Friday, March 25, 2005
Bonus Song of the Day:
Today in History:
In 1634, Maryland was founded by English colonists sent by the second Lord Baltimore. Baltimore had crabs. Ok, so that was taking the cheap way out.
In 1865, during the Civil War, Confederate forces captured Fort Stedman in Virginia.
In 1894, Jacob S. Coxey began leading an "army" of unemployed from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to demand help from the federal government. Coxey had firm demands, but in the end it petered out leaving many unfulfilled.
OK, I made up the last part.
In 1911, 146 immigrant workers were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York.
In 1913, the home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.
In 1918, French composer Claude Debussy died in Paris. Poor claude was a typo away in his last name from catastrophic name calling in school. It's a good thing he and Coxey never got together.
I'm so proud that I haven't grown beyond a 7th grade level of humor.
In 1947, a coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill., claimed 111 lives.
In 1975, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew with a history of mental illness. (The nephew was beheaded the following June.)
In 1990, 87 people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants, were killed when fire raced through an illegal social club in New York City. Why Culture Club isn't illegal, no one knows.
In 1995, Mike Tyson was released from the Indiana Youth Center after serving three years for the 1992 rape of Desiree Washington, a beauty pageant contestant.
Talk about your Surreal Life casts...which of these would you choose to babysit your children for a night?
In 2004, Congress passed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, making it a separate offense to harm a fetus during violent federal crime.
Also in 2004, Russian Evgeni Plushenko won his third world figure skating title, defeating French rival Brian Joubert. But I odn't keep track of such things.
Today's Birthdays: Former astronaut James Lovell is 77.
Lovell was part of the Apollo 13 crew.
Movie reviewer Gene Shalit is 73.
Feminist author Gloria Steinem is 71.
I'm sure if she was a daily UPdate reader, she'd apprciate these like the rest of you will.
Singer Anita Bryant is 65.
She'll keep on giving you the best that she's got.
No, wait. That was Anita Baker.
I have no clue about Anita Bryant.
Singer Aretha Franklin is 63.
Actor Paul Michael Glaser is 62.
Singer Elton John is 58.
And there was a doubt about if he was straght or not?
Actress Marcia Cross ("Desperate Housewives") is 43.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 40.
real picture of her or not, she's over-rated.
Olympic bronze medal figure skater Debi Thomas is 38.
Word of the Day:
lachrymose \LAK-ruh-mohs\, adjective:
1. Given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
2. Causing or tending to cause tears.
Shakespeare Quote of the Day:
"A contract of eternal bond of love confirm'd by mutual joinder of hands"
Twelfth N, Act v, Sc.1
Picture of Sofia Vergara:
Sports:
So college basketball is only a few weeks away form going away for the year, Baseball is coming up,a nd the football draft is right around the corner. Golf is starting up, but I can tolerate that as long as I can get rid of college basketball.
However, because of everythign transpiing in my life right now, I am strangely detached from sports for the firt time in a long time. I don't have the time for it as I used to, since I am concentrationg on fixing up the home and changing things in my life to prepare me for the much longer road ahead. However, I am looking forward to the time when I can delve back into the sports scene with gusto.
I'm a little dry on topics right now, so if there was any time that the readership could supply some topics of discussion that aren't relationship related, now would be a good time.
Meantime, we'll go out on an Adriana Lima picture, probably my favorite model.
There's little chance of her being in my Easter basket on Sunday morning, but there is always hope.
I'm through with romance, I'm through with love
I'm through with countin' the stars above
And here's the reason that I'm so free
My lovin' baby is through with me
Bye bye love
Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness
I think I'm gonna cry-y
Bye bye love,
Bye bye sweet caress,
Hello emptiness
I feel like I could di-ie
Bye bye my love goodby-eye
Today in History:
In 1634, Maryland was founded by English colonists sent by the second Lord Baltimore. Baltimore had crabs. Ok, so that was taking the cheap way out.
In 1865, during the Civil War, Confederate forces captured Fort Stedman in Virginia.
In 1894, Jacob S. Coxey began leading an "army" of unemployed from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to demand help from the federal government. Coxey had firm demands, but in the end it petered out leaving many unfulfilled.
OK, I made up the last part.
In 1911, 146 immigrant workers were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York.
In 1913, the home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.
In 1918, French composer Claude Debussy died in Paris. Poor claude was a typo away in his last name from catastrophic name calling in school. It's a good thing he and Coxey never got together.
I'm so proud that I haven't grown beyond a 7th grade level of humor.
In 1947, a coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill., claimed 111 lives.
In 1975, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew with a history of mental illness. (The nephew was beheaded the following June.)
In 1990, 87 people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants, were killed when fire raced through an illegal social club in New York City. Why Culture Club isn't illegal, no one knows.
In 1995, Mike Tyson was released from the Indiana Youth Center after serving three years for the 1992 rape of Desiree Washington, a beauty pageant contestant.
Talk about your Surreal Life casts...which of these would you choose to babysit your children for a night?
In 2004, Congress passed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, making it a separate offense to harm a fetus during violent federal crime.
Also in 2004, Russian Evgeni Plushenko won his third world figure skating title, defeating French rival Brian Joubert. But I odn't keep track of such things.
Today's Birthdays: Former astronaut James Lovell is 77.
Lovell was part of the Apollo 13 crew.
Movie reviewer Gene Shalit is 73.
Feminist author Gloria Steinem is 71.I'm sure if she was a daily UPdate reader, she'd apprciate these like the rest of you will.
Singer Anita Bryant is 65.
She'll keep on giving you the best that she's got.
No, wait. That was Anita Baker.
I have no clue about Anita Bryant.
Singer Aretha Franklin is 63.
Actor Paul Michael Glaser is 62.
Singer Elton John is 58.
And there was a doubt about if he was straght or not?
Actress Marcia Cross ("Desperate Housewives") is 43.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 40.
real picture of her or not, she's over-rated.
Olympic bronze medal figure skater Debi Thomas is 38.
Word of the Day:
lachrymose \LAK-ruh-mohs\, adjective:
1. Given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
2. Causing or tending to cause tears.
Shakespeare Quote of the Day:
"A contract of eternal bond of love confirm'd by mutual joinder of hands"
Twelfth N, Act v, Sc.1
Picture of Sofia Vergara:
Sports:
So college basketball is only a few weeks away form going away for the year, Baseball is coming up,a nd the football draft is right around the corner. Golf is starting up, but I can tolerate that as long as I can get rid of college basketball.
However, because of everythign transpiing in my life right now, I am strangely detached from sports for the firt time in a long time. I don't have the time for it as I used to, since I am concentrationg on fixing up the home and changing things in my life to prepare me for the much longer road ahead. However, I am looking forward to the time when I can delve back into the sports scene with gusto.
I'm a little dry on topics right now, so if there was any time that the readership could supply some topics of discussion that aren't relationship related, now would be a good time.
Meantime, we'll go out on an Adriana Lima picture, probably my favorite model.
There's little chance of her being in my Easter basket on Sunday morning, but there is always hope.
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