9-10-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”

1972 - Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8)

1990 - 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win US Open

1940 - Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb

Free Rambling Thoughts…

A rainy day with lots of thunder and lightning. Fall is certainly in the air here. My downstairs windows are all closed, the upstairs windows are open about an inch. Not time for the furnace quite yet.

When I retired, I bought a cheap clock radio for my workroom. That way I could listen to NPR while on the computer without wasting bandwidth and slowing down my computer. Well yesterday, the light on the digital clock died. I thought there might be a brightness control, but alas, no such luck. I have a CD player/radio that I moved from the downstairs and am back in business. To make it even better, this one has a remote, so I can program stations and not have to use that silly old dial to find the station.

The weatherman sez it’s going to be wet here all weekend. I’m ready. I’ve got a lot to do inside…mostly in the various closets. So much stuff I never use but haven’t shared with others. Think it’s about time to help out Big Brothers and Big Sisters. This is the first place I have ever lived that doesn’t have a linen closet. So all my bedding is taking up bedroom closet space and they aren’t any too big. There must be a better way to store that stuff.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      What was Frank Serpicos' badge number?

2.      What was the name of the Brooklyn bus driver created by Jackie Gleason on his Cavalcade of Stars Show?

3.      Who was the cop hero of Dragnet?

4.      In the Banana Splits, what sort of animal was Drooper?

5.      In Mork and Mindy, what was Mindy's last name?

6.      Who headed the Children's Television Workshop which pioneered Sesame Street?

7.      In Sledge Hammer, what did the Inspector have on his car sticker?

8.      What was the music for Dragnet and who wrote it?

9.      How many Monkees were there?

10.  Roger Davis took on the role of Hannibal Heyes in Alias smith & Jones after previously contributing to the show in which way?

11.  In Fantasy Island what was Mr. Roarke's first assistant called?

12.  In Baywatch, what was Mitch Bucannon's son called?

13.  Which production company was set up by Lee Rich and Merv Adelson?

Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

Hmmmmm…

Percentage of white American who own stocks, bonds, and mutual funds: 49

Of Black Americans: 23; of Hispanic Americans: 16

Somewhat Useless Information…

In 1941, General Mills introduced Cheerioats as "The breakfast food you've always wanted." Four years later, the name was changed to Cheerios.

Cap'n Crunch's full name is Horatio Q. Crunch. The character was invented in 1963, before the cereal was created. Cap'n Crunch was made in response to a survey of kids who said they hated soggy cereal.

Life cereal hit the market in 1961. The famous "Let Mikey try it" commercial aired from 1972 through '84. It was the longest-running commercial in television history.

In 1937, Wheaties held a contest for most popular baseball announcer. Ronald Reagan won the contest and a trip to California. While there, he was asked to do a screen test for Warner Bros., which kicked off his movie career.

Kellogg's Corn Flakes were accidentally invented in 1894 by Will Keith Kellogg. A Seventh-day Adventist and a vegetarian, Kellogg was looking for a way to improve the diets of vegetarian hospital patients. He dried softened wheat and it turned into thin flakes.

In 1910, W.K. Kellogg bought a full-page ad in Ladies' Home Journal announcing the first cereal premium, a book called "The Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures Book."

Yeah, It Really Happened…

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- The expense of replacing stolen signs popular with area vandals will not result in a name change for Stoner Avenue -- at least not immediately.

Minnesota Public Radio reports that the Bemidji City Council has put on hold plans to change the name of the street.

The situation is one that is easy to chuckle at, but the city's problem is a serious one in tight financial times. Some 15 street signs along Stoner Avenue disappear each year and city officials estimate they've probably spent close to $20,000 replacing the signs over the past decade.

Stoner, of course, is a popular term used to describe a drug-using slacker, and the culprits are probably teens who take the signs to hang in their bedrooms or garages.

At a public hearing this week Stoner Avenue residents convinced council members to table the issue, complaining that changing the name would be a hassle for the more than 40 property owners who live along the street.

Those residents would be forced to update their driver’s license and other important documents and databases.

The city agreed to explore options to make the signs less vulnerable to theft, including using different types of screws or using taller sign posts.

Some even support using video cameras to deter would-be sign thieves.

