9/18/13

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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 38/ Day: 261   

Today: H 74°…L 48°…Ave. humidity:  67%

Wind: ave:   8mph; Gusts:  23mph  

Average Low: 42°  Record Low: 27° (1903)

Average High: 73° Record High: 88° (1956)

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

"Get Smart" premieres…1965

"Wagon Train" premieres…1957

1000 whites walk out of Gary IN schools to protest integration…1945

19 German aircraft shot down above England…1949

1st mailing of anthrax letters of the 2001 anthrax attacks…2001

Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British who capture Quebec City…1759

Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect…1979

Buddhist monks join protesters in Myanmar: Saffron Revolution….2007

Chicago Teachers Union & Chicago Public Schools end an 8-day strike…2012

Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning exchange last letters before eloping…1846

Fort Ticonderoga, New York opens…1755

New Hampshire becomes a county in Massachusetts Bay Colony…1679

Ted Turner gives $1 billion to UN…1997

Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) in a referendum on Welsh autonomy…1997

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

Here is a new concept…paper pushers need to read and think. I just got a call from my new investment company and the check for my investment was rejected after I had told them to stop payment on one check and make payment on a second check. I gave them the check number of the stop payment check and of the ‘good’ check. So what do they do? They just don’t pay on either check. So tomorrow with be dealing with bureaucrats and paper pushers.

 

A really nice day here in Flag…warm, sunny, and a great time to be outside.

 

Gun control or no gun control…the argument is getting pretty boring. Whenever there is another mass shooting both sides rev up. One side wants more control of who is buying the guns; the other side says that if that happens, only the criminals will have guns. We need a statesman or stateswoman who can come up with a compromise that will stop all this gun violence. Both sides have dug in so deep, that any new idea will have a tough road, but it is the only way anything will ever change.

 

One interesting thing that has come out in this mess is that the US military is all volunteers. Since we have been in two wars +, the military has lowered its standards for people who make it into the military. Some of our soldiers are convicted felons…as long as it is not a too violent felony. These military personnel can’t vote, but can kill people…and get the training necessary to do it…on our tax dollars. Our people need to wake up and see what is happening.

 

I watched a video of the ship being turned right side up. Amazing what technology can do today. After being on a ship a little smaller than that one, I can’t imagine how it got straightened out with no leaking.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

You see me often ladies, For I am a part of your life. I sometimes bother babies But prefer to cause adults strife. My looks are a sign of your personality. My strength cannot measure up to yours. With most people I am there for eternity. Onto me, water often pours. Many look to me with pride, While others wish to change me. Drifting slowly, my time I bide Waiting for you to see That I am just a thing you're given, Not something very important. For I have always been and will forever be dead.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• Get Smart -- First Ever Opening Theme

• Wagon Train Color Opening 1963

• Jimmie Rodgers – Honeycomb

• James Gandolfini - The 60 Minutes Interview

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower

Hmmmm…Fearsome Phobias

If you have an irrational fear of... Crowds
You're suffering from... Ochlophobia Greek ochlos 'crowd'

If you have an irrational fear of... Corpses
You're suffering from... Necrophobia Gk, nekros, dead

It is Illegal…

Beer and Pretzels Cannot Be Served at the Same Time in Any Bar or Restaurant In North Dakota

Privileges granted to people in the U.S. (and many western nations) for being Christian…

Construction of spaces of worship will not likely be halted due to your faith.

Ok, then?

• Harper’s Index    

• Inflation-adjusted amount an average single man who turned 65 in 2010 contributed to Medicare: $41,000

• Amount he can expect to receive in benefits: $180,000

Unusual Fact of the Day

One of the first known contraceptives was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians.

Joke-of-the-day

A head-on collision occurred between a man and a woman. Both emerged from the scene intact while their cars were totally demolished.

The woman said, "This is quite a predicament. We should drink a toast to celebrate this miracle."

The man replied, "What a great idea; I just happen to have a bottle with me."

With this he handed it to the man. The man downed half the bottle and handed it back. The woman would not take it back and said, "I think I will wait until after the police arrive to celebrate."  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

GETTING A CONSULTING JOB

Personal contacts are best for getting consulting jobs. Twenty leads should produce one assignment.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

49-year-old Christopher Jackson was arrested for branded his initials onto his girlfriend.

Are they a pair of kinky fetishists? No. He was mad at her because she wouldn't go out dancing with him. And just to make sure he did the job right he branded her right on her genitals.

Back on May 15, authorities say Jackson had gone to a baseball game. After the game, he wanted to go dancing, but the victim claimed she was too tired. She told investigators he gave her some pills to stay awake, but she ended up passing out. 

The victim believes she had been purposely drugged.

Court records show Jackson then used a branding tool and a butane torch to burn the initials "CJ" onto her vaginal area.

"That's pretty crazy and kind of scary," said Brett Schneidt, a neighbor. "I've lived here next to him for 12 years and he always seemed like a normal, calm guy."

Detectives say the woman didn't come forward until last month because she was fearful. She told them Jackson bragged about branding other women in the past and said he did it to her because she belonged to him.

Jackson was charged with a felony count of aggravated assault, causing a serious physical injury.

Somewhat Useless Information   

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A dentist invented the electric chair!!!

• The largest baby to be born so far weighed in at 15 pounds, 5 ounces!

• Sir Edmund was the first to climb Mt. Everest and return back.

• Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, was actually afraid of the dark.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

 15th-21st

Balance Awareness Week
Build A Better Image Week
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week
National Clean Hands Week
National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week
National Indoor Plant Week

National Love Your Files Week

National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
National Singles Week
Pollution Prevention Week
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week

17th-23^rd

Constitution Week

Today Is                                                                      

·        Chiropractic Founders Day

·        Hug A Greeting Card Writer Day

·        National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day

·        National Cheeseburger Day

·        National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

·        National Play-doh Day

·        National Rehabilitation Day

·        National Respect Day

·        World Water Monitoring Day

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·        Chile: Independence Day (1810 from Spain)

·        US: Air Force Birthday 1947

Today’s Events through History  

Burma suspends its constitution…1988

Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage…1502

Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air with 18 stations…1927

President George Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building…1793

Ralph J Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine…1948

Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination….1885

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Robert Blake, actor (Baretta, Little Rascals) is 80

Jimmie Rodgers, singer/guitarist (Jimmie Rodgers Show, Honey Comb) is 80

Fred Willard, actor, comedian is 74

Frankie Avalon, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) is 73

Holly Robinson-Peete, actress (21 Jump Street) is 49

Aisha Tyler, actress, talk show host is 43

Lance Armstrong, road cyclist barred from sport: banned drugs is 42

Jada Pinkett, actress (Jason's Lyric) is 42

James Marsden, actor, singer, model is 40

Remembered for being born today

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, actor (Jack Benny Show) [1905-1977]
Greta Garbo, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Grand Hotel, Camille) [1905-1990]

Agnes De Mille, NYC, choreographer (Oklahoma) [1905-1993]

Jack Warden, character actor (NYPD) [1920-2006]

James Gandolfini, actor: Sopranos [1961-2013]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Spiro Theodore Agnew, 39^th US VP (1969-73)… leukemia…1996…@77

Dag Hammarskjoeld, UN Sect Gen…air crash…1961…@56

Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze)…drug overdose…1970@27

Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (The Plough and the Stars)…1964…@84

Brain Teasers

Hair. It often gets in your face (at least it does to girls).

Some babies are born with it, some are not.

You wash your hair often, and get it changed just as much.

This may sound a little too scientific, but hair is made of dead cells, just like your upper layer of skin.

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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