TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1956 - A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000')
1978 - The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
So much to process today. My brother and his wife were about a mile from ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001. He was able to get a cell phone call to my mom before the lines became too jammed to make calls. They were OK. I didn’t get to talk to him until three days later. They both lost friends, close friends, in the attack. Now almost a decade later the person who planned the attacks is dead. President Obama promised in his campaign speeches that under his administration, bin Laden would be killed if found. I sure didn’t expect that promise to be kept. So the head is gone, but will that change terrorism? Only time will tell. Obama has such a cool head. He put up with all that crap about his birth certificate from the crazies, and then put out his long form. All the while knowing what was just around the corner. He poked fun at Trump, knowing what was just around the corner. When he told America, he was in a real leadership mode. So nice to hear. The compound in Pakistan was very high tech, yet the army didn’t know anything about it…a mansion with no electricity, no internet, no tv, and no one knowing who built it or lived there. Yeah, right. Obama has to be careful how to handle Pakistan as they do have ‘the bomb’, but after this operation, I know he can do it. I’m starting to understand why we still have Guantanamo as that’s where the information came from as recently as last August. I’m not sure how this will change our military involvement around the world, how it will change TSA, or how our daily lives will change. I will try real hard to be patient and let the President do his job. He seems to carry out his promises.
I now patiently wait for spring to come to Flagstaff. So tired of very chilly early mornings and chilly evenings. I want to be outside enjoying the sunshine, but the wind and cool temps really put a damper on it. It’s supposed to drop to 20° tonight, so I did bring in one of my potted plants…the one with bulbs of some kind. They have broken through but won’t deal well with these temps.
Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…] New Source!
What was the world's biggest passenger ship when it was launched in 1912?
What is the capital of the state of Alaska?
In football, where do the Redskins come from?
What does the B stand for in SCUBA diving?
What color is an Oscar?
Which state is called the Bear State?
Who was the 41st President of the USA?
Which Texan Governor was traveling with the Kennedys when JFK was shot?
Who was the first American to walk in space?
Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?
CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?
Hmmmm…
>Number of drug and alcohol addicts who have been sterilized since 1998 in exchange for a payment from a US Charity: 1325 [Charity: Project Prevention aka Children Requiring a Caring Kommunity or CRACK and targets low income areas with posters stating: "DON'T Let a Pregnancy get in the way of your crack habit".]
>Amount the charity pays per sterilization: $300
FIRST TIME…
John Jay 1789 --- 1st US Supreme Court chief justice.
Frederick Muhlenberg 1789 --- 1st Speaker Of the US House Of Representatives.
Edmund Randolph 1789 --- 1st US attorney general.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
>Because of their egg-like shape, jelly beans became associated with the Easter Bunny and became a part of Easter tradition. Sixteen billion jelly beans are made specifically for Easter which is enough to fill a plastic egg the size of a 9-story building.
>In 1953, it took 27 hours to create one PEEPS marshmallow chick. Today, thanks to advances in technology, it takes six minutes.
>The symbol of the egg, which was already being used in Easter festivities at this time, had been a pagan symbol representing fertility and re-birth in pagan times. It had been adopted as part of the Christian Easter festival and it came to represent the resurrection’ or re-birth of Christ after the crucifixion and some believe it is a symbol of the the stone blocking the Sepulcher being ‘rolled’ away.
>The exchange and consumptions of treats for Easter goes back hundreds of years, mainly believed to have begun with the tradition of Hot Cross Buns. Hot Cross Buns became the traditional breakfast of Good Friday and became a Christian tradition as well.
>In the old days pretzels were associated with Easter because the twists of the pretzel were thought to resemble arms crossing in prayer.
>The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today. The first chocolate eggs were solid, soon followed by hollow eggs.
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
Be advised that if you’re planning on running a marathon in Cincinnati in the nude, you’re going to be Tasered and arrested. That’s just how life works.
Thirty-five-year-old Brett Henderson of St. Paris in western Ohio faces charges of public indecency and obstructing official business. Police tell media outlets he refused to stop running during Sunday morning’s Flying Pig Marathon, so they halted him with a stun gun.
Henderson’s mother Lee said Monday that he had borrowed a pair of running shorts from his father, but they kept slipping down as he ran. She says he kept running without shorts because he was determined to complete the race he had trained for.
Well, of course. Who wouldn’t?
Henderson defended his actions to the Urbana Daily Citizen:
“In fact, running naked was encouraged in a marathon I ran in San Francisco, so I don’t know why this was such a big deal.
Henderson said he tried to tie his tank top around his waist, but that didn’t work out.
“It was too short to be a belt … all the other runners were supportive and kept encouraging me to continue, so I was running naked,” he said. “It was cold and rainy, so I wasn’t exactly proud of what I was showing.”
