We had the clouds for part of the day, but alas, they kept their moisture away from us. It was cooler with a high of only 75°, but a little rain sure would be nice. As the sun set, the wind really picked up. The cool wind is nice.
Tom Chabin, our local representative to the State House has joined Facebook. I’ve known Tom since back in the day, before state politics. He is a good man who has done much with his life. He is now in the State House, in the minority, and must be very frustrated. Our non-elected Republican governor and the Republican majority in both houses can’t agree on a budget. Neither likes what the other has proposed. Neither likes what the Democrats want. We have been in this stalemate much too long. Anyway, hopefully Tom will be using Facebook to keep us up-to-date on his legislative work.
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Random Facts…
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Most boat owners name their boats. The most popular boat name requested is Obsession.
125 in every 1000 people in Rwanda is murdered.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
LONDON - An 8-year-old London boy has become the youngest person in the world to walk on the wings of an airplane in mid-flight. Tiger Brewer broke the record -- set eight years ago by a then-11-year-old -- by wing-walking on his grandfather's biplane Thursday, 1,000 feet above Rendcomb Airfield in Gloucestershire, England, The Times of London reported. "On take-off I was scared. From one to 10, it was probably a nine, but when I was in the air, it was probably a five," he said. "It felt amazing, like I was on top of the world. It was cold and windy but it can't be beat. You don't have a parachute, just a pair of goggles."
The boy's father, Colin, said the family was not too concerned for Tiger's safety. "I wasn't scared for him physically, just emotionally," the father said. "He was nervous and although he acts like a big man, he is only 8. But he just kept repeating his mantra, 'Go away fear,' and he did it. He wanted to do this for years but wasn't tall enough."
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WEST VIEW, Pa. - A 95-year-old Pennsylvania man listed by Guinness World Records as the world's longest-serving bartender has announced his intention to retire. Angelo Cammarata, 95, said he and his sons sold Cammarata's Cafe in West View, where he has been tending bar for most of his 77 years in the profession, and he will no longer be seen behind the bar once the new owners are approved by the state within the next few weeks, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. "It was a pleasure," Cammarata said of his years behind the bar, "because I met so many wonderful people." He said the new owners, who are changing the name to Danny's, asked him to stay on, but he decided to retire and take care of his wife, Marietta, at their home in Ross, Pa.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 25…
Be Kind to Humankind Week
25 Aug…
237 days so far this year…128 days remain in 2009
Kiss & Make Up Day
National Second Hand Wardrobe Day
*Uruguay: Independence Day from Brazil in 1825
*France: Liberation Day 1944
*Paraguay: Constitution Day 1967
*Hong Kong: Liberation Day 1945
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1530….. Ivan IV (the Terrible) 1st tsar of Russia
1819….. Allan Pinkerton founded Chicago detective agency
1836….. Bret Harte US, author (Outcasts of Poker Flat)
1905….. Clara Bow silent movie actress
1909….. Michael Rennie actor (Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still)
1913….. Walt Kelly cartoonist, creator of "Pogo"; worked on “Fantasia”
1916….. (Charles) Van Johnson actor
1918….. Leonard Bernstein conductor/composer/pianist
1919….. George Wallace Governor of Alabama
1921….. Brian Moore Ireland, novelist (Catholics, Doctor's Wife)
and ….. Monty Hall (Halparin) TV host: Let’s Make a Deal
1927….. Althea Gibson 1st black tennis champion
1930….. Sir Sean Connery actor (James Bond)
1931….. Regis Philbin TV host
1933….. Tom Skerritt Emmy Award-winning actor: Picket Fences
1946….. Rollie (Roland Glen) Fingers Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
1949….. Gene Simmons musician: group: Kiss
1961….. Billy Ray Cyrus singer: Achy Breaky Heart
Events on this day…
325….. The first Council of Nicaea ends, at which leaders of the Christian church adopted the Nicaean Creed, affirming the Holy Trinity, and fixed the schedule of the yearly celebration of Easter.
609….. Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
1689….. Montreal taken by Iroquois
1718….. Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, founded
1804….. Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
1916….. National Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior
1989….. The unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft has reached the Planet Neptune which is over two billion miles from Earth and sent back the first close-up pictures of Neptune and its satellite moons
Riddles from BrainFood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
*Note yesterday’s #3: What goes up and down the stairs without moving? The Answer could also be banister.
1. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
2. I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
3. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
4. The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?
5. I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?
* Bonus: Throw it off the highest building, and I'll not break. But put me in the ocean, and I will. What am I? [2 answers]
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1. A stamp.
2. A sponge.
3. Fire.
4. A coffin.
5. A shoe.
*Bonus: A wave, A tissue.
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Sunday
I went to a friend’s house last night for dinner and an astronomy slide show. It was a great dinner and the slide show was very interesting. As a renowned, retired astrophotographer and a Canadian, he went to Chile for two weeks to see the southern sky with some other Canadians. Turns out, Chile has some of the best views of the southern sky in the world. They have some of the best telescopes, and lots of them. We also learned about the Hubble Dark Sky program. It is amazing stuff. It makes me wonder how anyone can believe that Earth is the only planet that has intelligent life. There are just too many other galaxies out there. Maybe someday we will contact them, or they will contact us. Maybe in my lifetime there will be some contact. The slide show couldn’t help but get one interested in what is really out there.
The clouds came, the clouds left. They chose to not drop any rain today. They kept the temperature about 80°. That meant that the neighborhood could enjoy the great outdoors.
I just watched a good ’60 Minutes’ on the life of Don Hewitt. Whatever happened to the news reporting of those days? I’m not talking about the hidden camera, ‘gotcha reporting’ they did early. I’m talking about the in depth news stories that really let us know the people that went with the news. Hopefully it will return.
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Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
HINGHAM, Mass. - Police Massachusetts said they arrested a woman who attacked a store clerk with a Slim Jim meat snack and a bottle of apple juice. Hingham police said the woman, identified as Nancy Ward, 46, of Hingham, became enraged Aug. 7 because a Cracker Barrel store did not have an item she wanted and she believed she had been overcharged by a clerk, The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass., reported. The woman allegedly threw a bottle of apple juice at the clerk, striking him in the head, and punched him before throwing the Slim Jim snack at him. Then, police said, she tore down the store’s flag and drove
away in a black Saab convertible. Police were alerted to be on the lookout for the woman, and Ward was spotted the next day playing music loudly and singing in her car. She was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 24…
National Be Safe At Home Week
22 Aug…
236 days so far this year…129 days remain in 2009
National Waffle Day
*Ukraine: Independence Day for USSR--1991
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1899….. Jorge Luis Borges Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths)
1759….. Wilbur Wilberforce England, crusaded against slavery
1912….. Durward Kirby Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show)
1938….. Mason Williams Abilene Tx, writer (Smother Brothers Hour), musician “Classical Gas”
1961….. Cal Ripken Jr all-star shortstop (Balt Orioles)
1965….. Marlee Matlin Ill, deaf actress (Children of Lesser God-Acad Award)
Events on this day…
79….. Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum
1456….. The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.
1853….. 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
1869….. Waffle iron invented
1909….. Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
1949….. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
1967….. Liberian flag designed
1969….. Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant premiered in both New York and Los Angeles.
1985….. A toxic leak at the Union Carbide factory on December 3rd has been blamed on a chain of human errors and mechanical safeguards failing.
1987….. Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
1989….. Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
Riddles from BrainFood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
2. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
3. What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
4. What can you catch but not throw?
5. I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
* Bonus: What's black and white and red all over?
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1. A towel.
2. An ear of corn. Or A chicken.
3. A rug.
4. A cold.
5. A nose.
*Bonus: An embarrassed skunk., A zebra painted red., A sunburned penguin., A newspaper
The clouds came, the clouds left. They chose to not drop any rain today. They kept the temperature about 80°. That meant that the neighborhood could enjoy the great outdoors.
I just watched a good ’60 Minutes’ on the life of Don Hewitt. Whatever happened to the news reporting of those days? I’m not talking about the hidden camera, ‘gotcha reporting’ they did early. I’m talking about the in depth news stories that really let us know the people that went with the news. Hopefully it will return.
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Random Facts…
Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
HINGHAM, Mass. - Police Massachusetts said they arrested a woman who attacked a store clerk with a Slim Jim meat snack and a bottle of apple juice. Hingham police said the woman, identified as Nancy Ward, 46, of Hingham, became enraged Aug. 7 because a Cracker Barrel store did not have an item she wanted and she believed she had been overcharged by a clerk, The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass., reported. The woman allegedly threw a bottle of apple juice at the clerk, striking him in the head, and punched him before throwing the Slim Jim snack at him. Then, police said, she tore down the store’s flag and drove
away in a black Saab convertible. Police were alerted to be on the lookout for the woman, and Ward was spotted the next day playing music loudly and singing in her car. She was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 24…
National Be Safe At Home Week
22 Aug…
236 days so far this year…129 days remain in 2009
National Waffle Day
*Ukraine: Independence Day for USSR--1991
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1899….. Jorge Luis Borges Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths)
1759….. Wilbur Wilberforce England, crusaded against slavery
1912….. Durward Kirby Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show)
1938….. Mason Williams Abilene Tx, writer (Smother Brothers Hour), musician “Classical Gas”
1961….. Cal Ripken Jr all-star shortstop (Balt Orioles)
1965….. Marlee Matlin Ill, deaf actress (Children of Lesser God-Acad Award)
Events on this day…
79….. Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum
1456….. The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.
1853….. 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
1869….. Waffle iron invented
1909….. Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
1949….. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
1967….. Liberian flag designed
1969….. Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant premiered in both New York and Los Angeles.
1985….. A toxic leak at the Union Carbide factory on December 3rd has been blamed on a chain of human errors and mechanical safeguards failing.
1987….. Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
1989….. Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
Riddles from BrainFood.com
Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?
1. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
2. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
3. What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
4. What can you catch but not throw?
5. I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
* Bonus: What's black and white and red all over?
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1. A towel.
