HOLY MACKEREL: 1937 The first issue of the periodical LOOK went on sale
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
I certainly hope that the events in Tucson will finally quiet the negative rhetoric toward immigration and Obama and all the hate speech toward politicians. There are too many people out there who listen to that hate and believe it. Some of them believe that it is their responsibility to remove those who don’t agree with them. This one crazy was able to end the lives of at least 6 Americans. One was a 9 year old child; another was a sitting Federal judge. This has been compared to Columbine. This guy had a semi-automatic pistol. I do not think that the founding fathers had this kind of weapon in mind when they wrote the second amendment. This congresswoman had her office windows shot out during the last campaign. At a press conference during the campaign a loaded gun fell out of a woman’s purse. When the FBI went to her office after the shooting they found a suspicious package. This incident should also point out to all Americans that we are not a peace loving nation. A shooting of 19 people at a political event proves that. We have all heard of politicians in India, Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and many other nations who have political figures gunned down. Now it is happening here—again. I have listened to CNN, Faux, MSNBC most of the day, on and off. Everyone is saying how awful this event is. The more right leaning news organizations are treading very carefully when it comes to why. Most other cable news are talking about a calming down of the rhetoric. Faux, as expected, isn’t commenting on their people’s own vial speech. This a truly sad day for all of America.
I am recovering well. My jaw is still a little tender—after being held wide open for so long. My tongue isn’t doing a very good job at tasting things yet, but I am eating well and bodily functions are back to normal. So I guess that is all good. Strangely my throat is not now, nor has ever been really sore. One would think that after all that trimming there should have been some more soreness. My great knowledge of anatomy seems to tell me that there must not be a lot of nerves in whatever they took out. I’m very thankful for that.
It was a nice day here, but still the snow isn’t melting very quickly. Our entire commons area is still covered with snow. That is usually the first snow that disappears. The many residents outside our little complex have still not cleared their sidewalks very well. Walks are difficult unless you want don’t mind walking in the street. Our city ordinances say that you have a few hours after the snow stops to falling to clear your sidewalks. Some of our neighbors either can’t read, don’t care, or live by the rule that nature will eventually melt it. It is very disturbing for those of us who like to walk. It is very inconvenient and a safety hazard. Many of the residents in the housing outside our complex seem to believe that they live in a rural area and don’t realize they live within the city limits.
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∞ JEOPARDY PUZZLE—(Super-Jeopardy Answers) from 1990 OLD TESTAMENT
…answers at bottom…
• I Kings 10 says the Queen of Sheba was highly impressed by his wisdom
• While smiting the firstborn in Egypt, the Lord passed over houses with this on the doorposts
• The Open Bible describes the first of the 150 of these as “two ways of life contrasted”
• Not only did he foil Haman's plot, he got Haman's house after Haman was hanged
• Though the eldest of Jacob's 12 sons, he forfeited his birthright
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM-- BRADENTON, FL
Florida police said they arrested a bank robbery suspect after his wife recognized his face in a surveillance photo on the news and reported him. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said Troy Sandifar, 45, allegedly robbed a First Bank branch of an unspecified amount of money at about 10:50 a.m. EST Tuesday and authorities received a call at about 6:30 p.m. from Afra Sandifar, who recognized her husband's face from a surveillance camera video broadcast on the evening news, the Bradenton (Fla.) Herald reported Thursday. Deputies said Troy Sandifar fled the apartment with the cash from the robbery and his vehicle was stopped by authorities. However, he refused commands to exit the vehicle and was spotted swallowing what appeared to be a large amount of rock cocaine. Sandifar was arrested after a brief struggle and taken to Manatee Memorial Hospital where he was treated for ingestion of drugs. Deputies said he made a full confession while being interviewed at the hospital. The suspect was transferred to the Manatee County Jail and held without bond, deputies said.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION— Roller Skates
• A Belgian inventor named Joseph Merlin introduced the first patented roller skate in 1760.
• In 1863, James Plimpton, a businessman from Massachusetts invented a roller skate that could turn. It was called a "rocking" skate--the first one that really let people skate curves and turn.
• Plimpton opened a skating club in New York where gentlemen enjoyed showing off for the ladies by doing fancy figures, steps and turns. Within 20 years, roller skating had become a popular pastime for men and women. Just before World War II, in 1937, a group of skating rink owners formed an association to promote roller skating and establish good business practices for skating rinks. The association, known as The Roller Skating Rink Operators Association (RSROA)is now almost 50 years old.