And, the money graph: Henderson, a Graham High School graduate and former state wrestling champion, was pictured in the Daily Citizen on April 15 representing Solar Power and Light of Miamisburg in a new energy venture with the village of St. Paris and its South High Street well field.
A LITTLE LAUGH:
The district attorney was cross-examining the murderess on the witness stand.
"And so after you had poisoned the coffee and your husband sat at the breakfast table partaking of the fatal dosage, didn't you feel any qualms? Didn't you feel the slightest pity for him knowing that he was about to die and was wholly unconscious of it?"
"Yes," she answered. "Come to think of it...there was just a moment when I sort of felt sorry for him."
"And, when was that?"
"When he asked for the second cup."
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’:
♫ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ♫
1986 Inductee: Jerry Lee Lewis is the wild man of rock and roll, embodying its most reckless and high-spirited impulses. On such piano-pounding rockers from the late Fifties as “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire,” Lewis combined a ferocious, boogie-style instrumental style with rowdy, uninhibited vocals. MORE INFO
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
DAYBOOK INFORMATION
«THIS WEEK
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Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Week * Be Kind To Animals Week * National Correctional Officer's Week * Children's Mental Health Week * Drinking Water Week *Flexible Work Arrangement Week * Goodwill Industries Week * Kids Win Week * National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week * National Family Week * National Hug Holiday Week * National Pet Week * North American Occupational Safety & Health Week *Update Your References Week
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Astronomy Week * Children's Book Week * Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week * National Wildflower Week * Spring Astronomy Week * Teacher Appreciation Week * Work At Home Moms Week
«TODAY IS
Childhood Depression Awareness Day
Lumpy Rug Day
Garden Meditation Day
National Special-abled Pets Day
National Disabled Pets Day
National Teacher Day
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Paranormal Day
Public Radio Day
World Press Freedom Day
Japan Constitution Memorial Day
Mexico Day of the Holy Cross
Poland Constitution Day
Today’s Events:
… ARTS
1943 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)
1954 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh (autobio) & John Patrick (Teahouse of the August Moon)
1976 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)
… ATHLETICS
1997 - Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue
2000 - The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
… BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1765 - 1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia
1837 - The University of Athens is founded
1851 - Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die
1971 - National Public Radio begins programming
… INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1863 - After the Minnesota uprising of the Santee Sioux, and their subsequent defeat, their lands are forfeited. The surviving Indians, including those who opposed the uprising and helped the whites, are ordered to be shipped to a reservation in Dakota Territory. 770 Santee Sioux board a steamboat in St. Paul for the journey west. Eventually 1,300 Santee Sioux are transported to an area which can hardly support life. During the first year, 300 Santee die.
… INTERNATINOAL POLITICS
1494 - Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St Iago"
1621 - Francis Bacon accused of bribery
1947 - New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect
1979 - 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher)
… SCIENCE & RELIGION
1715 - Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"
1952 - 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
2003 - New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapses
… US POLITICS
1921 - West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
1971 - Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
1982 - Pres Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1903 - Bing Crosby American singer, actor and songwriter
1926 - Allen Ginsberg, beat generation poet (1969 Arts & Letters Award)
1469 - Niccolo Machiavelli Italian writer, statesman and political theorist
Pete Seeger, Folk singer, turns 92
…ATHLETES
1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson American boxer; world champion six times between 1946 and 1960
…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1861 - Emmett Dalton, American outlaw
1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1906 - Mary Astor, Quincy IL, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky)
Bobby Cannavale, Actor, turns 41
Christopher Cross, Singer, turns 60
Ann B. Davis, Actress ("The Brady Bunch"), turns 85
Greg Gumbel, Sports announcer, turns 65
Dule' Hill, Actor ("Psych," "The West Wing"), turns 36
Frankie Valli, Singer (The Four Seasons), turns 77
…POLITICIANS
1898 - Golda Meir Russian-born, American raised Zionist; fourth prime minister of Israel
490 - Palenque Maya Lord Kan - Xul I is born according to the museum at Palenque
…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1768 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist
Today’s Obits:
2007 - Wally Schirra, American astronaut dies at 84
1910 - Artie Shaw, bandleader dies at 94
1779 - John Winthrop, American astronomer dies at 65
2006 - Earl Woods, Athlete and father of Tiger Woods dies of heart attack at 74
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
What was the world's biggest passenger ship when it was launched in 1912?
Titanic
What is the capital of the state of Alaska?
Juneau
In football, where do the Redskins come from?
Washington
What does the B stand for in SCUBA diving?
Breathing [self contained underwater breathing apparatus]
What color is an Oscar?
Gold
Which state is called the Bear State?
Arkansas
Who was the 41st President of the USA?
George H. Bush
Which Texan Governor was traveling with the Kennedys when JFK was shot?
Connolly
Who was the first American to walk in space?
Edward White
Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Close Up Picture
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