2. An ear of corn. Or A chicken.
3. A rug.
4. A cold.
5. A nose.
*Bonus: An embarrassed skunk., A zebra painted red., A sunburned penguin., A newspaper
Saturday
A nice gentle rain started about 4 this afternoon. One of those nice gentle rains with no thunder, no lightning, and no breeze. It is certainly much appreciated for the dry forest, and our semi-dry area. It looks like one of those rains that will just hang around for a while.
I moved furniture today. I set up a spare bedroom in the room that leads to the deck. It had been upstairs, but I like it better downstairs. The upstairs room, the one with no windows, is now a place for my travel stuff and my antique roll top desk. I’m far from finished but the big stuff is moved. I have one of those high air beds that is actually pretty comfortable for sleeping. I took a short nap on the air bed and it worked out fine. With these warm summer nights, and very little breeze, the upstairs is a little warm so I can now sleep downstairs, if it is too warm upstairs.
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Random Facts…
The first motto that appeared on US coins was not, 'In God We Trust,' – it was 'Mind Your Business.' These copper cents were authorized on April 21, 1787.
In 1908, the grandnephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, created the Bureau of Investigation, which would later become known as the FBI.
Abner Doubleday had nothing to do with the invention of baseball. The rumor that baseball was created by this Civil War general was started by the Major League to promote the legend that baseball is an American sport.
Betsy Ross didn’t design or sew the first American flag. That rumor was started by her grandson, William Canby, at a meeting of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in March 1870 – 30-years after Betsy Ross had died.
The first President to be born a citizen of the United States was the eighth President, Martin Van Buren.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
EAGAN, Minn. - A Minnesota principal fired for having a kindergartner unclog a toilet with his bare hands has had his punishment lessened by an arbitrator. Doug Steele, who was dismissed unanimously by the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school board in February for the December incident at Rahn Elementary School in Eagan, successfully appealed his dismissal to an arbitrator. Instead of losing his job, Steele will be suspended for 15 days without pay, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Sue Grissom, the district's human resources director, said district officials were disappointed by the ruling but will abide by the arbitrator's decision. However, she said Steele will not be reinstated as principal of Rahn Elementary and will instead be placed in a position of equal stature with duties including coordinating grants, assessments and state accountability reporting. Elijah and Shannon Hannah, the parents of the child who was forced to unclog the toilet with his hands, said they were also disappointed by the ruling. "I'm just mad," Elijah Hannah said Wednesday. "I've been mad since it all happened."
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
22 Aug…
235 days so far this year…130 days remain in 2009
Day to Remember Slavery and it’s abolition
Valentino Day
*Swaziland – Umhlanga Day. [Dance for Maidens]
*Ukraine – Flag Day.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1754 Louis XVI Versailles, king of France
1903 William Primrose Glasgow Scot, violist
1912 Gene Kelly Pitts, dancer/actor
1930 Vera Miles actress (Psycho)
1934 Barbara Eden Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie)
1947 Keith Moon rocker1949 Rick Springfield Australia
1949 Shelley Long Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers)
1951 Queen Noor of Jordan
1970 River Phoenix Madras Ore, actor
Events on this day…
1617 1st one-way streets established (London)
1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed
1872 1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea
1904 Automobile tire chain patented
1919 "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premiers in Chicago Tribune
1960 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
Language from BrainFood.com
These puzzles are about words and language. Can you solve them?
1. Of those numbers whose English representation in capital letters consists only of straight lines, only one number has a value equal to the number of straight line segments required to write it out. What number is this?
2. What word is pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized? [5]
3. Punctuate the following so it makes sense: "That that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is."
4. What word begins with 'h', ends with 'n', contains six letters, and contains eight words besides itself without transposing a single letter?
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1. TWENTY NINE.
2. Herb. (American English only) Job. Nice. Polish. Differently.
3. That that is, is; that that is not, is not. Is not that it? It is."
4. "Herein." The words it contains are: "he," "her," "here," "ere," "re," "rein," "I," and "in."
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I moved furniture today. I set up a spare bedroom in the room that leads to the deck. It had been upstairs, but I like it better downstairs. The upstairs room, the one with no windows, is now a place for my travel stuff and my antique roll top desk. I’m far from finished but the big stuff is moved. I have one of those high air beds that is actually pretty comfortable for sleeping. I took a short nap on the air bed and it worked out fine. With these warm summer nights, and very little breeze, the upstairs is a little warm so I can now sleep downstairs, if it is too warm upstairs.
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Random Facts…
The first motto that appeared on US coins was not, 'In God We Trust,' – it was 'Mind Your Business.' These copper cents were authorized on April 21, 1787.
In 1908, the grandnephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, created the Bureau of Investigation, which would later become known as the FBI.
Abner Doubleday had nothing to do with the invention of baseball. The rumor that baseball was created by this Civil War general was started by the Major League to promote the legend that baseball is an American sport.
Betsy Ross didn’t design or sew the first American flag. That rumor was started by her grandson, William Canby, at a meeting of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in March 1870 – 30-years after Betsy Ross had died.
The first President to be born a citizen of the United States was the eighth President, Martin Van Buren.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
EAGAN, Minn. - A Minnesota principal fired for having a kindergartner unclog a toilet with his bare hands has had his punishment lessened by an arbitrator. Doug Steele, who was dismissed unanimously by the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school board in February for the December incident at Rahn Elementary School in Eagan, successfully appealed his dismissal to an arbitrator. Instead of losing his job, Steele will be suspended for 15 days without pay, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Sue Grissom, the district's human resources director, said district officials were disappointed by the ruling but will abide by the arbitrator's decision. However, she said Steele will not be reinstated as principal of Rahn Elementary and will instead be placed in a position of equal stature with duties including coordinating grants, assessments and state accountability reporting. Elijah and Shannon Hannah, the parents of the child who was forced to unclog the toilet with his hands, said they were also disappointed by the ruling. "I'm just mad," Elijah Hannah said Wednesday. "I've been mad since it all happened."
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
22 Aug…
235 days so far this year…130 days remain in 2009
Day to Remember Slavery and it’s abolition
Valentino Day
*Swaziland – Umhlanga Day. [Dance for Maidens]
*Ukraine – Flag Day.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1754 Louis XVI Versailles, king of France
1903 William Primrose Glasgow Scot, violist
1912 Gene Kelly Pitts, dancer/actor
1930 Vera Miles actress (Psycho)
1934 Barbara Eden Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie)
1947 Keith Moon rocker1949 Rick Springfield Australia
1949 Shelley Long Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers)
1951 Queen Noor of Jordan
1970 River Phoenix Madras Ore, actor
Events on this day…
1617 1st one-way streets established (London)
1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed
1872 1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea
1904 Automobile tire chain patented
1919 "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premiers in Chicago Tribune
1960 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
Language from BrainFood.com
These puzzles are about words and language. Can you solve them?
1. Of those numbers whose English representation in capital letters consists only of straight lines, only one number has a value equal to the number of straight line segments required to write it out. What number is this?
2. What word is pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized? [5]
3. Punctuate the following so it makes sense: "That that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is."
4. What word begins with 'h', ends with 'n', contains six letters, and contains eight words besides itself without transposing a single letter?
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1. TWENTY NINE.
2. Herb. (American English only) Job. Nice. Polish. Differently.
3. That that is, is; that that is not, is not. Is not that it? It is."
4. "Herein." The words it contains are: "he," "her," "here," "ere," "re," "rein," "I," and "in."
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Friday
Another work week draws to a close. For those of us retired, it means busy streets, crowded stores, and working friends who have a little time to relax. The Monsoons are to return this weekend. That will be good, as my deck hit 90° again today, and it was muggy with no breeze. Bring on the rain. The big fire is just about contained. The rain would certainly help.
I am on the fence about the release of the man convicted over the Lockerbie bombing. When I was in Scotland, we didn’t visit Lockerbie, but it did come up several times. Such a needless act of violence. Now the guy has only months to live, so he is being freed by the very compassionate Scots. He got back to his home country of Libya with cheers. Once again, it is the question of his conviction. He was sentenced to 27 years, but after an appeal, he was believed by many in the UK to be innocent. He served 8 years. He denied anything to do with the bombing, evidence was scarce. He was seen by many in Libya and the Muslim world as a simple scapegoat who is innocent. His release has done a lot to remind the Muslims of what they see as a miscarriage of justice. This world is so full of hate, and all too often looks for more reasons to hate. Too bad everyone can’t just live and let live.
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Random Facts…
A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
BENALMADENA, Spain - A 67-year-old British matador who was ordered by his doctor to retire more than five years ago has announced he will return to the ring in Spain. Frank Evans, a grandfather-of-five from Salford, England, said he will once again don the bullfighting moniker El Ingles --The English -- and face off against a bull in Benalmadena, Spain, this month, The Daily Telegraph reported. "I am just delighted to be able to get back into that same bullring and show that I am better than ever," said Evans, who quit bullfighting in 2005 after undergoing a quadruple heart bypass and knee replacement surgery. "People should take me as an example of what can be achieved later in life. If I can do this at my age then surely that proves anything is possible," he said.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
22 Aug…
234 days so far this year…131 days remain in 2009
Hug Your Boss Day
Ramadan begins
Be An Angel Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1834….. Samuel Langley pioneer in aviation: Langley Air Force Base [in Virginia] bears his name
1836….. Archibald M Willard US, artist (Spirit of '76)
1862….. Claude Debussy St Germain-en-Laye, composer
1893….. Dorothy Parker US, short story writer (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award)
1920….. Dr Denton Cooley heart surgeon (1st artificial heart transplant)
and ….. Ray Bradbury Ill, sci-fi author
1934….. Norman Schwartzkopf NJ, US General
1939….. Carl Yastrzemski NY, Boston Red Sox great
1940….. Valerie Harper Sufferin NY
1941….. Bill (Duane) Parcells football coach
1947….. Cindy Williams Van Nuys Calif, actress (Shirley-Laverne & Shirley)
Events on this day…
565….. St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
1485….. King Richard III of England is killed at the battle of Bosworth Field, the last battle of the so-called "Wars of the Roses," in which the Houses of York and Lancaster battled for the throne of England.
1762….. 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury
1770….. Captain James Cook, having landed at Australia, claimed it for the British Crown.