• The RSROA group shortened its title to the Roller Skating Association (RSA). Under the guidance of the RSROA, roller skating enjoyed steady growth through the 1940s, '50s and '60s. It became known as a family activity that was good for everyone, an identity that it still has today.
• In the 1970s, skating floors became easier to care for because of plastic coatings. Plastic skate wheels for smoother, easier, safer skating became the standard.
A LITTLE LAUGH
Bob meets Bill at the bar after work and is looking down in the dumps.
"What’s wrong now Bob," asked Bill.
Bob replies, "They called in a management team and gave everyone in the office an aptitude test to see what they were best suited for."
"Yeah, so what’s the problem with that," asks Bill.
Bob sighs, "Well, it seems I'm best suited for unemployment."
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS—TEAMWORK
•Students, parents and teachers from 60 schools in the London District Catholic School Board, Ontario, Canada, made 15,851 snow angels simultaneously on February 2, 2004 at 2pm.
•The greatest distance travelled forward rolling by a team in one hour is 10,163.66 m (33,345 ft 3 in) and was set by 12 members of the Mid Island Gymsports (all New Zealand) at the Energy Events Centre, Rotorua, New Zealand, on 16 September 2008. The team completed 169 laps. Each lap was completed in relay and measured 60.14 m.
•A team of 10 Royal Marine reserves from all over the UK pulled a Boeing 737-300, weighing 37 tonnes (81,500 lb), a distance of 100 m (328 ft) in 43.2 seconds at Manchester Airport (UK) on January 27, 2001.
•On July 24, 1999 a total of 34,309 people organized by Realizar Eventos Especias, gathered at the National Stadium of Jamor, Lisbon, Portugal, to create the Portuguese logo for Euro2004, as part of the successful Portuguese bid to UEFA to hold the European football championships in 2004. The kicking leg of the player in the logo was composed of 651 gymnasts wearing black and white capes, which when swapped over, created the illusion of the player kicking the ball. Once the ball was kicked, it released 10,000 red and green helium balloons - the colours of the Portuguese flag. As part of the bid, the crowd shouted 'Portugal we love football' and sang the national anthem.
•The Dare Devils Team of the Indian Army Signal Corps achieved a motorcycle pyramid consisting of 201 men balanced on 10 motorcycles, on July 5, 2001 at Gowri Shankar Parade Ground, Jabalpur, India. The pyramid travelled a distance of 129 m (424 ft).
∞CLOSEUP PICTURE Returns
Can you identify this close up picture? …answers at bottom…
♫ T O P T V T H E M E S O N G S OF ALL TIME♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear
If the Blues Brothers never had to resort to covering this theme in the rowdy country (and) western bar, it would still be a classic. Whip-cracks and all, you can almost smell the doagies with your ears. A seminal TV western theme, it isn't quite as "git along" asBonanza, but it comes close
As everybody knows, all heroes need a theme song. To this end, the spoken word intro leading into the blaring horns and pounding percussion that were laced throughout this theme brought to mind the glory cinematic war/western days of John Wayne and an overwhelming sense of American/national pride. It's like a pomp and circumstance revelry tailor made for jovial mercenaries for hire. Plus it made you want to jump out of a moving van and shoot the bad guys something fierce
Most of the songs on this list will have lyrics, as it is easier for a jingle with lyrics to get stuck in your head. But every so often a television theme song will represent the mood of the show, and be catchy enough that it will be moving in your head years after the show has been cancelled. Dallas is like that. While listening to the theme song you know that you are getting a large dramatic show, which will have a more grandiose nature. Dallas' theme song is a memorable song that more than represented one of the most popular primetime dramas of the Eighties
Jack Elliot and Allyn Ferguson's theme encapsulated the funky vibe of the mid-'70s to a T. It also molded itself perfectly to the funky, almost off-the-cuff nature of this ensemble police buddy comedy that took place almost entirely in the precinct station house. Driven by loping bass and a staccato horn section this is one of those songs that just way too short. The duo would later reprise their undeniably funky inclinations with the equally rump shaking theme to Fish, the Abe Vigoda spin-off that followed in 1977
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
‡…THIS WEEK…‡
New Year's Resolutions Week: 3-9
Women's Self Empowerment Week: 5-9
*Universal Letter Writing Week: 8-14
