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Today’s Historical Highlights
1814: Bourbon reign restored
in France
1858: War of Reform (Mexico);
Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
1864: Ulysses S. Grant crosses
Rapidan & begins his duel with Robert E Lee
1886: Haymarket riot in
Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen
1904: Construction begins by
the United States on the Panama Canal
1917: Arabs sack Tel Aviv
1924: 8th Olympic games open
at Paris, France
1953: Pulitzer prize awarded
to Ernest Hemingway (Old Man & The Sea)
1970: National Guard kills 4
at Kent State in Ohio
Free Rambling
Thoughts
Lots of errands completed
today. A nice day to be out and about. The afternoon brought some clouds, but
still nice outside.
Headlines again for AZ…the
crazy guy who stood beside State Sen. Pearce regarding SB1070 and formed a
border militia to stop illegals proved to most of us that he had real mental
problems. He shot and killed 3 adults and one child, including his ex and then
himself. Believe it or not he was running for Sheriff against the Sheriff who
admitted he was gay and denied that he threatened his ex with deportation. Only
in AZ.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up
picture of what?
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NPR Sunday Puzzle
Each word you're given
has the letters C-H within it. Rearrange the letters to come up with an anagram
that begins with C-H. For example, "inch" becomes "chin."
1.
Much:
2.
Ocher:
3.
Peach:
4.
Aches:
5.
March:
6.
Echoic:
7.
Ratchet:
8.
Arching:
9.
Snitcher:
10.
Archaism:
Riddle of the day
Returns tomorrow
Anagram: unscramble—numbers represent the number of letters in
each answer word
Lifestyle Substance
Harper’s Index
Amount employees of
private-equity firm Bain Captial have donated to the campaign of its co-founder
Mitt Romney: $69,500
To the Obama campaign:
$119, 900
Found on You Tube
Planet Earth—
Joke-of-the-day
Three men wanted to cross
a river. They had no idea how to cross it, so one man knelt down on his knees
and prayed "Lord give me the power and strength the cross the river."
suddenly the man became very strong and swam across the river.
The next man thought: if
it worked for him, it'll work for me. So he knelt down and prayed "Lord
give the skills and the strength to cross the river." the man built a
canoe and rowed himself across the river.
The last man thought: if
it worked for both of them, I know it'll work for me. So he also knelt down and
prayed "Lord give me the wisdom and knowledge to cross the river." He
turned into a woman and walked across the bridge.
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
If the painted area of a pencil is smaller than the width of your four fingers, the pencil is too small to use comfortably. Throw it out.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
WAKEFIELD, England - A
British man with 11 university degrees, including a doctorate in philosophy,
said he took a job as a school crossing guard to give back to the community.
Bruce Berry, a member of the high-IQ organization Mensa, said he took a job as a
crossing guard five days a week near the Crofton School in Wakefield, England,
The Sun reported Monday. "I love working for degrees but wanted to do
something for the community. It's nice to get kiddies to and from school
safely," said Berry, who speaks five languages fluently. Berry, who makes
$325 per month at the job, said his father was a teacher at Crofton. "I
feel part of the family there," he said.
Somewhat Useless
Information
Have you ever wondered
what the difference is between "excuse me" and "pardon me"?
According to syndicated etiquette columnist Miss Manners, you should say
"excuse me" when you cause inconvenience to someone and "pardon
me" to let someone know they've caused inconvenience to you.
When humor columnist Erma
Bombeck and her family were based in Centerville, Ohio, her neighbor and good
friend was future talk show host Phil Donahue.
Before finding fame as a
sports columnist, Mitch Albom worked as an amateur boxer, nightclub singer,
pianist, and stand-up comic.
Hollywood gossip columnist Walter Winchell was
the first person to break the news that Lucille Ball was expecting a
"blessed event" in 1952. He was acknowledged on an episode of I Love
Lucy in the song "We're Having a Baby (My Baby and Me)" with the
lyric, "You'll read it in Winchell; we're adding a limb to our family
tree."