1846….. US annexes New Mexico
1902….. Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
1922….. Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, who signed the treaty with Britain that created the Irish Free State the previous year, is assassinated by Irish nationalists opposed to the treaty.
1950….. Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in natl tennis competition
1968….. 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
Missing Pairs from BrainFood.com
In each of these puzzles, a proverb is written with exactly one letter of each word replaced with another.
Can you figure out what the original proverb is?
1. Wetter mate that fever.
2. Paint peart newer son pair lads.
3. I switch is dime raves mine.
4. So nets if goof mews.
5. Take hat white she sin whines.
6. Won't budge I took my ids covet.
7. Calf I load if wetter that so break.
8. Loot befort yon heap
9. Binds if I heather frock totether.
10. Won't pit oft pill gomorrow whet yon tan go toddy
* Bonus: Earls so red, earls no rose.
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1. Better late than never.
2. Faint heart never won fair lady.
3. A stitch in time saves nine.
4. No news is good news.
5. Make hay while the sun shines.
6. Don't judge a book by its cover.
7. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
8. Look before you leap.
9. Birds of a feather flock together
10. Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
* Bonus: Early to bed, early to rise.
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I am on the fence about the release of the man convicted over the Lockerbie bombing. When I was in Scotland, we didn’t visit Lockerbie, but it did come up several times. Such a needless act of violence. Now the guy has only months to live, so he is being freed by the very compassionate Scots. He got back to his home country of Libya with cheers. Once again, it is the question of his conviction. He was sentenced to 27 years, but after an appeal, he was believed by many in the UK to be innocent. He served 8 years. He denied anything to do with the bombing, evidence was scarce. He was seen by many in Libya and the Muslim world as a simple scapegoat who is innocent. His release has done a lot to remind the Muslims of what they see as a miscarriage of justice. This world is so full of hate, and all too often looks for more reasons to hate. Too bad everyone can’t just live and let live.
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Random Facts…
A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
Crazy Stuff in the News…
BENALMADENA, Spain - A 67-year-old British matador who was ordered by his doctor to retire more than five years ago has announced he will return to the ring in Spain. Frank Evans, a grandfather-of-five from Salford, England, said he will once again don the bullfighting moniker El Ingles --The English -- and face off against a bull in Benalmadena, Spain, this month, The Daily Telegraph reported. "I am just delighted to be able to get back into that same bullring and show that I am better than ever," said Evans, who quit bullfighting in 2005 after undergoing a quadruple heart bypass and knee replacement surgery. "People should take me as an example of what can be achieved later in life. If I can do this at my age then surely that proves anything is possible," he said.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
22 Aug…
234 days so far this year…131 days remain in 2009
Hug Your Boss Day
Ramadan begins
Be An Angel Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1834….. Samuel Langley pioneer in aviation: Langley Air Force Base [in Virginia] bears his name
1836….. Archibald M Willard US, artist (Spirit of '76)
1862….. Claude Debussy St Germain-en-Laye, composer
1893….. Dorothy Parker US, short story writer (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award)
1920….. Dr Denton Cooley heart surgeon (1st artificial heart transplant)
and ….. Ray Bradbury Ill, sci-fi author
1934….. Norman Schwartzkopf NJ, US General
1939….. Carl Yastrzemski NY, Boston Red Sox great
1940….. Valerie Harper Sufferin NY
1941….. Bill (Duane) Parcells football coach
1947….. Cindy Williams Van Nuys Calif, actress (Shirley-Laverne & Shirley)
Events on this day…
565….. St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
1485….. King Richard III of England is killed at the battle of Bosworth Field, the last battle of the so-called "Wars of the Roses," in which the Houses of York and Lancaster battled for the throne of England.
1762….. 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury
1770….. Captain James Cook, having landed at Australia, claimed it for the British Crown.
1846….. US annexes New Mexico
1902….. Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
1922….. Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, who signed the treaty with Britain that created the Irish Free State the previous year, is assassinated by Irish nationalists opposed to the treaty.
1950….. Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in natl tennis competition
1968….. 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
Missing Pairs from BrainFood.com
In each of these puzzles, a proverb is written with exactly one letter of each word replaced with another.
Can you figure out what the original proverb is?
1. Wetter mate that fever.
2. Paint peart newer son pair lads.
3. I switch is dime raves mine.
4. So nets if goof mews.
5. Take hat white she sin whines.
6. Won't budge I took my ids covet.
7. Calf I load if wetter that so break.
8. Loot befort yon heap
9. Binds if I heather frock totether.
10. Won't pit oft pill gomorrow whet yon tan go toddy
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1. Better late than never.
2. Faint heart never won fair lady.
3. A stitch in time saves nine.
4. No news is good news.
5. Make hay while the sun shines.
6. Don't judge a book by its cover.
7. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
8. Look before you leap.
9. Birds of a feather flock together
10. Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
* Bonus: Early to bed, early to rise.
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I got my very first scammer phone call today. It came from 613-216-2172 and was listed on my caller ID as ‘Ontario’. The recorded message said I could lower my interest rate on my credit card. If I wanted more information, push 6. I wanted to tell them I have Do Not Call and to remove my name. So I pushed 6. The guy on the other end said he was from Visa Data Services. He pretended to have never heard of any Do Not Call list. I asked to speak to his supervisor. He said he was looking at my credit card account and that since my balance was over $4000, he could lower my rate. I told him he had the wrong person, and that I wanted his supervisor. He said “Sure, just give him my pin number for my card”. I said NO!!. “OK”, he says, “then give me your mother’s maiden name.“ Again I said NO! He said he could not transfer me to a supervisor until I gave him either my pin or my mother’s maiden name. He would give me no information about myself, but insisted that he knew I had a $4000 balance. He wanted my name, my address, etc. He got nothing. I finally hung up and reported him to the FCC’s web site. It was scary, because he was so nice, and appeared to be so helpful. Checking the internet, there is no such company. In fact, there isn’t even the address he gave me on Google Earth. The closest address is in the middle of Trinity University’s Football Field. I really feel that my privacy has been violated. I hope they don’t call again.
Flagstaff Restaurant Review: There is a new, small, hole-in-the-wall Greek restaurant that just opened. It is ‘across the tracks’ in downtown Flagstaff. Our retirement group of three got there at 11:30. They had four outside tables and three or four tables inside. We took an outside table on the covered patio. We all had a great lunch. I ordered the Gyro and it had twice as much meat as the one I had a few weeks ago at another Greek place in Flag. “The Greek Islands” is not a place I would usually stop. It is hard to find, there is little parking, and it is in a kind of dumpy area. I am glad we went. The food and the service were great. The Greek who runs the place came to our table several times to be sure everything was going well. By noon the place was full, and people were waiting to be seated. He has only been open three weeks and seems to be doing well. They serve lunch six days a week and dinner three nights a week. And they had some nice Greek music playing in the background. Flagstaff is full of surprises.
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Random Facts…
One out of three U.S. women owns a gun!
Crazy Stuff in the News…
Washington state police said they were searching for a “witch doctor” who “cleansed” money of evil and allegedly ran off with nearly $140,000 from clients. But it was spiritually clean money.
Lakewood police said the woman, who uses the name Senora Monica, conned multiple people in the Puget Sound region into giving her large sums of money to cleanse.
Police Lt. Heidi Hoffman said Monica would often return the money to her clients, and then ask for a fee for her services.
Hoffman said the suspect and her husband ran a Lakewood store called “Centro de Consultas Espirituales” that specialized in spiritual guidance and sold items such as incense, candles and talents. She said Monica and her husband fled after stockpiling a large amount of money.
A woman who owns a hair salon next to Monica’s store said the woman would tell clients they would die if their money was not cleansed of evil spirits.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
21 Aug…
233 days so far this year…132 days remain in 2009
Men’s Grooming Day
Poet’s Day
Senior Citizen’s Day
World Daffodil Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1660….. Hubert Gautier engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1906….. William "Count" Basie jazz pianist
............. Friz Freleng animator (Bugs Bunny-Emmy 1982)
1921….. Nancy Kulp Harrisburg Pa, actress (Jane-Beverly Hillbillies)
1923….. Chris Schenkel sportscaster: CBS Sports; ABC Sports
1936….. Wilt Chamberlain NBA great center
1938….. Kenny Rogers singer, actor
1939….. Clarence Williams III NYC, actor (Mod Squad)
1951….. Harry Smith Indiana, TV news
Events on this day…
1680….. Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish
1841….. John Hampson patents venetian blind
1858….. 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)
1888….. William Burroughs of St. Louis, MO patented his adding machine.
1911….. The Mona Lisa, the famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci also called ( La Gioconda ) ( painted between 1503 - 1506 ) , was stolen from the Louvre in Paris.
1959….. Hawaii becomes 50th US state
1985….. Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
1987….. Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted. Released in 1996 when determined that his prosecution had been overzealous.
2004….. Michael Phelps gets his 6th gold medal at the Athens 2004 1831: Virginia slave Nat Turner begins a slave rebellion in Southampton County in which over 50 whites are killed.
Missing Pairs from BrainFood.com
In each of these puzzles, there are two double blanks.
Fill in the blanks with the same pair of letters to complete an English word.
For example, use the letter-pair ac in b__ckp__k to make the word backpack.
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2. p _ _ dl _ _
3. _ _ p _ _ zard
4. h _ _ g _ _ lin
5. c _ _ kb _ _ k
6. a _ _ mo _ _
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8. s _ _ ur _ _ e
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1. Woodwork
2. Peddled
3. Haphazard
4. Hobgoblin
5. Cookbook
6. Anemone
7. Orator
8. Saturate
9. Longing
10. onion
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Flagstaff Restaurant Review: There is a new, small, hole-in-the-wall Greek restaurant that just opened. It is ‘across the tracks’ in downtown Flagstaff. Our retirement group of three got there at 11:30. They had four outside tables and three or four tables inside. We took an outside table on the covered patio. We all had a great lunch. I ordered the Gyro and it had twice as much meat as the one I had a few weeks ago at another Greek place in Flag. “The Greek Islands” is not a place I would usually stop. It is hard to find, there is little parking, and it is in a kind of dumpy area. I am glad we went. The food and the service were great. The Greek who runs the place came to our table several times to be sure everything was going well. By noon the place was full, and people were waiting to be seated. He has only been open three weeks and seems to be doing well. They serve lunch six days a week and dinner three nights a week. And they had some nice Greek music playing in the background. Flagstaff is full of surprises.
