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TODAY’s
“Geez”
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1857 - American Chess Assn
organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)
1866 - 1st train robbery in US
(Reno Brothers take $13,000)
1890 - Mormon Church outlaws
polygamy
1889 - Thomas Edison shows his 1st
motion picture
1961 - JFK advises Americans to
build fallout shelters
♪♪ HaPpY BiRtHdAy to♪♪
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Free
Rambling Thoughts
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A sad day for all Geeks with the passing of Steve Jobs. He brought
so much innovation to technology. I’m a PC guy, but recognize genius. I sure
hope the innovation continues.
It was a cool, windy, wet day here in Flag—again. More is expected
tonight. Maybe even some snow flurries tomorrow…what happened to fall? The
meteorologist says it will be back sometime next week. Until then, cool, windy,
and wet weather. This is far from a typical fall here. I’m beginning to wonder
what is going on.
I’m starting to get a handle on the Occupy movement. For many it
is seen as a ‘left’ or ‘liberal’ movement. That may still be true, but their
idea that Wall Street has taken over America is not new. That was the Tea Party
scream when bailouts were given to many on Wall Street. This is what has most
Americans upset. The big business community is NOT going to save America. They
continue to make lots of profits but do not use those profits to make new jobs
for the unemployed. They use it to raise the salaries of their top people. The
Tea Party people are upset, the Occupy people are upset, and big business is circling
their wagons. It is not too outrageous that real change will take place when
the Tea Party and the Occupy people unite. I’m also beginning to expect a
viable third party to emerge in the future. Hmmm.
Our group may or may not go to Cameron tomorrow…depends on the
weather. Actually it depends on the weather if Cheryl even comes in. Whenever
it snows or rains really hard, I-40 becomes a mess. We’ll decide tomorrow
morning.
Trivia
Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
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1.
Hepatitis affects which organ?
2.
How many teeth do humans have?
3.
How many senses to human beings have?
4.
In the human body, what is the longest
bone?
5.
The major artery in the side of the neck
is called what?
6.
Where is ones uvula located in the
body?
7.
What are the two bones in the forearm
called?
8.
What disease does a tick bite spread?
9.
Serborrheic dermatitis is more
commonly called what term?
10. A phlebotomist specializes in what?
11. What are the three parts of the backbone called?
12. The study of the skin is called the study of what?
Wuzzles…What
concept or phrase does this suggest? .
Hmmmmm
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Percentage by which young adults with high religious participation
are more likely than their peers to become obese: 50
Somewhat
Useless Information
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Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi on Sept. 23, 1889 as a
company that made Japanese playing cards.
At one time, Nintendo built a brick system called "N&B
Blocks." LEGO was not happy, but Nintendo avoided legal troubles because
some of its blocks were rounded.
Redmond, Washington was home to Nintendo before it ever became the
headquarters of Microsoft. Nintendo bought land in Redmond in 1982 with profits
from Donkey Kong.
Nintendo's famous cross-shaped D-pad was invented by GameBoy
creator and long-time Nintendo employee Gunpei Yokoi. It was originally
designed for the handheld version of Donkey Kong, but Nintendo realized it
could be used with console controllers, too.
In 1992 Nintendo became the majority owner of major league
baseball team the Seattle Mariners. Although the team's mascot remained the
Mariner Moose, a Mario mascot did appear when the company was promoting Mario
Super Sluggers.
Nintendo faced legal action with Universal Studios, who thought
Donkey Kong infringed on the King Kong trademark. Nintendo's attorney John
Kirby successfully argued that the King Kong plot and characters were in the
public domain. To thank Kirby, Nintendo bought him a sailboat and granted him
"exclusive worldwide rights to use the name for sailboats."
Yeah,
It Really Happened
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LOWELL, Ind. - Police in Indiana say a teenager walked into their
station with handcuffs on his wrists and told them he was wanted on a warrant.
Indiana State Police at the Lowell Post said Zachary Keilman, 18, of Rensselaer
walked into the post about 2 p.m. Thursday and told Sgt. Alan Jamerson he
believed there was a warrant for his arrest, The (Merrillville) Post-Tribune
reported Monday.
Keilman rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and showed Jamerson
there were handcuffs on his wrists with the middle chain cut. Keilman said he
had been detained by a Newton County sheriff's deputy while attending a party
with alleged underage drinking and had escaped the deputy's car while other
party-goers were being questioned. However, Keilman said he later realized he had
left his identification in the deputy's car. Keilman, who was taken to the
Newton County Jail and released on bond Friday, faces a felony count of escape
and a misdemeanor count of resisting law enforcement.
Guffaw…or
at least smile
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Dear John,
I have been unable to sleep since I broke off our engagement.
