I just don’t get it. Obama wants to talk to students about the importance of education. When I was in school, I remember listening to Ike on a school radio one time. It was something about the National Highway program and the need for engineers. I was too young to really understand. George II was talking to school kids when 9-11 happened. George the Dad talked to school kids and ask them to send him letters about what he should do if he became President. Now Obama, at the beginning of the school year, wants to talk to school kids around the country about the importance of education. Here in AZ our elected state school superintendent has said it is a bad idea—to have the President of the United States to talk to school kids during school time about getting an education and staying in school. Lots of crazies are joining in to this debate. “He will brainwash kids”, “he will influence them to support his programs—especially health care”, “this is what happens in North Korea.” These crazies are urging parents to keep their children home if the school is letting students listen to this speech. Unfortunately, I remember the days when there was a political season, the days when one guy one and one guy lost, and then everyone treated the President with respect. I haven’t always agreed with any president, but I was taught by the schools and my parents to listen to our leader. If I disagreed, I was free to do something about it—protest and state my side. These crazies are now preventing their children from learning how to think, learning to discuss, and now, just plain learning.
NPR ran a piece today on ‘social networking’. There are 250 million people around the world on Facebook. If Facebook was a country it would be the 4th largest in the world—behind China, India, the US and just ahead of Indonesia. Facebook is a great way to keep up on so much stuff. Some of the apps are really addicting. Overall it is a great site. If you aren’t a member, join in. You will certainly learn a lot.
Flag had interesting weather today. West side got some nice heavy showers, east side didn’t get anything. It’s really not that big a town. It was still nice at 77° but I wish we had gotten some rain.
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Random Facts…
Phobatrivaphobia is fear of trivia about phobias.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities in Florida said a man with a duffel bag full of new Victoria's Secret underwear was arrested for violating probation warrants. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said Khasim Charles Stephenson, 35, was accused of violating probation for fleeing a law enforcement officer, grand theft and other counts, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla., reported Monday. Deputies said Stephenson was tracked to the Fairfield Inn in Orlando and arrested as he was approached a vehicle. He was carrying a duffel bag that was found to be full of new underwear, most still bearing price tags, from Victoria's Secret. Authorities said the underwear is believed to be stolen, but no charges have yet been filed in relation to the items. Stephenson has several prior convictions for grand theft and arrests for violent felony charges including homicide, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon and aggravated fleeing and eluding.
September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
Week of 1 Sep…
Self-University Week [to increase lifelong learning]—ideas at end of this blog
5 Sep Observances…
248 days so far this year…117 days remain in 2009
Oatmeal Day
Be Late for Something Day
*India: The birth date of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is celebrated as Teacher's Day in India.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1902….. Darryl F Zanuck Hollywood producer & motion picture executive
1921….. Jack Valenti Pres of Motion Picture Assn of America
1929….. Bob Newhart Oak Park Ill, comedian
1939….. John Stewart San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind)
1940….. Raquel Welch Chic Ill actress
1946….. Freddie Mercury rock vocalist (Queen)
…ATHLETICS…
1952..... Graham Salmon blind runner (fastest 100m by a blind man)
1954..... Hans-Jrgen Gerhardt German DR, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1980)
1956..... Steve Denton world's fastest tennis serve-138 mph
…POLITICS…
1187….. Louis VIII [Coeur-de-Lion] king of France
1638….. Louis XIV the great, king of France
1847….. Jesse James Missouri, outlaw
1927 Paul Volcker Federal Reserve chairman
…SCIENCE…
1897….. Arthur Charles Nielsen market researcher: founder of A.C. Nielsen Co.
Events on this day…
1774….. 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia
1836….. Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas
1882….. The first Labor Day holiday parade was held in New York City. It was sponsored by the Central Labor Union. Some 10,000 workers -- all men -- participated in the parade.
1877….. Oglala Sioux leader Crazy Horse is killed by a U.S. soldier while in custody, allegedly after he resists his confinement.
1885….. 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
1921….. The Irish President has rejected Lloyd Georges Proposal and has stated in a reply to Lloyd George that there is no voluntary Union with Britain and the Irish People choose as a fundamental right to set up an Independent Republic.
1953….. 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC
1957….. Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," is published.
1958….. "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the US
1964….. The Animals’ House of the Rising Sun made it to #1.
1972….. Arab Guerillas members of the Arab terrorist group known as Black September attack the Israel Athletes Compound in Munich Germany during the Olympic games
1975….. IRA terrorists bomb the Park Lane London Hilton Hotel killing two and injuring 60 more
1975….. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento
1978….. Sadat, Begin & Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md
Holy Mackerel….
1980 ….. Switzerland’s St. Gotthard Auto Tunnel, the longest underground motorway in the world, opened. Traffic moved along the 10+ miles that took ten years to build and cost $417 million.
Bookhooks.com
Which Craft?
Match each tradesman (using his surname as guide) with the object(s) of his work.
1. Mr. Cooper was applying a hoop to the ______ for Turner.
2. Mr. Bowyer was softening the wood required to fashion a(n) _____ for Glim.
3. Mr. Wheelwright was putting finishing touches on the _______ for Kerf.
4. A bored Mr. Sawyer was loading ________ on Stew's wagon.
5. The itinerant Mr. Tinker could be heard fixing Slat's ___________.
6. Mr. Fletcher was all a-quiver, as he had just received a large order for _________ from Archie.
7. The drippy Mr. Chandler was inspecting his latest batch of _________, ordered by Shaft.
Need some help?
Here are the seven words: wagon, bow, cask, planks, kettle, arrows, candles
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1. Mr. Slat Cooper was applying a hoop to the cask for Turner.
2. Mr. Archie Bowyer was softening the wood required to fashion a bow for Glim.
3. Mr. Turner Wheelwright was putting finishing touches on the wagon for Kerf.
4. A bored Mr. Kerf Sawyer was loading planks on Stew's wagon.
5. The itinerant Mr. Stew Tinker could be heard fixing Slat's kettle.
6. Mr. Shaft Fletcher was all a-quiver, as he had just received a large order for arrows from Archie.
7. The drippy Mr. Glim Chandler was inspecting his latest batch of candles, ordered by Shaft. a covey of quail
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Thursday
Everybody around here seems to gearing up for the County Fair. I’m sure there will be lots of people out there to enjoy the exhibits, entertainment, and of course the full carnival and food booths. I’ll be enjoying the Southwest Skye Band and all their friends. Some members of the band have been doing the fair for many years—always at the edu-taiment venue. That means they perform and teach something about the bagpipes. This year they finally made it to the main stage. They have been told for years that they are the most popular group in the edu-tainment venue. Now they have hit the big time. Center Stage, Saturday, right when the most people are at the fair. Go Bagpipers. Go Drummers. Go Singers. I will also be looking at the Political booths. I want to be sure my National Rep and Senators know where I stand on health care reform. I’ll also be looking for the State Reps and Senators to let them know that it is time to stop acting like kindergarteners with our state budget.
Harvest is coming soon. I picked up some fresh corn for only a quarter an ear. I remember when it was 10 or 12 for a buck, but fresh corn on the cob is the best. I’ll be getting my fill of corn for the next month or so. The young tender kernels cooked before husking is one of the tastiest foods of fall. And amazing as it seems, it is good for you to boot.
This year’s fair may have to steal the Woodstock battle cry of 40 years ago..”No More Rain, No More Rain.” It looks like the showers will hit on Saturday. Nothing can put a damper on a county fair like rain. It rained around town today, with just a little spit where I live. There were lots of clouds and the high out here was only 76°. Made for a nice day.
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Random Facts…
Turkeys look up to the sky while it is raining. Unfortunately, sometimes these skyward gazing turkeys drown.
Most car horns honk in the key of 'F'.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
STACKSTEADS, England – Organizers of the World Gravy Wrestling Championships in Britain said 24 people climbed into the messy ring to raise money for charity.
Carol Lowe, 37, landlady of The Rose ‘n’ Bowl pub in Stacksteads, England, said manufacturer Bisto donated 440 gallons of gravy past its “best before” date for the wrestlers to roll around in Monday and local fire crews donated their time to hose down the participants after they exited the ring, the BBC reported Tuesday.
The men’s competition was won by Joel Hicks, 30, who wrestled under the name Stone Cold Bisto, while Emma Slater, 23, who dressed as Mrs. Claus for the event,won the women’s event.
“All the proceeds are going to East Lancashire Hospice, so it is just a nice day for everyone involved,” Lowe said.
September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
Week of 1 Sep…
Self-University Week [to increase lifelong learning]—ideas at end of this blog
4 Sep Observances…
247 days so far this year…118 days remain in 2009
Newspaper Carrier Day
* Argentina: Immigrant's Day (since 1949.)
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1908 ….. Richard Wright author: Black Boy, The Outsider, Native Son
1918….. Paul Harvey Tulsa Okla, news commentator
1928….. Dick York Fort Wayne Ind, actor (Darrin-Bewitched)
1931….. Mitzi Gaynor (Franchesca Mitzi Marlene de Charney von Gerber)singer, dancer, actress: South Pacific
…ATHLETICS…
1937….. Dawn Fraser Australia, 100m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1949….. Tom Watson KC Mo, PGA golfer
…POLITICS…
1768….. Fran‡ois Ren‚ de Chateaubriand France, poet/novelist/statesman
1802….. Marcus Whitman missionary, led to US securing Oregon
…SCIENCE…
1810….. Donald McKay US naval architect, built fastest clipper ships
Events on this day…
1609….. Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan
1781….. Los Angeles founded in Bahia de las Fumas by 44 settlers, (Valley of Smokes)
1833….. 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-NY Sun)
1866….. 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published
1885….. 1st cafeteria opens (NYC)
1886….. Geronimo, the Chiricahua Apache who had led raids on white settlers for 10 years after the U.S. government attempted to move the Apache to a reservation, surrenders to Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
1888….. George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"
1925….. New Laws have been put in place that mean farm wagons on the road after nightfall must now be equipped with lights
1957….. Arkansas governor Orval Faubus uses the Arkansas National Guard to block the entry of nine African-American students into Little Rock's segregated Central High School
1970..... George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
1972….. Swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medals
1988….. Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game, now Arizona Cardinals
2006….. "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin dies whilst filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Holy Mackerel….
1949….. The longest pro tennis match in history was played. Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets.
Bookhooks.com
A Quiz of Collectives
Test your vocabulary skills on the following list of animal collectives.
1. ______ of gnats
2. ______ of goldfinches
3. ______ of hares
4. ______ of hawks
5. ______ of larks
6. ______ of leopards
7. ______ of nightingales
8. ______ of peacocks
9. ______ of plovers—40 types of wading birds –dive into water for food
10. ______ of quail
*Bonus: ______ of rhinoceri
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1. a cloud of gnats
2. a charm of goldfinches
3. a husk of hares
4. a cast of hawks
5. an exaltation of larks
6. a leap of leopards
7. a watch of nightingales
8. a muster of peacocks
9. a congregation of plovers
10. a covey of quail
*Bonus: a crash of rhinoceri
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Harvest is coming soon. I picked up some fresh corn for only a quarter an ear. I remember when it was 10 or 12 for a buck, but fresh corn on the cob is the best. I’ll be getting my fill of corn for the next month or so. The young tender kernels cooked before husking is one of the tastiest foods of fall. And amazing as it seems, it is good for you to boot.