The late Ann Landers,
known as Eppie Lederer to her friends, was married to Jules Lederer, who
founded Budget Rent-A-Car in 1958. The couple's only child, Margo Howard, wrote
Slate magazine's "Dear Prudence" advice column for eight years.
Hollywood gossip maven
Hedda Hopper threatened to "out" several stars she suspected of being
gay during her career, despite the fact that her own son, Perry Mason co-star
William Hopper, was homosexual.
Calendar Information
…Happening This Week:
1-7
Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Week
Update Your References Week
Today Is
Great American Grump Out
Intergalactic Star Wars Day
International Firefighters Day
International Space Day
National Candied Orange Peel Day
National Day to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy
No Pants Day
Respect for Chickens Day
Star Wars Day
Tuba Day
Independence Day (Rhode
Island-1776 from GB)
Greenery Day (Japan)
Memorial Day (Curacao)
Youth Day (China)
Greenery Day (Japan)
Memorial Day (Curacao)
Youth Day (China)
Today’s Other Events
1400’s
1494: Christopher
Columbus lands in Jamaica
à
1800’s
1818: Netherlands
& England sign treaty against illegal slave handling
1846: US state
Michigan ends death penalty
1851: 1st major SF
fire
1863: After the Minnesota
uprising of the Santee Sioux, and their subsequent defeat, their lands are
forfeited. The surviving Indians, including those who opposed the uprising and
helped the whites, are ordered to be shipped to a reservation in Dakota
Territory. 770 Santee Sioux board a steamboat in St. Paul for the journey west.
Eventually 1,300 Santee Sioux are transported to an area which can hardly
support life. During the first year, 300 Santee die.
1896: 1st edition of
London Daily Mail (halfpenny)
1896: Grease fire
ignites half ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado
1900’s
1910: Tel Aviv
founded
1919: 1st legal
Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)
1932: Al Capone,
convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
1957: Anne Frank
Foundation forms in Amsterdam
1961: 13 Freedom
riders began bus trip through South
1964: "Another
World" & "As the World Turns" premieres on TV
1972: The Don't Make
A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in
1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation"
1979: Margaret Thatcher
elected prime minister of England
1998: A federal
judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski
four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement
sparing him from the death penalty
2000’s
2001: The Milwaukee
Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the
United States, opens to the public.
2002: Barry Bonds
hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a 3-0 win over
Cincinnati. Bonds is the first player to hit 400 homers for one team and 100
with another
2007: The Scottish
National Party wins the Scottish general election and becomes the largest party
in the Scottish Parliament for the first time ever.
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Hosni Mubarak, Kafr-El
Meselha, Egypt, Egyptian president (1981-2011) is 83
Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic
soprano (NY Met) is 82
In their 70’s
George F Will, political
analyst (Night Line) is 71
à
In their 50’s
Pia Zadora, actress is 56
Remembered for being born on this day
Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian
mystic/poet (Monadjat) in 1006
Frederick Church, US
romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) in 1826
Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belgium,
(Breakfast at Tiffany’s, My Fair Lady) in 1929
Palenque Maya Lord Kan -
Xul I is born according to the museum at Palenque in 490
Francis J Spellman, US
Cardinal in 1889
Milton "Milt"
Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer (X-15) in 1926
Today’s Obits
Dom Deluise, American
comedian, actor dies in 2009 of kidney failure at 75
Josip Broz Tito, leader
of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies in 1980 at 87
Answers
Brain Game: Close Up
Picture
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Riddle of the day
Returns tomorrow
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Much:
a.
chum
2.
Ocher:
a.
chore
3.
Peach:
a.
cheap
4.
Aches:
a.
chase
5.
March:
a.
charm
6.
Echoic:
a.
choice
7.
Ratchet:
a.
chatter
8.
Arching:
a.
chagrin
9.
Snitcher:
a.
christen
10.
Archaism:
a.
charisma
Anagrams
Disclaimer: All opinions
are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from
the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I
have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is
out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also
for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates
may not be totally accurate.
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