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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
--Isaac Asimov

Yesterday while researching some nearly unbelievable (but interesting) allegations, I read the following:

The National Republican Senatorial Committee has launched an independent expenditure ad charging Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) “voted to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants.”

Read more:

Well, I did read more, but now I am still no wiser... and no longer interested.

Another statement I read somewhere on the Internet was:

"Today, more than half of the world's people -- more than 3.5 billion -- are city dwellers."

WOW!

And...

According to U.N. estimates, by 2050, a third of the world’s population will live not just in cities, but in slums.

LINK

Makes me wonder what the number of people living in slums will be in the year 2099.

Not that it will matter to me by then.

I'm curious though.


For the last few weeks I have been working on (thinking deeply about) a method for putting into cogent words my personal beliefs and opinions concerning religion, and about the difference, if any, between life and death. And whether or not a belief in the existence of God (or a god) has any real meaning beyond an imagined concept embedded within the human mind.

Sadly, I have not yet arrived at a satisfactory conclusion.

But I'm still working on it.


I am writing this small portion of the blog entry the night before I post it, during commercials of the 1973 version of the movie Serpico, played  by Al Pacino, who testified against a cruel cadre of corrupt cops. And so the composition will probably be a bit choppy in spots.

The movie following Serpico is Midnight Express, the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. If I don't get too sleepy I'll watch it.

Did I mention that I have become a movie buff?


Okay, it's the next morning now. I must reveal that last night's movie, Midnight Express, proved to be nothing more than an overly long expose of the brutality within the Turkish prison system. Of course there was more to the movie than I can admit to... such as that mysterious certainty of a lack of sensitivity to the scenes depicting inter-personal relationships between prisoners. But even this failure on my part has value. It reminds me that I am not an intellectual at all, but merely a confused, ignorant mortal attempting to fool myself into believing there is actually some meaning to my life, and the futile feeling that I am intelligent enough to recognize it.

Something like that.


An upcoming movie to be shown later in the week is From Here To Eternity.

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Did You Know . . .?

Statistics have shown that in 2013 only 53% of Americans attending college actually graduated.

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HISTORICAL EVENT

On this day in 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The president also issued an order for an American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: five six-star rows and four five-star rows. The new flag became official July 4, 1960. In March 1959, the U.S. government had approved statehood for Hawaii, and in June the Hawaiian people had voted by a wide majority to accept admittance into the United States. Two months later, Hawaii officially became the 50th state.

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WORD FOR TODAY

fungible [FUHN-juh-buhl]
adjective
1. able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
2. Law: (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
Synonyms
interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable

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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers

(born August 21, 1938)

Kenny Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, entrepreneur and author, and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Kim Victoria Cattrall

(born August 21, 1956)

Kim Cattrall is an English-Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO romantic comedy series Sex and the City.

Harry Smith

(born August 21, 1951)

Harry Smith is an American television journalist, working for NBC News. He hosted the CBS News morning programs, The Early Show and its predecessor, CBS This Morning, for seventeen years. In July 2011, Smith left CBS News to become a correspondent for NBC News.

Joanne Froggatt

(born August 21, 1980)

Joanne Froggatt is an English actress of stage, television, and film, most notably appearing in Downton Abbey as Anna, Lady's Maid to Lady Mary Crawley.

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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
--Isaac Asimov

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A couple days ago I watched a movie titled Liberal Arts. I liked it.

Then, last night I watched another one, titled No Country For Old Men. I'd watched it before,  a year or so ago. And I read the book. Liked it too. Of course, it was written by Cormac McCarthy so what's to not like?

(Can't think of anything else I want to write about)

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Did You Know . . .?

Miley Cyrus's first job was to pick up the bras and underwear that her dad's fans (Country singer Billy Ray) threw on the stage. She got paid $10 for doing it.

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HISTORICAL EVENT

On this day in 1865 Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. They met at a house in Appomattox at 2:00 p.m. on the afternoon of April 9. Lee was resplendent in his dress uniform and a fine sword at his side. Grant arrived wearing a simple soldier's coat that was muddy from his long ride.

Although there were still Confederate armies in the field, the war was officially over. Four years of bloodshed had left a devastating mark on the country: 360,000 Union and 260,000 Confederate soldiers had perished during the Civil War.

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WORD FOR TODAY

author  [AW-thur]
noun
1.
a.  The writer of a book, article, or other text.
b.  One who practices writing as a profession.
2.  One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.
3.  An originator or creator, as of a theory or plan.

