Sunday, June 5, 2016
Month of June
01 : Flip a Coin Day
02 : National Rocky Road Day
03 : National Doughnut Day
04 : National Trails Day
05 : World Environment Day
06 : National Gardening Exercise Day
07 : National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
08 : Best Friends Day
09 : Donald Duck Day
10 : Iced Tea Day
11 : National Corn on the Cob Day
12 : Red Rose Day
13 : Sewing Machine Day
14 : Monkey Around Day
15 : Smile Power Day
16 : Fresh Vegetables Day
17 : Eat Your Vegetables Day
18 : National Splurge Day
19 : National Kissing Day
20 : Ice Cream Soda Day
21 : Go Skate Day
22 : National Chocolate Eclair Day
23 : National Pink Day
24 : Swim a Lap Day
25 : National Catfish Day
26 : Beautician's Day
27 : Sun Glasses Day
28 : Insurance Awareness Day
29 : International Mud Day
30 : Meteor Day
02 : National Rocky Road Day
03 : National Doughnut Day
04 : National Trails Day
05 : World Environment Day
06 : National Gardening Exercise Day
07 : National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
08 : Best Friends Day
09 : Donald Duck Day
10 : Iced Tea Day
11 : National Corn on the Cob Day
12 : Red Rose Day
13 : Sewing Machine Day
14 : Monkey Around Day
15 : Smile Power Day
16 : Fresh Vegetables Day
17 : Eat Your Vegetables Day
18 : National Splurge Day
19 : National Kissing Day
20 : Ice Cream Soda Day
21 : Go Skate Day
22 : National Chocolate Eclair Day
23 : National Pink Day
24 : Swim a Lap Day
25 : National Catfish Day
26 : Beautician's Day
27 : Sun Glasses Day
28 : Insurance Awareness Day
29 : International Mud Day
30 : Meteor Day
Thoughts of the Time
Then and Now!
Freedom of Religion, freedom of the press and freedom of person under the protection of the habeaus corpus, these are principles that have guided our steps through the age of revolution and reformation.
---------Thomas Jefferson
America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine Providence in behalf of the human race.
----------Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no gambling like politics.
----------Benjamin Disraeli
Bad officals are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
----------Chicago Government Poster
In the cause of freedom, we have to battle for the rights of people with whom we do not agree; and whom, in many cases, we may not like. These people test the strength of the freedoms which protect all of us. If we do not defend their rights, we endanger our own.
----------Harry S. Truman
Freedom of Religion, freedom of the press and freedom of person under the protection of the habeaus corpus, these are principles that have guided our steps through the age of revolution and reformation.
---------Thomas Jefferson
America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine Providence in behalf of the human race.
----------Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no gambling like politics.
----------Benjamin Disraeli
Bad officals are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
----------Chicago Government Poster
In the cause of freedom, we have to battle for the rights of people with whom we do not agree; and whom, in many cases, we may not like. These people test the strength of the freedoms which protect all of us. If we do not defend their rights, we endanger our own.
----------Harry S. Truman
Weird News
Vulture shock in Philly home
Philadelphia, Pa. --------------- If this keeps up, Philadelphians might want to consider renaming their football team.
The city's Department of Licenses and Inspections was set to demolish a long-vacant home that residents say has become home to a committee of turkey vultures. Yes, a group of the birds ---- sometimes also called buzzards ---- is known as a "committee."
Christina Ali-Bey says she lives next door to the home and can hear the vultures scratching and walking around all night long, "Like a horror movie."
She even afraid the birds will scoop up her tiny dog, Rocco, a teacup Yorke. Other residents see the birds regularly picking through their trash.
The birds are a protected species, so it's illegal to harm or kill them. Residents hope demolition forces them to move.
Can I get directions to the swamp?
Tampa, Fla. -------------------- A Florida family thought someone was trying to break into their apartment when they heard knocking sounds at 4 a.m.
It turns out a 5-foot alligator was outside their front door. And so were Tampa police officers.
Police and Florida Fish and Wildlife officers caught the gator and returned it to the wild.
It was the second such alligator-knocking incident in the South in recent weeks.
