October 17, 2014
Volume 17 No 186
Stupid Quote Of Quotes Of The
The Day
Day
On English Vicars, Raunchy:
M
1
y Lord, I regret to inform you of the
death of my wife. Can you
possibly send a substitute for the
weekend?
email sent to an English bishop by a vicar
in his diocese
onnie Prudden:
B
"You can't turn back the clock.
But you can wind it up again."
Anonymous:
"The best defense against the atom
bomb is not to be there when it goes off."
Paul Tillich:
Useless Facts
Of The Day
U
seless facts:
•
Washington, D.C. is the
"Cynically speaking, one could say that
it is true to life to be cynical about it."
Tom Lehrer:
"On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check
this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a
check mark about three inches away."
Word A Day
a
tlas Pronunciation (AT-luhs)
noun:
1. A person who supports a great
burden.
2. A book of maps, charts, tables, plates,
3. The top vertebra of the backbone, which
supports the skull.
4. A size of drawing paper 26x33 or 26x34
inches.; 5. An architectural column in the
shape of a man. …
After Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology,
who was condemned by Zeus to support
the heavens. A book of maps is called an
atlas because early books of this kind
depicted Atlas on the cover holding the
earth on his shoulders. …
"Williams's performance is forced, as if he
believes he is an Atlas holding up the whole
picture." Afterlives;
Stanley Kauffmann;
The New Republic
(Washington, DC);
Oct 26, 1998.
This week’s theme:
words stemming from
characters in Greek
mythology.
DILBERT-OF-THE-DAY
birthplace of many celebrities,
including David Birney, Blair Brown,
Connie Chung, Matt Frewer, Goldie
Hawn, Al Gore, John Heard, Edward
Hermann, William Hurt, John F.
Kennedy, Jr., Michael Learned, Roger
Mudd, Maury Povich, Chita Rivera,
Pete Sampras, and Peter Tork.
•
If you are classified as a POSSLQ by
the Census Bureau, you are a "Person
of Opposite Sex, Sharing Living
Quarters."
•
Slumber Party Barbie of 1965 came
with her own "How to Lose Weight"
book. One tip: "Don’t eat."
Published: 10/17/2014 11:43 AM
Urban Word(s)
Of The Day
f
ish bowling
Smoking weed in a closed and small
space, with the intent of not letting the
smoke escape, to recycle the smoke in a
sence, as in a car for example.
I was so high last night after we went fish
bowling in my car.
*Happy Birthday*
------------------------1917 Marsha Hunt Chgo, actress (Jigsaw) [97]
1926 Julie Adams Io, actress (Code Red) [88]
1930 Jimmy Breslin columns (NY Post, News)[84]
1941 James Seals Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts) [73]
1942 Gary Puckett vocalist (& the Union Gap) [72]
1946 Bob Seagren actor (Soap)/pole vaulter [68]
1947 Michael McKean act (Laverne & Shirley) [67]
1948 George Wendt Chgo, actor (Cheers) [66]
1948 Margot Kidder actress (Amityville Horror)[66]
1949 Bill Hudson Or, comedians (Bonkers) [65]
1956 Mae C Jemison Al, MD/astronaut [58]
1957 Vincent Van Patten actor (Apple's Way) [57]
1958 Alan Jackson rocker
[56]
1962 Mike Judge producer (Office Space) [52]
1963 Norm MacDonald comedian (SNL) [51]
1965 Connie Ann Hearn actress
[49]
1969 Ernie Els South Africa,pro-golfer [45]
1969 Nancy Sullivan actress (Drake & Josh) [45]
1971 Chris Kirkpatrick singer (N’Sync) [43]
1972 Eminem rapper
[42]
1972 Sharon Leal actress (Hellcats)
[42]
1977 Alimi Ballard actor (Numb3rs)
[37]
1979 Deanna Russo actress (Gossip Girl) [35]
1983Felicity Jones actr(Amazing Spider-man 2)[31]
1984 Chris Lowell actor (Private Practice) [30]
1985 Max Irons actor (Red Riding Hood) [29]
1992 Jacob Artist actor (Glee)
[22]
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Stuff-Of-The-Day Newsletter
History Of The
Day
1
781 Cornwallis defeated at
Yorktown
1829 Delaware River & Chesapeake
Bay Canal formally opened
A's the only team other than Yanks to win 3
straight series
1977 West German commandos storm
hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia
freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4
hijackers
1978 Pres Carter signs bill restoring
Jefferson Davis citizenship
1979 D Bautista of Mexico completes
1855 Bessemer
steelmaking process
patented
Gadget Of The
Day
R
evolution USB Turntable
VINYL GOES WHERE YOU GO
We took the record player "out of
the box." Crosley's Revolution turntable
truly fits the word in every way. Where
other turntables take up space, this one
dances around a desk without ado.