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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Hugh Marston Hefner
(born April 9, 1926)

Hugh Hefner is an American adult magazine publisher, as well as the founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises.

Keshia Knight Pulliam
(born April 9, 1979)

Keshia Knight Pulliam is an American actress. She is best known for her childhood role as Rudy Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show and as reformed con artist Miranda Lucas-Payne on the TBS comedy-drama Tyler Perry's House of Payne.

Dennis William Quaid
(born April 9, 1954)

Dennis Quaid is an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic roles. Some of his notable credits include Breaking Away, The Long Riders, The Right Stuff, Enemy Mine, Great Balls of Fire!, The Big Easy, Far from Heaven, The Rookie, The Day After Tomorrow, Traffic, Vantage Point, Footloose, Frequency, Dragonheart, Wyatt Earp, The Parent Trap, Soul Surfer, Playing for Keeps and Innerspace.

Cynthia Ellen Nixon
(born April 9, 1966)

Cynthia Nixon is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series Sex and the City (1998–2004), the film Sex and the City (2008) and its sequel Sex and the City 2 (2010).

 

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"Comedy and horror are opposite sides of the same coin. I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf."
--Robert Bloch

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I watched a movie starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson... Lost In Translation.

The film revolves around an aging actor named Bob Harris (Murray) and a recent college graduate named Charlotte (Johansson) who develop a rapport after a chance meeting in a Tokyo hotel. The movie explores themes of loneliness, insomnia, existential ennui, and culture shock against the backdrop of a modern Japanese city.

What the hell?

Scarlett Johansson

 

 

Wikipedia says Lost in Translation was a major critical success and was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Bill Murray, and Best Director for Sofia Coppola.

The film was also a commercial success, grossing almost $120 million from a budget of only $4 million.

I thought it was boring and meaningless.

I an glad there are so many other movie viewers who are more sensitive and more perceptive than I. It makes the world a more interesting place in which to live.


Last night I watched, for about the third time, Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday.

Good movie.

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Did You Know . . .?

There are coffee flavored PEZ.

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HISTORICAL EVENT

On this day, October 17 in 1989, the deadliest earthquake to hit the San Francisco area since 1906 struck at 5:04 p.m. and lasted for 15 seconds. The quake measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, and its aftermath was witnessed on live television by millions of people watching the third game of the World Series of baseball between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, held at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The tremor hit moments before the start of the game, and sportscasters were soon performing the duties of news anchors as they reported on the resulting pandemonium in the stadium. The earthquake killed a total of 63 people, while more than 3,000 others were injured and more than 100,000 buildings were damaged.

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WORD FOR TODAY

corollary
noun
1.  an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion.
2.  a natural consequence or result.
3.  Mathematics a proposition that is incidentally proved in proving another proposition.

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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Irene Ryan
(October 17, 1902 - April 26, 1973)

Irene Ryan was an American actress, one of the few entertainers who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television and Broadway. Ryan is most widely known for her portrayal of "Granny" on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)

Mae Carol Jemison
(born October 17, 1956)

Mae Jamison is an American physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.

George Robert Wendt III
(born October 17, 1948)

George Wendt is an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers.

Margaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder
(born October 17, 1948)

Margot Kidder is a Canadian-American actress. She appeared in a wide range of films during the 1970s and 1980s such as Sisters, Black Christmas, The Great Waldo Pepper, The Amityville Horror, and Heartaches. She is best known for her role as Lois Lane in four Superman movies opposite Christopher Reeve, beginning with Superman in 1978.

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A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.
--Colin Powell

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While watching an episode of the 'Through The Wormhole,' series, I was surprised when Morgan Freeman asked, "If, according to String Theory there are nine other dimensions, why can't we see them?"

The best answer I can come up with is:

The nine dimensions of string theory cannot be detected by humans because they lack a sensory organ that can detect these dimensions.

The process of seeing objects requires eyes connected to a brain. The process of hearing sounds requires ears connected to a brain. The process of smelling a scent requires a nose connected to a brain. The process of tasting a flavor requires an array of taste buds connected to a brain. The process of feeling objects requires touch pads attached to nerves connected to a brain.

Therefore:

The nine dimensions of string theory cannot be detected by humans because they lack a sensory organ that detects these dimensions.

Or it might be that String Theory is a false theory. And there are no extra dimensions.

