February 29, 2012
Volume 14 No 39
Stupid Quote Of Quotes Of The
The Day
Day
On Happenings, Happening:
W
1
e said it would happen, and now
what is happening is exactly what
happened.
caller to the Bill Cunningham
Show, 700 WLW radio in Cincinnati, Ohio
Useless Facts
Of The Day
U
seless facts:
•
onathan Winters:
J
“Nothing is impossible. Some
things are just less likely than others.”
Charles Caleb Colton:
“If you would be known, and not know,
vegetate in a village; If you would know,
and not be known, live in a city.”
Doctor Who:
“There's no point in being grown up if
“you can't be childish sometimes.
Will Rogers:
“Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice
The first vending machines in
Word A Day
ucolic Pronunciation (byoo-KOL-ik)
b
adjective:
1. Pastoral; rustic.
2. Of or relating to a herdsman or a
shepherd.
noun:
1. A pastoral poem.
2. A farmer; shepherd.
From Greek boukolos (herdsman), from
bous (ox). Earliest documented use: 1609.
Other words derived from the same animal
are bovine, boustrophedon, and hecatomb.
"War Horse tells the story of Joey, a horse
raised in the bucolic English countryside
who is torn away from his home and sent to
France to the battlefields of World War I."
Spielberg Shares Storytelling Secrets in
Paris; Daily News
Egypt (Cairo); Jan 11,
2012.
This week’s theme:
words that have
hidden animals in
them.
DILBERT-OF-THE-DAY
the US dispensed chewing gum and
were installed in New York City train
platforms in 1888.
doggie' until you can find a rock!”
•
Lisa Kudrow was the original Roz on
Frasier. During rehearsals before the
pilot episode, however, she was
replaced by Peri Gilpin.
Urban Word(s)
Of The Day
•
The first word spoken by an ape in the
(original) movie Planet of the
Apes was "smile."
•
Slumber Party Barbie of 1965 came
with her own "How to Lose Weight"
book. One of the tips: "Don’t eat."
Published: 2/29/2012 12:00 PM
p
ocket pool
To stick your hand in your pocket and
scratch your b@lls.
"Hey, man, that girl's lookin' at you -- you
better stop playin' pocket pool!"
*Happy Birthday*
------------------------1920 Michele Morgan actress (Bluebeard) [92]
1928 Joss Ackland England, actor (Queenie) [84]
1936 Alex Rocco actor (Blue Knight, Stanley) [76]
1936 Jack R Lousma Grand Rapids MI, Colonel
USMC/astronaut (Skylab 3, STS-3)
[76]
1940 Gretchen Christopher Olympia WA,
American Pop Singer/Songwriter, Founder and
Female Lead of The Fleetwoods (Come Softly To
Me, Mr Blue)
[72]
1944 Dennis Farina Chicago IL, actor (Mike TorelloCrime Story)
[68]
1944 Phyllis Frelich Devil's Lake ND, actor (Love is
Never Silent)
[68]
1952 Tim[othy] Powers US, sci-fi author (Epitaph in
Rust, Night Moves)
[60]
1972 Antonio Sabato Jr actor (Jagger CatesGeneral Hospital)
[40]
1976 Bryan Gillooly Auburn NY, diver (Olympics96)
[36]
1976 Jeff “Ja Rule” Atkins rap vocals [36]
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Stuff-Of-The-Day Newsletter
were dropped for $400,000 contribution to
Republican Party
History Of The
Day
1
1980 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL
player to score 800 career goals
704 French & Indians attack
Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100
1980 Michael Bracey ends 59 hours 55
minutes trapped in an elevator, England
1784 Marquis de Sade transferred
from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
1988 NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a
"WIMP" in the war on drugs
1816 Dutch (King) Willem II marries
Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna
1992 Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's
Kemper Golf Open
1836 Giacomo Meyerbeer's (Jakob
Liebmann Beer) opera "Les Huguenots"
premieres in Paris (Théâtre de
l'Opéra, Paris)
1996 Soyuz TM-23, lands
1848 Neufchatel declares
independence of Switzerland
1856 Hostilities in Russo-Turkish
War cease
1892 Britain & US sign treaty on seal
hunting in Bering Sea
1908 Dutch scientists produce solid
helium
1936 FDR signs 2nd neutrality act
1940 Frederic from G & S "Pirates of
Penzance" finally released by pirate
1940 "Gone with the Wind" wins 8
Oscars
1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st
black woman to win an Oscar
1952 Dick Button wins his 5th
consecutive world figure skating title
1952 Men's Figure Skating
Championship in Paris won by
Richard Button USA
1960 1st Playboy Club, featuring
bunnies, opens in Chicago
1960 Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir
Morocco population (12,000) in 15
seconds
1964 Frank Rugani sets badminton
shuttlecock distance record, 24.3
meters
Moon and Planets Over Catalonia
Explanation: Venus and Jupiter will appear unusually close in the sky over the next month. The planetary
conjunction will be easily visible to the unaided eye because Venus will appear brighter than any background star,
and Jupiter will be nearly as bright. To see the near-alignment, simply look to the west after sunset. At their closest,
on March 15, the two planets will appear only about three degrees apart. The planets will not be significantly closer
in space - Venus will just be passing nearly in front of Jupiter as seen from the Earth. In the above image composite
taken late last week from Catalonia, Spain, a bright crescent moon appears to the right of Venus, while Jupiter
appears near the top of the image. The distant sun-illuminated spheres were photographed behind a sculpture
depicting the legendary battle between a warrior and a dragon. A gallery of conjunction images is visible on
theAsterisk -- APOD's discussion board. Please feel free to contribute. The next Jupiter-Venus conjunction will occur
in May 2013.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1202/tripleconjunction_casados_1500.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia
1968 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by
Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)
3 DAY FORECAST
1968 Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely
Hearts
Club Band" wins Grammy
Thursday
1 Mar 2012
Friday
2 Mar 2012
Saturday
3 Mar 2012
Partly
Cloudy
Thunderstorms
Few Snow
Showers/Wind
1968 Howard Hanson's 6th Symphony,
premieres
1972 Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball
player to sign for $200,000 a year
1972 Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard
(ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges
http://www.stuffoftheday.com/
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