Home Office Safety and Security Week: 9-15
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 9-15
‡…TODAY IS…‡
Balloon Ascension Day
Play God Day
Positively Penguins Day
Stephen Foster Day
Panamá, Canal Zone: Martyrs' Day/Dia de los Martires
Philippines: Feast of the Most Holy Black Nazarene (Quiapo district, Manila: a statue brought from Mexico in early 1600’s, believed to be black from a fire on the ship as it was transported)
Switzerland: Meitlisunntig Festival-Woman in Villmergen War (1712)
US: Connecticut: Ratification Day (1788 becomes 5th state)
‡…Today’s Births…‡
• AUTHORS
1857 Henry B Fuller American writer (Under the Skylights)
Judith Krantz [Judith Tarcher] , 82, author (Dazzle, Scruples)
1856 Lizette Woodworth Reese US poet (Branch of May, Tears)
1901 Chic Young cartoonist (Blondie)
• ATHLETES
Richard Allen (Dick) Enberg, 75, sportscaster
Byron Bartlett (Bart) Starr, 76, Hall of Fame football [Packers] and former coach
• BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1911 Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling professor of occupational health
1870 Joseph B Strauss civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)
• ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Joan Baez, 69, folksinger
1935 Bob Denver actor:[ Gilligan’s Island, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Back to the Beach, Wackiest Wagon Train in the West]
Crystal Gayle, 59, singer, born Brenda Gayle Webb
1915 Fernando Lamas Argentinean actor ("You look marvelous")
1914 Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Hovick], Seattle, burlesque actress (Gypsy)
Dave Matthews, 43, singer, musician (The Dave Matthews Band), born Johannesburg, South Africa 1915 Les Paul guitarist/inventor (Les Paul Guitar)
J.K. Simmons, 55, actor (“The Closer,” “Law & Order,” Spider-Man)
Imelda Staunton, 54, actress (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Vera Drake)
1925 Lee Van Cleef actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York)
• POLITICIANS
1913 Richard Milhouse Nixon 37th President (1969-74)
1816 John Palmer Usher Secretary Interior (Union)
• SCIENCE & RELIGION
1879 John Broadus Watson behaviorist psychologist
‡…Today’s Obituaries…‡
1930 Edward W Buck Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), @ 66
1843 Caroline Herschel "1st lady of astronomy", @ 98
1968 Kokichi Tsuburaya Japanese marathoner (Olympics-bronze-1964), commits suicide @ 28…blamed lumbago.
1997 Jesse [Marc Weidenfeld] White actor (Maytag repairman) heart attack after surgery @ 80
‡…Today’s Events…‡
• ARTS
1951 Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
1959 "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
1984 “WHERE’S THE BEEF?” Clara Peller was first seen by TV viewers
• ATHLETICS
1811 1st Women's Golf Tournament held @ Musselburgh Golf Club, Scotland
• BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1793 Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America (Philadelphia)
1847 1st San Francisco newspaper published (California Star)
• INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1843 All of Pascofa's Apalachicola "Seminoles" (they were really Creeks who had fled the creek wars and joined the Seminoles) will surrender to Col. Ethan Hitchcock. This will bring an end to this Seminole war. The group will include a total of 50 people.
1879 Cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Fort Robinson
• POLITICS (US)
1861 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter SC
1861 Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede
1942 US Joint Chiefs of Staff created
• POLITICS (International)
1799 Income Tax introduced in UK
1937 Italian regime bans marriages between Italians & Abyssinians
1951 The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
• SCIENCE & RELIGION
1349 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses
1493 1st sight of manatees (by Christopher Columbus)
1839 Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science
1903 Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota established
1908 Muir Woods National Monument, California established
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ANSWERS
∞ JEOPARDY
•I Kings 10 says the Queen of Sheba was highly impressed by his wisdom
Who was Solomon?
•While smiting the firstborn in Egypt, the Lord passed over houses with this on the doorposts
What was ‘lambs blood’?
•The Open Bible describes the first of the 150 of these as “two ways of life contrasted”
What are Psalms?
•Not only did he foil Haman's plot, he got Haman's house after Haman was hanged
Who was Mordecai?
•Though the eldest of Jacob's 12 sons, he forfeited his birthright
Who was Reuben?
∞ Close up Picture
Snow Globe
• AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW •
