Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
This Day In History - Nov 3rd
Birthdays -
- Stephen F. Austin, 1793, without him we would not have World Series Champs this year!
- Bob Feller, 1918, first pitcher to record the same number of strikeouts as his age and was clocked once at over 107 mph
- Charles Bronson, 1921, the original bad**s
- Lulu (Marie Lawrie) 1948. best known for singing the theme song to "To Sir With Love"
- 1957 - Sun Records released "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis.
- 1972 - James Taylor and Carly Simon were married
Rice Pictures
Each year, farmers in the town of Inakadate in Aomori prefecture create works of crop art by growing a little purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru-roman variety. This year's creation -- a pair of grassy reproductions of famous woodblock prints from Hokusai's 36 Views of Mount Fuji -- has begun to appear. It will be visible until the rice is harvested in September.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Election Night
Musings while watching the returns.
South Carolina's Jim Demint successfully fought off who?
The second dumbest member of congress, Alan Grayson, is gone. As long as Maxine Waters is there first place will be incontestable as long as the other members have other than involuntary reflexes for brain functions.
King Roy Barnes will not return to the governors office in GA. As long as Nathan Deal is as productive as governor as he was in congress we have nothing but inaction to fear.
Republicans still do not have a plan. They are running against status quo but what is their plan?
Repubs have the House but not the Senate. Several governorships which is good for redistricting.
Well, looks like Mexifornia will return Boxer to the Senate. damn, just damn.
Prezbo's trip to Mumbai will cost $200,000,000 per day. That's less than they spend when they are here. Can we outsource them?
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South Carolina's Jim Demint successfully fought off who?
The second dumbest member of congress, Alan Grayson, is gone. As long as Maxine Waters is there first place will be incontestable as long as the other members have other than involuntary reflexes for brain functions.
King Roy Barnes will not return to the governors office in GA. As long as Nathan Deal is as productive as governor as he was in congress we have nothing but inaction to fear.
Republicans still do not have a plan. They are running against status quo but what is their plan?
Repubs have the House but not the Senate. Several governorships which is good for redistricting.
Well, looks like Mexifornia will return Boxer to the Senate. damn, just damn.
Prezbo's trip to Mumbai will cost $200,000,000 per day. That's less than they spend when they are here. Can we outsource them?
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Nov 2nd in History
1920 - The first commercial radio station in the U.S., KDKA of Pittsburgh, PA, began regular broadcasting.
1947 - Howard Hughes flew his "Spruce Goose," a huge wooden airplane, for eight minutes in California. It was the plane's first and only flight. The "Spruce Goose," nicknamed because of the white-gray color of the spruce used to build it, never went into production.
1963 - The Beach Boys' "Be True To Your School" was released.
1966 - Mississippi John Hurt died at the age of 73.
Musical birthdays -
1947 - Howard Hughes flew his "Spruce Goose," a huge wooden airplane, for eight minutes in California. It was the plane's first and only flight. The "Spruce Goose," nicknamed because of the white-gray color of the spruce used to build it, never went into production.
1963 - The Beach Boys' "Be True To Your School" was released.
1966 - Mississippi John Hurt died at the age of 73.
Musical birthdays -
- Jay Black (Jay and The Americans) 1938
- Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses) 1960
- k.d. lang 1961
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