June 4

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1789: US constitution goes into effect

1825: Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC

1892: Sierra Club forms in SF

1912: Massachusetts passes 1st US minimum wage law

1929: George Eastman demonstrates 1st Technicolor movie (Rochester NY)

1973: A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain

1998: Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing

♪Happy Birthday To: ♪ 

 

Free Rambling Thoughts   

And the mystery continues…I was watching my weekly news programs this morning when a cop knocked on my neighbor’s door. He was there about 30 minutes, and when I went outside one of the guys said, ‘you won’t believe this but somebody took another purse last night.’ Yep, he’s right. This time they are claiming a Native cousin who was visiting had her $400 purse stolen. Again they didn’t ‘get’ her cell phone but just her purse, this time through a locked door. It’s time for a Colombo on our local police force. Now they are ‘guessing’ that it is a former tenant. The problem is two of the guys have lived there as long as I have and I doubt the lady who moved out a couple of years ago is coming back to take purses. Watching kids and parents who change the truth sometimes, I am sure it is the ‘new’ guy…the car salesman who is involved somehow. He just has a ‘guilty’ way of telling the story…including saying that he had to replace all the stuff stolen last time. Anyway the cop arrived and while opening his door put a dent in another neighbor’s door. That meant that a supervisor had to come and take pictures and file another report. Strange happenings for sure.

I also caught the highlights of the Queen’s Jubilee…rain and all. Quite a lady to stand all that time beside her husband, who also stood…and he is 90. What a day for the Brits.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle--Guess the Rest

Every answer is a three-word phrase in the form "______ the ______." There are rhymes for the first and last words in the phrases. For example, given "lease the reels," the answer would be "grease the wheels."

1.     Swallow the reader:

2.     Throw the missile:

3.     Grace the station:

4.     Ruffle the check:

5.     Bring the booze:

6.     Shake the sponge:

7.     Churn the hopes:

8.     Best the daughters

9.     Thrill the queens:

10.  Quit the throttle:

11.  Hit the Yank:

12.  Praise the spoof:

13.  Mute the sleaze:

14.  Cheat the jock:

What is the word or phrase?

123456789012SAFETY01234567890

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.    conjunction
2.    negative
3.    clothes coloring

Lifestyle  Substance     

Summer Songs of the 1960’s

Honky Tonk Woman, The Rolling Stones 1969 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks)

Cherish, The Association 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks)  

You've Lost That Loving Feeling, The Righteous Brothers 1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks)  

California Dreamin', The Mamas And The Papas 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #4

Harper’s Index         

Number of its 1875 streetlights the city of Highland Park, MI has stopped illuminating in the past year to cut costs: 1387

Found on You Tube 

        The Best Internship on Earth - The Sierra Club

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

One day, a Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Chemical Engineer and Computer Engineer were driving down the street in the same car. All of a sudden, the car broke down.
The Mechanical Engineer said, "I think a rod broke."
The Chemical Engineer said, "The way it sputtered at the end, I don't think it's getting gas."
The Electrical Engineer said, "I think there was a spark and something is wrong with the electrical system."
All three turned to the computer engineer and said, "What do you think?"
The Computer Engineer said, "I think we should all get out and get back in."

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

When moving to a new home, the first thing you should set up is the bed. By the end of the day you'll be so tired, you'll be glad to have a comfy place to pass out.

Yeah, It Really Happened

CLEVELAND - Cleveland prosecutors have dropped their case against a man who was ticketed for littering when he dropped a dollar he was attempting to give a disabled person. Chief City Prosecutor Jonathan Cudnik dropped the case Thursday against John Davis in Judge Angela Stoke's courtroom, saying the city does not consider money to be trash, WJW, Cleveland, reported Thursday. Davis said he was relieved by the decision, as the $344 littering ticket was approaching $500 with court costs factored in and he would lose additional money from missing work and attorney's fees. Davis said his attorney, Marcus Sidoti, will donate all fees to the Different Needz Foundation charity.                 

Somewhat Useless Information   

Psychologists have discovered that the manner in which people eat Oreo cookies provides great insight into their personalities. Choose which method best describes your favorite method of eating Oreos: 1. The whole thing all at once. 2. One bite at a time 3. Slow and methodical nibbles examining the results of each bite afterwards. 4. In little feverous nibbles. 5. Dunked in some liquid (milk, coffee...). 6. Twisted apart, the inside, then the cookie. 7. Twisted apart, the inside, and toss the cookie. 8. Just the cookie, not the inside. 9. I just like to lick them, not eat them. 10.I don't have a favorite way because I don't like Oreos.

 Your Personality: 1. The whole thing: This means you consume life with abandon, you are fun to be with, exciting, carefree with some hint of recklessness. You are totally irresponsible. No one should trust you with his or her children. 2. One bite at a time: You are lucky to be one of the 5.4 billion other people who eat their Oreos this very same way. Just like them, you lack imagination, but that's okay, not to worry, you're normal. 3. Slow and Methodical: You follow the rules. You're very tidy and orderly. You're very meticulous in every detail with every thing you do to the point of being anal retentive and irritating to others. Stay out of the fast lane if you're only going to go the speed limit. 4. Feverous Nibbles: Your boss likes you because you get your work done quickly. You always have a million things to do and never enough time to do them. Mental breakdowns and suicides run in your family. Valium and Ritalin would do you good. 5. Dunked: Every one likes you because you are always up beat. You like to sugar coat unpleasant experiences and rationalize bad situations into good ones. You are in total denial about the shambles you call a life. You have a propensity towards narcotic addiction. 6. Twisted apart, the inside, and then the cookie:  You have a highly curious nature. You take pleasure in breaking things apart to find out how they work, though not always able to put them back together, so you destroy all the evidence of your activities. You deny your involvement when things go wrong. You are a compulsive liar and exhibit deviant, if not criminal, behavior. 7. Twisted apart, the inside, and then toss the cookie: You are good at business and take risk that pay off. You take what you want and throw the rest away. You are greedy, selfish, mean, and lack feelings for others. You should be ashamed of yourself. But that's ok, you don't care, you got yours. 8. Just the cookie, not the inside: You enjoy pain.
 9. I just like to lick them, not eat them: Stay away from small furry animals and seek professional medical help - immediately.10. I don't have a favorite way, I don't like Oreos: You probably come from a rich family, and like to wear nice things, and go to upscale restaurants. You are particular and fussy about the things you buy, own, and wear. Things have to be just right. You like to be pampered. You are a prissy.

