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May 18, 2017 Week: 20 \ Day: 138
86004 Today: H 65° \
L 31° Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 12mph\Gusts: 26mph Visibility: 10 mi
May Averages: 68°\34°
May Records: H: 89° (2002)
L: 7 (1915)
Record High: 82°[1970] Record Low: 21°[1977]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
Sit in reverie and watch the changing
color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
Buy A Musical
Instrument Day Link
(Honor of The Music Man Creator)
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Link
National Museum
Day Link
Mother Whistler Day
Hummus Day
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‡‡Observances
This Week‡‡
14-20
Food Allergy
Awareness Week Link
National Eosinophil
Awareness Week Link
National Medical
Transcription Week Link
National Nursing
Home Week
National Police
Week
National Return To
Work Week
National
Transportation Week
National Women's
Health Week Link
Reading is Fun
Week Link
Root Canal
Awareness Week Link
Salute to Moms 35+ Week
Work At Home Moms
Week
15-21
American Craft Beer
Week Link
National Bike to Work Week Link
International Coaching Week Link
National Foul Ball Week
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
« Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
░░░<§>1500’s<§>░░░
« 1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd's
accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
░░░<§>1600’s<§>░░░
1631 John
Winthrop is elected 1st Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
« 1642 Montreal, Canada, founded
1652 Rhode
Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
« 1843 United Free Church of
Scotland forms
1852 Massachusetts
rules all school-age children must attend school
1896 US
Supreme court affirms legitimacy of racial separation (Plessy v Ferguson)
« 1897 "Dracula", by
Irish author Bram Stoker is published by Archibald Constable and
Company in London
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
1917 US
Congress passes Selective Service Act, authorizing the federal government to
raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through
compulsory enlistment
1926 Evangelist
Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice California She showed up a month
later & said she had been kidnapped
1933 Tennessee
Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams
1934 TWA
began commercial service
1953 1st
woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
1964 US
Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of
citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1980 Mount
St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
1992 US
Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal
defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
1995 "Braveheart"
directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mel Gibson and Sophie Marceau
premieres at the Seattle Film Festival (Best Picture 1996)
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
« 2001 Saudi Arabia selects the
eight foreign companies to take part in its "Gas Initiative," three
core venture gas projects that have an anticipated worth of $25 billion
2014 Adam
Scott overtakes Tiger Woods as the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Eye
doc checked my eye. Healing, but may need a laser treatment to heal completely.
I return in a couple of weeks to do it, if necessary. Meantime, hot packs once
a day.
Morning
shopping at Sam’s and grocery store was successful. Ran a little later than
usual due to eye doc, so parking lots were more packed than I like.
Got
an email that surprised me. I started at Univ of CO in 1967. At all the home
games, Ralphie would run around the field with about 8 guys attempting to
determine his path. Today the email from CU says that they are ready to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ralphie’s first appearance. I didn’t
realize that I was at the first game with Ralphie, I just assumed it had always
happened. Cool.
Our
cable company has made major changes to its HD lineup. Got up this morning to
discover that I have now have to memorize all new channel numbers. I knew the
change was coming, but didn’t realize how this would change my viewing. Took
about 25 minutes to find the new channel lineup on my computer. Then I
discovered that the little box that pops up when you change channels didn’t
disappear like it used to. It just stayed there until I hit ‘exit’. When I got
home from shopping I called the cable company. Had to go through a series of
prompts and with my correct answers, sent a stronger signal to my little box.
Of course that means for the next few hours I have no idea what is on from the
channel guide, but the damn box now disappears after about 5 seconds. I’ll live
with all that. I guess I was lucky because Mary called me because she had no TV
this morning and had to deal with the cable company for 2 hours to get it
working again.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL:
Republican
leader of House says ‘government will grind to a halt until Comey testifies’. Interesting
take on this mess.
Just
as we got accustomed to daily tweets and lots of ‘alternative’ news stories
from the WH, today there is nothing, nada, zilch. The President had several occasions
to answer questions, but he just smiled and walked on.
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
What
pizza chain became the first to deliver pizza to space?
Little Caesars Papa
John's
Pizza Hut Domino's
35.1%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
8→Percentage of US teachers who leave the
profession each year
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‡‡ Joke
For The Day‡‡
I
informed my grandson that our cousin was coming to the swimming pool with us.
He sighed, "Oh no. The H word."
Alarmed, I inquired, "The H word?"
"Yup," he answered. "Hugs!"