This year’s fair may have to steal the Woodstock battle cry of 40 years ago..”No More Rain, No More Rain.” It looks like the showers will hit on Saturday. Nothing can put a damper on a county fair like rain. It rained around town today, with just a little spit where I live. There were lots of clouds and the high out here was only 76°. Made for a nice day.
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Random Facts…
Turkeys look up to the sky while it is raining. Unfortunately, sometimes these skyward gazing turkeys drown.
Most car horns honk in the key of 'F'.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
STACKSTEADS, England – Organizers of the World Gravy Wrestling Championships in Britain said 24 people climbed into the messy ring to raise money for charity.
Carol Lowe, 37, landlady of The Rose ‘n’ Bowl pub in Stacksteads, England, said manufacturer Bisto donated 440 gallons of gravy past its “best before” date for the wrestlers to roll around in Monday and local fire crews donated their time to hose down the participants after they exited the ring, the BBC reported Tuesday.
The men’s competition was won by Joel Hicks, 30, who wrestled under the name Stone Cold Bisto, while Emma Slater, 23, who dressed as Mrs. Claus for the event,won the women’s event.
“All the proceeds are going to East Lancashire Hospice, so it is just a nice day for everyone involved,” Lowe said.
September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
Week of 1 Sep…
Self-University Week [to increase lifelong learning]—ideas at end of this blog
4 Sep Observances…
247 days so far this year…118 days remain in 2009
Newspaper Carrier Day
* Argentina: Immigrant's Day (since 1949.)
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1908 ….. Richard Wright author: Black Boy, The Outsider, Native Son
1918….. Paul Harvey Tulsa Okla, news commentator
1928….. Dick York Fort Wayne Ind, actor (Darrin-Bewitched)
1931….. Mitzi Gaynor (Franchesca Mitzi Marlene de Charney von Gerber)singer, dancer, actress: South Pacific
…ATHLETICS…
1937….. Dawn Fraser Australia, 100m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1949….. Tom Watson KC Mo, PGA golfer
…POLITICS…
1768….. Fran‡ois Ren‚ de Chateaubriand France, poet/novelist/statesman
1802….. Marcus Whitman missionary, led to US securing Oregon
…SCIENCE…
1810….. Donald McKay US naval architect, built fastest clipper ships
Events on this day…
1609….. Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan
1781….. Los Angeles founded in Bahia de las Fumas by 44 settlers, (Valley of Smokes)
1833….. 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-NY Sun)
1866….. 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published
1885….. 1st cafeteria opens (NYC)
1886….. Geronimo, the Chiricahua Apache who had led raids on white settlers for 10 years after the U.S. government attempted to move the Apache to a reservation, surrenders to Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
1888….. George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"
1925….. New Laws have been put in place that mean farm wagons on the road after nightfall must now be equipped with lights
1957….. Arkansas governor Orval Faubus uses the Arkansas National Guard to block the entry of nine African-American students into Little Rock's segregated Central High School
1970..... George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
1972….. Swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medals
1988….. Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game, now Arizona Cardinals
2006….. "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin dies whilst filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Holy Mackerel….
1949….. The longest pro tennis match in history was played. Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets.
Bookhooks.com
A Quiz of Collectives
Test your vocabulary skills on the following list of animal collectives.
1. ______ of gnats
2. ______ of goldfinches
3. ______ of hares
4. ______ of hawks
5. ______ of larks
6. ______ of leopards
7. ______ of nightingales
8. ______ of peacocks
9. ______ of plovers—40 types of wading birds –dive into water for food
10. ______ of quail
*Bonus: ______ of rhinoceri
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1. a cloud of gnats
2. a charm of goldfinches
3. a husk of hares
4. a cast of hawks
5. an exaltation of larks
6. a leap of leopards
7. a watch of nightingales
8. a muster of peacocks
9. a congregation of plovers
10. a covey of quail
*Bonus: a crash of rhinoceri
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Wednesday
It’s amazing. The financial leaders that led us into this recession made so much money. I guess we are supposed to be grateful they didn’t make it any worse. At least that is what they say as they cash their huge salary checks.
I have been in a funk the last couple of days. I don’t really know why. Maybe it is the shorter days and longer nights. I have just been lazy. I have a lot to do, but figure it can always wait until tomorrow. I was a tad more energetic today, so hopefully, by tomorrow I will be back to normal. Life always likes to throw a curve every now and then…unexplained.
No rain today. No real heat today. Lots of clouds. No real breeze. Just a funky day. Rain should be here just in time for the County Fair and the Labor Day weekend.
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Random Facts…
Over
10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
Bizarre Oklahoma Laws
Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.
Oklahoma will not tolerate anyone taking a bite out of another’s hamburger.
It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.
People who make “ugly faces” at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.
Cars must be tethered outside of public buildings.
Anyone arrested for soliciting a hooker must have their name and picture shown on television.
Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
Tissues are not to be found in the back of one’s car.
It is illegal for the owner of a bar to allow anyone inside to pretend to have sex with a buffalo.
September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
Week of 1 Sep…
Self-University Week [to increase lifelong learning]—ideas at end of this blog
3 Sep Observances…
246 days so far this year…119 days remain in 2009
*Australia: Flag Day
*Canada: Merchant Navy Day
*San Marino: Foundation (301) by Saint Marinus
*Republic of China (Taiwan): Armed Forces Day
*Tunisia: Memorial Day.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1596….. Nicolo Amati Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri)
1849….. Sarah Orne JewettMaine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs)
1856….. Louis Henri Sullivan Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture
1913….. Alan Ladd actor (Shane)
1923….. Mort Walker cartoonist (Beetle Bailey)
1925….. Hank (Henry Williams) Thompson ‘Crown Prince of Country Music’: singer
1942….. Al Jardine rocker (Beach Boys)
1965….. Charlie Sheen actor (Carlos Estevez), NYC, actor
…ATHLETICS…
1931….. Dick Motta Pro-basketball coach
…POLITICS…
1860….. Edward Albert Filene merchant, established US credit union movement
…SCIENCE…
1875….. Ferdinand Porsche auto designer
Events on this day…
523….. Maya King Ahkal Mo' Naab' II is born. Eventually, he rules over Palenque, Mexico
1189….. England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
1680….. Don Antonio de Otermin is the Governor of the province which contains modern Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Pueblo Indians staged a revolt in August. Otermin enters Isleta Pueblo and discovers it is abondoned.
1783….. Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War)
1833….. NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) cost a penny to buy.
1935….. 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1971….. Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
Holy Mackerel….
1937….. Australia began using more and more camels for patrolling some of the longest fences in the world as part of the battle against wild dogs in arid areas due to their ability to travel long distances without water.
Bookhooks.com
A Quiz of Collectives
Test your vocabulary skills on the following list of animal collectives.
1. ______ of ants
2. ______ of badgers
3. ______ of bears
4. ______ of bees
5. ______ of birds
6. ______ of cats
7. ______ of cranes
8. ______ of crows
9. ______ of ducks
10. ______ of elks
*Bonus: ______ of geese
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1. a colony of ants
2. a cete of badgers
3. a sleuth of bears
4. a grist of bees
5. a volery of birds
6. a clutter of cats
7. a siege of cranes
8. a murder of crows
9. a brace of ducks
10. a gang of elks
*Bonuse a skein of geese—and I thought it was a gaggle.
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I have been in a funk the last couple of days. I don’t really know why. Maybe it is the shorter days and longer nights. I have just been lazy. I have a lot to do, but figure it can always wait until tomorrow. I was a tad more energetic today, so hopefully, by tomorrow I will be back to normal. Life always likes to throw a curve every now and then…unexplained.
No rain today. No real heat today. Lots of clouds. No real breeze. Just a funky day. Rain should be here just in time for the County Fair and the Labor Day weekend.
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Random Facts…
Over
10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
Bizarre Oklahoma Laws
Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.
Oklahoma will not tolerate anyone taking a bite out of another’s hamburger.
It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.
People who make “ugly faces” at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.
Cars must be tethered outside of public buildings.
Anyone arrested for soliciting a hooker must have their name and picture shown on television.
Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
Tissues are not to be found in the back of one’s car.
It is illegal for the owner of a bar to allow anyone inside to pretend to have sex with a buffalo.
September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
Week of 1 Sep…
Self-University Week [to increase lifelong learning]—ideas at end of this blog
3 Sep Observances…
246 days so far this year…119 days remain in 2009
*Australia: Flag Day
*Canada: Merchant Navy Day
*San Marino: Foundation (301) by Saint Marinus
*Republic of China (Taiwan): Armed Forces Day
*Tunisia: Memorial Day.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1596….. Nicolo Amati Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri)
1849….. Sarah Orne JewettMaine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs)
1856….. Louis Henri Sullivan Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture
1913….. Alan Ladd actor (Shane)
1923….. Mort Walker cartoonist (Beetle Bailey)
1925….. Hank (Henry Williams) Thompson ‘Crown Prince of Country Music’: singer
1942….. Al Jardine rocker (Beach Boys)
1965….. Charlie Sheen actor (Carlos Estevez), NYC, actor
…ATHLETICS…
1931….. Dick Motta Pro-basketball coach
…POLITICS…
1860….. Edward Albert Filene merchant, established US credit union movement
…SCIENCE…
1875….. Ferdinand Porsche auto designer
Events on this day…
523….. Maya King Ahkal Mo' Naab' II is born. Eventually, he rules over Palenque, Mexico
1189….. England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
1680….. Don Antonio de Otermin is the Governor of the province which contains modern Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Pueblo Indians staged a revolt in August. Otermin enters Isleta Pueblo and discovers it is abondoned.
1783….. Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War)
1833….. NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) cost a penny to buy.
1935….. 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1971….. Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
Holy Mackerel….
1937….. Australia began using more and more camels for patrolling some of the longest fences in the world as part of the battle against wild dogs in arid areas due to their ability to travel long distances without water.
Bookhooks.com
A Quiz of Collectives
Test your vocabulary skills on the following list of animal collectives.
1. ______ of ants
2. ______ of badgers
3. ______ of bears
4. ______ of bees
5. ______ of birds
6. ______ of cats
7. ______ of cranes
8. ______ of crows
9. ______ of ducks
10. ______ of elks
*Bonus: ______ of geese
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Answers:
1. a colony of ants
2. a cete of badgers
3. a sleuth of bears
4. a grist of bees
5. a volery of birds
6. a clutter of cats
7. a siege of cranes
8. a murder of crows
9. a brace of ducks
10. a gang of elks
*Bonuse a skein of geese—and I thought it was a gaggle.
