Friday, June 28, 2013

Love Sick

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Today's Birthday Picks...five famous people.
Match the birthday person to the year they were born:







1966, 1960, 1926, 1986, 1948

On this date in 1984 ~ Labor Day became an official U.S. holiday.

On this date in 1995 the number one song was:  

Today's Cliche:


Today's Quote:
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

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Kellie Pickler 1986                
Mel Brooks  1926
John Elway  1960
Kathy Bates  1948
John Cusack  1966

Thursday, June 27, 2013

My Three Sons ...

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Died on this Date:  2012
Don Grady
Robbie Douglas from My Three Sons

1. How long did Grady play Robbie Douglas?
a. 3 years
b. 7 years
c. 12 years

2. What was the dog's name on the show?
a. Tramp
b. Shaggy
c. Murphy

3.  Who played Robbie Douglas' wife?
a.  Meredith MacRae
b.  Sally Field
c.  Tina Cole

Birthday Pick:  1927
Bob Keeshan

One of Keeshan's grandchildren did what?
a.  In 2004  became the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest.
b.  In 2004 invented the magic eraser now sold by Mr. Clean
c.  In 2004 directed the movie "The Aviator" about Howard Hughes.

**answer below 

Have a good Thursday!

1. ~ c. 12 years (beginning in 1960)
2. ~ a. Tramp
3. ~ c. Tina Cole
**a.  In 2004  became the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest.

Saturday, June 22, 2013

A fool thinks....

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Birthday Pick:  1949
Meryl Streep


Died on this Date:  2008
George Carlin

Today's Cliche:

Today's Quote:
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise
man knows himself to be a fool.


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have a great day ...

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Twenty years from now ...

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Did you know:
•A standard dart board is laid out in twenty segments.
•Andrew Jackson is on the twenty dollar bill.
•Twenty is the atomic number of calcium.
•A group of twenty units is called a score.
•The letter T is the twentieth letter in the commonly used alphabet in the U.S.A.
•Twenty is the number of race tracks in Super Mario Kart.
•The Kentucky Derby currently has a maximum field of twenty horses.
•Baseball Hall of Fame player Frank Robinson wore the number twenty on his jersey.


What two teams did Frank Robinson play for most notably?
a.  Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles
b.  Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers
c.  New York Mets and Chicago Cubs
*answer below

The twentieth of June is the birthday of which actress?
a.  Suzanne Summers
b.  Nicole Kidman
c.  Sally Fields
**answer below

Song for the Day: 20th Century Fox by
The Doors

Quote for the Day:


“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by

the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. 

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. 

Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. 

Discover.”

― H. Jackson Brown Jr.




*a. Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles
**b. Nicole Kidman born June 20, 1967


Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Jean Arthur

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JUNE 19

Died On this date:  1991
Actress Jean Arthur



What was Jean's birth name?
a.  Elizabeth Jean Smith
b.  Gladys Georgianna Greene
c.  Jasper Olivia Audder
*answer below

One of Jean Arthur's most famous movies is Mr. Smith goes to Washington.  What party was Mr. Smith affiliated with?
a. Republican
b. Democratic
c. the movie never mentions it
**answer at bottom

Which actress listed below has a birthday today?
a.  Kathleen Turner

b.  Halle Berry

c.  Jane Leeves


***answer below

Today's Quote:

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of 
thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death,
 the body maintains its irreparable lead.

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*b. Gladys Georgianna Greene
**c. the movie never mentions it
***a. Kathleen Turner 1954

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

M&M anniversary wishes ...


On this eighteenth day of June ...

The American Treasure Tour Trivia page wishes 
M&M Happy Anniversary ...

In other news...
Cyrus H. K. Curtis was born on this date in 1850.

Who is Cyrus H.K. Curtis?
a.  Developed the menthol cigarette
b.  Was Barnum's (of Barnum & Bailey's circus) first partner but got cold feet and pulled out his investment.
c.  Founded the magazine Ladies Home Journal
*answer below

Clarence Clemens died on this date in 2011
which brings us to our song for the day:


Today's Quote:
Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take
time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little
candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes
Tuesdays, I go Fridays.



Cliche for the Day:

c.  Founded the magazine Ladies Home Journal

Monday, June 17, 2013

Who writes the songs?


Today's Birthday:  1946
Barry Manilow


On this date in 1981 Zerna Addis Sharp died.
What was her claim to fame?
a.  She created the Dick & Jane reading books.
b.  She created Tony the Tiger for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
c.  Was the first woman owner of a professional sports team.
*answer at bottom of post

Today's Quote:
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.



*a.  She created the Dick & Jane reading books.