I spent the day at home. I was not in pain, but still didn’t feel like I should be driving anywhere. I took one pain pill about 4pm yesterday then last night, one more before going to bed about 11pm. I took another one about 10am as the irritating pain was coming back. It is now 10 hours later, and still no pain. Still a little high. I can’t imagine how I would feel if I took them every four hours. I actually spent a lot of time at the computer this morning. I’m usually on about 8 and off by 10. Today I didn’t get off until almost noon. Time just seemed to move real slow, and I kept jumping around learning new things. Interesting side effect of those little white pills. My rash is starting to heal—more good news. It also didn’t spread today, the first day five that it hasn’t. More good news. Guess I am healing.
NPR did a good story this morning on the Federal Employees Health Care System. That’s the one I’m in and it gives me many choices each year for the kind of coverage I want. I pay about 25% of the cost, the Federal government pays the other 75%. This is not unusual in the business world of big business. This is also the same choices and payment that members of the Senate and House have. A right wing conservative believes that Federal Employees are having 100% of their health care premiums paid by the taxpayers. The stupid argument is that my entire salary and my entire retirement comes from tax payer money so some is paid by my Department funds of tax payer money, and my share is paid from Department funds of the tax payer money. Today I learned that my Federal BCBS has one of the highest deductibles of the BCBS system. We also have one of the highest premiums of the BCBS system. We also have a less dental and less eye care than most of the BCBS plans. It should be noted that BCBS is the most popular insurance plan in the Federal System So for all those people who think that the health care insurance industry is just fine, look at what the Feds were able to get. The Feds are the largest BCBS business in their system.
My mom passed a year ago today(21st). My dad--16 years ago yesterday (20). My brother and I had a good conversation this evening. We are both saddened that they had to pass, but are so grateful that neither had to really suffer. Both had told us that they were ready to go, and not to do any extraordinary or heroic measures. So when the inevitable questions came from the medical staff, we knew what to say without any guilt. In some ways that makes the passing easier, but it still hits the family hard. We have some very happy memories to recall, and a lot of things that bring a smile to our faces.
Today is the last day of summer. Now we have some stats on our rainfall. For September we got ¾” of rain, our average is 1.5”. For the summer we got 2.84”, while our recorded average is 7.05”. This year was the 3rd driest summer in Flags recorded history. Ouch. Thankfully we haven’t had a major forest fire around Flag this year, but have suffered from the smoke of a couple of big fires south of us. We are being told to expect our first freeze this week.
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Random Facts…
A snail can sleep for three years
In France, it is legal to marry a dead person!
Crazy Stuff In The News …
KAMIAH, Idaho – If you look you can actually find pictures of this bizarre accident online! An Idaho woman who was skewered in the neck by a tree limb while driving with her husband along the Lochsa River is recovering at home.
20-year-old Michelle Childers and her husband, Daniel, were taking a recreational drive on a rural road Sept. 5 when a spruce tree crashed through the passenger side window of the vehicle. Childers says she then felt a “strange” pressure on her neck and shoulder. Her husband told her that the tree limb had impaled her.
The couple drove to the Lochsa Lodge near the Idaho-Montana border to call for help and was flown by helicopter to St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont. Childers says the 13-inch tree limb was removed from her neck during a six-hour surgery.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
Wilford Brimley was once a rancher, rodeo rider, and blacksmith. He was a bodyguard for Howard Hughes in the 1950's. Brimley also served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the end of the Korean war.
Before Matthew Broderick became famous in War Games and Ferris Bueller, he could be seen in a 1982 commercial for Lanacane itch cream.
Immediately after high school, Adam Brody had a job working at Blockbuster.
Charles Bronson worked in a coal mine before becoming famous.
In college, Garth Brooks received a track scholarship as a javelin thrower.
Week of 21 Sep…
Women’s Ecommerce Week
22 Sep Observances…
265 days so far this year…100 days remain in 2009
Fall Equinox in Northern Hemisphere
American Business Women’s Day
Elephant Appreciation Day
Hobbit Day
Nat’l White Chocolate Day
*Celtic World: Moban—2nd Harvest Day
*French Republic: Raisin (Grape) Day, first day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
*Bulgaria: Independence Day (from The Ottoman Empire) 1908.
*Mali: Independence Day (from France, 1960).
*In Europe and in cities throughout the world, Car Free Day.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1290….. Bilbo Baggins (in Shire Reconning)
1901….. Allan "Rocky" Lane Mishawaka Ind, actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder)
1956….. Debby Boone Hackensack NJ, singer
1960….. Joan Jett Phila, singer
1961….. Scott Baio actor: Happy Days
…ATHLETICS…
1927….. Tom Lasorda baseball manager (LA Dodgers)
1932 ….. Ingemar Johansson boxer: world heavyweight champion [1959]
1939….. Junko Tabei Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest
…POLITICS/Business…
1939….. Mike Sullivan (Gov-Wyoming)
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1791….. Michael Faraday discovered principle of electric motor
1912….. Alfred G Vanderbilt thoroughbred horse owner (Native Dancer)
1922….. Chen Ning Yang China, physicist/disproved parity (Nobel 1957)
Events on this day…
1656….. All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her)
1692….. Last person hanged for witchcraft in US
1776….. Nathan Hale executed as a spy by the British
1862….. President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
1949….. USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
1961….. President John F. Kennedy signs legislation establishing the Peace Corps as a permanent government agency
1973….. Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State
1991….. Calif University makes the Dead Sea Scrolls public
Holy Mackerel…
1823 ….. Joseph Smith, Jr. claims that he is directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where the Golden plates are stored.
Word Wise Word Games
The word contronym (also antagonym) is used to refer to words or phrases that, by some freak of language evolution, are their own antonyms. Both contronym and antagonym are neologisms; however, there is no alternative term that is more established in the English language.
Here are 10 definitions. What word is defined?
1. admission of fault in what you think, say, or do; formal defense of what you think, say, or do
2. multiplication (e.g., a three by five matrix), division (e.g., dividing eight by four)
3. fasten, detach
4. usual, special
5. a large amount, a small amount
6. prescribe, prohibit
7. most severe (e.g., murder), least severe (e.g., burn)
8. incline, level
9. remaining, departed from
10. error, care
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oversight/ grade / enjoin / dollop / clip /
apology / by / custom / first degree / left /
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1. apology - admission of fault in what you think, say, or do; formal defense of what you think, say, or do
2. by - multiplication (e.g., a three by five matrix), division (e.g., dividing eight by four)
3. clip - fasten, detach
4. custom - usual, special
5. dollop - a large amount, a small amount
6. enjoin - prescribe, prohibit
7. first degree - most severe (e.g., murder), least severe (e.g., burn)
8. grade - incline, level
9. left - remaining, departed from
10. oversight - error, care
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Monday
I finally gave in to the discomfort and went to the walk-in clinic for my intestinal pain. Turns out I have a viral infection. Seven days on meds to kill it, and I should be fine. I also got some very strong pain meds, which really work well. So nice not to be in pain. The pain is not that severe, more of an annoyance, but something I just got tired of tolerating. Guess I really am a child of the 60’s. Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” has always been a favorite. You all remember that, ‘one pill makes you happy…’ The doctor said this little infection will not affect my trip, so all is good. I certainly understand how people become addicted to pain killers. While my pain tolerance is high, and my drug tolerance is low, the idea that there doesn’t have to be pain is great. This makes me very grateful that I am not a person with chronic pain.
One thing that is still ticking me off with this infection…my PCP wouldn’t see me for 3 weeks. That just isn’t right. Even the doctor at the walk-in said I should always see the PCP first. Well duh. It only makes sense that you see the physician that has been treating you and knows your medical history, first hand. Without electronic medical records that are available to the physician who is treating you, they are really flying blind. When a patient gets sick between routine visits, it seems there should be a way to be seen without waiting three weeks.
It was a nice day here in Flag. We had several showers at my place. Not a lot of rain, but the showers were nice. I’m getting ready for there to be a nice cool night so that the fall colors will be out around town. The mountains have already turned to yellow and orange, but here in town it hasn’t hit yet.
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Random Facts…
At their closest point, the Russian and U.S. borders are less than two miles apart.
Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
Odd Crazy Stuff …
Steely Dan: Based on the name of a dildo in William
Burrough’s novel, The Naked Lunch.
Three Dog Night: It is a practice of Australian aborigines
to sleep with three dogs on particularly cold nights.
UB40: Named after the British unemployment benefit form.
The Velvet Underground: Lou Reed lifted the name from a
title of a cheap paperback novel.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
When Orlando Bloom was 13, he worked as a clay trapper at a local pigeon shooting range.
Jon Bon Jovi once had a job as a Christmas decoration maker.
Boy George was fired from a job at Tesco supermarkets for "choosing to wear the store's carrier bags."
Marlon Brando became a ditch digger after being expelled from military school.
Brandy has said that her first job was in a hair salon.
Week of 21 Sep…
Women’s Ecommerce Week
21 Sep Observances…
264 days so far this year…101 days remain in 2009
International Day of Peace
World’s Alzheimer’s Day
*Malta: Independence Day 1964
*Belize: Independence Day 1981
*Armenia: Independence Day 1991
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1866…. H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells Bromley, England (War of the Worlds)
1912…. Chuck Jones animator (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck)
1931…. Larry Hagman Fort Worth Tx, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas)
1934…. Leonard Cohen Canada, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man)
1935…. Henry Gibson (Bateman)comedian
1944…. Fannie Flagg Birmingham Ala, actress/comediene
1947…. Stephen King suspense writer
1950…. Bill Murray Evanston Ill, comedian
1962…. Rob Morrow actor: Numb3rs, Northern Exposure
1967…. Faith Hill singer
…ATHLETICS…
1886…. Teiichi Igarashi Japan, climbed Mt Fuji at age 99
1949…. Artis Gilmore basketball: Chicago Bulls
…POLITICS/Business…
1788…. Margaret Taylor (Smith) First Lady: wife of 12th U.S. President Zachary Taylor
1940…. Bill Kurtis Pensacola Fla, newscaster
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1756…. John Loudon McAdam created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1866…. Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)
Events on this day…
1451…. Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge
1784…. 1st daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet & General Advertiser)
1897…. NY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial
1904…. Chief Joseph (Hinmaton-yalatkit or Hein-mot too-ya-la-kekt) dies.
1937…. J.R.R. Tolkien, publishes "The Hobbit"
1957.…. "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premiers on CBS-TV
1970…. "Monday Night Football" on ABC premiers
1981…. Sandra Day O'Connor becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice
1989…. Colin Powell the first African American is appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Holy Mackerel…
1915…. Stones at Stonehenge, England, sold at auction for 6,600 pounds
Word Wise Word Games
Which word is defined below
a) separation of parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words (as what place soever for whatsoever place)
b) 1: having many syllables; 2: given to or characterized by the use of long words
c) marked by multiplicity of meaning
d) the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usu. in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one eg) Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. -Groucho Marx
e) the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said) : redundancy
f) use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter and plainer form of expression : circumlocution
g) one whose mental imagery consists of words
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periphrasis pleonasm polysemous sesquipedalian
tmesis verbile zeugma
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a) tmesis: separation of parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words (as what place soever for whatsoever place)
b) sesquipedalian: 1: having many syllables; 2: given to or characterized by the use of long words
c) polysemous: marked by multiplicity of meaning
d) zeugma: the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usu. in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one eg) Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
e) pleonasm: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said) : redundancy
f) periphrasis: use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter and plainer form of expression : circumlocution
g) verbile: one whose mental imagery consists of words
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One thing that is still ticking me off with this infection…my PCP wouldn’t see me for 3 weeks. That just isn’t right. Even the doctor at the walk-in said I should always see the PCP first. Well duh. It only makes sense that you see the physician that has been treating you and knows your medical history, first hand. Without electronic medical records that are available to the physician who is treating you, they are really flying blind. When a patient gets sick between routine visits, it seems there should be a way to be seen without waiting three weeks.
