June 23

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1713 - The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada

1919 - Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) incorporates

1938 - Civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established

1951 - Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage & $14M property-Kansas)

1955 - Walt Disney's "Lady & the Tramp" released

1970 - "Red Skelton Show," last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV

1982 - Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) 1986 - Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House

1994 - South Africa reclaims its seat in UN

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

I got a call from a former teacher at Tuba. She and her recently college graduated  daughter who were traveling  through Flag. Nice to see them both. Gail is happy teaching in Browning Montana, her hometown. Brandi, whom I’ve known since her birth, is working on a grant to study how antibiotics react with different parts of the body. I told her my tendonitis story and she was fascinated and explained it to me so that I really understood it. Brandi was returning from 3 weeks in the Bahamas, her first international trip. She went alone, stayed on couches through couch surfing website. Pretty adventurous. Very cool.

I’m really getting ready for the trip…picked up needed cash, notified bank of travel so my cards will work over there, notified newspaper and post office. I leave on Tuesday morning so still have time for packing. The pain pills are helping my tendonitis so I’ll be good. Chase couldn’t guarantee that my ATM card would work in Kenya or Tanzania, thanks to Homeland Security. Not sure how that works…seems to me it should be Dept. of State, but what do I know. I called Wels Fargo and notified them of my travel. They had no problem setting up my card. I called Chase back and after 15 minutes and threatening to close my account, suddenly the ‘Senior Supervisor’ made it so the card would work. I told them that I didn’t appreciate a bureaucratic lie that Homeland Security made this decision, when it is a Chase policy. He just said that all three previous people had been misinformed. Yeah, right. We’ll see.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle You Know Her, Her Name Rhymes with ...

Every answer is the name of a famous writer. Given rhymes for the first and last names, you name the writers. For example: given "Wet Start," you'd say "Bret Harte."

1.     Dark Stain:

2.     Mormon sailor:

3.     Plain Boston:

4.     Dame’s voice:

5.     Villain promise:

6.     Sharper Key:

7.     Villa blather:

8.     Tall fellow:

9.     Yon Beaver:

10.  Tan mice:

11.  Cycle titan:

12.  Mules turn:

What is the answer?

Peter picked one pepper more than Paul. Pat picked one pepper more than Pam. Peter and Paul picked 10 more peppers than Pat and Pam. Peter, Paul, Pat and Pam picked 60 peppers. How many peppers did Peter pick?

4X4 Word Boxes

The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.

1.     incidental benefit
2.     ardor inspired by passion
3.     timed competition
4.     joint example

Lifestyle  Substance     

One Hit Wonders of the 1960’s

• Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp, Bomp, Barry Mann, 1961

• Percolator (Twist), Billy Joe and the Checkmates, 1962

• Al Di La’, Emillo Pericoli, 1962

• Dear One, Larry Finnegan, 1962

Harper’s Index         

Number of contestants in an elephant beauty pageant held in Sauraha, Nepal: 5

Found on You Tube 

Johnny Cash and June Carter - rare 1994 TV interview       

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

Bubba and Johnny Ray, two good ole boys from North Carolina, were sitting' on the front porch drinking beer when a large truck hauling rolls and rolls of sod went by. "I'm gonna do that when I win the lottery," said Bubba. "Do what?" asked Johnny Ray. "Send my grass out to be mowed," answered Bubba.

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

The first person to start yelling in an argument no longer has any meaningful points to make and has lost the argument.

Yeah, It Really Happened

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. - A California man is suing the state Department of Fish and Game, claiming a "mismanaged" wild deer attacked him, a court document shows. Thadeusz Wyrzykowski of Bolinas said in his handwritten court filing that he suffered injuries from falling into a window after deer jumped into his fenced yard last spring and "attacked me (twice) on a narrow path." Asking for unspecified damages, he wrote in his filing that the wildlife department "mismanaged negligently its animal its claims & duties."
A case management conference was scheduled for Oct. 19 in Marin Superior Court, the Marin Independent Journal reported Monday. The newspaper said Wyrzykowski filed another handwritten lawsuit in federal court last year against the Marin County Assessor-Recorder's Office over the county's efforts to collect overdue property taxes from him, in which he described himself as an "independent dignity ambassador" and "orator/scholar/artist." Deputy County Counsel Edward Kiernan called that suit full of "nonsensical, irrelevant non sequitors" and "legally meaningless and pointless facts." That suit was dismissed, the newspaper noted.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Avoid those inky messes inside your purse by storing your ballpoint pens inside a plastic toothbrush container. Your purse will stay clean and stain-free.