Where other record players must be kept in
their designated place, the Crosley
Revolution practically begs to join you on
every journey. Battery powered, Crosley's
Revolution is the first record-player with a
platter smaller than a teacup saucer. You
can tote this two-speed turntable along to
vinyl swaps or to a friend's house.
Featuring a USB hookup for easy analogto-digital transfer, the Crosley Revolution
will allow you to free your favorites from the
grooves for digital enjoyment across a
variety of devices. Bring the wonderfully
warm and rich sound of vinyl with you,
wherever you go!
1860 1st pro golf
tournament held
(Scotland) (Willie Park
wins)
1871 President Grant
suspends writ of habeas
corpus
1894 Ohio national guard
kills 3 lynchers while
rescuing a black man
1918 Yugoslavia
proclaims itself a republic
1919 Radio Corporation
Product Specifications
• Portable turntable
1931 Al Capone convicted The Heart Nebula (IC 1805), seen here in the false colors of the Hubble
• USB hookup for easy analog-toof tax evasion, sentenced palette, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia the Queen. It
digital transfer
to 11 years in prison
lies 7,500 light-years away and glows because of the energy emitted by a
• Software included for ripping and
small cluster of stars at its center. (APM 80/500 at f/6.25, Atik 383L+ CCD
editing audio content (Windows
1933 Albert Einstein
camera, Hydrogen-alpha/Oxygen-III/Sulfur-II image with exposures of 390,
only)
arrives in the US, a
420, and 450 minutes, respectively)
•
Belt-driven turntable mechanism
refugee from Nazi
http://www.astronomy.com/Germany
/media/Images/Photo%20of%20Day/Large%20Images/2014/10/HeartNebula.j
• Headphone jack and portable
pg?mw=800
audio input
1934 "The Aldrich Family"
• Plays 7" and 12" records
premieres on radio
20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8
• Plays 2 speeds: 33 1/3 and 45
1941 1st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed
RPM records
1979 Mother Teresa of India, awarded the
in WW II, off Iceland
Nobel Peace Prize
• Manual return tone arm and
diamond stylus needle
1945 Juan Peron becomes dictator of
1987 1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a
Argentina
• Dimensions: 11" x 4" x 3"
modified radical mastectomy
• Weight: 2 lbs.
1955 Lee Merriwether joins the Today
1988 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner
Show panel
Price: $69.99
crashes in fog near Rome
of America (RCA) created
The Heart Nebula
by Ajay Narayanan from Auburn, Washington
1959 Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for
withdrawing her race horse
1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as
manager of the NY Yankees
1961 NY Museum of Modern Art hung
Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It
wasn't corrected until December 3rd
1988 Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to
fraud, conspiracy indictment
1967 Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of
14th Street" special on CBS
1988 Rockin Robin beats "Sensational"
Sherri Martel for WWF women's title
1967 The play "Hair" is 1st performed
1988 Traveling Wilbury's 1st release
"Handle With Care"
1969 Plastic Ono Band's "Cold Turkey" is
released in UK
1989 Earthquake in SF (6.9) cancels 3rd
game of 86th World Series - kills 67
1973 5-mo oil embargo by Arab states
against US & Netherlands begins
1991 News anchor Bree Walker Lampley
files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFIAM personally attacked her by discussing
her having a deformed baby
1974 Oakland A's beat LA Dodgers, 4
games to 1 in 71st World Series, makes
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