It was a nice day here in Flag. We had several showers at my place. Not a lot of rain, but the showers were nice. I’m getting ready for there to be a nice cool night so that the fall colors will be out around town. The mountains have already turned to yellow and orange, but here in town it hasn’t hit yet.
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Random Facts…
At their closest point, the Russian and U.S. borders are less than two miles apart.
Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
Odd Crazy Stuff …
Steely Dan: Based on the name of a dildo in William
Burrough’s novel, The Naked Lunch.
Three Dog Night: It is a practice of Australian aborigines
to sleep with three dogs on particularly cold nights.
UB40: Named after the British unemployment benefit form.
The Velvet Underground: Lou Reed lifted the name from a
title of a cheap paperback novel.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
When Orlando Bloom was 13, he worked as a clay trapper at a local pigeon shooting range.
Jon Bon Jovi once had a job as a Christmas decoration maker.
Boy George was fired from a job at Tesco supermarkets for "choosing to wear the store's carrier bags."
Marlon Brando became a ditch digger after being expelled from military school.
Brandy has said that her first job was in a hair salon.
Week of 21 Sep…
Women’s Ecommerce Week
21 Sep Observances…
264 days so far this year…101 days remain in 2009
International Day of Peace
World’s Alzheimer’s Day
*Malta: Independence Day 1964
*Belize: Independence Day 1981
*Armenia: Independence Day 1991
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1866…. H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells Bromley, England (War of the Worlds)
1912…. Chuck Jones animator (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck)
1931…. Larry Hagman Fort Worth Tx, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas)
1934…. Leonard Cohen Canada, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man)
1935…. Henry Gibson (Bateman)comedian
1944…. Fannie Flagg Birmingham Ala, actress/comediene
1947…. Stephen King suspense writer
1950…. Bill Murray Evanston Ill, comedian
1962…. Rob Morrow actor: Numb3rs, Northern Exposure
1967…. Faith Hill singer
…ATHLETICS…
1886…. Teiichi Igarashi Japan, climbed Mt Fuji at age 99
1949…. Artis Gilmore basketball: Chicago Bulls
…POLITICS/Business…
1788…. Margaret Taylor (Smith) First Lady: wife of 12th U.S. President Zachary Taylor
1940…. Bill Kurtis Pensacola Fla, newscaster
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1756…. John Loudon McAdam created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1866…. Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France bacteriologist (Nobel-1928)
Events on this day…
1451…. Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge
1784…. 1st daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet & General Advertiser)
1897…. NY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial
1904…. Chief Joseph (Hinmaton-yalatkit or Hein-mot too-ya-la-kekt) dies.
1937…. J.R.R. Tolkien, publishes "The Hobbit"
1957.…. "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premiers on CBS-TV
1970…. "Monday Night Football" on ABC premiers
1981…. Sandra Day O'Connor becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice
1989…. Colin Powell the first African American is appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Holy Mackerel…
1915…. Stones at Stonehenge, England, sold at auction for 6,600 pounds
Word Wise Word Games
Which word is defined below
a) separation of parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words (as what place soever for whatsoever place)
b) 1: having many syllables; 2: given to or characterized by the use of long words
c) marked by multiplicity of meaning
d) the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usu. in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one eg) Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. -Groucho Marx
e) the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said) : redundancy
f) use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter and plainer form of expression : circumlocution
g) one whose mental imagery consists of words
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periphrasis pleonasm polysemous sesquipedalian
tmesis verbile zeugma
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a) tmesis: separation of parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words (as what place soever for whatsoever place)
b) sesquipedalian: 1: having many syllables; 2: given to or characterized by the use of long words
c) polysemous: marked by multiplicity of meaning
d) zeugma: the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usu. in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one eg) Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
e) pleonasm: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said) : redundancy
f) periphrasis: use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter and plainer form of expression : circumlocution
g) verbile: one whose mental imagery consists of words
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Sumday
It’s the weekend. In Flagstaff that usually means rain. Not disappointed today. After several light storms, we got 3/100 of an inch. Still really dry here, but not complaining.
A friend on Facebook found a PPM You-Tube site. Some of the same stuff I have been listening to, but one was amazing. Pete Seeger and PPM doing his song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”. I’d seen it before on a PBS fund raising show, but hearing it again shows Pete still astounding audiences. Folk Music needs to make a comeback.
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Random Facts…
25% of your bones are located in your feet.
Female canaries cannot sing.
Odd Crazy Stuff …
The Bay City Rollers: Came up with their name by sticking a pin in a map of the world. It landed on Bay City, Michigan.
Buffalo Springfield: Members of the group were stumped for a name. A member of the band was looking out their manager’s window at a construction site in Hollywood, when he spotted a steamroller with the brand name “Buffalo Springfield.”
Iron Maiden: A medieval torture device.
Jethro Tull: Named after the 18th century British inventor of the seed drill.
Pink Floyd: An amalgam of two American blues artists, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
According to allmovie.com, Kathy Bates has worked in the gift shop at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and as a singing waitress at a Catskill resort.
Warren Beatty reportedly worked as a rat catcher before hitting it big.
Halle Berry worked at Higbee's Department store in the children's department.
At age 14, country star Clint Black delivered newspapers in Houston.
Week of 20 Sep…
Build A Better Image Week
Deaf Awareness Week
Nat’l Clean Hands Week
Nat’l Keep Children Creative Week
Nat’l Singles Week
20 Sep Observances…
263 days so far this year…102 days remain in 2009
Women’s Friendship Day
*South Ossetia Independence Day—1991 From the Georgia.
*Laos Thanksgiving Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1878..... Upton Sinclair novelist (Jungle)
1885..... Ferdinand (Jelly Roll) Morton New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer
1928..... Dr Joyce Brothers NYC, pop psychiatrist
1929..... Anne Meara Bkln NY comedian/actress
1934..... Sophia Loren Rome, actress
1957..... Fran Drescher NYC, actress
…ATHLETICS…
1917..... Arnold "Red" Auerbach NBA coach
…POLITICS/Business…
357 -BC..... Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia, emperor
…SCIENCE/Religion…
Events on this day…
622..... Mohammad's Hijra—He and followers emigrate to Medina.
1805..... Today through October 9th, Lewis and Clark meet with theNez Perce in the Weippe prairie, east of Weippe, Idaho
1859..... Patent granted on the electric range
1877..... Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
1884..... Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for Pres & VP
1948..... One of the most popular singing groups of the 1950s got their professional start on this day. The Four Freshmen did their first gig in Fort Wayne, Indiana
1962.... Black student James Meredith is barred from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by the segregationist Governor Ross R. Barnett.
1973..... Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
1985..... Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
Holy Mackerel…
1946..... The first annual Cannes Film Festival opens at the resort city of Cannes on the French Riviera.
These songs were all #1 sometime between 1940-2009. Put them in order. Name the artist.
1. Gold Digger
2. Don't Worry, Be Happy
3. Oh, Pretty Woman
4. The Yellow Rose of Texas
5. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own
6. Fame
7. Gangsta's Paradise
8. Till the End of Time
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David Bowie Perry Como Coolio featuring L.V. Connie Francis
Bobby McFerrin Mitch Miller Roy Orbison Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
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1945 Till the End of Time Perry Como
1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
1960 My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own Connie Francis
1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
1975 Fame David Bowie
1988 Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin
1995 Gangsta's Paradise Coolio featuring L.V.
2005 Gold Digger Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
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A friend on Facebook found a PPM You-Tube site. Some of the same stuff I have been listening to, but one was amazing. Pete Seeger and PPM doing his song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”. I’d seen it before on a PBS fund raising show, but hearing it again shows Pete still astounding audiences. Folk Music needs to make a comeback.
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Random Facts…
25% of your bones are located in your feet.
Female canaries cannot sing.
Odd Crazy Stuff …
The Bay City Rollers: Came up with their name by sticking a pin in a map of the world. It landed on Bay City, Michigan.
Buffalo Springfield: Members of the group were stumped for a name. A member of the band was looking out their manager’s window at a construction site in Hollywood, when he spotted a steamroller with the brand name “Buffalo Springfield.”
Iron Maiden: A medieval torture device.
Jethro Tull: Named after the 18th century British inventor of the seed drill.
Pink Floyd: An amalgam of two American blues artists, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
According to allmovie.com, Kathy Bates has worked in the gift shop at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and as a singing waitress at a Catskill resort.
Warren Beatty reportedly worked as a rat catcher before hitting it big.
Halle Berry worked at Higbee's Department store in the children's department.
At age 14, country star Clint Black delivered newspapers in Houston.
Week of 20 Sep…
Build A Better Image Week
Deaf Awareness Week
Nat’l Clean Hands Week
Nat’l Keep Children Creative Week
Nat’l Singles Week
20 Sep Observances…
263 days so far this year…102 days remain in 2009
Women’s Friendship Day
*South Ossetia Independence Day—1991 From the Georgia.
*Laos Thanksgiving Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1878..... Upton Sinclair novelist (Jungle)
1885..... Ferdinand (Jelly Roll) Morton New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer
1928..... Dr Joyce Brothers NYC, pop psychiatrist
1929..... Anne Meara Bkln NY comedian/actress
1934..... Sophia Loren Rome, actress
1957..... Fran Drescher NYC, actress
…ATHLETICS…
1917..... Arnold "Red" Auerbach NBA coach
…POLITICS/Business…
357 -BC..... Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia, emperor
…SCIENCE/Religion…
Events on this day…
622..... Mohammad's Hijra—He and followers emigrate to Medina.
1805..... Today through October 9th, Lewis and Clark meet with theNez Perce in the Weippe prairie, east of Weippe, Idaho
1859..... Patent granted on the electric range
1877..... Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
1884..... Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for Pres & VP
1948..... One of the most popular singing groups of the 1950s got their professional start on this day. The Four Freshmen did their first gig in Fort Wayne, Indiana
1962.... Black student James Meredith is barred from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by the segregationist Governor Ross R. Barnett.
1973..... Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
1985..... Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
Holy Mackerel…
1946..... The first annual Cannes Film Festival opens at the resort city of Cannes on the French Riviera.
These songs were all #1 sometime between 1940-2009. Put them in order. Name the artist.
1. Gold Digger
2. Don't Worry, Be Happy
3. Oh, Pretty Woman
4. The Yellow Rose of Texas
5. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own
6. Fame
7. Gangsta's Paradise
8. Till the End of Time
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David Bowie Perry Como Coolio featuring L.V. Connie Francis
Bobby McFerrin Mitch Miller Roy Orbison Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
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1945 Till the End of Time Perry Como
1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
1960 My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own Connie Francis
1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
1975 Fame David Bowie
1988 Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin
1995 Gangsta's Paradise Coolio featuring L.V.
2005 Gold Digger Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
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Saturday
It is certainly time for Health Care Reform. I have a PCP—primary care physician. Last night I my intestinal problem retuned. It’s not serious, but becoming very annoying. So I called the Dr. His receptionist/nurse never answer the phone, you always have to leave a message. So I called her at 9:00. She returned my call at 3:00. No appointments until October 6. If you are in a lot of pain, go to the walk-in clinic or the emergency room. The last time I went to a walk-in, I got a doctor who didn’t know crap. That time it was a dermatology problem. I went because the dermatologist had a month long wait for new patients. The advice and remedy the doctor gave me, while doing no harm, did no good either. Three days after seeing the dermatologist, I knew I was on my way to recovery. I’ve decided that whatever I have will continue to come and go. When I see my PCP, he will be getting a piece of my mind. If he truly runs his practice and has regular patients wait three weeks for an illness, then I will be looking for someone else.
