Associate with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; it is better to be alone than in bad company. – George Washington
FOR TODAY – SEPTEMBER 3rd- FRIDAY
246th day of 2010 with 119 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
*National Welsh Rarebit Day
*Skyscraper Day
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- 1856 Louis Sullivan, Boston, Massachusetts, architect (father of modernism, skyscraper)
- 1869 Fritz Pregl, Ljubljana, Austria Hungary, Slovenian chemist, known for microelemental analysis
- 1875 Ferdinand Porsche, Austro-Hungarian, automobile designer (Porsche, VW Beetle)
- 1887 Frank Christian, New Orleans, Louisiana, musician (jazz trumpeter)
- 1897 Sally Benson, Los Angeles, California, writer, best known for her semi-autobiographical stories collected in Junior Miss and Meet Me in St. Louis.
- 1899 Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, biologist (Nobel / immunology)
- 1905 Carl David Anderson, New York City, New York, physicist, Discovered positron and muon
- 1908 Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Moscow, Russia, mathematician (optimal control theory, bang-bang principle)
- 1910 Kitty Carlisle, New Orleans, United States, actress and television personality, regular panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth
- 1923 Mort Walker, El Dorado, Kansas, cartoonist (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois)
- 1942 Al Jardine, Lima, Ohio, musician (The Beach Boys)
- 1943 Valerie Perrine, Galveston TX, actress (Lenny, Superman, I & II/Miss Teschmacher)
- 1969 John Fugelsang, Long Island, New York, actor (CSI, Providence , Coyote Ugly)
- 1965 Charlie Sheen, NYC, New York, actor (Platoon, Wall Street, Young Guns, Spin City, Two & A Half Men)
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We shape our buildings, and then our buildings shape us. – Winston Churchill
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HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
- 1783 Treaty of Paris was signed, officially ending the 7-year American Revolutionary War and recognizing U.S. independence from Britain.
- 1802 William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
- 1803 English scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
- 1812 24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
- 1861 American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
- 1878 Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
- 1914 William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
- 1933 Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union – Communism Peak (7495 m).
- 1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph
- 1939 Britain declared war on Germany. Britain was quickly joined by France, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada.
- 1945 Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
- 1995 eBay founded.
- 1999 87-automobile pile-up on Highway 401 freeway just east of Windsor, Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake St. Clair.
- 2004 The Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of which are children.
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Dave went on a business trip for a few days. When he returned, his wife reported that the dog really missed him. “She spent every night at the front door, waiting for you to come home,” she said.
“What an example of devotion,” Dave replied. “I wonder if you’d be that concerned about me?”
“Honey,” she answered, “if you were gone overnight, and I didn’t know where you were, you can be sure I’d be waiting for you at the front door.”
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A man runs into the vet’s office carrying his dog, screaming for help. The vet rushes him back to an examination room and has him put his dog down on the examination table. The vet examines the still, limp body and after a few moments, tells the man that his dog, regrettably, is dead. The man, clearly agitated and not willing to accept this, demands a second opinion.
The vet goes into the back room and comes out with a cat and puts the cat down next to the dog’s body. The cat sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, poking and sniffing the dog’s body and finally looks at the vet and meows.
The vet looks at the man and says, “I’m sorry, but the cat thinks that you’re dog is dead, too.” The man is still unwilling to accept that his dog is dead. So the vet brings in a black Labrador retriever. The lab sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, and finally looks at the vet and barks. The vet looks at the man and says, “I’m sorry, but the lab thinks your dog is dead too.”
The man, finally resigned to the diagnosis, thanks the vet and asks how much he owes. The vet answers, “$650.”
“$650 to tell me my dog is dead?” exclaims the man.
“Well,” the vet replies, “I would only have charged you $50 for my initial diagnosis. The additional $600 was for the cat scan and lab tests.
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ONE-LINERS :
If we are unlucky enough to be involved in a car accident, of course it is never our fault. The following quotes show what people write on their insurance claim forms. Apparently these are strange but true stories.
1 I collided with a stationary tree.
2. There was no damage done to the car, as the gatepost will testify.
3. Ice on the road applied brakes causing skid.
4. One wheel went into a ditch. My foot jumped from brake to accelerator pedal, leapt across the road to the other side and jumped into the trunk of a tree.
5. The water in my radiator accidentally froze at 12 midnight.
6. I was taking a friend home and keeping two yards from each lamp post which were in a straight line. Unfortunately, there was a bend in the road bringing the right-hand lamp post in line with the other and of course I landed in a ditch.
