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TODAY’s “Geez”
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- 1847 - Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anesthetic
- 1933 - 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster (or whatever) is taken
- 1936 - 1st TV Gardening show
- 1945 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN)
- 1946 - 1st "autobank" (banking by car) forms (Chicago)
- 1775 - General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks
Free Rambling Thoughts
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A very cloudy day…trying
real hard to snow or rain, but alas…nada, zilch, none. I took off early today,
just in case, to run necessary errands. I left early partially because I
thought it was going to snow and partially because it is Vets Day and lots of
people are off work. I missed the crowds at all my stops, so that was good.
Weather guy still saying we will get about an inch of snow this weekend.
I’m still not back into
the right sleep cycle, but tonight should solve that. I woke up at 3a and
finally I got back to sleep. Then I woke again at 5am and gave up on getting
back to sleep. I didn’t take any naps today—just fought it off. Tonight should
get me back on track.
I did download my
Ethiopia pictures and started my blog. Still have to download the videos. I
spent time from 6am to 8:30am to catch up on lots of email that was just piling
up. Lots of good wishes from friends who knew I was traveling. One piece of sad
news, Mary’s 99 year old mom passed while I was gone. She was only in Hospice
for about 3 weeks and seems to have passed peacefully. It is always hard to
lose a parent. The first one is usually a shocker while the second one is much
harder when you realize that you are an orphan. I found that helping my mom
after my dad’s passing helped our family grieve. My brother and I were there to
help each other when our mom passed, but there was no one to care for. It is
something we all have to go through and until one goes through it, they don’t
really understand the loneliness when both are gone. As my friends go through
this life changing experience, I am reminded of the passing of my parents…and
can really understand.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
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1. Who was Nevada's
capital city named after?
2. Which lake is
linked by anal to the St. Lawrence and Hudson rivers?
3. Which mountain
system stretches from Alabama to Quebec?
4. Where are the
headquarters of Coca Cola?
5. Charleston is on
which river?
6. Which is the
largest of the inlets on the Atlantic coast?
7. Cleveland is on
which of the Great Lakes?
8. What is the
third largest city of the USA?
9. Denver is on
which river?
10. The Black Hills
are composed of which rock?
Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest? .
NEW: Rules of Thumb
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Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- For men: The year you start growing dark hair on your chest is the year that the loss rate of your head hair exceeds its growth rate.
Hmmmmm
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- Percentage change in the number of US whites under the age of 18 in the past decade: -9.8
- Blacks: -2.8
- Hispanics: +38.8
Somewhat Useless Information .
- Fortune cookies, egg foo young, chow mein, and chop suey were all invented in the United States.
- Fajitas are from the North American state of Texas, whereas hot dogs and hamburgers are thought to have come from Germany in some variation.
Yeah, It Really Happened .
SEATTLE - An
anthropology graduate student in Seattle said he is studying Dumpster-diving
culture to bring awareness to the amount of edible food that ends up as trash.
University of Washington grad student David Giles, 31, an Australia native,
said he has been vaulting into Dumpsters and scrounging for edibles as part of
his thesis project, which he said he hopes will inspire people to donate
leftover food to the hungry rather than throwing it out, The Seattle Times
reported Friday.
"The first thing
that hits you in the face is how good the stuff in the Dumpster is," Giles
said. "It's thrown away because it's not profitable." Giles said his
Dumpster-diving research has cut his monthly grocery bill down to $100 and he
knows others who sustain themselves strictly on what they find in the trash.
The graduate student said he plans to write a book about his experiences when
he finishes his thesis next year.
Guffaw…or at least smile
.
An Antartian named
Babbette finds herself in dire trouble. Her business has gone bust and she's in
serious financial trouble. She's so desperate that she decides to ask God for
help. She begins to pray... "God, please help me. I've lost my business and
if I don't get some money, I'm going to lose my house as well. Please let me
win the lotto."
Lotto night comes and
somebody else wins it. Babbette again prays..."God, please let me win the
lotto! I've lost my business, my house and I'm going to lose my car as
well."
Lotto night comes and
Babbette still has no luck.
Once again, she
prays..."My God, why have you forsaken me?? I've lost my business, my
house and my car. My children are starving. I don't often ask you for help and
I have always been a good servant to you. PLEASE just let me win the lotto this
one time so I can get my life back in order."
