TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1957 - Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
We had our lunch today. Cheryl is leaving tomorrow for Cal-eye-4 n-eye-Aye to celebrate three grandkids birthdays. She won’t be there for any really birthdays, but they are all within a few weeks of each other. Mary had some great stories about one of her classmates from elementary school. Neither Cheryl nor I could even think of any people we went to elementary school that we still are in touch with. Interesting stuff. Then she talked about her born-again sister-in-law. Years ago Mary’s father would go to mass everyday and always say grace at dinner. New sister-in-law was banned from gatherings when she told the father she was so sad that he wasn’t a Christian. That was years ago and as good people, they let her come back into the family. At a recent reunion she wouldn’t let her kids play with the cousins because they weren’t Christian….they were all Catholic. Then the best story, the oldest son, who has been a surfer most of his life and a pastor his adult life, has finally found his calling. He is a trainer in some ‘church’ that sends missionaries overseas to convert people to Christianity. Wait for it…they go to Israel. There message is that heaven is only for Christians with a big sign that says No Jews Allowed Beyond the Pearly Gates. Scary, very scary. The head of this ‘church’ is 85 and has told this 40 something guy that he will be responsible for carrying on the mission when the old guy dies. That should be very interesting, since the old guy has many many relatives who are probably expecting some of the millions.
I think I’m picking up my taxes tomorrow. My accountant has called me almost daily for a week, letting me know he hasn’t left the state. The first call was the day after I dropped of the very organized pile. He let me know he had gone through the pile and everything was there. Every call after that said he was working with my financial advisor as something was missing. Actually he is talking to the Rebecca, the office manager, and I’m sure she is sick of his calls. As soon as I get the results, sign and send them off, I’ll stop by her office with some flowers. The accountant is a real bean counter—which I like, and a little ‘geek-y’ which can become a real pain. He really likes putting in numbers, checking and rechecking ways to save me money, and the closer the deadline gets, he is better at getting it done. One year I was headed out of the country two weeks after I took the pile in. I told him that I was leaving in 10 days and they were ready on the 9th day at 10pm. I told him my plane left at 9am the next day and he came into the office at 7am so I could sign. He is a good guy…just a little odd. Since I’m retired, it is now just a yearly game. LATWTTB—laughing all the way to the bank.
DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Feeling overheated? Drink some hot tea---really! To compensate for the hot temperature of the liquid, your body becomes cooler-that's why people living in warm climates like India and Southeast Asia drink so much of it!
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Keep raccoons and other rodents away from your trash cans by sprinkling a few tablespoons of Epsom salts around the trash bins. Animals don't like the taste of the salt, but don't worry they won't be harmed by digesting some.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
In the U.S., lettuce is the second most popular fresh vegetable and Americans eat about 30 pounds of lettuce every year.
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Fresh apples float because 25% of their volume is air.
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In 1970, consumption of broccoli was only a half a pound per person. Today, the average person eats 4.5 pounds a year.
PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. Name the Hotel in Arthur Haley's novel and film of same name?
2. Pat Reid is famous for writing what book?
3. Two birds, Hugin and Munin, sit on Odin's shoulders. What kind of birds are they?
4. Who wrote 'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched'?
5. Who did Orpheus go to rescue in the underworld?
6. Grace Metalious wrote which famous novel (and TV show)?
7. Carlo Collodi created which famous children's character?
8. Alfred White became a famous author using what name?
9. What were Cinderella's slippers originally made from?
10. Inspector Bucket appears in which Dickens novel?
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — A pharmacist in southeastern Mississippi says some drug store burglar got a surprise when they broke into his business to steal the pain medication Lortab — the pills had been replaced with beans.
Pharmacist Mac Clark works at Fred's Drug Store in Pascagoula and told WLOX TV the store has broken into several times in the past six months, and each time the burglars got Lortab. He decided he needed a decoy. He put kidney beans in a large Lortab bottle. Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, the burglars came back. The only thing stolen was the Lortab bottle filled with beans.
Investigators believe the burglar cut him or herself during the break-in because they found a trail of blood leading away from the building.
