The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
TODAY – JANUARY 3rd – TUESDAY
3rd day of 2012 with 363 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
*Festival of Sleep Day
* Fruitcake Toss Day
* Humiliation Day
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BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DATE:
- 0106 -BC- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Rome, Italy, statesman/author/philosopher (Academica)
- 1733 Sir Richard Arkwright, Preston, Lancashire, England, industrialist and inventor (invented the spinning frame)
- 1793 Lucretia Coffin Mott, Nantucket, Maine, teacher, Quaker minister, abolitionist, women’s rights activist
- 1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, Burlington, Vermont, First lady (1923-29), teacher for the deaf, voted 1 of America’s twelve greatest living women in 1931
- 1892 J. R. R. Tolkien, British (born in S. Africa), author (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion)
- 1909 Victor Borge, Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian
- 1930 Robert Loggia, Staten Island, New York, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, T.H.E. Cat, Mancuso FBI)
- 1945 Stephen Stills, Dallas, Texas, musician (Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young))
- 1950 Victoria Principal, Fukuoka, Japan, American actress (Dallas )
- 1956 Mel Gibson, Peekskill, New York, American-Australian actor and director
- 1962 Francesca Lia Block, Los Angeles, California, author of many young adult books (Weetzie Bat series)
- 1965 Steven A. LaChance, St. Louis, Missouri, author (The Uninvited: The True Story of the Union Screaming House )
- 1972 Nichole Nordeman, Dallas, Texas, singer (“Beautiful For Me” / “Veggie Tale’s Sweetpea Beauty )
- 1975 Jason Marsden, Providence, Rhode Island, actor (Locker 13, Batman: The Brave and the Bold )
- 1975 Danica McKellar, La Jolla, California, actress (The Wonder Years)
- 1977 Michelle Stephenson, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, singer (Spice Girls)
- 1989 Alex D. Linz, Santa Barbara, California, actor (Home Alone 3 and Max Keeble’s Big Move )
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There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. – John Adams
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HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS:
- 1431 Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
- 1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
- 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
- 1749 Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- 1777 American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
- 1871 Henry W. Bradley patents oleomargarine, “a compound for culinary use”.
- 1888 First wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington DC, along with spiral winding tube-making process.
- 1921 Turkey makes peace with Armenia.
- 1924 British Egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
- 1933 Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
- 1938 The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1947 Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- 1953 Frances Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
- 1959 Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. State.
- 1977 Apple Computer incorporated.
- 1987 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- 1993 In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
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A police officer stops an older man around 1 AM. The cop asks, “Where are you going at this time of night?”
“I am going to a lecture about alcohol abuse and its effects on the human body.”
“Really now? So who is giving that lecture at this time of night?”
The man replies, “My wife.”
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ONE-LINERS:
~ Men like phones with lots of buttons. It makes them feel important.
~ Men like to barbecue. Men will cook if danger is involved.
~ Most men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor, two inches from the door.
~ Men forget everything; women remember everything. Think about it! How many women’s sports use something called an “instant replay?”
~ Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with superheroes. Women have bad self-images because they grow up identifying with Barbie.
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pic of the day: Trees, clouds & moon
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WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!
An ant knocks on the door of a house. The homeowner opens the door. “I Awant a place to stay,” says the ant.
“I have a vacant room you can stay in for free,” says the owner.
The next day the ant brings in another ant and asks, “Can you please allow this ant to stay with me?”
“Oh sure, you can do that without paying any rent.”
Some days later the ant brings one more ant and for the new ant to stay. Once again owner agrees without asking for any rent.
This continues as the ant brings in another ant and another. Then one day, the ant brings in the tenth ant and the owner to allow him to stay as well.
The owner says, “You can all stay here but you all must now pay rent.”
You see, they had become tenants.
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A big-game hunter went on safari with his wife and mother-in-law. One evening, while they were deep in the jungle, the wife awoke to find her mother gone. Rushing to her husband, she insisted on them both trying to find her mother. The hunter picked up his rifle, took a swig of whiskey, and started to look for his mother-in-law.
In a clearing not far from the camp, they came upon a chilling sight: the mother-in-law was backed up against a thick, impenetrable bush, and a large male lion stood facing her. The wife said, “What are we going to do?”
“Nothing,” said the hunter husband, “The lion got himself into this mess, let him get himself out of it.”
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NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS YOU CAN KEEP
Are you sick of making the same resolutions year after year that you never keep? Why not promise to do something you can ACTUALLY accomplish? Here are some resolutions that you can use as a starting point:
~ Gain weight. At least 30 pounds.
~ Stop exercising. Waste of time.
~ Read less. Makes you think.
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TODAY IN TRIVIA: Can sleeping people still use their senses?
The external senses are not completely shut down during sleep. For example, sleeping people are much more likely to be awakened by their own name (spoken at a normal volume) than by other names or similar sounds. However, this sensory drive is very limited. In one incredible set of experiments, people managed to fall asleep with their eyes taped open and the experimenter would then sneak into the room and shine a flashlight on certain objects dangled in front of their eyes (a coffeepot, a comb). None of the subjects remembered the experience, nor did these illuminated objects appear in their subsequent dream reports, even if they were awakened soon thereafter.
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QUIP OF THE DAY: Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly. – Elbert Hubbard
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
Thought for the day. . .
We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance. – Benjamin Disraeli
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