Earlier this month a gator wandered into a neighborhood near Charleston, S.C., and appeared to reach for the doorbell at one home. The incident was caught on video by a resident.
Playing opossum in the bathroom
San Diego --------------------- The San Diego County Department of Animal Services says a baby opossum is doing well after being rescued from a toilet.
The soaking wet little creature is seen in photos posted on the department's Facebook page.
The agency says a Pacific Beach woman found the critter in her toilet on May 1 and Animal Control Officer Carlos Wallis responded and took it to the San Diego Humane Society's Project Wildlife. It will be released when it is old enough to survive on its own.
And the money was fake, too!
Kochville Township, Mich. A Michigan man is facing charges after a stripper was paid with a counterfeit $100 bill following a lap dance.
Stephen Gidcumb, 32, is charged with intentionally passing counterfeit notes, Police tell the Detroit News that fake bills were mixed with real $100 bills.
MLive.com reports the man arrested May 13 after returning to the strip club in Kockville Township, near Saginaw, later that day. Chief Assistant Saginaw prosecutor Christopher Boyd says club workers were "on the lookout" for Gidcumb.
Other fake bills were found at his Mount Morris home. Boyd says they were made on a computer.
Philadelphia, Pa. --------------- If this keeps up, Philadelphians might want to consider renaming their football team.
The city's Department of Licenses and Inspections was set to demolish a long-vacant home that residents say has become home to a committee of turkey vultures. Yes, a group of the birds ---- sometimes also called buzzards ---- is known as a "committee."
Christina Ali-Bey says she lives next door to the home and can hear the vultures scratching and walking around all night long, "Like a horror movie."
She even afraid the birds will scoop up her tiny dog, Rocco, a teacup Yorke. Other residents see the birds regularly picking through their trash.
The birds are a protected species, so it's illegal to harm or kill them. Residents hope demolition forces them to move.
Can I get directions to the swamp?
Tampa, Fla. -------------------- A Florida family thought someone was trying to break into their apartment when they heard knocking sounds at 4 a.m.
It turns out a 5-foot alligator was outside their front door. And so were Tampa police officers.
Police and Florida Fish and Wildlife officers caught the gator and returned it to the wild.
It was the second such alligator-knocking incident in the South in recent weeks.
Earlier this month a gator wandered into a neighborhood near Charleston, S.C., and appeared to reach for the doorbell at one home. The incident was caught on video by a resident.
Playing opossum in the bathroom
San Diego --------------------- The San Diego County Department of Animal Services says a baby opossum is doing well after being rescued from a toilet.
The soaking wet little creature is seen in photos posted on the department's Facebook page.
The agency says a Pacific Beach woman found the critter in her toilet on May 1 and Animal Control Officer Carlos Wallis responded and took it to the San Diego Humane Society's Project Wildlife. It will be released when it is old enough to survive on its own.
And the money was fake, too!
Kochville Township, Mich. A Michigan man is facing charges after a stripper was paid with a counterfeit $100 bill following a lap dance.
Stephen Gidcumb, 32, is charged with intentionally passing counterfeit notes, Police tell the Detroit News that fake bills were mixed with real $100 bills.
MLive.com reports the man arrested May 13 after returning to the strip club in Kockville Township, near Saginaw, later that day. Chief Assistant Saginaw prosecutor Christopher Boyd says club workers were "on the lookout" for Gidcumb.
Other fake bills were found at his Mount Morris home. Boyd says they were made on a computer.
Saturday, May 14, 2016
'Hey, he looks like my Uncle Oscar! '
Millie Lang is still angry.
Fifty-four years later.
"How Audrey Hepburn, my favorite actress ever, didn't win the Oscar for best actress in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's, my favorite movie, was a crime," Lang, 80, said outside the Giant food store in New Britain on Friday morning.
"She's Holly Golightly; everybody remembers her, one of the most famous roles in history," the Chalfont woman said. "She should've won. Nobody remembers who won her Oscar that year. Do you?"
I didn't remember, and with good reason: I was 4 on Oscar night in 1962.