Stoner Avenue is named for Marcus Stoner, who surveyed much of the Bemidji area beginning in the late 1800s. Stoner was Bemidji's first city engineer and Beltrami County surveyor.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

Little Pete came home from the playground with a bloody nose, black eye, and torn clothing. It was obvious he’d been in a bad fight and lost. While his father was patching him up, he asked his son what happened.

 “Well, Dad,” said Pete, “ I challenged Larry to a duel. And, you know, I gave him his choice of weapons.”

 “Uh-huh,” said the father, “that seems fair.”

 “I know, but I never thought he’d choose his sister!”

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Classic CBS TV Show Bloopers of the 1950's

LOST NBC OUTAKES1950's CLASSIC TV SHOWS & FILMS

Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

1-10 

International Enthusiasm Week 

4-10 

National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week:  

National Waffle Week Suicide Prevention Week 6-10 

National Payroll Week: 

Play Days 9-11

Popeye Week

TODAY IS

• Farmers' Consumer Awareness Day
• National Lacemaking Day
• Swap Ideas Day
•  (World) Suicide Prevention Day

 Today’s Events:

IN ARTS

1955 - "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV

IN ATHLETICS

1918 - Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 [$35,880 in 2010US$] each to the winners & $1,000 [$14,352 in 2010US$]  each for the losers

1927 - France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had competed since 1905

1972 - 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR

1997 - Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 HRs in 2 consecutive yrs

IN BUSINESS

1846 - Baptist minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan

IN EDUCATION

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FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1683 - Susquehanna Chief Kekelappan sells William Penn half of his lands between the Susquehanna and the Delaware River.

IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1823 - Simon Bolivar named president of Peru

1882 - 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany

1964 - Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms

1967 - Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British & not Spanish

IN RELIGION

1349 - Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death

IN SCIENCE

1846 - Elias Howe patents sewing machine

2008 - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in the history of mankind is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

IN US POLITICS

1608 - John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va

1776 - George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers

1913 - Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway

1991 - Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination

ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

Gerry Conway, Marvel comics writer (Punisher)turns 59

Guy Ritchie, filmmaker turns 43

1914 - Robert Wise, director (Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story)

ATHLETES

1934 - Roger Maris, Yankee, HR champ (61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961)

Arnold Daniel Palmer, PGA golfer (1964 Masters) turns 82

Bob Lanier, NBA center (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks) turns 63

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Jose Feliciano, PR singer/songwriter ( Light My Fire) turns 66

Colin Firth, actor (The Kings Speech) turns 51

Danny Hutton, Irish rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)  turns 69

1915 - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight)

Ryan Phillippe, actor turns 37

ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1934 - Charles Kuralt,  newscaster (On the Road)

POLITICIANS

1852 - Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief in OK

SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

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Today’s Obits:

1851 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator of deaf dies of lung disease at 63

210 BC - Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China dies after taking mercury pill for immortality at 49

1997 - Burgess Meredith, actor (Penguin-Batman, Rocky), dies at 88

1604 - William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator dies at 59

2007 - Jane Wyman, American actress dies at 90

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

1.      What was Frank Serpicos' badge number?

a.      21049

2.      What was the name of the Brooklyn bus driver created by Jackie Gleason on his Cavalcade of Stars Show?

a.      Ralph Kramden

3.      Who was the cop hero of Dragnet?

a.      Sergeant Joe Friday

4.      In the Banana Splits, what sort of animal was Drooper?

a.      Lion

5.      In Mork and Mindy, what was Mindy's last name?

a.      McConnell

6.      Who headed the Children's Television Workshop which pioneered Sesame Street?

a.      Joan Ganz Cooney

7.      In Sledge Hammer, what did the Inspector have on his car sticker?

a.      I Love Violence

8.      What was the music for Dragnet and who wrote it?

a.      Danger Ahead by Walter Schuman

9.      How many Monkees were there?

a.      Four: Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, and Englishman Davy Jones

10.  Roger Davis took on the role of Hannibal Heyes in Alias smith & Jones after previously contributing to the show in which way?

a.      Narrator

11.  In Fantasy Island what was Mr. Roarke's first assistant called?

a.      Tattoo

12.  In Baywatch, what was Mitch Bucannon's son called?

a.      Hobie

13.  Which production company was set up by Lee Rich and Merv Adelson?

a.      Lorimar

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9-9-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”

1543 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling

1904 - Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913

1945 - 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay & taped into the log

1942 - 1st bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Oregon (WW II)

1965 - Tibet is made an autonomous region of China

1985 - President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa

Free Rambling Thoughts…

Lots of rain this afternoon, combined with lightning and thunder. The NPR station said the weather will be ‘unstable’ for the next 4 days. Hmmm…guess they were right.