I watched another movie; it's title is The Book Of Eli. I must admit that I found the story to be utterly ridiculous. I continued watching it to the end for one reason, and that is not because Denzel Washington did his usual magnificent job of acting. He did.

No; the reason I watched the entire movie instead of turning it off halfway through was because of the compelling presence on screen of Mila Kunis.

God, she's a beautiful young woman

 

Here is another picture of Mila

 

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TRIVIA

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

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HISTORICAL EVENT

On this day in 1983, 20-year-old Vanessa Williams becomes the first African American to win the Miss America crown. Less than a year later, on July 23, 1984, Williams gave up her crown after nude photos of her surfaced. Despite the scandal, Williams later launched a successful singing and acting career, including a featured role on the hit television sitcom Ugly Betty.

After winning the Miss New York title, Williams went to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to participate in the Miss America pageant. On September 17, 1983, Williams made history by becoming the first African-American woman in the pageant’s 63-year history to capture the Miss America title. (For the competition’s first 30 years, blacks weren’t even allowed to become contestants.)

In 1996 Williams appeared in Eraser, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Soul Food in 1997 and in the 2000 remake of Shaft, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and 2004’s Johnson Family Vacation. Williams also racked up credits on the small-screen, including roles on the short-lived series Boomtown and South Beach. Since 2006, she has co-starred on the hit ABC sitcom Ugly Betty.

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WORD FOR TODAY

noetic
adjective
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

In philosophy, noetics is a branch of metaphysical philosophy concerned with the study of mind and intellect. The term "noetics" has been employed by several authors who write about consciousness, spirituality and cosmology.

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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

John Ritter
(Sept 17, 1948 - Sept 11, 2003)

John Ritter was an American actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. Ritter was best known for playing Jack Tripper on the hit ABC sitcom Three's Company.

Ritter appeared in hundreds of films and television shows/episodes combined, including It (1990), Problem Child (1990), Problem Child 2 (1991) and Bad Santa in 2003. Prior to Clifford's Really Big Movie (posthumously released), Ritter received four Daytime Emmy Award nominations for his voice work on the children's television series, Clifford the Big Red Dog.

Ritter's untimely death occurred shortly after the production of an episode for the second season of 8 Simple Rules. He died of an aortic dissection on September 11, 2003. He is the son of famous country/western star Tex Ritter, and the father of actor Jason Ritter

Anne Bancroft
(Sept 17, 1931 - June 6, 2005)

 Anne Bancroft was an American actress. She made her film debut in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Miracle Worker (1962), receiving nominations for her roles in The Pumpkin Eater (1964), The Graduate (1967), The Turning Point (1977), and Agnes of God (1985). Bancroft's other acclaimed movies as a lead actress include Young Winston (1972), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), To Be or Not to Be (1983), and 84 Charing Cross Road (1987).

Later in her career, she made the transition back to supporting roles in films such as Point of No Return (1993), Home for the Holidays (1995), Great Expectations (1998), Antz (1998), Keeping the Faith (2000), and Heartbreakers (2001). She also starred in seven television films, the last of which was The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003).

 

Edgar Dean Mitchell
(born September 17, 1930)

Ed Mitchell is an American pilot, retired Captain in the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. As the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.

Nona Marvisa Gaye
(born September 4, 1974)

Nona Gaye is an American singer, former fashion model, and screen actress. The daughter of soul music legend Marvin Gaye and granddaughter of jazz great Slim Gaillard, she began her career as a vocalist in the early 1990s. As an actress, she is best known for her portrayal of Zee in the science fiction films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.

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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
--Groucho Marx

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The Associated Press has reported that the White House says a common-sense test shows that the Syrian government is responsible for a chemical weapons attack last month, and it demands a U.S. military response.

Yes. that's right -- White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough asserted that a common-sense test dictates that the Syrian government is responsible for a chemical weapons attack that Obama says demands a US response.

Hm; I seem to remember . . . Many years ago, The Reader's Digest defined 'common sense' as being the faculty that proves the Earth is flat.

Rush Limbaugh is reporting that radical leftists are claiming the current unrest in Syria was brought about by drought, and that this drought was caused by global warming.

It's only common sense.

The best definition for common sense I have ever read (at RationalWiki.org) or heard is:

Common sense is something which you think you know to be true but that may not actually be true. It is a way of reasoning based on immediate knowledge gathered about the world, and basic rationality applied to that knowledge. However, the danger with common sense is that the scope of knowledge can be quite wrong, and the basic rationality can simply not be deep enough for an attempt at finding truth.


