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Today’s “Geez”
1911 - Audience
throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US
1915 - Private Albert
Mountain Horse is buried in Fort Macleod, Alberta. He is the only Blood Indian
to go to the front lines in World War One. He dies due to exposure to poison
gas on the battlefield.
1947 - Joe DiMaggio
wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
1965 - 15-25,000
demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Wash DC
1985 - Republic of
Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
1895 - Alfred Nobel
establishes Nobel Prize
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Free Rambling Thoughts
A good Saturday at home.
Cleaned up the house, did some laundry, worked on my Ethiopian movies and
updated my blog. A busy day…for a retired guy…on a Saturday.
I’m also a little closer
to getting my flight to Mexico. Think I can get one for about $700, which is
much better than my last time looking which was $1500. Should be a great trip.
Another rover on Mars…very
nice. What a cool idea. I really enjoy watching the photos and movies that the
last rover sent back…and wondering what else is out there. I am a believer that
somewhere in space there is life…I can’t believe that our tiny planet in our
small solar system is all that there is in the entire universe.
NPR Sunday Puzzle…(answers
at the end of post)
Every answer is the name of a world capital. You'll
be given a four-letter word. The first two letters are the first two letters of
the city's name, and the last two are the last two letters of the country's
name. For example, if you were given "loin," the answer would be
London, Great Britain.
In Europe…
- Main
- Pace
- Sten
- Rend
Not in Europe…
- Sale
- Khan
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase do these suggest?
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- For every hour photographers are on the job shooting film, they spend four hours working in the studio.
Hmmmmm
- Percentage of French citizens who call themselves ‘somewhat’ or ‘a little bit’ racist: 13
Somewhat Useless Information
- One explanation for the origin of the turkey's name is that Christopher Columbus thought that the land he discovered was connected to India, and believed the bird he discovered (the turkey) was a type of peacock. He therefore called it 'tuka,' which is 'peacock' in Tamil, an Indian language.
- The Native American name for turkey is 'firkee'; some say this is how turkeys got their name.
- Turkeys have great hearing, but no external ears. They can also see in color, and have excellent visual acuity and a wide field of vision (about 270 degrees), which makes sneaking up on them difficult. However, turkeys have a poor sense of smell, but an excellent sense of taste.
- A turkey under sixteen weeks of age is called a fryer, while a young roaster is five to seven months old.
- Age is a determining factor in taste. Old, large males are preferable to young toms (males) as tom meat is stringy. The opposite is true for females: old hens are tougher birds.
- At one time, the turkey and the bald eagle were each considered as the national symbol of America. Benjamin Franklin was one of those who argued passionately on behalf of the turkey. Franklin felt the turkey, although "vain and silly", was a better choice than the bald eagle, whom he felt was "a coward".
Yeah, It Really Happened
NEW YORK - A New York
conceptual artist said she gave birth at an art gallery with an audience
watching as part of an installation entitled "The Birth of Baby X."
Marni Kotak gave birth Tuesday at the Microscope Gallery to a 9-pound, 2-ounce
baby she dubbed Ajax before an audience of about 20 people, the New York Post
reported Thursday. Kotak said the aim of the installation was to show giving
birth is the "highest form of art." Kotak's husband, Jason Bell, said
there has been some negative reaction to the installation. "There's a
history of people who do stuff like this in art galleries," he said.
"This guy shot a dog. This guy got shot by somebody in an art gallery. But
this wasn't someone getting hurt. This was a positive thing."
Guffaw…or at least smile
Rabbit resuscitation...
A man was driving along the highway, and saw a rabbit hopping across the middle
of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit, but unfortunately the
rabbit jumped in front of the car and was hit.
The driver, being a
sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulled over to the side of the road
and got out to see what had become of the rabbit. Much to his dismay, the
rabbit was dead. The driver felt so awful he began to cry.
A woman driving down the
highway saw the man crying on the side of the road and pulled over. She stepped
out of her car and asked the man what was wrong.
"I feel
terrible," he explained. "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed
it."
The woman told the man
not to worry. She knew what to do. She went to the car trunk and pulled out a
spray can. She walked over to the limp, dead rabbit, and sprayed the contents
of the can onto the rabbit. Miraculously, the rabbit came to life, jumped up,
waved its paw at the two humans and hopped down the road. 50 meters away the
rabbit stopped, turned around, waved at the two again, hopped down the road
another 50 meters, turned, waved, and hopped another 50 meters.
The man was astonished.
