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Today’s “Geez” .
- 1865 - "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll published in US
- 1942 - "Casablanca" premieres at Hollywood Theatre, NYC
- 1963 - 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (QB)
- 1778 - Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii])
- 1789 - 1st national Thanksgiving
- 1969 - Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon
Free Rambling Thoughts .
Black Friday came and
went. My only stop was at Home Depot for the poinsettia. I also picked up a
couple of LED lights for a really good price. While they opened sometime before
the sun rose, I didn’t go until about 8am. There were lots of people in the
parking lot, but not a lot of people inside.
I don’t care what the retailer’s say, no one was asking for the stores
to open at midnight or before. How dumb to they think we are? Like sometime in
November, most of the major retailers suddenly got the idea to open at
midnight? No big meeting? No leaking of information? It was just a Black Friday
miracle? Some lady somewhere brought pepper spray and used it to get into the
store. A man put a video game in his pants and reached to pick up his grandson
who was being surrounded by shoppers. The cops in Buckeye AZ threw him to the
ground, bloodied his face, and arrested him. What a sad story. So much for
Black Friday sales.
I’ve got to get my act
together and get my tickets to Mexico. I can’t find flights that get me there
without spending a night somewhere in an airport. It’s such a short visit, I’m
going to just have to suck it up and buy the damn tickets. I really want to go,
and have recovered enough from Ethiopia to attack the internet again for
tickets. My trip at Christmas is set, and takes all night…leaving at 10p and
arriving at 8a…for a freakin’ domestic site. I could make it to Egypt or
Malaysia in about that much time.
NPR Sunday Puzzle…(answers
at the end of post) .
Every
answer is a familiar phrase in the form of "_____ for _____ ." Given
the word that follows "for," what's the first word that precedes
"for"? For example, if you're given "joy," the answer would
be "jump" to complete the phrase "jump for joy."
1.
_____
for thought
2.
_____
for news
3.
_____
for Godot
4.
_____
for Bonzo
5.
_____
for tennis?
6.
_____
for tots
7.
_____
for grabs
8.
_____
for nothing
9.
_____
for Mr. Goodbar
10. _____ for the course
11. _____ for the count
12. _____ for the mill
13. _____ for the hills
14. _____ for the road
15. _____ for the moon
16. _____ for the memories
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase do these suggest? .
Rules of Thumb .
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- If a dog is charging you and barking, it is merely defending territory and will not bite. A dog that is charging and not barking is attacking you.
Hmmmmm .
- Average percentage that French people overestimate the Jewish population of France: 655
Somewhat Useless
Information .
- A desire path is one that was stomped out away from the original path or walkway; usually to make a short cut. These are found a lot on college campuses.
- A lunule refers to the white-shaded crescent peeking out on the bottom of your finger nail.
Yeah, It Really Happened .
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. -
California police, responding to reports of someone screaming for help,
discovered a man stuck inside the hollow trunk of a standing tree. The man,
whose name was not released, had crawled into a hole in the trunk leading to a
cavity about 4 or 5 feet underground in Laguna Hills, The Orange County
(Calif.) Register reported Tuesday. Battalion Chief Kris Concepcion of the
Orange County Fire Authority said only the man's head and arms were visible and
it took 90 minutes to retrieve the equipment necessary to cut him free.
Firefighters were called to the scene to check the man's mental health.
"Why he's in a tree, I have no idea," Concepcion said. It is unknown
how long the man was stuck in the tree, and he was freed without suffering any
injuries, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Guffaw…or at least smile .
A Taliban was sitting in
a cave when he hears over a dune the voice of one American solider: "One
American solider is better then 10 Taliban fighters" so the Taliban angry
sent over ten of his high-ranking soldiers.
After a lot of gun fire and yelling and screams
of agony the Taliban heard the voice again. "One American solider is
better than 100 Taliban fighters"
So the Taliban sends
over 100 of his highest ranked soldiers sure of victory.
After a lot of gun fire
and yelling and screams of agony the Taliban heard the voice again. "One
American solider is better than 1000 Taliban fighters"
So the Taliban sent his
toughest, meanest, personal guards over the dune. After hundreds of bullets
fired, and explosions and the screaming and crying, it was over.
The Taliban now
wondering what happened goes over the dune where he finds a wounded Taliban
solider who says "don't send anymore men it's really a trap there is
really two of them!"