• Cover the bottom of your trash can with a layer of old newspapers. They absorb any liquids that leak from your garbage and keep crumbs and dirt from falling to the bottom. Change the newspaper about once a week.
              

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

17-23

   Universal Father's Week
   Meet A Mate Week
   Old Time Fiddlers Week
21-24 

   Watermelon Seed Spitting Week

Today Is                                                                      

ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day

Baby Boomer's Recognition Day

Great American Backyard Campout

Let It Go Day

Pink Flamingo Day (Lawn Ornaments)

Public Service Day

SAT Math Day National

UN Public service Day

Estonia: Victory Day: (since 1934. recalls the victory in the 1919 Battle of Võnnu 

                                        (near Cēsis, Latvia) of the Estonian military forces and their 

                                        allies over German forces (Baltische Landeswehr) who sought 

                                        to re-assert Baltic-German control over the region.)  

Today’s Other Events                                                             

Before 1000CE

930 - World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established

1600’s

1683 - William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; 

            only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken"

1700’s

1704: James Moore, former Governor of South Carolina, is leading a force of 50 

           British, and 1,000 Creek against Spanish settlements. Today, they will attack the

           Apalachee Mission of San Pedro y San Pable at Patale, in north-western Florida.

           They will take many Indians as slaves and kill Father Manuel de Mendoza.

1800’s

1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer"

1900’s

1947 - Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress

1958 - Fed judge rules race separation must end in 2½ years in Little Rock

1963 - Pres Kennedy tours West-Europe

1967 - US Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (D-Ct) for misusing campaign funds

1972 - Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports

1979 - Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"

1983 - US Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions

1996 - Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan

2000’s

2004 - Bob Dylan accepts honorary doctor of music degree from the University of St 

             Andrews, Scotland's oldest university

2005 - San Antonio Spurs beat Detroit Pistons 4-3 in NBA finals MVP: Tim Duncan (his

             third), San Antonio

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show) in 1929

Bert Convy, St Louis MO, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw) in 1933

Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India in 1894

Bob Fosse, Chicago Ill, choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankees) in 1927

Carl Milles, Uppsala Sweden, fountain sculptor (Wedding of Rivers) in 1875

David Ogilvy, ‘Father of Advertizing’ (Ogilvy & Mathers) in 1911

Pharaoh Ptolemy XV (Philopator Philometor Caesar) of Egypt in 47BC

In their 80’s

Art Modell, owner (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores) is 87

In their 60’s

Vint Cerf, American Internet pioneer, Turing Award laureate is 69

Ted Shackelford, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, actor (Gary-Dallas, Knots Landing) is 66

Clarence Thomas, Savannah Ga, 108th US Supreme Court Justice is 64

In their 40’s

Selma Blair, American actress (Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde) is 40

Today’s Obits                                                           

Shana Alexander, American columnist dies of cancer in 2005 at 79

Werner Best, German jurist and Nazi leader dies in 1989 at 86

Peter Falk, American actor (Colombo) dies in 2011 at 83

Harriet, Galápagos tortoise dies in 2006 at 176

Ed McMahon, American television personality in 2009 at 86

John Mill, English theologian noted for his critical edition of the Greek New Testament 

                   in 1707 at 62

Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress dies in 1998 at 87

Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure in 1995 at 80

Aaron Spelling, American television producer dies in 2006 at 83

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?

18 peppers

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     Dark Stain: Mark Twain

2.     Mormon sailor: Norman Mailer

3.     Plain Boston: Jane Austin

4.     Dame’s voice: James Joyce

5.     Villain promise: Dylan Thomas

6.     Sharper Key: Harper Lee

7.     Villa blather: Willa Cather

8.     Tall fellow: Saul Bellow

9.     Yon Beaver: John Cheever

10.  Tan mice: Ann Rice

11.  Cycle titan: Michael Creighton

12.  Mules turn: Jules Verne

4X4 boxes

PERK

ELAN

RACE

KNEE

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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