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Celebrate Operation Santa Paws Day
Animals serve an important part in our lives, being those friends and companions that give us love unconditionally. They protect our homes, and are there whenever we need them, asking for nothing but love and tenderness in exchange for all they give. Operation Santa Paws Day is a reminder that we need to return that love, and remember them at this most special time of year.
Every year there is a rush of animals that, through abuse and neglect, wind up abandoned in shelters and animal rescues everywhere. All too often they’re given as birthday or Christmas gifts, and simply abandoned as the shine wears off the newest puppy or the kitten gets grown up. Whatever the case, millions of animals world-wide end up in shelters, and there simply isn’t enough resources to support them all. This is where Operation Santa Paws Day comes in.
History of Operation Santa Paws
This holiday was organized by Justin Rudd in 2001, this holiday was originally put together in Long Beach, California to help support their local shelters and rescues. While anyone can choose to participate by donating new toys, treats, food or money to help keep these dedicated servants of the animal public going. Justin has spread his campaign far and wide, getting stores nationwide to participate in this humanitarian effort.
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Joke of the Day
“Why does a burger have less energy than a steak?“
“Because it is in its ground state.”
Explanation
The ground state of a mechanical system has the least possible energy.
Word of the Day
leptodactylous
MEANING:
adjective: Having slender fingers or toes.
ETYMOLOGY:From Greek lepto- (thin) + -dactyl (toed, fingered). Earliest documented use: 1855.
USAGE:“The Triaenopus ... has besides three leptodactylous toes pointing forwards, a fourth extending backwards in a remarkable way.”
John C. Warren; Remarks on some Fossil Impressions in the Sandstone Rocks of Connecticut River; Outlook Verlag; 2018.
John C. Warren; Remarks on some Fossil Impressions in the Sandstone Rocks of Connecticut River; Outlook Verlag; 2018.
Idiom of the Day
What does 'All things to all people' mean?
When we try to be all things to all people, we try to satisfy everyone, and often end up satisfying no one.
The Open Book Fountain in Budapest
This Day in History
When we try to be all things to all people, we try to satisfy everyone, and often end up satisfying no one.
The Open Book Fountain in Budapest
1816 - The first savings bank in the U.S., the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, opened for business.
1901 - Gillette patented the KC Gillette Razor. It was first razor to feature a permanent handle and disposable double-edge razor blades.
1939 - New York's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago landed at 12:01 a.m.
1949 - Gene Autry's song "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," hit the record charts.
1970 - The Environmental Protection Agency began operations.
1982 - Doctors at the University of Utah implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Barney Clark. He lived 112 days with the device. The operation was the first of its kind.
1993 - The space shuttle Endeavor blasted off on a mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope.
2001 - Enron Corp. filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. The filing came five days after Dynegy walked away from a $8.4 billion buyout. It was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
2010 - NASA announced the discovery of a new arsenic-based life form.
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If You Were Born Today, December 2
You are spontaneous, fun, moody, and intriguing. Others are drawn to your adventurous spirit and sunny personality. Variety is what you crave, although without solid footing you don't feel at all comfortable about seeking it. You can be highly creative, and it is especially important to channel your creativity, because without focus, you can easily feel uncertain, lost, and confused. You are constantly working on your self-confidence in this life time, although others might not know this about you until they truly have been let in to your heart. Famous people born today:
1859 Georges Seurat, French post-impressionist painter (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte), born in Paris, France (d. 1891)
1946 Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (Versace), born in Reggio Calabria, Italy (d. 1997)
1973 Monica Seles, Yugoslavian-American tennis player (9-time Grand Slam title champion), born in Novi Sad, Serbia
1981 Britney Spears, American popstar ("Baby One More Time," "Oops! ...I did it again" and "I'm A Slave 4 U"), born in McComb, Mississippi
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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
During the filming of The Grinch (released in 2000), Jim Carrey was trained by the CIA. While making this movie, Carrey was put through “torture-endurance training” to help him go through the make-up process, which could take up to 8 hours to complete.
Created in 1904, the t-shirt was targeted to single men who couldn't sew or replace buttons.
Those of the Twitter generation call it a hashtag. Those from the ‘pre-Twitter’ dinosauric era will call it the pound sign or number sign. Both are correct, yet neither is technically correct. The correct official name of the tic-tac-toe looking sign is an “Octothorp”.2.1972 -
The Temptations earned the last of their four chart-topping hits when “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Over the course of their career, the Temptations placed 38 hit records in the pop top 40—not just more than any other Motown Records artist, but more than any American pop group ever.
3.Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO CorrespondentThe worst thing I ever cooked was Margot Oliver’s TINY TUNA TARTS.
This recipe is so vile I kept it just in case I had to do potluck with someone I hated but could not avoid. That is how awesomely bad this recipe is!
I tin tuna
1/2 c. black olives, chopped
1 c. cream cheese, soft
1 t. chopped chives
2 T. ginger
little frozen tart shells
Mix up the gunk and put it into the shells, then bake until lightly browned.
