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TODAY’s “Geez”
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1603 - Chinese
uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
1963 - S Africa
begins trial of Nelson Mandela & 8 others on conspiracy
1968 - Jacqueline
Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis
♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪
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Free Rambling Thoughts
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Another really nice fall
day.
I went to a luncheon put
on by my financial advisor. Some good ways to protect retirement money. Good
lunch too. NAU, our local university has opened a hotel and conference center
under the auspices of training the Hotel Management Courses. Good idea. The
food and service was very good. Sure beats the old faculty dining room I used
to eat at when I was a TA for ESL classes back in the 70’s. One of the other
listeners just returned from Egypt. We had a nice conversation and she said
that she had a great time…no lines anywhere, treated very well, and did many of
the places I had done. She is a tour operator and said that she lets people
know that they have to be flexible in Egypt, but no problems about safety or
security. Sure was glad to hear that.
I am also working on
getting web site up for Martha. Hope that goes well tonight. Waiting right now
for a return call to get some information.
My trip keeps having
last minute minor glitches…before we leave. Today we learned that Hotel shuttle
in DC doesn’t run after 11pm—something about security. Now we have to take taxis
at 11:30pm. Hmmm. What a choice.
I took my new glasses
into the ophthalmologist to have them checked. Wrong day, wrong time. There was
a new lady at the desk and said that I needed an appointment for next week or I could wait about 45
minutes. What a joke. Then she went to check and came back and said that I could
take them to the eyeglasses seller across the waiting room. I walked over there
and that lady said they don’t usually do this…like I already knew that. I told them
this was silly and walked out. When I got home, there was a message on my
answering machine, asking me to call the office. I did. The assistant
apologized for the poor communication on their part, told me they had new
staff, and said I could bring them in tomorrow. I told her that wasn’t
necessary as I was busy, I understood that people have bad days. She said the
staff met after I walked out and realized their mistakes. I was impressed with
their call and let them know I did appreciate it.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
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1.
In
the movie "The Holiday", what does Cameron Diaz do for a living?
2.
What
part have Jeremy Irons, Lindsay Lohan and Bette Davis all played?
3.
In
Star Trek, what color is Mr. Spock's blood?
4.
What
actor yells the line "Made it Ma! Top of the world!" in the movie
White Heat?
5.
Who
are the 4 actresses who have played the March sisters in Little Women (1949)?
6.
In
which French town does Robbie (James McAvoy) die in Atonement?
7.
In
what movie does actor Robert De Niro play a character called Travis Bickle?
8.
In
the 1986 movie Absolute Beginners, what role did David Bowie play?
9.
Who
is Cameron going to marry in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?
10. What was Bluto's grade point average
in the film Animal House?
11. What was the second movie that Olivia
Newton John and John Travolta starred in together?
12. What is the name of Owen Wilson's
brother the movie star?
13. What was the name of the character
that Michael Caine played in the movie Ipcress File?
Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest? .
Hmmmmm
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Factor by which men find
happy women more attractive than proud women: 5
Somewhat Useless Information .
The first person to
attempt daily weather forecasts was Cleveland Abbe (1838-1916). He compiled his
reports from telegraph dispatches while with the US Signal Service.
In 1844 Samuel F.B.
Morse introduced his invention of the telegraph to Congress, and demonstrated
its use by transmitting the famous message "What hath God wrought"
over a wire from Washington to Baltimore.
Thomas Edison produced
small phonographs that could be fitted into the body of a French doll.
The aqualung was
invented by Jacques Yves Cousteau and Emil Gagnan. They developed the
underwater breathing appartus while fighting with the French Resistance during
World War II.
Xerography was invented
in 1937 by a prelaw student named Chester Floyd Carlson. The first message he
copied was "10-22-38 Astoria," the date and place where Carlson
performed his experiments.
When margarine was
invented by Mege Mouriees in 1869 he had it patented simultaneously in France
and England. The English patent (No. 2157) is for "The Preparation and
Production of certain New Animal Fatty Bodies."
Yeah, It Really Happened .
SALISBURY, N.C. - A
North Carolina man who has hunted for Bigfoot for decades says he will lead a
four-day expedition to seek out the never-confirmed, man-ape creature.
Michael Greene, 70, of
Salisbury, who said his previous encounters with Bigfoot -- also known as
Sasquatch and Yeti in the folklore of different cultures -- include hearing the
creature roar and capturing thermal imaging footage of a 7-foot-tall creature
with no discernible neck, said he will lead a team into the Uwharrie National
Forest in November to try to bring the reputed creature out of hiding, The
(Raleigh) News & Observer reported Monday.
"Usually,"
Greene said of his previous Bigfoot hunts, "nothing at all happens. But
you hear roaring in the bushes. They'll pitch rocks into camp, but they never
hit anybody." Greene said his team will try to root out the Sasquatch with
low-tech methods such as banging on trees with baseball bats and leaving candy
bars at their campsite
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Guffaw…or at least smile .
A family went to a
hospital, where one of their relatives would be having a brain transplant.
One of the relatives
asked, "What will the cost of a new brain be?"
