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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .

1307 - William Tell shoots apple off his son's head

1997 - Arizona Diamondbacks & Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft

1883 - Standard time zones forms by railroads in US & Canada

1902 - Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt

1964 - J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"

♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .

Our little retirement group met for lunch today…a new Greek restaurant. Actually it is run by the same two guys who run the hole in the wall place downtown. Good food. Good conversation. Mary is doing well. She had some great family stories. She is headed for Phx next week for Turkey day with Mike’s family and another meal with Mary’s son’s family. Cheryl is headed for CA for a few days with her son and his family. We had missed three lunches with my trip and Mary’s mom’s passing. So we are meeting again on Monday to catch up.

Amazing news…the state supreme court overturned the governor’s firing of the head of the redistricting commission. So nice to see there is some sanity left here in AZ. All reports suggest that our all knowing governor is upset…about time, she is governor, not the omnipotent one. Slowing AZ is returning to some level of more sane behavior. It just takes time.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .

1.     What time doe the computer virus W32.MARIJUANA interrupt you to suggest taking a break?

2.    Hal, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, got its name how?

3.    Pixar created a 1995 blockbuster hit move using computer animation. What was the title of the movie?

4.    Which computer company dropped the Play Station line and created an Aptiva brand computer for home users?

5.    Red Hat and Yellow Dog are computer outfits that distributed an alternative computer operating system. What was the name of the system?

6.    The Electronic Frontier Foundation named its $250,000 computer designed to crack the U.S. government's outdated DES cryptographic code what?

7.    What common element is used in the manufacture of computer chips?

8.    On the birthday of a famous painter, every March 6th, what computer virus strikes?

9.    The Dancing Baby computer generated 3D image danced it's way onto what TV show in 1998?

10.  What U.S. Democratic senator had the first internet home page?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest?                           .

NEW: Rules of Thumb                                                                          .

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

To tell if a pearl is genuine, rub it against your teeth. A fake pearl will feel smooth; the real thing will grate.

Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .

Estimated percentage of Afghanistan’s GNP that comes from US aide and other foreign sources: 97

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                     .

Of the 350 or so shark species, about 80% grow to less than 1.6 external m and are unable to hurt people or rarely encounter people. Only 32 species have been documented in attacks on humans, and an additional 36 species are considered potentially dangerous.

Almost any shark 1.8 external m or longer is a potential danger, but three species have been identified repeatedly in attacks: the great white, tiger, and bull sharks.

Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                               .            

HARLOW, England - A 92-year-old British woman said she was "taken aback" when a store clerk refused to sell her alcohol because she didn't have her ID card. Diane Taylor, a Harlow, England, great-grandmother, said she stopped at the local One Stop Shop to buy a bottle of whiskey for her son and was asked to produce her photo ID, The Mirror reported Monday. "It seemed so stupid I thought the cashier was complimenting me," Taylor said. "But then I realized that she was being serious so I pulled out my bus pass, my blood donor's card but it was no good. She said she wanted proof of age. I was so taken aback I didn't know what to do." "I am 101 percent with them for checking young people but carrying it to that length is just ridiculous," she said. "No one can convince me I look under 25 -- I'd only take 78 at a push." A spokesman for the store apologized for the inconvenience but said store policy requires proof of age to purchase alcohol.

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .

While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft. Spotting an old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted, "Are there any gators around here?"

 "Naw," the man hollered back, "they ain't been around for years!"

 Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming leisurely toward the shore.

 About halfway there he asked the guy, "How'd you get rid of the gators?"

 "We didn't do nothing,'" the beachcomber said.

 "Wow," said the tourist.

 The beachcomber added, "The sharks got 'em."

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

St Peter's Basilica

Daybook Information                                                                                    .

…Happening This Week:

13-19 American Education Week

Geography Awareness Week National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week

National Global Entrepreneurship Week

18-24

National Farm-City Week

TODAY IS                                                                                                         .

Married To A Scorpio Support Day

Mickey Mouse Day [debut in 1928]

Occult Day

Push-button Phone Day

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Latvia: Independence Day (1918)

Oman: National Holiday

Today’s Events                                                                                                .

ARTS

1865 - Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

ATHLETICS

1970 - Johnny Bench wins NL MVP

1985 - Dwight Gooden (NL) & Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young

BUSINESS

1805 - 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America

1874 - National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland

1936 - Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined

1997 - Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000

EDUCATION

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

864: The Great Ballcourt at Chichen Itza is dedicated by the Maya.

1813: Members of the Hillabi Clan of the Muskogee Creeks have offered to surrender to General Andrew Jackson with Scots trader Robert Grierson acting as intermediary. Jackson agrees to the surrender. However, forces under Generals Hugh White and John Cocke are unaware of the agreement. They attack Hillabee village, which believes the fighting is over. Five dozen Hillabis are killed, and 250 are captured. This action reverses the Hillabis' decision to surrender. They become one of the most fierce fighting units in the Creek War.

POLITICS [International]

1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie’s troops occupy Carlisle

POLITICS [US]

1960 - Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration

1975 - Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to US

RELIGION

326 - The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated

1626 - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated

1787 - 1st Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston

SCIENCE

1421 - Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands

1497 - Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope

1929 - Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope"

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .

ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)

1861 - Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer 

ATHLETES

Jason Williams, American basketball player is 36

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

1908 - Imogene Coca, comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl)

Linda Evans, actor is 69

1909 - Johnny Mercer, lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic)

Kevin Nealon, comedian is 58

Katey Sagal, actor is 55

Alan B Shepard Jr, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14) is 88

Sinbad, [David Adkins], actor (1st Kid, Vibe) is 55

Brenda Vaccaro, actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls) is 72

Owen Wilson, American actor is 43

ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS

1901 - George Gallup, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll)

Megyn Kelly, American television news anchor is 41

POLITICIAL FIGURES

1787 - Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist

SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS

1810 - Asa Gray, botanist (Flora of North America)

Today’s Obits                                                                 .

1962 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (atom, Nobel 1922), dies at 77

1994 - Cab[ell] Calloway, US band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86

2002 - James Coburn, American actor dies at 74

1978 - Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide at 47 followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 member

1969 - Joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81

1946 - Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86

1966 - Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, dies

ANSWERS                                                                            

Trivia Quiz

1.     What time does the computer virus W32.MARIJUANA interrupt you to suggest taking a break?

a.     4:20 p.m.

2.    Hal, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, got its name how?

a.     Take the letters IBM, and select the preceding letter for each one.

3.    Pixar created a 1995 blockbuster hit move using computer animation. What was the title of the movie?

a.     Toy Story.

4.    Which computer company dropped the Play Station line and created an Aptiva brand computer for home users?

a.     IBM corporation.

5.    Red Hat and Yellow Dog are computer outfits that distributed an alternative computer operating system. What was the name of the system?

a.     Linux.

6.    The Electronic Frontier Foundation named its $250,000 computer designed to crack the U.S. government's outdated DES cryptographic code what?

a.     Deep Crack.

7.    What common element is used in the manufacture of computer chips?

a.     Silicon.

8.    On the birthday of a famous painter, every March 6th, what computer virus strikes?

a.     Michelangelo.

9.    The Dancing Baby computer generated 3D image danced it's way onto what TV show in 1998?

a.     Ally McBeal.

10.  What U.S. Democratic senator had the first internet home page?

a.     Ted Kennedy.

Wuzzle

Spiral staircase

Eight periods in a school day

Middle-age spread

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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