June 5

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

Warm and windy today. I was out and about early, to miss most of the wind. It worked. Only hope now is that no fires start in our forest. The May we just finished is only one of three May’s in history that Flag had no precipitation. Scary. We did hit double digit humidity with a whopping 10%.

I just can’t believe that Zimmerman, the guy from Florida, has a legal defense fund that is raking in over $1000 a day. He certainly deserves a fair trial, and good lawyers are hard to find. But I’m sure with a case like this there are many attorney’s who would do it pro-bono, just for the publicity. His fund, from donations, is at over $200,000 now and still growing every day. In fact, after the judge ordered him back to jail for claiming to be poor, the daily intake has increased.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle:  Seeing Red

Given a word and must drop two letters so that the remaining letters, in order, spell a color or shade. For example, given "greed," the answer would be "red."

1.     Train:

2.     Blouse:

3.     Grouse:

4.     Greasy:

5.     Age old:

6.     Pucker:

7.     Reborn:

8.     Grubby:

9.     Cordial:

10.  Clemson:

11.  Outlive:

12.  Whither:

13.  Besiege:

14.  Greyhen:

15.  Poacher:

16.  Macaroon:

17.  Outrange:

What is the answer?

Take the letters ERGRO. Put three letters in front of it, and the same three letters behind to form a common English word.

3x3 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.    hiss
2.    bum
3.    insect repellent

Lifestyle  Substance     

Summer Songs of the 1960’s

•  In My Life
, The Beatles  1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: did not chart

•  A Day In The Life
, The Beatles  1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: did not chart

•  Can't Buy Me Love
, The Beatles  1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks)

•  Mrs. Robinson
, Simon & Garfunkel  1968 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks)

Harper’s Index         

Amount of Homeland Security funds spend in Michigan last year on Sno-Cone machines: $6,279

Found on You Tube 

WHEN THE WEST WAS FUN - A TV WESTERN REUNION  It’s 30 minutes but brings back memories

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

Maurice an 82 year-old man went to the doctor for his physical.A few days later the doctor saw Maurice walking down the street with a gorgeous young lady on his arm.A couple of days later do doctor spoke to Maurice and said, “You’re really doing great, aren’t you?” Maurice replied, “Just doing what you said, Doc: “Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.” The doctor said, “I did not say that. I said, “You got a heart murmur. Be careful.”

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

If there are two trains in a station, take the one that was moving most recently.

Yeah, It Really Happened

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman said she investigated bird sounds in her yard and discovered a baby cardinal with two heads and three beaks. April Britt of Northampton said she and her husband followed the sounds of squawking birds in their back yard to a tree where they discovered the baby female cardinal with the unusual deformities, WGGB-TV, Springfield, reported Thursday. "My husband says, 'Oh my God. Look at this poor thing! That's an oddity if I ever saw one,'" Britt said. "I've never seen anything like that before." Britt said she discovered the bird on the ground a few hours later and donned a plastic glove to return it to the tree. She said the baby cardinal was nowhere to be seen the following morning. "I would like to know she survived." Britt said. "The neighbor is going to keep an eye to see if she sees her."              

Somewhat Useless Information   

California's Mount Whitney measures as the highest peak in the lower 48 states. Its most famous climb is Mount Whitney Trail to the 14,495 feet summit. Wilderness permits are required.
Fallbrook, CA is known as the Avocado Capital of the World and hosts an annual Avocado Festival. More avocados are grown in the region than any other county in the nation.

For AZ centennial celebration: town names

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Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

2-8

   Black Single Parents Week
   International Clothesline Week
   National Business Etiquette Week
   National Headache Awareness Week

   (World) Dystonia Awareness Week
4-9

   National Sun Safety Week
   National Tire Safety Week

Today Is                                                                      

Apple II Day

Festival Of Popular Delusions Day

Hot Air Balloon Day

World Environment Day

Today’s Other Events     oops, did it again..see yesterday                                                        

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune) in 1819

William Boyd, Ohio, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy) in 1895

John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist in 1883

[Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader in 1878

In their 80’s

Bill Hayes, Harvey Ill, actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life) is 87

In their 60’s

Ken Follett, Cardiff, Wales, spy author (Eye of the Needle, Lie Down with Lions) is 63

Suze Orman, American financial advisor, writer, and television personality is 61

In their 40’s

Mark Wahlberg, rap singer (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) and actor (Boogie Nights, The Departed) is 41

In their 30’s

Pete Wentz,  American musician (Fall Out Boy) is 33

Today’s Obits                                                           

Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), slain in 754 at 79

Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies following long illness in 1900 at 28

O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), American author dies of cirrhosis in 1910 at 47

Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin), American bassist (The Ramones) OD’s in 2002 at 50

Ronald Reagan, American radio sports announcer, western film actor, governor of California, and 40th President of the United States dies in 2004 at 93

Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery in 1993 at 59

Mel Tormé, American singer ("The Velvet Fog"), composer, and actor dies after stoke in 1999 at 7.

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?

underground

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     Train: tan

2.     Blouse: blue

3.     Grouse: rose

4.     Greasy: gray

5.     Age old: gold

6.     Pucker: puce

7.     Reborn: ebon

8.     Grubby: ruby

9.     Cordial: coral

10.  Clemson: lemon

11.  Out live: olive

12.  Whither: white

13.  Besiege: beige

14.  Greyhen: green

15.  Poacher: ocher

16.  Macaroon: maroon

17.  Outrange: orange

3x3 boxes

BOO

OAF

OFF

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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