The ability to see beauty is the beginning of our moral sensibility. What we believe is beautiful we will not wantonly destroy. – Reverend Sean Parker Dennison
FOR TODAY – APRIL 8th – THURSDAY
98th day of 2010 with 267 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
* All Is Ours Day
* National Empanada Day
* Draw a Picture of a Bird Day
* International Day of the Roma
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TODAY IN BIRTHDAYS:
1732 David Rittenhouse, Paper Mill Run PA, astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (1st director of US Mint, finished survey of Mason-Dixon Line)
1850 William Henry Welch, Norfolk CT, pathologist, first Dean of John Hopkins
1859 Edmund Husserl, Germany, philosopher (founded Phenomenology)
1869 Harvey Cushing, Cleveland OH, neurosurgeon (pioneer of brain surgery)
1911 Melvin Calvin, St. Paul MN, chemist (photosynthesis cycle, Nobel 1961)
1918 Betty [Bloomer] Ford, Chicago IL, 1st lady (1974-77)/namesake for Betty Ford Clinic
1920 Carmen [Mercedes] McRae, NYC, US jazz singer/pianist (Downbeat’s New Star of 1954)
1931 John Gavin, Los Angeles CA, actor and politician (Psycho, Spartacus; Ambassador to Mexico)
1941 Peggy Lennon, Los Angeles CA, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1966 Robin [Virginia] Wright Penn, Dallas TX, actress (Jenny-Forrest Gump, Kelly-Santa Barbara, Princess Bride)
1968 Patricia Arquette, New York NY, actress (Ed Wood, Nightmare on Elm Street 3)
1977 Mark Spencer, Auburn AL computer programmer (Gain, Asterick; CTO Digium/Huntsville, AL)
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Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
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HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1820 The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
1862 John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser.
1893 First recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified.
1935 The Works Progress Administration (WPA) is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
1952 President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched; stayed in orbit until April 12.
1974 Hank Aaron hits 715th homerun, breaks Babe Ruth’s record.
1992 Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
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A young woman wasn’t feeling well, and asked one of her co-workers to recommend a physician.
“I know a great one in the city, but he is very expensive. Five hundred dollars for the first visit, and one hundred dollars for each one after that.”
The woman went to the doctor’s office and, trying to save a little money, cheerily announced.
“I’m back!”
Not fooled for a second, the doctor quickly examined her and said, “Very good, just continue the treatment I prescribed on your last visit.”
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AS A FRESHMAN ROTC cadet, I took part in my first Army field-training exercise. After a long day of rock-climbing and rappelling, my platoon settled down for our C-rations. Hungry, we tore into our cardboard boxes, opening cans of “Chicken or Turkey, Boned,” “Cheese Spread, Cheddar” and “Candy, Chocolate, With Nougat.” Then we came upon a device wrapped in a small brown envelope, labeled: “Stimulant, Interdental” — a wooden toothpick. – Dallas C. Brown III
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ONE-LINERS : A Woman’s Random Thoughts
~ Insanity is my only means of relaxation.
~ Reason to smile: Every 7 minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring.
~ Women over 50 don’t have babies because they would put them down and forget where they left them.
~ One of life’s mysteries is how a 2 pound box of candy can make a woman gain 5 lbs.
~ If you love something, set it free.
If it comes back, it will always be yours.
If it doesn’t come back, it was never yours to begin with.
But, if it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money, and doesn’t appear to realize that you had set it free… You either married it or gave birth to it.
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A very large, old, building was being torn down in Chicago to make room for a new skyscraper. Due to its proximity to other buildings it could not be imploded and had to be dismantled floor by floor.
While working on the 49th floor, two construction workers found a skeleton in a small closet behind the elevator shaft. They decided that they should call the police.
When the police arrived they directed them to the closet and showed them the skeleton fully clothed and standing upright. They said, “This could be Jimmy Hoffa or somebody really important.”
Two days went by and the construction workers couldn’t stand it any more; they had to know who they had found. They called the police and said, “We are the two guys who found the skeleton in the closet and we want to know if it was Jimmy Hoffa or somebody important.”
The police said, “It’s not Jimmy Hoffa, but it was somebody kind of important.”
“Well, who was it?”
“The 1956 Blonde National Hide-and-Seek Champion.”