The doctor replied,
"A female brain costs $25,000 and a male brain costs $50,000."
The men smirked, but one
of the females asked, "Why is that, doctor?"
"Well," the
doctor replied,” the female brain is less because it has been used."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found
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Daybook Information
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…Happening This Week:
16-22
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week /
Kids Care Week / National Save For Retirement Week / Teen Read Week / National
Chemistry Week / YWCA Week without Violence / National Character Counts Week / National
Food Bank Week / National Forest Products Week / National Lead Poisoning
Prevention Week / Freedom From Bullies Week / Freedom of Speech Week /Medical
Assistants Recognition Week / National School Bus Safety Week
TODAY IS
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National Brandied Fruit Day
Information Overload Day
Miss American Rose Day
Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Get Smart About Credit Day
International Credit Union Day
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Guatemala: Revolution Day (1944)
Today’s Events
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ARTS
ATHLETICS
1993 - Highest
scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m
BUSINESS
1873 - P T
Barnum Hippodrome featuring "Greatest Show on Earth," opens (NYC)
1997 - US accuses
Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers
EDUCATION
1786 - Harvard
University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in US
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1774 - Georgia Governor
James Wright signs a treaty with the Creek in Savannah. They agree to
reestablish trade, which the Creek want. The Creek agree to give up some land
along the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers, and to execute 2 Creek warriors accused
of killing some settlers. Some sources say this treaty was signed on October
2nd.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1600 - Battle
of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns)
1905 - Russian tsar
allows Polish people to speak Polish
1910 - The hull of
the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the
Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland
1935 - 400,000
demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
RELIGION
--
SCIENCE
1906 - Dr Lee
DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube)
US POLITICS
1774 - Continental
Congress orders discouragement of entertainment
1803 - US
Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase
1820 - Spain
sells part of Florida to US for $5 million
1864 - Lincoln
formally establishes Thanksgiving as a nat’l holiday
1960 - 1st
fully mechanized post office opened, Providence, RI
1975 - Supreme
Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning
Today’s Birthdays
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ARTISTS:
(AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1890 - Jelly
Roll Morton, American composer
ATHLETES
Isaac Curtis, NFL wide
receiver (Cincinnati Bengals) is 61
1931 - Mickey Mantle,
NY Yankee, home run slugger (1956 Triple Crown)
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
William Christopher, actor
(Father Mulcahy-M*A*S*H) is 79
1889 - Margaret
Dumont, actress-Marx Brothers' foil (Day at the Races)
1907 - Arlene
Francis, American television personality
1942 - Earl
Hindman, Bisbee AZ, actor (Wilson-Home Improvement)
1913 - Grandpa
[Louis M] Jones, country musician (Hee-Haw)
1882 - Bela
Lugosi, Hungarian actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space)
Viggo Mortensen, actor will
be 53
1935 - Jerry
Ohrbach, actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing)
Tom Petty, American
classic rock singer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) is 61
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1859 - John Dewey,
philosopher, educational theorist/writer (Learn by doing)
Richard Frazier, Designer, and my brother is 60
Joyce Brothers, pop psychologist ($64,000 Question, Naked Gun) is 84
Joyce Brothers, pop psychologist ($64,000 Question, Naked Gun) is 84
POLITICIAL FIGURES
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SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
1632 - Christopher
Wren, English astronomer/great architect
Today’s Obits
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1964 - Herbert
Hoover, 31st president of US (1929-33), dies at 90
1994 - Burt
Lancaster, actor (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 80
1990 - Joel
McCrea, actor (Ramrod), dies of pulmonary complications at 84
1936 - Anne
Sullivan, American teacher, blind at death with H. Keller at her side dies at 70
ANSWERS
Trivia Quiz
1.
In
the movie "The Holiday", what does Cameron Diaz do for a living?
a.
She
makes movie trailers
2.
What
part have Jeremy Irons, Lindsay Lohan and Bette Davis all played?
a.
Twins
3.
In
Star Trek, what color is Mr. Spock's blood?
a.
Green
4.
What
actor yells the line "Made it Ma! Top of the world!" in the movie
White Heat?
a.
James
Cagney
5.
Who
are the 4 actresses who have played the March sisters in Little Women (1949)?
a.
Janet
Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, June Allyson, and Margaret O'Brien
6.
In
which French town does Robbie (James McAvoy) die in Atonement?
a.
Dunkirk
7.
In
what movie does actor Robert De Niro play a character called Travis Bickle?
a.
Taxi
Driver
8.
In
the 1986 movie Absolute Beginners, what role did David Bowie play?
a.
Vendice
Partners
9.
Who
is Cameron going to marry in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?
a.
The
first girl he lays
10. What was Bluto's grade point average
in the film Animal House?
a.
0
11. What was the second movie that Olivia
Newton John and John Travolta starred in together?
a.
Two
of a Kind
12. What is the name of Owen Wilson's
brother the movie star?
a.
Luke
Wilson
13. What was the name of the character
that Michael Caine played in the movie Ipcress File?
a.
Harry
Palmer
Wuzzle
A report card without an
A
Red rose [rows]
No end to the problem
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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