TODAY’s “Geez”: 1943 - US forbid racial discrimination in war industry
Free Rambling Thoughts…
More wind….then more wind…and just to keep us all on our toes…more wind. This spring has to be setting some kind of record. Just amazing.
We had our lunch today. Cheryl is excited about her workshop in Santa Fe. She’s working on a grant to help an animal shelter in Williams and will be looking for more. She’s also getting ready for her trip to Ann Arbor to see relatives this summer. She’s taking her two oldest grandsons. Mary is heading for a wedding in Oregon, then some grandbaby sitting in Phx. At least two of us will be around most of the summer, so the lunches will continue.
Memorial Day is just around the corner, and Flagstaff is filling up with tourists. Many motel parking lots look pretty full as I drive by doing my morning errands. That is good for Flag. Bad for traffic. So many tourists think it is OK to stop n gawk along Route 66. Others see nothing wrong with a U-turn on the road when they miss their turn off. It will be a great summer.
So the voters in AZ have twice passed a ‘medical marijuana’ law. This time the State Health Dept has been busy setting up regulations and issuing ‘user cards’ for those who have a doc’s statement that they are in need. Flagstaff has been busy setting up ‘location’ rules for sellers…not to close to schools, not too close to stop signs, not too close to parks, not too close to establishments that serve alcohol, not too close to a bridge, or a tree, or to a sidewalk, or a non-sidewalked area. Then, just as everything seems to be in place…suffering patients are getting their dope card, businesses have been approved, the Governor and Sec of State (both opposed to medical marijuana) have filed a law suit with the Feds “to protect the gov’t workers issuing the cards for patients, the gov’t workers approving the locations, the sick patients, the doctors who issue the prescriptions” from Federal criminal charges. What a kind and caring governor we have. Always looking out for the people of AZ. She is protecting us from them those illegal immigrants and their illegal drugs, their beheadings, and taking our jobs. She protects us by letting everyone carry concealed weapons into Universities and bars. Now she is protecting the chronic pain people. We are so blessed.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of psot)
Whose albums include The Soul Cages and Nothing Like The Sun?
In which year did Wings release Venus And Mars?
November Rain was on which Guns 'N' Roses album?
Which Russ produced Eric Clapton's Unplugged Album?
Which guitarist Joe joined The Eagles on Hotel California?
On which Rubber Soul track did George Harrison play sitar?
Which Phil Collins album featured Sussudio?
Which album was knocked off the No 1 slot by Elton John's Goodbye Yellow brick Road?
Which album first featured the track You Wear It Well?
Which label did REM's Out Of Time appear on?
Which guitarist produced Madonna's Like A Virgin?
John McVie played bass with which major album-selling band?
Which of the Rolling Stones' albums featured Miss You and Beast Of Burden?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
>Percentage of Americans who say they believe the war in Afghanistan has been worth fighting: 34
The First Time…
1912 --- 1st boy to reach the rank of Eagle Scout -- the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America program. He was of Oceanside, NY... Arthur R. Eldred
1916 --- 1st Jewish member of the US Supreme Court. (Appointed by Wilson)… Louis D. Brandeis
1916 --- 1st woman elected to US congress. (Montana) Only legislator to vote against both WW I and WW II… Jeannette Rankin
Somewhat Useless Information…
++Oprah was the first African-American celebrity to land on the cover of Vogue, in the October 1998 issue. She lost 20 lbs. for the photo shoot.
++Her Angel Network has raised more than $80 million. All the money funded charitable projects and grants around the world, including helping to establish 60 schools in 13 countries.
++As of the finale on May 25, the total number of show episodes is 4,561. The number of audience members is approximately 1.3 million over the last 25 years.
++Oprah's mother, Vernita Lee, was a housemaid, and her father, Vernon Winfrey, was a coal miner and a barber before becoming a city councilman.
++Oprah first name was supposed to be Orpah, after Ruth's sister-in-law in the Bible, but it was misspelled Oprah on her birth certificate, and the name stuck.