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Random Facts…
One out of three U.S. women owns a gun!
Crazy Stuff in the News…
Washington state police said they were searching for a “witch doctor” who “cleansed” money of evil and allegedly ran off with nearly $140,000 from clients. But it was spiritually clean money.
Lakewood police said the woman, who uses the name Senora Monica, conned multiple people in the Puget Sound region into giving her large sums of money to cleanse.
Police Lt. Heidi Hoffman said Monica would often return the money to her clients, and then ask for a fee for her services.
Hoffman said the suspect and her husband ran a Lakewood store called “Centro de Consultas Espirituales” that specialized in spiritual guidance and sold items such as incense, candles and talents. She said Monica and her husband fled after stockpiling a large amount of money.
A woman who owns a hair salon next to Monica’s store said the woman would tell clients they would die if their money was not cleansed of evil spirits.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
21 Aug…
233 days so far this year…132 days remain in 2009
Men’s Grooming Day
Poet’s Day
Senior Citizen’s Day
World Daffodil Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1660….. Hubert Gautier engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1906….. William "Count" Basie jazz pianist
............. Friz Freleng animator (Bugs Bunny-Emmy 1982)
1921….. Nancy Kulp Harrisburg Pa, actress (Jane-Beverly Hillbillies)
1923….. Chris Schenkel sportscaster: CBS Sports; ABC Sports
1936….. Wilt Chamberlain NBA great center
1938….. Kenny Rogers singer, actor
1939….. Clarence Williams III NYC, actor (Mod Squad)
1951….. Harry Smith Indiana, TV news
Events on this day…
1680….. Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish
1841….. John Hampson patents venetian blind
1858….. 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)
1888….. William Burroughs of St. Louis, MO patented his adding machine.
1911….. The Mona Lisa, the famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci also called ( La Gioconda ) ( painted between 1503 - 1506 ) , was stolen from the Louvre in Paris.
1959….. Hawaii becomes 50th US state
1985….. Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
1987….. Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted. Released in 1996 when determined that his prosecution had been overzealous.
2004….. Michael Phelps gets his 6th gold medal at the Athens 2004 1831: Virginia slave Nat Turner begins a slave rebellion in Southampton County in which over 50 whites are killed.
Missing Pairs from BrainFood.com
In each of these puzzles, there are two double blanks.
Fill in the blanks with the same pair of letters to complete an English word.
For example, use the letter-pair ac in b__ckp__k to make the word backpack.
1. _ _ od _ _ rk
2. p _ _ dl _ _
3. _ _ p _ _ zard
4. h _ _ g _ _ lin
5. c _ _ kb _ _ k
6. a _ _ mo _ _
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8. s _ _ ur _ _ e
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1. Woodwork
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3. Haphazard
4. Hobgoblin
5. Cookbook
6. Anemone
7. Orator
8. Saturate
9. Longing
10. onion
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Wednesday
OK, I get it. It’s still summer. Summers are hot. Today hit 93° on my deck. No breeze. Just my portable cooler to keep me comfortable when I was not out and about running errands.
My day with the tax man came and went. I had all the right stuff. My tax guy called the Colorado Tax lady. They spoke for about 20 minutes. They threw around form numbers, and other gibberish. All I said was my Social Security number. When it was all over, I had to send in the same twenty-seven pages of paperwork I had sent in back in April. My tax guy told me, “Well, we will start with this….again.” I rushed to the Post Office and mailed off all the forms, at a cost of $10.51. I know full well that this is not over, in fact, I feel it is only beginning. The good part is that I was assured, by my tax guy, that I won’t owe any money. I know I could never have been a tax guy. I just don’t have the patience. The tax office in Flag now greets me by my first name, and today, even bought me a Starbucks coffee. The tax guy, a little older than I am, just kept saying ‘frigin’ computer, ‘friggin’ forms, ‘friggin’ piles of papers. I guess he was getting as frustrated as I have been for the last month over this silly tax problem.
Two phrases are in the news again today—Sheriff Apraio and Racial Profiling. He has investigations from Homeland Security, Dept of Justice, and now a civil suit. His ‘sweeps’ pick up about 50-75 people who might be illegal, holds them for hours with no food, water, or restroom facilities. They are usually handcuffed and lined up near a wall. The detainees can’t have the water or restroom, because the deputies need to keep them together. After hours of being held, only a small number of people are arrested. Of the arrested group, only one or two are illegal, a few more are arrested for outstanding warrants—most for unpaid parking tickets. All other detainees are just sent on their way, left to explain to employers and/or family members why they were late. Sheriff Joe really likes press conferences and really likes the spotlight. Most of all Sheriff Joe likes to be the victim. He continues to babble on about how the Feds and the ACLU don’t scare him and won’t stop him from his ‘sweeps’ that are making Maricopa County a safer place to live. Really? Yep, that’s what he says.
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Random Facts…
The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
Crazy Stuff in the Royal Family…
George III of Great Britain and Ireland was being driven through Windsor Great Park when he ordered his carriage driver to stop. The King got out, walked over to an oak tree, shook hands with one of its branches and talked to it for several minutes. He thought he was talking to the King of Prussia.
Ludwig II of Bavaria was notable for his decision to reverse night and day. He had a moon painted on his bedroom ceiling and embarked on epic mountain journeys in the dead of night in a golden sleigh, accompanied by coachmen who were forced to dress in the style of Louis XIV.
Catherine the Great of Russia, discovering that she had dandruff, imprisoned her hairdresser in an iron cage for three years to stop the news spr eading. Enchanted by a primrose in the royal garden,she posted a sentry to guard the plant day and night.
Queen Juana of Spain worshipped her husband Philip, who died in 1506, so much that she refused to allow him to be buried and had his coffin accompany her wherever she traveled.
Henry Christophe, King of Northern Haiti, ordered his guards to prove their loyalty to him by marching over a 200ft-high cliff. Those who obeyed plunged to their deaths; those who refused were tortured and executed. Christophe eventually ended up shooting himself.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
20 Aug…
232 days so far this year…133 days remain in 2009
Pony Express Day
Virtual World’s Day
*Estonia: Day of Restoration of Independence—from Soviet Union—1991
*Hungary: Constitution Day—1949
*Senegal: Independence Day—1960
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1778….. Bernardo O'Higgins won independence for Chile
1785….. Oliver Hazard Perry US Naval hero
1833….. Benjamin Harrison North Bend, Ohio (R) 23rd Pres
1901 ….. Salvatore Quasimodo Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959)
1907 ….. Shirley Booth NYC, actress (Hazel)
1923 ….. Jim (James Travis) Reeves “Gentleman Jim” guitarist, singer
1931 ….. Don King boxing promoter
1942 ….. Isaac Hayes composer (Shaft)
1946 ….. Connie Chung TV newscaster
1948 ….. Robert Plant rocker (Led Zeppelin
1954 ….. Al Roker TV weatherman
Events on this day…
1741 ….. Alaska was discovered by Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering. That’s how the Bering Sea got its name.
1789 ….. An "Act Providing for the Expenses Which May Attend Negotiations or Treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the Appointment of Commissioners for Managing the Same" is approved by the United States.
1866 ….. Pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over
1896 ….. Dial telephone patented
1910 ….. Eero Saarinen ), Finnish-American architect and designer of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and Dulles Airport in Virginia.
1940 ….. After 3 months of the Battle Of Britain in the skies over the South Coast the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the British Royal Air Force, saying, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
….. ….. Exiled Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico City
1959 ….. Actor Hugh O’Brian, TV’s Wyatt Earp, finally met his idol, Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa. O’Brian was conveyed up the river by natives who were lepers and he met the famous doctor at his hospital. After meeting Schweitzer, O’Brian referred to him as “a living saint”. The physician strongly urged the need to abolish nuclear testing and war and O’Brian came back to the U.S. with the same views.
1974 ….. Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph)
1988 ….. In the worst day of fires in Yellowstone National Park firstorms destroy over 150,000 acres of the park.
Missing Pairs from BrainFood.com
In each of these puzzles, there are two double blanks.
Fill in the blanks with the same pair of letters to complete an English word.
For example, use the letter-pair ac in b__ckp__k to make the word backpack.
1. v _ _ lat _ _ n
2. h _ _ dw _ _ e
3. _ _ rses _ _ e
4. a _ _ a _ _ a
5. s _ _ tim _ _ t
6. who _ _ sa _ _
7. p _ _ sev _ _ e
8. tr _ _ bad _ _ r
9. _ _ da _ _ ted
10. d _ _ tingu _ _h
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1. violation
2. hardware
3. horseshoe
4. alfalfa
5. sentiment
6. wholesale
7. persevere
8. troubadour
9. undaunted
10. distinguish
* Bonus: cascade
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My day with the tax man came and went. I had all the right stuff. My tax guy called the Colorado Tax lady. They spoke for about 20 minutes. They threw around form numbers, and other gibberish. All I said was my Social Security number. When it was all over, I had to send in the same twenty-seven pages of paperwork I had sent in back in April. My tax guy told me, “Well, we will start with this….again.” I rushed to the Post Office and mailed off all the forms, at a cost of $10.51. I know full well that this is not over, in fact, I feel it is only beginning. The good part is that I was assured, by my tax guy, that I won’t owe any money. I know I could never have been a tax guy. I just don’t have the patience. The tax office in Flag now greets me by my first name, and today, even bought me a Starbucks coffee. The tax guy, a little older than I am, just kept saying ‘frigin’ computer, ‘friggin’ forms, ‘friggin’ piles of papers. I guess he was getting as frustrated as I have been for the last month over this silly tax problem.
