Ø TODAY’s “Geez”:
· 1902 - US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
· 1942 - Dumont TV network begins (WABD NY)
Ø Free Rambling Thoughts…
Hot, dry, windy. Bad for the forest. Flagstaff is now in Stage 2 fire restrictions…that means that all open grills in public parks will be removed or covered. No open fires in the community including charcoal grills and fire pits. Propane grill still OK if they have an on/off switch on private land only... So far we haven’t had any new fires. Independence Day is right around the corner.
I am not a Michelle Bachmann. She is calling herself the Tea Party Leader. She is from Iowa, a small town called Waterloo. In her announcement today she compared herself to John Wayne, who she said was from Waterloo. He wasn’t. He was from another W town—Winterset. The John Wayne from Waterloo, her hometown, was John Wayne Gacy—the mass killer. And she wants to be President?
I have always been a big supporter of infrastructure. Without infrastructure, our country can’t operate. I don’t like to travel on roads that have massive construction, but I don’t complain. It is necessary to keep our roadways functioning. Today in the news two things bothered me about infrastructure. First was the temporary closing of Los Alamos National Laboratory in NM. A huge fire is getting too close. Among other things, Los Alamos stores the nation’s plutonium. It also has lots of explosives. And the fire is so close they evacuated the area and closed it. The other disturbing news is from NB where the problem is possible flooding of at least one and possibly two nuclear plants. We all know that water and nuclear plants don’t mix, thanks to Japan. We are being told by people in both places that everything is under control. I sure hope they are right.
Ø Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post) TV Crime Drama
1. In which motor town was Robocop set?
2. Which US cop show was set in Hill Street Station?
3. Which Jessica was the sleuth in Murder She Wrote?
4. Which future movie megastar Michael played Steve Keller in The Streets of San Francisco?
5. Where was The Untouchables set?
6. In which city did Jim Rockford operate?
7. Who played the millionaire police commissioner in McMillan & Wife?
8. In Miami Vice, what was Crockett's first name?
9. Which crime series with Telly Savalas was known as The Lion Without a Mane in Germany?
10. Which breed of long-eared dog did Columbo have?
11. Where was the Vice tackled by Crockett and Tubbs?
12. In Father Dowling Investigates, where did Father Dowling come from?
Ø Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Ø Hmmmmm…
· Percentage of OK’s population is Muslim: 0.81
Ø Somewhat Useless Information…
· All the proceeds earned from James M. Barrie's book Peter Pan were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London.
· Fagin, the villain in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, was also the name of Dickens' best friend, Bob Fagin.
· Robert Louis Stevenson said that he had envisioned the entire story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in a dream and recorded it the way he saw it.
· John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress, wrote most of his famous books while in jail. He was imprisoned for twelve years for preaching without a license.
· After completing his book on the French revolution, English historian Thomas Carlyle gave the manuscript to his friend John Stuart Mill to proofread. By mistake Mill's housemaid used the papers to kindle a fire and destroyed the entire manuscript. Undaunted, Carlyle sat down and completely rewrote the book.
· Alexander Pope published "The Rape of the Lock" at age 24, Browning wrote "Pauline" at age 20, Byron wrote "Childe Harold" when he was 24, and Keats wrote "Endymion" at age 23.
Ø Yeah, It Really Happened…
DELAWARE, Ohio — A central Ohio woman accused of spraying sheriff's deputies with breast milk is facing charges including disorderly conduct. The Delaware County sheriff's office says deputies responded to a call about a domestic dispute early Saturday, and a man told them his wife was drinking at a wedding and hit him before locking herself in a car.
The sheriff says deputies found the woman in a car and tried to talk with her, but she didn't cooperate. He says when deputies tried to remove her, she said she was a breast-feeding mother, then exposed part of her chest and sprayed them with breast milk.
Authorities say 30-year-old Stephanie Robinette of Westerville faces charges including domestic violence, assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Jail officials didn't know whether she has an attorney.