The actress who won Hepburn's Oscar, as Lang phrased it, was Sophia Loren in "Two Women, which netted Loren 22 international awards. The Oscar would have been Hepburn's second; she won as Best Actress for "Roman Holiday" in 1954.
So, there are winners and there are losers on Oscar night. But how much do you really know about Hollywood's biggest event. Before the envelopes are opened at the 88th Oscars tonight, let's find out :
1. Who's the only Oscar to win an Oscar?
a) Oscar de la Renta.
b) Oscar Hammerstein II.
c) Oscar Isaac
d) Oscar Micheaux
2. Where did the name "Oscar" originate?
a) Named after Oscar Huegler, first president of the Academy.
b) Acronym of first initial of each Academy board member's last name.
c) Named for Oscar J. Johnson, who designed the award.
d) Academy executive director named it for her uncle Oscar, who award resembled.
3. Who is youngest actor to win an Oscar?
a) Anna Paquin
b) Mickey Rooney
c) Tatum O'Neal
d) Jackie Cooper
4. Who is the most nominated actor of all time, with 12?
a) Clark Gable
b) Humphrey Bogart
c) Jack Nicholson
d) Robert DeNiro
5. Which is the only X-rated film to win Best Picture?
a) "Midnight Cowboy"
b) "A Clockwork Orange"
c) "Last Tango in Paris"
d) "The Pawnbroker"
6. Who was the first African-American to win an Oscar?
a) Hattie McDaniel
b) Sidney Poiter
c) Dorothy Dandridge
d) Cicely Tyson
7. Which filmmaker won a record four Best Director Oscars?
a) Billy Wilder
b) Steven Spielberg
c) Howard Hawks
d) John Ford
8. Who has won the most Oscars (3) as Lead Actor?
a) Jack Nicholson
b) Chrisropher Plummer
c) Daniel Day-Lewis
d) Christopher McLean
9. Who has been nominated eight times as Lead Actor, but never won?
a) Humphrey Bogart
b) Peter O'Toole
c) Mickey Rooney
d) Lucas Kile
10. Who has been nominated six times as Lead Actress, but never won?
a) Sigourney Weaver
b) Glenn Close
c) Elizabeth Taylor
d) Sophie Leibowitz
11. Which film won the first Oscar for outstanding picture in 1929?
a) "Wings"
b) "Marvelous and Maddining"
c) "The Gangster"
d) "Melody Makers"
12. Who has hosted the Oscars the most?
a) Johnny Carson
b) Bob Hope
c) Billy Crystal
d) William Holden
13. Composer John Williams garnered his 50th Oscar nomination this year for the "Star Wars": The Force Awakens" score. For which movie did he not previously win?
a) "E.T. The Extraterrestrial"
b) "Superman"
c) "Schindler's List"
d) "Star Wars"
14. Who is the only actress to win an Oscar for portraying a man?
a) Cate Blanchette
b) Linda Hunt
c) Hillary Swank
d) Felicity Huffman
15. Who is the only person to win an Oscar and the Noble Prize?
a) John Steinback
b) Jean-Paul Sartre
c) George Bernard Shaw
d) Al Gore
16. Who was the first person to turn down an Oscar?
a) Dudley Nichols
b) George C. Scott
c) Marlon Brando
d) Peter Yourl
17. For which movie did the Beatles win an Oscar?
a) "A Hard Day's Night"
b) "Help"
c) "Yellow Submarine"
d) "Let it be"
18. Who are the only brother-sister pair to win Oscars?
a) Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine
b) Lionel and Ethel Barrymore
c) Peter and Jane Fonda
d) Eric and Julia Roberts
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Answers : 1-b ; 2-d ; 3-c ; 4-c ; 5-a ; 6-a ; 7-d ; 8-c ; 9-b ; 10-b ; 11-a ;12-b ; 13-b ; 14-b ; 15-c ; 16-a ; 17-d ; 18-b
Fifty-four years later.
"How Audrey Hepburn, my favorite actress ever, didn't win the Oscar for best actress in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's, my favorite movie, was a crime," Lang, 80, said outside the Giant food store in New Britain on Friday morning.
