February 21, 2012
Volume 14 No 34
Stupid Quote Of Quotes Of The
The Day
Day
On Interviewers, Blank:
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1
ady Tavistock: I was once offered a
blank check for this horse.
Interviewer: A blank check … how
much was it for?
interview on BBC2
grammatically challanged by nature, or you
have been exposed to txt talkers too long.
my inglish teecher sez dat im inprooving
(My English teacher says that I'm
improving.)
eter Ustinov:
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“In America, through pressure of
conformity, there is freedom of
choice, but nothing to choose from.”
Stanislaw J. Lec, "Unkempt Thoughts”:
“Advice to writers: Sometimes you just
have to stop writing. Even before you
begin.”
Will Cuppy:
“Aristotle was famous for knowing
everything. He taught that the brain exists
merely to cool the blood and is not involved
in the process of thinking. This is true only
of certain persons.”
Word A Day
A
Pollonian Pronunciation (ap-uhLOH-nee-uhn)
adjective: Serene; harmonious;
disciplined; well-balanced.
After Apollo, the god of music, poetry,
prophecy, healing, and more in Greek and
Roman mythologies. He is considered the
opposite of his brother, Dionysus. Earliest
documented use: 1664.
"The end result was that the onceDionysian Jagger became trapped in the
crisp, precise
Apollonian realm and
was no longer capable
of producing lyrics that
matched Richards's
thunderous, bluesbased inventions."
Camille Paglia;
Dancing As Fast As
She Can; Salon (New
York); Dec 2, 2005.
Theme: words derived
from mythical gods
and goddesses.
DILBERT-OF-THE-DAY
Unknown:
Useless Facts
Of The Day
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
seless facts:
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In the election of 1968, Wilt
Chamberlain endorsed and
campaigned for Richard Nixon.
It’s not widely publicized, but Mr.
Clean has a first name: “Veritably.”
Published: 3/7/2016 6:12 PM
“Fools rush in where fools have been
before.”
Urban Word(s)
Of The Day
G
rammatically Challanged
Someone who uses terrible
punctuation and couldn't spell if their
life depended on it. You are either
*Happy Birthday*
------------------------1925 Al Fann OH, actor (He's the Mayor) [87]
1927 Patricia Benoit actress (Mr Peepers) [85]
1937 Gary Lockwood actor (2001, Lieutenant)[75]
1943 David Geffen NY, record producer [69]
1944 Kitty Winn DC, actress (Beacon Hill) [68]
1946 Anthony Daniels actor (Star Wars) [66]
1946 Tricia Nixon Cox Dick Nixon's daughter [66]
1946 Tyne Daly WI, actress (Cagney & Lacey)[66]
1946 Alan Rickman actor (Die Hard) [66]
1947 Olympia J Snowe (Rep-R-ME, 1979- ) [65]
1949 Jerry Harrison keyboard (Talking Heads)[63]
1953 Christine Ebersole actr (SNL, Tootsie) [59]
1953 William L Petersen actor (CSI) [59]
1955 Kelsey Grammer actor (Frasier) [57]
1958 Jack Coleman PA, actor (Dynasty) [54]
1958 Jake Steinfeld exercise (Body by Jake) [54]
1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter country singer [54]
1961 Christopher Atkins NY, actor (Dallas) [51]
1964 Bronwen Booth actress (Glory & Honor)[48]
1975 Troy Slaten act(Parker Lewis Can't Lose)[37]
1979 Jennifer Love Hewitt actr (Party of Five)[33]
1986 Charlotte Church singer
[26]
1987 Ellen Page actress (X-Men: Last Stand)[25]
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Stuff-Of-The-Day Newsletter
1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st US
President to visit China
History Of The
Day
1
1973 Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd
NHL game without being shut-out
1975 John Lennon's "Rock 'n' Roll" album
is released
431 England begins trial against
Joan of Arc
1583 Groningen Netherlands begins
using Gregorian calendar
1975 John Mitchell, H R Haldeman & John
D Ehrlichman sentenced to 2½-8 years
1598 Boris Godunov crowned tsar
1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe,
murderer of 13 women, captured
1613 Michael Romanov, son of the
Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree
Ladies Golf Classic
1792 Congress passes Presidential
Succession Act
1804 1st locomotive, Richard
Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in
Wales
1842 1st known sewing machine
patented in US, John Greenough,
Washington DC
1878 1st telephone directory (with 50
names) issued (New Haven CT)
1887 Oregon becomes 1st US state
to make Labor Day a holiday
1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, 1st US
brain surgeon, does his 1st brain
operation
1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of
Wight, 627 die
1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania
catches fire & explodes; 100s die
1922 Airship Rome explodes at
Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die
1922 Great Britain grants Egypt
independence
http://www.arildheitmann.com/
1931 Chicago White Sox & New York
Giants play 1st exhibition night game
1932 Camera exposure meter patented,
WN Goodwin
1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure
skating triple jump in competition
1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage (Michael
Wilding)
1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure
of DNA-molecule
Turn your iPad into a living coloring
book
iPads are doing everything these days, so
why not turn one into a digital coloring
book? Think about it: no dead trees, no
marker stains on your carpet, no pulling
crayons out of the mouth of the family dog.
As long as you have your iMarker and iPad,
you can store tons of pictures for your wee
geek to color whenever the urge (or need!)
strikes.
Price: $24.99
http://tinyurl.com/89bc7mn
1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined
$20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks
1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to
classes at Western Middle School
1988 During a live TV broadcast,
televangelist Jimmy Swaggart (age 52)
admitted to visiting a prostitute, then
announced he would be leaving his
ministry for an unspecified length of time.
1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on
"American Bandstand"
1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins
Olympics gold medal in women's fig
skating
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through
Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117
1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to
fly in a tornado
http://www.stuffoftheday.com/
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rayola iPad ColorStudio HD
Product Specifications
 iMarker digital stylus is a pencil,
pen, marker, crayon,
paintbrush, and eraser
 ColorStudio HD app
features coloring pages
with animation and
Night to Remember
music
by Arild Heitmann
 Share your kid's art via email and
Taken on a magical night in Norway. A wonderful display of
Facebook, or print it to hang on
northern lights dancing over a partially frozen river creating the
the fridge
most amazing reflections. Truly one of natures great wonders...

Compatible with iPad and iPad 2
Equipment: Canon 5d, 16-35mmL
http://img.earthshots.org/2012/full/052.jpg
1931 Alka Seltzer introduced
Gadget Of The
Day
There are dozens of coloring apps for the
iPad, but only one approved by the coloring
experts at Crayola. The ColorStudio HD
app lets your young artist create
masterpieces complete with color,
animation, and music. The iMarker digital
stylus is a pencil, pen, marker, crayon,
paintbrush, and eraser all in one. New
pictures are available all the time thanks to
ongoing updates of the app. You can even
share your wee artiste's work via Facebook,
email, or old-fashioned printing and
hanging on the fridge.
1858 Edwin T Holmes installs 1st
electric burglar alarm (Boston MA)
1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last
concerto (Berceuse élégique)
1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition"
premieres
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