Ø Guffaw…or at least smile…
An elderly couple is beginning to notice that neither of them seem to be able to remember things as well as they used to. So, they go to see their doctor, who explains that there is nothing really wrong with, just typical memory loss associated with old age. He suggests that they each get notebooks and write notes to themselves to help remember things. The couple goes home and that evening while watching T.V. the man gets up and heads for the kitchen. His wife asks if he can bring her some ice cream when he returns.
He says he will, and she says he should write it down. "I’m just going to the kitchen, I'll remember."
"Well, I want that with nuts, too."
"O.K. he says ice cream with nuts."
She asks again if he's going to write it down. "No, I'm just going to the kitchen."
"And a Cherry on the top?" He agrees and turns toward the kitchen again and she asks again about writing it down.
Now the old man is angry, "Look, old lady I'm not senile, I can remember ice cream with nuts and a cherry on top."
He goes in the kitchen for 10 minutes and when he returns he sets a plate of bacon and eggs in front of his wife. She looks up and says, "Honey, you forgot my toast."
Ø Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Peter Paul Rubens Paintings
Ø Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
26-7/2
· National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
· National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness
· Fish Are Friends, Not Food! Week
Ø TODAY IS
· Paul Bunyan Day
· National Columnists Day
Ø Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1940 - "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
1951 - "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
… IN ATHLETICS
1907 - Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
… IN BUSINESS
1762 - 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)
1859 - 1st dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England)
1917 - Raggedy Ann doll invented
1918 - 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
2005 - A final design for Manhattan's Freedom Tower is formally unveiled.
… IN EDUCATION
1770 - Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1878 - Tambiago, the killer of Alex Rhoden on November 23, 1877, which led to the Bannock War, is hanged today at the Idaho Territorial prison.
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1838 - Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip , the casus belli of World War I.
1948 - US/British airlift to West-Berlin begins
… IN RELIGION
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… IN SCIENCE
1820 - Tomato is proven non-poisonous
1956 - 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago Ill
1962 - Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
1992 - 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock Calif
… IN US POLITICS
1776 - Charleston, SC repulses British sea attack
1778 - Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots
1968 - Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
1969 - Stonewall riots begin in New York City
1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter
1712 - Jean Jacques Rousseau, French composer/social contractor
1902 - Richard Rodgers, composer (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
…ATHLETES
Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder, actor will be 37
John Elway, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32), turns 51
Greg Evans, NFL/WLAF safety (Buffalo Bills, Frankfurt Galaxy), turns 40
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Kathy Bates, actor , turns 63
1926 - Mel Brooks, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs) , turns 85
Steve Burton, actor, turns 41
John Cusack, actor , turns 45
Kellie Pickler, actor , turns 25
1946 - Gilda Radner, actress (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon)
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1902 - John Dillinger, US bank robber (public enemy #1)
…POLITICIANS
▬…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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Ø Today’s Obits:
2006 - Jim Baen, American science fiction publisher and editor dies after stroke at 63
2004 - Anthony Buckeridge, English author dies at 92
2010 - Robert Byrd, American politician dies at 93
1962 - Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies of lymphatic cancer at 59
2005 - Brenda Howard, American LGBT activist dies at 59
1836 - James Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85
2009 - Billy Mays, American television pitchman dies of overdose at 51
2009 - Fred Travalena, American comedian and impressionist dies of lymphoma at 67
Ø ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. In which motor town was Robocop set?
Detroit
2. Which US cop show was set in Hill Street Station?
Hill Street Blues
3. Which Jessica was the sleuth in Murder She Wrote?
Fletcher
4. Which future movie megastar Michael played Steve Keller in The Streets of San Francisco?
Douglas
5. Where was The Untouchables set?
Chicago
6. In which city did Jim Rockford operate?
Los Angeles
7. Who played the millionaire police commissioner in McMillan & Wife?
Rock Hudson
8. In Miami Vice, what was Crockett's first name?
Sonny
9. Which crime series with Telly Savalas was known as The Lion Without a Mane in Germany?
Kojak
10. Which breed of long-eared dog did Columbo have?
Basset hound
11. Where was the Vice tackled by Crockett and Tubbs?
Miami
12. In Father Dowling Investigates, where did Father Dowling come from?
Chicago
Ø Close Up Picture
See and Say Teaching Tool
Ø …AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
