Jan 22, 2012

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1510 - Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany

1850 - Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in CA

1879 - James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously serving as US senator from Illinois & Minnesota

1946 - US president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

1968 - NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee & Phoenix

♫Happy Birthday To: ♫                     

 

Free Rambling Thoughts   

A crappy weather day here in Flg. It started out windy and continued all day. Clouds came and went. In early afternoon we started getting light snow. The worst part was the icy wind that made the wind chill about 10° lower than the thermometer showed. I stayed in all day and didn’t even check the mail. Tomorrow should be better.

Richard and his wife made it to Chicago before the big snow hit there. They are safe and warm in the suburbs dealing with 9” of snow and ice. Her grandfather’s wake is tomorrow.

Tomorrow I’ll be working again on the T-shirt design. Greg called today and wants a few changes. Should be able to get it done tomorrow. I’m really having fun with this one.

My phone and computer won’t sync my calendar…after 30 minutes with two different tech people, the answer: hard reset of phone…which means I have to back up lots of stuff and loose all the apps…what a pain. I opted to wait until I can go to a store so they can do it. I had to do this once before and it is a real pain. Glad I’m not a hard core gamer on the phone, if I was I would lose all my data about my levels and points. Smart phones are great until they lose their smarts, which happens after one becomes used to using certain apps on the phone.

Game   Center   (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game

NPR Sunday Puzzle

Each sentence conceals the name of a tree in consecutive letters. For example, given, "Use soap, please," the answer would be "apple."

1.     Is the lollipop large?:

2.     Tomorrow I’ll own the company:

3.     The agency pressed for more money:

4.     The school officials must give them lockers:

5.     Don’t film a hog anymore:

6.     Some Pueblo customs are unusual:

7.     The car raced around the track:

8.     Remove any greasy cam or engine part that’s loose:

9.     Can I access the web on your computer?:

10.  Albany and buffalo are in upstate New York:

11.  Is the highway line thick or yellow:

Wuzzles  What concept or phrase do these suggest?

Lifestyle  Substance     

AZ Centennial is in 23 days:  Did you know?…

• In 1876 the Chiricahua Apache chief Geronimo began ten years of raids against white settlements when the U.S. government attempted to move his tribe from their traditional home in Arizona to a reservation in New Mexico.
• The Navajo Reservation, the nation's largest reservation, lies primarily in Arizona and extends into Utah and New Mexico .

Found on You Tube         

1964 Politics was dirty too

LBJ Daisy ad
LBJ - Ice Cream 1964 Campaign Ad

Harper’s Index         

Estimated number of Syrians killed during the pro=democracy protests since March 1: 1700

Joke-of-the-day

It's all in the punctuation:

An English professor wrote the words, "Woman without her man is nothing" on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly.The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing."The women wrote: "Woman: Without her, man is nothing."

Planet Earth

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

No matter how simple, all diy plumbing projects will require 3 trips to the hardware store.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Andy Warhol made over 300 underground films. 'Sleep', the first, simply showed a man asleep for six hours.
• In 2006, billionaire collector Eli Broad paid $11.8 million for Warhol's small painting of a can of Campbell's soup.

Yeah, It Really Happened                 

LONDON - A British man had his passport tattooed on his back and even used the image as an ID to take money out of the bank, he said. Richard Ashton, 27, told The Sun he had his passport inked on his back while backpacking in Australia in 2006.

 "I wanted something to remember my holiday by, but also wanted something patriotic," he said. "My girlfriend at the time thought I was a bit daft, but eventually she found it hilarious. That seems to be the general reaction."

The London personal trainer said when he ran out of cash on his trip to Australia, he took off his shirt at a bank to use as ID.

"The cashier gave me a strange look. She typed in my name and details after reading my tattoo and allowed me $50." Ashton, who was born in Sydney and holds dual citizenship, said he keeps his tattoo covered up most of the time.