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
According
to city officials in Nashville, Tennessee, two years ago, the TSC swinger's
club bought an old church building and wanted to move the swingers club into
it, but neighbors protested as the church building is located next to a
Christian school and other churches.
Legislation was passed to keep the sex club out. So the owner then announced
that he will use the building as a church that was open to members only.
But oddly enough, people began to notice that the 'church' was busiest late at
night on Friday at Saturday. Oh, and only invited members could join the
"services" for $40.
So undercover inspectors went to the church and paid the fee. There they
witnessed consenting adults having sex with one another while other people
watched them in the acts. The city's code inspectors noted in their report that
there was sexual activity throughout the building.
The inspectors found that the church has been turned into a swingers club,
complete with beds that had foot and hand rests. Some rooms had partial walls
allowing for anyone to watch the sex acts.
However, the owners have now received a stop work order as the swingers club is
in violation of its permit to operate as a church.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
Did
you know McDonald's began as a barbecue restaurant? In 1940 the restaurant
opens as McDonald's BBQ. (McDonald brothers founded the first McDonald's
restaurant in California.)
***
In 1955, at age 52 Ray Kroc opens first restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois.
First day sales were $366.12, and the original menu featured hamburgers,
cheeseburgers, malt shakes, French fries, coffee, milk and soft drinks.
***
Jay Leno, one of a number of famous McDonald's alumni, worked at a restaurant
in Andover, Massachusetts, from 1966 until 1968.
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
95- Bill
Macy,
Revere
Mass, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta)
@94- Frank
Capra,
Italian-American
film director (Its a Wonderful Life, It Happened One
Night),
born in Bisacquino, Italy
(d.
1991)
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@88- Perry
Como, [Pierino],
Canonsburg
Pa, singer/TV (Perry Como Show)
(d.
2001)
@84- John
Paul II [Karol Wojtyla],
264th
Roman Catholic Pope (1978-2005), born in Wadowice, Poland
(d.
2005)
@83- Omar
Khayyám,
Persian
mathematician, poet and philosopher
(d.
1131)
@82- [Robert]
Meredith Willson,
Mason
City Iowa, composer (Music Man)
(d.
1984)
@81- Jacob
K Javits,
American
politician (Sen-R-NY), born in New York City
(d.
1986)
@81- Pernell
Roberts,
Waycross
Ga, actor (Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD)
(d.
2010)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@79- Richard
Brooks,
director
(Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood), born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
(d.
1992)
@77- Gary
S. Paxton,
Musician
and songwriter (Monster Mash), born in Coffeyville, Kansas
(d.
2016)
71- Reggie
Jackson,
American
baseball right fielder (NY Yankees, Athletics) nicknamed "Mr.
October"
for his clutch hitting in the postseason, born in Wyncote,
Pennsylvania
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
65- George
Strait,
Pearsall
Tx, country singer (All My Exes Live in Texas)
62- Yun
Fat Chow,
Hong
Kong actor (Better Tomorrow), born in Lamma Island, Hong Kong
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@50- Nicholas
II Alexandrovich,
Last
tsar of Russia (1894-1917), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
(d.
1918)
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
47- Tina
Fey,
American
actress and comedian (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock),
born
in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@92-1973 Jeannette
Rankin,
1st
Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43) and pacifist
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@87-2013 Steve
Forrest,
American
actor (SWAT)
@83-2014 Jerry
Vale,
American
singer
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@79-1955 Mary
McLeod Bethune,
educator
& civil rights leader, heart attack
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@62-1995 Elizabeth
Montgomery,
actress
(Bewitched), cancer
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@54-1990 Jill
Ireland,
actress
(Carry on Nurse, Family), cancer
@50-1911 Gustav
Mahler,
Austrian
composer (Children's Death Songs), heart disease
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
Pizza
Hut
We
know that a man has been to the moon, but did you know that Pizza Hut delivered
a pizza to space in 2001? "Having recorded numerous 'firsts' on Earth, we
also wanted to make history by becoming the first company in the world to
deliver pizza to space," then Chief Marketing Officer of Pizza Hut Randy
Gier explained. The creation and delivery was a collaboration between the
popular pizza chain and Russian food scientists. The crispy crust was topped
with sauce, ooey-gooey cheese and salami. Talk about an intergalactic pizza
party! Source: Pizza Hut Press Release
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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 contains mistakes
and sadly once 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.
☼☼☼☼…And
That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼
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