7.Question: Could either driver have done anything to avoid the accident?
Answer: Travelled by bus?
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It was a particularly tough football game, and nerves were on edge.
The home team had been the victim of three or four close calls by the officials, and they were now trailing the visitors by a touchdown and a field goal.
When the official made yet another close call in the visitors’ favor, the home quarterback blew his top. “How many times can you do this to us in a single game?” he screamed. “You were wrong on the out-of-bounds, you were wrong on that last first down, and you missed a clip in the first quarter.”
The official just stared. The quarterback seethed, but he suppressed the language that might get him tossed from the game. “What it comes down to,” he bellowed, “is that YOU STINK!”
The official stared a few more seconds. Then he bent down, picked up the ball, paced off 15 yards, and put the ball down. He turned to face the steaming quarterback. “And how do I smell from here?
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pic of the day: Shetland Ewe Sheep
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The bartender asks the guy sitting at the bar, “What’ll you have?” The guy answers, “A scotch, please.”
The bartender hands him the drink, and says, “That’ll be five dollars,” to which the guy replies, “What are you talking about? I don’t owe you anything for this.”
A lawyer, sitting nearby and overhearing the conversation, then says to the bartender, “You know, he’s got you there. In the original offer, which constitutes a binding contract upon acceptance, there was no stipulation of remuneration.”
The bartender was not impressed, but says to the guy, “Okay, you beat me for a drink. But don’t ever let me catch you in here again.”
The next day, same guy walks into the bar. Bartender says, “What the heck are you doing in here? I can’t believe you’ve got the audacity to come back!”
The guy says, “What are you talking about? I’ve never been in this place in my life!” The bartender replies, “I’m very sorry, but this is uncanny. You must have a double.”
To which the guy replies, “Thank you. Make it a scotch.”.
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Bob had been shopping downtown all day with his wife and four little children. They were all so tired, he decided to take a taxicab home.
Approaching a cab driver, he demanded, “How much will you charge to drive us to the Bronx?”
“I figure $5 apiece for you and your wife,” said the driver. “I’ll take the four kids along for nothing.”
Bob turned to his children and said, “Jump in kids, and have a nice ride home. Momma and I will take the subway.”
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WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!
The maharajah of an Indian Province issued a royal decree. He ordered that no one was to kill any wild animals while he was the country’s leader. The decree was honored until there were so many Bengal Tigers running loose that the people revolted and threw the maharajah from power. This is the first known instance of the reign being called on account of the game.
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Don’t expect a bonsai tree to grow the miniature planting it.
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New years resolution for the bankrupt gardener was to forget the past and rely on the fuchsia
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When the crop was destroyed, there was no more cranberry source.
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An airliner was having engine trouble, and the pilot instructed the cabin crew to have the passengers take their seats and get prepared for an emergency landing.
A few minutes later, the pilot asked the flight attendants if everyone was buckled in and ready.
“All set back here, Captain,” came the reply, “except one lawyer who is still going around passing out business cards.”
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A couple shared their apartment with a parakeet named “Nicky.”
The exterminator was scheduled to come, so they put Nicky in the bedroom and hung a sign on the door: “Please skip this room. Do not open door. Pet flies.”
The exterminator came. On his receipt he wrote this comment: “Finished all of the apartment except room with pet flies.”
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TODAY IN TRIVIA: Benefits of a Healthy Breakfast
Breakfast is considered an important meal because it breaks the overnight fasting periods and replenishes your supply of glucose. In the morning, after you have gone without food for as long as 12 hours, your glucose levels drop. When this happens, your body compensates by releasing the glucose that has been stored in your muscle tissue and liver, called glycogen. Another good thing about breakfast is that it Works towards weight Loss.
One thing we should remember, skipping this keeps your body in starvation mode and eating a good meal will give your metabolism a boost. If you’re trying to lose weight, the last thing you want to do is keep your metabolism at this lowered state. Taking a healthy breakfast will raise your fat burning capacity. Breakfast, therefore, can boost your energy levels as well as your metabolism for the day. Wake up early and prepare nutritious foods to eat! Be not lazy in preparing, this improves thinking ability and keeps your mental performance at peak.
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LIFE LESSON: The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer. – Thomas J. Watson
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Quip of the Day: The secret to success is sincerity; if you can fake that, you can do anything. – George Burns
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
THE LAST WORD: If you don’t believe in magic, then you can’t believe in reality. – Benjamin Disraeli
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