"I don't walk around with my top off." British officials said Ashton couldn't use the tattoo as ID to go abroad or enter Britain.

Calendar Information        

…Happening This Week:

20-30

Sundance Film Festival

21-22Bald Eagle Appreciation Days

21-27

World Leprosy WeekNational Activity Professionals WeekKid Film FestivalNational Nurse Anesthetists WeekClean Out Your Inbox WeekNational Handwriting Analysis WeekNational Medical Group Practice WeekNational Nuclear Science WeekNo Name Calling WeekNational Take Back Your Time Week

Today Is                                                                      

Celebration of Life Day
National Answer Your Cat's Question Day
National Blonde Brownie Day: made with white chocolate
Roe vs. Wade Day [decided in 1973]

 Ukraine: Ukrainian Day (Commemorates the proclamation of the free Ukrainian Republic in 1918)

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1500’s

1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrive at the Vatican

1584 - Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812)

1599 - The Spanish attack the Acoma Pueblo

1600’s

1673 - Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated

1690 - Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French

1700’s

1771 - Spain cedes Falkland Islands to Britain

1800’s

1814 - 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, NYC

1831 - Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam

1862 - Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20

1881 - Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park

1900’s

1906 - SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130

1938 - "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)

1943 - Battle of Anzio: Italy; Allies stopped on beach

1944 - During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy

1964 - World's largest cheese (15,723 kg: 34,590.6 lbs) manufactured, Wisconsin

1968 - "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC

1969 - Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1973 - US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord

1976 - Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)

1982 - 75% of North America is covered by snow

1985 - Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop

1988 - Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

1989 - Superbowl XXIII: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 20-16 MVP: Jerry Rice

1994 - 51st Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Steven Speilberg

2000’s

2010 - Conan O'Brien's last Tonight Show episode after a big controversy over the Tonight Show timeslot

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 30’s

Vincent Bradford, linebacker (San Francisco 49ers) is 39

In their 50’s

Linda Blair, actor (Exorcist) is 53

In their 70’s

Graham Kerr, chef (Galloping Gourmet) is 78

Joseph Wambaugh, police writer is 75

In their 80’s

Birch Bayh, (Sen--Ind) is 84

Piper Laurie, actor is 80

Remembered for being born on this day

Bill Bixby, actor (Incredible Hulk,  My Favorite Martian) in 1934

Francis Bacon, English statesman/essayist (Novum Organum) in 1561

Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, English romantic poet (Don Juan) in 1788

William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman in 1913

Sam Cooke, American soul singer (You Send Me) in 1931

D[avid] W Griffith, movie producer/director (Birth of a Nation ) in 1875

Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk and confidant of Russian Tsar Nicholas II in 1869

Today’s Obits                                                           

R Budd Dwyer, PAState Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy & perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference in 1987

Lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), heart attack at his Texas ranch at 64 in 1973

Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77 in 1968

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of pres John F Kennedy, dies at 104 in 1995

Heath Ledger, Australian actor dies of OD at 29 in 2008

Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist dies at 82 in 2003

Jean Simmons, English-American actress dies at 81 in 2010

Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner dies at 84 in 1921

Victoria, [Alexandrine], Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 81 in 1901

Rose Mary Woods, American Watergate scandal figure die at 88 in 2005

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game

• Choice
• Agree
• Single

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     Is the lollipop large?: popular

2.     Tomorrow I’ll own the company: willow

3.     The agency pressed for more money: cypress

4.     The school officials must give them lockers: hemlock

5.     Don’t film a hog anymore: mahogany

6.     Some Pueblo customs are unusual: locust

7.     The car raced around the track: cedar

8.     Remove any greasy cam or engine part that’s loose: sycamore

9.     Can I access the web on your computer?: ebony

10.  Albany and buffalo are in upstate New York: banyan

11.  Is the highway line thick or yellow: hickory

Wuzzle

• Falling leaves
• Halo
• Outsiders

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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