My African trip is getting closer. I got my tickets to Denver today. Then I got a new pair of binoculars. I’m getting excited. Martha, a friend here in Flag sent me a link to an Africa Cam. I’m still checking to see if I’ll be at any of those places. The cams are in South Africa and are certainly in the region I will be in. Very amazing. The website has real time cameras, still cameras that refresh every 30 seconds, and motion-detector cams. Very cool.
We had a nice fall day—about 65° for a high, and 42° for the low. I wish I could keep the windows wide open at night, but now an inch or two is all can handle. We didn’t get any rain today, but there is always tomorrow.
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Random Facts…
The Chow and the Chinese Shar-Pei are the only dogs that have black tongues.
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
Old Crazy Stuff …
England’s John Evans achieved the world record for heavies car balanced on head after he balanced a 159.6 kg (352 lb) Mini on his head for 33 seconds at The London Studios, England, on May 24, 1999.
Cyclist Wolfgang Kulovman from Germany set a world record after riding 2.6 miles (4.1 kilometers) in 3 and a quarter hours under the sea on a lead bicycle.
Russian athlete Omar Khanapiyev, 38, set a new world record for pulling weight with his teeth. He towed a Kuban oil tanker for 36.3 feet in a shipyard. The vessel’s weight was 1,100 tons.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
Jennifer Aniston was both a telemarketer and waitress before hitting it big.
Dan Akroyd was a mail sorter for Canada's national postal service.
Alec Baldwin was once a bouncer.
Lucille Ball was reportedly fired from an ice cream shop for not remembering to add bananas to banana splits.
Before her break-through role in E.T., Drew Barrymore appeared in commercials for dog food, Rice Krispies cereal, and Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies.
Week of 17 Sep…
National Constitution Week
19 Sep Observances…
262 days so far this year…103 days remain in 2009
Talk Like a Pirate Today
Nat’l POW/MIA Recognition Day
Big Whopper Liar Day
Responsible Dog Owner Day
International Coastal Cleanup Day
International Eat an Apple Day
Rosh Hashanah begins
Wife Appreciation Day
*Chile-Armed Forces Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1867….. Arthur Rackham England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
1911….. Sir William Golding Nobel Prize for literature [1983]; Lord of the Flies
1928….. Adam West Walla Walla Wash, actor (Batman)
1933….. David McCallum Glasgow Scot, actor (Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE & NCIS)
1940….. Bill Medley Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros)
1943….. Mama Cass Elliot Balt Md, singer
1949….. Twiggy Lawson [Leslie Hornby], England, model
…ATHLETICS…
1902….. James Van Alen created Simplified Scoring System for tennis
1926….. Edwin "Duke" Snider Bkln Dodger centerfielder (406 HRs)
1936…..Al Oerter American track-and-field athlete, who became the first person to win the gold medal in the discus event in four consecutive Olympic Games.
1949….. Sidney Wicks basketball: College Player of the Year [1970]; Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, San Diego Clippers
…POLITICS/Business…
…SCIENCE/Religion…
Events on this day…
1737….. Today is the start of the walking for the "Walking Purchase" from the Delaware. The walkers are Solomon Jennings, Edward Marshall, and James Yates. The "walkers" barely stay below a run. By the next day at noon, Edward Marshall has covered sixty-five miles. Yates, who passes out from the exertion, dies three days later. Jennings gives up the first day and is sickly for the rest of his life. Many Indians complain the "walk" does not live up to the spirit of the agreement.
1796….. George Washington's farewell address as president
1819….. It was such a beautiful fall day that poet John inked one of the best-loved English poems, Ode to Autumn.
1846….. Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes
1849….. 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California
1952….. Charlie Chaplin has been refused entry to return to his home in Hollywood until he has been investigated
1957….. 1st underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada)
1960….. Chubby Checker has a number 1 record with The Twist which launched a worldwide dance craze.
1970….. "Mary Tyler Moore" show premiers
1995….. The New York times and the Washington Post have published the Unabombers 35,000 word manifesto
Holy Mackerel…
1928….. Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
1959….. Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland
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My African trip is getting closer. I got my tickets to Denver today. Then I got a new pair of binoculars. I’m getting excited. Martha, a friend here in Flag sent me a link to an Africa Cam. I’m still checking to see if I’ll be at any of those places. The cams are in South Africa and are certainly in the region I will be in. Very amazing. The website has real time cameras, still cameras that refresh every 30 seconds, and motion-detector cams. Very cool.
We had a nice fall day—about 65° for a high, and 42° for the low. I wish I could keep the windows wide open at night, but now an inch or two is all can handle. We didn’t get any rain today, but there is always tomorrow.
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Random Facts…
The Chow and the Chinese Shar-Pei are the only dogs that have black tongues.
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
Old Crazy Stuff …
England’s John Evans achieved the world record for heavies car balanced on head after he balanced a 159.6 kg (352 lb) Mini on his head for 33 seconds at The London Studios, England, on May 24, 1999.
Cyclist Wolfgang Kulovman from Germany set a world record after riding 2.6 miles (4.1 kilometers) in 3 and a quarter hours under the sea on a lead bicycle.
Russian athlete Omar Khanapiyev, 38, set a new world record for pulling weight with his teeth. He towed a Kuban oil tanker for 36.3 feet in a shipyard. The vessel’s weight was 1,100 tons.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
Jennifer Aniston was both a telemarketer and waitress before hitting it big.
Dan Akroyd was a mail sorter for Canada's national postal service.
Alec Baldwin was once a bouncer.
Lucille Ball was reportedly fired from an ice cream shop for not remembering to add bananas to banana splits.
Before her break-through role in E.T., Drew Barrymore appeared in commercials for dog food, Rice Krispies cereal, and Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies.
Week of 17 Sep…
National Constitution Week
19 Sep Observances…
262 days so far this year…103 days remain in 2009
Talk Like a Pirate Today
Nat’l POW/MIA Recognition Day
Big Whopper Liar Day
Responsible Dog Owner Day
International Coastal Cleanup Day
International Eat an Apple Day
Rosh Hashanah begins
Wife Appreciation Day
*Chile-Armed Forces Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1867….. Arthur Rackham England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
1911….. Sir William Golding Nobel Prize for literature [1983]; Lord of the Flies
1928….. Adam West Walla Walla Wash, actor (Batman)
1933….. David McCallum Glasgow Scot, actor (Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE & NCIS)
1940….. Bill Medley Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros)
1943….. Mama Cass Elliot Balt Md, singer
1949….. Twiggy Lawson [Leslie Hornby], England, model
…ATHLETICS…
1902….. James Van Alen created Simplified Scoring System for tennis
1926….. Edwin "Duke" Snider Bkln Dodger centerfielder (406 HRs)
1936…..Al Oerter American track-and-field athlete, who became the first person to win the gold medal in the discus event in four consecutive Olympic Games.
1949….. Sidney Wicks basketball: College Player of the Year [1970]; Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, San Diego Clippers
…POLITICS/Business…
…SCIENCE/Religion…
Events on this day…
1737….. Today is the start of the walking for the "Walking Purchase" from the Delaware. The walkers are Solomon Jennings, Edward Marshall, and James Yates. The "walkers" barely stay below a run. By the next day at noon, Edward Marshall has covered sixty-five miles. Yates, who passes out from the exertion, dies three days later. Jennings gives up the first day and is sickly for the rest of his life. Many Indians complain the "walk" does not live up to the spirit of the agreement.
1796….. George Washington's farewell address as president
1819….. It was such a beautiful fall day that poet John inked one of the best-loved English poems, Ode to Autumn.
1846….. Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes
1849….. 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California
1952….. Charlie Chaplin has been refused entry to return to his home in Hollywood until he has been investigated
1957….. 1st underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada)
1960….. Chubby Checker has a number 1 record with The Twist which launched a worldwide dance craze.
1970….. "Mary Tyler Moore" show premiers
1995….. The New York times and the Washington Post have published the Unabombers 35,000 word manifesto
Holy Mackerel…
1928….. Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
1959….. Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland
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Friday
Happily, I didn’t get any of the soreness the nurse promised me after my shots. That is nice.
I learned this morning that Mary Travers, of PPM had passed yesterday. I pulled out my ol’ iPod and listened to the albums I had downloaded. Folk Music, especially PPM have always been a part of my music collection. I don’t know if it is the message, the vocal range, the beat, or what. I just know that is ‘gets me going’ and most songs give me hope for a better world. Once we know about the issue we can do something to change it. PPM never sold out. They were always questioning, through music, the injustices in the world. Their music, their PBS specials, and their voices will be missed…a lot. May she Rest in Peace, knowing that she did good in her earthly time.
Fall is slowing coming. Mid 60’s today and low 40’s last night. The weather guy says that Snow Bowl, our controversial ski area, should have great skiing this winter. Of course this is probably just hype. Flagstaff needs to have the tourist business. Time will tell.
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Random Facts…
Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
Crazy Stuff …
Wichita, Kansas police say the two 44-year-olds had climbed into the dumpster to be alone just after 6 p.m. when two men interrupted them and demanded their belongings.
Officers say the man and woman were engaged in “an intimate moment” when they were robbed of their shoes, jewelry and the man’s wallet.
One of the robbers was a 64-year-old man who egged his 59-year-old companion on during the robbery.
The suspects were found a short time later and the stolen property was returned. The couples’ dignity, however, has yet to be recovered.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
In 1986, Jason Alexander (George from Seinfeld) starred in an upbeat commercial for McDonald's McDLT sandwich. In the late '70s.
Tim Allen spent two years in prison for dealing cocaine before turning his life around. Then in 1985, Tim Allen played a mechanic in a commercial for which he was paid $200.
Kirstie Alley was a contestant on two game shows: Match Game in 1979 and Password Plus in 1980.
Before Playboy, Tool Time, or Baywatch, Pamela Anderson was in Labatt's commercials. Pamela Anderson's first job was as a fitness instructor in Vancouver.
Jennifer Aniston was both a telemarketer and waitress before hitting it big.
Week of 17 Sep…
National Constitution Week
18 Sep Observances…
261 days so far this year…105 days remain in 2009
Chiropractic Founders Day
National Respect Day
US Air Force Birthday
*Chile – Independence Day (first junta 1810)
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1709….. Samuel Johnson writer: created the first true dictionary of the English language in 1755; poet; essayist; novelist
1905….. Claudette Colbert Paris, actress 1905 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Oakland Calif, actor
1905….. Greta Garbo Stockholm, actress
1933….. Jimmie Rodgers Wash, country singer (Honeycomb)
1933….. Roman Polanski Paris France, director
1933….. Robert Blake (Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi) Nutley NJ, (Baretta) and may have murdered wife
1940….. Frankie Avalon Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus)
1961….. James Gandolfini Emmy Award-winning actor
1964….. Holly Robinson Pete Phila, actress (21 Jump Street)
1971….. Jada Pinkett Smith actress
…ATHLETICS…
1951….. Tony (Anthony) Scott baseball
…POLITICS/Business…
1916….. John J Rhodes (Rep-R-Az)
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1819….. Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault his pendulum proved Earth rotates
1870….. Clark Wissler anthropologist (American Indian)
Events on this day…
1755….. Fort Ticonderoga, NY opens 1759 British capture Quebec during the French & Indian War
1793….. Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building
1851….. The first issue of the New York Daily Times appears. The word "Daily" will be dropped from the newspaper's title six years later.
1895….. Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address
1947….. Country singers Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff performed at Carnegie Hall—1st Country group to perform there.