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pic of the day: Dogwood in bloom
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A man arrives at the pearly gates, waiting to be admitted. St. Peter is reading through the Big Book to see if the guy’s name is written in it. After several minutes, St. Peter closes the book, furrows his brow, and says, “I’m sorry, I don’t see your name written in the Book.”
“How current is your copy?” he asks.
“I get a download every ten minutes,” St. Peter replies, “Why do you ask?”
“I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I was always the stubborn type. It was not until my death was imminent that I cried out to God, so my name probably hasn’t arrived to your copy yet.”
“I’m glad to hear that,” Pete says, “but while we’re waiting for the update to come through, can tell me about a really good deed that you did in your life.”
The guys thinks for a moment and says, “Hmm, well there was this one time when I was driving down a road and I saw a giant group of biker gang members harassing this poor girl. I slowed down, and sure enough, there they were, about 20 of ‘em torturing this poor woman. Infuriated, I got out of my car, grabbed a tire iron out of my trunk, and walked up to the leader of the gang.
“He was a huge guy; 6-foot-4, 260 pounds, with a studded leather jacket and a chain running from his nose to his ears. As I walked up to the leader, the bikers formed a circle around me and told me to get lost or I’d be next. So I ripped the leader’s chain out of his face and smashed him over the head with the tire iron.
“Then I turned around and yelled to the rest of them, ‘Leave this poor innocent girl alone! You’re all a bunch of SICK, deranged animals! Go home before I really teach you a lesson in PAIN!’”
St. Peter, duly impressed, says “Wow! When did this happen?”
“About three minutes ago.”
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WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!
Did you hear about the farmer you ploughed his field with a steamroller?
He wanted to grow mashed potatoes!
When is a farmer like a magician?
When he turns his cow to pasture.
Why did the farmer call his pig “Ink”?
Because it was always running out of the pen.
What do you call cattle with a sense of humor?
Laughing stock.
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A priest and pastor from the local parishes were standing by the side of the road holding up a sign that read, “The End is Near! Turn yourself around now before it’s too late!”
They planned to hold up the sign to each passing car. As the first driver sped past, he yelled, “Leave us alone…we don’t believe in that religious stuff!”
From around the curve they heard screeching tires and a big splash. One clergyman said to the other, “Do you think we should just put up a sign that says, ‘Bridge Out’ instead?”
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This is a transcript between a commuter and the railroad company, regarding services of the latter.
“Gentlemen: I have been riding trains daily for the last twenty-two years, and the service on your line seems to be getting worse every day. I am tired of standing in the aisle all the time on a 14-mile trip. I think your transportation system is worse than that enjoyed by people 2,000 years ago. Yours truly, A Commuter”
The Reply to the above:
“Dear Sir: We received your letter with reference to the shortcomings of our service and believe you are somewhat confused in your history. The only mode of transportation 2,000 years ago was by foot. Sincerely, Western Railways”
And the Counter-Reply was:
“Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your letter, and I think you are the ones who are confused in your history. If you will refer to the Bible, Book of David, 9th Chapter, you will find that Balaam rode to town ‘seated’ on his donkey… That, gentlemen, is something I have not been able to do on your train in the last twenty-two years! Yours truly, A Long ‘Standing’ Commuter”
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TODAY IN TRIVIA: Mark Spencer is a computer engineer and is the original author of the GTK+-based instant messaging client Gaim (which has since been renamed to Pidgin), the L2TP daemon l2tpd and the Cheops Network User Interface. His mother is of Egyptian descent.
Spencer co-oped at Adtran while attending Auburn University, and at that time wrote l2tpd. He went on to start a Linux technical support business. Spencer did not have enough money to buy a PBX (private branch exchange) for his company so he decided to write Asterisk and later founded Digium.
He also created Asterisk, a Linux-based open-sourced PBX in software. He is the founder, chairman and CTO of Digium, an open-source telecommunications supplier based in Huntsville, Alabama, which specializes in the development of PBX hardware and open-source telephony software, most notable for its development and sponsorship of Asterisk. Spencer shifted from CEO to Chairman and CTO in early 2007.
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LIFE LESSON: There ain’t no free lunches in this country. And don’t go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You’ve got to say, ‘I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.’ – Lee Iacocca
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The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
THE LAST WORD: True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway. – Edna Buchanan
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