The remembrances for 9-11 have started on TV. I must say, when I was watching The Talk, I was taken back to that day. They ran some footage from the filmmaker who was inside the lobby with the NYFD that day. Another film maker has followed five survivors for the past decade. An Asian woman was on the 85^th floor, walked to the 78^th when the plane hit and then was directed down by a stranger. Her story talked about how she was burned over 30% of her body and her recovery. Turns out much of her burns were thermal burns..something I had never heard of. That means the heat actually cooked her muscle rather than fire burning it. She will never fully recover. I don’t plan on watching a lot of these shows, but they will be available from now until Sunday.  As was pointed out, not only did America change, the whole world changed on 9-11. We do have a new vocabulary; we have lost much of our freedoms; and our position in the world has truly changed.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      What was Kojak's first name?

2.      Which role did Richard Chamberlain play in The Thornbirds?

3.      Who was the hero of the cop series Highway Patrol?

4.      What was the name of the boss in Taxi?

5.      ABC cancelled Get Smart after what was blown up in an episode?

6.      Who played the Spencer Tracy film role in the TV sitcom Adam's Rib?

7.      What was the name of the detective in the 70s series Vegas?

8.      Which song did Richard Chamberlain record to the Dr Kildare theme?

9.      Who played the title role in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in the 1981TV movie?

10.  On whose comedy show did The Simpsons first appear?

11.  On which family from where was the Partridge Family based?

12.  Who played the Bing Crosby role in the TV version of Going My way?

Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

Hmmmmm…

• Minimum number of man-made objects orbiting Earth: 22,000

Somewhat Useless Information…

• U.S. textile mills presently convert over half of the cotton they use into clothing.
• The majority of cotton is used for men's and boys' clothing, with jeans, underwear, and shirts topping the list.
• Cotton is a food crop. Almost 200 million gallons of cottonseed oil are used in food products such as margarine and salad dressing. Cottonseed and cottonseed meal are used in feed for livestock and poultry.
• The Cotton Belt covers the southern half of the United States, reaching from Virginia to California. Texas is the top cotton-producing state, harvesting about one-third of the crop each year.
• One bale of cotton can produce 1,217 men's t-shirts or 313,600 one-hundred dollar ($100) bills.
• If all of the cotton produced annually in the U.S. were used to make one product, such as blue jeans, it would make five billion pairs.

Yeah, It Really Happened…

WASHINGTON - A Washington area social worker said she has learned the sperm donor used to conceive her son seven years ago fathered 150 other children.

Cynthia Daily, 48, told The New York Times in an article Tuesday she began a quest for her son's half-siblings by searching a Web-based registry for other children fathered by the same sperm donor. Daily said she set up an online group to track the children and today they number 150 -- with more on the way.

Her story has prompted concern among parents, donors and medical experts about the potential negative consequences of having so many children fathered by the same donor. Britain, France and Sweden limit how many children a sperm donor can father but there is no limit in the United States, only guidelines. Law Professor Naomi R. Kahn of George Washington University said without limits the same donor could theoretically produces hundreds of related children. It's that accidental incest could occur, Kahn said.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

Married couples, both 60 years old, were celebrating their 35th anniversary.

During their party, a fairy appeared to congratulate them and grant them each one a wish.

The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her wand and poof -- the wife had tickets in her hand for a world cruise.

Next, the fairy asked the husband what he wanted.

He said, "I wish I had a wife 30 years younger than me."

So the fairy picked up her wand and poof -- the husband was 90.