Why Global Warming Might Be A Good Thing

If the average temperature of the Earth eventually rises, even to an overall average of five degrees, the arid areas of the planet (such as parts of the Sahara Desert, Death Valley, etc.) will not be made more uninhabitable, while the temperate or even tropical regions will remain temperate or tropical.

On the other hand, the colder climes will have some warmth added, perhaps making such areas more comfortable or at least suitable for living.

Doesn't that seem right?

It's only common sense.

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The homeowners of the home where I am house-sitting and dog-sitting have satellite TV and I have been catching up on some of the movies I missed when they first came out.

Here is a partial list of those movies I have seen in the last couple of days, and a one word review of each:

Life Of Pi - amusing
Zero Dark 30 - intense
Behind The Candlabra - trivial
Contagion - predictable
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - emotionless

Some of them I enjoyed more than others, but I'm glad I watched each and every one  of them.

Except, possibly, the last one. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was disappointing, to me. And I am a long-standing, big fan of Judi Dench.

I suppose the movie's impact was too subtle for such a crass and insensitive an oaf as me.

(And yes, I'm serious about that)

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TRIVIA

Encyclopaedia Britannica, the first English-language encyclopedia, was published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1771.

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HISTORICAL EVENT

On this day, September 10 in 1897, a 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith becomes the first person ever
arrested for drunk driving after slamming his cab into a building. Smith later plead guilty and was fined 25 shillings.

In the United States, the first laws against operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol went into effect in New York in 1910.

In 1936, Dr. Rolla Harger, a professor of biochemistry and toxicology, patented the Drunkometer, a balloon-like device into which people would breathe to determine whether they were inebriated. In 1953, Robert Borkenstein, a former Indiana state police captain and university professor who had collaborated with Harger on the Drunkometer, invented the Breathalyzer. Easier-to-use and more accurate than the Drunkometer, the Breathalyzer was the first practical device and scientific test available to police officers to establish whether someone had too much to drink. A person would blow into the Breathalyzer and it would gauge the proportion of alcohol vapors in the exhaled breath, which reflected the level of alcohol in the blood.

Despite the stiff penalties and public awareness campaigns, drunk driving remains a serious problem in the United States. In 2005, 16,885 people died in alcohol-related crashes and almost 1.4 million people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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WORD FOR TODAY

inebriate
verb
make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.

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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

 

 

William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr.
(born September 10, 1949)

Bill O'Reilly is an American television host, author, syndicated columnist and political commentator. He is the host of the political commentary program The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which is the most watched cable news television program on American television.

O'Reilly is widely considered a conservative commentator, though some of his positions diverge from conservative orthodoxy. O'Reilly is a registered "Independent" and characterizes himself as a "traditionalist". O'Reilly is the author of ten books.

Katherine "Kate" Burton
(born September 10, 1957)

Kate Burton is a Welsh-American actress and the daughter of actor Richard Burton.

Early films of Burton's include Alice in Wonderland, Anne of the Thousand Days, Big Trouble in Little China, The First Wives Club, Life with Mikey and The Ice Storm. Burton has made many appearances in the late 1980s and 1990s on episodic television, including appearances on Spenser: For Hire, All My Children, and Brooklyn Bridge. In 1996, Burton won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a mother dying of breast cancer in the ABC Afterschool Special, 'Notes For My
Daughter'. More recently, she made guest appearances as recurring characters on Law & Order, The Practice, The West Wing, Judging Amy and Medium. She also appeared on the HBO miniseries Empire Falls.

On the FX cable network's Rescue Me, she played the role of Rose. Also, in perhaps her most visible and well-known role to date as the mother of Dr. Meredith Grey on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Burton played Dr. Ellis Grey. She now portrays Vice President Sally Langston in the ABC hit show Scandal.

Arnold Daniel Palmer
(born September 10, 1929)

Arnold Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955. Nicknamed "The King," he is one of golf's most popular stars and its most important trailblazer, because he was the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.

Amy Davis Irving
(born September 10, 1953)

 Amy Irving is an American actress, who appeared in the films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie, and Yentl as well as on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She was married to director Steven Spielberg; they divorced in 1989 after four years of marriage, with Irving receiving a settlement of $100 million.

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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
--Isaac Asimov

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I have been considering some major changes in the direction of these last years of my life.

A wise person, it seems to me, will as much as possible set a course through life that runs through a succession of climes that promise varying degrees of relative happiness, But if one does not do so while young, then this can surely still be done, more moderately of course, throughout the remnants of the final span of years.

