≈Week 20 of 2010: 142 days this year…223 days remain≈
≈ Something To Think About
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
~Woodrow T. Wilson
≈ Random Fact
The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
• Holy Mackerel: On this day in 2008 ►Eight women and three men, aged between 80 and 96, were burned to death when they were accused of being witches in the western Kisii district of Kenya 19 have now been arrested connection with the murders.
≈ Free Ramblings
Tonight our discussion group is meeting on Europe’s Far East, that area that was much of the former USSR and now most are members of NATO. It should be an interesting discussion. It will mean that my blog may be less than normal.
Today, as promised, was very windy. It has been blowing constantly since last night. We did climb to a nice 74° but the 50mph gusts and steady 30mph winds made it a bad day to be outside.
≈ A Quick Smile…
Dr. Smith asks his patient, "Which do you want first, the good news or the bad news?"
The patient replies, "Give me the good news."
Dr. Smith says, "You're about to have a disease named after you."
≈ Puzzle 1
I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
≈ Side Show Stories
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - City animal control officers have started removing hundreds of large, feral rats from inside a Las Cruces rental home. Animal shelter director Beth Vesco-Mock said the rats — some sickly and displaying evidence of fighting — are about the size of a four- to five-month-old kitten.
≈ Puzzle 2: Brain Food
≈ Puzzle 2: Brain Food
What phrase is represented by the following?
Look kool XtXhXeXrXoXaXdX
≈ Calendar Information
• Observance Weeks in May•
16-22
National Dog Bite Prevention Week
National New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Transportation Week
World Trade Week
17-23
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week
National Effectiveness Week
National Bike to Work Week
National Medical Transcription Week
National Backyard Games Week
22-29
Cover the Uninsured Week
National Safe Boating Week
• Today’s Observances—US/UN/World •
Buy-A-Musical-Instrument Day
International Day for Biological Diversity
National Maritime Day
National Wig Out Day
• Today’s Observances—by country •
Haiti: National Sovereignty Day
Sri Lanka: Republic Day (1972)
Martinique: Abolition Day
Republic of Yemen: Unity Day or National Day, celebrate the unification of North and South Yemen 1990.
• 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.
1948 ►Nature Boy; King Cole
1958 ►All I Have to Do Is Dream; The Everly Brothers
1968 ►Tighten Up; Archie Bell & the Drells
1978 ►With a Little Luck; Paul McCartney & Wings
• Today’s Happenings•
In The Arts
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In Athletics
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In Business or Education
1570 ►1st atlas, with 70 maps, published
1900 Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative
1961 ►1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens
In Politics
1370 ►Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium
1807 ►Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond VA (acquitted)
1851 ►As one of the last conflicts in the "Mariposa Indian Wars" in California, a large group of Yosemite Indians are captured at Lake Tenaija.
1964 ►LBJ presents "Great Society"
1989 ►45,000 students have now occupied Tiananmen Square in Beijing for the 10th day protesting for the pro-democracy movement
1972 ►Ceylon changes it's name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka
In Science/ Religion
1943 ►1st jet fighter is tested
1947 ►1st US ballistic missile fired
• Today’s Births •
Artists, Writers, and Composers
Judith Crist, 88, critic, born New York, NY
Mary Cassatt artist: The Bath born 1844 Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author born 1859 Edinburgh, Scotland
Wilhelm Richard Wagner composer born 1813 Leipzig
Athletes
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Entertainers
Richard Benjamin, 72, actor (Goodbye Columbus, Diary of a Mad Housewife, “He & She”), born New York, NY
Naomi Campbell, 40, model, born London, England
Lord Laurence Olivier actor (Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer) born 1907 Dorking, Surrey, England
Business, Education Persons
T Boone Pickens, 82, CEO (Shamrock, Mesa Petroleum Co) born Holdenville, OK
Political Persons
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Scientists /Religious Persons
Albrecht Gräfe pioneer eye surgeon; founded modern ophthalmology born 1828 Finkenheerd, Brandenburg
• Today’s Obits •
1885 Victor(-Marie) Hugo French writer (Les Misérables), dies at 83
1967 [James Mercer] Langston Hughes US author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65
1988 Dennis Day tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71
≈ ANSWERS to Puzzle 1
A sponge.
≈ ANSWERS to Brain Food
Look both ways before crossing the road.*
*'Look' is spelled forwards and backwards (both ways) and it comes before the words 'the road' which has X's all through it ie. it has been 'crossed'.
≈ Something you might enjoy…
In 2005, YouTube changed the internet forever. It is now available in 22 languages. Check out this one…
I have been ready for summer for the last few weeks. Back in 1969 this was a Janis Joplin hit about summertime.
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