This is Week 44 of 2010►Day 307 with 58 days left.
Flagstaff Weather: H—66°; L—34°; RH—25%; sky—clear and wind—15 mph with 20mph gusts
QUOTE FOR THE DAY—
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. --Henry David Thoreau
FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
It’s all over but the counting. Finally back to commercials on who has the softer toilet paper and legal drugs with a list of side effects longer than a master’s thesis. I headed for the polls about 9am and was the 246th voter at my precinct. AZ had a very long ballot and it took some time to fill in all those little bubbles. I had my list with me, on my cell phone, so I could move right through. Somebody behind me was having trouble getting the ballot as an earlier person had signed the correct name on the incorrect line. She finally was given a ballot. I proudly wore my ‘I voted’ sticker to lunch with our group and even marked on Facebook that I had voted. I realize that the FB thing is not scientific and anyone could mark they voted, but it sure has been nice to see that number climb from the 1.5 million when I marked it to over 10.5 million when I last checked. It was a new idea and I liked it. I must say I am on way too many political sites on FB, as my post count tripled today as every ‘like’ posted way too many uninformative posts. I almost turned some of them off for the day, but decided not to, just in case something interesting was posted.
Cheryl starts her pre-op diet tomorrow or as she calls it her gruel diet. It is little more than protein drinks, broth, and some kind of fiber. Anyway, this was our last lunch for a little while, but she said that she will come in next week, and have her protein drink and stare at our food as we eat. Turns out that this operation is her first since she had her tonsils out as a kid. This will be quite a surprise for her. She has a very sarcastic sense of humor and both Mary and I warned her about that with the nursing staff. Many times they don’t get the sarcasm and certainly are trained not to use any with the patients. We let her know that she wants the nursing staff to like her to get the best care. Mary and I shared some of our funnier ‘hospital’ stories while Cheryl listened attentively, probably wondering if she had made the right decision.
HOLY MACKEREL: 1964▬For the first time, residents of the District of Columbia were permitted to vote in a presidential election.
JEOPARDY PUZZLE—(1984 games)(answers below)-Colorful Geography
$100- Contrary to name, this world's largest island is primarily icecap
$200- National Park famous for faithful aquatic eruptions
$300- Only Universal Studios' special effects & Moses could part it
$400- Called the Schwarzwald, it's the deep dark woods of fairy tale fame
$500- John Denver's country roads lead to these West Virginia mountains
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION—Crazy Laws
→During the 6th Century, it was customary to congratulate people who sneezed because it was thought that they were expelling evil from their bodies. During the great plague of Europe, the Pope passed a law to say “God bless you” to one who sneezed.
→In 1313, King Edward II enacted the law that forbade folks from dying in Parliament.
→An old statute in Kentucky states that men who push their wives out of bed for inflicting their cold toes on them can be fined or jailed for a week.
→An old law in Russia allows a police officer to “beat a peeping tom soundly.” In Texas, two categories of men are exempt from peeping tom charges: men over 50 and men with only one eye.
→A pregnant woman can urinate anywhere she wishes, including a policeman’s helmet, according to a London local by-law.
→To mourn the death of Queen Mary II in 1964, judges wore black robes, and never changed back to another color.
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM
STAMFORD, CT — It is assault charges for Spider-Man and Captain America, and breach of peace for Poison Ivy.
Police in Connecticut said a man dressed as Captain America and another as Spider-Man have been arrested after getting into a fight in Stamford over the Halloween weekend.
Stamford Police Lt. Elizabeth Erickson said officers found 25-year-old Michael Sanchez, dressed as Captain America, beating the father of 21-year-old Vincent DeCarlo, sporting a Spider-Man costume, in a parking garage Sunday morning.
The Stamford Advocate reported that DeCarlo allegedly punched Sanchez of Stamford as police tried to break up the scuffle.
DeCarlo's girlfriend, 18-year-old Nicole Bitterli of Toms River, N.J., dressed as Poison Ivy, also hit Sanchez.
Sanchez and DeCarlo face assault charges. Bitterli faces a breach of peace charges.
It was unclear if any had attorneys.
A LITTLE LAUGH
Every year on their wedding anniversary my boss, Woody, and his wife celebrated by staying at the same resort hotel. On their 25th anniversary they booked their usual room. But when the hotel's bell captain escorted them upstairs, they were in for a big surprise. "There must be some mistake," Woody said. "This looks like the bridal suite."
"It's okay," the bell captain reassured him. "If I put you in the ballroom, that doesn't mean you have to dance."
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’
Harvesting Palm Oil is destroying the Orangutan habitat. WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO
GREY MATTER PICTURE
This is a close up of what object?
