Life is a long lesson in humility. – James M. Barrie
FOR TODAY – SEPTEMBER 8th – THURSDAY
251st day of 2011 with 114 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
*National Date Nut Bread Day
*Pardon Day
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TODAY IN BIRTHDAYS:
- 1157 Richard I [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)
- 1828 Clarence Cook, Dorchester, Massachusetts, writer and art critic, known for his expertise in archeology and antiquities and was instrumental in the criticism of the collection of General di Cesnola.
- 1889 Robert A. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio, (Sen-R-Ohio, Taft-Hartley Act)
- 1897 Jimmie Rodgers, Meridian, Mississippi, singer and composer, known as “The Singing Brakeman”, “The Blue Yodeler”, and “The Father of Country Music”
- 1915 Frank Cady, Susanville, California, actor (Sam Drucker in Green Acres)
- 1918 Derek Harold Richard Barton, Gravesend, England, chemist (Barton reaction, Barton-McCombie deoxygenation)
- 1924 Grace Metalious, Manchester, New Hampshire, novelist, best known for her controversial novel Peyton Place
- 1925 Peter Sellers, Portsmouth England, actor (Dr. Strangelove, Kato, Bobo, Pink Panther)
- 1930 Robert W. Firestone, Brooklyn, New York, American clinical psychologist, author of a number of books about psychological defenses, and visual artist.
- 1932 Patsy Cline, Winchester, Virginia, country singer (Walkin’ After Midnight)
- 1945 Ron Pigpen McKernan, San Bruno, California, musician (Grateful Dead)
- 1957 Heather Thomas, Greenwich, Connecticut, actress (The Fall Guy)
- 1972 Tomokazu Seki, Tokyo, Japan, [voice actor: Bart Garsus (Vandread); Toji Suzuhara (Neon Genesis Evangelion);Hiromu Shimbo (Chobits);Tomache Massarik (Mobile Suit Victory Gundam); Domon Kasshu (G Gundam); Van Fanel (Vision of Escaflowne); Junpei (Those Who Hunt Elves); Tsukuro Shiratori and Jiro Yamada (Martian Successor Nadesico); Chichiri, Kouji (Fushigi Y gi)]
- 1997 Kimberlea Berg, London, United Kingdom, English actress, known as the voice of Darby in the UK-version of My Friends Tigger & Pooh, airing on Playhouse Disney Channel.
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A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? – Albert Einstein
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HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
- 1504 Michelangelo’s David is unveiled in Florence.
- 1565 1st permanent settlement in US forms (St Augustine, Florida.)
- 1810 The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor’s newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor’s men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
- 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
- 1892 First appearance of “The Pledge of Allegiance” (Youth’s Companion)
- 1900 Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
- 1921 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant’s Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
- 1923 Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.
- 1930 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
- 1935 US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed “Kingfish”, is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
- 1943 World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
- 1951 Japan signs treaty of peace with 48 countries in San Francisco, marking the end of the Pacific War.
- 1954 SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) formed to stop communist spread in SE Asia.
- 1960 In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
- 1966 “Star Trek” premiers on NBC-TV (first episode, “The Man Trap”)
- 1968 The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit “Hey Jude”.
- 1970 Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September
- 1971 In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.
- 1986 The first Oprah Winfrey Show airs.
- 1999 United States Attorney General Janet Reno names former Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian church near Waco, Texas in response to revelations in the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement that contradicted the official government stories.
- 2004 NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
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A concerned husband went to a doctor to talk about his wife. He says to the doctor, ‘Doctor, I think my wife is deaf because she never hears me the first time and always asks me to repeat things.’
‘Well,’ the doctor replied, ‘go home and tonight stand about 15 feet from her and say something to her. If she doesn’t reply move about 5 feet close and say it again. Keep doing this so that we’ll get an idea about the severity of her deafness’.
Sure enough, the husband goes home and does exactly as instructed. He starts off about 15 feet from his wife in the kitchen as she is chopping some vegetables and says, ‘Honey, what’s for dinner?’ He hears no response. He moves about 5 feet closer and asks again. No reply. He moves 5 feet closer. Still no reply. He gets fed up and moves right behind her, about an inch away, and asks again, ‘Honey, what’s for dinner?’