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

       The Cowsills The Rain The Park & Other Things

       The Partridge Family - C'mon Get Happy

Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

1-10 

International Enthusiasm Week 

4-10 

National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week:  

National Waffle Week Suicide Prevention Week 6-10 

National Payroll Week: 

Play Days

9-11

Popeye Week

TODAY IS

• Teddy Bear Day
• Stand Up To Cancer Day
• Wonderful Weirdoes Day

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• Japan: Chrysanthemum Day
• Tajikistan: Independence Day (1991 from USSR)
• Uganda: Independence Day (1967 from Great Britian)
• US: California: Admission Day (1850—31^st state)

Today’s Events:

IN ARTS

1926 - National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America

1955 - Elvis Presley's 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan's Show

1971 - John Lennon releases "Imagine" album

IN ATHLETICS

1968 - 1st US Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)

1971 - NHL great Gordie Howe retires

1987 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter

IN BUSINESS

1753 - 1st steam engine arrives in US colonies

IN EDUCATION

1817 - Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College

FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1836 - Alexander Le Grand is appointed by Texas leader David Burnet as Indian Commissioner. He is charged with negotiating a peace treaty with the Comanches and the Kiowas

1850 - The "Robinson Treaty with the Ojibewa Indians of Lake Huron Conveying Certain Lands to the Crown" is signed in Canada

IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1492 - Columbus' fleet sets sail west

1881 - Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid"

1948 - People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed

1985 - Race riot in Birmingham England

1993 - PLO recognizes state of Israel

2004 - Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.

IN RELIGION

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IN SCIENCE

1839 - John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph

1977 - 1st TRS-80 computer sold

IN US POLITICS

1675 - New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag Indians

1850 - Territories of New Mexico & Utah created

1957 - Pres Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction

 ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

1828 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) 

ATHLETES

1919 - Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster

Joe Theismann, NFL QB (Redskins)/sportscaster turns 62

Brett Hull, NHL right wing (MVP 1991, 86 goals)turns 47

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

1928 - Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, US, jazz musician

Angela Cartwright, actor(Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space) turns 59

1899 - Neil Hamilton, actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman)

Michael Keaton, actor turns 60

Hugh Grant, actor turns 51

Cliff Robertson,  actor (Charly)/spokesman for AT&T turns 86

1941 - Otis Redding, rock bassist ( Sitting on the Dock of the Bay)

Adam Sandler, actor turns 45

Dee Dee Sharp, American R&B singer turns 66

Goran Visnjic, actor (TV-ER) turns 39

1919 - Richard Webb, actor (Invisible Monster, Git, Capt. Midnight)

Tom Wopat, actor (Dukes of Hazard)turns 60

ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1890 - Harland Sanders, colonel/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)

POLITICIANS

1887 - Alfred M Landon, (R-Ks) pres candidate (1932, 1936)

1887 - Alf Landon, American politician

SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

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Today’s Obits:

1999 - James Augustus Catfish Hunter, American baseball player dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 53

1996 - Bill Monroe, bluegrass vocalist (created bluegrass music), dies at 84

1915 - Albert Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer dies at 65

1976 - Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82

1978 - Jack L Warner, US movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

1.      What was Kojak's first name?

a.      Theo

2.      Which role did Richard Chamberlain play in The Thornbirds?

a.      Ralph De Bricassart

3.      Who was the hero of the cop series Highway Patrol?

a.      Dan Matthews

4.      What was the name of the boss in Taxi?

a.      Louie De Palma

5.      ABC cancelled Get Smart after what was blown up in an episode?

a.      Statue of Liberty

6.      Who played the Spencer Tracy film role in the TV sitcom Adam's Rib?

a.      Ken Howard

7.      What was the name of the detective in the 70s series Vegas?

a.      Dan Tanna

8.      Which song did Richard Chamberlain record to the Dr Kildare theme?

a.     Three Stars Will Shine Tonight

9.      Who played the title role in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in the 1981TV movie?

a.      Jaclyn Smith

10.  On whose comedy show did The Simpsons first appear?

a.      Tracy Ullman

11.  On which family from where was the Partridge Family based?

a.      The Cowshill, of Rhode Island

12.  Who played the Bing Crosby role in the TV version of Going My way?

a.      Gene Kelly

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Ms PacMan Video Game

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree. All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] may not be totally accurate.

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