SOME CALENDAR INFORMATION
¤ Weekly Observances ¤
27-11/3: World Hearing Aid Awareness Week
1-7: Intimate Apparel Market Week
Give Wildlife A Break Week
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week
Give Wildlife A Break Week
National Patient Accessibility Week
World Communication Week
7-13: National Nurse Practioner's Week, Pursuit of Happiness Week, National Rad Tech Week , Fraud Awareness Week, Dear Santa Letter Week, National Young Reader's Week, World Kindness Week
14-20: American Education Week, Geography Awareness Week, National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week, National Global Entrepreneurship Week
19-25:National Farm-City Week
21-28: National Bible Week, National Family Week, National Game & Puzzle Week, National Teens Don't Text and Drive Week, Better Conversation Week, Church/State Separation Week
¤ Today’s Observances ¤
Sandwich Day
Housewife's Day
Cliché Day
Dominica: Independence Day, from the United Kingdom 1978 (small island in Caribbean)
Ecuador: Cuenca's Independence Day
Federated States of Micronesia: Independence Day, from the United States 1986.
Japan: Culture Day, originally celebrated as Emperor's Birthday until the Meiji Emperor's death in 1912 , and its related observances:
-----Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan: Feudal Lord's Parade (文化の日, Hakone Daimyō Gyōretsu) to promote arts and other academic endeavors
Panama: Independence Day (1903 from Columbia)
US—in Texas: Father of Texas Day (since 1932 to honor Stephen F. Austin)
¤ Hit Songs on this date ¤
Click on Song Title to see and hear the original
1901...Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder / Harry MacDonough (original not available)
1921...All by Myself / Ted Lewis (original not available)
1951…Cold, Cold Heart / Tony Bennett ((original not available)
¤ Today’s Births ¤
╬ THE ARTS
Adam Ant, 56, singer, born Stewart Goddard in London
William Cullen Bryant, poet (Thanatopsis), born in 1794
Lulu (Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie), 62, singer/actress (To Sir With Love) in Glasgow
♦♦Actors♦♦
Ken Berry, 77, actor (“F Troop,” “Mayberry RFD,” “Mama’s Family”), singer, dancer
Charles Bronson (Buchinsky), actor (Death Wish, Dirty Dozen), born in 1922
Michael Evans, actor (Lionel-All in the Family), born in 1949
Kathy Kinney, 56, actress (“The Drew Carey Show”)
Steve Landesberg, 65, actor (“Barney Miller”)
Dolph Lundgren, 51, actor (A View to a Kill, Rocky IV), born Stockholm, Sweden
Dennis Miller, 57, comedian, actor (“Saturday Night Live,” “The Dennis Miller Show”)
Roseanne, 57, comedienne, actress (“Roseanne,” She-Devil), born Roseanne Barr
╬ ATHLETICS
Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908), born in 1880
Robert William Andrew (Bob) Feller, 92, Hall of Fame baseball player, Indians
Larry Holmes, 61, boxer: heavyweight: WBC Champ [1978-1985]
╬ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Karl Baedeker, German travel books, born in 1801
╬ POLITICS
Stephen Fuller, colonized Texas, born in 1793
Michael S. Dukakis, 77, former Governor of Massachusetts (D), 1988 presidential candidate
╬ SCIENCE & RELIGION
Kevin P Chilton, 56, major USAF/astronaut (sk: STS-49)
John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, inventor (sandwich), born in 1718
¤ Today’s Obituaries ¤
Bob Kane, comic artist and Batman co-creator, @ 83 in 1998
Mary Martin actress (Peter Pan), @ 76 in 1990
Martin Meehan, Irish republican, heart attack @ 62 in 2007
Annie Oakley (Phoebe Ann Mosey), sharpshooter, exhibition shooter, anemia @ 66 in 1926
¤ Today’s Events ¤
╬ THE ARTS
1956▬"Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)
╬ ATHLETICS
1953▬"Sacrifice fly" reactivated in baseball (1939)
╬ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1885▬Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes & businesses
1892▬The first successful automatic telephone system was introduced in Laporte, IN
1900▬1st national automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
1952▬Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
╬ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1762▬As a part of the Treaty of Fountainbleau, Spain acquires all of French Louisiana west of the Mississippi River for helping France in the "Seven Years War," also called the "French and Indian War."
╬ POLITICS (US)
1620▬Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony
1868▬1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana)
1913▬The United States introduces an income tax.
1979▬Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina
╬ POLITICS (International)
1493▬Columbus lands on "Dominica."
1679▬Great panic occurs in Europe over the close approach of a comet
1762▬Spain acquires Louisiana
1997▬The United States of America imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle Eastand Eastern Africa.
2007▬Pervez Musharraf declares emergency rule across Pakistan. He suspends the Constitution, imposes a State of Emergency, and fires the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
╬ SCIENCE & RELIGION
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GREY MATTER ANSWERS
↔ JEOPARDY
$100- Contrary to name, this world's largest island is primarily icecap:
What is Greenland?
$200- National Park famous for faithful aquatic eruptions:
What is Yellowstone?
$300- Only Universal Studios' special effects & Moses could part it:
What is the Red Sea?
$400- Called the Schwarzwald, it's the deep dark woods of fairy tale fame:
What is the Black Forest?
$500- John Denver's country roads lead to these West Virginia mountains:
What are Blue Ridge Mountains?
↔ PICTURE
A taxi
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