++At the age of 16, Oprah went to live with her father in Nashville, TN. She became an honor student, joined drama club, and won an oratorical contest.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
NORTH BEND, Wash. -- A Craigslist ad for a house in North Bend plays up the home's features, including a greenhouse perfect for growing marijuana.
The ad does not provide an address for the house, but describes it as "great for running your own business."
Owners were asking $4,000 a month to rent or $500,000 to start a short sale.
The listing mentioned a greenhouse on the 6.5 acre property several times. "Green house is set up for specially growing Marijuana growing, flowers, veggies," the ad read. "With the legal 45 plants at a time, you can easily grow over $125,000 in crop per summer and take the winters off or grow indoors during the winter."
The ad also touted a work shop "with several offices and rooms set up to start plants and wood working" and a kitchen with double ovens.
The ad also listed 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a storage outbuilding, RV hookups, and central heat among its other features.
The craigslist post is no longer up, it's been flagged for removal. We checked on the ad's claim to legally grow 45 plants for medicinal purposes. The King County sheriff's office says there is no magical number for how many plants a person can grow.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
I was driving around and around a packed parking garage in search of an available space. Nothing. Then I noticed a couple walking ahead of me.
"Going out?" I called to them hopefully.
"No," said the man. "Just friends."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information
…Happening This Week:
21-28
Cover the Uninsured Week * National Safe Boating Week
23-30
National Backyard Games Week * Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories * Old-Time Player Piano Week * Black Single Parents Week
«TODAY IS
Body Painting Arts Festival
Cellophane Tape Day
National Wig Out Day
Old-Time Player Piano Day
Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1933 - Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released
… IN ATHLETICS
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… IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1937 - Golden Gate Bridge, SF, dedicated
1961 - 1st black light is sold
1969 - Walt Disney World construction begins
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1967 - Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1679 - Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK
1703 - St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
1941 - German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
1960 - Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
… IN SCIENCE & RELIGION
1850 - Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado
1895 - British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
1921 - Afghanistan gains sovereignty
1931 - 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va
1951 - Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing
… IN US POLITICS
1813 - Americans capture Ft George, Canada
1917 - Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed
1941 - FDR declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor
1981 - John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol
1988 - Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1907 - Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring)
1894 - Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon)
Herman Wouk, NYC, novelist (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War) turns 96
…ATHLETES
1912 - Sam Snead, PGA golfer (PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73)
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1965 - Todd Bridges, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish) turns 46
Joseph Fiennes actor will be 41
1936 - Louis Gossett Jr, actor (Officer & Gentleman, Deep) turns 75
1925 - Tony Hillerman, American writer
Christopher Lee, actor (Hound of Baskervilles) turns 89
1935 - Lee Meriwether, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones) turns 76
1911 - Vincent Price, St Louis MO, actor (House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura)
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire (B & O railroad)
…POLITICIANS
1837 - "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout
1911 - Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn) 38th VP (1965-69), 1968 Pres candidate
1923 - Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (1973) turns 88
…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits:
1661 - Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53
1564 - Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies of lung problems at 54
1964 - Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
Whose albums include The Soul Cages and Nothing Like The Sun?
Sting
In which year did Wings release Venus And Mars?
1975
November Rain was on which Guns 'N' Roses album?
Use Your Illusion 1
Which Russ produced Eric Clapton's Unplugged Album?
Titelman
Which guitarist Joe joined The Eagles on Hotel California?
Walsh
On which Rubber Soul track did George Harrison play sitar?
Norwegian Wood
Which Phil Collins album featured Sussudio?
No Jacket Required
Which album was knocked off the No 1 slot by Elton John's Goodbye Yellow brick Road?
Goat's Head Soup
Which album first featured the track You Wear It Well?
Never A Dull Moment
Which label did REM's Out Of Time appear on?
Warner Bros
Which guitarist produced Madonna's Like A Virgin?
Nile Rodgers
John McVie played bass with which major album-selling band?
Fleetwood Mac
Which of the Rolling Stones' albums featured Miss You and Beast Of Burden?
Some Girls
Close Up Picture
Cardboard
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
