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Opinions needed, please

I've run into a kind of dillema, and I thought maybe some of you out there might have a different opinion than what I have already heard. It has to do with blog software. I am visually impaired, so learning new software is not easy for me. I have been using Thingamablog since I started blogging, and I already know the program fairly well, so I am not inclined to change. However, for those who don't know, Thingamablog stores everything on files on this computer, and if my computer crashes in the wrong way, I run the risk of losing a small portion of my blog....we do keep backups, so I would only at most lose a few days worth.

The entire rest of my family, on the other hand, swears by Wordpress. Granted, it would be safer, as the whole thing is stored on my website, which has had less than 10 minutes of downtime in two years, which is a much better track record than my computer. What do the rest of you think? Is a switchover worth my learning a new program, or not? Looking for opinions outside my family, from people who know the Wordpress program, and I need to know the drawbacks.

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Today's Famous Deaths

Well, there is still a LITTLE time before supper. This list isn't nearly the bear to type the other one is, anyway... LOT shorter. I'm cheating with dinner anyway. I wimped out. We're having McDonalds.

29 John the Baptist beheaded ( Note: Actual date is questionable ). 1533 Atahualpa last Incan King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors. 1769 Edmond Hoyle games expert, dies (birth date unknown). 1877 Brigham Young 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies. 1960 Alexander Gauge actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46. 1960 Hazza el-Majali PM of Jordan is assassinated. 1967 George Rockwell murdered. 1975 Eamon de Valera Irish independence fighter, dies at 92. 1976 Anissa Jones actress (Buffy-Family Affair), dies at 18. 1981 Lowell Thomas newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY, at 89. 1982 Ingrid Bergman academy award winning actress, dies on 67th birthday. 1983 Simon Oakland actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61. 1985 Evelyn Ankers actress, dies at 67. 1985 Patrick Barr actor, dies at 77. 1987 Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, Ariz at 63.

Today's Famous Births

See there, I didn't forget today. Now, here's hoping I at least have time to do all these, huh:) I'll do my best. It IS almost suppertime, though.

1632 John Locke England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance. 1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French painter (Valpincon Bather). 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes Cambridge, MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides). 1811 Henry Bergh 1st president of SPCA. 1815 Anna Ella Carroll US, civil war writer (Reconstruction). 1862 Maurice Maeterlinck Belgium, Symbolist poet (Nobel 1911). 1876 Charles F Kettering Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter). 1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud France, novelist/translator (Enfantines). 1897 Charles Boyer Figeac France, actor (The Rogues). 1899 George Macready Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place). 1899 Lyman L Lemnitzer US Army General (WW II), Chief of Staff, US Army and Nato Commander. 1906 Lurene Tuttle Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia). 1909 Roy Reuther Wheeling WV, labor leader. 1912 Barry Sullivan NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man). 1915 Ingrid Bergman Sweden, actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower). 1916 George Montgomery Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination). 1917 Isabel Sanford NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family). 1920 Charlie "Bird" Parker famous African-American jazzman. 1922 Charles White Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Troublemaker). 1923 Sir Richard Attenborough actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston). 1924 Dinah Washington Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes). 1925 Donald O'Connor Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain). 1928 Charles Gray Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide). 1928 Thomas Stewart San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio). 1929 Thom Gunn Kent England, poet (The Wound). 1934 David Pryor (Sen-D-Ark). 1938 Elliott Gould Queens NY, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice). 1938 Peter Jennings Canada, news anchor (ABC TV). 1939 William Friedkin US, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection). 1940 Wilhelm Ruska Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972). 1941 Robin Leach TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous). 1945 Wyomia Tyus US, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1964, 68). 1948 Charles D Walker astronaut (STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B). 1954 Chet Catallo guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance). 1958 Michael Jackson Gary Indiana, singer (Thriller, Bad). 1959 Eddi Reader rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love). 1961 Tony Macalpine heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity). 1962 Carl Banks NFL line backer (NY Giants). 1962 Rebecca De Mornay actress (And God Created Women). 1963 Greg Steele rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over).

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I am a lab rat

I just heard from my oldest daughter AND my seconf oldest, calling me from their separate schools. They both had news. My oldest has decided to enroll in a karate class this semester. Her youngest sister is already taking karate classes here at home, and I think my oldest just wants to ensure that after years of torturing her sister, she still isn't gonna get beat up by a twelve year old.

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Sometimes it amazes me that my children can even communicate with each other.

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Historic Events which occurred on 8/28

Here it is, the final installment of the "Gee I'm late again" trilogy. Maybe, just MAYBE here in a little while I can get to the ones for TODAY and not have to rush like this tomorrow. Maybe:)

1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands. 1655 New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service. 1776 Battle of Long Island. 1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus. 1850 The opera "Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar). 1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC. 1867 US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific. 1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD. 1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces. 1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle. 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I. 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House. 1921 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris). 1922 Walker Cup golf tournament established. 1922 WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins). 1938 Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy. 1942 Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2). 1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY. 1951 Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak. 1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17. 1957 Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill. 1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time. 1962 Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid. 1962 Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)". 1963 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC. 1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens. 1963 Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial. 1964 Race riot in Philadelphia. 1968 Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven. 1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970. 1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527. 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth. 1976 NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup. 1977 NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0. 1977 NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship. 1978 Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph. 1981 John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan. 1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken). 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men. 1983 Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation. 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour. 1986 US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying. 1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany. 1990 Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province. 1991 5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident. 1991 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher.

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Famous Deaths th occurred on 8/28

As usual, a MUCH shorter list than the births. You'd have thought that I would have at least had time to fit THIS one in yesterday, wouldn't you? Oh, well. At least it's here now.

1818 Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable trader, founder of Chicago, dies. 1955 Emmett Till kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi. 1961 Thomas Connolly 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies. 1964 Gracie Allen Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62. 1967 Paul Muni actor, dies at 71. 1968 Nick Castle choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58. 1983 Jan Clayton actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66. 1985 Ruth Gordon actress, dies at 88 suffering a stroke in her sleep.

Famous Births that ocurred on 8/28

Okay, I know, I am really late again. Have you got any idea how much has been going on in the last couple days around here? No, of course you don't. You'll just have to take my word for it. It's been really busy:) So, here we go with yesterday's list.

1592 George Villiers duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I. 1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust). 1774 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st American Catholic saint. 1831 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes 1st lady. 1833 Sir Edward Burne-Jones England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer. 1878 George Hoyt Whipple US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934). 1889 Charles Boyer France, actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park). 1901 Paul Henry Lang Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune). 1903 Bruno Bettelheim US, writer (Uses of Enchantment). 1905 Sam Levene actor (Demon, Gung Ho). 1906 Sir John Betjeman poet laureate of England (Mt Zion). 1908 Roger Tory Peterson NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds). 1913 Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker],Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera). 1914 Glenn Osser Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue). 1916 C Wright Mills sociologist, writer (The Power Elite). 1919 Ernest Martin [Markowitz], producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line). 1921 Nancy Kulp Penn, actress (Beverly Hillbillies). 1924 Janet Frame NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry). 1924 Peggy Ryan Long Beach Calif, actress (Jenny-Hawaii Five-0). 1925 Marvin Davis Newark NJ, CEO (Davis Oil Company). 1929 Istv n Kert‚sz Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera 1953-57). 1929 Rokie Roker Miami Fla, actress (Helen-Jeffersons). 1930 Ben Gazzara NYC, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII). 1931 John Shirley-Quirk Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice). 1932 Andy Bathgate Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP). 1939 Cassie Mackin newswoman (NBC TV). 1940 Richard Sanders actor (Les Nessman-WKRP, Berrengers, Spencer). 1940 William Cohen (Sen-R-Me). 1941 Paul Peter Plishka Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens). 1943 David Soul Chicago, actor (Starsky & Hutch, Here Comes the Bride). 1943 Lou Pinella Yankee manager (1969 AL rookie of the year). 1946 Bob Beamon US, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1968). 1947 Alice Playton NYC, actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name). 1949 Hugh Cornwell rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime). 1950 Ron "Louisana Lightning" Guidry Yankee pitcher (Cy Young 1978). 1951 Wayne Osmond Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie). 1957 Daniel Stern Stamford Ct, actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years). 1958 Scott Hamilton Toledo, figure skating champion (Olympic-gold-1984). 1960 Emma Samms [Samuels], London, actress (Colby's, General Hospital). 1960 Leroy Chiao Milwaukee Wisc, astronaut. 1961 Kim Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America). 1963 Reyna Thompson NFL corner back (NY Giants). 1965 James Jagger son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall. 1966 Jerry Fehily rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go). 1968 Scarlet Annette Morgan Pfafftown NC, Miss NC-America-1991. 1969 Jason Priestley Vancouver BC, actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210). 1969 Mary McCartney daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney. 1971 Janet Evans US swimmer (Olympics-1992).

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Historuc Events that occurred on 8/27

And here is the final installment of the "I am fixing what I broke yesterday" trilogy. These are famous events, good and bad, that occured on yesterday's date in history. Looks like a pretty long list for me to type, too. Must be making me do pennance for forgetting it:)

26 -BC- Origin of Egyptian Era. 1665 "Ye Bare & Ye Cubb" is 1st play performed in N America. (Acomac, Va). 1667 Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia). 1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island. 1783 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude. 1789 French Natl Assembly issues "Decl of the Rights of Man & the Citizen". 1859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn. 1883 Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons. 1896 Zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM). 1909 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game. 1911 Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0. 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan. 1913 Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane). 1918 Dr Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia. 1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise. 1927 Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens. 1928 16 die in a NYC subway's 2nd worst accident. 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war. 1937 Bkln Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game. 1937 George E.T. Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH. 1938 Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples. 1939 Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178). 1940 Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan). 1945 US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender. 1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist. 1961 Francis the Talking Mule is the mystery guest on "What's My Line". 1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus. 1966 Francis Chichester begins the 1st solo sail around the world. 1966 Race riot in Waukegan Illinois . 1974 NY Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat. 1975 Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world. 1977 Toby Harrah & Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2. 1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 HRs & have 500 stolen bases. 1978 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978. 1981 Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Andrea Doria. 1982 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark. 1982 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth. 1984 President Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project. 1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched. 1989 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings. 1990 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq. 1990 WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude.

Historuc Obits for 8/27

And here are the famous deaths that I managed to forget yesterday as well. Boy I was having a great day, can't you tell?:) Maybe I can manage to put up today's....later......

