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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1305 - William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution
¬ 1901 - Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4"
¬ 1964 - US begins bombing North Vietnam
¬ 1966 - Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus
¬ 1972 - Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
We had a good lunch today. Mary caught us up on all her travels—a class reunion in WA and two weeks at the beach on OR. Her daughter, son-in-law, and one grandson were there, but were sick the whole week they visited. Then some of the grade school reunion friends came. They had been invited for M-W and arrived on W and expected to stay until Saturday. That didn’t sit well but somehow it worked out. Body surfing and long bike rides every day along the beach. Sounds like fun. The local restaurant was quite busy and service sucked today. It usually has really good service. It was also very loud, also unusual. At least I can have a small dinner.
Tomorrow I go in for a echo cardiogram. It’s been about 5 years since I had one, so guess it is time. At least that’s what my PCP says. It is at 2p so pretty much screws up the afternoon. Should be an easy test, but some shaving may have to take place. Damn.
I took some time this morning to rename all my Grand Canyon trip photos, so I’m almost there for posting. I got another set of posted pictures and may do something with them too. Right now I’m looking for the right music…while Greg wore a T-shirt that said: Row Faster, I Hear BANJOS, I don’t think I’ll use that music. I’ll find something.
Big surprise…world markets think that the US is not that reliable in the financial section. Thank you Tea Party for making a false crisis. At least the Senate fixed the FAA issue today. Too bad the rest of the world was watching their silly politics. Once the game was over for US, the rest of the world is waiting for it to happen again. I’m sure the Tea Party will oblige.
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. For which film did Barbra Streisand win her second Oscar?
2. Which 1994 film won the Oscar for best costume design?
3. What was John Cazale's last film?
4. In Casablanca, who played Sam, the pianist asked to "play it again?"
5. Which character said, "Love means never having to say you're sorry?"
6. In which film did Groucho Marx say, "Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped?"
7. Who played the Nutty Professor in the 1996 remake of Jerry Lewis's film?
8. Who or what is Priscilla in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert?
9. What is Jim Carrey's profession in Liar Liar?
10. Janet Leigh played one of the most horrific scenes where in a motel?
11. Who was cast as Princess Leia in Star Wars after her film debut in Shampoo with Warren Beatty?
12. For which 1990 film did Bruce Joel Rubin win Best Screenplay Oscar?
13. What was the first film to have its whole cast Oscar-nominated?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬ Amount Massachusetts has allocated since 2000 to decrease class size and increase teacher pay: $1,200,000,000
¬ Percentage of that allocation that has gone to cover increasing health care costs: 100
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ When astronauts remain weightless in space for prolonged periods, scientists have discovered, their bones lose a measurable amount of weight and thickness. This means that weightlessness actually causes human beings to shrink.
¬ A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. If a strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will register nothing. Once a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, a taste sensation results.
¬ The human sense of smell is so keen that it can detect the odors of certain substances even when they are diluted to one part to 30 billion.
¬ Human lips have a reddish color because of the great concentration of tiny capillaries just below the skin. The blood in these capillaries is normally highly oxygenated and therefore quite red.
¬ In one year the average human heart circulates from 770,000 to 1.6 million gallons of blood through the body, enough fluid to fill 200 tank cars, each with a capacity of 8,000 gallons.
¬ A simple, moderately severe sunburn damages the blood vessels to such an extent that it takes four to 14 months for them to return to their normal condition.
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
ORLANDO, Fla. - Police in Florida said a trail of feathers led them to a missing swan and the man accused of stealing the bird from a lake. Lt. Barbara Jones of the Orlando Police Department said officers "followed the feathers" Monday from Lake Eola in the city's downtown to the backyard of Goeffre Peter Smart, 24, about three blocks away, the Orlando Sentinel reported Monday.
Jones said officers encountered a witness who told them Smart had been seen walking down the street holding the large swan. The bird, which was not injured, was driven back to Lake Eola in a police car and released. Smart was charged with grand theft, grand theft of commercially farmed animal, being in a park after hours and animal cruelty. He was being held in lieu of $3,050 bail.
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
A rather old fashioned lady, always quite delicate and elegant, especially in her language, was planning a weeks holiday in Sydney with her husband, so she wrote to a particular camping ground and asked for a reservation.
She wanted to make sure that the camping ground was fully equipped, but didn't know quite how to ask about the toilet facilities. She just couldn't bring herself to write the word "toilet" in her letter.
After much thought, she finally came up with the old fashioned term "Bathroom closet" but when she wrote it down, she still thought she was being too forward, so she started all over again, rewrote the letter, and referred to the bathroom closet as the B.C.
"Does the camping ground have its own B.C." is what she wrote.
Well, the camping ground owner wasn't a bit old fashioned, and he just couldn't figure out what the old lady was talking about, so he showed the letter around a few of the campers and the only thing they could come up with was that B.C. stood for Baptist Church, so he wrote the following reply.