Won't you forgive and forget? Your absence is breaking my heart.
I was a fool, nobody can take your place. I love you.
All my love,
Belinda. xxxxoooxxxx
P.S. Congratulations on
winning this week's lottery.
Searchin’
“You Tube” I found
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Daybook
Information
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…Happening This Week:
1-9
Albuquerque International Balloon
Festival
Universal Children's Week
2-8
Great Books Week
National Newspaper Week
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Mystery Series Week
National Carry A Tune Week
Nuclear Medicine Week
3-10
No Salt Week
Spinning & Weaving Week
6-12
National Physicians Assistant Week
TODAY
IS
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Come & Take It Day
Ecological Debt Day: the day total resources consumed by humanity
will exceed the capacity for the Earth to generate those resources that year
German-American Day
Mad Hatter Day
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Egypt: Armed Forces Day
Ireland: Ivy Day
Today’s
Events
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ARTS
ATHLETICS
1920 - 1st brothers oppose each
other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy
plays 3rd base for Bkln
1995 - Colorado Avalanche (former Quebec
Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit
BUSINESS
1863 - Dr Charles H Sheppard opens 1st
public bath, in Brooklyn
1893 - Nabisco Foods invents Cream
of Wheat
EDUCATION
1876 - American Library Association
organized in Philadelphia
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1539 - de Soto will reach the Apalachee
tribal town of Iniahica, near present day Tallahassee. He will pick this town
as his winter quarters. He will maintain this camp until March 3, 1540
1598 - Juan de Onate will leave his base in San Juan
Pueblo. He is en route to "visit" the Pueblos to the west.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1973 - Yom Kippur War begins as
Syria & Egypt attack Israel
RELIGION
1683 - 13 Mennonite families from
Germany found Germantown Pa
2002 - Opus Dei founder JosemarÃa
Escrivá is canonized
SCIENCE
1783 - Benjamin Hanks patents
self-winding clock
1940 - Zoological Gardens opens on
Sloat & Skyline in SF
1955 - LSD made illegal in US--1966
- LSD is declared illegal in the United States
1956 - Dr Albert Sabin discovers oral
polio vaccine
US POLITICS
1781 - Americans & French begin
siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War
Today’s
Birthdays
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ARTISTS: (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
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ATHLETES
[Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, baseball pitcher (Boston
Red Sox) is 52
1905 - Helen N Willis Moody, tennis pro (8 Wimbledon titles
1927-1938)
J J Stokes, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers) is 39
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1906 - Janet Gaynor, actress, dancer (Sunrise, A Star Is
Born)
David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys) is 57
1820 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano
1909 - Carol Lombard, actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only)
Elisabeth Shue, actress (Leaving Las Vegays) is 48
1942 - Fred Travalena, comedian/impressionist
Stephanie Zimbalist, actress (Remington Steele, Centennial) is 55
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1925 - Shana Alexander, journalist (60 Minutes)
1846 - George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating
current in US
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1888 - Li Ta-chao (Li Dazhao ), co-founder
with Mao Tse-tung (Chinese Communist Party)
1289 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (Good King
Wenceslaus—Christmas song)
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
1914 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian anthropologist/explorer
(Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku)
Britt Ekland, Swedish Actress is 69
Today’s
Obits
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1996 - Ted Bessell, director/actor (That Girl), dies of an
aneurism at 61
1979 - Elizabeth Bishop, poet (North & South,
Pulitzer 1956), dies of cerebral aneurysm at 68
1975 - Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies of
throat cancer at 57
1989 - Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve,
White Mama), dies at 81
1891 - Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party
leader, dies of heart attack at 45
1985 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader dies of liver
failure at 64
1981 - [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, pres Egypt (1970-81),
assassinated at 62
1892 - Alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83
ANSWERS
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Trivia Quiz
1. Hepatitis affects which organ?
a. Liver
2. How many teeth do humans have?
a. 32
3. How many senses to human beings have?
a. 5: seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting
4. In the human body, what is the longest
bone?
a. Femur
5. The major artery in the side of the neck
is called what?
a. Carotid
6. Where is ones uvula located in the body?
a. At the back of the throat
7. What are the two bones in the forearm
called?
a. Ulna and radius
8. What disease does a tick bite spread?
a. Lyme disease, now more common than Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever
9. Serborrheic dermatitis is more commonly
called what term?
a. Dandruff
10. A phlebotomist specializes in what?
a. Drawing blood
11. What are the three parts of the backbone
called?
a. Lumbar, Cervical, and thoracic
12. The study of the skin is called the
study of what?
a. Dermatology
Wuzzle
Loose teeth
Circle the correct answer
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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