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Tuesday
The Cable Company Saga continues. I’m beginning to feel like Don Quixote. The Franchise Manager called me today regarding my complaint to the city. He was very sorry. He had listened to several of my calls and was very apologetic about the information I received and the lack of professionalism of call center people. He promised that measures had already been taken regarding their phone manners. Then when I asked when the glitch would be fixed, he had no answer. He claimed that he was awaiting a call from someone about it. He also promised to contact me weekly, via email to keep me updated on the progress of my—and now his--concern. All I could say was that I heard that from another manager back in April, and never got a call. I decided it was time to put it in writing. I sent a letter to the City and to NPG Cable regarding this issue. The letter contained some pretty heavy demands on NPG so I’ll see what happens.
I am wondering about this H1N1 virus. A friend of mine has a grandson in Kindergarten here in Flagstaff. School started the 13th. Like all classrooms, the teacher had sent a very cute letter home. The letter included a list of supplies needed for the classroom. My friend had no car, and just got paid, so I took her to the store to get the supplies and then to the school to drop them off. Every year, after about 2 weeks in school, kids get sick and so do teachers. This has been happening since schools first opened. Students from various homes bring in germs that other kids aren’t used to. Everyone is in a classroom most of the day, breathing each other’s germs. Runny noses, slight fevers, or stomach aches always keep kids home for a couple of days. Sometimes it even keeps teachers home. Well my friend came out of the school and said the teacher said that many kids in the class were absent because they had H1N1 and more were getting sick every day. Hmmmm. I am not at the school so I don’t really know, but my guess is that 1. the teacher is not a medical doctor, 2. that most, if not all, have not been tested to see if it is really H1N1, 3. that the teacher has very little basis for her conclusion. She did tell my friend that the school would be sending a letter home, sometime this week or next explaining what is going on and if they need to shut down the school. Fear is alive and well in the Flagstaff Public School System. If in fact there was a school wide outbreak, or even a classroom outbreak of H1N1, I’m sure the school would have already sent the letter, and would be taking necessary measures. It looks like anytime kids at school get sick, some adults will assume it is H1N1 and spread the fear.
Flagstaff started the month of September with rain. I had a nice little shower about 4:30am that woke me. Then another about 11am, and a third one about 2pm. None dropped very much moisture, but kept us cool. It was only 77° and we had a little breeze most of the day. It was mostly cloudy for most of the day. I do wish the clouds could just dump all their moisture.
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Random Facts…
The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted “raw horse flesh” ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!
Elvis Presley got a 'C' in his eighth grade music class.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
CHELSEA, Mass. – Police in Chelsea, Mass., say a bank robbery suspect was apprehended after being identified by her orange fingernail polish. A witness said the woman who made off with $450 in cash from the Sovereign Bank had nails coated with a bright burnt orange fingernail polish, The Boston Globe reported. The robber presented a note demanding money to a teller and left the scene after the bank employee complied, police said. Thanks to another witness who wrote down the license plate number of the fleeing robber’s vehicle, police quickly located their suspect. After tracing the license plate and locating the accompanying vehicle, police found their suspect, Margaret Christie, and her flashy fingernails, the Globe said.
September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
Week of 1 Sep…
Self-University Week [to increase lifelong learning]—ideas at end of this blog
2 Sep Observances…
245 days so far this year…120 days remain in 2009
VJ Day—Victory in Japan from WWII
Acoma Pueblo: Feast Day of San Esteban del Rey
*Vietnam: National Day (independence from Japan and France (1945)
*Germany: Sedan Day (Sedantag) – traditional national German holiday that commemorates Prussia's victory over France in 1870, making the German Empire a reality.
*Transnistria: Independence day—1990 A non-recognized country in Eastern Europe
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1839….. Henry George land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty)
1850….. Eugene Field author/journalist (Little Boy Blue)
1884….. Frank Laubach Benton Pa, educator, taught reading through phonetics
1917….. Cleveland Amory writer
1918….. Allen Drury Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist: Advise and Consent
1951….. Mark Harmon actor
1964….. Keanu Reeves actor
…ATHLETICS…
1850….. Albert Spaulding baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company
1916….. Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney winner of more than 141 US tennis titles
1937….. Peter Ueberroth organized 1984 LA Olympics/baseball commissioner
1952….. Jimmy Connors tennis
…POLITICS…
1838….. Queen Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani last queen of Hawaii
…SCIENCE…
1853….. Wilhelm Ostwald Germany, physical chemist (Nobel 1909)
1948….. Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe teacher/astronaut (Challenger)
Events on this day…
31 -BC….. Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, becomes Emp Augustus
490 -BC….. Phidippides runs 1st marathon, seeking aid from Sparta vs Persia
1789….. US Treasury Department established by Congress
1864….. Union armies led by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman occupy Atlanta.
1901….. VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly & carry a big stick"
1963….. Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS
2003….. Harley-Davidson is celebrating it's motorcycle's 100 birthday
Holy Mackerel….
1752,,,,, Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies
Bookhooks.com
'AIR' COMMAND
Show your command of the words ending 'air' clued below. Number of letters in word in parenthsis.
1. carnival (4)
2. The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (4)
3. dwelling of a wild animal (4)
4. a natural talent (5)
5. illicit sexual relationship (6)
6. elongated cream puff (6)
7. make less effective (6)
8. luxury fiber from Angora goat hair (6)
9. cry of the unjustly treated (6)
10. abandon hope (7)
* Bonus: having a sophisticated charm (8)
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Answers:
1. Fair
2. Hair
3. Lair
4. Flair
5. Affair
6. Éclair
7. Impair
8. Mohair
9. Unfair
10. Despair
*Bonus: debonair
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I am wondering about this H1N1 virus. A friend of mine has a grandson in Kindergarten here in Flagstaff. School started the 13th. Like all classrooms, the teacher had sent a very cute letter home. The letter included a list of supplies needed for the classroom. My friend had no car, and just got paid, so I took her to the store to get the supplies and then to the school to drop them off. Every year, after about 2 weeks in school, kids get sick and so do teachers. This has been happening since schools first opened. Students from various homes bring in germs that other kids aren’t used to. Everyone is in a classroom most of the day, breathing each other’s germs. Runny noses, slight fevers, or stomach aches always keep kids home for a couple of days. Sometimes it even keeps teachers home. Well my friend came out of the school and said the teacher said that many kids in the class were absent because they had H1N1 and more were getting sick every day. Hmmmm. I am not at the school so I don’t really know, but my guess is that 1. the teacher is not a medical doctor, 2. that most, if not all, have not been tested to see if it is really H1N1, 3. that the teacher has very little basis for her conclusion. She did tell my friend that the school would be sending a letter home, sometime this week or next explaining what is going on and if they need to shut down the school. Fear is alive and well in the Flagstaff Public School System. If in fact there was a school wide outbreak, or even a classroom outbreak of H1N1, I’m sure the school would have already sent the letter, and would be taking necessary measures. It looks like anytime kids at school get sick, some adults will assume it is H1N1 and spread the fear.
Flagstaff started the month of September with rain. I had a nice little shower about 4:30am that woke me. Then another about 11am, and a third one about 2pm. None dropped very much moisture, but kept us cool. It was only 77° and we had a little breeze most of the day. It was mostly cloudy for most of the day. I do wish the clouds could just dump all their moisture.
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Random Facts…
The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted “raw horse flesh” ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!
Elvis Presley got a 'C' in his eighth grade music class.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
CHELSEA, Mass. – Police in Chelsea, Mass., say a bank robbery suspect was apprehended after being identified by her orange fingernail polish. A witness said the woman who made off with $450 in cash from the Sovereign Bank had nails coated with a bright burnt orange fingernail polish, The Boston Globe reported. The robber presented a note demanding money to a teller and left the scene after the bank employee complied, police said. Thanks to another witness who wrote down the license plate number of the fleeing robber’s vehicle, police quickly located their suspect. After tracing the license plate and locating the accompanying vehicle, police found their suspect, Margaret Christie, and her flashy fingernails, the Globe said.
September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
Week of 1 Sep…
Self-University Week [to increase lifelong learning]—ideas at end of this blog
2 Sep Observances…
245 days so far this year…120 days remain in 2009
VJ Day—Victory in Japan from WWII
Acoma Pueblo: Feast Day of San Esteban del Rey
*Vietnam: National Day (independence from Japan and France (1945)
*Germany: Sedan Day (Sedantag) – traditional national German holiday that commemorates Prussia's victory over France in 1870, making the German Empire a reality.
*Transnistria: Independence day—1990 A non-recognized country in Eastern Europe
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1839….. Henry George land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty)
1850….. Eugene Field author/journalist (Little Boy Blue)
1884….. Frank Laubach Benton Pa, educator, taught reading through phonetics
1917….. Cleveland Amory writer
1918….. Allen Drury Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist: Advise and Consent
1951….. Mark Harmon actor
1964….. Keanu Reeves actor
…ATHLETICS…
1850….. Albert Spaulding baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company
1916….. Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney winner of more than 141 US tennis titles
1937….. Peter Ueberroth organized 1984 LA Olympics/baseball commissioner
1952….. Jimmy Connors tennis
…POLITICS…
1838….. Queen Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani last queen of Hawaii
…SCIENCE…
1853….. Wilhelm Ostwald Germany, physical chemist (Nobel 1909)
1948….. Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe teacher/astronaut (Challenger)
Events on this day…
31 -BC….. Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, becomes Emp Augustus
490 -BC….. Phidippides runs 1st marathon, seeking aid from Sparta vs Persia
1789….. US Treasury Department established by Congress
1864….. Union armies led by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman occupy Atlanta.
1901….. VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly & carry a big stick"
1963….. Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS
2003….. Harley-Davidson is celebrating it's motorcycle's 100 birthday
Holy Mackerel….
1752,,,,, Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies
Bookhooks.com
'AIR' COMMAND
Show your command of the words ending 'air' clued below. Number of letters in word in parenthsis.
1. carnival (4)
2. The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (4)
3. dwelling of a wild animal (4)
4. a natural talent (5)
5. illicit sexual relationship (6)
6. elongated cream puff (6)
7. make less effective (6)
8. luxury fiber from Angora goat hair (6)
9. cry of the unjustly treated (6)
10. abandon hope (7)
* Bonus: having a sophisticated charm (8)
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Answers:
1. Fair
2. Hair
3. Lair
4. Flair
5. Affair
6. Éclair
7. Impair
8. Mohair
9. Unfair
10. Despair
*Bonus: debonair
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Monday
Here we are at the end of August, and I guess it’s time to get ready for September. This has been one of the warmest, no--hottest, Augusts that Flagstaff has had in quite a while. Temperatures were in the 90’s for many days. Remember please we are about 7000’ above sea level. The average temperature for Flagstaff in August is 79.9°. The monsoons seem to have helped cool us down a lot of days, but it looks like August did not bring the total amount of rain we wanted or needed. This month we got 0.74” of rain. Our normal rainfall for August is 2.89”—our wettest month. I do believe that I got more than ¾” of rain in August, but certainly not anywhere near the average.
