Saturday, October 20, 2012

Life Can Be Tough Sometimes

Tucson Weather Today


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Today's TEXT will appear here if I can come up with some pretty soon.

Update: I did not.


WORD FOR TODAY

scoche [skosh]
noun
a very small amount.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY


James Chadwick
 Born Oct. 20, 1891
Died July 24, 1974

Sir James Chadwick was an English Nobel laureate in physics awarded for his discovery of the neutron. He was one of the primary British scientists who worked in the Manhattan Project in the United States during World War II. He was knighted in 1945 for achievements in physics.







Born: Oct 20, 1882
Died Aug 16, 1956

Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor, who is best known for playing the character "Dracula" in the 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror films.



Born Oct 20, 1927
Age: 85 years old.

Joyce Brothers is an American psychologist, television personality and advice columnist, publishing a daily syndicated newspaper column since 1960.

In addition to being called upon for her expertise in psychology, she also has appeared on a number of TV shows, including Saturday Night Live, CHiPs, Simon & Simon, Ellery Queen, Mama's Family, Taxi, Happy Days, Police Squad!, Police Woman, Night Court, The Nanny, Frasier, The Andy Dick Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, One Life to Live, WKRP in Cincinnati, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Mr. Belvedere, Married... with Children, Entourage, The Simpsons, All That, Kenan & Kel, The Steve Harvey Show, My Two Dads, Melrose Place, ALF, The Larry Sanders Show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Moonlighting. She also appeared in the Steve Martin comedy The Lonely Guy in a supporting role.



 Born Oct 20, 1931
Died Aug 13, 1995

Mickey Charles Mantle was an American baseball center fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968. Mantle is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
--Mark Twain


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