The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. - Tommy Lasorda
FOR TODAY – AUGUST 11th – THURSDAY
223rd day of 2011 with 142 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
*Presidential Joke Day
*Son and Daughter Day
*National Raspberry Bombe Day
* Play in the Sand Day
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
TODAY IN BIRTHDAYS:
- 1673 Richard Mead, Stepney, London, English physician. (Known for epidemiology)
- 1870 Walter Bowman, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, soccer player. ( Manchester City)
- 1865 Gifford Pinchot, Simsbury, Connecticut, forester (first chief of U.S. Forest Service and popularized conservation of natural resources), 28th Governor of Pennsylvania
- 1897 Louise Bogan, Livermore Falls, Maine, poet (published in the The New Republic, The Nation, Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Scribner’s and Atlantic Monthly)
- 1897 Enid Blyton, East Dulwich, London, United Kingdom English author (The Secret Series)
- 1900 Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (Archaeological Survey in the Lower Yazoo Basin, Mississippi )
- 1905 Erwin Chargaff, New York City, USA, Austrian biochemist (Erwin Chargaff, Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature 1978)
- 1913 Bob Scheffing, Overland, Missouri, professional baseball player and manager (Chicago Cubs 1957–1959)
- 1920 Chuck Rayner, Sutherland, SK, Canada, ice hockey player ( New York Rangers)
- 1921 Alex Haley, Ithaca, New York, author (Roots)
- 1933 Jerry Falwell, televangelist, conservative commentator
- 1944 Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor (Palpatine – Star Wars)
- 1946 Marilyn Vos Savant, St Louis MO, writer/world’s highest IQ (Guinness)
- 1950 Steve Wozniak, San Jose, California, computer pioneer (co-founded Apple Computer)
- 1952 Bob Mothersbaugh AKA Bob 1, Akron, Ohio, musician (Devo)
- 1953 Hulk Hogan [Terry Bollea], Augusta, Georgia, WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89); actor (Mr. Nanny, Hogan Knows Best, Rocky III)
- 1956 Pierre-Louis Lions, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France, mathematician. (Known for Nonlinear partial differential equations)
- 1964 Jim Lee, Korean-born comic book artist (DC Comics – X Men, Superman, etc.)
- 1970 Teresa Pavlinek, Ontario, Canada, actress. (Creator and star of The Jane Show)
- 1971 Tommy Mooney, Middlesbrough, England, football player. (2008–2009 UD Marbella)
- 1975 Davey von Bohlen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, musician (The Promise Ring, Maritime)
- 1976 Ben Gibbard, Bremerton, Washington, musician (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
- 1986 Richard Keogh, Harlow, England Irish footballer. ( Current team Coventry City)
- 1993 Alyson Stoner, Toledo, Ohio, actress, model, singer and dancer. (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, That’s So Raven)
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
The human mind is like an umbrella – it functions best when open. – Walter Gropius
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
- 1877 Two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, discovered by Asaph Hall.
- 1896 First electric light bulb socket featuring an on-and-off pull chain was patented by Harvey Hubbell of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- 1898 Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- 1903 First U.S. patent for instant coffee was issued to Satori Kato of Chicago, Illinois.
- 1918 World War I: the Battle of Amiens ends.
- 1919 The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
- 1929 Babe Ruth first baseball player to hit 500 home runs.
- 1934 Federal prison opened at Alcatraz Island.
- 1942 Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a frequency hopping, spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
- 1952 Hussein is proclaimed King of Jordan.
- 1972 Last US ground combat unit departs South Vietnam.
- 1999 The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
- 1999 Last total eclipse of the millenium occurred, traveling across many populated areas, making it perhaps the most-watched eclipse of all time, seen by up to 350 million people.
- 2003 NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
- 2003 Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2003 A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112 °F (44 °C), leaving about 144 people dead.
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
Since more and more Seniors are texting and tweeting there appears to be a need for a STC (Senior Texting Code). If you qualify for Senior Discounts this is the code for you.
ATD: At The Doctor’s
BFF: Best Friend Farted
BTW: Bring The Wheelchair
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
CBM: Covered By Medicare
CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
FYI: Found Your Insulin
GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
GHA: Got Heartburn Again
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
LOL: Living On Lipitor
LWO: Lawrence Welk’s On
OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
ROFL… CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing…Can’t Get Up
SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop
TTYL: Talk To You Louder
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
WTFA: Wet The Furniture Again
WTP: Where’s The Prunes?
WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil
LMGA: Lost My Glasses Again
GGLKI: Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
The judge asked the defendant standing before him what he was charged with. “Doing my Christmas shopping early,” was the reply.
“That not illegal. How early were you shopping?”
“Before the store opened,” he replied.
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
ONE-LINERS : YOU KNOW YOU LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN:
Getting a really great parking spot can move you to tears.
You know that anyone wearing shorts in June is just visiting from Ohio.
A man walks on BART in full leather regalia and crotchless chaps. You don’t notice.
You curse those stupid tourists – but always stop to help a cute person who is holding a city map, looking puzzled.
Each time you drive under an underpass, for one moment you think ‘earthquake.’
