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Flagstaff
Almanac:
Week: 47/
Day: 324
Today: L 28°…H 57°… Ave. humidity: 66%
Wind: ave: 9mph; Gusts:
25mph
Average Low: 21° Record
Low: -5° (1964)
Average High: 49° Record High: 71° (1976)
Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
"Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst
Theater NYC for 1166 performances…1966
"Meet the Press" makes network TV
debut on NBC…1947
1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies…1431
1st municipally owned airport in US opens
(Tucson Az)…1919
1st nat’l convention of Grand Army of Republic
(veterans' org)…1866
1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German
lines)…1917
Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant
Native Americans…1969
Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem
to Jews making wine…1521
El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens
"limited offensive"…1981
FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial
AIDS treatment, 3TC…1995
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W
Wilson…1920
Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show…1929
US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T…1974
US State Department starts requiring
photographs for passports…1914
♫ Today’s
Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
Second cataract surgery went just fine. This eye is tearing up a lot more than the first one, but can still see so it’s all good. I was back home by 9a and ate breakfast, then took a nap. Ate some lunch and took another nap. Only a little irritation. Thanks to Martha for hauling me over at 7a and bringing me home. She is also hauling me over tomorrow morning about 8 for a check up. Then I wait about a month for a script for new glasses. I already knew I would still be wearing glasses since I need a prism in both lenses..something about lazy muscles in both eyes. Still amazed at how simple the procedure is. At least for the patient.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain
Teasers
I am a protector. I sit on a bridge. One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide.
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
Very
Strange Laws…North Dakota
- It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
- Beer and pretzels can’t be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
- It is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.
- Devils Lake --New Year’s celebrations are somewhat bland in this town as fireworks may not be set off after 11:00 PM!
- Fargo--One may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for wearing a hat to a function where dancing is taking place.
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Returns tomorrow.
Unusual
Fact of the Day
Bela Lugosi, famous for playing Dracula in the 1931 classic, was not fluent in English, but learned his words line for line for the movie.
Joke-of-the-day
Two cowboys are riding their horses together on the prairie. They come upon a big pile of manure. The first cowboy goes to the second, "I will bet you a $1000 that I can eat all of this crap." The second cowboy agrees, so the first cowboy eats the entire pile and wins $1000.The two cowboys ride on and after some time come across another pile of manure. This time the second cowboy bets the first that he too can eat the whole pile for $1000. The first cowboy agrees and the second cowboy eats the entire pile and wins the bet.They ride on again. After a while the first cowboy says to the second, "Do you realize that we just ate a whole pile of manure for nothing?"
Rules of
Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
LIGHTING A PORTRAIT SUBJECT
When shooting portraits, the best depiction of the face results when your brightest light comes from the side and above the face, casting a triangular highlight on the far cheek.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
There is a name for a woman who sleeps with a whole bunch of guys for money, and that name is Elina Desaine.A British dating website ran a contest to find 'Britain's horniest student' and attracted hundreds of male and female candidates who documented their conquests online.The winner, 20-year-old Elina wrote: "I should be the UK's horniest student because I have sex with at least 2-to-3 different people a week." It is hard to compete with those kinds of numbers.Some of her proudest moments, she wrote, were sleeping with two of the university union's bartenders and having sex in a university computer room.Latvian-born Elina who refers to herself as a 'Slutvian', said winning the contest has made her 'even hornier.'The website's creator said, "After meeting with Elina personally I am 100 percent confident I have found the horniest student in the country. I have never met someone so sexually confident."All of her hard work and determination won Elina 500 British pounds, a year's supply of condoms, a mobile phone and a crate of alcohol.
Somewhat
Useless Information
- The National Sport in Qatar is biding on International Events.
- When Going to the cinema you pay full price to watch half of the movie
- Freedom of Expression on Al Jazeera applies to any other Country
- The national Carrier Qatar Airways allow you to buy liquor on its planes but does not allow you to bring them into the country so you end up drunk even before you set foot.
- The only country where you will find roundabouts that are not so round.
- If you have a White Land cruiser you are allowed to show case your toes out of the window.
- The Road to perfection is met after the road has been worked upon three to four times in a year. if you don’t know what is it, come to Qatar,
- Family Day at the Malls can apply for all days of the week
- Qtel Has blocked most of the internet Websites that you eventually end it up on QL
Calendar Information
Today Is
·
African Industrialization Day
·
GIS Day (Geographic Information
Systems)
·
Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day aka
G.O.H.A.R.D
·
Name Your PC Day
·
National Educational Support Professionals
Day
·
National Peanut Butter Fudge Day
·
Transgender Day
·
UN
Universal Children's Day
Today’s Events
through History
"Indians of all tribes" are declared
on Alcatraz Island…1969
Howard University founded (Washington DC)…1866
New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of
Rights…1789
1st Seminole War begins in Florida…1817
1st Seminole War begins in Florida…1817
Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal…1969
William Bundy patents timecard clock…1888
Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero…1910
Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero…1910
Today’s
Birthdays
Estelle Parsons, actress (Rachel Rachel,
Bonnie & Clyde) is 86
Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor (Man Without
a Gun, Roaring 20s) is 85
Dick Smothers, comedian (Smother Brothers'
Show) is 74
Bo Derek, actress, producer, model is 57
Remembered
for being born today
Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of
galaxies, red shift) [1889-1954]
Robert Francis Kennedy, US Attorney General)
[1925-1968]
Fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran &
Ollie) ]1907-1989]
Emilio Pucci, Naples, fashion designer
(Neiman-Marcus Award-1954) [1914-1992]
Alistair Cooke, Manchester England, TV host
(Masterpiece Theatre)[1904-2004]
Dick Clark, TV host (American Bandstand) [1929-2012]
Today’s Historical
Obits
Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina)…1910…@82
Robert Altman, American film director…2006…@81
Allan Sherman, parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey
& Sheila)… emphysema…1973…@48
Brain
Teasers
Sunglasses
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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