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Thursday, May 17, 2007

What's In A Name?

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...and the Joke of the Day is:

A psychiatrist was conducting a group therapy session with four young mothers and their small children. "You all have obsessions," he observed.

To the first mother, Mary, he said, "You are obsessed with eating. You've even named your daughter Candy."

He turned to the second mom, Ann: "Your obsession is with money. Again, it manifests itself in your child's name, Penny."

He turned to the third mom, Joyce: "Your obsession is alcohol. This too
shows itself in your child's name, Brandy."

At this point, the fourth mother, Kathy, quietly got up, took her little boy
by the hand and whispered, "Come on, Dick, we're leaving."



In The News:
More than 800 Hong Kong residents have called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as "indecent" due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal. If you look at it that way, it really could be classified as indecent. Hmmm.

Street Lockdowns Proposed for Baltimore...

Porn star Jenna Jameson endorses Hillary... That's a good supporter to have Hillary. You just lost a lot of votes.

Speaking of ho's Paris
Hilton's jail term cut to about 23 days. I feel better just knowing that.

R. Kelly compares himself to Muhammad Ali, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley -- and even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- in a magazine interview that hits the street just in time for the release of his new album this month. So who's R. Kelly? NOBODY!!!!

Hotel To Have 'Women Only' Floor... Why?

Wrongly jailed man gets $5 million... Good For Him!!!

Woman survives 'internal decapitation' Youch!!!!

Phil Spector, now on trial for murder, asserted in a 2005 home video interview that the statuesque Lana Clarkson was standing when a gun was fired in her mouth and that he is too short to have done it. I believe ole' Phil. Love the hair Phil.

A New York photographer has filed a lawsuit against actress Lindsay Lohan that claims she ran into him with her mother's BMW. C'mon Lindsay, get off the drugs. ....and stop dying your hair for goodness sakes.

Police: Motorcyclist led 150 mph chase But they had the cycle's license number and cited Ryan Lewis, 19, of Eugene after going to his home and finding the motorcycle hidden behind his house. Dumbass.

A man who claimed he was a werewolf when he broke into a woman's apartment has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Evonne D. Maurice apparently wanted to get away in style. The 22-year-old pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to trying to rob a bank at a drive-up window while traveling in a hired limousine. She really thought that one through.



Today in History: (I know most people skip over this part. You're missing out.)
0218 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1521 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.

1536 Anne Boleyn's 4 "lovers" executed. Was sex with them that bad???

1620 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey). It was always there, it was just never seen until 1620.

1673 - Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.

1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.

1792 - The New York Stock Exchange is formed.

1803 John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine. "I've been reaped!!!" the crops screamed. "No!!!"

1804 Lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase

1845 Rubber band patents. Finally, something to shoot from my rubber band gun.

1846 Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax. Finally, someone to shoot with my rubber band gun.

1849 - A fire threatens to burn St. Louis, Missouri, to the ground. "I'll do it!!! I'll burn you to the ground" said fire.

1877 Edwin T Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm

1881 Revised version of New Testament

1883 Buffalo Bill Cody's 1st wild west show premieres in Omaha

1902 - Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.

1909 White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks

1916 British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), 1st introduced

1932 Congress changes the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico"

1944 General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th

1960 1st atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA

1961 Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers. I've never heard that? What happened?

1963 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site

1967 Bob Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back". Isn't watching something that was previously filmed looking back?

1968 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site. They work already!!!

1969 - Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.

1970 - Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean. Thor??? as in winged helmet wearing, sledge hammer carrying, ....Thor?

1971 Washington State bans sex discrimination. So, they'll have sex with anyone?

1973 - Watergate scandal: Hearings begin in the United States Senate and are televised.

1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green homerun during a 5-4 loss to the A's. He should've been watching the Watergat scandal on tv where it was safe. I guess we know what he was watching during his recovery.

1973 Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life"

1975 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love". Good song.

1975 Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches. The windwo was no longer in pane........... Shoot me now.

1975 NBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time. They paid $5 million for a show that was 36 years old(1939)? I hope they made their money back.

1980 (Vivekananda Selva) Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on 1 foot for 33 hours. Hmm. Why?

1980 Paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live. I can see it now. Everyone running around getting stuff ready and in the center of the stage is a flash and smoke. Holy cow! It's Paul and Linda. They look around confused. Linda scolds Paul for, once again, practicing magic from a childrens book. The last time he attempted magic, he disappeared from the Beatles.

1984 - Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.

1987 - An Iraqi fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. warship USS Stark (FFG-31), killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. The Iraqis have the ability of flight?

1989 Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000! $1.14 per mile. Not bad.

1989 Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million. Posters go on sale in the gift shop for $9.99. I saved $824,999,990 ang got the poster. SWWWWEEEEEET!!!

1990 Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI

1993 Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled. It was then kissed by the groom.

1997 Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London. You sly......dog you.

2004 - Massachusetts becomes the first state in the United States to legalize Same-sex marriage

2006 - The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef

2007 - Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.




Happy Birthday:
1682 - Bartholomew Roberts, AKA Black Bart, notorious Welsh pirate (d. 1722)

1868 - Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturer (d. 1920)

1936 - Dennis Hopper, American actor and director

1942 - Taj Mahal, American musician

1949 - Bill Bruford, English musician (Yes)

1955 - Bill Paxton, American actor and film director

1956 - Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer

1956 - Bob Saget, American actor

1961 - Enya, Irish singer and songwriter

1965 - Trent Reznor, American singer (Nine Inch Nails)

1970 - Jordan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)


Deaths on this Day:
1464 - Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)

1829 - John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)

1886 - John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804)

1992 - Lawrence Welk, American musician (b. 1903)

2004 - Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)



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