I could not imagine what these would taste like, so I made them for dinner. After serving these to my family, niece and a roommate, I went into the kitchen to get the rest of the dinner, but it took me a minute. When I came back one of the kids was crying, my niece got up and stormed out, and the roommate said sourly to my husband, ‘What is this sh*t!”
I asked what was wrong and my husband responded, "Taste this!” I did and just about spat it across the room. The kids were so relieved they didn’t have to eat them.
And I did take them to a potluck wedding.
Once, over 40 years ago.
The mother was truly a horrible, mean-spirited woman, and cheap; I was seated well below the salt, but then some folks didn’t even get chairs for the wedding and dinner reception; and my friend was marrying an abusive man who had absolutely no social manners (he would not come out of the bedroom to meet me when I went for my congratulatory visit). So I just did not really want to go. The wedding was the worst wedding I have ever attended, and actually beat out the 30-minute champagne and cake army wedding reception I was invited to, where everyone was rigid and cold as ice. But at this one, I think only one person ate a whole tart, and told me how good they thought it was. They were probably only being kind, and I shudder with same when I remember that, and have never been so naughty since.
If You Were Born Today, December 2
You are spontaneous, fun, moody, and intriguing. Others are drawn to your adventurous spirit and sunny personality. Variety is what you crave, although without solid footing you don't feel at all comfortable about seeking it. You can be highly creative, and it is especially important to channel your creativity, because without focus, you can easily feel uncertain, lost, and confused. You are constantly working on your self-confidence in this life time, although others might not know this about you until they truly have been let in to your heart. Famous people born today:
The Temptations earned the last of their four chart-topping hits when “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Over the course of their career, the Temptations placed 38 hit records in the pop top 40—not just more than any other Motown Records artist, but more than any American pop group ever.
The worst thing I ever cooked was Margot Oliver’s TINY TUNA TARTS.
This recipe is so vile I kept it just in case I had to do potluck with someone I hated but could not avoid. That is how awesomely bad this recipe is!
I tin tuna
1/2 c. black olives, chopped
1 c. cream cheese, soft
1 t. chopped chives
2 T. ginger
little frozen tart shells
Mix up the gunk and put it into the shells, then bake until lightly browned.
I could not imagine what these would taste like, so I made them for dinner. After serving these to my family, niece and a roommate, I went into the kitchen to get the rest of the dinner, but it took me a minute. When I came back one of the kids was crying, my niece got up and stormed out, and the roommate said sourly to my husband, ‘What is this sh*t!”
I asked what was wrong and my husband responded, "Taste this!” I did and just about spat it across the room. The kids were so relieved they didn’t have to eat them.
And I did take them to a potluck wedding.
Once, over 40 years ago.
The mother was truly a horrible, mean-spirited woman, and cheap; I was seated well below the salt, but then some folks didn’t even get chairs for the wedding and dinner reception; and my friend was marrying an abusive man who had absolutely no social manners (he would not come out of the bedroom to meet me when I went for my congratulatory visit). So I just did not really want to go. The wedding was the worst wedding I have ever attended, and actually beat out the 30-minute champagne and cake army wedding reception I was invited to, where everyone was rigid and cold as ice. But at this one, I think only one person ate a whole tart, and told me how good they thought it was. They were probably only being kind, and I shudder with same when I remember that, and have never been so naughty since.
A poet who prescribes verse instead of pills to his patients.
Pictures of the Day
La favorite (The Favorite) is a grand opera in four acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a French-language libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, based on the play Le comte de Comminges by Baculard d'Arnaud. The plot revolves around a love triangle involving Alphonse (Alfonso XI), King of Castile; his mistress Léonor (Leonora), the titular favorite; and her lover Fernand (Fernando). The story unfolds against the background of Moorish Spain and power struggles between church and state. The opera premiered in Paris in 1840, with further performances being staged in England, Italy, the United States and elsewhere. This lithograph, forming the frontispiece to the first-edition vocal score of La favorite, depicts Rosine Stoltz as Léonor and Gilbert Duprez as Fernando. |
The Eiffel Empire
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Cover an orange in cloves to freshen the air
Thankfully, no loggers took it down, nor forest fires or earthquakes!
Just a quiet life in a California forest for all these years ... 3,200!
Not every tree has a nickname, but 'The President' has earned it.
This giant sequoia stands at 247 feet tall & is estimated to be over 3,200 years old.
Imagine, this tree was already 700 years old during the height of ancient Greece's civilization and
1200 years old when Jesus lived while Rome was well into its rule of most of the western world and points beyond.
The trunk of The President measures 27 feet across, with 2 BILLION needles from base to top.
Because of its unbelievable size, this tree has never been photographed in its entirety, until now.
National Geographic photographers have worked along with scientists to try and create the first
photo that shows The President in all its glory
They had to climb the tree with pulleys and levers and took thousands of photos.
Of those, they selected 126 and stitched them together to get this incredible portrait of
Th e President.
And here it is:
The man standing near the trunk of the tree is a good indicator of the tree's size.
Incredible, isn't it?
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