Tues 5-11

≈Week 19 of 2010: 131 days this year… 234 days remain≈

≈ Something To Think About     

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

~ Jacob Bronowski

≈ Random Fact    

While Tequila holds a long and storied place in Mexican and Mexican-American celebratory traditions, the margarita didn’t even exist in 1862 (Battle of Puebla)! While tequila, ice, lime, and sugar all existed in 1862, they weren’t brought together in the form of a margarita until about 1930.

• Holy Mackerel: On this day in 1934 ►A huge dust storm is spotted moving from the Midwest. The dust storm was 1,500 miles long, 900 miles across and two miles high, covering almost one-third of the country.

≈ Free Ramblings    

Yet another windy day. This sure seems to be one of the windiest springs we have had in quite a while. Luckily it is not a cold wind. I was checking out the Navajo Times—the newspaper of the Navajo Nation. I was reminded that Navajo tradition does talk about wind. The wind comes and cleans the earth, blows away all the evil so that harmony can return to the world. Hmmm. That is it. AZ has been out of harmony since our non-elected governor took office. We have seen AZ hurled into the spotlight. Immigrants and native born people with brown skin will soon have to carry papers to show they are here legally. AZ will not allow sexual reproduction of humans and mermaids—even in a test tube. AZ will re-allow individuals to celebrate with fireworks which will probably set the whole dry desert and forests on fire. The list goes on and on. So maybe the Navajo have it right—again. The wind is simply trying to remove all the evil from the state and allow us to live in harmony.

We are still under a red flag warning until tomorrow night. We only got to 59° today. I did run a few errands this morning. This would have been a lot easier if there were not steady winds of 25 and gusts to 50. Each day of wind dries out the forest. I did water the outside plants, and I’m not sure one of my container bushes made it through the winter. It was buried under the snow from December until a few weeks ago. I thought it would bounce right back but it still is brown and dry and doesn’t seem to have any spring growth. I forget what it is, but I do know that it was supposed to be winter hardy. I’ll give it a couple of more weeks before I make a decision as to what to do with it.

≈ A Quick Smile…    

As the owner of an old clunker, I was used to dealing with a variety of car breakdowns. One day at the supermarket, just after I had filled my trunk with groceries, I noticed a stream of fluid pouring out of the bottom of the car. I knew I had to get home before the car was once again out of action.

When I arrived I asked my husband to take a look at the problem. Expecting the worst, I braced myself for his diagnosis. When he came back in, he was smiling. "It's apple juice," he

said.

≈ Puzzle    

Can you decipher the musical instruments represented below?

1. P O

2. BA BA

3. ECLART

4. @ # $ %

≈ Side Show Stories   

WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Wisconsin police said they are searching for a suspected car thief who led police on multiple high speed chases while dressed in drag. Wauwatosa police said a motorcycle officer pulled over a speeding vehicle Friday and asked the driver, a man dressed in women's clothing and makeup, for identification, WauwatosaNOW.com reported

Thursday. The officer said the driver, who seemed nervous, did not have identification and sped off when asked who owned the car. Police said the officer chased the car for about a minute, but stopped for the safety of other motorists when the man sped to speeds of 100 mph.

Investigators said they ran the license plate and found the car had been stolen two weeks earlier in Brookfield, Wis. Brookfield police said the suspect, a 20-year-old Milwaukee man, has been linked to several car thefts and ensuing high speed chases. They said the suspect always wears women's clothing and makeup.

≈ Calendar Information    

• Observance Weeks in May•

6-12

National Nurses Day and Week

8-16

National Tourism Week

9-15

National Nursing Home Week

National Police Week

National Return To Work Week

National Women's Health Week

Reading is Fun Week

Salute to Moms 35+ Week

10-16

National Etiquette Week

Salvation Army Week

Universal Family Week

Children's Book Week

National Stuttering Awareness Week

• Today’s Observances—US/UN/World •

Eat What You Want Day

Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

Minnesota : Admission Day (1858)

World : International Mother's Day

• Today’s Observances—by country •

Laos : Constitution Day (1947)