Instead of continuing to strive for some limited success as a professional writer, which is now become no more than foolish folly, I have decided to abandon the task of creative writing completely.

What do I enjoy at this stage of my life? Reading. Listening to interesting radio programs. Watching engaging TV and compelling movies.

Why should I not do those things then, instead of attempting to do that which I am no longer able to do?

How about maintaining my blog?

I can do that.

But only in a simplistic manner, continuing to announce birthdays of well-known persons and producing my Word Of The Day, and things like that.

Why not?

Why the hell not?

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WORD FOR TODAY

plangent
 adj
1.   having a loud deep sound
2.   resonant and mournful in sound

BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

John Goodman

Born June 20,1952

John Stephen Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne (1988–1997) for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993.

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Anne Murray

Born June 20,1945

Morna Anne Murray is a multiple award-winning Canadian singer in pop, country, and adult contemporary music whose albums have sold over 54 million copies. Among other songs, she is much remembered for her recording of Snowbird.

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Audie Murphy


Born June 20, 1924
Died May 28, 1971

Audie Leon Murphy was a highly decorated and famous soldier. Through LIFE magazine's July 16, 1945 issue ("Most Decorated Soldier"/cover photo), he became one of the most famous soldiers of World War II and widely regarded as the most decorated American soldier of the war. After the war he became a celebrated movie star for over two decades, appearing in 44 films

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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
--Søren Kierkegaard

Today is A Green Holiday

I don't know if my forebears came from Ireland or not. Don't know for sure whether they were Irish or not. I was told by someone in my early years that my ancestors had once resided in County Mayo, in the North of Ireland. Who knows?

View The Chambers Family Crest

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During my daily walk yesterday I took several pictures of the Santa Catalina mountains and when I got back home I decided to do some experiments with them using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. So I did a Photomerge with 3 separate photos, thereby creating a single panoramic picture. Below is the result.

(click the picture to view full size)

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When I arrived at the Fry's Supermarket loafers' area just outside the front entrance, I snapped a quick shot of the smoker's bench. I know, I know... Ive posted a shot of it before, but maybe some new readers have now joined as followers of the blog and have not seen it before.

No one else was around at the time so I sat down on left bench and took a picture of the parking lot and the mountains in the background.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Shemp Howard

Born March 17, 1895
Died Nov. 22, 1955

My mom used to tell about taking me to the movies when I was a little squirt and how I would start to cry when The Three Stooges came on because they would always hit each other with hammers and stab each other with swords and shovels and pickaxes and the like. But I do not remember it, of course, since I was somewhere between the ages of 1 and 2. Later in life I developed a taste for their antics. Still watch them in old re-runs. Occasionally.




The first movie I can remember viewing at the old Palace Theater in Rensselaer, Indiana was when my Grandpa Morris took me to see his favorite cowboy, Hopalong Cassidy, played by William Boyd.

William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy

Early 1940s

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Saint Patrick was a gentleman
Who through strategy and stealth
Drove all the snakes from Ireland
Here's a drinkee to his health!
But not too many drinkees
Lest we lose ourselves and then...
Forget the good Saint Patrick
And see them snakes again!

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There are only two kinds of people in the world, The Irish and those who wish they were.
--Old Irish Saying

Can't Think Of A Title

A comment regarding yesterday's blog entry has me in a quandary of indecision. I must think about it some more before attempting a reasoned reply.

. . .

Meanwhile --

My favorite movie of all time is The Silence Of The Lambs and that is probably because the book by Thomas Harris of the same title is my favorite fiction book of all time. And also because Jodie Foster was superb as Clarice Starling while Anthony Hopkins lives within and haunts my imagination as Hannibal Lector, the unapologetic cannibal being the overwhelming epitome of human reality.

My second most favorite movie of all time is Good Will Hunting.

Another movie, Solaris, bored the dickens out of me.

And all three of those bits of trivia, to an observant and perceptive reader, should reveal some truths never before publicly admitted, by me, about myself.

. . .

If I were to win millions in the lottery, I would wish for my bodyguards to be: Warf and Kern, sons of Mogh . Well, wouldn't you?

. . .

Oh what's the use. I cannot concentrate on today's entry. I must think about justifying (or explaining) some of the stuff I wrote yesterday: semi-valid, emotions, etc.

More tomorrow.


Patience is a solid characteristic of the domestic canine... except at mealtime.
--Gene Chambers