - A - - -)

3 judge (HINT: - - I - -)

4 chop fine (HINT: - - - C -)

5 feather maintenance technique (HINT: - - - - N)

♣ 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:

• 4 March Observances—US/UN/World •

Be Nasty Day

Day for Women's Rights & International Peace

Fun Facts About Names Day (What is Barbie’s last name? What was the White House called before the White House?*

Girls Write Now Day

International Working Women's Day

•4 March Observances—by country •

Egypt, Libya, Syria : Syrian Revolution Day (1963)

UK: Commonwealth Day since 1958, before that Empire Day

* Barbie is Barbara Millicent Roberts: White House was called the President’s Palace, President’s House, and Executive Mansion

♣ Number One Songs in…

1947•The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore

1955•Sincerely - McGuire Sisters

1963•Walk like a Man - The 4 Seasons

1971•Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

1979•I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

• Holy Mackerel: 1913 •Internal Revenue Service begins to levy & collect income taxes
• Born on this day •

     …The Arts

Authors, Artists and Composers

Eric Linklater, 1899, Scotish novelist/poet/historical writer (Blue Swallows)

John McPhee, 79, author (The Control of Nature)

Entertainers in Cinema, Music, Theater, and TV

Cyd Charisse [Tula Ellice Finklea] , 1921, dancer/actress

Micky Dolenz, 65, singer, actor (“The Monkees” and “Circus Boy”), director

Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr, 1918, actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby-Gilligan's Island)

Kathy Ireland, 47, model

Camryn Manheim, 49, actress (“Ghost Whisperer,” “The Practice”)

Little Peggy March (Margret Annemarie Batavio), 62, singer: I Will Follow Him

Freddie Prinze, Jr, 34, actor (Scooby-Doo, She’s All That)

Lynn Redgrave, 67, actress (Georgy Girl)

James Van Der Beek, 33, actor (“Dawson’s Creek”)

     …Athletes

Jason Elam, 40, NFL kicker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)

James Edward (Jim) Rice, 57, Hall of Fame baseball player (Red Sox)

     …Business, Education

Joseph Lee, 1862, helped develop playgrounds

Raynoma Gordy Singleton, 73, cofounder of Motown Records

     …Politics

Hannah Hoes Van Buren, 1783, wife of President Martin Van Buren

Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1841, 59th Supreme Court justice

     …Science/Religion

Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, 1075, Arab theologist

Juan de Dios, 1495, saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)

Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, 1787, help create modern plastic surgery

•Today’s Obits •

Joe DiMaggio, 1999, Yankee baseball, @ 84

Juan de Dios, 1550, saint (Brothers of Mercy), pneumonia on his 55th birthday

Nat Gordon, 1862, last pirate, hanged in New York NY for stealing 1,000 slaves (age unknown)

Millard Fillmore , 1874 , 13th President (1850-53), @ 74

Ferdinand von Zeppelin , 1917 , Dutch count/air pioneer, @ 78

William Howard Taft , 1930 , 27th US President/Chief Justice, @ 72

Harold Lloyd , 1971 , US comic/actor, cancer @ 77

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan , 1973 , rocker (Grateful Dead) cirrhosis @ 27

•What Happened on this Day •

     …The Arts

1978 •The first-ever radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.

     …Athletics

1936 •For the first time ever, car racing was done in Daytona.

1951 •International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)

1966 •Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame

     …Business, Education

1946 •1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York NY)

1958 •William Faulkner says US schools degenerated to become babysitters

1969 •The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am the epitome of the American muscle car is introduced.

     …Politics

1838 •US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)

1855 •1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls

1862 •Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched

1865 •The WINNEBAGO sign a treaty reagrding the Omaha reservation.

1917 •The beginning of the Russian Revolution (Often called The February Revolution March 1917 in the Western Calendar ) against Czarist Rule

1930 •Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India

2004 •President Bush has vetoed a bill that would explicitly prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using interrogation methods including include water boarding.

     …Science/Religion

1887 •Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes

♣ANSWERS to puzzle ♣

STOMP

TAPIR

OPINE

MINCE

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