Dear Madam,
I regret very much the delay in answering your letter, but I now take the pleasure of informing you that a B.C. is located nine miles north of our camping ground, and is capable of seating 250 people at one time.
I admit that it is quite a distance away if you are in the habit of going regularly but no doubt you will be pleased to know that a great number of campers go there and many take their lunches along and make a day of it. They usually arrive nice and early and stay quite late.
The last time my wife and I went was six years ago, and it was so crowded we had to stand up the whole time we were there. It may interest you to know that there is a special supper planned there to raise money to buy more seats so that everyone will be able to sit in comfort.
I would like to say that it pains me very much not to be able to go more regularly, but it is surely no lack of desire on my part, just that I am so busy most of the time.
As we grow older, it seems to be more of an effort to go, especially in the cold weather. If you decide to come down to our camping ground perhaps I could go with you the first time you go, sit with you and introduce you to all the other folks.
Remember this is a very friendly community
‡ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
‡ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
1-7: Exhibitor Appreciation Week / Psychic Week / National Fraud Awareness Week / Simplify Your Life Week / Single Working Women's Week / World Breastfeeding Week
4-7: Rock for Life Week
‡ TODAY IS
¬ International Beer Day
¬ National Mustard Day
¬ Work Like a Dog Day
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¬ Croatia: Homeland Thanksgiving Day [The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian troops ]
¬ US: MN: Braham: Pie Day "Homemade Pie Capital of Minnesota."
‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1924 - Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts
1957 - Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut
· IN ATHLETICS
1921 - 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts)
1936 - At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal
1955 - After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games
1967 - 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7
1984 - Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)
· IN BUSINESS
1882 - Standard Oil of New Jersey is established
1891 - 1st traveler’s checks issued (American Express)
· IN EDUCATION
1925 - Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language, which is in danger of dying out
· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
695 - Forces under Maya King Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Sky Rain) defeat an army from Calakmul under Maya King Yich'aak K'ak' (Fiery Claw)
1689 - 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France
1763 - Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run
1812 - War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1388 - Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England
1583 - Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)
1846 - Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel
1943 - World War II: at around 11 A.M during the Battle of Troina, Mount Etna erupts sending ash and lava miles into the sky
1962 - Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illegally leaving S Africa
· IN RELIGION
1966 - Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march
· IN SCIENCE
1864 - Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati
1958 - Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole
1969 - Mariner 7 flies past Mars
· IN US POLITICS
1884 - Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC)
1997 - Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of 1st world trade center bombing goes on trial
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1662 - James Anderson, Scottish historian
1876 - Mary R Beard, historian (Woman as a Force in History)
· ATHLETES
Paula Creamer, American golfer turns 25
Patrick Ewing, Jamaica, NBA center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92) turns 49
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Loni Anderson, model, actress turns 65
1920 - Selma Diamond, Canadian comedienne (Selma-Night Court)
Ja'net Dubois, actress (Willona-Good Times, Beverly Hill 90210) turns 73
1906 - John Huston, director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown)
Rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5- Glad All Over) turns 69
Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, (Twisted Sister- We're Not Gonna Take It ) turns 57
1887 - Reginald Owen, English actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)
Erika Slezak, actress (Viki-One Life to Live) turns 65
1911 - Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days)
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
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· POLITICIANS
1624 - William, 1st black child born in English America (Jamestown)
· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11) turns 81
1604 - John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized
‡ Today’s Obits:
1984 - Richard Burton, actor (Cleopatra), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 58
1983 - Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66
1911 - Bob Caruthers, American baseball player dies at 47
2000 - Sir Alec Guinness, British actor dies at 86
2002 - Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer dies at 86
1955 - Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42
1962 - Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35
2009 - Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist dies at 95
1678 - Juan GarcÃa de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer dies at 59
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. For which film did Barbra Streisand win her second Oscar?
2. Which 1994 film won the Oscar for best costume design?
3. What was John Cazale's last film?
a. The Deer Hunter
a. Dooley Wilson
a. Oliver from Love Story
6. In which film did Groucho Marx say, "Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped?"
a. A Day at the Races
7. Who played the Nutty Professor in the 1996 remake of Jerry Lewis's film?
a. Eddie Murphy
8. Who or what is Priscilla in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert?
a. Bus
9. What is Jim Carrey's profession in Liar Liar?
a. Lawyer
10. Janet Leigh played one of the most horrific scenes where in a motel?
a. Shower in Psycho
11. Who was cast as Princess Leia in Star Wars after her film debut in Shampoo with Warren Beatty?
a. Carrie Fisher
12. For which 1990 film did Bruce Joel Rubin win Best Screenplay Oscar?
a. Ghost
13. What was the first film to have its whole cast Oscar-nominated?
a. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree. All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] may not be totally accurate.
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