Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
FOR TODAY – NOVEMBER 15th – TUESDAY
319th day of 2010 with 46 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
* American Enterprise Day
* Clean Your Refrigerator Day
* America Recycles Day
* George Spelvin Day
* National Philanthropy Day
* National Raisin Bran Cereal Day
* National Spicy Hermit Cookie Day
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TODAY IN BIRTHDAYS:
- 1868 Emil Racovita, Iaşi, Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist and explorer of Antarctica, he was one of the most noted promoters of natural sciences in Romania
- 1887 Georgia O’Keeffe, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, painter (Cow’s Skull; chiefly painted rocks, shells, animal bones, flowers, abstract landscapes)
- 1887 Marianne Moore, Kirkwood, Missouri, poet (The Selected Letters of Marianne Moore; Pulitzer 1951)
- 1905 Mantovani, Venice Italy, orchestra leader/composer (Mantovani)
- 1919 Joseph Albert Wapner, Los Angeles, California, former judge (People’s Court)
- 1922 David Sidney Feingold, Chelsea, Massachusetts, biochemist
- 1929 Edward Asner, Kansas City, Kansas, actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant; Carl Fredricksen in Pixar film “Up“)
- 1932 Clyde McPhatter, Durham, North Carolina , singer (Why Can’t We Get Together / Mixed Up Cup, I’ll Belong to You /Book of Memories)
- 1940 Sam Waterston, Cambridge, Maine, actor (Law & Order, Capricorn One, Heaven’s Gate, The Killing Fields)
- 1966 Rachel True, New York City, New York, actress (Killing of Wendy , Pink Eye )
- 1973 Jesse Merz, Hood River, Oregon, actor (The Green Piece)
- 1973 Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Los Angeles, California, actress (Grindhouse , Knight Rider (2008 film) )
- 1976 Brandon DiCamillo, West Chester, Pennsylvania, comedian (Hotdog Casserole, The Vampires of Zanzibar)
- 1977 Peter Mark Andrew Phillips, grandson Queen Elizabeth II(father: Mark Phillips, former Captain in the Queen’s Dragoon Guards. mother: The Princess Anne, Princess Royal, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.)
- 1977 Sean Murray, Bethesda, Maryland, actor (Timothy McGee / NCIS ; JAG)
- 1988 Zena Grey, New York, actress (The Shaggy Dog, Snow Day)
- 1988 Bobby Ray, AKA B.o.B, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, recording artist and producer (Nothin’ on You , Airplanes )
- 1991 Shailene Woodley, Simi Valley, California, actress (The Secret Life of the American Teenager )
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We cannot solve life’s problems except by solving them. – M. Scott Peck
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HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
- 1806 Explorer Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (it was later named Pikes Peak).
- 1926 NBC on-air debut with a radio network of 24 stations.
- 1939 In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
- 1956 The first film starring Elvis Presley, Love Me Tender, is released.
- 1966 Gemini XII returns to Earth, splashing down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1967 The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
- 1968 The US Air Force launches Operation Commando Hunt, a large-scale bombing campaign against the Ho Chi Minh trail.
- 1969 Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic “March Against Death”.
- 1969 In Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy’s restaurant.
- 1971 Intel releases world’s first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
- 1979 A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
- 1985 A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
- 1989 Tornado on Airport Road in Huntsville, Alabama, killing 21 people and injuring nearly 500.
- 1999 Popular virtual pets internet website Neopets released by British college students Adam Powell and Donna Williams.
- 2000 Jharkhand state comes into existence in India.
- 2001 Microsoft releases the Xbox, the company’s first video game console. The first games released are Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2x, Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding, Nascar Thunder 2002, Transworld Surf, Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee, Project Gotham Racing, NFL Fever 2002, F1 2002, Madden NFL 2002, Dead or Alive 3, and Halo (which turns out to be the best selling game for Xbox of all time).
- 2005 Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.
- 2007 Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroyed the world’s largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans.
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Three old men were sitting on a bench in Florida when a reporter approached them. ‘I wonder if you three would be willing to do an interview and tell us your secret to long life,’ the reported asked. The three old men agreed.
The first old man was asked his secret to his long life. ‘I never drank alcohol, I never smoked tobacco and I have been married to the same woman for fifty years.’ ‘Wow, thats really remarkable!’ said the reporter. ‘And how old are you?’ he asked the second man. ‘I’m 93,’ said the man.
The second man was asked the same question on his secret to long life. ‘I drank on occasion, I smoked, but not often and I dated some.’ ‘And how old are you?’ asked the reporter. ‘I’m 91,’ said the old man.
Finally, the reporter approached the third old man and asked his secret to a long life. ‘I dated every woman that would go out with me, I drank until I passed out and I smoked three packs of cigarettes a day.’ ‘Wow!’ said the reporter. ‘And how old are you?’ ’29,’ replied the man.
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A preacher was made aware that he had a deacon in his church who was from time to time known to cuss.
In his attempt to help the deacon overcome this terrible habit, the preacher decided he should spend some personal time with the deacon so they could have a long talk about the problem. The preacher decided to ask the deacon to go fishing thinking that might provide an opportunity to talk.
