DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Honesty Day
If you’re like most people, you’re utterly sick of the complete lack of honesty that exists in the world today. Whether it’s companies using misleading language on their products (Blueberry Muffins, contain no blueberries) or politicians being incapable of telling the whole truth of a situation, our lives are utterly inundated with a world of people and companies trying to sell us a line. Honesty Day exists to encourage people from every walk of life, and especially those in charge, to try being honest with their constituents and customers.
History of Honesty Day
Former press secretary M. Hirsh Goldberg of Maryland brought this holiday into existence back in the 1990’s as part of the process of writing his book The Book of Lies: Fibs, Tales, Schemes, Scams, Fakes, and Frauds That Have Changed the Course of History and Affect Our Daily Lives. The concept for the day was simple, ask direct questions without ulterior motives, and expect answers of occasionally brutal honesty. While these situations create difficult relations between people sometimes, it’s the first step on the road to utterly healing wounds and creating clear communication that allows proper understanding.
Failing to be honest in relationships, in politics, and even in historical education has led to so many misunderstandings that we are all affected by them. When we speak with our friends and partners, we often choose to withhold certain words, not because they aren’t true, but because we can’t see past the hurt they’ll cause to the boils their lance by no longer being held within. While being honest on Honesty Day, you have to remember that being honesty requires honesty with yourself first. Once you accept your true feelings and motivations, you can clearly speak with others, and do so with complete forthrightness.
Joke of the Day
A HIPPIE'S WIFE
What do you call a hippie's wife?
Mississippi.
Word of the Day
hoary
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Gray or white, as from age.
2. Ancient.
3. Trite.
1. Gray or white, as from age.
2. Ancient.
3. Trite.
ETYMOLOGY:
From hoar (frost), from Old English har. Earliest documented use: 1530.
USAGE:
“They are a cool blend of youth and experience, with a couple of hoary veterans to keep the kids from spinning into space.”
Brad Rock; Jazz Dreaming of a Blazing Future; Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah); Dec 9, 2013.
Brad Rock; Jazz Dreaming of a Blazing Future; Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah); Dec 9, 2013.
Idiom of the Day
- Once in a blue moon
Meaning: Happens very rarely.
This Day in History
1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.
1803 - The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
1812 - Louisiana admitted as the 18th U.S. state.
1889 - George Washington's inauguration became the first U.S. national holiday.
1900 - Casey Jones was killed while trying to save the runaway train "Cannonball Express."
1938 - Happy Rabbit appeared in the cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt." This rabbit would later evolve into Bugs Bunny.
1939 - Lou Gehrig played his last game with the New York Yankees.
1940 - Belle Martell was licensed in California by state boxing officials. She was the first American woman, prizefight referee.
1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for one day. One week later Germany surrendered unconditionally.
1947 - The name of Boulder Dam, in Nevada, was changed back to Hoover Dam.
1952 - Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on network television.
1957 - Elvis recorded "Jailhouse Rock."
1973 - U.S. President Nixon announced resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and other top aides.
1988 - Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" fell out of the Billboard 200 chart for the first time in 725 weeks.
1992 - Madonna's bustier was stolen from Fredrick's Of Hollywood. A $1,000 reward was offered for its return.
1993 - Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a tennis match in Hamburg, Germany. The man called himself a fan of second- ranked Steffi Graf. He was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and received a suspended sentence.
2012 - One World Trade Center became the tallest structure in New York when it surpassed the height of the Empire State Building.
2015 - NASA's Messenger spacecraft crashed into the surface of Mercury. The space probe sent back more than 270,000 pictures to earth.
2016 - In Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, a life-sized bronze statue of Bon Scott (AC/DC) was unveiled in Bellies Brae Car Park during the 10th anniversary of the Bonfest music festival.
thanks, Dana
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, April 30
You possess much in the way of common sense as well as a very practical nature. You have a straightforward manner, but you are also capable of great imagination. You can be quite determined, independent, and some might call you stubborn. Thoughtful and considerate, you enjoy making others happy in small but important ways. Famous people born today:
1777 Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician considered one of the greatest of all time (Gaussian distribution, fundamental theorem of algebra), born in Brunswick, Germany (d. 1855)
1905 John Peters Humphrey, Canadian jurist and human rights advocate (Universal Declaration on Human Rights), born in Hampton, New Brunswick (d. 1995)
1959 Paul Gross, Canadian actor (Constable Benton Fraser - Due South), director, and writer (Passchendaele), born in Calgary, Alberta
1959 Stephen Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada (2006-15), born in Toronto, Ontario
1961 Isiah Thomas, NBA forward (Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP), born in Chicago, Illinois
1975 Johnny Galecki, American actor (Roseanne, The Big Bang Theory), born in Bree, Belgium
1982 Kirsten Dunst, American actress (Interview with the Vampire, Spider-Man), born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
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READERS INFO
1.
(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
Betty Crocker is a brand and fictional character used in advertising campaigns for General Mills. Synonymous with baking, Betty Crocker actually started out as a "kitchen confidante," but she was never a real person. She is the brainchild of an advertising campaign developed by the Washburn-Crosby Company, a flour milling company started in the late 1800’s that eventually became General Mills.