Your co-worker tells you s/he has eight body piercings – none are visible.
You take the bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
The guy who cuts your hair is straight, and your plumber is gay.
The woman who delivers your mail is straight, and your Mary Kay Lady is gay.
Old friends you haven’t talked to in years suddenly call. ‘Do you have a spare bedroom for a weekend?’
You think anyone wearing a George Clooney haircut is visiting from the Midwest.
You can’t remember… Is pot still illegal?
You go to your office manager’s baby shower. The parents are named Judy and Becky.
You have a very strong opinion where your coffee beans are grown, and are willing to fight about it.
Your boss runs in ‘The Bay to Breakers’ … it’s the first time you have seen him/her nude.
Your child’s 3rd grade teacher has a nose ring and is named ‘Breeze’.
You haven’t been to Fisherman’s Wharf since the first month you moved to the Bay Area.
You are thinking of taking an adult education class, but you can’t decide between a Yoga, Channeling, or Building Your Web Site class.
You realize the only Republicans you know are your Aunt and Uncle in Georgia.
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
Negotiations between union members and their employer were at an impasse. The union denied that their workers were flagrantly abusing their contract’s sick-leave provisions.
One morning at the bargaining table, the company’s chief negotiator held aloft the morning edition of the newspaper, “This man,” he announced, “called in sick yesterday!”
There on the sports page, was a photo of the supposedly ill employee, who had just won a local golf tournament with an excellent score.
The silence in the room was broken by a union negotiator. “Wow,” he said. “Think of what kind of score he could have had if he hadn’t been sick!”
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
pic of the day: Playing in the sand..
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
“What happened?” asked the hospital visitor of the heavily bandaged man sitting up in bed.
“Well, I went down to Margate at the weekend and decided to take a ride on the roller coaster. As we came up to the top of the highest loop, I noticed a little sign by the side of the track. I tried to read it but it was very small and I couldn’t make it out. I was so curious that I decided to go round again, but we went by so quickly that I couldn’t see what the sign said. By now, I was determined to read that sign so I went round a third time. As we reached the top, I stood up in the car to get a better view.”
“And did you manage to see what the sign said this time?” asked the visitor.
“Yes.”
“What did it say?”
“Don’t stand up in the car!”
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
A shopkeeper was dismayed when a brand new business much like his own opened up next door and erected a huge sign which read ‘BEST DEALS.’
He was horrified when another competitor opened up on his right, and announced its arrival with an even larger sign, reading ‘LOWEST PRICES.’
The shopkeeper panicked, until he got an idea. He put the biggest sign of all over his own shop. It read:
‘MAIN ENTRANCE’
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!
The French will eat almost anything. A young cook decided that the French would enjoy feasting on rabbits and decided to raise rabbits in Paris and sell them to the finer restaurants in the city. He searched all over Paris seeking a suitable place to raise his rabbits. None could be found.
Finally, an old priest at the cathedral said he could have a small area behind the rectory for his rabbits. He successfully raised a number of them, and when he went about Paris selling them, a restaurant owner asked him where he got such fresh rabbits. The young man replied, “I raise them myself, near the cathedral. In fact, I have … a hutch back of Notre Dame.
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
A young man was sitting next to me in one of the two “husband chairs” in a ladies’ clothing store.
After 30 minutes and five outfits, the fellow’s wife came out of the changing room again.
He looked at her and immediately said: “That looks good on you. Get that one.”
“Honey,” she replied, “this is what I was wearing when we came in.”
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
A young woman was recently hired at an office. Her first task was to go out for coffee. Eager to do well her first day on the job, she grabbed a large thermos and hurried to a nearby coffee shop. She held up the thermos and the coffee shop worker quickly came over to take her order.
She asked, “Is this big enough to hold six cups of coffee?” The coffee shop worker looked at the thermos, hesitated a few seconds, then finally replied, “Yeah. It looks like about six cups to me.”
“Oh good!” she sighed in relief. “Then give me two regular, two black, and two decaf.”
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
TODAY IN TRIVIA: PLAY in the SAND, best for your kids!
Sand, similar to water, is a calming, captivating and pleasurable medium for young children. Even adults are caught occasionally running sand through their fingers, enjoying the texture and the qualities of this wonderful and natural substance.
Sand is usually found outdoors in a sandbox or indoors in the sand table – an early childhood setting. Wherever the sand is located, it is expected to be a busy and popular site. There is no wrong way to play with this open-ended material, hence, sand play is one of the areas where children can be involved. Sand is definitely an essential component of any developmentally appropriate play setting.
It is fun and no need for more justification on that part. There are many benefits of playing in the sand, the first being the development of the sense of touch through the texture of the sand. Sand play also develops the arm, wrist, and hand muscles, uses grasping and wrist control. It provides for creativity and imagination and is relaxing for the child. While playing with sand, a child also develops eye-hand coordination, experimentation with volume, weight, and measurement.
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
LIFE LESSON: In three words I can sum up what I know about life: It goes on. – Robert Frost
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
QUIP OF THE DAY: A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. – George Bernard Shaw
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
THE LAST WORD: There must be more to life than having everything. – Maurice Sendak
Related Posts :
No related posts.