Monday 5-3

≈Week 19 of 2010: 123 days this year… 242 days remain≈

≈ Something To Think About 

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!

~Mark Twain

≈ Random Fact   

Elizabeth Taylor appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else.

• Holy Mackerel: On this day in 1971 ►More than 6000 anti war demonstrators were arrested in Washington D.C. when they tried to disrupt commuter traffic

≈ Free Ramblings   

OK, our weather here in Flagstaff has officially gone bonkers. Last week I learned what ‘thunder-snow’ was. Today, at least four different times, we had ‘sun-snow’. Clear sky would quickly turn dark, snow would fall, clouds would disappear, sun would shine and snow would continue falling. None of these tiny flakes would stick, and certainly didn’t bring much moisture. Twice this afternoon, it looked like dead of winter—dark, grey, snow falling. This weather kept me inside most of the day. I mean, after all, it is MAY. We have been known to have snow as late as June, but in my many years here, I don’t remember snow happening so often so late in spring. We only got to 45° and it was strange to see kids riding bikes or dogs and owners in the commons area one minute, then 5 minutes later the place was deserted as the snow fell. Within ten or fifteen minutes everybody was outside again. Wind of course is another story. That can come, and does come, at any time of the year.

Manhattan is an amazing place, or so says my brother. I talked to him today, and I was more informed on the bomb in Times Square than he was. The only time they are in that area is to see a play and last night a play was not on their list. So, while he was only a mile or so away, he didn’t even know about the excitement until he picked up the morning paper. The morning news shows were filled with top government officials, top NYC officials, street vendors at Times Square telling their part of the story. For whatever reason, the bomb didn’t explode; no one was injured or killed. Hearing the account from the vendors was amazing. Here are everyday guys from various points around the world, standing in Times Square selling their hot dogs or their tourist trinkets. One saw smoke inside a parked vehicle, one notified the police, another was just sitting in a chair taking a break. Suddenly they were evacuated with thousands of others. No panic, no anger, no ranting. It could have been so bad, had it not been for those everyday alert people.

≈ A Quick Smile…   

At the beginning of my junior year of High School in Arkansas, our homeroom teacher had us fill out a form stating our future goals. Out of curiosity, I leaned over to see what my friend put down for her aspirations. Where it read "Vocational Plans," she had written, "Florida."

≈ Puzzle   

The number next to the acronym helps solve what the acronym means... e.g. 365 DIAY = 365 days in a year, and 366 DIALY = 366 days in a leap year.

1. 18 H o a G C

2. 4 a 20 BB B i a P

3. 90 D i a R A

≈ Side Show Stories   

NORRKOPING, Sweden - A Swedish woman is facing forgery and fraud charges for borrowing $62,000 in her best friend's name and using it to travel to Thailand for breast implants. The indictment against the Norrkoping woman says she tricked her friend into revealing her bank information with a story claiming she needed to deposit money and hide it from enforcement agencies, Swedish news agency TT reported Thursday. However, the woman instead used the bank information to borrow $62,000 in her friend's name and used the money for private debts, several trips to Thailand and breast augmentation surgery while in the country. The woman also allegedly changed her friend's address with her bank and defrauded her of another $10,000 by using the other woman's credit cards. The suspect told authorities she planned to pay the money back at some point in the future.

≈ Calendar Information   

• Observance Weeks in May•

1-7

Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Week

2-8

Be Kind To Animals Week

National Correctional Officer's Week

Children's Mental Health Week

Drinking Water Week

Flexible Work Arrangement Week

Kids Win Week

3-9

Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week

Intimate Apparel Market Week

Work At Home Moms Week

• Today’s Observances—US/UN/World •

Garden Meditation Day

Lumpy Rug Day

National Two Different Colored Shoes Day

Paranormal Day

World Press Freedom Day

Melanoma Monday

World Press Freedom Day from Article 19 of UN Declaration of Human Rights

• Today’s Observances—by country •

Northern Ireland : Bank Holiday

Japan: Constitution Day 1947

Poland: Constitution Day 1791

Zambia : Labor Day

• Today’s Number One Songs in…

For anyone interested, all these songs are available on iTunes.

1931►Dream a Little Dream of Me; Wayne King

1951 ►How High the Moon; Les Paul & Mary Ford

1961 ►Runaway; Del Shannon

1971 ►Joy to the World; Three Dog Night

1981 ►Morning Train (9 to 5); Sheena Easton

1991 ►Baby Baby; Amy Grant

• Today’s Happenings•

In The Arts

1621 ►Francis Bacon accused of bribery

1937 ►Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind"

1939 ►"Beer Barrel Polka" was recorded by The Andrews Sisters.

1948 ►Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener for “Tales of the South Pacific” & Tennessee Williams for “Streetcar Names Desire”

In Athletics

1986 ►Bill Shoemaker becomes the oldest person ( 54 ) to win the famous Kentucky Derby

In Business or Education

1765 ►1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia

1919 ►America's 1st passenger flight (New York-Atlantic City)

1965 ►1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite

In Politics

1802 ►Washington DC incorporates as a city

1806 ►Lewis and Clark meet Nez Perce Chief, Weahkoonut (Bighorn).

1851 ►Most of San Francisco destroyed by fire

1933 ►1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of US Mint takes office

1971 ►National Public Radio begins programming; 112 NPR stations premiere "All Things Considered"

In Science/ Religion

1493 ►Today through tomorrow, the Pope divides the "new world" between the Spanish and the Portuguese.

• Today’s Births •

Artists, Writers, and Composers

Andy Adams, 1859, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)

Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469, philosopher, writer: The Prince

Athletes

Jeffrey John Hornacek, 47, former basketball player

Sugar Ray Robinson [Walter Smith], 1920, middleweight/welterweight boxer

Entertainers

Mary Astor, 1906, actress

James Brown, 1928, singer, soul brother #1

Greg Gumbel, 64, television personality, sportscaster

Dulé Hill, 36, actor (“The West Wing”)

Mary Hopkin, 1950, South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days)

Pete Seeger, 91, folksinger, songwriter (“Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”)

Frankie Valli, 73, singer

Business, Education Leaders

Doug Henning, 1947, magician/illusionist

Political Leaders

Golda Meir [Meyerson], 1898, Kiev Ukraine, 4th Israeli PM

Scientists /Religious Leaders

Sir George Thomson, 1892, demonstrated electron diffraction (Nobel 1937)

• Today’s Obits •

Dan Blocker, 1972, actor (Hoss-Bonanza), blood clot @ 43

Hugh Beaumont, 1982, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), heart attack @ 73

Christine Jorgensen, 1989, 1st transsexual, bladder cancer @ 62

≈ ANSWERS to puzzle

1. 18 H o a G C = 18 Holes on a Golf Course

2. 4 a 20 BB B i a P = 4 and 20 BlackBirds Baked in a Pie

3. 90 D i a R A = 90 Degrees in a Right Angle

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