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Friday, June 15, 2007

Today in History

  • Arkansas: "The Natural State" joined the Union (1836) (25th State)
  • Dan Quayle: misled a student to spell potato ''potatoe'' during a spelling bee; he was vice president of the US at the time (1992)
  • Israel: launched full diplomatic ties with the Vatican (1994)

 

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

This Day In History:

1952 : Chevrolet chassis completed

Maurice Olley, Chevrolet's chief engineer, completed his chassis, code-named Opel, which would eventually become the chassis for the 1953 Corvette. (story)

1994 : Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murdered; (story)

1965 : Supremes set record; On this day in 1965, the Supremes set music industry records when "Back in My Arms Again" becomes their fifth consecutive single to top the charts. The record still stands today.

1862 : J.E.B. Stuart rides around the Union army; (story)

1987 : Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall; (story)

Monday, June 11, 2007

Good day to Carl Ford and family back in Bristow, OK. --- My email address cecate@pacbell.net

Today in History

June 10, 2007, Sunday:

 

Spotlight: (Witchcraft---and we're civilized, right?)

On this date in 1692, Bridget Bishop, who ran a tavern in the village of Salem, MA, was the first to be executed by hanging at Gallow Hill for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries." Salem became infamous for its witch trials, which continued through September of that year. Nearly 200 people were accused of witchcraft, both male and female, ranging in age from 4-year-old Dorothy Good to 80-year-old Giles Cory. Nineteen were hanged and Cory was pressed to death for refusing to plead to the charges.

Quote: "Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble." — William Shakespeare, Macbeth

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April 19, 2007:---- Thursday

---- ARCHIVES

Husband Appreciation Day [ Apr 21 ] Hmmn....

Today in History

shot heard round the world: the American Revolution began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord (1775)
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Jews began armed resistance against Nazis (1943)
Oklahoma City Bombing: truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 (1995)

Spotlight:
Running the Boston Marathon View Poster
The Boston Marathon — the world's oldest annual marathon — was first run on Patriot's Day, April 19, 1897. Originally measured at 24.8 mi/40 km, based on the legendary run of the Greek foot soldier Pheidippides from Marathon to Athens, the distance was changed in 1908 to 26 miles, 385 yards (41.8 km, 352 m), when King Edward VII and his queen asked that the Olympic Marathon begin at Windsor Castle, so the royals could view the start. This year, astronaut Sunita Williams ran the marathon on her treadmill on the International Space Station, finishing in about 4.5 hours, nearly two hours longer than the first woman who crossed the finish line in Boston.

April 18, 2007:---- Wednesday

Today in History

Paul Revere: began his ride to warn the Massachusetts colonists that the British were coming (1775)
San Francisco earthquake: ignited an inferno, killing hundreds and reducing the city to shambles (1906)
Laundromat: first one opened, in Fort Worth, Texas (1934)

April 17, 2007:---- Tuesday

Ford Mustang: made its debut in showrooms (1964)

Cambodia: fell to Khmer Rouge with capture of Phnom Penh, resulting in genocidal killing fields (1975)

Today's Birthdays

Cynthia Ozick (79): short-story writer and novelist
Nick Hornby (50): author of Fever Pitch, About a Boy
Jennifer Garner (35): actor, Alias, 13 Going On 30
Victoria Beckham (33): Spice Girl and wife of David Beckham

Today's Holiday: Tax Day (US)

Darn, I think I missed a couple of days here..... I will try and get it togeter in a little while....

high blood pressure: the brain, not the heart, is to blame (story)

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Garden at Versailles Palace View Poster

Spotlight: Paris' Tuileries Palace, the Champs Élysées, the Palace of Versailles, Saint-Germaine-en-Laye and Fontainebleau are noted for their magnificent gardens — all designed by landscape architect André Le Nôtre. Born on this date in 1613, Le Nôtre was commissioned by Louis XIV to design the royal parks and gardens; over the next 40 years, Le Nôtre most notably turned the swamps of Versailles into distinguished, ornamental gardens.


Quote: "A garden is half-made when it is well planned. The best gardener is the one who does the most gardening by the winter fire." — Liberty Hyde Bailey

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pillory   Who said it? Where? Why?

A daily dose of uncommon words our readers are looking up

Ouch! Pillory (a device with holes in which a prisoner's hands and feet are fastened to inflict pain and humiliation) is a form of punishment that is fortunately no longer used in its literal sense, but metaphorically is still used aplenty:

"The jurors... believed that Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff [I. Lewis Libby] had been 'pilloried' for a CIA leak that other top White House aides had committed along with him...
"'We're not saying that we didn't think Mr. Libby was guilty of the things we found him guilty of.... But it seemed like he was... the fall guy.'"