She replies, ‘For the fourth time, vegetable stew!’
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If you can’t afford a doctor, go to an airport.
You’ll get a free X-Ray and breast exam and, if you mention Al Qaeda, you’ll get a free colonoscopy!
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ONE-LINERS : YOU KNOW YOU ARE FILIPINO IF …
1. You want to be a dancer, a singer, or an actor, even though you have a day job as a nurse, a security guard, or an accountant.
2. A member of your family back home is a politician or a movie star.
3. You’re not afraid of black people; in fact, you wish you were black.
4. You don’t care if you are superior to all other Asians or not, because being Filipino is just cool in itself.
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The aircraft was flying into Honolulu when the man in the window seat spoke to his fellow passenger for the first time.
“How do you pronounce it, Hawaii or Havaii?”
“Havaii,” said the passenger.
“Thanks.”
“You’re velcome.”
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pic of the day: Leucanthemum superbum ‘Crazy Daisy’
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A drunk stumbles along a Baptismal service on a Sunday afternoon down by the river. He proceeds to stumble down into the water and stands next to the Minister. The Minister turns, notices the old drunk and says, “Mister, are you ready to find Jesus?”
The drunk looks back and says, “Yes sir, I am.”
The Minister then dunks the fellow under the water and pulls him right back up.
“Have you found Jesus?” the Minister asked.
“No, I didn’t!” said the drunk.
The Minister then dunks him under for a quite a bit longer, brings him up and says, “Now brother, have you found Jesus?”
“No, I did not!” said the drunk again.
Disgusted, the Minister holds the man under for at least 30 seconds this time, brings him up and demands, “For the grace of God, have you found Jesus yet?!!!??”
The old drunk wipes his eyes and pleads, “Are you sure this is where he fell in?”
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Two guys get off a ship and head for the nearest bar. Each one orders two whiskeys and immediately downs them. They then order two more whiskeys and once again quickly throw them back. They then order another two whiskeys apiece.
One of them picks up one of his drinks and turning to the other man says, “Cheers!”
The other man turns to the first man and asks, “Hey, did you come here to B.S. or did you come here to drink?”
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WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!
Q: How do you get 30 British politicians in a telephone box?
A: Tell them there are votes in it
Q: How do you get 30 Brits into a telephone box?
A: Tell them it’s safer than a Tornado
Q: How do you get 30 British MI5 men into a telephone box?
A: Tell them an Iraqi lives there
Q: How do you get 30 British-resident Iraqis into a telephone box?
A: Tell the MI5 men it’s Penton-ville Prison
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My mother once gave me two sweaters for Hanukkah. The next time we visited, I made sure to wear one.
As we entered her home, instead of the expected smile, she said, “What’s the matter? You didn’t, like the other one?”
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A woman goes to the post office to buy stamps for her Hanukkah cards.
She says to the clerk, “May I have 50 Hanukkah stamps?”
The clerk says, “What denomination?”
The woman says, “Oh my word. Has it come to this? Give me 6 Orthodox, 12 Conservative, and 32 Reform.”
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TODAY IN TRIVIA: The best of OPRAH WINFREY
~She may be one of the most renowned faces in all of the United States
~She was the first African-American billionaire in American history.
~She is said to have the ‘Midas touch’ since sales of products she mentions liking on her show rise at times by as much as 500 percent.
~Her net worth is estimated to be $1.3 billion, while she is currently rewarding $100,000 to every person who turns in a declared sex offender. She also recently gave a donation of 10 million to help build the lives of Hurricane Katrina victims.
~She was approached by Tom Cruise and John Travolta to convert into scientologist, but she responded by saying that she wasn’t interested.
~She was also the first woman in history to both own and produce her own talk show.
~She recently spent $40 million creating the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa to fund the education of girls from low-income families, whom she hand-picked.
~It was on this day in the year 1986 when the first Oprah Winfrey Show aired.
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LIFE LESSON: Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. – Eleanor Roosevelt
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QUIP OF THE DAY: To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. – Thomas Campbell
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
THE LAST WORD: Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying “Wow, this is it. I guess I’m happy. I got a home I love. A career that I love. I’m even feeling more and more at peace with myself.” If there’s something else to happiness, let me know. I’m ambitious for that, too. – Harrison Ford
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