1948….. Ralph J Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine
1957….. "Wagon Train" premiers
1965….. "Get Smart" premiers
1975….. Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF
Holy Mackerel…
1895: African-American educator Booker T. Washington makes his Atlanta Compromise speech, in which he encourages blacks to accept their inferior social position while working for economic self-reliance.
1956….. Many towns and cities across the US are seeing price wars in filling Stations with prices changing hourly by stations wishing to increase business , the prices during a price war can range between 24.6 cents per gallon and 30.2 cents per gallon.
All of these songs were #1 hits this week in the 1950’s.
Name the Artist who recorded the #1song and
Then put the songs in order—1950-1959.
1. Sleep Walk
2. Sh-Boom
3. Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog
4. The Yellow Rose of Texas
5. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu)
6. Because of You
7. Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)
8. You Belong to Me
9. That'll Be the Day
10. Goodnight Irene
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Tony Bennett The Crickets The Crew-Cuts Domenico Modugno Elvis Presley Les Paul & Mary Ford Mitch Miller Santo & Johnny Jo Stafford Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers
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1950 Goodnight Irene Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers
1951 Because of You Tony Bennett
1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
1953 Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You Les Paul & Mary Ford
1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts
1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
1956 Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog Elvis Presley
1957 That'll Be the Day The Crickets
1958 Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu) Domenico Modugno
1959 Sleep Walk Santo & Johnny
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I learned this morning that Mary Travers, of PPM had passed yesterday. I pulled out my ol’ iPod and listened to the albums I had downloaded. Folk Music, especially PPM have always been a part of my music collection. I don’t know if it is the message, the vocal range, the beat, or what. I just know that is ‘gets me going’ and most songs give me hope for a better world. Once we know about the issue we can do something to change it. PPM never sold out. They were always questioning, through music, the injustices in the world. Their music, their PBS specials, and their voices will be missed…a lot. May she Rest in Peace, knowing that she did good in her earthly time.
Fall is slowing coming. Mid 60’s today and low 40’s last night. The weather guy says that Snow Bowl, our controversial ski area, should have great skiing this winter. Of course this is probably just hype. Flagstaff needs to have the tourist business. Time will tell.
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Random Facts…
Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
Crazy Stuff …
Wichita, Kansas police say the two 44-year-olds had climbed into the dumpster to be alone just after 6 p.m. when two men interrupted them and demanded their belongings.
Officers say the man and woman were engaged in “an intimate moment” when they were robbed of their shoes, jewelry and the man’s wallet.
One of the robbers was a 64-year-old man who egged his 59-year-old companion on during the robbery.
The suspects were found a short time later and the stolen property was returned. The couples’ dignity, however, has yet to be recovered.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
In 1986, Jason Alexander (George from Seinfeld) starred in an upbeat commercial for McDonald's McDLT sandwich. In the late '70s.
Tim Allen spent two years in prison for dealing cocaine before turning his life around. Then in 1985, Tim Allen played a mechanic in a commercial for which he was paid $200.
Kirstie Alley was a contestant on two game shows: Match Game in 1979 and Password Plus in 1980.
Before Playboy, Tool Time, or Baywatch, Pamela Anderson was in Labatt's commercials. Pamela Anderson's first job was as a fitness instructor in Vancouver.
Jennifer Aniston was both a telemarketer and waitress before hitting it big.
Week of 17 Sep…
National Constitution Week
18 Sep Observances…
261 days so far this year…105 days remain in 2009
Chiropractic Founders Day
National Respect Day
US Air Force Birthday
*Chile – Independence Day (first junta 1810)
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1709….. Samuel Johnson writer: created the first true dictionary of the English language in 1755; poet; essayist; novelist
1905….. Claudette Colbert Paris, actress 1905 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Oakland Calif, actor
1905….. Greta Garbo Stockholm, actress
1933….. Jimmie Rodgers Wash, country singer (Honeycomb)
1933….. Roman Polanski Paris France, director
1933….. Robert Blake (Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi) Nutley NJ, (Baretta) and may have murdered wife
1940….. Frankie Avalon Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus)
1961….. James Gandolfini Emmy Award-winning actor
1964….. Holly Robinson Pete Phila, actress (21 Jump Street)
1971….. Jada Pinkett Smith actress
…ATHLETICS…
1951….. Tony (Anthony) Scott baseball
…POLITICS/Business…
1916….. John J Rhodes (Rep-R-Az)
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1819….. Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault his pendulum proved Earth rotates
1870….. Clark Wissler anthropologist (American Indian)
Events on this day…
1755….. Fort Ticonderoga, NY opens 1759 British capture Quebec during the French & Indian War
1793….. Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building
1851….. The first issue of the New York Daily Times appears. The word "Daily" will be dropped from the newspaper's title six years later.
1895….. Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address
1947….. Country singers Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff performed at Carnegie Hall—1st Country group to perform there.
1948….. Ralph J Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine
1957….. "Wagon Train" premiers
1965….. "Get Smart" premiers
1975….. Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF
Holy Mackerel…
1895: African-American educator Booker T. Washington makes his Atlanta Compromise speech, in which he encourages blacks to accept their inferior social position while working for economic self-reliance.
1956….. Many towns and cities across the US are seeing price wars in filling Stations with prices changing hourly by stations wishing to increase business , the prices during a price war can range between 24.6 cents per gallon and 30.2 cents per gallon.
All of these songs were #1 hits this week in the 1950’s.
Name the Artist who recorded the #1song and
Then put the songs in order—1950-1959.
1. Sleep Walk
2. Sh-Boom
3. Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog
4. The Yellow Rose of Texas
5. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu)
6. Because of You
7. Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)
8. You Belong to Me
9. That'll Be the Day
10. Goodnight Irene
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Here are the artists
Tony Bennett The Crickets The Crew-Cuts Domenico Modugno Elvis Presley Les Paul & Mary Ford Mitch Miller Santo & Johnny Jo Stafford Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers
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1950 Goodnight Irene Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers
1951 Because of You Tony Bennett
1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
1953 Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You Les Paul & Mary Ford
1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts
1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
1956 Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog Elvis Presley
1957 That'll Be the Day The Crickets
1958 Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu) Domenico Modugno
1959 Sleep Walk Santo & Johnny
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Thursday
Today was immunization day. An interesting experience to say the least. I had to go to the County Health Dept. I needed Yellow Fever and Tetanus booster for my trip to Africa and the annual flu shot. First for the flu shot—all the newspaper ads and phone calls told me the shot was $25 and since I had Federal BCBS I would have to pay up front and I have to file with BCBS for reimbursement. What upsets me is that they accept AZBCBS and bill the insurance. When I got there, they took my card and billed BCBS for me. A case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. In this case it worked to my advantage. I was also told that there was a $65 processing fee each of the travel immunizations to cover their costs of getting the vaccines. Another surprise was that the $65 fee was for all immunizations given at one time. Again, good for me. The final surprise came when a thirty something guy came in behind me. He needed to update his Tentaus—the same shot I was getting. He was on AHCCCS—low income AZ Health Insurance. His processing fee was $5. He was given the exact same speech about the charge. I guess AHCCCS picks up the rest.
I just don’t understand our health care system. My insurance will not pay for the travel immunizations—not even part of it. Yet, if I, God forbid, get Yellow Fever or Tetanus, they do pay my medical costs. This would cost maybe 100 times as much as the shot that prevents it. The insurance does pay for a flu vaccine. Most cases of flu don’t require hospitalization and millions get the flu vaccine. Strange indeed.
So for the next few days I will have two sore arms. A small price to pay so that I don’t get sick while I am traveling. All I have left is to get my malaria pills.
Flag was cloudy and only got to 63° today. We did have some rain on my side of town—only about 0.06”. Our total for the year is about 1/3 the normal we need. More importantly, at least for me, is that it is now getting dark much earlier and the overnight lows are in the high 30’s. Jack Frost is getting ready to pounce.
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Random Facts…
Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.
More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
Old Crazy Stuff …
Lee Graber of Tallmadge, Ohio, USA, endured the weight of the heaviest bed of nails on his body. He was sandwiched between two beds of nails, with a weight of 752.5 kg (1,659 lb) placed on top for a total of 10 seconds on June 24, 2000. The weight was loaded on top of him using a crane.
England’s John Evans achieved the world record for heaviest car balanced on head after he balanced a 159.6 kg (352 lb) Mini on his head for 33 seconds at The London Studios, England, on May 24, 1999.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
Madeleine Albright (Bill Clinton's Secretary of State) once worked at Joslin's Department Store in Denver selling bras.
At age thirteen, Jessica Alba starred in two 1994 commercials - one for Nintendo and one for J.C. Penney.
Clay Aiken worked as a YMCA counselor in North Carolina before American Idol propelled him to pop stardom.
As a child, Christina Aguilera sang The Star-Spangled Banner at Pittsburgh sporting events including the Penguins, Steelers and Pirates.
Paula Abdul was once a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers. As a nineteen year old, she was selected from more than 700 other applicants.
Week of 17 Sep…
National Constitution Week
17 Sep Observances…
260 days so far this year…106 days remain in 2009
Citizenship Day [[formerly--Constitution Day]
VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day
*Angola – National Heroes' Day
*Netherlands – Operation Market Garden is still remembered with parachuting and dedications on this day.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1743….. Marquis de Condorcet France, enlightenment philosopher
1774….. Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)
1928….. Roddy McDowall actor (Planet of the Apes
1931….. Anne Bancroft AKA Mrs Mel Brooks, Bronx, actress (Graduate)
1935….. Ken Kesey author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test)
1948….. John Ritter Burbank Calif, actor
1949….. Cassandra Peterson ‘Elvira, Mistress of the Dark’: TV hostess
1955….. Rita Rudner comedienne
…ATHLETICS…
1934….. Orlando Cepeda Giants player (NL MVP 1967)
…POLITICS/Business…
879….. Charles III [The Simple], king of France (893-923)
1730….. Baron Frederick von Steuben Germany, made Continental Army winners
1900….. J.W. (John Willard) Marriott hotel magnate
1907….. Warren (Earl) Burger Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1939….. David Souter Weir NH, Supreme Court Justice (1990-2009)
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1857….. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky pioneer in rocket & space research
1930….. Thomas P Stafford Weatherford Ok, USAF/astronaut (Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18)
Events on this day…
1787….. US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention
1862….. Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War
1920….. National Football League organized in Canton Ohio
1952….. "I am an American Day" & "Constituion Day" renamed "Citizenship Day"
1956….. Egypt has celebrated its first day running the Suez Canal by Egyptian Technicians
1964….. "Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV
1965….. The Smothers Brothers Show, a sitcom, debuted on CBS-TV
1967….. "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV
1972….. "M*A*S*H," premiers on TV
1976….. NASA publicly unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise
1978..... Begin, Sadat & Carter sign the Camp David accord
1983..... Vanessa Williams of NY became 1st black Miss America
Holy Mackerel…
1934….. 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th)
Name that Artist and Name That Year
All of these songs were #1 hits this week in the 1960’s.
First: Name the Artist who recorded the #1song and
Then put the songs in order—1960-1969.
