9-19-11


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…TODAY’s “Geez”…
  • 1928 - Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
  • 1941 - Nazi's force German Jews, 6 & over to wear Jewish stars
  • 1957 - First American underground nuclear bomb test Las Vegas Nevada
  • 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland
  • 1985 - 12,000 die & 40,000 injured in Mexico's earthquake (8.1)

   HaPpY  BiRtHdAy to♪…

…Free Rambling Thoughts…
A nice day here in Flag. I spent some time outside…when I should have stayed inside and done some paperwork, but it was just too nice to do that.

Every day I am amazed at what technology can do. I was just watching 60 minutes and I saw Spy on Ice. It is amazing—a cut of it is today’s You Tube selection. Amazing clarity in the photography. More amazing is that he says it takes 17 hours of filming for one minute of final cut film. I’ve always wanted to have one of those cameras that you leave out in the forest, and it is tripped when an animal goes by. My problem would be going through all those shots for just one or two good ones. Now I find out that someone is doing it with video…even better.

I’ve been retired a little over five years. I was thinking today of all the world I have been able to see since I retired. First was Scotland and the Hebrides. It seems like a lifetime ago that I was enjoying the green beauty of the islands. It was very eye-opening. I quickly saw that it wasn’t that different than my life on the Rez. Many laugh when I say that, but except for the amount of water, so much was the same. People living in areas with generators, hauling water, raising sheep, helping out neighbors, and dealing with the daily trials and tribulations with little complaints. I certainly enjoyed the castles, the churches, and the cities we visited, but our time on the islands will always be my favorite part of the trip. There were lots of ferry rides to get to the islands and watching people who constantly traveling by ferry was exciting. Listening to their stories to pass the time on the long rides are still remembered. There was an elderly man and his daughter who were headed for the mainland for a medical appointment as there were no specialists on their island. There were the cyclists who were on holiday and traveling the islands on bikes. Memories are always good.

…Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)…
1.      Courtney Love stomped off stage after a fan of her deceased husband threw what at her feet?
2.      Aaron Spelling's first comedy back in 1977 was what?
3.      In Sledge Hammer, what did the Inspector have on his car sticker?
4.      In the 1950s the Bob Cummings Show was a revamp of what TV series with the same star?
5.      What was the name of the CD that the TV talk show host John Tesh made?
6.      How long did it take after DH Lawrence wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover for it to be published?
7.      Who took Dreamlover  to a number one on the chart in 1993?
8.      Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas are lovers in what movie?
9.      Winston Churchill proposed marriage to what famous actress?
10.   In the 1950s who received 500 marriage proposals and helped increase sales of Geritol by 40 percent?
11.   Michael Jackson was visiting what romantic city when his daughter was conceived?

…NEW! Wuzzles…
What concept or phrase does this suggest?

…Hmmmmm…
  • Chance that a U.S. high-school student says he or she has stolen something from a store in the past year: 1 in 3
  • Number of days a Japanese arrestee can be interrogated without a lawyer: 23

 …Somewhat Useless Information…
  • The preface to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains the following warning: "PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."
  • Mark Twain published his first book, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, in 1867. The book contained 27 previously released pieces written during Twain's years as a newspaper writer in Nevada and California.
  • Prior to adopting Mark Twain as his pen name, Clemens wrote under the pseudonym Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass for three humorous pieces he contributed to the Keokuk Post.

 …Yeah, It Really Happened…
STOREBRO, Sweden - Authorities in Sweden said an elk got drunk from eating fermented apples and walked off with a family's backyard swing set.
A Storebro homeowner told police he arrived home Wednesday to discover bits of apple littering his garden and his children's backyard swing set missing, the Swedish news agency TT reported Thursday. Police suspected an inebriated elk, a common site in Sweden when the apples begin to ferment, to be behind the incident and called a local hunter to track the animal. The hunter and police were unable to track down the elk, but the swing set was found propped against a tree in the woods.

…Guffaw…or at least smile…
Did you hear about the two radio antennas that got married?
The wedding was terrible, but the reception was excellent!

…Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

…Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
17-23 
  • Balance Awareness Week
  • Constitution Week  
  • Deaf Awareness Week
  • National Clean Hands Week
  • National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week
  • Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
  • National Dog Week
  • National Love Your Files Week
  • National Singles Week
  • Pollution Prevention Week 
  • Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
  • Tolkien Week
  • Turn Off Week

…TODAY IS…
  • International Women's Ecommerce Day
  • National Butterscotch Pudding Day
  • National Women Road Warrior Day
  • Talk Like A Pirate Day  

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  • Japan: Respect For the Aged Day  

 …Today’s Events...
IN ARTS
1908 - Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony, premieres in Prague
1952 - The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England
1956 - 1st int’l conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne)
1970 - "Mary Tyler Moore"  show premieres
1979 - No Nukes Concert at MSG includes Springsteen & Crosby, Stills & Nash
IN ATHLETICS
1879 - Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2½"[3.4m] at age 17 years & 198 days [current record: 20.14’—6.14m-- Sergey Bubka of Ukraine in 1994]
1988 - US Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board
2000 - Ken Griffey, Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run.
IN BUSINESS
1849 - 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, CA
1873 - Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co fails, causing a securities panic
1888 - World's 1st beauty contest (Spa Belgium)
IN EDUCATION
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FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1737: Today is the start of the walking for the "Walking Purchase" from the Delaware. The walkers are Solomon Jennings, Edward Marshall, and James Yates. The "walkers" barely stay below a run. By the next day at noon, Edward Marshall has covered sixty-five miles. Yates, who passes out from the exertion, dies three days later. Jennings gives up the first day and is sickly for the rest of his life. Many Indians complain the "walk" does not live up to the spirit of the agreement.
IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1559 - 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die
1967 - Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra
IN RELIGION
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IN SCIENCE
1838 - Ephraim Morris patents railroad brake
1848 - Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (US) & Lassell (England)
1854 - Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car
1876 - 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids)
IN US POLITICS
1676 - Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Va on fire

…Today’s Birthdays...
ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
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ATHLETES
Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1964) turns 68
1936 - Alfred A Oerter Jr, discus (Olympic-gold-56, 60, 64, 68)
1882 - Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1934 - Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles)
1941 - "Mama" Cass Elliot, rock vocalist (Mamas & The Papas)
Jimmy Fallon, comedian, late night talk host turns 37
Jeremy Irons, actor turns 63
Twiggy Lawson, [Leslie Hornby], English model/actress (Boyfriend, W) turns 62
David McCallum, Scottish actor (Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE, NCIS) turns 78
Bill Medley, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong) turns 71
Adam West, actor (TV-Batman) turns 83
Paul Williams, singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes) turns 71
Trisha Yearwood, singer turns 47
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer 
Joan Lunden, news host (Good Morning America) turns 61
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1905 - Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor 

SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
1799 - RenĂ© CaillĂ©, French explorer 
1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist 

Today’s Obits:
2004 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (The End Of The World ) dies of breast cancer at 72
1968 - Red Foley, country singer ( Peace in the Valley), dies of respiratory failure at 58
1881 - James A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49
1969 - Rex Ingram, actor/director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73
1995 - Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88

ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1.      Courtney Love stomped off stage after a fan of her deceased husband threw what at her feet?
a.      A shotgun shell
2.      Aaron Spelling's first comedy back in 1977 was what?
a.      Love Boat
3.      In Sledge Hammer, what did the Inspector have on his car sticker?
a.      I Love Violence
4.      In the 1950s the Bob Cummings Show was a revamp of what TV series with the same star?
a.      Love That Bob
5.      What was the name of the CD that the TV talk show host John Tesh made?
a.      Romantic Christmas
6.      How long did it take after DH Lawrence wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover for it to be published?
a.      32 years
7.      Who took Dream Lover to a number one on the chart in 1993?
           a.      Mariah Carey
8.      Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas are lovers in what movie?
a.      Philadelphia
9.      Winston Churchill proposed marriage to what famous actress?
a.      Ethel Barrymore
10.   In the 1950s who received 500 marriage proposals and helped increase sales of Geritol by 40 percent?
a.      Charles Van Doren
11.   Michael Jackson was visiting what romantic city when his daughter was conceived?
a.      Paris

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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] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.