One filled with joy preaches without preaching. – Mother Teresa
TODAY – MARCH 14th – WEDNESDAY
74th day of 2012 with 292 to follow.
Holidays for Today:
*Learn about Butterflies Day
*National Potato Chip Day
*National Pi Day- Why today? Because today is 3.14, the value of Pi.
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DATE:
- 1800 James Bogardus, Catskill, New York, inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings)
- 1835 Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (demonstrated meteor showers associated w/comets)
- 1854 Paul Ehrlich, Strehlen, Lower Silesia, German Kingdom of Prussia, scientist, noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it “horror autotoxicus“, coined the term chemotherapy and popularized the concept of a magic bullet
- 1862 Vilhelm Bjerknes, Christiania, Norwegian physicist, founded the modern practice of weather forecasting
- 1863 [John] Casey Jones, Jackson, Tennessee, railroad engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones)
- 1879 Albert Einstein, Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate , discovered the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics
- 1908 Ed Heinemann, Saginaw, Michigan, aircraft designer (Douglas Aircraft/20 designs)
- 1914 Lee Petty, Randleman, North Carolina, race car driver (pioneer of NASCAR)
- 1920 Hank Ketcham, Seattle, Washington, cartoonist, created the Dennis the Menace
- 1928 Frank Borman, Gary, Indiana, astronaut (Commander Apollo 8, first to fly around moon)
- 1933 Michael Caine, England, actor (Blame it on Rio, Alfie, Educating Rita, Sleuth)
- 1934 Eugene A Cernan, Chicago, Illinois, Captain USN/astronaut (Gemini 9A, Apollo 10 &17; 1 or only 12 men to walk on moon)
- 1948 Billy Crystal, New York City, New York, actor and comedian (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers)
- 1957 Tad Williams, San Jose, California, author (Otherland & Shadowmarch series; The War of the Flowers; The Ordinary Farm series)
- 1967 Melissa Reeves, Eatontown, New Jersey, actress (Jennifer Horton / Days of our Lives )
- 1979 Chris Klein, Hinsdale, Illinois, actor (American Pie ,American Pie 2 )
- 1983 Taylor Hanson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, musician, member of Hanson
- 1987 Robert Clark, Chicago, Illinois, Actor (The Zack Files, Strange Days at Blake Holsey High )
- 1992 Jasmine Murray, Columbus, Mississippi, singer (American Idol 8 )
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS:
- 1794 Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin.
- 1900 The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.
- 1903 The Hay-Herran Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.
- 1910 Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.
- 1942 Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.
- 1964 A jury in Dallas, Texas, finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- 1967 The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1984 Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.
- 1994 Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
- 1995 Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.
- 1998 An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.
- 2005 Cedar Revolution, where hundreds of thousands of Lebanese went into the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon and against the government
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
Three friends married women from different parts of the world…
The first man married a Asian girl. He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away.
The second man married a Greek girl. He gave his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes and the cooking.
The first day he didn’t see any results, but the next day he saw it was better. By the third day, he saw his house was clean, the dishes were done, and there was a huge dinner on the table.
The third man married a girl from Canada . He ordered her to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed, and hot meals on the table for every meal.
He said the first day he didn’t see anything, the second day he didn’t see anything either but by the third day, some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye and his arm was healed enough that he could fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.
He still limps a little though.
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
ONE-LINERS:
~I like to paint passing lines on curved roads.
~I like to torture my plants by watering them with ice cubes.
~I’m so tired…I was up all night trying to round off infinity.
~I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn’t have to go so fast.
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
pic of the day: Peacock with wind-blown feathers
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!
A long time ago, there was a beehive in the middle of a forest. Every day, as worker bees do, they would go out into their fields, gather pollen from the flowers, and bring it back to make honey.
The bees had a problem, though, because every so often an intruder would come around, such as a bear who wanted the honey, or kids who thought it’d be fun to throw rocks at the hive. Finally, the bees got tired of it.
Being the intelligent bees that they are, they built an alarm system for the hive. They built it such that one bee pulls a lever, which triggers the alarm that the bees will hear from the fields, and then the bees can come back to protect their home.
There was one bee who was exclusively assigned that job, and he was aptly named the “Lever Bee.” His job was to watch for potential adversaries, and pull the lever to raise the alarm.
Now obviously, the security of the hive depends on this one Lever Bee. So he has to be constantly ready and on the alert to be able to do his job.
And that, friends, is why people say, “I’m as ready as a Lever Bee.”
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
A motorcycle patrolman was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix. The doctors operated and advised him that all was well. However, the patrolman kept feeling something pulling at the hairs on his chest. Worried that it might be second surgery the doctors hadn’t told him about, he finally got enough energy to pull his hospital gown down enough so he could look at what was making him so uncomfortable.
Taped firmly across his hairy chest were three wide strips of adhesive tape, the kind that doesn’t come off. Written in large black letters was the sentence.
“Get well soon….. from the nurse you gave a ticket to last week.”
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
First guy: “You look sad, what’s the trouble?”
Second guy: “I’m having domestic problems.”
First guy: “But you’re always bragging that your wife is a pearl!”
Second guy: “She is! It’s the mother-of-pearl that’s a problem.”
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
TODAY IN TRIVIA:You have a good reason to eat more than one..it’s Potato Chips Day!
~Potato chips were invented in 1853 by Native American George Crum in Saratoga Springs, NY. While working as a chef at a local resort, he was rather annoyed when a customer kept sending his french fries back complaining that they were too think. So Crum cut the potatoes as thin as possible, and the fussy customer loved them!
~Potato chips were originally called “Saratoga Chips.”This is the #1 snack food in America!
~The first potato chip factory was built in 1895 by William Tappenden in Cleveland, OH.
~Pringles are made from mashed potatoes that have been dehydrated and reconstituted into a dough.
~The most popular potato chips flavors in the US are sour cream and onion and barbecue
~ William Lee, an engineering professor at the University of South Florida actually spent 6 years studying the crunchiness of potato chips. He holds a patent in potato chip technology.
~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*
QUIP OF THE DAY: Good judgment comes from experience; and experience, well, that comes from bad judgment. – Anonymous
THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!
Thought for the day. . .
To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all. – Johann von Goethe