They were out in a boat and had their lines in the water when the preacher hooked a BIG one. It put up a mighty fight, but finally he reeled the fish up to the edge of the boat. It was the biggest fish the preacher had ever caught. But, just as the minister started to pull his catch into the boat, the fish slipped off the hook and got away.
Thoroughly disgusted, the preacher looked over and said, “Deacon, somethin’ needs to be said here!”
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ONE-LINERS : 22 Lines To Make You Smile
1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn’t.
2. I Work Hard Because Millions On Welfare Depend on Me!
3. Some people are alive only because it’s illegal to kill them.
4. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
5. Don’t take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.
6. You’re just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
7. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
8. I’m not a complete idiot — Some parts are just missing.
9. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
10. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
11. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
12. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
13. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
14. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
15. Being “over the hill” is much better than being under it!
16. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
17. Procrastinate Now!
18. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
19. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
20. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
21. The trouble with life is there’s no background music.
22. The original point and click tool was a Smith and Wesson.
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A cowboy was walking down the street with his new pet dachshund when a passerby asked him why in the world he would buy such an “uncowboylike” dog.
The cowboy answer, “somebody told me to get along little doggie.”
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pic of the day: Are you Fed Up?
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Q: How many kids with ADD does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: You wanna go ride bikes!?!?!
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“Dear, must you spend so much money on food?”
“Sorry, darling, but you and the kids just won’t eat anything else!”
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At a cocktail party, the hostess overheard the conversation of a handsome gentleman and his friend.
“Oh, I really love her. I adore her,” said the handsome gentleman.
“I would love her too, if she were mine,” agreed his friend.
“I love the way she walks, and the way she moves, and her eyes are a beautiful brown color.”
“You’re very lucky,” said his friend.
“And do you know what I like the best?” asked the gentleman. “I love the way she kisses my ear.”
“Sir,” the hostess said, “I couldn’t help listening to your lovely words. In this day of divorce, I respect a man who loves his wife so much!”
“My wife?!” said the gentleman, very surprised. “I was talking about my champion race horse!
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WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!
A man recently invented a knife that cuts four loaves of bread simultaneously.
He calls his invention a four-loaf cleaver.
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother
Cinderella was thrown off the basketball team because she ran away from the ball.
Compare a prisoner in shackles to one unshackled. It’s the difference of a pinion.
Corduroy pillows are making headlines.
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Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the sea, this captain and his crew were always in danger of being boarded by pirates from a pirate ship.
One day while they were sailing, they saw that a pirate ship had sent a boarding party to try and board their ship. The crew became worried, but the Captain was calm.
He bellowed to his First Mate, “Bring me my red shirt!”
The First Mate quickly got the Captain’s red shirt, which the captain put on. Then he led his crew into battle against the mean pirates. Although there were some casualties among the crew, the pirates were defeated.
Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two pirate vessels sending two boarding parties towards their ship. The crew was nervous, but the Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, “Bring me my red shirt!” And once again the battle was on!
The Captain and his crew fought off the boarding parties, though this time more casualties occurred.
Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting the day’s events when an ensign looked at the Captain and asked, “Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the battle?”
The Captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give, explained, “If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does not show the blood, so you men will continue to fight unafraid.” The men sat in silence. They were amazed at the courage of such a man.
As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were pirate ships, 10 of them, all with boarding parties on their way. The men became silent and looked to the Captain, their leader, for his usual command.
The Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, ‘Bring me my brown pants!!!’
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Walking up to a department store’s fabric counter, a pretty girl asked the clerk, “I want to buy this material for a new dress. How much does this cost?”
“Only a kiss a yard, ” replied the smirking male clerk.
“That’s fine,” replied the girl. “I’ll take ten yards.”
With expectation and anticipation showing all over his face, the clerk hurriedly measured out and wrapped the cloth, then held it out teasingly.
The girl took the package, smiled a big smile at the clerk, and then pointed to an old man standing next to her. “Grandpa will pay the bill! Goodbye!” she laughed and walked away.
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TODAY IN TRIVIA: Facts on Refrigerators
~Carl von Linde, a German engineer is the one who invented refrigerators.
~More than 46 million appliances – were recycled in 1997. And refrigerator in one of the appliances recycled.
~The amount of steel recycled from appliances in 1997 would equal the amount needed to build 88 new baseball stadiums the size of the new BancOne Field in Phoenix, AZ.
~The steel weight of the average refrigerator is 100 pounds; the average weight of a 10 year old is 75 pounds. This goes to show the refrigerators is much heavier than a 10 year old kid.
~Because of steel, you can display your latest artwork on the door of the refrigerator. Steel’s magnetic attraction also makes it one of the easiest materials to recycle.
~You can enjoy the taste of cold, refreshing water, and avoid the hassle of buying bottled water, when your new refrigerator has a built-in water filter.
~ Are you still using the 1980 refrigerator model? Let go of it now! Did you know that you can save over $50 a year in energy costs by purchasing new models? New refrigerators offer more features, more capacity, more style and they save money, too!
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LIFE LESSON: Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to give it. – Agatha Christie
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QUIP OF THE DAY: You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
THE LAST WORD: Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. – Mohandas K. Gandhi
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