Link: Libby 'Pilloried' For Leak, Panel Members Believed - washingtonpost.com


 

March 8, 2007 ----- Thursday

I had some things I thought I wanted to say....but after more thought they will have to wait......

Spotlight: How come it's called the February Revolution if it happened in March? In an effort to fine-tune the Julian calendar, the Gregorian calendar was adopted in 1582, dropping ten days in October of that year and making new rules about what would be considered a leap year. The new system was not adopted in Russia until 1918 — a year after the workers' strikes that actually began 90 years ago today, on February 23, 1917 OS!
Quote: "Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it." — Michael Ende
Today's Top Alt-Clicks: ripple effect, faggot, nihilism, puberty, genre

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March 7, 2007 ----- Wednesday

Just in case you have not noticed.....the page is not always right up to snuff.....I probably will not get the necessary time to create anything for today.....

BUT, if anyone is interested and you want to send me an email I will post your comments and photos either on this page or provide a link to them so anyone you want to see your mug (or your pet's etc...) can do so.....live internet......

Confucius say, man who sleep with old hen, find it better than pullet
Confucius say, woman who fly upside down have crack up
Confucius say, woman who go to man's apartment for snack, get titbit

Tuesday: March 6, 2007

Spotlight: Happy 60th birthday to director/producer/writer/actor Rob Reiner. The man who made one of the most influential comedies of this generation — This is Spinal Tap — Reiner is noted for his success in directing a cascade of films covering the gamut of genres: romantic comedies like The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally, dramas like A Few Good Men and Ghosts in Mississippi and horror films like Misery. Reiner made TV history, as well, starring as Michael "Meathead" Stivic in the groundbreaking All in the Family.

Quote: "Ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect."Rob Reiner

Today's Top Alt-Clicks: faggot, Squatter, disinter, polemic, nostrum

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March 5, 2007 ----- Monday

Spotlight: In Detroit, in 1902, Henry Leland produced the first Cadillac. His company later became a part of General Motors. Some 200 years earlier, Antoine Cadillac (born on this date in 1658) had founded Detroit, which was to become the "auto capital of the world." Speed ahead another 100 years: GMC subsidiary Chevrolet has come out with its electric car, the Volt. The new vehicle will operate either as a straight electric car that fully charges in six hours or with a one-liter engine that runs at a continuous speed, replenishing its batteries; it is expected to go into production in 2010.
Quote: "Detroit is a one-trade town." — Norman Mailer

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March 4, 2007 ----- Sunday In The News:

Liechtenstein: tiny, defenseless principality suffers accidental invasion by Swiss soldiers (story)

California Real Estate:...“Headed Halfway Down The Mountain” In California

The North County Times reports from California. “The nation’s troubled housing and mortgage markets will decline even further before they rebound, a prominent mortgage executive told a gathering of real estate agents at Cal State San Marcos on Friday.”

“Robert A. Camerota, Sr., senior VP and manager of GMAC’s Mortgage group in Coast Mesa, sketched a bleak forecast for the housing industry: falling home prices, increased foreclosures, more failed mortgage companies and increased revelations of mortgage fraud.”

“‘We’re all going to be struggling, struggling more than we are today,’ he said. ‘We’re headed halfway down the mountain, and we’ve got a ways to go.’”

“Camerota, who is also chairman of the California Mortgage Bankers Association, said that guidelines proposed Friday by federal regulators to tighten mortgage lending requirements and reduce problems in the ’subprime’ mortgage market were necessary. But, he added, they would dramatically decrease the number of new mortgage loans issued, as well as mortgages refinanced.”

“Revelations of mortgage fraud, the use of bogus income and tax documents by borrowers to obtain large loans, will increase, Camerota predicted. ‘We need to go to the attorneys general and the district attorneys. We don’t need more laws. We need more enforcement,’ he said.”

“Realtors in attendance noted that the booming real estate market of recent years created a ‘perfect storm’ for problems now surfacing: low interest rates, rising property values and lenient lending standards led to buyers taking on larger homes and bigger mortgages than they could afford.”

Today in History Sunday March 4, 2007

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March 1, 2007

Well, ready or not it is here, March already.....never mind that it seems it should still be January....It is what it is....

 

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