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TODAY’s “Geez”
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1659 - Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked
(according to Defoe)
1927 - Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR
(off Tom Zachary)
1452 - 1st book published, Johann
Guttenberg's Bible
1980
- Ethernet specifications
published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation
1934
- FDR dedicates Boulder Dam
(Hoover Dam)
♪♪ HaPpY BiRtHdAy to♪♪
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Free Rambling Thoughts
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It
was like summer today. So nice, but the weather man says these days will soon
be gone.
We
had a great lunch today…Chinese. Cheryl had some great stories of her time with
the grandkids. Mary’s mom is much better and moving around again. Mary is
headed to Phx this weekend to be with her grandkids. Dawn updated the ladies on
her trip back to Mexico with her dad. Things went well but she thinks it’s time
for dad to head home to Flag/TC. Next week we’re headed for Cameron for some
Navajo Tacos. That will be nice too.
Can’t
decide if tomorrow will be errand day or laundry day…can’t do too much in one
day. I think errands will win out, since I hate doing laundry. I don’t really
hate laundry; it’s the folding and putting away the clean stuff that I hate.
We
have had low humidity for about two weeks. I had to start using my cream again
so that my skin doesn’t become all chizzie. I still haven’t figured out if it
is getting old-er, or the high altitude that dries my skin. I lived on the Rez
for so long and never had a problem, and while the altitude is about 2500 feet
lower, there is much less humidity up there. Oh well, greasing up is not that
big a deal.
Wow…Ken
Burns is starting a new documentary series on PBS…this time on prohibition. Set
that DVR so I don’t miss a minute of it. He always does great stuff and I just
caught an interview on the series. While it wasn’t discussed, I already see
similarities in the current political turmoil and the turmoil that led up to
prohibition…small groups with ‘moral agendas’ that somehow combine and get the
government behind them. Scary to possibly be watching history repeat itself.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at
the end of post) .
1.
Six flags have flown over Texas, what were
they?
2.
What state is the only state to have been an
independent republic?
3.
What basketball team won the first four WNBA
crowns?
4.
On the Gulf of Mexico, which state is nearest
the end of the alphabet?
5.
Which soap outlasted its spin offs Somerset
and Texas before folding up its tent?
6.
On the show King of the Hill, where did the
Hills live?
7.
What NBA team plays home games in the Alamo
dome?
8.
From what state does Jerry Hall, model and Mick
Jagger lover, hail from?
9.
Where does the Mavericks basketball team hail
from?
10.
The center of the U.S. oil industry has been
in what city since 1901?
11.
Texas ice-cream producer Elmer Doolin bought a
recipe for $100 from a cafe owner in San Antonio and used it to make a fortune.
What did the recipe make?
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase does this suggest? .
Hmmmmm
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Minimum
number of journalists imprisoned without charges by the US military between
2004 and 2010: 14
Somewhat Useless
Information
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J.
M. Barrie did not invent the name Wendy for his 1904 play 'Peter Pan, the Boy
Who Wouldn't Grow Up'. He did popularize it, though. The name Wendy was indeed
used in both the U.S. and Great Britain throughout the 1800s. In the 1880 U.S.
Census and the 1881 British Census, you'll have no trouble finding twenty
females with the first name Wendy in the United States, the earliest being
Wendy Gram of Ohio (born in 1828). If you include such spelling variations as
Windy, Wendi, Wenda, and Wandy the number triples.
Many
people will attest that microwaving food kills off its nutrients.
"Actually, microwaving retains more nutrients than other forms of cooking,
if you don't use a lot of water and don’t overcook the food," says food
scientist Barry Swanson.
Yeah, It Really Happened
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NAPOLEONVILLE,
La. - A Louisiana woman who has been growing her hair out for 12 years was
awarded the Guinness World Record for the world's largest afro. Aevin Dugas of
Napoleonville said she applied for the Guinness certification when a friend saw
a picture of her afro picked out to its largest point, with a circumference of
4-foot-4, on Facebook and she soon heard back from the record keeping
organization, WGNO-TV, New Orleans, reported Tuesday.
"The
whole Guinness thing is just a whole bunch of people, different people from all
over the world, everywhere. To be included -- that is a big honor," she
said. Dugas said she loves her long hair, but it occasionally gets her into
trouble. "Sometimes it gets in the way. Once I slammed it in a car door,"
she said.
Guffaw…or at least smile .
Four
people are in an airplane, the pilot, the smartest man in the world, the
richest man in the world, and a punk teenager. The airplane experiences some
difficulties, and the pilot informs the three passengers that the plane is
going to crash, and there are only three parachutes on the plane.
The
richest man in the world takes one, because he says that his lawyers will sue
everyone else on the plane if he doesn't survive.
