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Celebrate World Smile Day
Sometimes all it takes to make the day better is a smile, whether it’s one someone gives to you, or one you share with another. Little acts of kindness can bring a shining smile to someone who has otherwise had a terrible day, and it can change everything that follows.
Whether it’s just a simple compliment, a cheery hello, or a gift of something small to help brighten their day, World Smile Day encourages you to take action to bring a few more smiles into the world.
History World Smile Day
It was a simple thing, a circle with a few dots and an upturned curve, but put together Harvey Ball created one of the most iconic symbols the world had ever seen, and it would quickly come to infect everything from graffiti to modern day emoji’s.
We are, of course, talking about the smiley face, arguably the first emoji to enter the world. Harvey would later express concern that the sheer commercialization of his little symbol would strip it of its original intent and meaning.
It was out of this concern that he created World Smile Day, a day devoted to the spreading of simple joy and love to everyone, regardless of race, gender, or geographic location.
Harvey sadly passed from this world in 2001, but the foundation he helped create, the Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation, has carried forth his message of simple peace and love as the sponsor of World Smile Day every year.
Whether you’re simply expressing a bit of silliness or doing a small act of kindness to help someone smile, World Smile Day is your opportunity to help brighten the world and make the world a better place through the simple power of the smile.
What do you call a goat that acts immaturely?
A silly billy.
Joke of the Day
RUBIK'S CUBE LIFE
Life is like a Rubik's cube...
Easy to mess up, hard to solve.
Easy to mess up, hard to solve.
Who invented King Arthur’s round table?
Sir Cumference.
Word of the Day
delphinestrian
MEANING:
noun: A dolphin rider.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin delphinus (dolphin), on the pattern of equestrian. Earliest documented use: 1820.
NOTES:
If you ever get the urge to ride a dolphin, please leave them alone. Find yourself an inflatable one instead. In general, if you find yourself wanting to do things to any sentient being without their permission, find yourself an inflatable one. Also see, wooden horse.
USAGE:
“A boy venturing to swim farther out than his companions, was met by a dolphin, who after playing about him a little, slipped under him, and taking him on his back, carried him out still farther, to the great terror of the young delphinestrian.”
Leigh Hunt; The Indicator; Joseph Appleyard (London, UK); 1822.
Leigh Hunt; The Indicator; Joseph Appleyard (London, UK); 1822.
I went to see the Liberty Bell the other day.
It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
Idiom of the Day
EASY DOES IT
To slow down or do something slowly/carefully
Easy does it! Those boxes you’re holding are very fragile.
Easy does it! Those boxes you’re holding are very fragile.
This Day in History
1535 - The first complete English translation of the Bible was printed in Zurich, Switzerland.
1881 - Edward Leveaux received a patent for the player piano.
1887 - The Paris Herald Tribune was published for the first time. It was later known as the International Herald Tribune.
1895 - The first U.S. Open golf tournament took place in Newport, RI. Horace Rawlins, 19 years old, won the tournament.
1931 - The comic strip "Dick Tracy" made its debut in the Detroit Daily Mirror. The strip was created by Chester Gould.
1933 - "Esquire" magazine was published for the first time.
1957 - "Leave it to Beaver" debuted on CBS-TV.
1958 - British Overseas Airways Corporation became the first jetliner to offer trans-Atlantic service to passengers with flights between London, England and New York.
1959 - The first World Series to be played west of St. Louis began in Los Angeles, CA.
1970 - Janis Joplin was found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. She had just finished recording her second solo album "Pearl."
1976 - Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the "ABC Evening News" for the first time.
1994 - South African President Nelson Mandela was welcomed to the White House by U.S. President Clinton.
2001 - Rickey Henderson (San Diego Padres) scored his 2,246th career run to break Ty Cobb's major league record.
2004 - SpaceShipOne reached an altitude of 368,000 feet. It was the first privately built, manned rocket ship to fly in space twice within a two week window. The ship won the Ansari X Prize of $10 million dollars for their success.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, October 4
Overall a responsible and practical person, you are not, however, a stick in the mud. Your interests are many and varied, and you are skilled at presenting your ideas to others in a unique way. You are both an interesting and interested person, always learning, ever curious, but also rather stubborn when it comes to your ideas and opinions. Under pressure, you might feel the need to make up stories, as your reputation is important to you, and you instinctively fear misrepresentation. Your slow yet steady approach to achieving your goals assures your success, even if it doesn't come early. Your ideas are ahead of their time, and others tend to respect your advice. Famous people born today:
1822 Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US President (Republican: 1877-81), born in Delaware, Ohio (d. 1893)
1880 Damon Runyon, American journalist and writer (Guys & Dolls-based on his work), born in Manhattan, Kansas (d. 1946)
1944 Tony La Russa, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder and manager (Chicago, Oakland, St. Louis), born in Tampa, Florida
1946 Susan Sarandon, American actress (Dead Man Walking, The Client) also known for her social and political activism, born in Queens, New York
READERS INFO
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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
We all know that Steve Jobs was one of the main geniuses who built the Apple company. We also know that before he worked for Apple, he worked for Atari. Jobs himself did say part of the reason for the Apple name was because it would appear before Atari in the phone book.