1576 Titan Italian artist, dies. 1635 Lope Felix de Vega dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72. 1840 William Kneass 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office. 1879 Sir Rowland Hill introduced postage stamps, dies at 84. 1958 Dr Ernest O Lawrence inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57. 1963 W E B Du Bois scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana. 1967 Brian Epstein Beatles' manager, dies. 1971 Bennett Cerf (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73. 1975 Haile Selassie depossed Ethiopian emperor, dies at 83. 1977 Steve Dunne actor (Professional Father), dies at 59. 1978 Robert Shaw actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies at 51. 1979 Earl Mountbatten British adm of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA. 1980 Sam Levenson humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68. 1981 Joan Edwards singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62. 1984 Billy Sands actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73. 1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35.

Famous Birthdays for 8/27

I really dropped the ball on this one, but I'm putting it up anyway. I'll be doing the other two in a few minutes, too. Sorry for the delay....had some serious computer issues yeaterday and when things were back up and running....(drum roll)....I forgot.

1770 Georg Wilhelm F Hegel German philosopher/inventor (dialectic). 1809 Hannibal Hamlin (R) 15th VP (1861-65). 1865 Charles Gates Dawes (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925). 1871 Theodore Dreiser US, novelist (Sister Carrie, American Tragedy). 1882 Samuel Goldwyn pioneer film maker/producer (MGM). 1886 Eric Coates Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England, composer. 1894 Charles Meredith Knoxville Pa, actor (Court of Last Resort). 1899 C.S. Forester Engl, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower. 1905 Frederick O'Neal Brooksville Miss, actor (Car 54 Where Are You). 1908 Frank Leahy O'Neill Nebraska, football coach (Notre Dame). 1908 Lyndon B Johnson (D) 36th Pres (1963-1969). 1908 Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show). 1910 Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia (Nobel 1979). 1915 Walter W Heller economist (Old Myths & New Realities). 1927 Liselott Linsenhoff German FR, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1972). 1929 Elizabeta Bagrintseve USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1952). 1929 Ira Levin author (Rosemary's Baby, Sleuth, This Perfect Day). 1932 Antonia Fraser biographer (Mary Queen of Scots). 1937 Tommy Sands singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me). 1941 Yuri V Malyshev cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11). 1942 Daryl Dragon Pasadena Calif, keyboardist (Capt & Tennille). 1943 Susan "Tuesday" Weld NYC, actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country). 1949 Barbara Bach [Goldbach], Queens NY, actress (Spy Who Loved Me). 1950 Charles Fleischer Wash DC, comedian (Roger Rabbit). 1950 Cynthia Potter US, springboard diver (Olympic-bronze-1976). 1952 Pee-wee Herman aka Paul Reubens, actor (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)/ 1954 John Lloyd tennis player (former husband of Chris Everet). 1955 Diana Scarwid actress (Extremities, Psycho 3, Strange Invaders, Heat). 1959 Gerhard Berger formula-1 racer (Italian Grand Prix-1988). 1961 "Downtown" Julie Brown TV host (Club MTV, Inside Edition).

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Sex for Dinner

I just saw a news story that talked about a new restaurant. Where isn't important, because I am not promoting this kind of restaurant. Anyway, the name of the place was either APHRODESIAC or APHRODESIA, I can't remember which. As the name implies, the restaurant's claim to fame is that they sell ONLY food and drink that are known aphrodesiacs. Really. They based a restaurant on this.

At first glance, you may see this as a cute, romantic idea. But stop and think about that. Being taken there on a date would NOT be a compliment. If your date takes you there, you can no longer delude yourself into believing he is there with you because he likes your personality. Taking you to this restaurant is a clear declaration of what he is REALLY after, since ALL the foods there are supposed to make you want sex....so, if you go along with it, you are saying yes to him. I'd just slap his face and go home.

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Kill a Tree to Preserve our Paperless Society?

Have you ever noticed that if you own a computer, the whole world assumes you have a printer? Actually, I have two. One is out of ink, and it would cost less to buy a new printer than to buy new ink cartriges. Literally. The other one goes to an old Color Computer (That's circa TRS-80, folks) and even if it had a computer around it could talk to, would STILL need a new ribbon. (Yup, ribbon. This was before ink cartridges.) I do not, obviously, have a working printer. My question is, if the whole damn world runs via internet, which is, among other things, supposed to do away with all the paperwork and save the trees, WHY does everything I do online seem to want me to kill a tree for a printout? Hmm?

Barbarians Among Us

I just walked away from the computer long enough to have dinner, and then I had planned to watch a movie, but as usual I find myself back here at the computer. For dinner, MOST of us had baked ham, mashed potato cakes, and peas. My 13 year old had a ham, potato, and pea sandwich. Um, gross. I think she's a throwback to the Barbarians in our family tree.

Dress Shopping for Mommies

My daughters love shopping for dresses, not that the selection these days is all that great. Problem is, with four daughters, you can be sure that at least one of them is going to pick out at least one empire style dress. I hate those. But how do you tell a twelve year old that no, she can't have that because it makes her look pregnant? Hmm? So, I don't say it, I just gently tell them to find something else. At which point, there is no other dress in the world, and I am an ogre. WHY couldn't I have had boys....?

I need my SPACE, Man!

My husband has a rather odd dilemma. He has no place to store his tools. I know that this does not SOUND odd, but we live in a sprawling ranch house on two hundred acres. Somewhere, you would think there would be tool storage, but not so. Inside the house is full. Too much stuff. There has already been a carport added because the two car garage houses a laundry room and workshop instead of cars. In the workshop, you say? Nope. That's where the riding lawn mower sits. See? No room.

Do NOT Sing at ME, Young Lady!

When I was a kid, Weird Al used to be one of my favorites. I had every tape he had released. Yeah, I said tape. CDs weren't a big thing yet. I had record albums, too. Now I am really telling my age. But anyway, he used to be one of my favorites.

Now I can NOT stand the guy OR his music, and it's all my 13 year old's fault. I hope this is a temporary condition, but for the last two days, she has been walking around bursting into song. ALWYS Weird Al's "Y-O-D-A" song. Always. Weird Al, wherever you are, may it drip from your nose like it drips from my faucet.

Postcards, Please!

I have a cousin that's a globetrotter. Not the Harlem kind. THAT at least would be interesting. No, he just travels. And shares the videos. I don't wanna see em. He has a shaky hand. I get carsick watching all that. I like it better when he just sends postcards. I love picture postcards. I've got a great one from some time he spent at a Maine bed and breakfast last year. But those shaky videos have GOT to go.

Mom, I'm BORED!

I talk alot about my older two daughters on here, and since I do not want my younger angels feeling neglected, I'm gonna tell you about their favorite phrase.... MOM, I'M BORED! Bored? They don't know from bored. These kids have an entire arsenal of things to do. When I was a kid, you could actually see the floors and walls in my room. These kids have so much stuff, this is NOT a possibility. Well, not really, anyway. But my point is, how can these kids be bored with all this STUFF to do? I have managed to find a cure for that phrase, however, and I thought I would pass it along. When you here them use it, just order them to clean their room. Next time, wash the car. Third time, do the dusting, and so on. Soon, you no longer hear what a borng life they lead. See what a little hard work can do?:)

Priorities, of course

Okay, I am no longer feeling quite so depressed about things. I got a great reminder about priorities a few minutes ago. My daughter called. Wanting money. She obviously thinks I am hoarding a money tree out on the back forty somewhere. And when she calls, it is ALWAYS imperitive that she have whatever it is she wants the money for. What ARE Skagen watches, anyway? Whatever there is about them, I now know that they ar vital to my daughter's existance. I guess we better do something about it before she drowns in a pool of unfashionablism (okay, it's not a real word, but you get the idea).

But I want fudge!

All this worrying about my kids has made me hungry, and trust me, I do NOT need to be hungry. I am not yet to Godzilla proportions, but I am thinking about fudge, and I can feel my backside growing as I sit here and type. No fudge. No fudge. Hmm....I bet we have the stuff to make some.....Bah. If things don't get easier this school year, I am gonna need a whole neqw wardrobe. Again:)

What do you mean you can't find it...?

You know, I know you are probably getting tired of hearing about my kids in their various schools, but have you ever tried to send a child off to college? Or to a boarding prep school? Do you actually expect their belongings to come BACK with them at the end of the school year? You do? Oh, you poor, misguided soul. We learned the hard way that as far as belongings, nothing has changed since we patted their little popos and sent them off to kindergarten. If it doesn't have their name on it somewhere, you are never going to see that again. We wind up with everything from stenciled names on sheets and towels to large bills for personalized pens. A word to the wise.....no matter how much of a genius he or she is, he still can't find his toes if his eyes are closed. Really.

It's SETTLED!

Well, my oldest has returned to college after her first visit home. Presumably she has gotten settled in to her dorm room and is comfortable enough there now to feel at least sort of at home.

Then again, maybe not. "Settled" implies that one can sit still long enough to stay on one place for a period of time, and that girl flits around like an excited butterfly. The only time she stays still is when her headphones or her phone are keeping her ears warm.

Then again, given the definition I just gave, I don't think I am all that settled either. Maybe I better just shut up.

Sorry, it's POLICY

How many times in your life have you heard someone use the word POLICY as an excuse to not think, not do something differently when you need them to, or not have a heart? I am getting a little sick of it myself. Any given situation is unique, and companies (and governments) that put a standardized policy in place that can't be gotten away from simply do NOT care about people. People are supposed to be what it's all about, but companies and organizations started ignoring that years ago. When companies and govenemnt agencies in this ciountry start remembering that INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE made them in the first place, then maybe we can get back to being what made America great in the first place.

