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Today’s “Geez”
- 1849 - Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland
- 1865 - 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery
- 1897 - London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs
- 1921 - Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
- 1933 - Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in US, lifted
- 1941 - NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
- 1947 - The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated
- 1955 - NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing
- 1956 - Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa
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Free Rambling Thoughts
Overnight snow ended
early and I was greeted with a clear sky at sunrise. Then I looked at the
thermometer…8°. It was a cold day all
day. My only outing was to the mailbox. Tomorrow I’ve got to run errands. Since
I was home all day, I baked some chocolate chip cookies. Nothing like comfort
food on a cold wintery day.
The weather news was all
about snow in Phoenix…or at least in the desert outside Phoenix and on the
higher hills. It is unusual to have snow at 2400’, but this weekend brought it
down that low. It did make for some nice pictures…tall saguaro cactus with snow
on the tops of each arm. Flag’s total of 13.4” of snow with .5” of moisture from
the four day storm hardly made the Phoenix news. Each story dealt with
interstate accidents, but nothing on how beautiful Flag is when it snows. Sigh…
My brother and his wife
have been in Miami Beach this past week for Art Basel 2011. It is a very high
class art showing at various galleries in the Miami Beach area. There were over
2000 artists and 50,000 attendees. They have lots of connections and some of my
brother’s design were shown at one of the galleries. Very cool.
NPR Sunday Puzzle…(answers
at the end of post)
You are given a
series of sentences, each of which is missing three words. The word in the
first blank is five letters long. Drop the last letter to get a four-letter
word for the second blank. Drop the last letter to get a three-letter answer
for the third blank. For example, given the sentence, "While I was filming
at the Egyptian pyramids, a ____ with a rider on it ____ into view of my
____," the words would be "camel," "came" and
"cam."
1.
At
my birthday ____ playing miniature golf, my favorite ____ of the course was the
____
2.
Go
____ the general cried as the troops left the ____ ____battle
3.
George
was driving his old ____ to the store to buy a ____ of milk when a __ in the
steering wheel broke.
4.
During
the recent recession our family decided to __ on unnecessary things like __
milk and our planned __vacation
5.
During
the ___17th c the __of sandwich lost his __ in a sword fight
6.
In
the announcers __ the commentators couldn’t believe the coach had been given
the __ or that the spectator’s answered with a __
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase do these suggest?
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- The quality of a Mexican Restaurant is often in reverse proportion to the quality of its architecture.
Hmmmmm
- Value of currency eaten by termites at a bank in Uttar Pradesh, India: $221,900
Somewhat Useless Information
- Air pollution is responsible for 33% of the toxic contaminants that end up in oceans and coastal waters. About 44% of the toxic contaminants come from runoff via rivers and streams.
- Each year, three times as much waste is dumped into the world's oceans as the weight of fish caught.
Yeah, It Really Happened
--Returns tomorrow--
Guffaw…or at least smile
Things to do @ Wal-Mart
while the significant other is taking his/her sweet time:
1. Look right into the security
camera, and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.
2. Take up an entire aisle in Toys by
setting up a full scale battlefield with G. I. Joe's vs. the X-Men.
3. Ask other customers if they have
any Grey Poupon.
4. Switch the men's and women's signs
on the doors of the restroom.
5. Dart around suspiciously while
humming the theme from "Mission Impossible."
6. Set up a "Valet Parking"
sign in front of the store.
7. Hide in the clothing racks and when
people browse through, say things like "pick me! pick me!!"
8. If the store has a food court, buy
a soft drink; explain that you don't get out much, and ask if they can put a
little umbrella in it.
Searchin’ “YouTube” I found
Daybook Information
…Happening This Week:
1-7
- Cookie Cutter Week
- Tolerance Week Recipe Greetings for The Holidays Week 4-10
- Clerc-Gallaudet Week:
6-12
- National Hand washing Awareness Week
- Miner's Day
- Mitten Tree Day
- National Gazpacho Day
- National Pawnbrokers Day
- Put On Your Own Shoes Day
- St. Nicholas Day
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- Finland: Independence Day (1919 from Russian Empire)
- Spain: Constitution Day (1978)
Today’s Events
Arts
1732 - 1st play in
American colonies acted by professional players, NYC
1841 - Robert
Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres
1964 - "Rudolph
The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
1969 - 300,000
attend Altamont Calif, rock concert feature Rolling Stones
1994 - Warner
Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995
Athletes
1873 - 1st
international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1
1975 - 41st Heisman
Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1986 - 52nd Heisman
Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Fla (QB)
Business
1877 - Washington
Post publishes 1st edition
1922 - 1st electric
power line commercial carrier in US, Utica, NY
Education
1768 - 1st edition
of "Encyclopedia Britannica" published (Scotland)
Indigenous People
1830 - President Jackson
supports Cherokee removal
1862 - Pres Lincoln
orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux
Politics [International]
1534 - Quito,
Ecuador founded by Spanish
1745 - Bonnie Prince
Charlies army retreats to Scotland
1966 - Polio
vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium
1983 - A bomb
planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
1988 - Nelson
Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown
Politics [US]
1790 - The U.S.
Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1825 - Pres John
Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory
1876 - US Electoral
College picks Rep Hayes as pres (although Tilden won)
1973 - Gerald Ford
sworn-in as 1st unelected VP, succeeds Spiro T Agnew
Religion
1992 - 300,000 Hindus
destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
Science
1196 - Northern
Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood"
1957 - 1st US
attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up
Today’s Birthdays
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
1896 - Ira Gershwin,
lyricist ('S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm)
Athletes
Eric Mahlum, NFL guard
(Indianapolis Colts) is 41
Matt Maloney, NBA guard
(Houston Rockets) is 40
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
Teri Hatcher, actress
(Lois & Clark) is 46
JoBeth Williams, actress
(Kramer vs Kramer, Poltergeist) is 63
Entrepreneurs & Educators
1792 - Abraham
J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)
1876 - Fred
Duesenberg, German-born automobile pioneer
Political Figures
--
Scientists & Theologians
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Today’s Obits
1993 - Don
Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85
1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon
Chardin, French painter dies at 80
1889 - Jefferson
Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81
2000 - Werner
Klemperer, German-born actor (Hogan’s Heroes) dies at 80
343 - Saint Nicholas
1949 - Leadbelly,
[Huddie William Ledbetter], blues singer, dies at 61
1988 - Roy Orbison,
singer (Pretty Woman), dies of massive heart attack at 52
1985 - Burr
Tillstrom, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie), dies at 68
1991 - Headman
Tshabalala, South African singer (founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Amazing Grace), shot in road rage incident at 44
Answers
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
At
my birthday ____ playing miniature golf, my favorite ____ of the course was the
____
a.
five
hole. Party, part, par
2.
Go
____ the general cried as the troops left the ____ ____battle
a.
forth
fort for
3.
George
was driving his old ____ to the store to buy a ____ of milk when a __ in the
steering wheel broke.
a.
Pinto,
pint, pin
4.
During
the recent recession our family decided to __ on unnecessary things like __
milk and our planned __vacation
a.
Skimp
skim ski
5.
During
the ___17th c the __of sandwich lost his __ in a sword fight
a.
early
Earl ear
6.
In
the announcers __ the commentators couldn’t believe the coach had been given
the __ or that the spectator’s answered with a __
a.
Booth,
boot boo
Wuzzle
Condescending
Cutting corners
Bookends
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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