He couldn't figure out what substance could be in the woman's spray can! He ran
over to the woman and demanded, " What was in your spray can? What did you
spray onto that rabbit?"
The woman turned the can
around so that the man could read the label. It said: " 'Hare Spray'
Restores Life to Dead Hare. Ads Permanent Wave."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found
1956 STUDEBAKER COMMERCIAL
Daybook Information
…Happening This Week:
--
Today Is
- Christian: Advent - First Sunday
- National Day of Listening
- Pins And Needles Day
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- Poland: Adoption of Constitution for Kingdom of Poland [1815]
- Uruguay: Constitution Day [1966]
- US: Massachusetts: John F. Kennedy Day
Today’s Events
Arts
1582 - William
Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
1960 - CBS radio
cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"
Athletes
1870 - NY Times dubs
baseball "The National Game"
1941 - Joe DiMaggio
is named AL MVP
1961 - Gordie Howe
becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
1966 - In highest-scoring
NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
Business
1910 - NY's Penn
Station opens as world's largest railway terminal
1924 - In New York
City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held
Education
--
Indigenous People
1759 - Major Robert
Rogers is en route to accept custody of French forts given over to the British
after the end of the French-Indian War. When he comes upon the Detroit River at
Lake St. Clair, he is confronted by a group of Indians. The leaders of the
Indians, Pontiac, an Ottawa, tells Rogers he is trespassing, and asks his
intentions. Rogers says he is going to remove the French, and he gives the
Indians some gifts. Pontiac allows Rogers to pass unmolested.
1817 - US soldiers
attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
1868 - Battle at
Washita-Gen Custer defeats Cheyenne
Politics [International]
1295 - The first
elected representatives from Lancashire were called to Westminster by King
Edward I to attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament"
1495 - Scottish king
James IV receives bedrieger Perkin Warbeck
1943 - Conference of
Teheran (Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin)
Politics [US]
1901 - Army War
College forms in Washington DC
1954 - Alger Hiss is
released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury
1973 - Senate votes
92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as VP
Religion
2004 - Pope John
Paul II returned the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox
Church
Science
1826 - John Walker
invents friction match in England
1951 - 1st rocket to
intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM
Today’s Birthdays
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
1909 - James Agee,
American author (African Queen, Death in Family)
1874 - Charles A
Beard, American historian (American Continentalism)
Athletes
Dean Garrett, NBA center
(Denver Nuggets) is 46
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
Robin Givens, actor is 47
1942 - Jimi Hendrix,
Seattle Wash, rock guitarist (Purple Haze )
1940 - Bruce
Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], SF Calif, karate star/actor (Green Hornet)
Bill Nye, the Science Guy, TV Host is 56
1941 - Eddie
Rabbitt, country singer (I Love a Rainy Night )
Jaleel White, actor
(Steve Urkel-Family Matters) is 35
Entrepreneurs & Educators
1843 - Cornelius
Vanderbilt II, American businessman
Caroline
Kennedy-Schlossberg, attorney, JFK & Jackie's daughter is 54
Jayne Kennedy, sportscaster
(CBS)/actress (Body & Soul) is 60
Eric Menendez, accused
of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers) is 40
Political Figures
1932 - Benigno
Aquino Jr, Philippine opposition leader; assassinated
1921 - Alexander
Dubcek, headed Czech Communist Party (1968-69)
1746 - Robert
Livingston, delivered oath of office to George Washington
Scientists & Theologians
1701 - Anders
Celsius, Sweden, scientist/inventor (centigrade temp scale)
Today’s Obits
1988 - John
Carradine, actor (Ten Commandments), dies of kidney failure at 82
1868 - Black
Kettle, [Motavato], Cheyenne chief, shot in back by Custer at 65
1934 - "Baby
Face" Nelson, [Lester Gillis], gangster, shot by FBI at 26
1953 - Eugene
O'Neill, playwright (Nobel 1936), dies of Parkinson’s at 65
1994 - Arthur
Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist, dies at 70
1901 - Clement
Studebaker, American automobile manufacturer dies at 70
1990 - David
White, actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies at 74
2007 - Bill
Willis, American football player dies at 86
Answers
NPR Sunday Puzzle
- Main Madrid, Spain
- Pace Paris France
- Sten Stockholm, Sweden
- Rend Reykjavik, Iceland
- Sale Santiago Chile
- Khan Khartoum, Sudan
Wuzzle
- A tall order
- It’s bigger than both of us
- License
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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