Two phrases are in the news again today—Sheriff Apraio and Racial Profiling. He has investigations from Homeland Security, Dept of Justice, and now a civil suit. His ‘sweeps’ pick up about 50-75 people who might be illegal, holds them for hours with no food, water, or restroom facilities. They are usually handcuffed and lined up near a wall. The detainees can’t have the water or restroom, because the deputies need to keep them together. After hours of being held, only a small number of people are arrested. Of the arrested group, only one or two are illegal, a few more are arrested for outstanding warrants—most for unpaid parking tickets. All other detainees are just sent on their way, left to explain to employers and/or family members why they were late. Sheriff Joe really likes press conferences and really likes the spotlight. Most of all Sheriff Joe likes to be the victim. He continues to babble on about how the Feds and the ACLU don’t scare him and won’t stop him from his ‘sweeps’ that are making Maricopa County a safer place to live. Really? Yep, that’s what he says.
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Random Facts…
The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
Crazy Stuff in the Royal Family…
George III of Great Britain and Ireland was being driven through Windsor Great Park when he ordered his carriage driver to stop. The King got out, walked over to an oak tree, shook hands with one of its branches and talked to it for several minutes. He thought he was talking to the King of Prussia.
Ludwig II of Bavaria was notable for his decision to reverse night and day. He had a moon painted on his bedroom ceiling and embarked on epic mountain journeys in the dead of night in a golden sleigh, accompanied by coachmen who were forced to dress in the style of Louis XIV.
Catherine the Great of Russia, discovering that she had dandruff, imprisoned her hairdresser in an iron cage for three years to stop the news spr eading. Enchanted by a primrose in the royal garden,she posted a sentry to guard the plant day and night.
Queen Juana of Spain worshipped her husband Philip, who died in 1506, so much that she refused to allow him to be buried and had his coffin accompany her wherever she traveled.
Henry Christophe, King of Northern Haiti, ordered his guards to prove their loyalty to him by marching over a 200ft-high cliff. Those who obeyed plunged to their deaths; those who refused were tortured and executed. Christophe eventually ended up shooting himself.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
20 Aug…
232 days so far this year…133 days remain in 2009
Pony Express Day
Virtual World’s Day
*Estonia: Day of Restoration of Independence—from Soviet Union—1991
*Hungary: Constitution Day—1949
*Senegal: Independence Day—1960
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1778….. Bernardo O'Higgins won independence for Chile
1785….. Oliver Hazard Perry US Naval hero
1833….. Benjamin Harrison North Bend, Ohio (R) 23rd Pres
1901 ….. Salvatore Quasimodo Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959)
1907 ….. Shirley Booth NYC, actress (Hazel)
1923 ….. Jim (James Travis) Reeves “Gentleman Jim” guitarist, singer
1931 ….. Don King boxing promoter
1942 ….. Isaac Hayes composer (Shaft)
1946 ….. Connie Chung TV newscaster
1948 ….. Robert Plant rocker (Led Zeppelin
1954 ….. Al Roker TV weatherman
Events on this day…
1741 ….. Alaska was discovered by Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering. That’s how the Bering Sea got its name.
1789 ….. An "Act Providing for the Expenses Which May Attend Negotiations or Treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the Appointment of Commissioners for Managing the Same" is approved by the United States.
1866 ….. Pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over
1896 ….. Dial telephone patented
1910 ….. Eero Saarinen ), Finnish-American architect and designer of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and Dulles Airport in Virginia.
1940 ….. After 3 months of the Battle Of Britain in the skies over the South Coast the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the British Royal Air Force, saying, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
….. ….. Exiled Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico City
1959 ….. Actor Hugh O’Brian, TV’s Wyatt Earp, finally met his idol, Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa. O’Brian was conveyed up the river by natives who were lepers and he met the famous doctor at his hospital. After meeting Schweitzer, O’Brian referred to him as “a living saint”. The physician strongly urged the need to abolish nuclear testing and war and O’Brian came back to the U.S. with the same views.
1974 ….. Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph)
1988 ….. In the worst day of fires in Yellowstone National Park firstorms destroy over 150,000 acres of the park.
Missing Pairs from BrainFood.com
In each of these puzzles, there are two double blanks.
Fill in the blanks with the same pair of letters to complete an English word.
For example, use the letter-pair ac in b__ckp__k to make the word backpack.
1. v _ _ lat _ _ n
2. h _ _ dw _ _ e
3. _ _ rses _ _ e
4. a _ _ a _ _ a
5. s _ _ tim _ _ t
6. who _ _ sa _ _
7. p _ _ sev _ _ e
8. tr _ _ bad _ _ r
9. _ _ da _ _ ted
10. d _ _ tingu _ _h
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1. violation
2. hardware
3. horseshoe
4. alfalfa
5. sentiment
6. wholesale
7. persevere
8. troubadour
9. undaunted
10. distinguish
* Bonus: cascade
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Tuesday
Winds must have been blowing the smoke away from Flagstaff today. The plume of smoke is visible with containment not expected until the 30th. The fire is twenty miles away from downtown, about 25 from my place. The monsoon is expected to return for the weekend and that will help. The 20mph winds aren’t helping, nor is the 12% humidity at the fire. There are over 500 firefighters at the fire right now with air drops when possible. Thankfully, no structures are in danger—this is in a wilderness area. There is still no word on how the fire started.
Our Congressional Rep had a teleconference tonight. It is amazing. She had tried a public town hall meeting but it didn’t work out due to the lunatic fringe. The teleconference is a very good format. Good questions, better answers. Very nice to hear good calm questions, good sensible answers. This is a big issue and needs to be explained to the country. Ann Kirkpatrick seems to be trying to do that.
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Random Facts…
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.
Crazy Stuff In The News…
SAUKVILLE, Wis. - A Wisconsin couple said they have amassed a collection of six antique outhouses to adorn the exotic gardens at their home. Andrea and John Jaeger of the Town of Saukville said they purchased their first outhouse more than 20 years ago at a Mequon, Wis., auction for $5 and friends soon began bringing aged outhouses to their garden to turn the single accent piece into a full-fledged collection, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Monday. "We don't really want to collect them," John Jaeger said. "But we hate to see them being destroyed, because they're part of history." Jaeger said he considers his outhouse collection to be complete, but he might be willing to make an exception if a particularly interesting piece catches his attention, such as a double-decker outhouse or one made from brick. "I don't really need any more," he said.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
18 Aug…
231 days so far this year…134 days remain in 2009
“Black Cow” Root Beer Float Day
National Medical Dosimetrist Day—oncology radiologist
National Aviation Day—since 1939
*Afghanistan: Independence Day—1919 from UK
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1631….. John Dryden 1st poet laureate of England (Absalom & Achitophel)
1785….. Seth Thomas pioneer in mass production of clocks
1871….. Orville Wright aviator
1883….. Coco (Gabriel Bonheur) Chanel fashion designer; perfume creator
1902….. Ogden Nash Rye NY, humorous poet
1919….. Malcolm Forbes publisher
1921….. Gene Roddenberry executive producer (Star Trek)
1931….. Willie Shoemaker jockey
1938….. Diana Muldaur actress
1939….. Ginger [Peter] Baker England, drummer (Cream)
1940….. Jill St. John (Oppenheim) actress
1946….. Bill Clinton 42nd US President.
1948….. Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson "Tipper" Gore Wife of Al Gore US Vice President.
1965….. Kyra Sedgwick actress
1969….. Christian Slater actor
1970….. Matthew Perry actor
Events on this day…
1099….. Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon
1848….. The first report of the California gold strike
1856….. Gail Borden of Brooklyn, NY patented his process for condensed milk
1888….. 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
1909….. 1st race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway
Movie Trivia from Filmsite.org
Name the movies that had these famous lines…Extra credit for the Actor and the Character’s name and the year of the movie.
1. "And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper."
2. "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
3. "I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf."
4. "That's what I love about these high school girls, man: I get older, they stay the same age."
5. "I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?"
6. "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
7. "Who told you to step on my sneakers, who told you to walk on my side of the block, who told you to be in my neighborhood?"
8. "There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand."
9. "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"
10. "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the North, general of the Felix legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
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1. MARGE GUNDERSON (Frances McDormand) in Fargo (1996)
2. VERBAL KINT (Kevin Spacey) in The Usual Suspects (1995)
3. DAVID ST. HUBBINS (Michael McKean) in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
4. WOODERSON (Matthew McConaughey) in Dazed and Confused (1993)
5. JACK BYRNES (Robert DeNiro) in Meet the Parents (2000)
6. DEAN WORMER (John Vernon) in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
7. BUGGIN OUT (Giancarlo Esposito) in Do The Right Thing (1989)
8. PEE-WEE HERMAN (Paul Reubens) in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
9. CAPTAIN OVEUR (Peter Graves) in Airplane! (1980)
10. MAXIMUS (Russell Crowe) in Gladiator (2000)
* Bonus: ALEX FORREST (Glenn Close) in Fatal Attraction (1987)
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Our Congressional Rep had a teleconference tonight. It is amazing. She had tried a public town hall meeting but it didn’t work out due to the lunatic fringe. The teleconference is a very good format. Good questions, better answers. Very nice to hear good calm questions, good sensible answers. This is a big issue and needs to be explained to the country. Ann Kirkpatrick seems to be trying to do that.
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Random Facts…
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.
Crazy Stuff In The News…
SAUKVILLE, Wis. - A Wisconsin couple said they have amassed a collection of six antique outhouses to adorn the exotic gardens at their home. Andrea and John Jaeger of the Town of Saukville said they purchased their first outhouse more than 20 years ago at a Mequon, Wis., auction for $5 and friends soon began bringing aged outhouses to their garden to turn the single accent piece into a full-fledged collection, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Monday. "We don't really want to collect them," John Jaeger said. "But we hate to see them being destroyed, because they're part of history." Jaeger said he considers his outhouse collection to be complete, but he might be willing to make an exception if a particularly interesting piece catches his attention, such as a double-decker outhouse or one made from brick. "I don't really need any more," he said.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
18 Aug…
231 days so far this year…134 days remain in 2009
“Black Cow” Root Beer Float Day
National Medical Dosimetrist Day—oncology radiologist
National Aviation Day—since 1939
*Afghanistan: Independence Day—1919 from UK
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1631….. John Dryden 1st poet laureate of England (Absalom & Achitophel)
1785….. Seth Thomas pioneer in mass production of clocks
1871….. Orville Wright aviator
1883….. Coco (Gabriel Bonheur) Chanel fashion designer; perfume creator
1902….. Ogden Nash Rye NY, humorous poet
1919….. Malcolm Forbes publisher
1921….. Gene Roddenberry executive producer (Star Trek)
1931….. Willie Shoemaker jockey
1938….. Diana Muldaur actress
1939….. Ginger [Peter] Baker England, drummer (Cream)
1940….. Jill St. John (Oppenheim) actress
1946….. Bill Clinton 42nd US President.