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Events that occured on this date in History

Okay, people, I hear from you about everything ELSE I so on here, but no one is saying a word about the historic events posts, positive or negative. I need to hear it, because if you don't care to see them, I am gonna just stop doing them and look around for other interesting things. Let me know! Here's today's historic events:

55 -BC- Roman forces under Julius C‘sar invade Britain. 1346 English longbows defeat French in Battle of Crcy. 1629 Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate. 1791 John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat. 1846 W A Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF). 1874 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee. 1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000. 1903 Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game. 1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec. 1914 Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg. 1916 Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0. 1916 Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6. 1920 19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted. 1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished. 1938 Montreal Maroons dropped from the NHL. 1939 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds at Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY). 1942 7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France. 1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat). 1952 Fluoridation of SF water begins. 1955 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup). 1957 USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile. 1961 Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto. 1962 Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0. 1964 LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, NJ. 1971 NY Giant football team announces its leaving the Bronx for NJ in 1975. 1971 Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game. 1972 NY Cosmos beat St Louis Stars, 2-1 to win the NASL championship. 1972 Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany. 1973 David Eisenhower last sports column. 1973 U of Tx (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing. 1973 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, CA, beating a field of 1,500 runners. 1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3. 1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I. 1978 Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6. 1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission. 1982 NASA launches Telesat-F. 1984 Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Lennigrad. 1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record). 1985 Balt Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs Calif Angels. 1989 Trumbull Conn, is 1st US team since 1983 to win Little League WS. 1990 2 slain college students found in Gainesville Florida. 1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0.

Lots of baseball. That's good. I love baseball:)

Let's get Today's Historic Obits out of the way...

Well, here we go with today's dose of morbid depression. Personally, I'd rather go bowling....and I can't bowl. I can't even see the ball. But I hear about it every time I don't post these, so here we go:)

1963 Larry Keating actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67. 1966 Art Baker TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 67. 1974 Charles Lindbergh dies at 72 in his Hawaiian home. 1976 Warner Anderson actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65. 1977 HA Rey author of popular constellation book, dies at 78. 1978 Charles Boyer actor (The Rogues), dies at 78. 1981 Roger Nash Baldwin founder of the ACLU, dies. 1983 Mike Kellin actor (Honestly Celeste), dies at 61 of cancer. 1984 Julie Stevens actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67. 1986 Jennifer Levin strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park. 1986 Ted Knight actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show), dies at 62.

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Today's Historic Birthday List

Here we are with today's list of notable people born on this date in years past. As usual, it's a pretty impressive list. By the way, what did you guys think about yesterday's events list? Let me know if you want me to keep it up or not. And now, on to the birthday list.

1676 Sir Robert Walpole (Whig) British PM (1721-42). 1728 Johann Lambert Switzerland, mathematician, proved ã is irrational. 1740 Joseph Montgolfier France, aeronaut (ballooning). 1743 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen). 1820 James Harlan (Rep-Iowa)/US Seretary of Interior (1865-66). 1850 Charles Richet French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913). 1873 Lee De Forest Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube). 1875 Sir John Buchan Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer. 1880 Guillaume Apollinaire France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola). 1884 Earl Biggers author ("Charlie Chan" detective series). 1885 Jules Romains France, novelist/dramatist/poet (Men of Good Will). 1901 Gen Maxwell D Taylor former US Army chief of staff. 1904 Christopher Isherwood England, novelist/playwright (I Am a Camera). 1906 Dr Albert B Sabin polio vaccine discoverer. 1909 Frank Gasparro Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81). 1911 Lester Lanin orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits). 1914 Julio Cort zar Argentina, writer (We Love Glenda So Much). 1915 Jim Davis Edgerton Mo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas). 1917 Jan Clayton Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie). 1917 William French Smith Attorney General (1981-85). 1919 Ronny Graham Phila Pa, actor (Bob Crane Show, Chico & the Man). 1921 Benjamin C Bradlee journalist (Wash Post). 1921 William Preston Columbia Penn (Penn State), actor. 1927 Francois Leydet sierra club (Last Redwoods). 1932 Joe H Engle Abilene Ks, Brig Gen USAF/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 51I). 1935 Geraldine Ferraro (Rep-D-NY) 1st female major-party VP candidate. 1937 Tom Heinsohn NBA star/coach (Boston Celtic). 1938 Francine York Aurora Minn, actress (Slattery's People). 1942 John E Blaha San Antonio, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 29, 33, STS 43). 1942 Vic Dana Buffalo, singer/dancer (Talent Scouts). 1943 Ulf Sundelin Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968). 1947 Candy Moore Maplewood NJ, actress (Lunch Wagon, Tomboy & Champ). 1948 Jet Black rocker (Stranglers-Dreamtime). 1948 Valerie Simpson Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner (Like a Rock). 1952 John Kinsella USA, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972). 1954 Steve Wright Britain's wacky DJ. 1957 Alex Trevino catcher (LA Dodgers). 1960 Branford Marsalis actor (Bring on the Night). 1960 Ola Ray St Louis Mo, playmate (Jun, 1980) (Thriller). 1965 Chris Burke actor with down syndrome (Life Goes On). 1981 Macauley Culkin actor (Home Alone, My Girl).

Blind Woman Hits Hole In One (video)

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Think About It

I saw a news story on our local channel the other day that was interesting. Apparently, there is a problem with bussing school kids in Jonesboro Arkansas and some of the kids have to walk as much as eight blocks to get to school. I know this sounds a little cold, but....waaaaaah. Cry me a river.

I grew up in a MUCH larger town....at least until I was eight years old when we moved out here into the middle of nowhere. I attended school in Davenport Iowa from kindergarten until third grade. I was four years old at the beginning of kindergarten, and I walked. Almost two miles. By myself. I was proud that I could.

People do not NEED a bus if they are walking less than two miles. Has ANYONE other than me bothered to notice that when we started thinking our kids were too delicate to do what we ourselves did, when we started babying them, we wound up with overweight kids that have ADD? We didn't have a real big adolescent overweight problem when everyone walked. Now we do. Think about it.

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Today's Historic Events

Okay, as I said in my last post, I am trying something new. Let me know if you want to keep seeing it. I personally am a student of history. History tends to repeat itself (mainly because no one bothers to learn enough history to stop repeating the same tired mistakes) and I want to be prepared:) Here we go.

1580 Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal. 1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers. 1689 Montreal taken by Iroquois. 1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, founded. 1804 Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England). 1814 British capture Washington DC. 1825 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day). 1830 Belgium revolts against Netherlands. 1835 NY Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel. 1862 Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves. 1864 Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda. 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station. 1875 Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m). 1886 1st intl polo meet (US vs England). 1888 Henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title. 1904 Jim Jefferies KOsJack Munroe & retains boxing heavyweight title. 1908 Allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race. 1912 1st time an aircraft recovers from a spin. 1915 Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage. 1916 National Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior. 1919 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London). 1920 1st US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey). 1921 US signs peace treaty with Germany. 1921 Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record. 1922 Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game. 1924 Wash Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn. 1925 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem NY). 1925 Helen Willis wins her 3rd straight US Lawn Tennis Open. 1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage. 1932 Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight. 1936 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each. 1940 1st parachute wedding. 1943 US forces overran New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II. 1944 Paris liberated from Nazi occupation. 1945 Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine. 1946 Ben Hogan wins the PGA championship. 1947 Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph. 1950 Pres Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike. 1950 Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title. 1952 Det Tiger Virgil Trucks 2nd no-hitter of yr, beats Yankees, 1-0. 1960 17th summer olympics opens in Rome. 1960 AFL begins placing players names on back of their jerseys. 1963 Paul McCartney is fined œ31 & 1 yr suspended license for speeding. 1967 Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1. 1967 Paraguay accepts its constitution. 1968 NY Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings & beats the Tigers 6-5; he played right field in the 2nd game & homered. 1969 Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montr‚al (NFL expo). 1974 LA Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup. 1976 Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings. 1979 California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2. 1981 Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09). 1981 Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years. 1981 Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km). 1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville breaks 1 million fan mark. 1983 US & USSR sign $10 billion grain pact. 1985 Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d). 1985 STS 51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem. 1987 Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42. 1988 Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston. 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-214. 1989 Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Neptune (0400 GMT). 1990 Li Hui Rong of China sets the triple jump women's record (47'8«"). 1990 UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq. 1991 Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds.

Today's Somewhat Shorter list of Famous Obits

Like the title says, this list is a whole lot shorter than the birthday list. Id I didn't get so much good feedback for posting these, I think I'd give this one up. I may anyway. I am going to be doing another blog very shortly, the whole thing beng dedicated to ghost storie and artistic gravestones. This might fit better there. I am going to try something new to see what you think, though. How about a daily update of historic eents? Let me know what you think. Anyway, here is today's death list.

1789 Mary Ball Washington mother of George, dies. 1822 William Herschel discovered Uranus, dies at 85. 1835 Ann Rutledge said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22. 1900 Friedrich Nietzsche philosopher, dies in Weimar, Germany. 1901 Clara Maass army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever. 1967 George Lincoln Rockwell head of American Nazi Party, assassinated. 1968 John George actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70. 1979 Stan Kenton orch leader (Music 55), dies at 67. 1980 Gower Champion dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 60. 1984 Truman Capote author (In Cold Blood), dies. 1985 Samantha Smith actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies at 13. 1986 Allen Case actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51. 1988 Price Daniel (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77.

Today's Seemingly Neverending List of Famous Birthdays

I'm afraid I missed doing yesterday's list. Sorry about that. Had an awful lot going on...my oldest came back from college for her first weekend home. Spent most of it on the phone with her friends. Figures, doesn't it? Anyway, on to today's list.

