The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. – Saint Jerome
FOR TODAY – FEBRUARY 24th – WEDNESDAY
55th day of 2010 with 310 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
* Estonian Independence Day
* Flag Day (Mexico)
* National Tortilla Chip Day
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TODAY IN BIRTHDAYS:
1766 Samuel Wesley, England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo)
1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Germany, folklorist (Grimm’s Fairy Tales)
1836 Winslow Homer, Boston Mass., landscape artist (marine subjects)
1885 Admiral Chester Nimitz, Fredericksburg TX, US Admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WWII)
1917 William Fairbank, Minneapolis MN, physicist (superconductivity)
1921 Abe Vigoda, New York NY, actor (Barney Miller, Fish)
1938 James Farentino, Brooklyn NY, actor (Dead & Buried, Final Countdown, Blue Thunder, ER)
1946 Barry Bostwick, San Mateo CA, actor (Spin City, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Lexx, Megaforce, Challenger, Scruples, Foul Play)
1947 Edward James Olmos, Los Angeles CA, actor (Commander Adama/ Battlestar Galactica, Miami Vice, Stand & Deliver)
1955 Steve Jobs, San Francisco, computer pioneer (co-founder Apple, previous CEO Pixar, Walt Disney Board Directors)
1959 Beth Broderick, Falmouth KY, actress (Aunt Zelda/Sabrina Teenage Witch, Hearts Afire, Lost)
1966 Billy Zane, Chicago IL, actor (Caledon Hockley/Titanic; Dead Calm, Twin Peaks, The Phantom)
1972 Manon Rheaume, Qu�bec Canada, 1st female NHLer (Tampa Bay)
1979 Jesse Billauer, Pacific Palisades CA, quadriplegic surfer (Step into Liquid)
1991 Madison Hubbell, Lansing MI, ice dancer
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. – Abraham Lincoln
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HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1803 In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the US establishes the principle of judicial review.
1831 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
1839 Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia.
1863 Arizona Territory created.
1918 Estonia declares independence from Russia.
1938 Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles.
1942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German).
1970 National Public Radio is founded in the United States.
1981 Britain’s Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer.
2002 XIX winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City UT/Québec City.
2008 Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
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A Truck ran a red light, almost side swiping our car. As my husband veered away, he threw his arm across me, protecting me from a possible collision. I was ready to plant a big kiss on my hero’s cheek when he apologized. In his haste, he admitted, he had forgotten it was me in the front seat and not our black Labrador, Checkers.
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My five year old daughter asked me the question I’d been dreading. “Mommy , how are babies made?” I did my best to explain but she still looked confused.
“What about kittens? She asked.
“Well it’s exactly then same way, ” I said.
“Wow!” she said excitedly. “My daddy can do anything”
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ONE-LINERS : Questions that need answers…
– Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, “I think I’ll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?”
– Who was the first person to say, “See that chicken there? I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it’s butt.”
– Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
– If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
– Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?
– If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn’t he just buy dinner?
– If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
– Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
– Stop singing and read on..
– Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
– Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
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Bubba and Clem find three hand grenades and decide to take them to the police station.
“What if one of them explodes before we get there?” asks Clem.
“Don’t worry about it,” says Bubba.
“We’ll just lie and tell them we only found two.”
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pic of the day: Northern Cardinal
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
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Our family owned restaurant is the setting for many of our discussions about how to handle the customer who asks, “What’s good tonight?”
Obviously, we would never serve anything we didn’t think was good. I braced myself one Saturday night when I heard the dreaded question posed to my husband.
He calmly replied, “Anything over $13.95.”
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Our minister announced that admission to a church social event would be six dollars per person.
“However, if you’re over 65,” he said, “the price will be only $5.50.”
From the back of the congregation, a woman’s voice rang out, “Do you really think I’d give you that information for only fifty cents?”
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WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!
“When the prisoner was told by his lawyer that he had gotten a stay of execution, he smiled and said, ‘Well, no noose is good noose.’”
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Well, there was this blonde who just got sick and tired of all the blonde jokes. So one evening she went home and memorized all the state capitals.
Back in the office the next day, some guy started telling a dumb blonde joke. She interrupted him with a shrill announcement,
“I’ve had it up to here with these blonde jokes. I want you to know that this blonde went home last night and did something probably none of you could do…I memorized all the state capitals.”
One of the guys, of course, said “I don’t believe you. What is the capital of Nevada?”
“N”, she answered.
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Little Susie: “I don’t want to eat this squash.”
Mommy: “But it’s good for you, darling.”
Little Susie: “But I don’t LIKE it!”
Mommy: “You like pretending. Why don’t you pretend it’s ice cream?”
Little Susie: “Why can’t I just pretend it’s gone?”
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TODAY IN TRIVIA: Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
These birds are about 8 1/2″ big. The male is all bright red with black around the base of his bill, and has a large crest, with a reddish bill.
The female cardinal is a little drabber, with a buffy color below, and grayish brown above. She also has an orangish-red bill, and reddish crest, wings and tail.
The juveniles look like the adult female, with the exception that they have a dark bill.
These birds feed by hopping around on the ground, and gleaning food from low shrubbery and trees. They eat insects, spiders, wild fruits and berries, plus weed seeds.
They love to eat sunflower seeds at birdfeeders, or safflower seed or cracked corn.
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LIFE LESSON: For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money. -Arne Garborg
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“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” – Robert McCloskey
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
THE LAST WORD: For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children. – Lawana Blackwell
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