1. The Twist
2. You Can't Hurry Love Sherry
3. The House of the Rising Sun
4. Take Good Care of My Baby
5. Blue Velvet
6. Help!
7. Harper Valley P.T.A.
8. Sugar, Sugar
9. Sherry
10. The Letter
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Here are the artists
The Four Seasons Bobby Vinton The Animals The Beatles The Supremes
The Box Tops Jeannie C. Riley The Archies Bobby Vee Chubby Checker
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1960 The Twist Chubby Checker
1961Take Good Care of My Baby Bobby Vee
1962 Sherry The Four Seasons
1963 Blue Velvet Bobby Vinton
1964 The House of the Rising Sun The Animals
1965 Help! The Beatles
1966 You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes
1967 The Letter The Box Tops
1968 Harper Valley P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley
1969 Sugar, Sugar The Archies
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I just don’t understand our health care system. My insurance will not pay for the travel immunizations—not even part of it. Yet, if I, God forbid, get Yellow Fever or Tetanus, they do pay my medical costs. This would cost maybe 100 times as much as the shot that prevents it. The insurance does pay for a flu vaccine. Most cases of flu don’t require hospitalization and millions get the flu vaccine. Strange indeed.
So for the next few days I will have two sore arms. A small price to pay so that I don’t get sick while I am traveling. All I have left is to get my malaria pills.
Flag was cloudy and only got to 63° today. We did have some rain on my side of town—only about 0.06”. Our total for the year is about 1/3 the normal we need. More importantly, at least for me, is that it is now getting dark much earlier and the overnight lows are in the high 30’s. Jack Frost is getting ready to pounce.
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Random Facts…
Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.
More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
Old Crazy Stuff …
Lee Graber of Tallmadge, Ohio, USA, endured the weight of the heaviest bed of nails on his body. He was sandwiched between two beds of nails, with a weight of 752.5 kg (1,659 lb) placed on top for a total of 10 seconds on June 24, 2000. The weight was loaded on top of him using a crane.
England’s John Evans achieved the world record for heaviest car balanced on head after he balanced a 159.6 kg (352 lb) Mini on his head for 33 seconds at The London Studios, England, on May 24, 1999.
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…
Before They Were Famous…
Madeleine Albright (Bill Clinton's Secretary of State) once worked at Joslin's Department Store in Denver selling bras.
At age thirteen, Jessica Alba starred in two 1994 commercials - one for Nintendo and one for J.C. Penney.
Clay Aiken worked as a YMCA counselor in North Carolina before American Idol propelled him to pop stardom.
As a child, Christina Aguilera sang The Star-Spangled Banner at Pittsburgh sporting events including the Penguins, Steelers and Pirates.
Paula Abdul was once a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers. As a nineteen year old, she was selected from more than 700 other applicants.
Week of 17 Sep…
National Constitution Week
17 Sep Observances…
260 days so far this year…106 days remain in 2009
Citizenship Day [[formerly--Constitution Day]
VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day
*Angola – National Heroes' Day
*Netherlands – Operation Market Garden is still remembered with parachuting and dedications on this day.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1743….. Marquis de Condorcet France, enlightenment philosopher
1774….. Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)
1928….. Roddy McDowall actor (Planet of the Apes
1931….. Anne Bancroft AKA Mrs Mel Brooks, Bronx, actress (Graduate)
1935….. Ken Kesey author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test)
1948….. John Ritter Burbank Calif, actor
1949….. Cassandra Peterson ‘Elvira, Mistress of the Dark’: TV hostess
1955….. Rita Rudner comedienne
…ATHLETICS…
1934….. Orlando Cepeda Giants player (NL MVP 1967)
…POLITICS/Business…
879….. Charles III [The Simple], king of France (893-923)
1730….. Baron Frederick von Steuben Germany, made Continental Army winners
1900….. J.W. (John Willard) Marriott hotel magnate
1907….. Warren (Earl) Burger Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1939….. David Souter Weir NH, Supreme Court Justice (1990-2009)
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1857….. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky pioneer in rocket & space research
1930….. Thomas P Stafford Weatherford Ok, USAF/astronaut (Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18)
Events on this day…
1787….. US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention
1862….. Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War
1920….. National Football League organized in Canton Ohio
1952….. "I am an American Day" & "Constituion Day" renamed "Citizenship Day"
1956….. Egypt has celebrated its first day running the Suez Canal by Egyptian Technicians
1964….. "Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV
1965….. The Smothers Brothers Show, a sitcom, debuted on CBS-TV
1967….. "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV
1972….. "M*A*S*H," premiers on TV
1976….. NASA publicly unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise
1978..... Begin, Sadat & Carter sign the Camp David accord
1983..... Vanessa Williams of NY became 1st black Miss America
Holy Mackerel…
1934….. 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th)
Name that Artist and Name That Year
All of these songs were #1 hits this week in the 1960’s.
First: Name the Artist who recorded the #1song and
Then put the songs in order—1960-1969.
1. The Twist
2. You Can't Hurry Love Sherry
3. The House of the Rising Sun
4. Take Good Care of My Baby
5. Blue Velvet
6. Help!
7. Harper Valley P.T.A.
8. Sugar, Sugar
9. Sherry
10. The Letter
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The Four Seasons Bobby Vinton The Animals The Beatles The Supremes
The Box Tops Jeannie C. Riley The Archies Bobby Vee Chubby Checker
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1960 The Twist Chubby Checker
1961Take Good Care of My Baby Bobby Vee
1962 Sherry The Four Seasons
1963 Blue Velvet Bobby Vinton
1964 The House of the Rising Sun The Animals
1965 Help! The Beatles
1966 You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes
1967 The Letter The Box Tops
1968 Harper Valley P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley
1969 Sugar, Sugar The Archies
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Wednesday
President Carter spoke out today. I will always remember him for starting the Dept. of Education, the Israel/Egypt/US treaty, his many visits to other countries as an observer during voting, and Habitat for Humanity. Anyway here is what he said
Wow, there is one democrat not afraid to say what many are already thinking. We need to get our lives together and we need to do it yesterday. This is certainly not the country I expected after the 1960’s.
We only made it to 71° with a low of 40°. Fall is certainly entering Northern Arizona. Trees are just starting to turn. Time to search out the snow shovel--just in case the snow comes early.
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Random Facts…
According to scientific studies, a rat's performance in a maze can be improved by playing music written by Mozart.
Take your height and divide by eight. That’s how “tall” your head is.
Crazy News …
JERUSALEM – The Jerusalem Rabbinic Court has granted a divorce to the youngest couple to ever apply in Israel, a 14-year-old girl and her 17-year-old husband. A spokeswoman for the Rabbinic Courts Administration said the groom’s parents insisted on the divorce after they discovered that he and his young wife had married under Jewish law by exchanging vows in front of two witnesses, giving one another rings and consummating the relationship, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. “We want young people to learn from this case,” the spokeswoman said. “Getting married like this can ruin a young person’s life.”
Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Dahan, director of the Rabbinic Court Administration, said young people should take the lesson from the divorce that “marriage is not a joke but a serious commitment that should not be taken lightly.”
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…
Before They Were Famous…
Sean Connery's first job was delivering milk for St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society in Scotland. Then after serving three years in the Royal Navy, he held several odd jobs (still as a teenager) including truck driver, brick layer, lifeguard, cofin polisher, and artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art. In his twenties, he pursued a career in bodybuilding, and placed 3rd in the 1953 Mr. Universe competition.
When Jim Carrey was 14, he was a rifleman with the army cadets. Jim Carrey also worked as a janitor in a factory.
Steve Carell was once a mail sorter in Acton, Massachusetts, but says he quit after a few months because he was "very, very bad at it." One of Carell's earliest acting jobs was a 1989 commercial for Brown's Chicken of Chicago.
Steve Buscemi was actually a New York City Fireman in the early 80's. Buscemi was also a bartender, ice cream truck driver, and stand-up comedian.
Jon Bon Jovi once had a job as a Christmas decoration maker.
Dan Akroyd was a mail sorter for Canada's national postal service.
Week of 14 Sep…
Line Dance Week
Nat’l Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
16 Sep Observances…
259 days so far this year…106 days remain in 2009
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Stepfamily Day
‘Trail of Tears’ Commemoration Day
*Mexico – Independence Day (from Spain; proclaimed 1810, recognized 1821, instituted 1825)
*Malaysia – Hari Malaysia (formation of Malaysia, 1963)
*Papua New Guinea – Independence Day (from Australia, 1975)
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1823….. Francis Parkman American historian/author (Oregon Trail)
1914….. Allen Funt radio/TV producer, host: Candid Microphone, Candid Camera
1924….. Bess Myerson NY, Miss America 1945
1924….. Lauren Bacall Staten Island, actress
1925….. B(lues) B(oy) King Itta Bena Miss, blues singer
1925….. Charlie Byrd guitarist
1927….. Peter Falk Ossining NY, actor (Colombo)
1956….. David Copperfield (Kotkin) magician, illusionist
…ATHLETICS…
1895….. Charles W Bidwill Sr Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals now AZ Cardinals and still a family business)
1948….. Rosemary Casals tennis player (US Open doubles 1967,71,74)
1958….. Orel (Leonard Quinton) Hershiser baseball: pitcher
…POLITICS/Business…
1387….. Henry V king of England (1413-22)
1638….. Louis XIV [Sun King] king of France (1643-1715)
1875….. James Cash Penney department store founder (J.C. Penney)
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1919….. Marvin Middlemark inventor: rabbit ears TV antenna
Events on this day…
1630….. Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
1782….. Great Seal of US used for 1st time
1810….. Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain (National Day)
1857….. Typesetting machine patent 1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders
1908 ….. General Motors was founded on this day.
1932….. Mahatma Gandhi begins his hunger strike in opposition to Britain new Caste Separation Laws
1964..... "Shindig" premiers
1976….. Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop
Holy Mackerel…
1915….. US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
Who Said it
1. “I could prove God statistically.”
2. “I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. Rich is better.”
3. “Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to see. “
4. ”Girls bored me. They still do.”
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2. Mrs Ceorge S. Kaufman
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I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man," Carter said. "I live in the South, and I've seen the South come a long way, and I've seen the rest of the country that share the South's attitude toward minority groups at that time, particularly African Americans.
Carter continued, And that racism inclination still exists. And I think it's bubbled up to the surface because of the belief among many white people, not just in the South but around the country, that African-Americans are not qualified to lead this great country. It's an abominable circumstance, and it grieves me and concerns me very deeply.
Wow, there is one democrat not afraid to say what many are already thinking. We need to get our lives together and we need to do it yesterday. This is certainly not the country I expected after the 1960’s.
We only made it to 71° with a low of 40°. Fall is certainly entering Northern Arizona. Trees are just starting to turn. Time to search out the snow shovel--just in case the snow comes early.
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Random Facts…
According to scientific studies, a rat's performance in a maze can be improved by playing music written by Mozart.
Take your height and divide by eight. That’s how “tall” your head is.
Crazy News …
JERUSALEM – The Jerusalem Rabbinic Court has granted a divorce to the youngest couple to ever apply in Israel, a 14-year-old girl and her 17-year-old husband. A spokeswoman for the Rabbinic Courts Administration said the groom’s parents insisted on the divorce after they discovered that he and his young wife had married under Jewish law by exchanging vows in front of two witnesses, giving one another rings and consummating the relationship, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. “We want young people to learn from this case,” the spokeswoman said. “Getting married like this can ruin a young person’s life.”
Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Dahan, director of the Rabbinic Court Administration, said young people should take the lesson from the divorce that “marriage is not a joke but a serious commitment that should not be taken lightly.”
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…
Before They Were Famous…
Sean Connery's first job was delivering milk for St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society in Scotland. Then after serving three years in the Royal Navy, he held several odd jobs (still as a teenager) including truck driver, brick layer, lifeguard, cofin polisher, and artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art. In his twenties, he pursued a career in bodybuilding, and placed 3rd in the 1953 Mr. Universe competition.
When Jim Carrey was 14, he was a rifleman with the army cadets. Jim Carrey also worked as a janitor in a factory.
Steve Carell was once a mail sorter in Acton, Massachusetts, but says he quit after a few months because he was "very, very bad at it." One of Carell's earliest acting jobs was a 1989 commercial for Brown's Chicken of Chicago.