1530 Ivan IV (the Terrible) 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84). 1724 George Stubbs England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion). 1819 Allan Pinkerton founded Chicago detective agency. 1836 Bret Harte US, author (Outcasts of Poker Flat). 1841 Theodor Kocher Swiss surgeon, thyroid specialist (Nobel 1909). 1845 Ludwig II mad king of Bavaria (1864-86). 1902 Stefan Wolpe Berlin Germany, composer (Zeus & Elidco). 1905 Clara Bow silent movie actress (Wings, Down to the Sea in Ships). 1906 William J Brennan Newark NJ, US supreme court justice (1957-90). 1909 Michael Rennie actor (The Robe, Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still). 1909 Ruby Keeler Halifax NS, dancer (Dames). 1910 Pierre Musy Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1936). 1912 Erich Honecker Germany, East German political leader. 1913 Walt Kelly cartoonist, creator of "Pogo". 1914 Alexei Haieff Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer (Princess Zondilda). 1915 Walter Trampler Munich Germany, violist (Beaux Arts Trio). 1916 Van Johnson Newport RI, actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks. 1917 Don Defore Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet). 1917 Mel Ferrer Elberon NJ, actor (Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor). 1918 Leonard Bernstein conductor/composer/pianist. 1918 Richard Greene Plymouth England, actor (Adv of Robin Hood). 1919 George C Wallace (D-gov-Ala) pres candidate. 1921 Brian Moore Ireland, novelist (Catholics, Doctor's Wife). 1923 Monty Hall Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host (Let's Make a Deal). 1927 Althea Gibson 1st black tennis champion in a major event. 1930 Graham Javis Toronto Ontario, actor (Charlie-Mary Hartman). 1930 Page Johnson WV, actress (Passages from Finnegan's Wake). 1930 Sean Connery actor (James Bond, Man Who Would Be King). 1931 Regis Philbin host (Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee). 1933 Tom Skerritt Detroit Mich, actor (Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama). 1934 Valery F Bykovsky USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok V Soyuz 22 31/39). 1935 David Canary Elwood Ind, actor (Peyton Place, Candy-Bonanza). 1940 Jos‚ Van Dam Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone (Fran‡ois d'Assisif). 1942 Margaret Murdock US, small bore rifle (Olympic-silver-1976). 1946 Rollie Fingers relief pitcher (Oakland Athletics). 1947 Anne Archer LA Cal, actress (Too Scared to Scream, Fatal Attraction). 1949 Gene Simmons Queens, NY, rocker (KISS-Beth). 1949 John Savage Long Island NY, actor (Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers). 1951 Rob Halford heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Got Another Thing). 1954 Elvis Costello [Declan Patrick McManus], rocker (Allison). 1954 John Savage Old Bethpage NY, actor (Jim Malloy-Gibbsville). 1954 Martin Jourard keyboardist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely). 1956 Matt Aitken rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block). 1962 Mazzi Rawd heavy metal rocker. 1962 Vivian Campbell heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again). 1964 Blair Underwood Tacoma Wash, actor (Jonathan-LA Law). 1970 Claudia Schiffer Rheinbach Germany, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone).

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Historic Obits for Today

Apparently, being born is much more popular than dying among the famous set. The death lists are so much shorter that I am beginning to wonder if the rich really HAVE found a way to pay the poor to die for them.

1818 Warren Hastings 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85. 1922 Michael Collins Sinn Fein leader, killed by rebels. 1926 Charles William Elliot Pres of Harvard (1869-1909), dies at 92. 1977 Sebastian Cabot actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59. 1978 Jomo Kenyatta president of Kenya, dies at 83. 1991 Colleen Dewhurst actress (Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 67.

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This Date's Noted Births

Okay, it's late again, but better late than never! Here are today's birthdays...looks like this was a pretty popular day for giving birth to popular people.

1836 Archibald M Willard US, artist (Spirit of '76). 1862 Claude Debussy St Germain-en-Laye, composer (La Mer, Clair de lune). 1891 Francis McDonald Bowling Green Ky, actor (Will-Adv of Champion). 1893 Dorothy Parker US, short story writer (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award). 1895 Paul White Bangor Maine, composer (Adante & Rondo for Cello). 1900 Elizabeth Bergner Vienna Austria, actress (Catherine the Great). 1903 Ren‚ Wellek Vienna Austria, writer (Concepts of Criticism). 1904 Deng Xiaoping Chinese leader (1976-1983). 1909 Mel Hein NFL center (NY Giants). 1911 Edith Atwater Chic, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop). 1917 John Lee Hooker Mississippi, blues musician (Canned Heat). 1920 Dr Denton Cooley heart surgeon (1st artifical heart transplant). 1920 Ray Bradbury Ill, sci-fi author (Fahrenheit 451, Illustrated Man). 1922 Micheline Presle Paris, actress (Nea, Donkey Skin). 1926 Honor Blackman London, actress (Pussy Galore-Goldfinger). 1928 John Lupton Highland Park Ill, actor (Tom-Broken Arrow). 1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen M”drath, Germany, composer (Kontrapunkte). 1932 Gerald P Carr Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut (Skylab 4). 1933 Sylvia Koscina actress (Jessica, Hercules). 1934 Diana Sands actress (Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife). 1934 Norman Schwartzkopf NJ, US General (Liberated Kuwait from Iraq). 1935 Morton Dean Fall River Mass, TV newscaster (CBS, ABC). 1939 Carl Yastrzemski NY, Boston Red Sox great (1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame). 1940 George Reinholt Phila, (Another World, One Life to Live). 1940 Valerie Harper Sufferin NY, (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie). 1942 Kathy Lennon Santa Monica Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters). 1945 James G Richardson Gainesville Fla, actor (Tim Cassidy-Sierra). 1945 Ron Dante Staten Island NY, rocker (Archies-Sugar, Sugar). 1947 Cindy Williams Van Nuys Calif, actress (Shirley-Laverne & Shirley). 1949 Diana Nyad swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979). 1959 Juan Croucier heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round). 1961 Roland Orzabal singer (Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels). 1963 Terry Catledge NBA star (Orlando Magic). 1964 Mats Wilander Sweden, tennis player (1988 US Open). 1966 Mark Michaels heavy metal guitarist (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar).

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Okay, I give up

Just for the record, this is NOT any kind of paid post or hype for blacksheepjewelry.com. I don't have any mechandise for sale at the momen, not online. It's a personal gripe post.

Anyone who bothers to check the front page of my site will see a link to my eBay store listed there. Don't bother. I am officially giving up on eBay as a seller. They have finally choked their fees to the point that if I sell my merchandise, it HAS to be at a loss. I list the majority of my items at 9.99 with free shipping. I have for years. These items sell in offline stores for about THIRTY DOLLARS. I figured people would LIKE a good deal and my volume sales would make up the difference, so I list low. But NOW, eBay and Paypal fees take over HALF my selling price, and my items are NOT free to ME either. once I add the shipping fees I go under. WAY under.

Frankly, eBay has been sticking it to the smaller sellers for a long time. I have HAD it. It's damn near impossible to be an honest seller on eBay anymore, and I won't BE dishonest. But I've had it. I'm offficially closing down my online sales until I reopen my perrsonal store later this year.

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Sweat socks, anyone?

Did I mention that my oldest daughter, the one who is thin....she looks like a line with feet.....and who calls home if gets a sniffle....is a Physical Education major? I am just wondering how long it takes her coaches to convince her that quesadillas from Taco Bell and a Dr Pepper are NOT in fact a balanced meal.

I'm also wondering how long it will be before the dirty laundry piled in her dorm room corner grows enough to tap her on the shoulder and request it's own room. But I must admit, it sure is quiet around here:) For the record, I am blowing it. She is going to read this, and it's my birthday next week. I bet I get a dirty sweatsock. Ah, well.

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Historic Deaths that occurred on this date

Looks like we have an extremely short obit list today, only four people. Which is just as well....I have too much typing to do today anyhow:) So, I'm gonna finish this up and get on with it. Here is todays list of historically notable obituaries:

1940 Leon Trotsky dies of wounds inflicted by an assailant the day before. 1958 Walter Schumann choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44. 1971 George Jackson murdered. 1982 Benigno S Aquino Jr Philippines opposition leader, killed in Manila.

See, what did I tell you... extremely short.

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Today's Noteworthy Birthdays

I'm a little slow getting started today. Please bear with me. Just one of those days:) But it does look like we have quite a list this time. Anyway, famous people born on this date in history are:

1165 Philip II Augustus 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223). 1660 Hubert Gautier engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building. 1765 William IV king of England (1830-37). 1789 Augustin-Louis Baron Cauchy, French mathematician. 1872 Aubrey Beardsley England, artist (Salome). 1890 Bill Henry SF Calif, newscaster (Who Said That?). 1896 Roark Bradford writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun). 1906 William "Count" Basie jazz pianist (Awesome!). 1906 Friz Freleng animator (Bugs Bunny-Emmy 1982). 1907 Dr Roy K Marshall Glen Carbon Ill, TV scientist (Nature of Things). 1909 C Dillon Douglas Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65). 1915 Jack Weston [Morris Weinstein], Cleveland, actor (4 Seasons, Rad). 1921 Nancy Kulp Harrisburg Pa, actress (Jane-Beverly Hillbillies). 1923 Chris Schenkel Biuppus Ind, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights). 1928 Gillian Sheen England, foils (Olympic-gold-1956). 1930 Princess Margaret England (Sister of Queen Elizabeth). 1931 Nancy Hadley LA Calif, actress (Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show). 1933 Dame Janet Baker York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave). 1936 Mart Crowley playwright (Boys in the Band). 1936 Wilt Chamberlain NBA great center (LA Laker, 5 time MVP). 1938 Kenny Rogers singer (Lady) actor (Coward of the County). 1939 Clarence Williams III NYC, actor (Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain). 1944 Jackie DeShannon Hazel Kentucky, singer (What the World Needs Now). 1945 Patty McCormack Bkln NY, actress (Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers). 1946 Lev Alburt USSR, International Chess Master (1976). 1951 Bernhard Germeshausen German DR, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1976, 80). 1951 Harry Smith Indiana, TV host (CBS Morning Show). 1953 Joe Strummer [John Mellor], rocker (Clash-Rock the Casbah). 1956 Kim Cattrall Liverpool England, actress (Mannequin, Star Trek VI). 1957 Budgie rocker (Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing). 1957 Janice Thomas WBL guard (NY Stars). 1957 Kim Sledge Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family). 1959 Jim McMahon NFL QB (Chicago Bears, SD Chargers, Phila Eagles). 1962 Matthew Broderick actor (Ferris Buehler, Biloxi Blues). 1967 Michael Bendetti actor (Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street).

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Today's Historic Obituaries

To hear my eldest daughter tell it, ah almost mde it onto this list by slamming her thumb in that van door. I keep telling her, it's not the van door that's gonna do her harm, it's ME id she doesn't quit with the midnight partied on school nights. (nutter) She was NOT raised this way. Anyway, on to today's historic obits:

1804 Charles Floyd only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. 1914 Pope Pius X dies. 1915 Paul Ehrlich scientist, dies in Hamburg at 61. 1940 Leon Trotsky icepicked by Frank Jackson. 1961 Vilhjalmur Stefansson Arctic explorer, dies at 82. 1982 Ulla Jacobsson Swedish actress, dies in Vienna at 53 of bone cnacer. 1985 Harchand Singh Longowai Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists. 1986 Donn Bennett TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76. 1986 Walter Brooke actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71. 1991 Lenore Strunsky Gershwin widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at 90.

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Today's Historic Obits

You know, once I got my kids off to their respective schools, I thought life was going to calm down a little. It didn't. But I did find five more minutes to do this:) I'm not addicted to blogging or anything......

