Pineapple Express ~ Anthem Hacks ~ Temple Station ~ 50 Years Ago ~ Jan Lacy Sculpture of Dude ~ Geese

Good 48º pouring rain morning! The 'Pineapple Express' is raging on. So far since yesterday 1¼" of  "liquid sunshine".

Kim Komando is a computer wiz and trusted. There have been 80 million accounts hacked ... Check her site for Anthem Blue Cross hacks.... and what to do.

http://www.komando.com/

Had a call from old Temple Station pal, Bill Riordan (LASD ret) yesterday. He was asking me about the WD-40 sprayed under the hood of your car. Something Barry Perrou (LASD ret) told me about when the wiring harness under the hood of my truck was chewed up. Bill's daughter apparently having a similar problem. Fun chatting with Bill. We discussed a bunch of deputies we knew and have known. Hope to see each other at the department reunion!

Temple Station: 8838 E. Las Tunas Drive, Temple City

Today , 50 years ago (OMG...50 Years!!!!), I married Kristen and Brian's dad, George Pendleton, in the Chapel of Roses in Pasadena. Lots of promise. Two perfect children. Nine years. Then the drugs that had bit him took over and all was almost lost. We came out of it. I met and married Jerry in 1975. I am blessed. My children are wonderful and so are their children. George's great loss.

Historically this date...

1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missileis accomplished.

1976 – In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.

1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.

1996 – Willamette Valley Flood of 1996: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.

1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

And births this date include....

1845 – Isidor Straus, co-owner of Macy's department store and former Congressman from New York (d. 1912)

1849 – Ida Straus, American passenger aboard the Titanic (d. 1912)

....... same birth date and of course, same death date....

1895 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)

1911 – Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)

1912 – Eva Braun, German mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)

1917 – Zsa Zsa Gábor, Hungarian-born actress

..................nine husbands!

 

1931 – Mamie Van Doren, American actress

................only 5 husbands!

1940 – Tom Brokaw, American news anchorman

1943 – Fabian Forte, American singer

1945 – Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)

...... LOVED his music!

Yesterday's breakfast was yogurt, fresh boysenberries, and Laney Cranberry Blossom Honey! YUMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!  

                                          www.laneyhoney.com

Left here and headed to Grants Pass to the art museum where I met up with artist Jan Lacy. She made a clay sculpture of Dude's head. I love it! I will hang it in the living room. www.janlacyart.com Had it sitting here on my desk and Bruiser came up and looked worried. He cautiously went over to it, sniffed it, and touched it with his paw! Guess he decided it was Ok and not real! Nut.

After that a stop at the Elk's to get Jennifer's refund from the canceled crab feed. Then met up with Bill and Jeannie at the Haul on 5th and H streets, for a glass of wine. Home and I didn't have to cook. Jennifer gave me some of her "stew" she made. I am going to have to make one like hers. OMGOOOOOD! This was a beef roast she cooked in the crock pot for HOURS with consommé, red wine, onions, spinach, corn, the list goes on.............. Jennifer, details please!

Yesterday afternoon the geese were out in my pasture. They have really been pretty standoff-ish this season. Have been showing up here daily for the last week, but always the rest of the flock shows up. Yesterday it was just the two of them. They have always let me feed them, so I went out and put some cracked corn on the other side of the fence, called to them, and they waddled over and enjoyed a treat. The gander always stands guard and lets the female eat first.

All I know. Nuff said. Happy TGIF. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

February 6th

National Chopsticks Day

http://www.joyofkosher.com/2012/02/national-chopsticks-day/