A number of events in the past few months is changing my view on Health Care…sort of. Many have made the change a political issue. It is not a political issue, it is a moral issue. It is that those with money, jobs and health insurance get treatment, those who don’t have these things do not get the same care. I was reminded of my buying into the political issue as I listened to the many, many sound bites of Ted Kennedy. That is when I realized Obama’s big mistake on Health Care Reform. He let it become and remain a political issue, not a moral issue. I heard a great interview with Bill Moyers this weekend that really laid it out. Thank you to HBO and Real Time. We have always allowed insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry and many hospitals to be ‘for profit’ entities. This means you have to have money, and a lot of it, to get health care. Those with money have to pay for those who don’t have money. Yes, everyone has to be served in emergency rooms. But the charges are based on some formula that allows them to make a profit, and charge accordingly. They have figured out an approximate percentage of patients who don’t have coverage so they increase the costs for those who do.
How can the US allow this to continue? The health of our citizens should not be for sale. We are not in the top 30 countries of the world for longevity. We are not in the top 30 countries of the world for low health care costs. We are not in the top 30 countries for successful health care. We need to have reform. We need to have better health care in this country. We all need to learn the facts. We need to remember…’life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ is for every citizen. It took a long time to let women vote. Longer to let Native Americans vote. I took almost 100 years to end slavery and another 100 years to allow all Blacks the right to vote and attend schools of their choice and drink water from public water fountains. It’s been 50 years since Truman begna the call for reform in Health Care. We are almost there. Let our legacy be that we are the ones who gave all of our citizens the freedom of choice for health care, based on health needs and not on politics.
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Random Facts…
Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter!
Crazy Stuff in the News…
Bizarre Book Titles
How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer
Scouts in Bondage by Michael Bell
Be Bold with Bananas by Crescent Books
Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself by Dale L. Power
The Flat-Footed Flies of Europe by Peter J. Chandler
101 Uses for an Old Farm Tractor by Michael Dregni
Across Europe by Kangaroo by Joseph R. Barry
September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
Week of 1 Sep…
Self-University Week [to increase lifelong learning]—ideas at end of this blog
1 Sep Observances…
244 days so far this year…121 days remain in 2009
National Cherry Popover Day
*Australia / New Zealand—1st Day of Spring
*Russia—Knowledge Day
*Singapore—Teacher’s Day
*Slovakia—Constitution Day--1992
*Uzbekistan—Independence Day—From USSR-1991
*Libya—Revolution Day—1969
*Qatar—Independence Day—1971—From UK
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1849….. Elizabeth Harrison US, educator (Natl Congress of Parents & Teachers)
1875….. Edgar Rice Burroughs novelist (Tarzan, Mars Saga)
1922….. Yvonne De Carlo (Peggy Yvonne Middleton) Vancouver BC, actress (10 Commandments, Munsters)
1931 ….. Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) ‘The Singing Hobo’: songwriter, singer
1933….. Conway Twitty [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer
1938….. George Maharis Astoria NY, actor (Buz-Route 66)
1939….. Lily Tomlin Detroit, comedienne/actress
1957….. Gloria Estefan Cuba, singer
…ATHLETICS…
1923….. Rocky Marciano (Rocco Marchegiano) heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56)
…POLITICS…
1864….. Sir Roger David Casement Ireland, martyr (IRA)
1907….. Walter Reuther labor leader/president of UAW & CIO
1933….. Ann Richards (Gov-Tx)
…SCIENCE…
1848 – Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)
1939 Heinrich Messner Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1972)
Events on this day…
1666….. Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed
1807….. Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire
1859….. RC Carrington & R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare
1866….. Manuelito and twenty-three of his Navajo followers surrender to the army at Fort Wingate.
1878….. 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)
1905….. Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces
1914….. St Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd
1922….. The first daily news program on radio
1941….. Yellow star becomes obligatory for Jews in the Reich to wear
1948….. UN's World Health Organization forms
1972….. Bobby Fischer (US) defeats Boris Spassky (USSR) for world chess title
1975….. Gunsmoke goes off the air
1983….. Soviet jet fighters shoot down a Korean Airlines passenger flight in Russian airspace killing 269 passengers and crew members.
1989….. New car safety legislation required all newly manufactured cars to install an air bag on the driver's side.
Holy Mackerel….
1928….. At 1:00 p.m. on 1st September 1928 groups of Boy Scouts placed approximately 2,400 concrete markers at sites along the Lincoln Highway [New York to California] to officially mark and dedicate it to the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
Bookhooks.com
*A*B*C* words
Each answer has the letters A, B, and C in order. Other letters may be in between.
Example: kidnap Answer abduct
1. calculator
2. textile
3. failure to be present
4. exercise type
5. hot sauce
6. a muscle or a seizer
7. patient vehicle
8. tuna-type
9. like antennas or fables
10. more than enough
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Answers:
1. abacus
2. fabric
3. absence
4. aerobic
5. tabasco
6. abductor
7. ambulance
8. albacore
9. parabolic
10. abundance
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10 Lifelong Learning Ideas
• Look up a new word every morning and figure out three ways to use it during the day.
• Listen to audio books or language tapes while you drive.
• Attend an open meeting or public forum each noon hour or evening for a week.
• Sign up for a night course, workshop, or seminar.
• Take photos of ten things (places, objects, people) that best symbolize who you are. Then take ten more of things that represent your dreams. (Use a digital camera) Put the photos together in an album , montage or a web page.
• Go to a foreign movie--or to a foreign country, if you can afford it.
• Visit a museum or gallery.
• Watch an hour of public television each night instead of cable.
• Practice the tutorials for a new piece of computer software.
• Memorize a poem.
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A number of events in the past few months is changing my view on Health Care…sort of. Many have made the change a political issue. It is not a political issue, it is a moral issue. It is that those with money, jobs and health insurance get treatment, those who don’t have these things do not get the same care. I was reminded of my buying into the political issue as I listened to the many, many sound bites of Ted Kennedy. That is when I realized Obama’s big mistake on Health Care Reform. He let it become and remain a political issue, not a moral issue. I heard a great interview with Bill Moyers this weekend that really laid it out. Thank you to HBO and Real Time. We have always allowed insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry and many hospitals to be ‘for profit’ entities. This means you have to have money, and a lot of it, to get health care. Those with money have to pay for those who don’t have money. Yes, everyone has to be served in emergency rooms. But the charges are based on some formula that allows them to make a profit, and charge accordingly. They have figured out an approximate percentage of patients who don’t have coverage so they increase the costs for those who do.
How can the US allow this to continue? The health of our citizens should not be for sale. We are not in the top 30 countries of the world for longevity. We are not in the top 30 countries of the world for low health care costs. We are not in the top 30 countries for successful health care. We need to have reform. We need to have better health care in this country. We all need to learn the facts. We need to remember…’life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ is for every citizen. It took a long time to let women vote. Longer to let Native Americans vote. I took almost 100 years to end slavery and another 100 years to allow all Blacks the right to vote and attend schools of their choice and drink water from public water fountains. It’s been 50 years since Truman begna the call for reform in Health Care. We are almost there. Let our legacy be that we are the ones who gave all of our citizens the freedom of choice for health care, based on health needs and not on politics.
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Random Facts…
Real diamonds can be made from peanut butter!
Crazy Stuff in the News…
Bizarre Book Titles
How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer
Scouts in Bondage by Michael Bell
Be Bold with Bananas by Crescent Books
Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself by Dale L. Power
The Flat-Footed Flies of Europe by Peter J. Chandler
101 Uses for an Old Farm Tractor by Michael Dregni
Across Europe by Kangaroo by Joseph R. Barry
September Month Long Observances
Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…
Week of 1 Sep…
Self-University Week [to increase lifelong learning]—ideas at end of this blog
1 Sep Observances…
244 days so far this year…121 days remain in 2009
National Cherry Popover Day
*Australia / New Zealand—1st Day of Spring
*Russia—Knowledge Day
*Singapore—Teacher’s Day
*Slovakia—Constitution Day--1992
*Uzbekistan—Independence Day—From USSR-1991
*Libya—Revolution Day—1969
*Qatar—Independence Day—1971—From UK
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1849….. Elizabeth Harrison US, educator (Natl Congress of Parents & Teachers)
1875….. Edgar Rice Burroughs novelist (Tarzan, Mars Saga)
1922….. Yvonne De Carlo (Peggy Yvonne Middleton) Vancouver BC, actress (10 Commandments, Munsters)
1931 ….. Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) ‘The Singing Hobo’: songwriter, singer
1933….. Conway Twitty [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer
1938….. George Maharis Astoria NY, actor (Buz-Route 66)
1939….. Lily Tomlin Detroit, comedienne/actress
1957….. Gloria Estefan Cuba, singer
…ATHLETICS…
1923….. Rocky Marciano (Rocco Marchegiano) heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56)
…POLITICS…
1864….. Sir Roger David Casement Ireland, martyr (IRA)
1907….. Walter Reuther labor leader/president of UAW & CIO
1933….. Ann Richards (Gov-Tx)
…SCIENCE…
1848 – Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)
1939 Heinrich Messner Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1972)
Events on this day…
1666….. Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed
1807….. Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire
1859….. RC Carrington & R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare
1866….. Manuelito and twenty-three of his Navajo followers surrender to the army at Fort Wingate.
1878….. 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)
1905….. Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces
1914….. St Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd
1922….. The first daily news program on radio
1941….. Yellow star becomes obligatory for Jews in the Reich to wear
1948….. UN's World Health Organization forms
1972….. Bobby Fischer (US) defeats Boris Spassky (USSR) for world chess title
1975….. Gunsmoke goes off the air
1983….. Soviet jet fighters shoot down a Korean Airlines passenger flight in Russian airspace killing 269 passengers and crew members.
1989….. New car safety legislation required all newly manufactured cars to install an air bag on the driver's side.
Holy Mackerel….
1928….. At 1:00 p.m. on 1st September 1928 groups of Boy Scouts placed approximately 2,400 concrete markers at sites along the Lincoln Highway [New York to California] to officially mark and dedicate it to the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
Bookhooks.com
*A*B*C* words
Each answer has the letters A, B, and C in order. Other letters may be in between.
Example: kidnap Answer abduct
1. calculator
2. textile
3. failure to be present
4. exercise type
5. hot sauce
6. a muscle or a seizer
7. patient vehicle
8. tuna-type
9. like antennas or fables
10. more than enough
^ Scroll down for answers
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Answers:
1. abacus
2. fabric
3. absence
4. aerobic
5. tabasco
6. abductor
7. ambulance
8. albacore
9. parabolic
10. abundance
**
10 Lifelong Learning Ideas
• Look up a new word every morning and figure out three ways to use it during the day.
• Listen to audio books or language tapes while you drive.
• Attend an open meeting or public forum each noon hour or evening for a week.
• Sign up for a night course, workshop, or seminar.