14 -BC- Octavian [Augustus] Roman general, dies at 48. 1493 Frederick III Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493). 1929 Sergei P Diaghilev Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57. 1962 Kerstin Hesselgren 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90. 1977 Julius (Groucho) Marx NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86. 1986 Hermione Baddeley actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79.

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Today's Notable Birthdays

With all the kids away from home that are phoning home today, I didn't think I was gonna find the time to do this one, but what do you know. I have five minutes:) Here we go.

1398 I¤igo L¢pez Spain, marques de Santillana, poet (Comedieta de Ponza). 1631 John Dryden 1st poet laureate of England (Absalom & Achitophel). 1646 John Flamsteed 1st astronomer royal of England. 1689 Samuel Richardson English novelist (Pamela) (baptized). 1785 Seth Thomas pioneer in mass production of clocks. 1844 Minna Canth Finland, novelist/dramatist (social evils). 1946 Bill Clinton 42nd US President. (Former Little Rock Attorney). 1948 Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson. In 1970 became "Tipper" Gore. Wife of Al Gore US Vice President.. 1858 Edith Nesbit England, children books author (Railway Children). 1859 Charles Comiskey 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox). 1860 John Kane Scottish-born US primitivist painter (Self-Portrait). 1870 Bernard Baruch financier/presidential adviser. 1871 Orville Wright aviator. 1878 Manuel Quezon 1st president of Philippine Commonwealth (1935-42). 1881 Georges Enesco (or Enescu) Romania, composer (Romanian Dances). 1889 Arthur Waley sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese. 1892 Alfred Lunt Broadway actor (Emmy 1965). 1902 Ogden Nash Rye NY, humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself). 1903 Claude Dauphin Corbell France, actor (April in Paris, Deported). 1903 James Gould Cozzens US, novelist (1949 Pulitzer-Guard of Honor). 1906 Philo T Farnsworth Beaver Utah, inventor (electronic TV). 1907 June Collyer NYC, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show). 1907 Thurston Morton (Sen-Ky, 1957-1969). 1915 Ring Lardner Jr Chicago, screenwriter (Woman of the Year). 1916 Marie Wilson Anaheim Calif, actress (My Friend Irma). 1919 Malcolm Forbes publisher (Forbes Magazine). 1921 Gene Roddenberry executive producer (Star Trek). 1924 William Marshall Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value). 1931 Willie Shoemaker jockey (In 1956 he won $2 million). 1933 Debra Paget actress (Anne of the Indies, Love Me Tender). 1934 Bill Cleary US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960). 1934 David F Durenberger Minn, (Sen-R-Minn). 1934 Dr Renee Richards trans-sexual tennis player. 1935 Bobby Richardson SC, 2nd baseman (NY Yankees). 1935 F Story Musgrave Boston, MD/astronaut (STS 6, 51-F, 33, 44). 1938 Diana Muldaur actress (McCloud, Star Trek Next Generation, LA Law). 1938 Valentin Mankin USSR, finn class yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968). 1939 Ginger [Peter] Baker England, drummer (Cream-White Room). 1940 Jill St John [Oppenheim], LA Calif, actress (Diamonds are Forever). 1940 Johnny Nash Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now). 1943 Billy J Kramer Liverpool, rocker (The Dakotas-Bad to Me). 1945 Ian Gillian heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor). 1946 Charles F Bolden Jr Columbia SC, astronaut (STS 61C, 31, STS 45). 1947 Gerald McRaney Collins Miss, actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad). 1951 John Deacon rocker (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody). 1951 Randi Oakes Randalia Iowa, actress (Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs). 1952 Jonathan Frakes actor (Actor: Commander Will Riker in "Star Trek Next Generation", Director: "Star Trek: First Contact"). 1956 Adam Arkin Bkln, actor (Lenny-Busting Loose, Pearl, Tough Cookies). 1956 Cindy Nelson US, skier (Olympic-bronze-1976). 1957 Darby Hinton Santa Monica Calif, actor (Israel-Daniel Boone). 1959 Steve Grimmett heavy metal rocker. 1960 Ron Darling Hawaii, baseball pitcher (NY Mets). 1962 Valerie Kaprisky Paris France, actress (Breathless, Public Woman). 1963 Joey Tempest rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown). 1963 John Stamos Cypress Calif, actor (General Hospital, Full House). 1965 Kevin Dillon actor (Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon). 1967 Jason Starsky son of Beatle Ringo. 1969 Christian Slater actor (Legend of Billie Jean). 1970 Matthew Perry actor (Sydney). 1971 Tricia Ann Luedtke Oostburg Wisc, Miss Wisc-America-1991.

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Today's Episode of THE COLLEGE PARENT

Just to keep everyone updated....this is the first full day of my oldest daughter's college carreer. I am considering burning her cell phone. She called me bright and early this morning just to tell me.....(drum roll please)...that she woke up. Really. Then later, when the phone has been semi silent and I have breathed a sigh of relief.....she calls again. To tell me she slammed her finger in a van door. And went to the hospital. They gave her a band aid and charged her a hundred and fifty bucks.

I think I am getting a headache.

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Today's Notable Deaths

Here is today's historic obits list. The more ghoulish of you will be pleased to know that I am working on publishing a blog about celebrity gravesites. Stay tuned:)

1227 Genghis Khan Mongol conqueror, died. 1952 Ralph Byrd actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at 43. 1959 Harvey Glatmin executed. 1961 Learned Hand Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89. 1968 Cy Walter pianist (3's Company), dies at 52. 1982 Beverly Bayne actress, dies at 87. 1988 Frederick Ashton choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83. 1990 B.F. Skinner psychologist (Skinner Box), dies from Leukemia at 86.

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Today's Noted Births

Well, it's been petty busy on here today, but I am FINALLY getting around to today's famous birthdays list:)

472 Flavius Ricimer general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker. 1587 Virginia Dare 1st American born of English parents. 1685 Brook Taylor England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem. 1750 Antonio Salieri Italy, composer (Tatare). 1778 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica. 1792 John 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66). 1834 Marshall Field founded Chicago-based store chain. 1873 Otto Harbach songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes). 1896 Alan Mowbray London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack). 1900 Walter O'Keefe Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood). 1904 Max Factor Jr CEO (Max Factor Cosmetics). 1904 Sterling W Cole (Rep-R-NY). 1906 Andre Van Gyseghem England, actor (Search for the Nile). 1907 Enoch Light Canton Ohio, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith). 1916 Elsa Morante Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo). 1916 Moura Lympany Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979). 1917 Casper Weinberger US Secretary of Defense (1981-87). 1919 Walter J Hickel (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71). 1922 Alain Robbe-Grillet France, novelist (Voyeur). 1922 Shelley Winters [Schrift], St Louis Mo, actress (Poisidon Adventure). 1924 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq pres of Pakistan (1978-88). 1927 Rosalynn Carter Georgia, 1st lady, Pres Carter's wife. 1930 Grant Williams NYC, actor (Greg-Hawaiian Eye). 1930 Johnny Preston Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine). 1933 Roman Polanski director (Knife in the Water, Repulsion). 1934 Rafer Lewis Johnson US, decathalete (Olympic-gold-1960). 1934 Roberto Clemente pro baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates). 1935 Gail Fisher Orange NJ, actress (Peggy-Mannix). 1937 Robert Redford Calif, actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby). 1941 Christopher Jones Jackson TN, actor (Wild in the Streets). 1943 Martin Mull Chic Ill, actor/comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial). 1945 Nona Hendryx Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade). 1948 Rudy Hartono Kurniawan Indonesia, All-England tennis champ. 1951 Candice Earley actress (Donna Tyler-All My Children). 1952 Patrick Swayze Houston Tx, actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost). 1961 John Viscardi NYC, actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live). 1967 Blas Elias Gomez Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live). 1967 Tracy Tracy rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal). 1968 Greta Lind actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children). 1970 Malcolm Jamal Warner Jersey City NJ, actor (Theodore-Cosby Show). 1971 Trey Ames Canton Oh, actor (David-A Year in the Life).

Oh, Yeah, and my OTHER daughter, Nancy's sister....

You know, the weird part about sending my oldest off to college is that she isn't the first to leave home. Her younger sister, who never forgets to pack anything but the essentials, has already left to return to the prep school she chose to attend. It's her second year there, and she's a senior. She left last week. I guess I am not as worried about her because she already did this a year ago. With her, the only hard part is packig all her books in the car. I think she owns a complete city library.

Lil Elvises! (video)

Okay, I'm a day late and a dollar short posting this, but these kids are CUTE.

And we expect THIS kid to pass tests....?

As I said in an earlier post, my daughter left for college today. It seems that the only thing she did NOT forget to take with her was her cell phone. I know this, because, on the trip to the campus, which takes between an hour and a half and two hours to drive, my daughter called me every time she remembered something she should have taken with her. Extra medicine, band aids, nutritional suppliments, ethernet cable, old tennis shoes, you name it. No wonder everything fit nicely in the trunk of the car....she forgot the rest. And THIS is the kid I am foisting onto the world? Forgive me.

Dirty Car Artist (video)

You know, I took several years worth of professional art classes. I was always under the impression that anyone who needed a gimmick for his artwork was in trouble, because the work should stand on it's own. But this guy is good at what he does. Judge for yourself.

How Far From The Nest Do They Fly?

Today, my oldest daughter left for college. She has been away from home before, including two weeks in Florida on a band trip, but this is different. I feel like I just threw my baby to the sharks. We tried to teach her well, but you never know what is going to happen out there. I have a friend who raised her son very well, did everything she could, but has now had to practically mortgage her whole life away to pay for his drug rehab. I dunno... my little girl ould never go tha route. I hope. Better prepare yourself for more "worried Mommy" posts in the near future.

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Time to go shopping, darn it.

You know, I breathed a sigh of relief last week when the back to school shopping was over. With four daughters, a shopping trip can get intense. But now I am sitting here in my favorite chair at my old desk typing this out for you, and my favorite chair has come partially apart twice in the last ten minutes, and my old desk is creaking at me. Time to buy a new chair and one of those newer modern desks, but I really, REALLY don't wanna.

President Bush's Radio Address (video)

I get incredibly tired of hearing about how wrong the damned war is. There were real reasons why we went over there, there are real reasons why we are STILL over there, and the men and women who wear this country's uniforms deserve our support. What are people thinking with all these arguments? Do you people think you can stop the terrorists by sitting down with them at a tea party? Do you even BEGIN to know what JIHAD means? Do you REALIZE that the Islamic religions ALLOW THEM TO LIE TO GET WHAT THEY WANT? And hat they want BY ORDER OF THEIR HOLY BOOKS is to cleanse the earth of Infidels. Um, that's YOU.

