2 Stuff-Of-The-Day Newsletter
March 2, 2012 Volume 14 No 41
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2 Stuff-Of-The-Day Newsletter
Stupid Quote Of The Day
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On Guesses, Ghastly:
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SN Livehost Alfonso Ribeiro:How many days of the week end in the letterY?
Contestant:Three.
Useless Facts Of The Day
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seless facts:
· The first cow to ride in an airplane was Elm Farm Ollie in 1930. Milk she gave in-flight was sealed in containers and parachuted down over St. Louis.
· The S in Harry S Truman didn't stand for anything; Truman had a middle initial but no middle name.
· The woman wearing nothing but dessert topping on the cover of Herb Alpert’s classic album Whipped Cream and Other Delights was actually wearing shaving cream, because of the hot lights.
Quotes Of The Day
ohn Kenneth Galbraith:
“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”
Unknown:
“Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.”
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1953:
“I'm seventeen and I'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.”
G. K. Chesterton:
“The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.”
Urban Word(s) Of The Day
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eird part of youtube
the part of youtube where one encounters very odd videos, such as the retarded running horse, retarded dog, and drunk squirrel.
how the hell did i get to the weird part of youtube?
Word A Day
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yceum Pronunciation (ly-SEE-uhm)
noun
1. A lecture hall or an institution that provides public lectures, discussions, concerts, etc.
2. A secondary school.
*Happy Birthday*
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1919 Eddie Lawrence comedian [93]
1930 John Cullum Tn, actor (Hamlet, Hawaii) [82]
1931 Mikhail S Gorbachev USSR (85-91) [81]
1931 Tom Wolfe journalist/author (Right Stuff)[81]
1939 Barbara Luna actr (Star Trek: Classic) [73]
1942 John Irving writ (World According / Garp)[70]
1942 Lou Reed voc/guit(Walk on the Wild Side)[70]
1944 Katherine Crawford actr (Gemini Man) [68]
1948 Larry Carlton compose(Against All Odds)[64]
1949 Eddie Money NY, singer/guitarist [63]
1949 Gates McFadden actr (Star Trek:TNG) [63]
1950 Molly Cheek actr(Garry Shandling Show)[62]
1950 Matthew Laurance (Beverly Hills 90210)[62]
1950 Mitchell Laurance actor (LA Law) [62]
1951 Cassie Yates GA, actress (Dynasty) [61]
1952 Laraine Newman CA, actress (SNL) [60]
1955 Jay Osmond Ogden UT, singer [57]
1956 John Cowsill rock drummer (Cowsills) [56]
1962 Al Del Greco NFL kicker (Oilers) [50]
1962 Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi] rock (Bon Jovi)[50]
1968 Daniel Craig actor (Casino Royale)[44]
1972 Amber Smith actress (Faithful, Funeral) [40]
1977 Chris Martin piano/guitar (Coldplay) [35]
1981 Bryce Dallas Howard actr (The Village) [31]
From Latin lyceum, from Greek Lykeion, an epithet of Apollo meaning wolf-slayer, from lykos (wolf) which also gave us words such as lupine (like a wolf) and lycanthropy (the delusion of being a wolf). In ancient Greece lyceum was a gymnasium so named because it was near a temple of Apollo. Aristotle established his school here. Earliest documented use: 1579.
"Liberty Hall served as a lyceum for reading and speaking engagements." Steve Urbon; A Tale of One City; The Standard-Times (New Bedford, Massachusetts); Dec 25, 2011.
This week’s theme: words that have hidden animals in them.
History Of The Day
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3 DAY FORECAST725 Georg F Handel’s opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" premieres in London
1789 Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
1799 Congress standardizes US weights & measures
1807 Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808
1819 Territory of Arkansas organized
1819 US passed its 1st immigration law
1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
1853 Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory
1858 Frederick Cook, New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie
1861 US Congress creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah territories
1866 1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut
1867 Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah MO, 1 dead
1867 US Congress creates the Department of Education
1868 University of Illinois opens
1874 Baseball batter's box is officially adopted
1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US)
1910 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington WA, 118 die
1923 Time magazine debuts
1929 Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
1933 "King Kong" premieres at Radio City Music Hall & RKO Roxy NYC
1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
1938 Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles CA)
1939 Mass Legislature votes to ratify the Bill of Rights; 147 years late
1944 Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy
1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford CT)
1950 Silly Putty invented
1956 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Féz, declares independence from France
1962 Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game
1965 "Sound Of Music" opens
1968 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (USA)
1969 Chinese-Russian borders fight (approximately 70 die)
1969 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 14th Symphony
1969 Phil Esposito becomes 1st NHL Player to score 100 points in a season
1970 American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747
1973 "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum
1974 Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up
1977 Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson
1978 1st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV
1980 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic
1981 Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists
1983 Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
1983 Final episode of MASH; 125,000,000 viewers
1989 Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
1989 Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial
1993 Salman Rushdie divorces Marianne Wiggins
1994 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcast; it is, but he doesn't
1995 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed
1997 Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open
3 DAY FORECASTGadget Of The Day
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Flurries
36°F
24°F / Monday
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Sunny
40°F
31°F
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