• Take photos of ten things (places, objects, people) that best symbolize who you are. Then take ten more of things that represent your dreams. (Use a digital camera) Put the photos together in an album , montage or a web page.
• Go to a foreign movie--or to a foreign country, if you can afford it.
• Visit a museum or gallery.
• Watch an hour of public television each night instead of cable.
• Practice the tutorials for a new piece of computer software.
• Memorize a poem.
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Sunday
I had a nice quiet weekend. Not a lot happened. I figure next weekend will be really busy as we all celebrate Labor Day.
There was another ‘extreme heat warning’ south of us all weekend. I really don’t recall this many days of extreme heat. From what I can find out, the term ‘excessive heat warning’ has only been around since 2006. Before that I guess the weather service just called it ‘very hot’. When I hear about these warnings, it makes me happy I live in the ‘cool’ mountains. While we have been ‘hot’, it’s nothing like the oven to the south. Somehow 85° sounds OK compared to 112°.
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Random Facts…
Factor by which the average length of a heat wave in Western Europe has increased during the past century: 2
Estimated portion of the earth where forests reduce global warming, through consumption of CO2: 1/3
Estimated portion where forests increase warming, by trapping more heat than their CO2 consumption reduces: 1/3
Even Antarctica has an area code. It’s 672.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
NICEVILLE, Fla. - Police in Florida said they arrested a woman for attacking a smoker with air freshener sprayed from a can. Niceville police allege the woman was waving the can of Glade Potpourri Air Freshener around the other woman’s head while dispensing its contents at a Niceville apartment complex Friday, the Northwest Florida Daily News of Fort Walton Beach reported. The woman then allegedly pointed the can at the back of the other woman’s head and sprayed it for nearly a full minute. Police said she told the victim she would keep using the spray can as long as the victim kept smoking in front of the attacker’s apartment. “I will do it again, and take it to the Supreme Court because I have the right to breathe fresh air,” the police report quoted the suspect as saying. The woman was arrested and charged with battery.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 31…
Waffle Week
31 Aug…
243 days so far this year…122 days remain in 2009
Love Litigating Lawyers Day
*Poland: Day of Solidarity—from 1980
*Moldova: National Anthem Day—1994
*Malaysia: Hari Merdeka—Independence Day 1957 from UK
*Kyrgyzstan—Independence Day 1991 from USSR
*Trinidad and Topango—Independence Day 1962 from UK
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1903…. Arthur Godfrey radio, TV host
1914…. Richard Basehart Zanesville Oh, actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea)
1918…. Alan Jay Lerner Songwriters Hall of Famer
1924…. Buddy (Leonard) Hackett Brooklyn, comedian
1928…. James Coburn Laurel Nebr, actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven)
1931…. Dan Rather news anchor
1945…. Itzhak Perlman Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim
…ATHLETICS…
1889…. A Provost Idell father of modern volleyball
1955…. Edwin Moses Olympic Gold Medalist [1976, 1984] & Hall of Famer
…POLITICS…
1935…. Eldridge Cleaver Black Panther turned Republican
…SCIENCE…
1870 - Maria Montessori educator: first woman to attend medical school, first female Doctor of Medicine in Italy, worked with handicapped and socially deprived children, developed unique educational method known as the Montessori method; Montessori Schools named for her
Events on this day…
1887…. Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)
1888…. The first attributed to victim of Jack the Ripper "Mary Ann Nichols" a prostitute from London's East End was found mutilated and murdered in London's East End
1935…. FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
1964…. California officially became the most populated of the United States.
1980…. Poland's Solidarity labor union founded
1988…. 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1997…. Diana The Princess of Wales and her constant companion Dodi Fayed are killed in a car crash in Paris
Holy Mackerel….
1978…. 400 of the world’s top climatologists are meeting in Geneva to discuss climate change
Brainfood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
In mystic force and magic spelling
Celestial sprites elucidate
All my own striving can't relate
2. What work is it that the faster you work, the longer it is before you're done, and the slower you work, the sooner you're finished?
3. When I am filled,
I can point the way;
When I am empty,
Nothing moves me.
I have two skins,
One without and one within.
What am I?
4. As a whole, I am both safe and secure.
Behead me, and I become a place of meeting.
Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready.
Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts.
What am I?
5. I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me; lower light I never see.
*Bonus: What walks on four legs in the morning, two at mid-day, and three in the evening?
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1. The number PI, the digits of which are illustrated by the length of each word in the riddle.
2. Roasting meat on a spit.
3. A glove.
4. A stable.
5. A cloud.
*Bonus: A human does. As a baby, it crawls; in old age, uses a cane.
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There was another ‘extreme heat warning’ south of us all weekend. I really don’t recall this many days of extreme heat. From what I can find out, the term ‘excessive heat warning’ has only been around since 2006. Before that I guess the weather service just called it ‘very hot’. When I hear about these warnings, it makes me happy I live in the ‘cool’ mountains. While we have been ‘hot’, it’s nothing like the oven to the south. Somehow 85° sounds OK compared to 112°.
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Random Facts…
Factor by which the average length of a heat wave in Western Europe has increased during the past century: 2
Estimated portion of the earth where forests reduce global warming, through consumption of CO2: 1/3
Estimated portion where forests increase warming, by trapping more heat than their CO2 consumption reduces: 1/3
Even Antarctica has an area code. It’s 672.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
NICEVILLE, Fla. - Police in Florida said they arrested a woman for attacking a smoker with air freshener sprayed from a can. Niceville police allege the woman was waving the can of Glade Potpourri Air Freshener around the other woman’s head while dispensing its contents at a Niceville apartment complex Friday, the Northwest Florida Daily News of Fort Walton Beach reported. The woman then allegedly pointed the can at the back of the other woman’s head and sprayed it for nearly a full minute. Police said she told the victim she would keep using the spray can as long as the victim kept smoking in front of the attacker’s apartment. “I will do it again, and take it to the Supreme Court because I have the right to breathe fresh air,” the police report quoted the suspect as saying. The woman was arrested and charged with battery.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 31…
Waffle Week
31 Aug…
243 days so far this year…122 days remain in 2009
Love Litigating Lawyers Day
*Poland: Day of Solidarity—from 1980
*Moldova: National Anthem Day—1994
*Malaysia: Hari Merdeka—Independence Day 1957 from UK
*Kyrgyzstan—Independence Day 1991 from USSR
*Trinidad and Topango—Independence Day 1962 from UK
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1903…. Arthur Godfrey radio, TV host
1914…. Richard Basehart Zanesville Oh, actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea)
1918…. Alan Jay Lerner Songwriters Hall of Famer
1924…. Buddy (Leonard) Hackett Brooklyn, comedian
1928…. James Coburn Laurel Nebr, actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven)
1931…. Dan Rather news anchor
1945…. Itzhak Perlman Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim
…ATHLETICS…
1889…. A Provost Idell father of modern volleyball
1955…. Edwin Moses Olympic Gold Medalist [1976, 1984] & Hall of Famer
…POLITICS…
1935…. Eldridge Cleaver Black Panther turned Republican
…SCIENCE…
1870 - Maria Montessori educator: first woman to attend medical school, first female Doctor of Medicine in Italy, worked with handicapped and socially deprived children, developed unique educational method known as the Montessori method; Montessori Schools named for her
Events on this day…
1887…. Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)
1888…. The first attributed to victim of Jack the Ripper "Mary Ann Nichols" a prostitute from London's East End was found mutilated and murdered in London's East End
1935…. FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
1964…. California officially became the most populated of the United States.
1980…. Poland's Solidarity labor union founded
1988…. 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1997…. Diana The Princess of Wales and her constant companion Dodi Fayed are killed in a car crash in Paris
Holy Mackerel….
1978…. 400 of the world’s top climatologists are meeting in Geneva to discuss climate change
Brainfood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
In mystic force and magic spelling
Celestial sprites elucidate
All my own striving can't relate
2. What work is it that the faster you work, the longer it is before you're done, and the slower you work, the sooner you're finished?
3. When I am filled,
I can point the way;
When I am empty,
Nothing moves me.
I have two skins,
One without and one within.
What am I?
4. As a whole, I am both safe and secure.
Behead me, and I become a place of meeting.
Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready.
Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts.
What am I?
5. I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me; lower light I never see.
*Bonus: What walks on four legs in the morning, two at mid-day, and three in the evening?
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1. The number PI, the digits of which are illustrated by the length of each word in the riddle.
2. Roasting meat on a spit.
3. A glove.
4. A stable.
5. A cloud.
*Bonus: A human does. As a baby, it crawls; in old age, uses a cane.
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I’m not a big football fan, but do enjoy a good game every now and then. The AZ Cardinals were in Flagstaff for their annual July pre-season training. They certainly bring a lot of visitors to town and this helps the town a lot financially. Last night the Cards played Green Bay. Die hard Cardinal fans say that they have lost their first 3 preseason games simply because they are trying out most of their roster and not keeping the top players in the game. Top players will be used when the ‘real season’ begins. Last night the Cards trailed for most of the game. With only 38 seconds left, they scored. A kick could have led to OT, a run could have won the game. The Cards seem to be a ‘not guts, no glory’ team, so they went for the 2 points. They didn’t make it. Then they let the Packers score a TD on the kickoff. The Cards came close to one more score, but just didn’t make it. They lost 44/37. The amazing thing is that they scored 17 points in the first three quarters then scored 20 points in the final quarter. I’ll see how they play their first few ‘real’ games and hope they can hold up their NFC Championship play from last year.
We started the day with a 10% chance of showers. By 2pm it was raining and has remained cloudy since. It climbed to 88° here but the rain and the following breezes have made it quite bearable.
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Random Facts…
Average compensation of the ten highest-salaried presidents of U.S. public universities: $533,000
.....Number of them who earn more than the school’s football coach: 2
Margin by which Americans would rather watch football with Obama than with McCain: 50–47
Percentage of N.F.L. fourth downs on which teams are better off “going for it,” according to a Berkeley study: 40
…..Percentage of fourth downs on which N.F.L. teams do go for it: 13
Crazy Stuff in the News…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Wallendas Still Flying High. A seventh-generation high rope walker crossed the U.S. state line between the Carolinas twice while 125 feet above the ground, observers say. Nik Wallenda, 30, did it without a safety net or harness.
Wallenda, the seventh generation of the venerable Flying Wallendas crossed from one state to the other in about 10 minutes on a rope fixed to attractions at the border-straddling Carowinds theme park Sunday afternoon, the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported. Wallenda, who holds world records for the longest distance and greatest height ever traveled by bicycle on a high rope, said the heat, which reached the upper 80s Sunday, was not as hard on him as it was on the assembled crowd on the ground. “There’s a lot more breeze up that high, so it wasn’t so hot up there,” he said. “Of course, the humidity actually affects how I walk the wire and how my shoes grip the wire.”