The name Betty was selected because it was viewed as a cheery, all-American name. It was paired with the last name Crocker, the last name of a retired company executive, William Crocker.
A nigglywiggly is the little piece of paper that extends out of a Hershey’s Kiss chocolate. Yes, that actually has a name.
In 1998 Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. The left-handed whopper had "all condiments rotated 180 degrees, thereby redistributing the weight of the
sandwich so that the bulk of the condiments will skew to the left, thereby reducing the amount of lettuce and other toppings from spilling out the right side of the burger." The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release
revealing it was a hoax.
2.
1952 -
Anne Frank published in English
The moving diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish victim of the Holocaust, became available in British book shops entitled The Diary of a Young Girl. The book was first published in Dutch in 1947 under the title Het Achterhuis (The Secret House) by her father Otto Frank, who survived the concentration camps.
3.
1979 -
A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY WISH GOES TO MY SON, ADRIAN, BUSY PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER, WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY
4.
Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.
1939 - Lou Gehrig played his last game with the New York Yankees.
1952 - Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on network television.
1973 - U.S. President Nixon announced resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and other top aides.
1993 - Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a tennis match in Hamburg, Germany. The man called himself a fan of second- ranked Steffi Graf. He was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and received a suspended sentence.
2012 - One World Trade Center became the tallest structure in New York when it surpassed the height of the Empire State Building.
2015 - NASA's Messenger spacecraft crashed into the surface of Mercury. The space probe sent back more than 270,000 pictures to earth.
2016 - In Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, a life-sized bronze statue of Bon Scott (AC/DC) was unveiled in Bellies Brae Car Park during the 10th anniversary of the Bonfest music festival.
thanks, Dana
DAILY SQU-EEK
Betty Crocker is a brand and fictional character used in advertising campaigns for General Mills. Synonymous with baking, Betty Crocker actually started out as a "kitchen confidante," but she was never a real person. She is the brainchild of an advertising campaign developed by the Washburn-Crosby Company, a flour milling company started in the late 1800’s that eventually became General Mills.
The name Betty was selected because it was viewed as a cheery, all-American name. It was paired with the last name Crocker, the last name of a retired company executive, William Crocker.
A nigglywiggly is the little piece of paper that extends out of a Hershey’s Kiss chocolate. Yes, that actually has a name.
In 1998 Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. The left-handed whopper had "all condiments rotated 180 degrees, thereby redistributing the weight of the
sandwich so that the bulk of the condiments will skew to the left, thereby reducing the amount of lettuce and other toppings from spilling out the right side of the burger." The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release
revealing it was a hoax.
1952 -
Anne Frank published in English
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
The presidency of George Washington began on April 30,
1789, when he took office after the 1788–89 election, the
United States' first quadrennial presidential election. He was
unanimously re-elected in the 1792 presidential election.
Having chosen to retire after two terms, he was succeeded
by his vice president, John Adams of the Federalist Party, in
1797. This picture is a line engraving of Washington, produced
around 1902 by the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of
Engraving and Printing (BEP) as part of a BEP presentation
album of the first 26 presidents, which was reportedly given to
Treasury Secretary Lyman J. Gage. Similar portraits of
Washington have been used on designs for the $1 bill.
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Fox Meets Fox, UK.
After countless hours and many failed attempts, photographing foxes, north London.
knit ... Mother's Day
thanks, Denise
Lavender Pillows
Knit Pattern of the Day:
thanks, Mary
crochet
Cat in the Boot
crochet
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Jane
SWEETS
ADULT COLORING
FUN
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Mother's Day
SUDOKU ... very hard
QUOTE
CLEVER
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Jane
SWEETS
ADULT COLORING
FUN
Lunch money
John noticed that the amount he was paying for his lunch was a rearrangement of the digits of the amount of money he had in his pocket, and that the money he had left over was yet another rearrangement of the same three digits! How much money did John start with?
answer:
John started with $9.54. The money can be written with just three digits—so it must be between $1.01 and $9.99. Trial and error shows that there is only one set of numbers that fit this question: $9.54 = $4.59 + $4.95.
CRAFTS
thanks, Claire
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Mother's Day
| battle beep behind bison board bounce bread bred bridge broken | cadence child coarse coat corner crown defend depend despair | determination disabuse downward dues equestrian feeble | garter goals gong invent luxuriant mark mister | reef score stick sweet swine theme |
SUDOKU ... very hard
solution:
QUOTE
thanks, Frances
CLEVER
EYE OPENER
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I learn that ten percent of all the world's species are parasitic insects. It is hard to believe. What if you were an inventor, and you made ten percent of your inventions in such a way that they could only work by harnessing, disfiguring, or totally destroying the other ninety percent? -Annie Dillard, author (b. 30 Apr 1945)
OPTICAL ILLUSION
Stare at the Reversing Staircase Illusion until it changes to a different staircase.
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