For AZ centennial celebration: town names

• Patagonia, AZ: a town in Santa Cruz County, population of 913, formerly a supply center for nearby mines and ranches, now it is a tourist destination, retirement community and arts & crafts center, the racial makeup of the town was 86.49% White, 0.91% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 10.56% fromother races, and 1.59% from two or more races. 39.50% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race

• Picacho,AZ : an unincorporated community in Pinal County, population is 471, name is Spanish for "peak", the racial and ethnic makeup of the population was 62.4% Hispanic or Latino, 33.8% non-Hispanic white, 0.6% non-Hispanic black, 0.7% Hispanic blacks, 1.5% non-Hispanic Native American, 1.0% Hispanic Native Americans, 0.6% non-Hispanics reporting some other race and 7.0% of the population reporting two or more races.

• Pinetop, AZ: a town in Navajo County, population of the town is 4,156, founded in 1984 when the neighboring towns of Pinetop and Lakeside merged, a popular summer resort and second-home area for Arizona desert residents, the racial makeup of the town was 89.17% White, 1.03% Black orAfrican American, 2.29% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 4.61% from other races, and 2.54% from two or more races, 11.36% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.

• Pirtleville, AZ: in Cochise County, population is 1,550, the racial makeup of the CDP was 53.23% White, 0.65% Black or African American, 1.29% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.26% Pacific Islander, 41.35% from other races, and 2.71% from two or more races, 95.03% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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                                                                      

Audacity To Hope Day

Do-Dah Day (Salute To Silliness):

Full Moon: Strawbery Moon; Rose Moon

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

National Barefoot Day

National Trails Day
Old Maid's Day

Finland: Flag Day

Today’s Other Events                                                             

Before 1000CE

781 BC: The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China

1000’s

1070: Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France

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1300’s

1391: Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surrounds & sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery

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1700’s

1760: Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians

1769: A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in history

1783: Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned)

1794: Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers

1800’s

1805: Tripoli forced to conclude peace with US after war over tribute

1850: Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England

1871: General George Crook takes command of the Department of Arizona, today. He believes the Indians should be treated fairly, but kept under control

1900’s

1907: Automatic washer & dryer introduced

1917: 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)

1919: Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill

1927: 1st Ryder Cup: US beats England, 9½-2½ at Worcester Country Club (Worcester, Massachusetts, US)

1927: Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard & 200-yard free-style

1940: The synthetic rubber tire unveiled 1940: Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas & oceans"

1942: Capitol Record Co opens for business

1943: Race riots in LA

1945: US, Russia, England & France agree to split occupied Germany

1964: Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark

1965: Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"

1970: 43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant

1975: Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in NC

1977: Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale

1981: 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus

1984: Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA"

1990: Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy

1990: Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

1991: Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church

1991: Pope John Paul II compares abortion with Nazi murders

2000’s

2001: Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (The mosque at New Gourna) in 1900

Freddie Fender, Mexico, country singer (Feelings) in 1937

Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer in 1744

Robert Merrill, Bkln NY, baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera) in 1917

Rosalind Russell, Waterbury CT, actress (Mame, Take a Letter Darling) in 1907

Dennis Weaver, Joplin Mo, actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered) in 1924

In their 80’s

Ruth Westheimer, Germany, sex therapist (WYNY-FM) is 84

In their 70’s

Bruce Dern, Winnetka Ill, actor (Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo) is 76

In their 60’s

Parker Stevenson, Phila Pa, actor (Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace) is 60

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In their 40’s

Noah Wyle, actor (Dr John Carter-ER) is 41

In their 30’s

Russell Brand, British comedian and television personality1975 is 37

Angelina Jolie, American actress (Girl, Interrupted, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) is 37

Today’s Obits                                                           

Giacomo Casanova, Italian womanizer and writer, suicide in 1798 at 73 

Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies of pneumonia in 1968 at 70

Katherine MacDonald, American actress dies in 1956 at 74

Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies in 1992 at 82

John Wooden, American basketball player and coach dies in 2010 at 99

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the word or phrase?

Safety in numbers

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     Swallow the reader: follow the leader

2.     Throw the missile: blow the whistle

3.     Grace the station: Face the Nation

4.     Ruffle the check: shuffle the deck

5.     Bring the booze: sing the Blues

6.     Shake the sponge: take the plunge

7.     Churn the hopes: learn the ropes

8.     Best the daughters: test the waters

9.     Thrill the queens: spill the beans

10.  Quit the throttle: hit the bottle

11.  Hit the Yank: break the bank

12.  Praise the spoof: raise the roof

13.  Mute the sleaze: shoot the breeze

14.  Cheat the jock: beat the clock

3x3 boxes

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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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