The performer said he plans future walks over the Grand Canyon, New York’s Central Park, Niagara Falls and a NASCAR race.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 30…
Minority Enterprise Development Week
30 Aug…
242 days so far this year…123 days remain in 2009
National Toasted Marshmallow Day
National Holistic Pet Treatment Day
International Day of the Disappeared
* Peru: St. Rose of Lima Day—1st Saint in Americas, born in Lima01586
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1797….. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley London England, author (Frankenstein)
1896….. Raymond Massey Toronto Canada, actor
1898….. Shirley Booth (Thelma Booth Ford) Academy Award-winning actress
1907….. Fred MacMurray Kankakee Ill, actor
1919….. Kitty Wells Nashville Tn, country singer
1927….. Geoffrey Beene fashion designer
1935….. John Phillips singer (Mama & Papas)
1947….. Peggy Lipton Lawrence NY, actress (Julie-Mod Squad)
1972….. Cameron Diaz model; actress
…ATHLETICS…
1918….. Ted Williams Baseball's last .400 hitter
1943….. Jean Claude Killy France, skier
…POLITICS…
1837….. Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur wife of president Chester A Arthur
1893….. Huey P Long Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-D-La)
…SCIENCE…
1871….. Ernest Lord Rutherford England, physicist; discovered atomic nucleus
1931….. John L Swigert Jr Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13)
Events on this day…
30 B.C. ….. Under the threat of being taken prisoner by Roman emperor Octavian, Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, poisons herself.
1682 ….. William Penn sailed from England. He later established the colony of Pennsylvania 1923: Seven pirates who attacked a British Rum Schooner killing the captain and cook are being sought by British and US authorities
1850….. Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
1961….. 1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons
1967….. US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice
1968….. 1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude)
1979….. Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga
1990….. Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey Jr become 1st father & son to play on the same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in the 1st inning
Holy Mackerel…
1951….. A Native American soldier killed in the war in Korea was refused a burial in a cemetery in Winnebago, Nebraska on the grounds of race. The president of the United States President Truman heard about this travesty of justice and offered the widow a plot in Arlington National Cemetery, stating no person should be refused a burial based on race, creed or color.
Brainfood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?
2. Lighter than what I'm made of,
More of me is hidden than is seen.
What am I?
3. To unravel me
You need a key.
No key that was made by locksmith's hand,
But a key that only I will understand.
What am I?
4. I give you a group of three. One is sitting down and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns. What are they?
5. Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. Whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?
*BONUS: There is not wind enough to twirl
That one red leaf, nearest of its clan,
Which dances as often as dance it can.
-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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1. A candle.
2. An iceberg.
3. A cipher.
4. A stove, fire, and smoke.
5. Counterfeit money.
*BONUS: The sun
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Random Facts…
Average compensation of the ten highest-salaried presidents of U.S. public universities: $533,000
.....Number of them who earn more than the school’s football coach: 2
Margin by which Americans would rather watch football with Obama than with McCain: 50–47
Percentage of N.F.L. fourth downs on which teams are better off “going for it,” according to a Berkeley study: 40
…..Percentage of fourth downs on which N.F.L. teams do go for it: 13
Crazy Stuff in the News…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Wallendas Still Flying High. A seventh-generation high rope walker crossed the U.S. state line between the Carolinas twice while 125 feet above the ground, observers say. Nik Wallenda, 30, did it without a safety net or harness.
Wallenda, the seventh generation of the venerable Flying Wallendas crossed from one state to the other in about 10 minutes on a rope fixed to attractions at the border-straddling Carowinds theme park Sunday afternoon, the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported. Wallenda, who holds world records for the longest distance and greatest height ever traveled by bicycle on a high rope, said the heat, which reached the upper 80s Sunday, was not as hard on him as it was on the assembled crowd on the ground. “There’s a lot more breeze up that high, so it wasn’t so hot up there,” he said. “Of course, the humidity actually affects how I walk the wire and how my shoes grip the wire.”
The performer said he plans future walks over the Grand Canyon, New York’s Central Park, Niagara Falls and a NASCAR race.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 30…
Minority Enterprise Development Week
30 Aug…
242 days so far this year…123 days remain in 2009
National Toasted Marshmallow Day
National Holistic Pet Treatment Day
International Day of the Disappeared
* Peru: St. Rose of Lima Day—1st Saint in Americas, born in Lima01586
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1797….. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley London England, author (Frankenstein)
1896….. Raymond Massey Toronto Canada, actor
1898….. Shirley Booth (Thelma Booth Ford) Academy Award-winning actress
1907….. Fred MacMurray Kankakee Ill, actor
1919….. Kitty Wells Nashville Tn, country singer
1927….. Geoffrey Beene fashion designer
1935….. John Phillips singer (Mama & Papas)
1947….. Peggy Lipton Lawrence NY, actress (Julie-Mod Squad)
1972….. Cameron Diaz model; actress
…ATHLETICS…
1918….. Ted Williams Baseball's last .400 hitter
1943….. Jean Claude Killy France, skier
…POLITICS…
1837….. Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur wife of president Chester A Arthur
1893….. Huey P Long Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-D-La)
…SCIENCE…
1871….. Ernest Lord Rutherford England, physicist; discovered atomic nucleus
1931….. John L Swigert Jr Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13)
Events on this day…
30 B.C. ….. Under the threat of being taken prisoner by Roman emperor Octavian, Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, poisons herself.
1682 ….. William Penn sailed from England. He later established the colony of Pennsylvania 1923: Seven pirates who attacked a British Rum Schooner killing the captain and cook are being sought by British and US authorities
1850….. Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
1961….. 1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons
1967….. US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice
1968….. 1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude)
1979….. Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga
1990….. Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey Jr become 1st father & son to play on the same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in the 1st inning
Holy Mackerel…
1951….. A Native American soldier killed in the war in Korea was refused a burial in a cemetery in Winnebago, Nebraska on the grounds of race. The president of the United States President Truman heard about this travesty of justice and offered the widow a plot in Arlington National Cemetery, stating no person should be refused a burial based on race, creed or color.
Brainfood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?
2. Lighter than what I'm made of,
More of me is hidden than is seen.
What am I?
3. To unravel me
You need a key.
No key that was made by locksmith's hand,
But a key that only I will understand.
What am I?
4. I give you a group of three. One is sitting down and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns. What are they?
5. Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. Whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?
*BONUS: There is not wind enough to twirl
That one red leaf, nearest of its clan,
Which dances as often as dance it can.
-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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1. A candle.
2. An iceberg.
3. A cipher.
4. A stove, fire, and smoke.
5. Counterfeit money.
*BONUS: The sun
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FRIDAY
I’m back to fighting the Cable Company. They reverted to their old billing and I was billed a $5.25 late fee. Their new argument is that when you go to Blockbuster to get a movie you have to pay to take it home. They—the cable company—bill you the same way. They just don’t send you a bill/receipt until it is month late and the late charge has kicked in. How to fix it: call or go on line before you pay the amount they say you owe. [Note: The current bill isn’t posted on line until after the due date for the late charge.] Forget the printed bill, it will always be wrong. Yep, that’s their story and they are sticking to it. I couldn’t talk to a supervisor when I called. Seems Brad was busy on another call, but Shannon promised he would call me as soon as he got off the phone. Three hours later I called again, and he had gone home for the weekend. I left a message with his supervisor, I think. I also called City Hall and the franchise contact remembered my last call, and said, don’t give up, you and I will get to the bottom of this.
When I was in Tuba, I had carpeting and bought one of those home shampooers. Well, it’s time to clean my carpet here again. However, something happened and the brushes didn’t work. I took it to a local guy and he fixed it in two days. He is not real friendly, and doesn’t have the greatest customer relations, but he did the job, and he did it very quickly. I guess next week I’ll be shampooing.
I got a text last night that the teacher I was talking about passed away yesterday afternoon. From what I could tell, she was at peace, and ready. She had been having visitors until just a few hours before she passed. Sad that her life had to end so early, but knowing that she had little suffering makes it a little easier.
We climbed to 90° today, and there was no breeze, so the weather heated me up almost as much as the cable company.
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Random Facts…
There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
WINONA, Minn. - Authorities in Minnesota said a goat found in the trunk of a woman’s car when she took it to a repair shop has been placed in the care of a veterinarian. James Prusci, an auto repairman with Tires Plus in Winona, said a woman came into the store just before noon Friday and informed him there was a live goat in her trunk, the Winona Daily News reported. Prusci said the woman told him she planned to butcher the animal but her car broke down en
route to St. Paul, Minn. Workers heard the goal crying in the trunk. The goat was painted the Minnesota Vikings colors, purple and gold, and had the No. 4 — Vikings newcomer Brett Favre’s number — shaved into its side, Prusci said. The mechanic said he called animal control and a vehicle from the service arrived with two police cars as the woman was preparing to drive away. Winona Police Sgt. Chris Nelson said the goat was placed in the care of a veterinarian. He did not say whether the woman or a man who was waiting for her outside of the repair shop was cited.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 25…
Be Kind to Humankind Week
29 Aug…
241 days so far this year…124 days remain in 2009
More Herbs, Less Salt Day
According to Hoyle Day
*Ancient Egypt: 1st day of Thoth—1st day on Egyptian Calendar—God of Knowledge
*Slovakia Day: Uprising Day—against Nazi’s in 1944
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1780….. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French painter
1809….. Oliver Wendell Holmes Cambridge, MA, physician/author
1811….. Henry Bergh 1st president of SPCA
1915….. Ingrid Bergman Sweden, actress
1917….. Isabel Sanford NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)
1920….. Charlie "The Bird" Parker famous African-American jazzman
1923….. Sir Richard Attenborough actor/director
1924….. Dinah Washington Chicago, singer
1938….. Elliott Gould Queens NY, actor
1938….. Peter Jennings Canada, news anchor
1941….. Robin Leach TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous)
…ATHLETICS…
1940 Wilhelm Ruska Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972)
1945 Wyomia Tyus US, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1962 Carl Banks NFL line backer (NY Giants)
…POLITICS…
1876….. Charles F Kettering Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)
1936….. John McCain U.S. Senator from Arizona
1940 ….. James Brady—Reagan asst.--shot
…SCIENCE…
1958….. Michael Jackson Gary Indiana, singer
Events on this day…
1758….. The First State Indian reservation, in Brotherton New Jersey, is established. It is primarily for the Lenni Lenape.
1831….. English chemist Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, the production of an electric current by change in magnetic intensity, which is the principle of the electric generator.
1864….. William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
1885….. The first prize fight under the Marquis of Queensberry Rules was held -- in Cincinnati, OH.
1896….. Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1914….. Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
1945….. Predictions for traffic this coming Labor Day Weekend are predicted to be extremely high due to the restrictions on Gasoline sales having been lifted.
1949….. USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
1953….. USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
1958….. Air Force Academy opens
1966….. The Beatles play their final live concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
2005….. Hurricane Katrina a Category 5 Storm with sustained winds of 145 MPH and gusts reaching 175 MPH is the most destructive hurricane in $$ ever to hit the United States
2006….. Warren Steed Jeffs is arrested in Nevada by a local patrol officer,
Holy Mackerel…
1984….. Edwin Moses won the 400-meter hurdles in track competition in Europe. It was the track star’s 108th consecutive victory.