1948….. Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson "Tipper" Gore Wife of Al Gore US Vice President.
1965….. Kyra Sedgwick actress
1969….. Christian Slater actor
1970….. Matthew Perry actor
Events on this day…
1099….. Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon
1848….. The first report of the California gold strike
1856….. Gail Borden of Brooklyn, NY patented his process for condensed milk
1888….. 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
1909….. 1st race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway
Movie Trivia from Filmsite.org
Name the movies that had these famous lines…Extra credit for the Actor and the Character’s name and the year of the movie.
1. "And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper."
2. "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
3. "I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf."
4. "That's what I love about these high school girls, man: I get older, they stay the same age."
5. "I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?"
6. "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
7. "Who told you to step on my sneakers, who told you to walk on my side of the block, who told you to be in my neighborhood?"
8. "There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand."
9. "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"
10. "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the North, general of the Felix legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
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1. MARGE GUNDERSON (Frances McDormand) in Fargo (1996)
2. VERBAL KINT (Kevin Spacey) in The Usual Suspects (1995)
3. DAVID ST. HUBBINS (Michael McKean) in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
4. WOODERSON (Matthew McConaughey) in Dazed and Confused (1993)
5. JACK BYRNES (Robert DeNiro) in Meet the Parents (2000)
6. DEAN WORMER (John Vernon) in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
7. BUGGIN OUT (Giancarlo Esposito) in Do The Right Thing (1989)
8. PEE-WEE HERMAN (Paul Reubens) in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
9. CAPTAIN OVEUR (Peter Graves) in Airplane! (1980)
10. MAXIMUS (Russell Crowe) in Gladiator (2000)
* Bonus: ALEX FORREST (Glenn Close) in Fatal Attraction (1987)
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Monday
That forest fire has almost tripled in size since yesterday. Flagstaff, Sedona, and much of the Northern Arizona area is socked in with smoke. The smoke is so thick it looks like a partial eclipse. The smell of burning trees is awful. Outside my eyes burned and got red. Inside the smell permeates the air. I usually have a clear view of Mt. Elden, all of one mile from my house. Today, it was barely visible from here. The county health department issued some guidelines for this smoke—stay indoors if you have breathing problems, don’t exert yourself while outside. Well, duh. I had to wonder today, if the first people who settled here would have even stopped if there had been a forest fire nearby. My guess is not.
Guns. The Second Amendment. Hunting. Violence. Protection. The whole debate is getting out of hand. Today, in Arizona, Obama’s speech at the VFW convention brought out the gun carriers. Some guy who is against any Health Care Reform, showed up with an assault weapon strapped on his shoulder and a handgun at his waist. At least 12 other citizens were seen carrying. No arrests. They were all outside building, and not a danger to the President. It is legal. Arizona is one of a number of states that has made it legal to carry in a restaurant or bar that serves alcohol. Many are pushing to let students carry guns on a school campus. I have taken numerous ‘gun safety’ classes throughout my life. Nowhere do I remember learning that carrying a gun in a public demonstration is a good idea. I thought people got arrested for that. Nowhere do I remember learning that alcohol and weapons make a party. Nowhere do I recall learning that I would feel safer if the teacher or another student was carrying a gun inside the classroom. This seems to be leading to a very bad end. If this gun carrying thing continues, soon, everyone will be carrying. I know that won’t make me feel any safer. The idea that we need to legitimize the fringe is crazy. Obama and/or Congress are not going to take away our guns. Health Care reform is not going to kill poor Aunt Sally. Our leaders need to stop listening to the paranoid.
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Random Facts…
While humans and most species are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sexes!
Crazy Stuff In The News…
WILBUR, Wash. - Residents of a small Washington town say mysterious crop circles have appeared in wheat fields for the second time in three years. Locals in Wilbur, a town of 960 people 65 miles west of Spokane, Wash., said the talk of the town has been the latest crop designs,discovered in late July on the Haden family's wheat farm,The Seattle Times reported. "This is the one where they put the spaceship landing pad down," Keith Haden joked while pointing out a portion of the design, which encompasses five rings of varying sizes and one complete circle.
Haden and most other locals expressed skepticism about any real extraterrestrial involvement in the design, but a previous crop circle discovered in the town in June 2007 brought loads of tourists and research groups to the area.
The Wilbur Chamber of Commerce passed a tongue-in-cheek resolution last year giving "thanks to the Aliens who made Wilbur their Vacation Destination!"
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
18 Aug…
230 days so far this year…135 days remain in 2009
Bad Poetry Day
Cupcake Day
Mail Order Catalogue Day
* Australia – Long Tan Day (also called Vietnam Veterans' Day) named after the Battle of Long Tan
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1587….. Virginia Dare 1st American born of English parents
1834….. Marshall Field founded Chicago-based store chain
1873….. Otto Harbach songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes)
1904….. Max Factor Jr CEO (Max Factor Cosmetics)
1917….. Casper Weinberger US Secretary of Defense
1922….. Shelley Winters [Schrift], St Louis Mo, actress
1927….. Rosalynn Carter Georgia, 1st lady
1933….. Roman Polanski directo
1934….. Rafer Lewis Johnson US, decathalete (Olympic-gold-1960)
1937….. Robert Redford Calif, actor
1952….. Patrick Swayze Houston Tx, actor/dancer
1934….. Roberto Clemente (Walker) Baseball Hall of Famer
1939….. Johnny Preston singer: Running Bear, Cradle of Love
1969….. Edward Norton actor
….. ….. …Christian Slater actor
Events on this day…
1227….. Genghis Khan dies in the district of Qingshui, China, leaving behind a Mongol empire that he had extended across the Asian continent.
1686….. Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
1735….. The Evening Post, of Boston, MA was published for the first time.
1834….. Mt Vesuvius erupts
1835….. Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
1894….. Congress creates Bureau of Immigration
1920….. 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified--women the right to vote.
1958….. Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
1958….. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published
1962….. Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer"
Movie Trivia from Filmsite.org
Name the movies that had these famous lines…Extra credit for the Actor and the Character’s name and the year of the movie.
1. "Your mother's in here with us, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it."
2. "You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass."
3. "I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
4. "He won't come after me. He won't. I can't explain it. He would consider that...rude."
5. "Excuse me while I whip this out."
6. "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!"
7. "I'm your worst f---ing nightmare, man. I'm a nigger with a badge."
8. "Kid, the next time I say, 'Let's go someplace like Bolivia,' let's go someplace like Bolivia."
9. "Wendy? Darling? Light of my life?...I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the f--- in!"
10. "I just hate you and I hate your ass face."
* Bonus: "You shoot off a guy's head with his pants down, believe me, Texas is not the place you wanna get caught."
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1. REGAN MacNEIL/SATAN (Linda Blair) in The Exorcist (1973)
2. MARCELLUS WALLACE (Ving Rhames) in Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. FRENCH SOLDIER (John Cleese) in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. CLARICE STARLING (Jodie Foster) in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
5. BART (Cleavon Little) in Blazing Saddles (1974)
6. AURIC GOLDFINGER (Gert Frobe) in Goldfinger (1964)
7. REGGIE HAMMOND (Eddie Murphy) in 48 HRS. (1982)
8. BUTCH CASSIDY (Paul Newman) in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
9. JACK TORRANCE (Jack Nicholson) in The Shining (1980)
10. CORKY ST. CLAIR (Christopher Guest) in Waiting for Guffman (1996)
* Bonus: LOUISE (Susan Sarandon) in Thelma & Louise (1991)
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Guns. The Second Amendment. Hunting. Violence. Protection. The whole debate is getting out of hand. Today, in Arizona, Obama’s speech at the VFW convention brought out the gun carriers. Some guy who is against any Health Care Reform, showed up with an assault weapon strapped on his shoulder and a handgun at his waist. At least 12 other citizens were seen carrying. No arrests. They were all outside building, and not a danger to the President. It is legal. Arizona is one of a number of states that has made it legal to carry in a restaurant or bar that serves alcohol. Many are pushing to let students carry guns on a school campus. I have taken numerous ‘gun safety’ classes throughout my life. Nowhere do I remember learning that carrying a gun in a public demonstration is a good idea. I thought people got arrested for that. Nowhere do I remember learning that alcohol and weapons make a party. Nowhere do I recall learning that I would feel safer if the teacher or another student was carrying a gun inside the classroom. This seems to be leading to a very bad end. If this gun carrying thing continues, soon, everyone will be carrying. I know that won’t make me feel any safer. The idea that we need to legitimize the fringe is crazy. Obama and/or Congress are not going to take away our guns. Health Care reform is not going to kill poor Aunt Sally. Our leaders need to stop listening to the paranoid.
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Random Facts…
While humans and most species are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sexes!
Crazy Stuff In The News…
WILBUR, Wash. - Residents of a small Washington town say mysterious crop circles have appeared in wheat fields for the second time in three years. Locals in Wilbur, a town of 960 people 65 miles west of Spokane, Wash., said the talk of the town has been the latest crop designs,discovered in late July on the Haden family's wheat farm,The Seattle Times reported. "This is the one where they put the spaceship landing pad down," Keith Haden joked while pointing out a portion of the design, which encompasses five rings of varying sizes and one complete circle.
Haden and most other locals expressed skepticism about any real extraterrestrial involvement in the design, but a previous crop circle discovered in the town in June 2007 brought loads of tourists and research groups to the area.
The Wilbur Chamber of Commerce passed a tongue-in-cheek resolution last year giving "thanks to the Aliens who made Wilbur their Vacation Destination!"