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Uncle David

Well, we got word just lately that my uncle is in the hospital. You would have to know my uncle to understand what I mean when I say that even as a man in his eighties, I bet he's giving them hell. My uncle is an ex cop, and he never really got over it. And the way I understand it, they gave him the full clean out treatmnt before his operation... colon cleanse, enema, shaving, the works. I am guessing he is really busy making them wish he'd chosen a different hospital. But anyone out there who prays, please pray for him. He's a smoky on the outside, but a teddy bear at heart.

Today's Historic Obits

Here we go with today's historic obituaries list, which is actually longer than usual. This is also the anniversary of death for someone I know. Since you didn't know him, he isn't listed here....but dude, RIP.

850 Jos‚ Francisco de San Martin South American revolutionary hero, dies. 1915 Leo Frank lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia. 1920 Ray Chapman hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies. 1971 Horace McMahon actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64. 1973 Conrad Aiken Pulitzer winning poet, dies at 74. 1975 Sig Arno Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80. 1976 William Redfield actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48. 1979 Vivian Vance actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 72. 1982 Barney Phillips actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68. 1983 Ira Gershwin lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills, Cal, at 86. 1987 Rudolph Hess Nazi, dies at 93, after 46 years in Spandau Prison. 1988 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday. 1988 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63 in plane.

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Today's Notable Birthdays

Here we go, and it looks like an awful lot of people thought this was a great date upon which to foist their famous babies onto the woeld:)

1601 Pierre de Fermat mathematician who needed wider margins. 1786 Davy Crockett US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician. 1840 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt England, writer (Irish Land League). 1844 Menelik II King of Ethiopia (1896-1913). 1870 Frederick Russell developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine. 1876 Eric Drummond 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33). 1887 Marcus Garvey began back-to-Africa movement among US blacks. 1888 Monty Wooley NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner). 1892 Mae West Bkln, actress (Go up & see her sometime). 1900 Quincy Howe Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News). 1901 Henri Tomasi Marseilles France, composer (Don Juan de Ma¤ara). 1905 John Hay Whitney publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67). 1914 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55). 1918 Mort Marshall NYC, actor (Cully-Dumplings). 1920 Georgia Gibbs Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire). 1921 Maureen O'Hara Dublin Ireland, actress (Miracle on 34th St). 1922 Ralph Roberts NC, actor (Tradition, Gone are the Days). 1923 Larry Rivers modern/abstract painter (Wash crossing Delaware-1953). 1926 Haakon Barfod Norway, yachting (Olympic-gold-1948, 52). 1927 Robert Moore Detroit Mich, actor (Marshall-Diana). 1929 Francis Gary Powers US spy (USSR captures him in 1959 U-2 incident). 1932 Chet Allen Chickasha Okla, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter). 1932 V.S. Naipaul Trinidad, novelist (Middle Passage). 1939 Luther Allison Arkansas, guitarist (Bad News is Coming). 1940 Thomas Williams US, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1960). 1941 Boog Powell baseball player (AL MVP 1970). 1943 Robert De Niro NYC, actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver). 1943 Yukio Kasaya Japan, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972). 1951 Alain Mimoun France, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1956). 1951 Alan Minter England, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972). 1952 Kathryn C Thornton Montgomery Alabama, PhD/astronaut (STS 33, sk: 49). 1953 Kevin Rowlands rocker (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen). 1958 Belinda Carlisle Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth). 1960 Sean Penn actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High). 1963 Carmen Berg Bismark ND, playmate (July, 1987). 1965 Glen Goldsmith rocker (What You See is What You Get). 1969 Donald E Wahlberg Jr, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough).

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Anybody been REALLY paying attention to the recent round of recalls from Chinese manufacturers? For the moment I am going to keep my mouth shut about my opinion that this can NOT all be accidental and that we might just be under a subtle attack. I want to talk about Barbie.

Barbie products are on the most recent recall list. Barbie. Now think about that. Barbie is truly ALL American, invented by an American, and made to represent the American teen, more or less. She always has been. The inventor named her after her DAUGHTER, for crying out loud. Does ANYONE other than me have a problem with the idea that American products like Barbie were outsourced to a Chinese production plant in the forst place? Matel, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!?!?

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Today's Notable Historic Deaths

And here is today's, thankfully short, notable death list.

1854 Duncan Phyfe furniture maker, dies. 1920 Norman Lockyer editor of NATURE, discoverer of helium in Sun, dies. 1948 Babe Ruth Baseball legend, dies in NY at 53. 1977 Elvis Presley dies of heart ailment at Graceland at 42. 1989 Amanda Blake actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 60. 1991 Shamu the Whale dies at 16, from respiratory failure. 1991 Stuart Karl CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer.

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Today's Famous Birthdays

Okay, here's today's list...long as usual:) August sure seems to have been a popular month for having famous babies:)

1860 Jules Laforgue Uruguay, French poet (Les Complaintes). 1862 Amos Alonzo Stagg football pioneer, inventor (tackling dummy). 1863 Gabriel Piern‚ Metz France, composer (Edith). 1868 Bernard MacFadden publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances). 1874 Arthur Meighen Canada, PM of Canada (1920,1,6). 1884 Hugo Gernsback sci-fi writer (1960 Hugo). 1892 Harold Foster cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant"). 1894 George Meany NYC, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO). 1895 Lucien Littlefield San Antonio Tx, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie). 1897 Robert Ringling circus master. 1899 Glenn Strange Weed NM, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke). 1902 Georgette Heyer England, novelist (Friday's Child). 1904 Wendell Stanley biochemist, 1st to crystallize a virus (Nobel '46). 1906 Franz Josef II prince of Liechtenstein (1938- ). 1910 Mae Clarke Phila, actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl). 1913 Menachem Begin Israeli PM (1977-83, Nobel 1978). 1914 Tullio Pandolfini Italy water polo (Olympic-gold-1948). 1917 Roque Cordero Panama, composer (Sonata Breve). 1925 Fess Parker Fort Worth Texas, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller). 1928 Ann Blyth Mt Kisko NY, actress (Kismet, Mildred Pierce). 1930 Frank Gifford Calif, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster. 1930 Robert Culp Berkley Calif, actor (I Spy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice). 1930 Ted Hughes England, poet laureate (1984- ). 1930 Tony Trabert tennis pro (1955 Wimbledon). 1931 Betsy Von Frstenberg Germany, stage actress (Gingerbread Lady). 1932 Eydie Gorme Bronx NY, singer (Tonight Show, Bossa Nova). 1933 Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa Durango Colo, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 14). 1934 John Standing London England, actor (Edward-Lime Street). 1935 Julie Newmar Hollywood Calif, actress (Catwoman-Batman, Living Doll). 1936 Anita Gillette Balt Md, actress (Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck). 1936 Gary Clarke LA Calif, actor (Hondo, Virginian, Michael Shayne). 1938 Andr s Balcz¢ Hungary, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1972). 1938 Ketty Lester Hope Ark, actress (Hester-Little House on the Prairie). 1939 Carol Shelly London, actress (Gwendolyn Pidgeon-Odd Couple). 1939 Valeri V Ryumin cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32). 1945 Kevin Ayers England, progressive rocker (Joy of a Toy). 1945 Robert Balaban Chicago, actor (Absence of Malice, Altered States). 1945 Suzanne Farrell Cincinatti, dancer (Don Quioxote). 1946 Lesley Ann Warren NYC, actress (Cinderella, Mission Impossible). 1947 John Howard (US), speed record (152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT). 1952 Gianna Rolandi NYC, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier). 1952 Reginald Veljohnson actor (Carl Winslow-Family Matters, Die Hard). 1953 Catlin O'Heaney Whitefish Bay Wisc, actress (Snow White-Charmings) 1953 James Taylor rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna). 1953 Kathie Lee Gifford Paris Fla, hostess (Live with Regis & Kathie Lee). 1953 Nick Leyva baseball manager (Phillies 1988-91). 1957 Tim Farriss rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt). 1958 Jonathan Prince Beverly Hills Pa, actor (Danny-Alice). 1958 Madonna (Ciccone) Bay City Mich, singer/actress (Like a Virgin). 1960 Timothy Hutton actor (Turk 182, Ordinary People). 1964 Jimmy Arias Buffalo NY, tennis player (US Davis Cup team). 1988 Rumer Willis child of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore.

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Today's Noteworthy Obits from History

Okay, here's today's yuck list. Thankfully, it's reasonably short....I have noticed that, on any given day, more noteworthy people are born than die. This seems to me to be a GOOD thing.

1935 Wiley Post & Will Rogers killed in plane crash in Alaska. 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahiman of Bangladesh killed in a military coup. 1983 Anthony Costello actor, dies at 42. 1991 Marietta Tree (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74.

See what I mean?