Nisga'a Nation: Nisga'a Day, celebration of the effective date of the Nisga'a Final Agreement. (signed in 1999, between British Columbia and Nisga’a—indigenous first nation in Canada)

• Today’s Number One Songs in…  

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

"Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies." ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

1942 ►Tangerine; Jimmy Dorsey

1952 ►Blue Tango; Leroy Anderson

1962 ►Soldier Boy; The Shirelles

1972 ►The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; Roberta Flack

1982 ►Ebony and Ivory; Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder

• Today’s Happenings•

In The Arts

1924 ►Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)

1927 ►The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded

1969 ►Monty Python comedy troupe forms

In Athletics

1981 ►Heavyweight boxing challenger Gerry Cooney left former champ Ken Norton on the ropes and unconscious after 54 seconds of the first round

In Business or Education

1752 ►1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)

1947 ►BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron OH

1949 ►1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)

In Politics

1792 ►Columbia River named by US Captain Robert Gray

1862 ►After a standoff with the Union ironclad Monitor on Mar 9, the Confederate ironclad Merrimac was destroyed by the Confederate navy on May 11. In the wake of advancing Union troops in the Peninsular Campaign, the South was forced to destroy the valuable vessel to prevent its capture by Union forces.

1910 ►Glacier National Park in Montana was created by an act of Congress.

1953 ►Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory

1965 ►Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument

1969 ►“Hamburger Hill” battle over a 10-day period, often engaging in bloody hand-to-hand combat with the North Vietnamese began today.

1978 ►Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps

In Science/ Religion

1751 ►1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)

1916 ►Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented

1997 ►IBM's The Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov to win a six-game chess match

• Today’s Births •

Artists, Writers, and Composers

Irving Berlin [Isadore Balin], 1888, composer (White Xmas), born in Temum Siberia

Salvadore (Felipe Jacinto) Dalí (y Domenech), 1904, surrealist artist , born in Figueras Spain

Athletes

Matt Leinart, 27, football player, born in Santa Ana, CA

Entertainers

Ira Aldridge, 1807, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) born in NYC

Foster Brooks, 1912, comedian, actor born in Louiville, KY

Eric Burdon, 69,rock vocalist (Animals), born in Walker-on-Tyne England

Martha Graham, 1894, modern dancer born in Pittsburg, PA

Doug McClure, 1935, actor (Virginian, Roots), born in Glendale CA

Denver Pyle, 1920, actor (Uncle Jessie: Dukes of Hazzard), born in Bethune CO

Dame Margaret Rutherford, 1892, actress (Murder Most Foul) born in Balham London England

Mort Sahl, 83, comedian/political satirist/beatnik, born in Montréal Canada

Phil Silvers, 1912, comedian (Sergeant Bilko-Phil Silvers Show), born in Brooklyn NY

Business, Education Leaders

Chang & Eng Bunker, 1811, Chinese Siamese twins

Political Leaders

Charles Warren Fairbanks, 1852, 26th US Vice President born in Unionville, OH 

Louis Farrakhan, 77, Nation of Islam leader, born in New York, NY

Scientists /Religious Leaders

Robert Jarvik, 64, physician, inventor of artificial heart that went into Barney Clark born in Midland, MI

Ottmar Mergenthaler, 1854, inventor (linotype), born in Hachtel Germany

• Today’s Obits •

Lester Raymond Flatt musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett), @ 64 in 1979

Chester Gould cartoonist (Dick Tracy), @ 84 in 1985

Carlos Herrera drink inventor (Margarita), @ 90 in 1992

John Herschel cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, @ 79 in 1871

Bob Marley reggae singer, brain & lung cancer @ 36 in 1981

Elizabeth McDonald inventor (Spic & Span), @ 98 in 1992

John D Rockefeller Jr philanthropist, @ 86 in 1960

Edward H Thompson US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), @ 78 in 1935

≈ ANSWERS to puzzle    

1. Piano (P and O)

2. Tuba (Two BA)

3. Clarinet (CLAR in ET)

4. Cymbals (Symbols)

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