A LITTLE LAUGH:
One day a mother took her 6-year-old son with her to visit a friend at work. Everyone there knew her, and she was offered a cup of coffee. That day, as one of the employees went to make more coffee, her son followed her and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'm making your mom's favorite drink," she answered.
Imagine the woman's shock when she heard her son say, "Wow! You know how to make beer?"
CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’: Bessie Smith sings
♫ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ♫
2005 Inductee: The Pretenders were one of the seminal bands of the second British Invasion, rising out of London in 1979 with a forceful, self-titled first album. Their melodic but hard-charging sound suggested a union of punk and New Wave approaches. Moreover, being older and more seasoned than their punk peers, they drew inspiration from bands of the first British Invasion, including the Kinks and the Who, as well American soul music. MORE INFO
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
«THIS WEEK
10-16
Consider Christianity Week
Health Information Privacy and Security Week
National Animal Control Appreciation Week
National Environmental Week
National Inspirational News Week
National Library Week
National Volunteer Week
Pan American Week
Passion Week
Week of The Young Child
11-17
National Personal Training Week
14-17
Fiddler's Frolic
National & Global Youth Service Days
«TODAY IS
Global Youth Service Day
McDonald's Day
National ‘That Sucks’ Day
Rubber Eraser Day
Take a Wild Guess Day
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North Korea: Arirang Festival, held to commemorate Kim Il-sung's birth
US: Major League Baseball: Jackie Robinson Day
Todays Births
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
1843 - Henry James, American/British author (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians)
1741 - Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)
…ATHLETES
Mike Quinn, quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers turns 37
Dara Torres, born in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Olympic swimmer, Olympics gold 84 turns 44
…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1916 - Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman
1866 - Butch Cassidy, [Robert Parker], US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Country Joe McDonald, Rock singer, musician (Country Joe and the Fish), turns 69
Frank Langella, Actor, ("Frost/Nixon") turns 73
1894 - Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs)
…POLITICIANS
1922 - Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago, D, 1983-87
…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1707 - Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
1641 - Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician
1829 - Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon
Today’s Obits:
1995 Cleo Brown, pianist, performed on National Public Radio, dies at 91
1975 Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65
1990 Greta Garbo, actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at 84
1995 Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer, dies at 73
1980 Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74
Today’s Events:
… ARTS
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… ATHLETICS
1910 - Taft is 1st pres to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game
1991 - Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assists with 9,898
1996 - 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9
… BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1738 - Bottle opener invented
1817 - 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn)
1964 - Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest)
1983 - Tokyo Disneyland opens
1992 - Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion
… INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1777- American settlers in Boonesborough will survive an attack by the Shawnees. The fortifications of the town will prove to be too much for the Indians to surmount. The Shawnees will try again on July 4, 1777.
1879 - Fears of being sent to a reservation, leads Warm Spring Apaches and leader Victorio, captured in February, to escape from Ojo Caliente, and to eventually return to Mexico
. … International POLITICS
1900 - International Exposition opens in Paris
1970 - Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution"
1986 - US air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
… SCIENCE & RELIGION
1250 - Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue
1784 - 1st balloon flight in Ireland
1923 - Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics
2010 - Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland leads to the closure of airspace over most of Europe.
… US POLITICS
1850 - City of San Francisco incorporated
ANSWERS:
Quiz
1. Name the Hotel in Arthur Haley's novel and film of same name?
St. Gregory
2. Pat Reid is famous for writing what book?
The Colditz Story
3. Two birds, Hugin and Munin, sit on Odin's shoulders. What kind of birds are they?
Ravens
4. Who wrote 'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched'?
Aesop it's from the 'Milkmaid and Her Pail'.
5. Who did Orpheus go to rescue in the underworld?
Eurydice
6. Grace Metalious wrote which famous novel (and TV show)?
Peyton Place
7. Carlo Collodi created which famous children's character?
Pinocchio
8. Alfred White became a famous author using what name?
James Herriot
9. What were Cinderella's slippers originally made from?
Fur, they change to glass in 1600s
10. Inspector Bucket appears in which Dickens novel?
Bleak House
Close Up Picture
Electric Scissors
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