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Today's Historic Birthdays

Well, here we go with an incredibly long list again. My typing finger aches already:)

1432 Luigi Pulci Italy, poet (Morgante). 1688 Frederick-William I king of Prussia (1713-1740). 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15). 1771 Sir Walter Scott Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake). 1785 Thomas De Quincey Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater). 1803 Sir James Douglas father of British Columbia. 1845 Walter Crane England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast). 1856 J Keir Hardie 1st Labour representative in British Parliament. 1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding 1st lady. 1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast). 1879 Ethel Barrymore Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green). 1887 Ferber Edna, Mich, writer (Showboat, Cimarron, Giant). 1888 T.E. Lawrence Tremadoc Wales, soldier/writer (aka Lawrence of Arabia). 1890 Jacques Ibert Paris France, composer (Escales). 1892 Louis-Victor due de Broglie France, physicist (Nobel 1929). 1893 Harlow H Curtice pres of General Motors (1953-8). 1898 Lillian Carter Pres Carter's mom.1901 Arias Arnulfo 3 time president of Panama (1940-41, 49-51, 68). 1904 Bill Baird Grand Is Nebr, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie, Muppet Show). 1912 Julia Child Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef). 1912 Wendy Hiller actress (Major Barbara, David Copperfield). 1915 Signe Hasso actress (Double Life). 1920 Huntz Hall actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game). 1922 Lukas Foss (Fuchs) Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie). 1923 Rose Marie NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show). 1924 Phyllis Schlafly St Louis, right-winger/Eagle Forum president. 1924 Robert Bolt playwright (Man for All Seasons, Dr Zhivago). 1925 Mike Connors Fresno Calif, actor (Joe Mannix-Mannix, Night Kill). 1926 Georgiann Johnson Decorah Iowa, actress (Marge-Mr Peepers). 1931 Janice Rule Norwood Ohio, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife). 1933 Lori Nelson Santa Fe NM, actress (Greta-How to Marry a Millionaire). 1935 Abby Dalton Las Vegas NV, actress (Joey Bishop Show). 1935 Jim Dale Broadway entertainer (Barnum, My One & Only). 1935 Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr civil rights activist. 1941 Don Rich Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw). 1943 Barbara Bouchet Reichenberg Czech, actress (Casino Royale). 1944 Linda Ellerbee Bryan Texas, newscaster (NBC News Overnight). 1945 Gene Upshaw NFL guard (Oakland), NFLPA leader. 1946 Jimmy Webb Elk City Okla, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away). 1946 Kathryn Jean Whitmire Houston Texas, (4 time Mayor-Houston). 1947 Gerald Velez congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance). 1947 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr Macon Ga, USN/astro (STS 33). 1949 Ann Ryerson Wisc, actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin). 1950 Princess Anne England (daughter of Queen Elizabeth II). 1950 Tess Harper actress (Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies). 1955 Larry Mathews Burbank Calif, actor (Ritchie-Dick Van Dyke Show). 1957 Zeljko Ivanek Yugoslavia, actor (Mass Appeal). 1960 Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper SF, tennis player (Denver-1985). 1960 Tommy Aldridge heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man). 1961 Matt Johnson rocker (The The-Infected Soul Mining). 1964 MCA (Adam Yauch) rocker (The Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight). 1967 F DeLorme Roche Jr. Roanoke, Virginia. Bartender extrodinaire (Guru of life, love & Libation)

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Today's Historic Obituaries

Personally, I prefer my daily "birthdays" list. This one tends to be depressing. For some reason, people seem to like it though, so here it is....people you might have heard of that died on this date in years past:

1936 Rainey Bethea hung, last US public execution. 1951 William Randolph Hearst newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills. 1958 Gladys L Presley mom of Elvis, dies at 46. 1958 Mary Ritter Beard American historian, dies at 82. 1972 Jules Romains French novelist, dies at 86. 1972 Oscar Levant actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65. 1982 Patrick Magee Irish actor, dies at 58. 1985 Gale Sondergaard actress, dies at cerebral vascular thrombosis. 1988 Enzo Ferrari Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90. 1991 Douglas Kiker newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61.

There, I hope you're satisfied. Now I'm depressed. (mutter)

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Today's Historic Birthdays

Okay, here we go with the day's famous birthdays. I'm actually on time today! And for those of you who read this that don't pay attention to my sponsored posts, please pay attention to the one I am going to do for the Memory Walk, probably the next post. It's important!

1774 Meriwether Lewis Charlottsville VA, capt of Lewis & Clark Expedition. 1777 Hans Christian Oersted Den, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law). 1802 Letitia Elizabeth Landon England, poet/novelist/socialite. 1860 Ernest T Seton naturalist/painter/author (Buffalo Wind-1938). 1867 John Galsworthy England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932). 1869 Armas J„rnefelt Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse).1901 Sir James Pitman England, educator/publisher/phonetic speller. 1903 John Ringling North circus director. 1920 Nehemiah Persoff actor (Al Capone, Yentl). 1924 Georges Prˆtre Waziers France, conductor (NY Met). 1925 Russell Baker columnist/humorist (NY Times). 1926 Alice Ghostly Montana, actress (Bewitched, With 6 You Get Egg Roll). 1926 Buddy Greco Phila Pa, singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House). 1930 Earl Weaver St Louis Mo, manager (Balt Orioles 1968-82, 85-86). 1940 Dash Crofts Cisco Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze). 1941 Connie Smith Elkhart, Indiana, singer (Dream Painter, New Horizons). 1941 David Crosby rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross). 1942 Sandy Gilmour Montclair NJ, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday). 1943 Jon A McBride Charleston WV, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 41G). 1944 Robyn Smith Astaire jockey/wife of Fred Astaire. 1945 Steve Martin Waco Tx, comedian (The Jerk, Man With 2 Brains). 1946 Antonio Fargas Bronx NY, actor (Huggy Bear-Starsky & Hutch). 1946 Larry Graham rocker (One in a million, you). 1946 Susan St James LA Cal, (MacMillan & Wife, Kate & Allie, Name of Game). 1952 Debbie Meyer US, 200m/400m/800m freestyle swimmer (Oly-gold-1968). 1952 Mark C Lee Viroqua Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut (STS-30, sk:47). 1956 Sharon Bryant vocalist (Atlantic Starr - Touch a 4 Leaf Clover). 1957 Jackee (Harry) Winston-Salem NC, actress (Sandra-227). 1958 Earvin (Magic) Johnson NBA star (LA Lakers). 1961 Susan Olson actress (Cindy-Brady Bunch). 1965 Emmanuelle B‚art St Tropez France, actress (Manon of the Spring). 1965 Lynette Falls Ridgewood NJ, Miss NJ-America-1991.

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Today's Historic Obits

Here we go with today's list of morbidity. Enjoy:)

1972 George Wiess Yankee GM, dies. 1982 Charles Walters director, dies at 68. 1982 Joe E Ross comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77. 1984 Clyde Cook actor, dies in his sleep at 92. 1985 Marion Martin actress, dies at 67. 1988 Otto E Passman (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88. 1989 Tim Richmond race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS. 1991 Jack Ryan inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65.

Thoof, Mud Stains, and the Algonquin Whale

Once upon a time, there lived a young entrepreneur named Ian. Ian had big ideas about the news media and how to get the news out to people who actually wanted to read it by using the internet. Unfortunately, Ian also had a really nasty head cold and ear infection combo that was keeping him at home feeling miserable. So, one night Ian was huddling under his covers, having left the window wide open, which is not the smartest way to treat a head cold, but give the guy a break...all that cough syrup makes you do weird things. Anyway, there he was, just lying there feeling miserable, when a huge SOMETHING cannonballed in through the window and crash landed in a month's worth of dirty laundry lying in the corner.

While Ian stared, speachless, the SOMETHING picked itself up, shook itself off, and placed it's hands on it's hips. Through the cough syrup haze, Ian was able to make out the form of a very well known superhero. The superhero spoke: :Ian, you are doing a wonderful thing, bringing personalized news to the masses! Because I have a day job as a mild mannered reporter, I have a special place in my heart for people who distribute the news. But you must be careful....be slow to anger, alert, and always place this badge on your web pages so that others will know your might and power!: Pausing, the superhero tossess a small plastic badge onto the foot of Ian's bed. Preparing to leave, the superhero boomed back over his shoulder "And do not forget to fight for TRUTH, JUSTICE, ANS THE AMERICAN WAY!" And with that, he flew back out the window, leaving a trail of dirty gym socks in his wake.

Unfortunately, what with the ear infection, poor Ian wasn't hearing so well. What HE thought the superhero said was "Fight for Thoof, Mud Stains, and the Algonquin Whale!". Ian didn't like mud stains, and he'd never heard of an Algonquin Whale before, so, by process of elimination, Thoof.com was born.

Today's Notable Birthdays

Okay, here is today's birthday list. I know I never got around to doing yesterday's obits, but the only person on the list yesterday was Henry Fonda, and I just told you about that now:) So, here we go:

1422 William Caxton 1st English printer (Histories of Troy). 1655 Johann Christoph Denner inventor (clarinet). 1802 Nikolaus Lenau Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser). 1818 Lucy Stone pioneered women's rights. 1819 Sir George Gabriel Stokes physicist/mathematician (Spectroscope). 1820 Sir George Grove London, England, biblical scholar/musicologist. 1860 Annie Oakley Drake Ohio, frontierswoman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West). 1888 John Logie Baird Scotland, inventor (father of TV). 1895 Robert Burton actor (Dr Gordon-Kings Row). 1898 Jean Borota France, tennis champ (35 Wimbledons between 1922-64). 1899 Alfred Hitchcock London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window). 1902 Felix Wankel Germany, inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine). 1902 Regis Toomey Pitts Pa, actor (Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction). 1904 Charles "Buddy" Rogers actor (Wings). 1907 Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp Essen Germany, arms manufacturer. 1908 Gene Raymond NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater). 1909 John Beal actor (Amityville 3D). 1912 Ben Hogan Dublin Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1950, 51, 53). 1912 Rita Johnson Worcester Mass, actress (All Mine to Give). 1918 Frederick Sanger England, chemist (Nobel 1958, 1980). 1919 Rex Humbard televanglist. 1920 George Shearing London, blind pianist/composer (Lullabye of Byrdland). 1921 Neville Brand actor (Cahill, US Marshal). 1927 Fidel Castro Ruz Cuban political leader (1959- ). 1929 Pat Harrington Jr NYC, actor (Danny Thomas Show, 1 Day at a Time). 1930 Don Ho Hawaii, ukulele player (Tiny Bubbles). 1931 Norman Read NZ, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1956). 1934 Gary Davidson founder of ABA, WHA, WFL. 1939 Saul Steinberg artist (The Art of Living). 1942 Robert L Stewart Wash DC, Brig Gen US Army/astronaut (STS 41B, 51J). 1943 Gary Ilman US, 100m freestyle (Olympic-4th-1964). 1947 Gretchen Corbett Camp Sherman Ore, actress (Beth-Rockford Files). 1948 Kathleen Battle Portsmouth Ohio, soprano (Shephard-Tannh„user) 1949 Bobby Clarke Manitoba, NHL player/coach (Phila Flyers). 1949 Sheralee Ft Lauderdale Fla, vocalist (Your Hit Parade). 1951 Dan Fogelberg Peoria Ill, rocker (Same Auld Lang Syne). 1955 Betsy King LPGA golfer (1990 Dinah Shore, 1990 US Women's Open). 1958 Feargal Sharkey rocker (Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart). 1959 Danny Bonaduce actor (Danny-Partridge Family) (1959 approx). 1959 Mark Nevin rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love). 1961 Dawnn Lewis actress (Jaleesa-Different World). 1963 Pamela Jean Stein Syracuse NY, playmate (Nov, 1987). 1963 Tigg Ketler Chula Vista Ca, drummer (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals) 1964 Ian Haughland heavy metal rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown). 1967 Quinn Cummings LA Calif, actress (Annie-Family, Goodbye Girl).