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
18 Aug…
230 days so far this year…135 days remain in 2009
Bad Poetry Day
Cupcake Day
Mail Order Catalogue Day
* Australia – Long Tan Day (also called Vietnam Veterans' Day) named after the Battle of Long Tan
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1587….. Virginia Dare 1st American born of English parents
1834….. Marshall Field founded Chicago-based store chain
1873….. Otto Harbach songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes)
1904….. Max Factor Jr CEO (Max Factor Cosmetics)
1917….. Casper Weinberger US Secretary of Defense
1922….. Shelley Winters [Schrift], St Louis Mo, actress
1927….. Rosalynn Carter Georgia, 1st lady
1933….. Roman Polanski directo
1934….. Rafer Lewis Johnson US, decathalete (Olympic-gold-1960)
1937….. Robert Redford Calif, actor
1952….. Patrick Swayze Houston Tx, actor/dancer
1934….. Roberto Clemente (Walker) Baseball Hall of Famer
1939….. Johnny Preston singer: Running Bear, Cradle of Love
1969….. Edward Norton actor
….. ….. …Christian Slater actor
Events on this day…
1227….. Genghis Khan dies in the district of Qingshui, China, leaving behind a Mongol empire that he had extended across the Asian continent.
1686….. Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
1735….. The Evening Post, of Boston, MA was published for the first time.
1834….. Mt Vesuvius erupts
1835….. Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
1894….. Congress creates Bureau of Immigration
1920….. 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified--women the right to vote.
1958….. Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
1958….. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published
1962….. Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer"
Movie Trivia from Filmsite.org
Name the movies that had these famous lines…Extra credit for the Actor and the Character’s name and the year of the movie.
1. "Your mother's in here with us, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it."
2. "You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass."
3. "I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
4. "He won't come after me. He won't. I can't explain it. He would consider that...rude."
5. "Excuse me while I whip this out."
6. "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!"
7. "I'm your worst f---ing nightmare, man. I'm a nigger with a badge."
8. "Kid, the next time I say, 'Let's go someplace like Bolivia,' let's go someplace like Bolivia."
9. "Wendy? Darling? Light of my life?...I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the f--- in!"
10. "I just hate you and I hate your ass face."
* Bonus: "You shoot off a guy's head with his pants down, believe me, Texas is not the place you wanna get caught."
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1. REGAN MacNEIL/SATAN (Linda Blair) in The Exorcist (1973)
2. MARCELLUS WALLACE (Ving Rhames) in Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. FRENCH SOLDIER (John Cleese) in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. CLARICE STARLING (Jodie Foster) in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
5. BART (Cleavon Little) in Blazing Saddles (1974)
6. AURIC GOLDFINGER (Gert Frobe) in Goldfinger (1964)
7. REGGIE HAMMOND (Eddie Murphy) in 48 HRS. (1982)
8. BUTCH CASSIDY (Paul Newman) in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
9. JACK TORRANCE (Jack Nicholson) in The Shining (1980)
10. CORKY ST. CLAIR (Christopher Guest) in Waiting for Guffman (1996)
* Bonus: LOUISE (Susan Sarandon) in Thelma & Louise (1991)
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Sunday
A very good Sunday. Great weather—80° and no wind. A nice day on the deck. Spent some time out there reading the Sunday Paper and listening to some good music. The only they that would make it better would be a pool. Watching the variety of birds who feed was also nice. Our neighborhood has been invaded by some squirrels. I saw three today. They try so hard to get to the bird feeders, but luckily, I have placed them in places they can’t reach. It’s not that I don’t like squirrels, but they are very hard on bird feeders. Last year they broke three of them while taking more than their share of food. They are fun to watch as they climb, jump, and scramble throughout the pine trees in our back yards.
A forest fire south of Flagstaff has brought smoke to us. The 400 acre fire has 100 firefighters in a canyon. Not an easy place to fight a fire. The winds out there are stronger than here, so that is making it harder too. I sure hope they get it under control. The area to the east is nothing but a huge brown cloud. I know it will settle in here as soon as it cools off. So sad to see so much of the forest burn.
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Random Facts…
Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
Crazy Stuff In The News…
You can blame it on the economy if you like, but you have to appreciate this man’s sense of entrepreneurialism. Police in California, acting on a tip that a man tried to sell a flat screen TV for $100, said they detained a man and found a TV box containing an oven door!
San Leandro police said the man was pulled over last week and officers noticed a box in his car purporting to contain a brand-new, 37-inch Sony TV — but all they found inside the box was a glass oven door disguised as a television.
Police said they pulled the man over because of an anonymous call from someone who said a man tried to sell him a TV for $100 out of his car in a Wal-Mart parking lot and gave police a description of the 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass.
The man, Anthony Myles, 52, was arrested on a charge of driving on a suspended license. Police said no other charges were filed because, selling oven doors to idiots at a hundred bucks a pop isn’t illegal.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
17 Aug…
229 days so far this year…136 days remain in 2009
National Thrift Shop Day
*Gabon: Independence Day—from France—1960
*Indonesia: Independence Day—from Japan & Netherlands—1945
*India : Janmashtami-- the birth of Lord Krishna, an avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu.
**Rastafari Movement—birth of Prophet Marcus Garvey
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1786….. Davy Crockett US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician
1840….. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt England, writer (Irish Land League)
1892….. Mae West Brooklyn, actress
1917….. Isabel Sanford Emmy Award-winning actress: The Jeffersons
1921….. Maureen O'Hara Dublin Ireland, actress
1929….. Francis Gary Powers US spy
1943….. Robert De Niro NYC, actor
1960….. Sean Penn, actor
Events on this day…
1787….. Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups
1790….. The federal capital of the United States moves from New York City to Philadelphia
1807….. Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River
1815….. Napoleon arrived at Saint Helena for the beginning of his exile.
1870….. 1st ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington
1903….. The first Pulitzer Prize was awarded
1948….. Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent
1961….. Building of the Berlin Wall begins
1962….. The Beatles consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison replace the groups drummer "Pete Best" with Ringo Starr.
1969….. Hurricane Camille batters Louisiana and Mississippi, killing over 250 people.
1987….. In Ireland, Dublin city was celebrating its diamond jubilee.
Movie Trivia from Filmsite.org
Name the movies that had these famous lines…Extra credit for the Actor and the Character’s name and the year of the movie.
1. "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."
2. "We all go a little mad sometimes."
3. "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."
4. "Hey, don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love."
5. "She's my daughter! She's my sister! She's my daughter! My sister, my daughter. She's my sister and my daughter."
6. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."
7. "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape."
8. "Because when you're a call girl, you control it, that's why. Because someone wants you...and for an hour...I'm the best actress in the world."
9. "And I say, 'Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.' And he says, 'Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.' So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."
10. "Hitler was better-looking than Churchill, he was a better dresser than Churchill, he had more hair, he told funnier jokes, and he could dance the pants off of Churchill!"
*Bonus: "No, I'm all man. I even fought in WWII. Of course, I was wearing women's undergarments under my uniform."
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1. TERRY MALLOY (Marlon Brando) in On the Waterfront (1954)
2. NORMAN BATES (Anthony Perkins) in Psycho (1960)
3. BEN BRADDOCK (Dustin Hoffman) in The Graduate (1967)
4. ALVY SINGER (Woody Allen) in Annie Hall (1977)
5. EVELYN CROSS MULWRAY (Faye Dunaway) in Chinatown (1974)
6. DAVE BOWMAN (Keir Dullea) in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. TAYLOR (Charlton Heston) in Planet of the Apes (1968)
8. BREE DANIEL (Jane Fonda) in Klute (1971)
9. CARL SPACKLER (Bill Murray) in Caddyshack (1980)
10. FRANZ LIEBKIND (Kenneth Mars) in The Producers (1968)
• Bonus: ED WOOD (Johnny Depp) in Ed Wood (1994)
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A forest fire south of Flagstaff has brought smoke to us. The 400 acre fire has 100 firefighters in a canyon. Not an easy place to fight a fire. The winds out there are stronger than here, so that is making it harder too. I sure hope they get it under control. The area to the east is nothing but a huge brown cloud. I know it will settle in here as soon as it cools off. So sad to see so much of the forest burn.
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Random Facts…
Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
Crazy Stuff In The News…
You can blame it on the economy if you like, but you have to appreciate this man’s sense of entrepreneurialism. Police in California, acting on a tip that a man tried to sell a flat screen TV for $100, said they detained a man and found a TV box containing an oven door!
San Leandro police said the man was pulled over last week and officers noticed a box in his car purporting to contain a brand-new, 37-inch Sony TV — but all they found inside the box was a glass oven door disguised as a television.
Police said they pulled the man over because of an anonymous call from someone who said a man tried to sell him a TV for $100 out of his car in a Wal-Mart parking lot and gave police a description of the 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass.
The man, Anthony Myles, 52, was arrested on a charge of driving on a suspended license. Police said no other charges were filed because, selling oven doors to idiots at a hundred bucks a pop isn’t illegal.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 17…
Weird Contest Week
17 Aug…
229 days so far this year…136 days remain in 2009
National Thrift Shop Day
*Gabon: Independence Day—from France—1960
*Indonesia: Independence Day—from Japan & Netherlands—1945
*India : Janmashtami-- the birth of Lord Krishna, an avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu.
**Rastafari Movement—birth of Prophet Marcus Garvey
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1786….. Davy Crockett US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician
1840….. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt England, writer (Irish Land League)
1892….. Mae West Brooklyn, actress
1917….. Isabel Sanford Emmy Award-winning actress: The Jeffersons
1921….. Maureen O'Hara Dublin Ireland, actress
1929….. Francis Gary Powers US spy
1943….. Robert De Niro NYC, actor
1960….. Sean Penn, actor
Events on this day…
1787….. Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups
1790….. The federal capital of the United States moves from New York City to Philadelphia
1807….. Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River
1815….. Napoleon arrived at Saint Helena for the beginning of his exile.
1870….. 1st ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington
1903….. The first Pulitzer Prize was awarded
1948….. Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent
1961….. Building of the Berlin Wall begins
1962….. The Beatles consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison replace the groups drummer "Pete Best" with Ringo Starr.
1969….. Hurricane Camille batters Louisiana and Mississippi, killing over 250 people.
1987….. In Ireland, Dublin city was celebrating its diamond jubilee.