Brainfood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. If you break me,
I do not stop working.
If you touch me,
I may be snared.
If you lose me,
Nothing will matter.
What am I?
2. If a man carried my burden,
He would break his back.
I am not rich,
But I leave silver in my track.
What am I?
3. Glittering points that downward thrust,
Sparkling spears that never rust.
What is it?
4. Weight in my belly,
Trees on my back,
Nails in my ribs,
Feet do I lack.
What am I?
5. My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?
* BONUS:
Until I am measured,
I am not known.
Yet how you miss me,
When I have flown!
What am I?
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1. One's heart.
2. A snail.
3. An icicle.
4. A ship.
5. A Candle
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When I was in Tuba, I had carpeting and bought one of those home shampooers. Well, it’s time to clean my carpet here again. However, something happened and the brushes didn’t work. I took it to a local guy and he fixed it in two days. He is not real friendly, and doesn’t have the greatest customer relations, but he did the job, and he did it very quickly. I guess next week I’ll be shampooing.
I got a text last night that the teacher I was talking about passed away yesterday afternoon. From what I could tell, she was at peace, and ready. She had been having visitors until just a few hours before she passed. Sad that her life had to end so early, but knowing that she had little suffering makes it a little easier.
We climbed to 90° today, and there was no breeze, so the weather heated me up almost as much as the cable company.
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Random Facts…
There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
WINONA, Minn. - Authorities in Minnesota said a goat found in the trunk of a woman’s car when she took it to a repair shop has been placed in the care of a veterinarian. James Prusci, an auto repairman with Tires Plus in Winona, said a woman came into the store just before noon Friday and informed him there was a live goat in her trunk, the Winona Daily News reported. Prusci said the woman told him she planned to butcher the animal but her car broke down en
route to St. Paul, Minn. Workers heard the goal crying in the trunk. The goat was painted the Minnesota Vikings colors, purple and gold, and had the No. 4 — Vikings newcomer Brett Favre’s number — shaved into its side, Prusci said. The mechanic said he called animal control and a vehicle from the service arrived with two police cars as the woman was preparing to drive away. Winona Police Sgt. Chris Nelson said the goat was placed in the care of a veterinarian. He did not say whether the woman or a man who was waiting for her outside of the repair shop was cited.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 25…
Be Kind to Humankind Week
29 Aug…
241 days so far this year…124 days remain in 2009
More Herbs, Less Salt Day
According to Hoyle Day
*Ancient Egypt: 1st day of Thoth—1st day on Egyptian Calendar—God of Knowledge
*Slovakia Day: Uprising Day—against Nazi’s in 1944
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1780….. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French painter
1809….. Oliver Wendell Holmes Cambridge, MA, physician/author
1811….. Henry Bergh 1st president of SPCA
1915….. Ingrid Bergman Sweden, actress
1917….. Isabel Sanford NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)
1920….. Charlie "The Bird" Parker famous African-American jazzman
1923….. Sir Richard Attenborough actor/director
1924….. Dinah Washington Chicago, singer
1938….. Elliott Gould Queens NY, actor
1938….. Peter Jennings Canada, news anchor
1941….. Robin Leach TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous)
…ATHLETICS…
1940 Wilhelm Ruska Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972)
1945 Wyomia Tyus US, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1962 Carl Banks NFL line backer (NY Giants)
…POLITICS…
1876….. Charles F Kettering Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)
1936….. John McCain U.S. Senator from Arizona
1940 ….. James Brady—Reagan asst.--shot
…SCIENCE…
1958….. Michael Jackson Gary Indiana, singer
Events on this day…
1758….. The First State Indian reservation, in Brotherton New Jersey, is established. It is primarily for the Lenni Lenape.
1831….. English chemist Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, the production of an electric current by change in magnetic intensity, which is the principle of the electric generator.
1864….. William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
1885….. The first prize fight under the Marquis of Queensberry Rules was held -- in Cincinnati, OH.
1896….. Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1914….. Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
1945….. Predictions for traffic this coming Labor Day Weekend are predicted to be extremely high due to the restrictions on Gasoline sales having been lifted.
1949….. USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
1953….. USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
1958….. Air Force Academy opens
1966….. The Beatles play their final live concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
2005….. Hurricane Katrina a Category 5 Storm with sustained winds of 145 MPH and gusts reaching 175 MPH is the most destructive hurricane in $$ ever to hit the United States
2006….. Warren Steed Jeffs is arrested in Nevada by a local patrol officer,
Holy Mackerel…
1984….. Edwin Moses won the 400-meter hurdles in track competition in Europe. It was the track star’s 108th consecutive victory.
Brainfood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. If you break me,
I do not stop working.
If you touch me,
I may be snared.
If you lose me,
Nothing will matter.
What am I?
2. If a man carried my burden,
He would break his back.
I am not rich,
But I leave silver in my track.
What am I?
3. Glittering points that downward thrust,
Sparkling spears that never rust.
What is it?
4. Weight in my belly,
Trees on my back,
Nails in my ribs,
Feet do I lack.
What am I?
5. My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?
* BONUS:
Until I am measured,
I am not known.
Yet how you miss me,
When I have flown!
What am I?
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Answers:
1. One's heart.
2. A snail.
3. An icicle.
4. A ship.
5. A Candle
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Thursday
We had our weekly lunch today. Mary is headed for two weeks at her family compound in Oregon. They have a home at the beach. She is pretty excited, as this is the first time she has been able to go at this time of year. The many brothers and sisters have it scheduled and she always had to take a summer time, because of her teaching. This year her mother, 97, will be there for a couple of days. Cheryl may join her son, daughter-in-law and the four grandkids on a Cruise. She’s not sure yet. She says she’s waiting for the last minute tickets—as the price will go way down. I learned that one of our long time Navajo teachers, who retired about 10 years ago and is only 65, is in the last stages of brain cancer. So sad. She is here in Flagstaff, at a nursing home, so I’m trying to find out which one so I can visit.
We didn’t have any rain or any even any clouds today. It was nice, with a high of only 82°. The cooler nights are nice. The birds are certainly getting ready for something. They are cleaning up on bird seed. The smaller bird feeder has to be filled a little more than once a day. The larger one lasts for two days. This is about twice as often as often as just a week ago. Either I have more birds or the ones that are here are very hungry. It’s a small thing but is so much fun to watch the many birds feed. I just wish I could get hummingbirds to this area. I still can’t figure out if it is the altitude, the pine forest, what. I’ve tried feeders in the back, feeders in the front. I know there are hummingbirds in Flagstaff, just not in our forested area. I will keep trying, by keeping fresh liquid out there for them. Maybe before winter they will find the feeders and know that I am here to help.
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Random Facts…
There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
WINONA, Minn. - Authorities in Minnesota said a goat found in the trunk of a woman’s car when she took it to a repair shop has been placed in the care of a veterinarian. James Prusci, an auto repairman with Tires Plus in Winona, said a woman came into the store just before noon Friday and informed him there was a live goat in her trunk, the Winona Daily News reported. Prusci said the woman told him she planned to butcher the animal but her car broke down en route to St. Paul, Minn. Workers heard the goal crying in the trunk. The goat was painted the Minnesota Vikings colors, purple and gold, and had the No. 4 — Vikings newcomer Brett Favre’s number — shaved into its side, Prusci said. The mechanic said he called animal control and a vehicle from the service arrived with two police cars as the woman was preparing to drive away.
Winona Police Sgt. Chris Nelson said the goat was placed in the care of a veterinarian. He did not say whether the woman or a man who was waiting for her outside of the repair shop was cited.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 25…
Be Kind to Humankind Week
28 Aug…
240 days so far this year…125 days remain in 2009
Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
*Hong Kong : Festival of Hungry Ghosts
*Jordon : Arab Renaissance Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1749….. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust)
1828….. Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher
1889….. Charles Boyer France, actor
1903….. Bruno Bettelheim US, writer (Uses of Enchantment)
1905….. Sam Levene actor
1906….. Sir John Betjeman poet laureate of England (Mt Zion)
1916….. C Wright Mills sociologist, writer (The Power Elite)
1921….. Nancy Kulp Penn, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
1925….. Donald (David Dixon) O’Connor dancer, singer, actor: Singin’ in the Rain
1929….. Roxie Roker actress: The Jeffersons
1930….. Ben (Biagio Anthony) Gazzara actor
1943….. David Soul Chicago, actor (Starsky & Hutch)
1965….. Shania Twain (Eilleen Regina Edwards) Grammy Award-winning singer
1969….. Jason Priestley Vancouver BC, actor
…Athletics…
1946….. Bob Beamon US, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1968)
1958….. Scott Hamilton Olympic Hall of Famer and figure skating Gold Medalist
…POLITICS…
1592 George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I
1831 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes 1st lady
…Religion…
1774….. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st American Catholic saint
…SCIENCE…
1878 George Hoyt Whipple US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934)
1908 Roger Tory Peterson NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds)
Events on this day…
1789….. Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
1811….. Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley eloped with Harriet Westbrook.
1867….. US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific
1884….. 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD
1907….. United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
1938….. Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
1949….. Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY
1955….. Fourteen-year-old African-American Emmett Till is abducted and later murdered by two white men in Mississippi
1963….. 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC & Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
1968….. At the democratic convention in Chicago 10's of thousands of Anti-Vietnam war protestors battle police in the streets
1996….. After four years of separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorce.
Holy Mackerel…
1945….. Rationing for butter is to be decreased again with the red points required for butter going down to 12 points per pound, this is the second decrease since July when butter was 24 red points per pound.
Brainfood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they? [2]
2. I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?
3. From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I?
4. In a marble hall white as milk
Lined with skin as soft as silk
Within a fountain crystal-clear
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in to steal its gold.
--Mother Goose
5. It is said among my people that some things are improved by death. Tell me, what stinks while living but in death smells good?
* Bonus:
All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
What is it?
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1. Stars or Dreams.
2. A dictionary.
3. The letter 'e'.
4. An egg.
5. A pig.
*Bonus: The wind.
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We didn’t have any rain or any even any clouds today. It was nice, with a high of only 82°. The cooler nights are nice. The birds are certainly getting ready for something. They are cleaning up on bird seed. The smaller bird feeder has to be filled a little more than once a day. The larger one lasts for two days. This is about twice as often as often as just a week ago. Either I have more birds or the ones that are here are very hungry. It’s a small thing but is so much fun to watch the many birds feed. I just wish I could get hummingbirds to this area. I still can’t figure out if it is the altitude, the pine forest, what. I’ve tried feeders in the back, feeders in the front. I know there are hummingbirds in Flagstaff, just not in our forested area. I will keep trying, by keeping fresh liquid out there for them. Maybe before winter they will find the feeders and know that I am here to help.