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Today's Notable Birthdays

Okay, sorry. Took a short break drom these. If I get time I will do them later, sorry about them being out of order, though. In any case, here's today's set.....and from the look of this, I am gonna be typing for a WHILE.

1753 Thomas Bewick England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables). 1757 ALF alien life form (ALF). 1762 George IV king of England (1820-30). 1774 Robert Southey English poet laureate, biographer of Nelson. 1781 Robert Mills US, architect (Washington Monument). 1820 Oliver Mowat a founder of the Canadian Confederation. 1859 Katharine Lee Bates US, author (America the Beautiful). 1866 Jacinto Benavente y Mart¡nez Spanish dramatist (Nobel 1922). 1867 Edith Hamilton US, writer (Mythology). 1876 Mary Roberts Rinehart mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton). 1880 Christy Mathewson HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908). 1881 Cecil B deMille Mass, directed God (10 Commandments). 1884 Frank Swinnerton England, novelist (Summer Storm, Sanctuary). 1887 Erwin Schrdinger Austria, physicist (had a cat). 1890 Al Goodman Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour). 1893 Howard Smith Attleboro Mass, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel). 1904 Frank Ervin harness racer (Hambletonian 1959, 66). 1911 Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days). 1912 Jane Wyatt Campgaw NJ, actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek). 1913 Kurt Kaszner Vienna Austria, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants). 1915 Alex Wojciechowicz NFL center (Lions, Eagles). 1919 Michael Kidd [Milton Greenwald] choreographer (7 Brides for 7 Bros). 1921 Marjorie Reynolds Buhl Idaho, actress (Peggy-Life of Riley). 1925 Dale Bumpers (Sen-D-Ark). 1925 Norris McWhirter author (Guinness Book of World Records). 1925 Ross McWhirter author (Guinness Book of World Records). 1926 John Derek LA Calif, actor/director (10, Annapolis Story). 1927 Ralph Waite White Plains NY, actor (John-Waltons, Roots). 1929 Buck Owens Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw). .1931 William Goldman author (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983). 1932 Porter Wagoner country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come). 1936 Hans Haacke Cologne Germany, artist (Right to Life, Dripper Boxes). 1936 John Poindexter US Chief of Staff. 1939 George Hamilton Memphis Tn, (Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are). 1941 Deborah Walley Bridgeport Ct, actress (Mothers-in-Law). 1941 Jennifer Warren NYC, actress (Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant). 1949 Mark Knopfler guitar/vocals (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing). 1951 Charles E Brady Jr Pinehurst NC, USN Commander/astronaut. 1951 Hector Rodriguez Cuba, lightweight judo (Olympic-gold-1976). 1954 Pat Metheny jazz guitarist (As Wichita Falls). 1954 Sam J Jones Chicago Ill, actor (Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man). 1960 Lonny Chin Liverpool England, playmate (Jan, 1983). 1960 Morty Black heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas). 1961 Pete De Freitas rocker (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here). 1961 Roy Hay guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me).

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I heard a news story on the radio the other morning that really makes me wonder what's going on in the world. I know we get things a little late where we live, but....protective armor for school children? Is that really necessary? This news story was talking about backpacks for school kids made with a metal lining inside the back panel, so, if need be, a child could hold it by the straps and have a bullet proof shield. That is just wrong. I understand the need. But it is just scary.

Damn, it's HOT.

Damn, it's hot. I realize that there are other parts of the country where it's probably hotter, but here in the Ozarks 110 in the shade is BAD. It's even worse today, because my husband had to drive halfway across the state to take my daughter back to school today, and even with GOOD air conditioning in the car, it's still roasting. Things are SO different than when I was a kid. It seemed cooler then, whether it actually way or not. We were always outside, riding horses, working on models (I used to love model building, but my kids seem to prefer RC airplanes), what we did never seemed as important as being outside to do it. It really is different now.

Today's Historic Obits

Okay, here's today's obit list. Thankfully it is MUCH shorter than the birthday one:)

1896 Otto Lilenthal killed during a glider test. 1969 George P Marshall president of Washington Redskins, dies at 72. 1969 Sharon Tate actress, killed by Charles Manson's gang. 1972 Bill Berns commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53. 1973 Dean Corll shot; he raped & killed 26 boys. 1979 Allan Frank actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64. 1988 Alan Napier (Alfred the Butler on Batman), dies at 85.

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Today's Notable Birthdays

Sorry about the two day absense, folks. I'm feeling much better now. So, here is today's historic birthday list, and wow is it impressive.

1593 Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler). 1686 Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare). 1776 Amedeo Avogadro Tuin Italy, 6.022 x 10 ^ 23 (Avogadro's Law). 1819 William Thomas Green Morton dentist, used ether (HOF 1920). 1825 Elisha Ferry (Gov-R-Wash, 1872-80, 1889-93). 1875 Albert William KetŠlbey Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker). 1883 George Hoyt NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961). 1896 Jean Piaget Switz, pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist. 1896 Leonide Massine choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20). 1897 Ralph Wyckoff American pioneer in x-ray crystallography. 1901 Charles Farrell Cape Cod Mass, actor (Vern-My Little Margie). 1902 Zino Francescatti Marseilles France, violinist (NY Phil-1939). 1905 Leo Genn actor (Affair in Monte Carlo). 1909 John Baur museum director/author (American Paintings in 19th Century). 1911 Robert McCormick Danville Ky, NBC newscaster (Current Opinion). 1911 William A Fowler US, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983). 1913 Harry Mills singer (Mills Brothers-Paper Doll). 1913 Herman Talmadge (Sen-D-Ga, Watergate Committee). 1919 Ralph Houk baseball manager (Yankees, Tigers). 1921 J James Exon (Sen-D-Neb). 1922 Philip Larkin Coventry England, writer (North Ship, Jill). 1927 Marvin Minsky Artifical intelligence computer scientist (MIT). 1927 Robert Shaw England, actor (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday). 1928 Bob Cousy NBA star, Boston Celtics (1957 MVP). 1930 Betty Boop animation. 1938 Dick Anthony Williams Chicago Ill, actor (Our Family Honor). 1938 Rod Laver Australia, tennis ace (1962, 1969 Grand Slam). 1939 Claude Osteen baseball pitcher (Cin Reds). 1940 Beverlee McKinsey Okla, actress (Another World, Guiding Light). 1942 David Steinberg Winnipeg Canada, comedian/director (End). 1944 Sam Elliot Calif, actor (Big Chill, Fatal Beauty). 1945 Ken Norton Heavyweight Boxing Champ/TV panelist (Gong Show). 1955 Doug Williams Louisana, NFL QB (Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Wash Redskins). 1957 Melanie Griffith NYC, actress (Something Wild, Working Girl). 1958 Amanda Bearse actress (Marcy Rhoodes-Married With Children). 1958 Greg Chaisson heavy metal rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark). 1959 Kurtis Blow NYC, rapper (Krushgroove-The Breaks). 1963 Lonnie Quinn Cheshire Conn, actor (Will Cooley-All My Children). 1963 Whitney Houston Newark NJ, singer (One Moment in Time). 1965 Kyle Kyle Kensington Pa, rock bassist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals). 1966 Pat Petersen LA Calif, actor (Michael-Knots Landing). 1971 Mary Joe Fernandez Dom Rep, tennis player (US National 16s). 1972 Elizabeth Vassey Raleigh NC, actress (Emily Martin-All My Children).

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Deaths which occurred on August 06

Okay, okay, I'm late again. Better late than never. Sort of:)

1914 Ellen Wilson Pres Wilson's wife, dies at 54. 1964 Sir Cedric Hardwicke actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71. 1965 Nancy Carroll actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60. 1978 Pope Paul VI dies of heart attack at summer residence at 80. 1979 Kurt Kaszner actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65. 1986 William J Schroeder (world's longest-survivor with permanent artificial heart, dies after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump). 1991 Harry Reasoner newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 68.

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Today's Historic Birthdays (I remembered!)

Yes, I actually remembered!

1540 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating. 1604 John Eliot "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator. 1624 William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America. 1749 Thomas Lynch signed Declaration of Independence. 1811 Ambroise Thomas Metz, France, composer (Mignon). 1850 Guy de Maupassant, France, author (Boule de Suif). 1860 Joseph Carey Merrick "Elephant Man". 1876 Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History). 1890 Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46). 1899 Conrad Aiken US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems). 1906 John Huston Nevada Mo, director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown). 1908 Harold Holt PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam. 1911 Robert Taylor, Filley Neb, actor (Death Valley Days). 1914 Anita Colby, Wash DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse). 1914 David Brian NYC, actor (Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco). 1920 Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne (Selma-Night Court). 1923 Richard Kleindienst attorney general (1972). 1930 Neil Armstrong, Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11). 1933 Joan Weldon SF, actress (So This is Love, Them). 1935 John Saxon Bkln, actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman). 1936 John Dancy Jackson Tx, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday). 1938 Ja'net Dubois Phila, actress (Willona-Good Times). 1941 Leonid D Kizim cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15). 1942 Rick Huxley guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over). 1943 Rodney Pattisson, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968). 1943 Sammi Smith singer. 1944 Loni Anderson St Paul Minn, actress. (Jennifer-WKRP in Cincinnati). 1946 Erika Slezak Hollywood, Calif, actress (Viki-One Life to Live). 1947 Rick Derringer rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme). 1950 Holly Palance LA Calif, actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It). 1950 Rose Mittermaier German FR, slalom/downhill (Olympic-gold-1976). 1953 Samantha Sang singer (Emotion). 1954 Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda Bx, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It). 1959 Pete Burns rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round). 1960 Mike Nocito rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock). 1961 Tawny Kitaen (Coverdale) actress (Bachelor Party, Witchboard). 1962 Patrick EwingKingston Jamacia, NBA center (NY Knicks), 1992 Summer Olympics. 1966 Jonathan Silverman LA Calif, actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs). 1968 John Garrett Olerud Seattle WA, Baseball player, Blue Jays, Mets. American League Batting Crown 1993. 1975 Ami Foster actress (Margaux-Punky Brewster). 2184 Christine Lauren Chapel Davenport Heights, Vermont (Star Trek). 2186 Kevin Thomas Riley Tasvennir, Tarsus IV (Star Trek).

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