Movie Trivia from Filmsite.org
Name the movies that had these famous lines…Extra credit for the Actor and the Character’s name and the year of the movie.
1. "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."
2. "We all go a little mad sometimes."
3. "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."
4. "Hey, don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love."
5. "She's my daughter! She's my sister! She's my daughter! My sister, my daughter. She's my sister and my daughter."
6. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."
7. "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape."
8. "Because when you're a call girl, you control it, that's why. Because someone wants you...and for an hour...I'm the best actress in the world."
9. "And I say, 'Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.' And he says, 'Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.' So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."
10. "Hitler was better-looking than Churchill, he was a better dresser than Churchill, he had more hair, he told funnier jokes, and he could dance the pants off of Churchill!"
*Bonus: "No, I'm all man. I even fought in WWII. Of course, I was wearing women's undergarments under my uniform."
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1. TERRY MALLOY (Marlon Brando) in On the Waterfront (1954)
2. NORMAN BATES (Anthony Perkins) in Psycho (1960)
3. BEN BRADDOCK (Dustin Hoffman) in The Graduate (1967)
4. ALVY SINGER (Woody Allen) in Annie Hall (1977)
5. EVELYN CROSS MULWRAY (Faye Dunaway) in Chinatown (1974)
6. DAVE BOWMAN (Keir Dullea) in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. TAYLOR (Charlton Heston) in Planet of the Apes (1968)
8. BREE DANIEL (Jane Fonda) in Klute (1971)
9. CARL SPACKLER (Bill Murray) in Caddyshack (1980)
10. FRANZ LIEBKIND (Kenneth Mars) in The Producers (1968)
• Bonus: ED WOOD (Johnny Depp) in Ed Wood (1994)
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Saturday
Today was National Relaxation Day, and I took full advantage of the opportunity. It was a little breezy but overall it was nice to be outside relaxing. We need to have more days like this. Even being retired does not mean that every day is for relaxation.
Here in Flagstaff we all get these mailers, addressed to Occupant, that are little booklets of advertisements. The one that came yesterday had an interesting ad. Flagstaff Mall will be the venue for a ‘Tea Party’. That’s the conservative group that concerned that we Americans are paying too much in taxes. They claim to be a grassroots organization that is against irresponsible fiscal policy, against intrusive government, for stopping the passage of the Healthcare bills, and effecting positive change in communities. Hmmm. These are the some of the people behind the scenes at so many Town Hall Meetings. These are the people with signs like “Obama’s Plan—White Slavery”, “TEA = Taxed Enough Already”, or they use the swastika on posters about healthcare, “If you want to stop 1984, you need some 1776”. It will be interesting to see how Flagstaff turns out for this event.
This is the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock. I was in college and working out west. I didn’t really learn about it until the movie came out. Great music. When the movie came out, suddenly lots of people from the Northeast had been there. I’m still not sure why they kept their attendance such a secret until there was a hit movie and the music was selling well. I don’t really know if I ever met anyone who was at the first Woodstock. But no matter, the music changed America. The concept also changed our country.
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Random Facts…
Contrary to popular belief, London Broil is not a cut of beef but rather a method of cooking.
Crazy Stuff In The News…
OVIEDO, Fla. - A Florida woman who lost her wallet with $2,000 cash at a store said the money was returned by an anonymous woman who said her daughter had the money.
Oviedo police said the woman was shopping last week at a Charlotte Russe clothing store in the Oviedo Marketplace shopping center when she accidentally left without picking up her wallet from a bench where she had set it down, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla., reported Thursday. Police said the store does not have security cameras and Charlotte Russe employees were unable to locate the wallet. The woman later told police she received a package in the mail containing her wallet, her driver’s license and the $2,000. She said the anonymously mailed package included a note from a woman who wrote she had discovered the items among the belongings of her daughter, who had planned to spend the cash at Victoria’s Secret.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 16…
National Aviation Week
16 Aug…
228 days so far this year…137 days remain in 2009
* Palau-de-Cerdagne, France: Xicolatada is celebrated where Chocolate is believed to cure hangovers
*Cyprus : Independence Day (1960) from UK
*Dominican Republic : Restoration Day (1963) from Spain
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1884…. Hugo Gernsback sci-fi writer
1892…. Harold Foster cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant")
1894…. George Meany NYC, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO)
1913…. Menachem Begin Israeli PM
1925…. Fess Parker Fort Worth Texas, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller)
1930…. Frank Gifford Calif, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster
………... Robert Culp Berkley Calif, actor (I Spy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
1932…. Eydie Gorme Bronx NY, singer
1935…. Julie Newmar Hollywood Calif, actress
1953…. James Taylor rocker
……..…. Kathie Lee Gifford Paris Fla, hostess [see 1930]
1958…. Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) singer
1960…. Timothy Hutton actor
Events on this day…
1743…. Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)
1863…. Emancipation Proclamation signed
1896…. Gold discovered in the Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska
1934…. US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)
1936…. 11th Olympic games close in Berlin
1939…. The famous vaudeville house, Hippodrome, in New York City, was used for the last time.
1948…. Baseball slugger Babe Ruth dies at the age of 53 in New York City.
1954…. Sports Illustrated publishes its 1st issue
1977…. Elvis Presley dies at the age of 42
1984…. The U.S. Jaycees voted to admit women to full membership in the organization.
1987…. Astrological Harmonic Convergence-Dawn of New Age
Word Ends Puzzle: from Readers Digest
Unscramble to name one word Oscar winning Movies
1. CORYK
2. GOLDTIARA
3. OPTONAL
4. HADING
5. THARBEAVER
6. GICOACH
7. BASACCANAL
8. ADAMSUE
9. CINATTI
10. VONGUNFIRE
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Answers:
1. Rocky
2. Gladiator
3. Platoon
4. Gandhi
5. Braveheart
6. Chicago
7. Casablanca
8. Amadeus
9. Titanic
10. Unforgiven
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Here in Flagstaff we all get these mailers, addressed to Occupant, that are little booklets of advertisements. The one that came yesterday had an interesting ad. Flagstaff Mall will be the venue for a ‘Tea Party’. That’s the conservative group that concerned that we Americans are paying too much in taxes. They claim to be a grassroots organization that is against irresponsible fiscal policy, against intrusive government, for stopping the passage of the Healthcare bills, and effecting positive change in communities. Hmmm. These are the some of the people behind the scenes at so many Town Hall Meetings. These are the people with signs like “Obama’s Plan—White Slavery”, “TEA = Taxed Enough Already”, or they use the swastika on posters about healthcare, “If you want to stop 1984, you need some 1776”. It will be interesting to see how Flagstaff turns out for this event.
This is the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock. I was in college and working out west. I didn’t really learn about it until the movie came out. Great music. When the movie came out, suddenly lots of people from the Northeast had been there. I’m still not sure why they kept their attendance such a secret until there was a hit movie and the music was selling well. I don’t really know if I ever met anyone who was at the first Woodstock. But no matter, the music changed America. The concept also changed our country.
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Random Facts…
Contrary to popular belief, London Broil is not a cut of beef but rather a method of cooking.
Crazy Stuff In The News…
OVIEDO, Fla. - A Florida woman who lost her wallet with $2,000 cash at a store said the money was returned by an anonymous woman who said her daughter had the money.
Oviedo police said the woman was shopping last week at a Charlotte Russe clothing store in the Oviedo Marketplace shopping center when she accidentally left without picking up her wallet from a bench where she had set it down, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla., reported Thursday. Police said the store does not have security cameras and Charlotte Russe employees were unable to locate the wallet. The woman later told police she received a package in the mail containing her wallet, her driver’s license and the $2,000. She said the anonymously mailed package included a note from a woman who wrote she had discovered the items among the belongings of her daughter, who had planned to spend the cash at Victoria’s Secret.
Month long events in August
Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August National Immunization Awareness Month… National Psoriasis Awareness Month… Women's Small Business Month... National Back to School month…American Adventures Month…Golf Month…National Inventor’s Month…National Win with Civility Month…What will be your legacy Month
Week of Aug 16…
National Aviation Week
16 Aug…
228 days so far this year…137 days remain in 2009
* Palau-de-Cerdagne, France: Xicolatada is celebrated where Chocolate is believed to cure hangovers
*Cyprus : Independence Day (1960) from UK
*Dominican Republic : Restoration Day (1963) from Spain
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1884…. Hugo Gernsback sci-fi writer
1892…. Harold Foster cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant")
1894…. George Meany NYC, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO)
1913…. Menachem Begin Israeli PM
1925…. Fess Parker Fort Worth Texas, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller)
1930…. Frank Gifford Calif, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster
………... Robert Culp Berkley Calif, actor (I Spy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
1932…. Eydie Gorme Bronx NY, singer
1935…. Julie Newmar Hollywood Calif, actress
1953…. James Taylor rocker
……..…. Kathie Lee Gifford Paris Fla, hostess [see 1930]
1958…. Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) singer
1960…. Timothy Hutton actor
Events on this day…
1743…. Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)
1863…. Emancipation Proclamation signed
1896…. Gold discovered in the Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska
1934…. US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)
1936…. 11th Olympic games close in Berlin
1939…. The famous vaudeville house, Hippodrome, in New York City, was used for the last time.
1948…. Baseball slugger Babe Ruth dies at the age of 53 in New York City.
1954…. Sports Illustrated publishes its 1st issue
1977…. Elvis Presley dies at the age of 42
1984…. The U.S. Jaycees voted to admit women to full membership in the organization.
1987…. Astrological Harmonic Convergence-Dawn of New Age
Word Ends Puzzle: from Readers Digest
Unscramble to name one word Oscar winning Movies
1. CORYK
2. GOLDTIARA
3. OPTONAL
4. HADING
5. THARBEAVER
6. GICOACH
7. BASACCANAL
8. ADAMSUE
9. CINATTI
10. VONGUNFIRE
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Answers:
1. Rocky
2. Gladiator
3. Platoon
4. Gandhi
5. Braveheart
6. Chicago
7. Casablanca
8. Amadeus
9. Titanic
10. Unforgiven
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About Me
- Retired, Not Dead
- Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
- I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.