Suddenly there is a
blinding flash of light as the heavens open and Babbette is confronted by the
voice of God Himself: "Babbette, meet Me halfway on this. Buy a
ticket."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found
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Song of the South Original Clip
Daybook Information
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…Happening This Week:
6-12
Health Information and Technology Week
International Fraud Awareness Week
National Nurse Practioners Week National Rad Tech Week
7-13
Dear Santa Letter Week
National Young Reader's Week
Pursuit of Happiness Week
World Kindness Week
TODAY IS
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- Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
- Domino Day National
- Donor Sabbath Days
- National Gaming Day-- Communities across the U.S. (and internationally!) are coming together in the spirit of play for the American Library Association’s 4th Annual National Gaming Day @ your library, sponsored by FamilyandPartyGames.com. This year’s event expects to draw more than 20,000 people at more than 1,200 libraries.
- National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day
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- Mexico--Postman Day's
Today’s Events
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ARTS
1910 - 1st
Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon
1936 - Nobel for
literature awarded to Eugene O'Neill "for
the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody
an original concept of tragedy"
1946 - Walt
Disney's "Song Of South" released
1969 - Author
Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union
ATHLETICS
1927 - Notre Dame's
Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green
1969 - Minnesota's
Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP
BUSINESS
1859 - Jules
Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment
that bears his name
1900 - World's
Fair in Paris opens (50 million visitors)
1927 - 1st
underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting NY to NJ opens
EDUCATION
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1794: A treaty (7 stat.
44) is concluded at Canandaigua (Konondaigua), New York, with the "Six
Nations." The United States acknowledges the treaties signed by the Six
Nations and New York. Boundaries are established. The Six Nations will not
submit further land claims. A wagon trail is established from Fort Schlosser to
Buffalo Creek on Lake Erie. The Indians receive $10,000 in goods now. The
annuity agreed to in the treaty of April 3, 1792 is increased from $1500 to
$4500 in goods. The treaty is signed by Thomas Pickering for the United States,
and by fifty-nine Indians.
1865: Medicine Bottle
and Little Shakopee, two of the leaders of the Santee Sioux uprising are
executed at Pine Knob. They both had escaped to Canada, but officials there
aided Americans in their kidnapping, and return to the United States
POLITICS [International]
1439 - Plymouth,
England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament
1974 - South
Africa suspended from UN General Assembly over racial policies
POLITICS [US]
1942 - In
World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began
1954 - Ellis
Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed
1968 - Supreme
Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools
unconstitutional
1979 - US halts
Iranian oil imports & freezes Iranian assets
RELIGION
1555 - The
English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism
SCIENCE
1915 - Theodore W
Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistry
1987 - Heavy snow
closes schools from DC to Maine
Today’s Birthdays
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ARTISTS:
(AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1889 - DeWitt
Wallace, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921)
ATHLETES
Derek Bell, outfielder
(Houston Astros) is 43
Tonya Harding, figure
skater (Oly-8th-1994/US Champ 1994) is 41
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Ryan Gosling, actor is 31
Anne Hathaway, actor is 29
1928 - Grace
Kelly, actress (Rear Window)/Princess (Monaco)
David Schwimmer, actor
is 45
Neil Young, singer/songwriter
(Cosby, Sills & Young) is 66
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1917 - Joseph
Coors, CEO (Adolph Coors Co Brewery)
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1528 - Qi
Jiguang, Chinese general
1866 - Sun
Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional)
Charles Manson, [No Name
Maddox], criminal (Tate-Labianco) is 77
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits
1990 - Eve Arden,
actress (Our Miss Brooks), dies at 82
2003 - Jonathan
Brandis, American actor commits suicide at 27
1916 - Percival
Lowell, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in
Flagstaff, Arizona and pacifist dies after stroke at 61
2003 - Penny
Singleton, American actress (Blondie Bumstead, voice of Jane Jetson) dies at 95
ANSWERS
Trivia Quiz
Who was
Nevada's capital city named after?
A: Kit Carson.
Which lake
is linked by anal to the St. Lawrence and Hudson rivers?
A: Champlain.
Which
mountain system stretches from Alabama to Quebec?
A: Appalachians.
Where are
the headquarters of Coca Cola?
A: Atlanta.
Charleston
is on which river?
A: Kanawaha.
Which is
the largest of the inlets on the Atlantic coast?
A: Chesapeake Bay.
Cleveland
is on which of the Great Lakes?
A: Erie.
What is the
third largest city of the USA?
A: Chicago.
Denver is
on which river?
A: South Platte.
The Black
Hills are composed of which rock?
A: Granite.
Wuzzle
The following day
Envious
High rise
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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