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20-28 National
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25-28 Comic Con
International Games of
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Auntie's Day |
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Today’s Quote
“There comes a time when people
get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and
left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Today’s Meme
Today’s Thoughts
Weather guy says monsoon will return
next week. Just a little break this weekend. Nice.
I have been addicted to the Olympics
for decades. I attended some of the ’84 LA Olympics. I got to see Hollyfield
box, met Carl Lewis in a Mafia Pizza joint in Santa Monica, and Patrick Ewing. Just
watching the athletes perform their sport is unbelievable. They are there to
give 100% and they do. For the next 14 days I will be glued to my TV set.
I taped the Opening Ceremony yesterday
and finished watching it last night. It certainly was unique. I’m sure it set a
record for how long it was. I liked the very limited commercials. I had
memories of the Focus Trip with a dinner on a boat down the same route to the
Eifel Tower. The Eifel tower was lit as we passed it on the dinner cruise, but the
Olympic Tower was awesome. The sometimes very heavy rain didn’t stop the boats
or the entertainment on the bridges. I did notice that the announcer called the
S. Korea team as being from N. Korea. Ooops. The American announcers were very
distracting and seemed unprepared. The Olympic flag ride down the Seine was
very unique, as was all the torch bearers who followed the torch till it lit
the cauldron. The lighting was very impressive, but didn’t beat the lighting by
the archer years ago. Then I learned this morning that they hung the Olympic
Flag upside down. Ooops again.
1972 was 52 years ago…
Popular Films
The Godfather
The Poseidon Adventure
What's Up, Doc?
Deliverance
Jeremiah Johnson
Cabaret
The Getaway
Pink Flamingos
Popular Musicians and songs
ABBA
Roxy Music
The Eagles
John Lennon
Paul Simon
Simon and Garfunkel
Rod Stewart
Don Mclean with -- " American Pie
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Michael Jackson with -- " Ben
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Don McLean
Elton John
The Moody Blues
David Bowie
Led Zeppelin
Popular TV Programs
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Sesame Street
The Benny Hill Show
The Brady Bunch
Dad's Army
Hawaii Five-O
Here's Lucy
Phrases used by Old-er People that younger people might not
understand
“Far Out”
The
phrase “far out” was used for something excellent or unbelievable and
symbolizes the hippie culture’s influence on boomer slang. Rooted in the
psychedelic culture of the ‘60s and ‘70s, it conveys enthusiasm and approval,
much like today’s “awesome” or “amazing.” It has fallen out of common usage in
modern times, but you could always try to bring it back!
Did you Know…?
Chimpanzees Have Declared
War On Gorillas
After millennia of seemingly coexisting peacefully,
chimpanzees and gorillas are suddenly in a deadly battle. In early 2019, German
researchers noticed increasing violence between the species while observing
them inside Loango
National Park in Gabon.
While
studying the behaviors of chimps in the park, researchers from the Max Planck
Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and Osnabrück University witnessed a
brutal attack by two dozen chimps on a group of five Western lowland gorillas,
including one baby. The ambush resulted in a long fight between the groups, and the
demise of the baby gorilla. Later that year, another attack by a large group of
chimps took place in the same park. Again, the gorillas were largely
outnumbered, and a baby gorilla died.
While
they're both primates - and are even in the same family, Hominidae -
the two are very different in temperament. Gorillas tend to be gentle, whereas
chimpanzees are well known for their violent tendencies. Although their
aggression has mostly been directed internally, researchers believe chimps may
be feeling increasingly threatened by gorillas due to various changes to their
environment. Decreasing territory and fewer food sources might be making the
chimps extra aggressive. But where and when the war will end, nobody knows.
Historic Events
- 1540 – Thomas Cromwell was
executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason.
- 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the
United States Constitution was certified.
- 1973 – At the Summer Jam at
Watkins Glen, nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins
Glen International Raceway.
- 1996 – The remains of a
prehistoric man were discovered near Kennewick, Washington. (The Kennewick
Man)
Birthdays
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@64 -Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
(1929-1994; cancer)
@84 – Rudy Vallée, American actor and singer (died
in 1986)
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…The End for today…
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