Searchin’ “You Tube” I
found .
Daybook Information .
…Happening This Week:
20-26
Better
Conversation Week
Church/State
Separation Week
National
Bible Week
National
Family Week
National
Game & Puzzle Week
Today Is .
International
Aura Awareness Day
Islamic
New Year: Muharram
is the first month It is 1433 AH
Shopping
Reminder Day
Small
Business Saturday
~*~
Lebanon:
Independence Day (from
France 1941)
Mongolia:
Republic Day (1924)
Today’s Events .
Arts
1859 - Last weekly
installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published
in literary periodical All the Year Round
1952 - 1st modern
3-D movie "Bwana Devil,"
premieres in Hollywood
1956 - "The Price Is Right"
debuts on NBC
1978 - 1st lesbian
theme TV movie - "Question of Love"
1985 - Random House
buys Richard Nixon’s memoires for $3,000,000
Athletes
1960 - Minneapolis-St
Paul baseball club takes the name Twins
1963 - Cincinnati
2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year
1984 - After 518
goals & 14 years with Mont Canadians, Guy LaFleur retires
Business
1716 - 1st lion
exhibited in America (Boston)
Education
1825 - 1st college
fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY))
1909 - Sigma Alpha
Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men
1913 - Phi Sigma
Sigma is founded at Hunter College in New York City
Indigenous People
411 - Maya King Siyaj
Chan K'awill II (Stormy Sky) ascends the Tikal throne in Guatemala
1835 - Charley Emathla
is killed. Emathla signs the agreement at Fort Gibson in Indian Territory
(present day Oklahoma) committing the Seminoles to their removal from Florida.
He is in favor of the removal. He is killed by Seminoles who are against the
treaty or leaving Florida. Many believe that he is killed by Chief Osceola.
This is the first in a series of killings.
Politics [International]
1476 - Vlad III
Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V
Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time
1703 - Bristol
England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships
1998 - Tony Blair
becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament
2008 - Terrorist
attacks in Mumbai, India: Ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based terrorists
kill 164 and injure more than 250 people in Mumbai, India
Politics [US]
1973 - Nixon's
personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused
part of 18½ minute gap in a key Watergate tape
1975 - Fed jury
finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
Religion
--
Science
1885 - 1st meteor
photograph
1922 - English
archaeologist Howard Carter opens Toetanchamon's (Tut) tomb
Today’s Birthdays .
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
Adolfo Perez Esquivel,
Buenos Argentina, (1980 Nobel Peace Prize) is 80
1922 - Charles M
Schulz, cartoonist (Peanuts)
Athletes
Shawn Kemp, NBA forward
(Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle Supersonics) is 42
Al Smith, NFL linebacker
(Houston Oilers) is 47
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
Peter Facinelli, actor
is 38
1933 - Robert
Goulet, American singer and actor
Linda Hunt, actress
(Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado, TV: NCIS-LA) is 86
Rich Little, Ottawa
Canada, impressionist/actor (Love on a Rooftop) is 73
Entrepreneurs & Educators
1912 - Eric
Sevareid, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)
Political Figures
1832 - Mary
Edwards Walker, US doctor/women's rights leader
Scientists & Theologians
1827 - Ellen G.
White, American religious leader
1894 - Norbert
Wiener, US mathematician/discovered cybernetics
Today’s Obits .
1986 - Scatman Crothers, singer/actor (Shining, Chico &
The Man), dies at 76
1956 - Tommy
Dorsey, big bandleader, choked to death in sleep at 51
2007 - Steve
Fossett, American Aviator first missing then declared dead at 63
1943 - Edward
H "Butch" O'hare, US pilot/lt-comdr, Chicago airport named for him,
dies in battle at 29
Answers .
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Food
for thought
2.
Nose
for news
3.
Waiting
for Godot
4.
Bedtime
for Bonzo
5.
Anyone
for tennis?
6.
Toys
for tots
7.
Up
for grabs
8.
Something
for nothing
9.
Looking
for Mr. Goodbar
10. Par for the course
11. Down for the count
12. Grist for the mill
13. Head for the hills
14. One for the road
15. Shoot for the moon
16. Thanks for the memories
Wuzzle
- Sixty minutes
- Share and share alike
- Alternating current
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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