The
smartest man in the world takes a parachute, because he thinks that the world
would be a worse place without him.
The
pilot says to the punk "There's only one parachute left, I'll fight you
for it."
"That
won't be necessary," said the punk, "The smartest man in the world
took my backpack."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I
found
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Daybook Information
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…Happening
This Week:
24-10/1
Banned
Books Week
Fall Astronomy Week
National
Chimney Safety Week
National Keep Kids Creative Week
27-10/2
Remember
to Register to Vote Week
Great American Beer Week
TODAY IS
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Ask
A Stupid Question Day
Blasphemy
Day individuals and groups are encouraged
to openly express their criticism of, or even disdain for, religion
National
Mud Pack Day
~*~
Botswana:
Independence Day (1966 from UK)
Today’s Events
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ARTS
ATHLETICS
1877 - 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic
Club)
1887
- Volunteer (US) beats Thistle
(Scotland) in 8th America's Cup
1928
- Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium
cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr
1956
- White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is
youngest to start a game (he loses)
1979 - Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213
straight games without a shutout
1988
- Louise Ritter, US, jumps
6'8" to win Olympic gold medal
1984
- Bowie Kuhn ends career as
Baseball Commissioner
BUSINESS
1962
- Mexican-American labor leader
César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers
EDUCATION
--
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1946 - 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war
crimes at Nuremberg
1949 - Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000
flights
RELIGION
1970 - New American Bible published
1990
- The Dalai Lama unveils the
Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa
2005
- The controversial drawings of
Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
SCIENCE
1950 - 1st congress of International
Astronautical Federation opens in Paris
1954
- Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered
vessel (sub), commissioned by the Navy
1993 - 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000
killed
US POLITICS
1777 - Congress, flees to York Pa, as British
forces advance
1857 - US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland &
Jarvis Is south of Hawaii
1864
- Black Soldiers given Medal of
Honor
1953
- Earl Warren appointed Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court
1962
- JFK routes 3,000 federal troops
to Mississippi James Meredith registers
1993
- General Colin Powell retires at
56
Today’s Birthdays
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ARTISTS: (AUTHORS,
COMPOSERS,…)
1924
- Truman Capote, New Orleans LA,
author (In Cold Blood)
1906
- John I M Stewart, British
detective writer (Comedy of Terrors)
ATHLETES
--
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Angie Dickinson, screen and TV actor will be 80
Fran Drescher, TV actor (The Nanny) will be 54
Jenna Elfman, actor will be 40
Marilyn McCoo, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension) is 68
1917 - Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer and
band leader
Eric Stoltz, actor (Mask) will be 50
Barry Williams, actor (Greg-Brady Bunch) is 54
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1861 - William Wrigley Jr., American
industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company)
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1915 - Lester Garfield Maddox, (Gov-D-Ga)/restaurant owner
1943 - Jody Powell, press secretary (Jimmy
Carter)
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of
the Nobel Prize Physiology/Medicine is 57
Today’s Obits
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1952 - Waldorf Astor, House of Lords &
Commons/owner of Observer, dies at 73
1978 - Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie
McCarthy), dies at 75
1630 - John Billington, murderer, 1st American
execution, hanged
420 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
1973 - Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and
author dies at 71
1985 - Charles F Richter, US seismologist
(scale of R), dies at 85
1985
- Simone Signoret, German/French
actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64 1487 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
1877 - Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce
indians, dies in battle
ANSWERS
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Trivia Quiz
1.
Six flags have flown
over Texas, what were they?
a.
The flags of the
U.S., Mexico, France, Spain, Confederacy, and the Republic of Texas
2.
What state is the
only state to have been an independent republic?
a.
The state of Texas
3.
What basketball team
won the first four WNBA crowns?
a.
The Houston Comets
4.
On the Gulf of
Mexico, which state is nearest the end of the alphabet?
a.
Texas
5.
Which soap outlasted
its spin offs Somerset and Texas before folding up its tent?
a.
Another World
6.
On the show King of
the Hill, where did the Hills live?
a.
Arlen, Texas
7.
What NBA team plays
home games in the Alamo dome?
a.
The San Antonio
Spurs
8.
From what state does
Jerry Hall hail from?
a.
Texas
9.
Where does the
Mavericks basketball team hail from?
a.
Dallas, Texas
10.
The center of the
U.S. oil industry has been in what city since 1901?
a.
Houston, Texas
11.
Texas ice-cream
producer Elmer Doolin bought a recipe for $100 from a cafe owner in San Antonio
and used it to make a fortune. What did the recipe make?
a.
Fritos corn chips
Wuzzle
Someone’s after me
Hi there
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel
free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet
sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned
that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there,
many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events
occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
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