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Random Facts…
There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
WINONA, Minn. - Authorities in Minnesota said a goat found in the trunk of a woman’s car when she took it to a repair shop has been placed in the care of a veterinarian. James Prusci, an auto repairman with Tires Plus in Winona, said a woman came into the store just before noon Friday and informed him there was a live goat in her trunk, the Winona Daily News reported. Prusci said the woman told him she planned to butcher the animal but her car broke down en route to St. Paul, Minn. Workers heard the goal crying in the trunk. The goat was painted the Minnesota Vikings colors, purple and gold, and had the No. 4 — Vikings newcomer Brett Favre’s number — shaved into its side, Prusci said. The mechanic said he called animal control and a vehicle from the service arrived with two police cars as the woman was preparing to drive away.
Winona Police Sgt. Chris Nelson said the goat was placed in the care of a veterinarian. He did not say whether the woman or a man who was waiting for her outside of the repair shop was cited.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 25…
Be Kind to Humankind Week
28 Aug…
240 days so far this year…125 days remain in 2009
Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
*Hong Kong : Festival of Hungry Ghosts
*Jordon : Arab Renaissance Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1749….. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust)
1828….. Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher
1889….. Charles Boyer France, actor
1903….. Bruno Bettelheim US, writer (Uses of Enchantment)
1905….. Sam Levene actor
1906….. Sir John Betjeman poet laureate of England (Mt Zion)
1916….. C Wright Mills sociologist, writer (The Power Elite)
1921….. Nancy Kulp Penn, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
1925….. Donald (David Dixon) O’Connor dancer, singer, actor: Singin’ in the Rain
1929….. Roxie Roker actress: The Jeffersons
1930….. Ben (Biagio Anthony) Gazzara actor
1943….. David Soul Chicago, actor (Starsky & Hutch)
1965….. Shania Twain (Eilleen Regina Edwards) Grammy Award-winning singer
1969….. Jason Priestley Vancouver BC, actor
…Athletics…
1946….. Bob Beamon US, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1968)
1958….. Scott Hamilton Olympic Hall of Famer and figure skating Gold Medalist
…POLITICS…
1592 George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I
1831 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes 1st lady
…Religion…
1774….. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st American Catholic saint
…SCIENCE…
1878 George Hoyt Whipple US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934)
1908 Roger Tory Peterson NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds)
Events on this day…
1789….. Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
1811….. Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley eloped with Harriet Westbrook.
1867….. US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific
1884….. 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD
1907….. United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
1938….. Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
1949….. Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY
1955….. Fourteen-year-old African-American Emmett Till is abducted and later murdered by two white men in Mississippi
1963….. 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC & Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
1968….. At the democratic convention in Chicago 10's of thousands of Anti-Vietnam war protestors battle police in the streets
1996….. After four years of separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorce.
Holy Mackerel…
1945….. Rationing for butter is to be decreased again with the red points required for butter going down to 12 points per pound, this is the second decrease since July when butter was 24 red points per pound.
Brainfood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they? [2]
2. I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?
3. From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I?
4. In a marble hall white as milk
Lined with skin as soft as silk
Within a fountain crystal-clear
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in to steal its gold.
--Mother Goose
5. It is said among my people that some things are improved by death. Tell me, what stinks while living but in death smells good?
* Bonus:
All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
What is it?
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1. Stars or Dreams.
2. A dictionary.
3. The letter 'e'.
4. An egg.
5. A pig.
*Bonus: The wind.
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Wednesday
Our country lost the final brother of a political dynasty. I never really followed what Ted did…I was a bigger fan of John and Bobby. I was stuck on the car accident. But as I listen to those who knew him, from all political sides, he certainly did a lot for the many. I was surprised that from within his huge circle of acquaintances he was seen as a very caring human being who always had time to listen. That kind of politician is needed in our leadership positions.
We received no rain today, but it didn’t get that hot either. A nice day. I was very glad that last night’s temperature only dropped to a comfortable 45°--which is much better than the predicted possible 35°.
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Random Facts…
You have no sense of smell when you're sleeping!
Crazy Stuff in the News…
When most people think of Peru they think of tropical rain forests, the Andes mountains, the ancient Incas, gold mines and fish meal (one of their major exports in case you never read Wikipedia).
What most people don’t think of is surgically implanted drug turkeys. However, since drugs are another major export of Peru, the Peruvians have to be pretty innovative about how they get them out of the country. Enter the turkeys.
Recently, Peruvian police expecting to find a shipment of cocaine hidden in a crate holding two live turkeys were surprised to discover the drug surgically implanted inside the birds.
Acting on a tip, officers stopped a bus outside the city of Tarapoto in the central jungle state of San Martin.
Police were puzzled when they found the turkeys in the crate, but didn’t find the cocaine. They then noticed that the two turkeys were bloated. Lifting up the feathers of the bird, in the chest area, police detected a handmade seam.
A veterinarian extracted 11 oval-shaped plastic capsules containing 1.9 kilograms of cocaine from one turkey and 17 capsules with 2.9 kilograms from the other.
That’s nearly 11 pounds of drugs!
Gangs often use human couriers who swallow cocaine to sneak it across borders but it is unusual to use animals. In 2005, Colombian police found a total of 3 kilograms of heroin sewn into the bellies of six puppies during a raid on a veterinarian clinic.
You’ll be happy to know both turkeys survived the removal.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 25…
Be Kind to Humankind Week
27 Aug…
239 days so far this year…126 days remain in 2009
Global Forgiveness Day
*Texas—LBJ Day
*Moldova: Independence Day—from USSR—1991
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…SCIENCE…
1770….. Georg Wilhelm F Hegel German philosopher/inventor (dialectic)
…POLITICS…
1809….. Hannibal Hamlin (R) 15th VP
1865….. Charles Gates Dawes (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925)
1908….. Lyndon B Johnson (D) 36th Pres
…ARTS…
551 B.C ….. Confucius (K’ung Fu-tzu) philosopher
1871….. Theodore Dreiser US, novelist (Sister Carrie, American Tragedy)
1882….. Samuel Goldwyn pioneer film maker/producer (MGM)
1899….. C.S. Forester Engl, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
1908….. Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress
1910….. Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia
1929….. Ira Levin writer: Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil
1942….. Daryl Dragon Pasadena Calif, keyboardist (Capt & Tennille)
1943….. Susan "Tuesday" Weld NYC, actress
1952….. Pee-wee Herman aka Paul Reubens, actor
Events on this day…
26 -BC….. Origin of Egyptian Era
1660….. John Milton’s books were burned in London, because of the author’s attacks on King Charles II.
1667….. Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia)
1859….. In Titusville, Pennsylvania, Edwin Drake drills the first successful oil well in the United States.
1883….. Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons
1889….. Charles G. Conn of Elkhart, IN patented the metal clarinet
1912 ….. Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan
1955….. The "Guinness Book of World Records" compiled by student twins Norris and Ross McWhirter is published for the first time and becomes an instant success.
1990….. Former Guinness chairman Ernest Saunders and his three conspirators Gerald Ronson, Sir Jack Lyons and Anthony Parnes are convicted for involvement in a conspiracy to drive up the price of shares of Guinness
Riddles from BrainFood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?
2. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
3. I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
What am I?
4. I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
5. I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?
* BONUS:
Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?
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1. A splinter.
2. A hole.
3. Tomorrow.
4. Breath.
5. Smoke.
.*Bonus: An eye.
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We received no rain today, but it didn’t get that hot either. A nice day. I was very glad that last night’s temperature only dropped to a comfortable 45°--which is much better than the predicted possible 35°.
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Random Facts…
You have no sense of smell when you're sleeping!
Crazy Stuff in the News…
When most people think of Peru they think of tropical rain forests, the Andes mountains, the ancient Incas, gold mines and fish meal (one of their major exports in case you never read Wikipedia).
What most people don’t think of is surgically implanted drug turkeys. However, since drugs are another major export of Peru, the Peruvians have to be pretty innovative about how they get them out of the country. Enter the turkeys.
Recently, Peruvian police expecting to find a shipment of cocaine hidden in a crate holding two live turkeys were surprised to discover the drug surgically implanted inside the birds.
Acting on a tip, officers stopped a bus outside the city of Tarapoto in the central jungle state of San Martin.
Police were puzzled when they found the turkeys in the crate, but didn’t find the cocaine. They then noticed that the two turkeys were bloated. Lifting up the feathers of the bird, in the chest area, police detected a handmade seam.
A veterinarian extracted 11 oval-shaped plastic capsules containing 1.9 kilograms of cocaine from one turkey and 17 capsules with 2.9 kilograms from the other.
That’s nearly 11 pounds of drugs!
Gangs often use human couriers who swallow cocaine to sneak it across borders but it is unusual to use animals. In 2005, Colombian police found a total of 3 kilograms of heroin sewn into the bellies of six puppies during a raid on a veterinarian clinic.
You’ll be happy to know both turkeys survived the removal.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 25…
Be Kind to Humankind Week
27 Aug…
239 days so far this year…126 days remain in 2009
Global Forgiveness Day
*Texas—LBJ Day
*Moldova: Independence Day—from USSR—1991
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…SCIENCE…
1770….. Georg Wilhelm F Hegel German philosopher/inventor (dialectic)
…POLITICS…
1809….. Hannibal Hamlin (R) 15th VP
1865….. Charles Gates Dawes (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925)
1908….. Lyndon B Johnson (D) 36th Pres
…ARTS…
551 B.C ….. Confucius (K’ung Fu-tzu) philosopher
1871….. Theodore Dreiser US, novelist (Sister Carrie, American Tragedy)
1882….. Samuel Goldwyn pioneer film maker/producer (MGM)
1899….. C.S. Forester Engl, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
1908….. Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress
1910….. Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia
1929….. Ira Levin writer: Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil
1942….. Daryl Dragon Pasadena Calif, keyboardist (Capt & Tennille)
1943….. Susan "Tuesday" Weld NYC, actress
1952….. Pee-wee Herman aka Paul Reubens, actor
Events on this day…
26 -BC….. Origin of Egyptian Era
1660….. John Milton’s books were burned in London, because of the author’s attacks on King Charles II.
1667….. Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia)
1859….. In Titusville, Pennsylvania, Edwin Drake drills the first successful oil well in the United States.
1883….. Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons
1889….. Charles G. Conn of Elkhart, IN patented the metal clarinet
1912 ….. Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan
1955….. The "Guinness Book of World Records" compiled by student twins Norris and Ross McWhirter is published for the first time and becomes an instant success.
1990….. Former Guinness chairman Ernest Saunders and his three conspirators Gerald Ronson, Sir Jack Lyons and Anthony Parnes are convicted for involvement in a conspiracy to drive up the price of shares of Guinness
Riddles from BrainFood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?
2. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
3. I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
What am I?
4. I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
5. I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?
* BONUS:
Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?
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Answers:
1. A splinter.
2. A hole.
3. Tomorrow.
4. Breath.
5. Smoke.
.*Bonus: An eye.
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- Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
- I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.