When swallowed by toads, bombardier beetles project hot, noxious chemicals from their anuses, which sometimes forces the predators to puke them back up.
Jellyfish are brainless! They are also boneless and heartless. Jellyfish also have no central nervous system. Yet they are very dangerous and very poisonous and can kill you instantly.
2.
1895 -
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton
(October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966)
3.
1535 - The first complete English translation of the Bible was printed in Zurich, Switzerland.
1933 - "Esquire" magazine was published for the first time.
1957 - "Leave it to Beaver" debuted on CBS-TV.
1994 - South African President Nelson Mandela was welcomed to the White House by U.S. President Clinton.
2001 - Rickey Henderson (San Diego Padres) scored his 2,246th career run to break Ty Cobb's major league record.
2004 - SpaceShipOne reached an altitude of 368,000 feet. It was the first privately built, manned rocket ship to fly in space twice within a two week window. The ship won the Ansari X Prize of $10 million dollars for their success.
DAILY SQU-EEK
When swallowed by toads, bombardier beetles project hot, noxious chemicals from their anuses, which sometimes forces the predators to puke them back up.
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton
(October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966)
Outflix Film Festival 2019
Oct 4 - 10, 2019 | Memphis, TN
Malco Studio on the Square|2105 Court Ave
Outflix Film Festival brings contemporary gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues to the big screen in Memphis, Tennessee. Capturing the rich history, triumphs and loves of the MGLCC community, the week-long festival features over 20 compelling films including features, shorts and documentaries. Featuring both renowned filmmakers as well as independent and student filmmakers, the festival encourages thoughful discussions on the experiences of the gay and trans community of Memphis.
further information: Outflix: The LGBTQ Film Festival of the Mid-South - OUTMemphis
4.
Night Nation Run 2018
Oct 12, 2019 | Santa Clara, CA
California's Great America|4701 Great America Pkwy
Scientific studies suggest that running is unbearable without music. You won’t have to tune in to your lungs collapsing because you’ll be listening to frenetic electronic dance music during this 5k run. As you sprint, or dance, maniacally to the finish line, you’ll encounter vibrant lights and lasers along the way to assist the music’s energy. Once you cross that finish line, there’s no need to torture yourself anymore with running; it’s just straight up music from here on out.
further information: Bay Area - Night Nation Run
5.
THE GLOW: A Jack O' Lantern Experience 2019
Oct 3 - 27, 2019 | Reston, VA
Lake Fairfax Park|1400 Lake Fairfax Dr
THE GLOW offers an immersive Halloween experience as you walk through over 5,000 hand-carved pumpkins. And these are not the usual jack-o-lanterns that you see in your neighborhood on Halloween.
further information: Jack's Pumpkin Glow
FRIDAY'S INTERESTING FACTS
PATTERN BOOK FRIDAY
PATTERN BOOK FRIDAY
What kind of tea did the American Colonists want?
Liberty.
Pictures of the day
Buster Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He is best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" on a series of films that make him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". His career declined afterward with a loss of artistic independence when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, his wife divorced him, and he descended into alcoholism. He recovered in the 1940s, remarried, and revived his career as an honored comic performer for the rest of his life, earning an Academy Honorary Award in 1959.
House Speaker Paul Ryan shows Melania Trump and President-elect Donald Trump the Mall from the Speaker's Balcony on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. What’s so great about whiteboards?
If you think about it, they’re pretty re-markable!
knit
thanks, Heide
knit
thanks, Wendy
knit
Knit Pattern of the Day:
crochet
RECIPE
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
What superlative did Robert E. Lee win in high school?
Most likely to secede!
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Vicky
thanks, Vicky
My leaf blower doesn’t work.
It just sucks!
SWEETS
thanks, Sandy
2 INGREDIENT CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SPREAD
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup peanut butter, smooth
Yield
Serves: about 1 1/2 cups
Preparation
Add a couple inches of water into a saucepan and place a glass bowl on top to make a double boiler. Turn the heat to medium-high and add the chocolate chips to the bowl. Once the chips have melted, stir in the peanut butter.
Remove the spread to a glass jar and cool. Once cool, pop a lid on the jar and keep in the pantry for a few weeks.
Remove the spread to a glass jar and cool. Once cool, pop a lid on the jar and keep in the pantry for a few weeks.
COOKBOOK FRIDAY
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS ... Halloween
thanks, Karen
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
thanks, Lana
PUZZLE
How do turtles communicate with each other?