"She's Holly Golightly; everybody remembers her, one of the most famous roles in history," the Chalfont woman said. "She should've won. Nobody remembers who won her Oscar that year. Do you?"
I didn't remember, and with good reason: I was 4 on Oscar night in 1962.
The actress who won Hepburn's Oscar, as Lang phrased it, was Sophia Loren in "Two Women, which netted Loren 22 international awards. The Oscar would have been Hepburn's second; she won as Best Actress for "Roman Holiday" in 1954.
So, there are winners and there are losers on Oscar night. But how much do you really know about Hollywood's biggest event. Before the envelopes are opened at the 88th Oscars tonight, let's find out :
1. Who's the only Oscar to win an Oscar?
a) Oscar de la Renta.
b) Oscar Hammerstein II.
c) Oscar Isaac
d) Oscar Micheaux
2. Where did the name "Oscar" originate?
a) Named after Oscar Huegler, first president of the Academy.
b) Acronym of first initial of each Academy board member's last name.
c) Named for Oscar J. Johnson, who designed the award.
d) Academy executive director named it for her uncle Oscar, who award resembled.
3. Who is youngest actor to win an Oscar?
a) Anna Paquin
b) Mickey Rooney
c) Tatum O'Neal
d) Jackie Cooper
4. Who is the most nominated actor of all time, with 12?
a) Clark Gable
b) Humphrey Bogart
c) Jack Nicholson
d) Robert DeNiro
5. Which is the only X-rated film to win Best Picture?
a) "Midnight Cowboy"
b) "A Clockwork Orange"
c) "Last Tango in Paris"
d) "The Pawnbroker"
6. Who was the first African-American to win an Oscar?
a) Hattie McDaniel
b) Sidney Poiter
c) Dorothy Dandridge
d) Cicely Tyson
7. Which filmmaker won a record four Best Director Oscars?
a) Billy Wilder
b) Steven Spielberg
c) Howard Hawks
d) John Ford
8. Who has won the most Oscars (3) as Lead Actor?
a) Jack Nicholson
b) Chrisropher Plummer
c) Daniel Day-Lewis
d) Christopher McLean
9. Who has been nominated eight times as Lead Actor, but never won?
a) Humphrey Bogart
b) Peter O'Toole
c) Mickey Rooney
d) Lucas Kile
10. Who has been nominated six times as Lead Actress, but never won?
a) Sigourney Weaver
b) Glenn Close
c) Elizabeth Taylor
d) Sophie Leibowitz
11. Which film won the first Oscar for outstanding picture in 1929?
a) "Wings"
b) "Marvelous and Maddining"
c) "The Gangster"
d) "Melody Makers"
12. Who has hosted the Oscars the most?
a) Johnny Carson
b) Bob Hope
c) Billy Crystal
d) William Holden
13. Composer John Williams garnered his 50th Oscar nomination this year for the "Star Wars": The Force Awakens" score. For which movie did he not previously win?
a) "E.T. The Extraterrestrial"
b) "Superman"
c) "Schindler's List"
d) "Star Wars"
14. Who is the only actress to win an Oscar for portraying a man?
a) Cate Blanchette
b) Linda Hunt
c) Hillary Swank
d) Felicity Huffman
15. Who is the only person to win an Oscar and the Noble Prize?
a) John Steinback
b) Jean-Paul Sartre
c) George Bernard Shaw
d) Al Gore
16. Who was the first person to turn down an Oscar?
a) Dudley Nichols
b) George C. Scott
c) Marlon Brando
d) Peter Yourl
17. For which movie did the Beatles win an Oscar?
a) "A Hard Day's Night"
b) "Help"
c) "Yellow Submarine"
d) "Let it be"
18. Who are the only brother-sister pair to win Oscars?
a) Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine
b) Lionel and Ethel Barrymore
c) Peter and Jane Fonda
d) Eric and Julia Roberts
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Answers : 1-b ; 2-d ; 3-c ; 4-c ; 5-a ; 6-a ; 7-d ; 8-c ; 9-b ; 10-b ; 11-a ;12-b ; 13-b ; 14-b ; 15-c ; 16-a ; 17-d ; 18-b
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