Steve Buscemi was actually a New York City Fireman in the early 80's. Buscemi was also a bartender, ice cream truck driver, and stand-up comedian.
Jon Bon Jovi once had a job as a Christmas decoration maker.
Dan Akroyd was a mail sorter for Canada's national postal service.
Week of 14 Sep…
Line Dance Week
Nat’l Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
16 Sep Observances…
259 days so far this year…106 days remain in 2009
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Stepfamily Day
‘Trail of Tears’ Commemoration Day
*Mexico – Independence Day (from Spain; proclaimed 1810, recognized 1821, instituted 1825)
*Malaysia – Hari Malaysia (formation of Malaysia, 1963)
*Papua New Guinea – Independence Day (from Australia, 1975)
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1823….. Francis Parkman American historian/author (Oregon Trail)
1914….. Allen Funt radio/TV producer, host: Candid Microphone, Candid Camera
1924….. Bess Myerson NY, Miss America 1945
1924….. Lauren Bacall Staten Island, actress
1925….. B(lues) B(oy) King Itta Bena Miss, blues singer
1925….. Charlie Byrd guitarist
1927….. Peter Falk Ossining NY, actor (Colombo)
1956….. David Copperfield (Kotkin) magician, illusionist
…ATHLETICS…
1895….. Charles W Bidwill Sr Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals now AZ Cardinals and still a family business)
1948….. Rosemary Casals tennis player (US Open doubles 1967,71,74)
1958….. Orel (Leonard Quinton) Hershiser baseball: pitcher
…POLITICS/Business…
1387….. Henry V king of England (1413-22)
1638….. Louis XIV [Sun King] king of France (1643-1715)
1875….. James Cash Penney department store founder (J.C. Penney)
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1919….. Marvin Middlemark inventor: rabbit ears TV antenna
Events on this day…
1630….. Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
1782….. Great Seal of US used for 1st time
1810….. Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain (National Day)
1857….. Typesetting machine patent 1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders
1908 ….. General Motors was founded on this day.
1932….. Mahatma Gandhi begins his hunger strike in opposition to Britain new Caste Separation Laws
1964..... "Shindig" premiers
1976….. Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop
Holy Mackerel…
1915….. US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
Who Said it
1. “I could prove God statistically.”
2. “I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. Rich is better.”
3. “Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to see. “
4. ”Girls bored me. They still do.”
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Walt Disney George Gallup Barry Goldwater
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2. Mrs Ceorge S. Kaufman
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Tuesday
The lexicon portion of my brain seems to have taken a vacation yesterday. While I thought ‘fraternal’ sounded strange, nothing else kicked in. I was reminded today that I probably meant ‘paternal’ when speaking of my father’s side of the family. Thanks for reminding me that sometimes my fingers engage without the use of any deep structure I learned long ago.
Obama made another ‘change’ speech today. I am sure we will start hearing new slogans. This one was aimed at the “Financial Services Sector”. Today is the one year anniversary of the recognition of the financial crisis. He wants stronger rules so that it can’t happen again, and that are still happening today, due the laws of the previous administration. Good for him. He just keeps on bringin’ on the change. That’s why he was elected. Back in the day, many super conservatives used to yell “America, Love It or Leave It.” It is getting to be a time to turn the tables. President Obama is our elected President, and if super conservatives don’t like what he is doing—super conservatives can always leave. This won’t happen, I’m sure, because moderates and liberals know that this country was built of Freedom of Speech and dissent has always been part of our history. So, I will continue to be worn out listening to idiots who can’t even read the Health Care Bill. Now I can prepare to be worn out listening to idiots who think the financial sector is doing just fine.
The birds I feed seem to know that something is going to happen soon. While it was a nice day with a high of 73° the birds keep loading up on fuel. Today I had to fill my two suet baskets. I just filled them about a week and half ago. Last year I used one suet basket until the first frost, and only had to fill it in August. Then I filled it again in October.
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Random Facts…
Nearly 50% of the world’s scientists are assigned to military projects.
The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
Crazy News …
ROME – A man received an eight-month suspended jail sentence Monday for rolling a half million or so colored balls down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps.
Graziano Cecchini, 54, was convicted of disrupting bus services with his January 2008 stunt, which he described as a protest against dishonest politicians of all parties, ANSA reported.
Cecchini criticized the outcome of his trial, the Italian news agency said. “What sort of interruption of service could there possibly have been? The Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps) is a pedestrian area. There wasn’t any crime, only a pop-art event,” he said. Vittorio Sgarbi, a prominent Italian art critic and former culture chief of Milan, praised Cecchini’s effort, saying “anarchy is a typical feature of contemporary art.”
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…
Before They Were Famous…
In a 2000 interview, Colin Farrell said he once spent eight months touring Ireland with a dance troupe - teaching line dancing.
In 1955 (at age 25), Clint Eastwood got his start in feature films with an uncredited role in the b-movie "Revenge of the Creature." He also reportedly installed swimming pools before becoming famous.
Danny DeVito was a formally trained hair stylist before his break on Taxi.
At an early age, Tom Cruise joined a seminary in order to become a priest. Cruise also spent a short time in Kentucky where he was a paperboy for the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Sheryl Crow was once an elementary school teacher in St. Louis, Missouri. She was also a backup singer for Michael Jackson and a song writer for Eric Clapton, Tina Turner and Celine Dion.
Week of 14 Sep…
Line Dance Week
Nat’l Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
Substitute Appreciation Week
15 Sep Observances…
258 days so far this year…107 days remain in 2009
UN International Day for Democracy
*Thailand – Silpa Bhirasri Day for Father of Modern Art
*Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica – Independence Day from Spain, since 1821.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1789….. James Fenimore Cooper 1st major American novelist
1890….. Agatha (Marie Clarissa) Christie (Miller) writer: Murder on the Orient Express, 65 other mysteries; playwright: The Mousetrap [world’s longest running play]
1903….. Roy Acuff Maynardville Tenn, country musician
1907….. Jack Bailey Hampton Iowa, TV host (Queen for a Day)
1946….. Oliver Stone NYC, director
…ATHLETICS…
1938….. Gaylord Perry baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner)
1940….. Merlin Olsen UT, NFL tackle (Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy)
1961….. Dan Marino NFL quarterback
…POLITICS/Business…
1857….. William Howard Taft (R) 27th pres
1876….. Frank E Gannett Rochester, newspaper publisher (Gannett)
1984….. Prince Harry (Henry Charles Albert David) third in line to the British throne
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1929….. Murray Gell-Mann physicist who predicted quarks
Events on this day…
1620….. Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims
1789….. Dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed the Dept of State
1853….. 1st US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell
1917….. Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky
1928….. Scottish bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory. The mold will later be developed into penicillin, a revolutionary antibiotic.
1935….. Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship & makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany
1957….. "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premiers
1963….. 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
1965….. “Green Acres” premiers on CBS-T
1971….. Twelve members of the Don’t Make a Wave Committee founded Greenpeace
1982….. 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc
Holy Mackerel…
1930….. Hoagy Carmichael recorded “Georgia on My Mind” on the Victor label.
Who Said it
1. “Warfare…is just an invention, older and more widespread that the jury system, but nonetheless an invention.”
2. It’s been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a great similarity to the first.”
3. “I can resist everything except temptation. ”
4. “We’re gonna do our part, and we will win, because we are on God’s side.”
5. “I don’t know how the Third World War will be fought, but I can tell you what they will use in the Fourth—rocks!”
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Obama made another ‘change’ speech today. I am sure we will start hearing new slogans. This one was aimed at the “Financial Services Sector”. Today is the one year anniversary of the recognition of the financial crisis. He wants stronger rules so that it can’t happen again, and that are still happening today, due the laws of the previous administration. Good for him. He just keeps on bringin’ on the change. That’s why he was elected. Back in the day, many super conservatives used to yell “America, Love It or Leave It.” It is getting to be a time to turn the tables. President Obama is our elected President, and if super conservatives don’t like what he is doing—super conservatives can always leave. This won’t happen, I’m sure, because moderates and liberals know that this country was built of Freedom of Speech and dissent has always been part of our history. So, I will continue to be worn out listening to idiots who can’t even read the Health Care Bill. Now I can prepare to be worn out listening to idiots who think the financial sector is doing just fine.
The birds I feed seem to know that something is going to happen soon. While it was a nice day with a high of 73° the birds keep loading up on fuel. Today I had to fill my two suet baskets. I just filled them about a week and half ago. Last year I used one suet basket until the first frost, and only had to fill it in August. Then I filled it again in October.
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Random Facts…
Nearly 50% of the world’s scientists are assigned to military projects.
The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
Crazy News …
ROME – A man received an eight-month suspended jail sentence Monday for rolling a half million or so colored balls down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps.
Graziano Cecchini, 54, was convicted of disrupting bus services with his January 2008 stunt, which he described as a protest against dishonest politicians of all parties, ANSA reported.
Cecchini criticized the outcome of his trial, the Italian news agency said. “What sort of interruption of service could there possibly have been? The Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps) is a pedestrian area. There wasn’t any crime, only a pop-art event,” he said. Vittorio Sgarbi, a prominent Italian art critic and former culture chief of Milan, praised Cecchini’s effort, saying “anarchy is a typical feature of contemporary art.”
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…
Before They Were Famous…
In a 2000 interview, Colin Farrell said he once spent eight months touring Ireland with a dance troupe - teaching line dancing.
In 1955 (at age 25), Clint Eastwood got his start in feature films with an uncredited role in the b-movie "Revenge of the Creature." He also reportedly installed swimming pools before becoming famous.
Danny DeVito was a formally trained hair stylist before his break on Taxi.
At an early age, Tom Cruise joined a seminary in order to become a priest. Cruise also spent a short time in Kentucky where he was a paperboy for the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Sheryl Crow was once an elementary school teacher in St. Louis, Missouri. She was also a backup singer for Michael Jackson and a song writer for Eric Clapton, Tina Turner and Celine Dion.
Week of 14 Sep…
Line Dance Week
Nat’l Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
Substitute Appreciation Week
15 Sep Observances…
258 days so far this year…107 days remain in 2009
UN International Day for Democracy
*Thailand – Silpa Bhirasri Day for Father of Modern Art
*Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica – Independence Day from Spain, since 1821.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1789….. James Fenimore Cooper 1st major American novelist
1890….. Agatha (Marie Clarissa) Christie (Miller) writer: Murder on the Orient Express, 65 other mysteries; playwright: The Mousetrap [world’s longest running play]
1903….. Roy Acuff Maynardville Tenn, country musician
1907….. Jack Bailey Hampton Iowa, TV host (Queen for a Day)
1946….. Oliver Stone NYC, director
…ATHLETICS…
1938….. Gaylord Perry baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner)
1940….. Merlin Olsen UT, NFL tackle (Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy)
1961….. Dan Marino NFL quarterback
…POLITICS/Business…
1857….. William Howard Taft (R) 27th pres
1876….. Frank E Gannett Rochester, newspaper publisher (Gannett)
1984….. Prince Harry (Henry Charles Albert David) third in line to the British throne
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1929….. Murray Gell-Mann physicist who predicted quarks
Events on this day…
1620….. Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims
1789….. Dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed the Dept of State
1853….. 1st US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell
1917….. Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky
1928….. Scottish bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory. The mold will later be developed into penicillin, a revolutionary antibiotic.
1935….. Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship & makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany
1957….. "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premiers
1963….. 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
1965….. “Green Acres” premiers on CBS-T
1971….. Twelve members of the Don’t Make a Wave Committee founded Greenpeace
1982….. 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc
Holy Mackerel…
1930….. Hoagy Carmichael recorded “Georgia on My Mind” on the Victor label.