With shell phones.
WORD SEARCH
| atmosphere ballistic behind bombs | caught circle competition delivery failure first | moan moon orbit planet plans | race radio rockets secret signals space surprise system | team trail vanguard vision world |
SUDOKU ... medium
solution:
What do you call a super articulate dinosaur?
A Thesaurus.
QUOTE
CLEVER
thanks, Stacy
EYE OPENER
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
THE KNITTING SPIES OF HISTORY
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The history of knitting is an interesting topic to think about. Knitting, as we all know, it is the process of creating loops of threads that lock on each other row by row with the use of needles and yarn. The word “knit“ originates from the word “cnyttan” which means to tie with a not. We still don’t know the exact date of “first knitting project” the mankind has ever created till this day, however, we know that knitting is said to date in the Middle East, Mesopotamia, like the spinning and weaving, and we hear some speculations about the Egyptians invented knitting. Some fragments of knitted fabric were discovered in Eastern Syria by an independent researcher named Rudolf Pfister, which date to 250 A.D. Those early prototype of socks were using the technic called nailbinding, which is a knotless fabric creation technic that predates knitting. Nailbinding was time-consuming, so mankind had to invent a better way to create fabric. This was the time when the knitting came along.
Historians believe that the trading routes of ancient times helped knitting and nailbinding spread across the world, evolved and became the modern day craft that we all love. And even in the darkest times of humanity, we have never stopped knitting to this day.
Wartime has involved knitters throughout history. All around the world, women were encouraged to support troops from their hometowns by knitting items for soldiers; items like socks and hats. But besides that there is a history between knitting, espionage and spies. Yes, you read it right. Since knitting was a common craft for women in ancient times, no one would suspect a woman knitting and the craft was exploited by spies and soldiers throughout the wars.
American Revolution
Before the Revolutionary War, all clothing was handmade, so crafts like knitting and sewing were practically important, but these crafts also provided women a way to express themselves and their own political views. Boston Tea Party (was a political protest that occurred on December 16th, 1773. American colonists, dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor to protest taxation.) is one of the examples of Americans protesting British taxation. Women in colonies were also avoiding taxation on textiles by making their homemade clothing.
One of the most famous among the knitting spies is Molly “Old Mom” Rinker. She was one of George Washington’s spies who sat on a hilltop on a beautiful day and knit, according to An Encyclopedia of American Women at War. Actually, she was spying on the British during the Revolutionary War. When she was knitting, she hid messages in balls of yarns to share the information through these balls with fellow soldiers. We can call her one of the famous amongst American knitters of all time.
Civil War
Before the Civil war; knitting was a hobby for wealthy women, like knitting for charity as machine-knit items were getting popular. After the war broke out; soldiers were using machine-knit stockings, but they were seen as sleazy because machine-knit socks would wear out easily. This was causing soldiers to be left barefoot, which would cause blistered and infected feet. Many women began knitting for troops, sending their handmade socks and hats to military camps and hospitals with letters full of encouraging notes.
World War 1 and 2
The US entered World War 1 on 1917 and after a year the war was over, when German surrender on 1918. During this time period, the need for knit items was still high. The Red Cross put out calls for millions of knit items, such as wristlets, sweaters, and pairs of socks. Just like Civil War, knit socks were especially important. Personal knitting during this time was frowned upon, as was hoarding yarn. Knitters were expected to return completed items or return the yarn within almost a month, 21 days to be exact.
Knitting for troops continued throughout World War 2. Even Queen Elizabeth II (who was not yet the queen) was knitting for troops during this era. Before Pearl Harbor, American knitters were preparing care packages for allies like Britain and France, containing food and knit items. After Pearl Harbor, they turned their attention to American troops.
During World War 2, female spies used knitting as a disguise and used the craft to send secret messages to fellow soldiers. Like Morse Code, and ordinary loop creates a dot, and the purl stitch can be used to create the dash, according to the authors of Writing Secret Codes and Sending Messages. The knitting spies even used a form of steganography to drop messages into the knitted material. The Belgian Resistance during World War 2; used the method of dropping a stitch to form a hole, and purling a stitch to form a bump to track the movements of the Germans. And no one suspected the grandmas sitting in-front of their windows knitting peacefully.
Knitting and spying often go hand-in-hand that maybe you might want to try to hide messages to your projects; using the Morse Code or even binary coding languages, using knits and purls like zeros and ones. Possibilities are endless. Even though the history of knitting involves dark times like wars, hiding secret messages in your crafting projects might be fun for today.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
He serves his party best who serves the country best. -Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US president (4 Oct 1822-1893)
OPTICAL ILLUSION
When you move your eyes in a circular motion around this image,
you will see what appears to be spokes moving around with your eyes.
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