9/5/13

FYI: Any blue text is a link. Click to check it out!

Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 36/ Day: 348    

Today: H 79°…L 57°

Wind: ave:   8mph; Gusts:  26mph  

Ave. humidity:  64%

Record Low: 27° (1961) 

Record High: 90° (1945)

Average Low: 46° 

Average High: 76°

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

"Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US…1958

10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC…1882

1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC…1953

Austerity measure requires Greece to increase its maximum working days to six 

     per week…2012

Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal…1960

Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead…1666

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento…1975

Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC…1991

President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)…1961

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

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

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

What a warm day we had. Nice to be able to spend some time outside.

 

I’m not sure which I find more weird…is it that Mr. ‘Hawk’ McCain is saying that he is voting against the Obama plan because it is too little, or is it that he was playing poker on his phone during the hearings…kinda sounds like his mind was made up and he just wants it to look like a hearing, or is it that he uses a smart phone? Our Senator stays in the news…making AZ proud. With all this, then he changes course and votes in committee to bomb. Maybe he was just confused….AGAIN

 

I made it over to Sprouts this morning, and was very happy to find some great food. It really is a great store. Also hit Target for some bargains. Too bad these stores are not on my side of town; that would make life even better.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Marvin and Loren are exploring a forest in Queensland. They spotted a nice rainbow earlier, and then decided to go see the wildlife near the river. Loren spots a weird but harmless looking mammal and goes for a closer look. Marvin yells to be careful because it is venomous. Loren laughs, thinking Marvin must be joking. Unfortunately Loren gets too close and is stung in the hand. Loren starts to cry out in pain. Marvin comes over to Loren to tell him how stupid he is, but at least the venom is not lethal. What did Loren get stung by?

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• That’s Amore

• Buster Keaton Pranks People - Candid Camera

• Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

• What's my Line? Carol Lawrence

• Gotthard Tunnel 16.9 km with 6X Speed (Switzerland)

Hmmmm…Fearsome Phobias

If you have an irrational fear of... Bound, being
You're suffering from... Merinthophobia (related to 'fixing of boundaries')

If you have an irrational fear of... Body odor
You're suffering from... Bromidrosiphobia (Greek for sweat)

It is Illegal…

You Can Be Stopped By the Police for Biking Over 65 Miles per Hour in Connecticut

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

When swearing an oath, you will place your hand on a religious scripture pertaining to your faith.

Ok, then?

Harper’s Index    

• Number of bills strengthening gun control that have been signed into law since Sandy Hook shooting: 14

• Number weakening gun control: 37

Unusual Fact of the Day

Cheesecake was invented in Ancient Greece and served to athletes at the very first Olympic Games.

Joke-of-the-day

One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his house. His three children were outside, still in their P.J.'s, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers thrown all about the front yard. The door to his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to the house. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess.

A lamp had been knocked over, and a throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, Breakfast food was spilled on the counter, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand lay piled up by the back door.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and other piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried that she might be ill, or worse!!

He found her lounging into the bedroom, still in her pajamas, reading a novel.

She smiled, looked up at him and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, "What happened here today?"

She again smiled and answered, "you know every day when you come home from work and ask me what in the world did I do today?"

"Yes", he replied reluctantly.

She answered, "We'll, today I didn't do it!!"

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

SELLING AND TALKING

The sale is made while the customer is talking.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

BALTIMORE - U.S. scientists say they've detected water on the surface of the moon that originated deep in its interior, suggesting the interior is not as dry as thought. The discovery adds to the rapidly changing understanding of lunar water, study lead author Rachel Klima, a planetary geologist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., said.

"For many years, researchers believed that the rocks from the moon were 'bone dry,' and that any water detected in the Apollo samples had to be contamination from Earth," Klima, who is also a researcher with the NASA Lunar Science Institute, said. New techniques, she said, allowed scientists to determine an interior source for water detected on the moon's surface. "About five years ago, new laboratory techniques used to investigate lunar samples revealed that the interior of the moon is not as dry as we previously thought," she said. Knowledge of the moon's interior water can provide information about its volcanic processes and internal composition, the researchers said. "Such studies can help us understand how the surficial water originated and where it might exist in the lunar mantle," study co-author Justin Hagerty of the U.S. Geological Survey said. The detection of internal water means scientists can begin to test some of the findings from sample studies in a broader context, including in regions far from where the Apollo sites are clustered on the near side of the moon, researchers said.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• The Museum of Modern Art in New York City hung Matisse's 'Le Bateau' upside-down for 47 days before an art student noticed the error.

• The official name of the St. Louis Gateway Arch is "The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial." The Gateway Arch looks taller than it is wider, but it is exactly 630 feet by 630 feet.

• The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the "The Pieta," completed in 1500.

• The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.

• Pablo Picasso's career lasted seventy-eight years, from 1895 until his death in 1973.

• The Taj Mahal was commissioned in 1630 by Shah Jehan to honor his wife Mumtaz, who died in childbirth.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

1^st-7^th

International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week

National Waffle Week
Self-University Week
National Payroll Week

3rd -7th  

Play Days

Today Is                                                                       

·        Be Late For Something Day

Today’s Events through History  

1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)…1885

French Revolution: the "Reign of Terror" begins…1793

Georgians continue to trespass on Creek lands. Chief Alexander McGillivray 

     writes Congress demanding that they protect his people from the settlers 

     which previous treaties has promised…1785

Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas…1836

World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens…1980

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Paul Volcker, former Federal Reserve chairman is 86

Bob Newhart, comedian (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart) is 84

Carol Lawrence, dancer/actress (West Side Story) is 81

William Devane, actor (Family Plot, Missles of October) is 76

George Lazenby, Australian actor (OHMSS-James Bond) is 74

Raquel Welch, actress (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles) is 73

Michael Keaton, actor (Gung Ho, Batman, Beetlejuice) is 62

Dweezil Zappa, rock guitarist/son of Frank/VJ (MTV) is 44

Rose McGowan, actress (Charmed) is 40

Remembered for being born today

Jesse James, outlaw, son of a clergyman [1847-1882]

Louis XIV, King of France (Sun King) [1638-1715]

Freddie Mercury, [Bulsara], British vocalist (Queen-We are Champions) [1946-1991]

Jack Valenti, Pres (Motion Picture Association of America) [1921-2007]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Mother Teresa [Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu], Nobel (1979)…1997…at 87

Allen Funt, American radio and television personality…1999…at 84  

D. James Kennedy, televangelist…heart attack…2007…at 76

Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-born singer…cancer…2003…at 76

Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief…stabbed by guard…1877…at 27

Brain Teasers

Duckbill Platypus Male platypuses have venomous spurs.

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.

• §    And That Is All for Now  §