Who Said it
1. “Warfare…is just an invention, older and more widespread that the jury system, but nonetheless an invention.”
2. It’s been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a great similarity to the first.”
3. “I can resist everything except temptation. ”
4. “We’re gonna do our part, and we will win, because we are on God’s side.”
5. “I don’t know how the Third World War will be fought, but I can tell you what they will use in the Fourth—rocks!”
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Albert Einstein Joe Lewis Margaret Mead
Ronald Reagan Oscar Wilde
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1. Margaret Mead
2. Ronald Reagan
3. Oscar Wilde
4. Joe Lewis
5. Albert Einstein
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Monday
Football season has begun. Neither of my teams is expected to be in the playoffs, some four months from now. The Broncos started out well with a win. Phoenix is starting to look like a ‘one time and that’s all’ Super Bowl participant. Diehard Phoenix fans watched the team lose in preseason—saying that they were just playing new team members to see who would get cut. Well today was their chance in the real season, and they lost. They must be getting ready to set some kind of record--Super Bowl slot followed by no wins after five games.
My fraternal grandfather was named after a Massachusetts Senator. Senator Charles Sumner was an abolitionist and a close advisor of Abe Lincoln. He was beat up by a South Carolina Representative on the senate floor in 1856. The beating with a cane left him unable to serve for a year. He returned louder and stronger than ever. So I guess South Carolina has a history of electing idiots. Joe Wilson is not the first. I guess we should be glad he only used words. I finally got to Joe’s official website. All that is there is his biography. Scary stuff the bio. He is a member of the Armed Services Committee, Education and Labor Committee, Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Republican Policy Committee and is the Assistant Whip of the House. And still he is the first member of Congress to ever tell the President of the United States he is a liar on the House floor. Of course, he doesn’t have any way to contact him on his official web site.
We made it 73° today with a fairly large amount of clouds kept it nice. They didn’t drop any moisture, but they kept away the heat.
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Random Facts…
If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
Crazy News …
SHREWSBURY, England – A British man said Guinness World Records is investigating whether his dachshund, age 20 years and six months, is the world’s oldest dog. Peter Jones, 68, of Shrewsbury, England, said he believes the dachshund, Otto, is the world’s oldest living dog after the death of a 21-year-old dachshund in the United States, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. “When I saw this dog had died and he was the oldest in the world, I thought Otto must be getting on to being the oldest as well,”
Jones said of the canine, who has reached 147 in dog years. “I thought it would be good to see if Otto is the oldest. My vet said to me that they hadn’t got any older dogs going to see them. “He will follow me wherever I go and doesn’t go running off. If I go out, I come back and he’s sat by the door waiting. He’s got a bit of arthritis but apart from that, he’s quite well.” Jones said he has submitted a certificate proving Otto’s age to Guinness World Records.
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…
**NEW**
Before They Were Famous…
As a teenager, Tom Hanks was a popcorn and peanuts vendor at the Oakland Coliseum. He also worked as a hotel bellman and carried bags for a number of celebs. Tom Hanks also worked as an actor in several plays for the Great Lakes Shakespearean Festival in Cleveland, Ohio.
Whoopi Goldberg actually used to work as a bricklayer and a bank teller.
Harrison Ford had earned quite a reputation as a carpenter before his acting career took off.
Tina Fey (star of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock) said that when she was 14 she worked in a snack bar at a swim club.
In high school, Will Ferrell was a record-setting place kicker for the varsity football team.
Week of 14 Sep…
Line Dance Week
Nat’l Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
Substitute Appreciation Week
14 Sep Observances…
257 days so far this year…108 days remain in 2009
National Anthem Day (1814)
Nat’l Boss/Employee Exchange Day
*Ancient Greece, the first day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from Eleusisto Athens.
*Nicaragua : Battle of San Jacinto (1856)
*Pakistan : Jamat Ul-Wida (Last Friday of Ramadan) .
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1899….. Hal Wallis movie producer (Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park)
1908….. Clayton Moore Chicago Ill, actor (Lone Ranger)
1934….. Kate Millett St Paul Minn, feminist/author (Sexual Politics)
1938….. Nicol Williamson Scotland, actor (Excalibur, Robin & Marian)
1944….. Joey Heatherton Rockville Center NY, dancer/actress
1947….. Jon ‘Bowzer’ Bauman singer: group: Sha Na Na
…ATHLETICS…
…POLITICS/Business…
1879….. Margaret Sanger feminist/nurse/birth control proponent—1st Pres. Of Planned Parenthood
1913….. Jacobo Arbenz president of Guatemala (1951-54); overthrown by CIA
1928….. Albert Shanker American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers)
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1769 Alexander von Humboldt, naturalist and explorer
1849….. Ivan Pavlov Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology
Events on this day…
1716….. 1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor)
1741….. George Frederick Handel completed his The Messiah. It took the composer just 23 days to complete the timeless musical
1752….. England & colonies adopt Gregorian calendar, 11 days disappear
1777….. Spanish Governor Galvez issues an act, in New Orleans. He orders the military, and Spanish subjects to "respect the rights of these Indians in the lands they occupy and to protect them in the possession thereof."
1812….. Napoleon occupies Moscow
1814….. Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1872….. Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War
1886….. George K. Anderson of Memphis, TN patented the typewriter ribbon
1940….. Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law)
1948….. Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater
1956….. 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC
1957….. Richard Boone became the hired gun, Paladin.
1960….. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) was founded by five core members: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela
1965….. "F-Troop" premiers
1982….. Princess Grace of Monaco ( Grace Kelly ) die
1994….. Acting commissioner for baseball Bud Selig has announced the cancelation of the 1994 Major League Baseball season.
Holy Mackerel…
1951….. A seedless watermelon has been developed at Purdue University it is round and will weigh about 8 to 10 pounds,
Bookhooks.com
What word is being defined?
1. a tree that rises above the surrounding forest
2. having the size, form, or characteristics of a tree; treelike.
3. the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
4. having an abundance of bushes, shrubs, or trees
5. relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
6. a thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark
7. a tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.
8. a broad passageway bordered by trees.
9. shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season.
10. a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees.
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arborescent avenue bosky chaparral coppice deciduous emergent pollard sylvan topiary
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1. emergent: a tree that rises above the surrounding forest
2. arborescent: having the size, form, or characteristics of a tree; treelike.
3. topiary: the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
4. bosky: having an abundance of bushes, shrubs, or trees.
5. sylvan: relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
6. coppice: a thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark
7. pollard: a tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.
8. avenue: a broad passageway bordered by trees.
9. deciduous: shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season
10. chaparral: a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees.
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My fraternal grandfather was named after a Massachusetts Senator. Senator Charles Sumner was an abolitionist and a close advisor of Abe Lincoln. He was beat up by a South Carolina Representative on the senate floor in 1856. The beating with a cane left him unable to serve for a year. He returned louder and stronger than ever. So I guess South Carolina has a history of electing idiots. Joe Wilson is not the first. I guess we should be glad he only used words. I finally got to Joe’s official website. All that is there is his biography. Scary stuff the bio. He is a member of the Armed Services Committee, Education and Labor Committee, Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Republican Policy Committee and is the Assistant Whip of the House. And still he is the first member of Congress to ever tell the President of the United States he is a liar on the House floor. Of course, he doesn’t have any way to contact him on his official web site.
We made it 73° today with a fairly large amount of clouds kept it nice. They didn’t drop any moisture, but they kept away the heat.
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Random Facts…
If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
Crazy News …
SHREWSBURY, England – A British man said Guinness World Records is investigating whether his dachshund, age 20 years and six months, is the world’s oldest dog. Peter Jones, 68, of Shrewsbury, England, said he believes the dachshund, Otto, is the world’s oldest living dog after the death of a 21-year-old dachshund in the United States, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. “When I saw this dog had died and he was the oldest in the world, I thought Otto must be getting on to being the oldest as well,”
Jones said of the canine, who has reached 147 in dog years. “I thought it would be good to see if Otto is the oldest. My vet said to me that they hadn’t got any older dogs going to see them. “He will follow me wherever I go and doesn’t go running off. If I go out, I come back and he’s sat by the door waiting. He’s got a bit of arthritis but apart from that, he’s quite well.” Jones said he has submitted a certificate proving Otto’s age to Guinness World Records.
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…
**NEW**
Before They Were Famous…
As a teenager, Tom Hanks was a popcorn and peanuts vendor at the Oakland Coliseum. He also worked as a hotel bellman and carried bags for a number of celebs. Tom Hanks also worked as an actor in several plays for the Great Lakes Shakespearean Festival in Cleveland, Ohio.
Whoopi Goldberg actually used to work as a bricklayer and a bank teller.
Harrison Ford had earned quite a reputation as a carpenter before his acting career took off.
Tina Fey (star of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock) said that when she was 14 she worked in a snack bar at a swim club.
In high school, Will Ferrell was a record-setting place kicker for the varsity football team.
Week of 14 Sep…
Line Dance Week
Nat’l Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
Substitute Appreciation Week
14 Sep Observances…
257 days so far this year…108 days remain in 2009
National Anthem Day (1814)
Nat’l Boss/Employee Exchange Day
*Ancient Greece, the first day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from Eleusisto Athens.
*Nicaragua : Battle of San Jacinto (1856)
*Pakistan : Jamat Ul-Wida (Last Friday of Ramadan) .
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1899….. Hal Wallis movie producer (Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park)
1908….. Clayton Moore Chicago Ill, actor (Lone Ranger)
1934….. Kate Millett St Paul Minn, feminist/author (Sexual Politics)
1938….. Nicol Williamson Scotland, actor (Excalibur, Robin & Marian)
1944….. Joey Heatherton Rockville Center NY, dancer/actress
1947….. Jon ‘Bowzer’ Bauman singer: group: Sha Na Na
…ATHLETICS…
…POLITICS/Business…
1879….. Margaret Sanger feminist/nurse/birth control proponent—1st Pres. Of Planned Parenthood
1913….. Jacobo Arbenz president of Guatemala (1951-54); overthrown by CIA
1928….. Albert Shanker American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers)
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1769 Alexander von Humboldt, naturalist and explorer
1849….. Ivan Pavlov Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology
Events on this day…
1716….. 1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor)
1741….. George Frederick Handel completed his The Messiah. It took the composer just 23 days to complete the timeless musical
1752….. England & colonies adopt Gregorian calendar, 11 days disappear
1777….. Spanish Governor Galvez issues an act, in New Orleans. He orders the military, and Spanish subjects to "respect the rights of these Indians in the lands they occupy and to protect them in the possession thereof."
1812….. Napoleon occupies Moscow
1814….. Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1872….. Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War
1886….. George K. Anderson of Memphis, TN patented the typewriter ribbon
1940….. Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law)
1948….. Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater
1956….. 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC
1957….. Richard Boone became the hired gun, Paladin.
1960….. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) was founded by five core members: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela
1965….. "F-Troop" premiers
1982….. Princess Grace of Monaco ( Grace Kelly ) die
1994….. Acting commissioner for baseball Bud Selig has announced the cancelation of the 1994 Major League Baseball season.
Holy Mackerel…
1951….. A seedless watermelon has been developed at Purdue University it is round and will weigh about 8 to 10 pounds,
Bookhooks.com
What word is being defined?
1. a tree that rises above the surrounding forest
2. having the size, form, or characteristics of a tree; treelike.
3. the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
4. having an abundance of bushes, shrubs, or trees
5. relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
6. a thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark
7. a tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.
8. a broad passageway bordered by trees.
9. shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season.
10. a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees.
