Good 43º morning. And guess what? IT'S RAINING! How shocking.
Looks like California is getting more too!
Yesterday the rain stopped. Here is some blue sky!
OMGOSH, you will love this. I was laughing out loud, and still
am giggling over it. André Rieu and orchestra and an hilarious happening at the
concert!!! Thanks Ike Saben (LASD ret) for sharing this with me. xo
This reminds me of 'back in the day' when I was in high school, Woodrow
Wilson, and the mascot was a mule (natch!) and Sue Shewalter and I were the
'insides' of the mule. I was working the head and she the rear! I'd back her up
and she'd sit on a football players lap! Ahhh... the good old days! And to think
not one picture was taken of the mascot at any football game by any annual staff
or school newspaper photographer! DANG!
Today is a special birthday... my friend Cathy Norman (LASD ret). She was
at ELA when I worked there. Her mom, Erika, is a pal also..... This taken July
1998. Cathy worked patrol and I worked 911 and Calls for service at the desk.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRETTY GIRL!!!! xo
Historically this date...
1883 – The first electric lighting system
employing overhead wires, built by Thomas
Edison, begins service at Roselle, New
Jersey.
1915 – Georges
Claude patents
the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1935 – Coopers
Inc. sells the
world's first briefs.
1937 – Howard
Hughes sets a new
air record by flying from Los Angeles,
California to New York
City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1953 – 71.7% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in
to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give
birth.
1978 – The last Volkswagen
Beetle made in
Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden.
Beetle production in Latin
America continues
until 2003.
1981 – Iran Hostage
Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52
American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
1986 – The first IBM
PC computer
virus is released
into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it
was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly
to deter piracy of the software they had written.
And births
this date include...
... I really
like his paintings...
1939 – Phil
Everly, American musician (d. 2014)
"wake
up little Susie, wake up" !!
1944 – Shelley
Fabares, American actress
YIKES!
1946
– Dolly
Parton, American singer and actress
1947
– Paula
Deen, American chef and restaurateur]
....
that phoney Southern drawl is sickening.... ya'll!
1953 – Desi Arnaz,
Jr., American actor
....
sh*t... he looks like Perry Como!
1958 – Thomas
Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012)
Back therapy yesterday. Ahhhh...... Stacy is magical the way she makes the
pain go away!
Later.... dinner was reruns of the mini pizzas, chair, wine, TV.
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Tuesday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
January 19th
National Popcorn Day (YES!)
Corn was first domesticated in Mexico 9,000 years ago from a
wild grass.
During the Great Depression,
popcorn was fairly inexpensive at 5–10 cents a bag and became popular. Thus,
while other businesses failed, the popcorn business thrived and became a source
of income for many struggling farmers, including the Reddenbacher family,
namesake of the famous popcorn brand. During World War II, sugar rations diminished candy production, and Americans compensated by
eating three times as much popcorn as they had before.
At least six localities (all in the Midwestern United States)
claim to be the "Popcorn Capital of the World;":Ridgway, Illinois; Valparaiso, Indiana; Van Buren, Indiana; Schaller, Iowa; Marion, Ohio; and North Loup, Nebraska.
According to the USDA, corn used for popcorn production is specifically
planted for this purpose; most is grown in Nebraska and Indiana, with increasing
area in Texas.
As the result of an elementary school project, popcorn became the official state
snack food of Illinois.
January 19 is National Popcorn Day in the United States.
