Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. – Jim Rohn
TODAY – FEBRUARY 16th – THURSDAY
47thth day of 2012 with 319 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
*Do a Grouch a Favor Day
* National Almond Day
* Lithuanian Independence Day
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BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DATE:
- 1698 Pierre Bouguer, Paris, France, mathematician , known as “the father of naval architecture”
- 1802 Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, Lebanon, New Hampshire, philosopher/ inventor (bandsaw, daguerreotypes)
- 1843 Henry Martyn Leland, Barton, Vermont, machinist, inventor, engineer & industrialist (founded Cadillac & Lincoln)
- 1884 Robert Flaherty, Iron Mountain, Michigan, filmmaker / father of documentary film (Nanook of North)
- 1903 Edgar Bergen, Chicago, Illinois, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy)
- 1909 Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence, Kansas, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver)
- 1909 Richard McDonald, Manchester, New Hampshire, fast food entrepreneur, established the first McDonald’s restaurant at 14th and E street in San Bernardino, California in 1940
- 1935 Sonny Bono, Detroit, Michigan, singer / politician (Sonny and Cher)/(Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98)
- 1953 Roberta Williams, computer game designer (Sierra Online – King’s Quest, The Dark Crystal)
- 1956 James Ingram, Akron, Ohio, singer (Just Once, What About Me?, Forever More -I’ll Be the One )
- 1957 LeVar Burton, Landstuhl, Germany, actor (Roots, Geordi La Forge – Star Trek: The Next Generation; Reading Rainbow)
- 1959 John P McEnroe, Wiesbaden, West Germany (US Military Base), tennis player (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84)
- 1964 Christopher Eccleston, Lancashire England, actor (9th incarnation of Dr. Who; Seeker in “The Dark is Rising“; G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
- 1972 Sarah Clarke, St. Louis, Missouri, actress (24, Twilight, Trust Me)
- 1973 Maureen Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, author (The Key to the Golden Firebird )
- 1974 Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Oakland, California, actor (The 4400, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- 1975 Don Jeffcoat, Gulfport, Mississippi, actor (The Wonder Years, Wild and Crazy Kids )
- 1978 John Tartaglia, Maple Shade, New Jersey, Broadway actor and Muppeteer (back-up for Elmo)
- 1980 Agim Kaba, New York City, actor and film producer (As the World Turns )
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. – William James
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HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS:
- 1852 Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
- 1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- 1868 In New York City the Jolly Corks organization is renamed the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
- 1883 ”Ladies Home Journal” begins publishing.
- 1918 Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day).
- 1923 Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamen.
- 1932 James Markham of Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards of Louisiana, Missouri was issued a patent for “a peach tree that ripens later than other varieties”.
- 1937 Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
- 1961 Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
- 1961 The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.
- 1968 In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
- 1978 The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
- 1996 Shaquille O’Neal, at the time playing for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association, makes his only career 3-point shot against the Milwaukee Bucks.
- 1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history.
- 2006 The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
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Harry and BJ’s plane crashed in the middle of the desert. Fortunately, neither are seriously hurt. Harry states, “We are doomed to die. We are lost in the desert with little food and water.”
BJ retorts, “Harry, it is not your time to die. You will live until that time.”
Harry felt better and together they started walking.
The walked and walked, the heat beating down upon them.
Harry sank to his knees and looked to heaven and pleaded, “Lord take me now, it is too hard to walk anymore. I am thirsty and I am hungry. Please take me.”
BJ simply states, “Harry it is not your time.”
BJ helps Harry up and together they struggle on.
The night comes and with it freezing temperatures.
Again Harry pleads, “Let me die please.”
BJ responds, “Harry it is not your time.”
In the morning, Harry wakes up and reaches for the last of his drink only to find it missing, along with his food.
Harry sees BJ walking over the next sand dune and yells at him, “BJ did you see my canteen and food? Without them I will surely die today!”
BJ responds, “I have them Harry. Remember what I said to you about your time to die?
“Yes,” Harry says hoarsely.
“Well today, is your time. Bye.” BJ disappears over the sand dune.
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ONE-LINERS:
~Procrastination has it’s good side. You always have something to do tomorrow.
~Sometimes the best helping hand you can give is a good, firm push.
~My knight in shining armor turned out to be a loser in aluminum foil.
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pic of the day: Bridge Day in WV
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WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!
~I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
~She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.
~A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
~Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
~I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
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A college professor asked his class a question. If Philadelphia is 100 miles from New York, and Chicago is 100 from Philadelphia, and Los Angeles is 2000 miles from Chicago, how old am I?
One student in the back of the class raised his hand, and when called upon, said, “Professor, you’re 44.”
The Professor said, “You’re absolutely correct. But tell me, how did you arrive at the answer so quickly?”
The student said, “You see, Professor, I have a brother who is 22, and he’s HALF nuts.”
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Questions and answers about Mad Cow disease.
Q. If I drink milk from an infected cow, will it harm me?
A. Of course not. I drink 5 glasses of milk a day and it doesnt bither me a bot. I am the same today as I was tomorrow.
Q. So how can I tell if I am infected from this meat?
A. They say memory is affected. What was your question?
Q. What can you do with infected cattle? Killing them seems so inhumane.
A. Well I have six in my back yard and they think they are a herd of geese.
Q. Is it true the infected cows come from Canada?
A. Let’s listen to the cows and see: “Eh Mooo, eh moo, eh meow …”
Q. Are there any infected cows in Quebec?
A. Again let’s listen: “Le Moo, Le Moo, Le meow …”
Q. How can you detect Mad cow disease in a bull?
A. He would be the one wearing high heels.
Mad cow disease is overrated. I have been eating meat from mad cows for years and it hasn’t affected my ability to turn invisible.
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TODAY IN TRIVIA: The Man Who Brought Us Cadillac and Lincoln
~It was Henry Leland who founded, Cadillac and Lincoln. And today is his birthday.
~The country’s most underrated automaker, Leland focused on precision manufacturing and put American automobiles on the world stage.
~In 1909, the General Motors Company bought Cadillac for almost $6 million, and GM President Walter Durant asked Leland and his son, Wilfred, to stay and run the division.
~In 1917, when the U.S. entered World War I, Leland wanted Cadillac to produce airplane engines, and when Durant refused, Leland left. But at 73 years old, he stood on the cusp of another great achievement.
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QUIP OF THE DAY: God helps those who help themselves. – Aesop
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
Thought for the day. . .
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. – Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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