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Need some help?
Here are the words—now just match them up.
arborescent avenue bosky chaparral coppice deciduous emergent pollard sylvan topiary
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Answers:
1. emergent: a tree that rises above the surrounding forest
2. arborescent: having the size, form, or characteristics of a tree; treelike.
3. topiary: the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
4. bosky: having an abundance of bushes, shrubs, or trees.
5. sylvan: relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
6. coppice: a thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark
7. pollard: a tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.
8. avenue: a broad passageway bordered by trees.
9. deciduous: shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season
10. chaparral: a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees.
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Sumday
What a difference a day/night makes. I am back to 100% today, thankfully.
Today was not a bad day. I was able to get things done that needed to be done, and still feel good. I guess whatever I had, is gone. It was 77° today with clouds around most of the day. No rain, but not too breezy either. I would really like to meet the people who planted the Blue Spruce in my front area. I’m sure when it was small, it was just perfect. But now it is getting big in all directions. That means one side is trying real hard to cover the entry sidewalk, and another side of the tree is trying to cover the main walkway. I did a little trimming on the entry side, but now the tree looks very misshapen. These trees are supposed to have branches from the ground to the top. And the branches at the bottom are supposed to make the circumference larger at the bottom than the top. As the lower branches encroach on the sidewalk, the tree is looking a little strange. I’ve been thinking about making it a different shape, but the needles are very sharp, and cutting them is a task that requires long sleeves and heavy gloves. Now that the tree is almost two stories high, it takes a very tall ladder too. Time will tell how long I will wait to start hacking it down to a better circumference. Everything I have found about pruning says after the first frost, and that should be just around the corner.
I am a semi-news junkie. I try to listen to several different newscasts every day, I read the local paper, and I read some new on the internet. I am getting very frustrated by the news. Any idiot or crazy can make an untrue statement, and is shows up on newscasts, shows up in print. Where, I ask, are the sane people who say “we aren’t going to repeat this crap?”
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Random Facts…
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
The youngest pope was 11 years old. Benedict IX
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Crazy News …
MIAMI – The president of Goodwill South Florida said a sculpture donated by an investment firm will be returned after it was found to be worth $500,000. Dennis Pastrana, president and chief executive officer of Goodwill South Florida, said the 2 1/2-ton bronze statue, which depicts a young ballerina, was donated to Goodwill’s Miami warehouse in May by an investment firm that asked to remain anonymous, The Miami Herald reported. Pastrana said the piece was identified as the work of famed sculptor Sterett-Gittings Kelsey and officials contacted officials at the investment firm to inform them of the piece’s $500,000 value. He said the firm accepted an offer to return the item and promised to compensate Goodwill some other way.
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…
**NEW**
Before They Were Famous…
Madonna worked at a Dunkin' Donuts restaurant at one time.
Ashton Kutcher once pursued a career in biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa. During summers, Kutcher worked in the cereal department for a General Mills plant.
Mick Jagger used to be a porter in a mental hospital. As a child, he also had a summer job selling ice cream from a refrigerated trolley.
Hugh Jackman once worked as a clown, reportedly making about $50.00 per show.
Before Ice Cube found success with Dr.Dre and Eazy-E in N.W.A., he received a degree in architectural drafting from the Phoenix Institute of Technology.
Week of 13 Sep…
Constitution Week
Nat’l Assisted Living Week
13 Sep Observances…
256 days so far this year…109 days remain in 2009
International Chocolate Day
Nat’l Celiac Awareness Day [gluten allergy disease]
Nat’l Grandparent’s Day
Nat’l Urban Eden Day
*Rhodesia : Pioneer Day (1923)
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BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1903….. Claudette Colbert (Lily Claudette Chauchoin) Academy Award-winning
1916….. Roald Dahl writer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1924….. Maurice Jarre Lyons France, composer (Dr Zhivago-Acad Award 1966)
1925….. Mel Torme singer, ‘The Velvet Fog
1931….. Barbara Bain Chic, actress (Cinnamon-Mission Impossible)
1938….. Judith Martin (Judith Sylvia Perlman) columnist: Miss Manners
1948….. Nell Carter Birmingham Ala, actress
1951….. David Clayton-Thomas singer (Blood Sweat & Tears)
actress
…ATHLETICS…
1948….. Curtis Perry basketball: Phoenix Suns
…POLITICS/Business…
1857….. Milton S Hershey , chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist
1860….. Gen John J (Blackjack) Pershing US commander in WW I
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1755….. Oliver Evans pioneered high-pressure steam engine
1851….. Walter Reed US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever
Events on this day…
1788….. New York City becomes capital of the United States
1789….. 1st loan to US Govt (from NYC banks)
1882….. Britain invades Egypt
1948.....Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress
1956..... IBM Introduces the world’s first production hard disk the "IBM 305" which stored five megabytes of data.
1963..... "The Outer Limits" premiers
1977..... 1st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap
Holy Mackerel…
1922..... The mercury climbed to 136 degrees (Fahrenheit) in El Azizia, Libya, the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
Bookhooks.com
What word is being defined?
1. the vault of heaven; the sky.
2. producing a fruit cluster capable of giving rise to several plants.
3. modest; reserved.
4. compel to perform miltary service.
5. an object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury.
6. the point on the orbit of a celestial body that is farthest from the sun
7. a suspension of an ongoing or planned activity.
8. a second-rate imitator or follower, especially of an artist or a philosopher.
9. to leave hurriedly.
10. Anthropology. Marriage within a particular group in accordance with custom or law
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Here are the words—now just match them up.
amulet aphelion commandeer demure endogamy epigone moratorium multigerm vamoose welkin
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1. welkin: the vault of heaven; the sky.
2. multigerm: producing a fruit cluster capable of giving rise to several plants.
3. demure: modest; reserved.
4. commandeer: compel to perform miltary service.
5. amulet: an object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury.
6. aphelion: the point on the orbit of a celestial body that is farthest from the sun.
7. moratorium: a suspension of an ongoing or planned activity.
8. epigone: a second-rate imitator or follower, especially of an artist or a philosopher.
9. vamoose: to leave hurriedly.
10. endogamy: Anthropology. Marriage within a particular group in accordance with custom or law.
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Today was not a bad day. I was able to get things done that needed to be done, and still feel good. I guess whatever I had, is gone. It was 77° today with clouds around most of the day. No rain, but not too breezy either. I would really like to meet the people who planted the Blue Spruce in my front area. I’m sure when it was small, it was just perfect. But now it is getting big in all directions. That means one side is trying real hard to cover the entry sidewalk, and another side of the tree is trying to cover the main walkway. I did a little trimming on the entry side, but now the tree looks very misshapen. These trees are supposed to have branches from the ground to the top. And the branches at the bottom are supposed to make the circumference larger at the bottom than the top. As the lower branches encroach on the sidewalk, the tree is looking a little strange. I’ve been thinking about making it a different shape, but the needles are very sharp, and cutting them is a task that requires long sleeves and heavy gloves. Now that the tree is almost two stories high, it takes a very tall ladder too. Time will tell how long I will wait to start hacking it down to a better circumference. Everything I have found about pruning says after the first frost, and that should be just around the corner.
I am a semi-news junkie. I try to listen to several different newscasts every day, I read the local paper, and I read some new on the internet. I am getting very frustrated by the news. Any idiot or crazy can make an untrue statement, and is shows up on newscasts, shows up in print. Where, I ask, are the sane people who say “we aren’t going to repeat this crap?”
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Random Facts…
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
The youngest pope was 11 years old. Benedict IX
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Crazy News …
MIAMI – The president of Goodwill South Florida said a sculpture donated by an investment firm will be returned after it was found to be worth $500,000. Dennis Pastrana, president and chief executive officer of Goodwill South Florida, said the 2 1/2-ton bronze statue, which depicts a young ballerina, was donated to Goodwill’s Miami warehouse in May by an investment firm that asked to remain anonymous, The Miami Herald reported. Pastrana said the piece was identified as the work of famed sculptor Sterett-Gittings Kelsey and officials contacted officials at the investment firm to inform them of the piece’s $500,000 value. He said the firm accepted an offer to return the item and promised to compensate Goodwill some other way.
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…
**NEW**
Before They Were Famous…
Madonna worked at a Dunkin' Donuts restaurant at one time.
Ashton Kutcher once pursued a career in biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa. During summers, Kutcher worked in the cereal department for a General Mills plant.
Mick Jagger used to be a porter in a mental hospital. As a child, he also had a summer job selling ice cream from a refrigerated trolley.
Hugh Jackman once worked as a clown, reportedly making about $50.00 per show.
Before Ice Cube found success with Dr.Dre and Eazy-E in N.W.A., he received a degree in architectural drafting from the Phoenix Institute of Technology.
Week of 13 Sep…
Constitution Week
Nat’l Assisted Living Week
13 Sep Observances…
256 days so far this year…109 days remain in 2009
International Chocolate Day
Nat’l Celiac Awareness Day [gluten allergy disease]
Nat’l Grandparent’s Day
Nat’l Urban Eden Day
*Rhodesia : Pioneer Day (1923)
.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1903….. Claudette Colbert (Lily Claudette Chauchoin) Academy Award-winning
1916….. Roald Dahl writer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1924….. Maurice Jarre Lyons France, composer (Dr Zhivago-Acad Award 1966)
1925….. Mel Torme singer, ‘The Velvet Fog
1931….. Barbara Bain Chic, actress (Cinnamon-Mission Impossible)
1938….. Judith Martin (Judith Sylvia Perlman) columnist: Miss Manners
1948….. Nell Carter Birmingham Ala, actress
1951….. David Clayton-Thomas singer (Blood Sweat & Tears)
actress
…ATHLETICS…
1948….. Curtis Perry basketball: Phoenix Suns
…POLITICS/Business…
1857….. Milton S Hershey , chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist
1860….. Gen John J (Blackjack) Pershing US commander in WW I
…SCIENCE/Religion…
1755….. Oliver Evans pioneered high-pressure steam engine
1851….. Walter Reed US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever
Events on this day…
1788….. New York City becomes capital of the United States
1789….. 1st loan to US Govt (from NYC banks)
1882….. Britain invades Egypt
1948.....Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress
1956..... IBM Introduces the world’s first production hard disk the "IBM 305" which stored five megabytes of data.
1963..... "The Outer Limits" premiers
1977..... 1st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap
Holy Mackerel…
1922..... The mercury climbed to 136 degrees (Fahrenheit) in El Azizia, Libya, the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
Bookhooks.com
What word is being defined?
1. the vault of heaven; the sky.
2. producing a fruit cluster capable of giving rise to several plants.
3. modest; reserved.
4. compel to perform miltary service.
5. an object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury.
6. the point on the orbit of a celestial body that is farthest from the sun
7. a suspension of an ongoing or planned activity.
8. a second-rate imitator or follower, especially of an artist or a philosopher.
9. to leave hurriedly.
10. Anthropology. Marriage within a particular group in accordance with custom or law
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amulet aphelion commandeer demure endogamy epigone moratorium multigerm vamoose welkin
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Answers:
1. welkin: the vault of heaven; the sky.
2. multigerm: producing a fruit cluster capable of giving rise to several plants.
3. demure: modest; reserved.
4. commandeer: compel to perform miltary service.
5. amulet: an object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury.
6. aphelion: the point on the orbit of a celestial body that is farthest from the sun.
7. moratorium: a suspension of an ongoing or planned activity.
8. epigone: a second-rate imitator or follower, especially of an artist or a philosopher.
9. vamoose: to leave hurriedly.
10. endogamy: Anthropology. Marriage within a particular group in accordance with custom or law.
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