The answers to the contest and the winner of the contest will be announced tomorrow at 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time. If you haven't entered the contest yet you can still send me your entries and they will be graded but you can't compete for the gift cards. You will, however, receive one of the consolation prizes. Everyone that enters will receive 2010 Oregon Calendar. A couple of notes about the contest. There were two perfect entries. I thought everyone had missed one question when actually most of you got it right. The problem was that the answer according to my source was one name and the ones that most of you answered was another name. However, the person had several alias and both the name you answered and the name I had were the same exact person. I threw out two questions because the questions were misleading. One was a Trivial Pursuit Question that just wasn't correct in the way the question was worded. I also through out one of the three of a kind questions because it was also wrong in the way it was phrased. If I have future contests I probably will just develop the questions myself rather than to use other sources.
Wanted to say way to go former President Clinton. It is such a joy to see reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee reunite with their families after being released from a North Korean prison. It is just such a touching site it makes me tear up a bit.
This Sunday in The Oregonian on the Sports Page the listed the twenty-five most influential people in Oregon sports. Of course Phil Knight head honcho of Nike was number one but the one that impressed me the most was number seventeen on the list. Sarah was a client of mine before I sold my business the first time. She is s very beautiful woman and obviously talented. She is still a client of the two guys that bought my business the second time. It was kind of weird because I felt a connection to her when I read her name on the list. You can view the entire list here:
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2009/08/phil_knights_influence_continu.html
A note about the results of my blood test that I got yesterday. My thyroid test came back normal. This is a great example of how you can work together with your doctor to develop a plan that you both are comfortable with. When I had an abnormal thyroid result in April the first reaction of medical personnel is to immediately put you on medication. Medication that once you started taking you would be one the rest of your life. Because every test up to that time was normal I suggested to the doctor that they wait to put me on medication and take another test in ninety days. Then if that test was abnormal I would relunctly go on medication. After the April appointment I read some things on the Internet about thyroids. Then I started taking vitamin B-12. I was so pleased about the result of the test yesterday! No the doctor is working with me to see if I can get off of some other medication. Thanks for you good thougts and prayers.
Hope this test brings you joys and that you pass all the tests you take today!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Wish Me Luck, A Sentence, An Awareness, & A Complaint.
The contest deadlines are as follows, August 5, 2009:
Pacific Daylight Savings Time 7 AM
Mountain Daylight Savings Time 8 AM
Central Daylight Savings Time 9 AM
Eastern Daylight Svings Time 10 AM
If you remember a while back I had my six month blood test and there were two thyroid tests, one showed as normal and one showed as a little elevated. The game plan was to be tested again in three months and reevaluate as to what to do. Well, today I get the results of the second test. Wish me luck for a normal test!!
Remember the faith healing trial that I wrote about on the blog a while back? Due to religious beliefs that only believes in faith healing parents of a five year-old girl failed to get her medical attention when she was ill and the girl died. The parents went on trial for child endangerment. The wife was acquitted, the husband was convicted of a lesser crime. They sentenced the father this week to two months in jail and five years probation. During the probation they have to seek medical attention for their remaining child and for the child to be born in a couple of months during that five years. Failure to seek medical attention of either child will void the probation and the father will serve the five years in prison. To light of sentence in my book.
Last night was my first night at Mom’s in almost a month. What the time away did was several things. Helped me to become of aware of things regarding both my mental and physical health that I need to watch out for. Then last night when I was there it made me acutely aware of some personality changes that occurred in me while being there. I didn’t really think I resented having to go over their last night, in fact I was kind of looking forward to it. But when I got there my personality changed almost immediately. I became irritated a little quicker than normal, a little quicker to respond negatively to things, and so on. Now that I am aware of those changes I can temper them. I mean it isn’t Mom’s fault that she needs help. I need to really just go with the flow a little more when I am at her house.
Speaking of being irritated and responding negatively to things I am becoming more and more annoyed by grocery store clerks, bank tellers, retail clerks that don’t know me calling me sweetheart, honey, dear, and a myriad of close up and personal terms. I mean if I called a strange woman one of those endearing terms in the presence of my sister or my mom my voice would be permanently raised several octaves. And it just isn’t the older clerks, it is both clerks older and younger than I am and sometimes the same age. Once in a great while I think it is a compliment, especially when they don’t call the dude before me or after me in line by the same term. But most often it annoys me. I suppose maybe I resent just a little not be able to do something to women that they can get away doing to me. My guess it is no doubt a case of “he doth protest to much,” What is the woman’s viewpoint? Here is a marvelous chance to put me in my place!
Looking forward to more contest entries. Do you think the sentence in the faith healing trial was to lenient, to severe, or just right? Have any exercises for me to do temper my reactions at my mom and be the same happy go lucky guy that I am every place but there? Do you call strange men honey, dear, sweetheart. Am I way off base here? Should I just shut my mouth and enjoy it?
Pacific Daylight Savings Time 7 AM
Mountain Daylight Savings Time 8 AM
Central Daylight Savings Time 9 AM
Eastern Daylight Svings Time 10 AM
If you remember a while back I had my six month blood test and there were two thyroid tests, one showed as normal and one showed as a little elevated. The game plan was to be tested again in three months and reevaluate as to what to do. Well, today I get the results of the second test. Wish me luck for a normal test!!
Remember the faith healing trial that I wrote about on the blog a while back? Due to religious beliefs that only believes in faith healing parents of a five year-old girl failed to get her medical attention when she was ill and the girl died. The parents went on trial for child endangerment. The wife was acquitted, the husband was convicted of a lesser crime. They sentenced the father this week to two months in jail and five years probation. During the probation they have to seek medical attention for their remaining child and for the child to be born in a couple of months during that five years. Failure to seek medical attention of either child will void the probation and the father will serve the five years in prison. To light of sentence in my book.
Last night was my first night at Mom’s in almost a month. What the time away did was several things. Helped me to become of aware of things regarding both my mental and physical health that I need to watch out for. Then last night when I was there it made me acutely aware of some personality changes that occurred in me while being there. I didn’t really think I resented having to go over their last night, in fact I was kind of looking forward to it. But when I got there my personality changed almost immediately. I became irritated a little quicker than normal, a little quicker to respond negatively to things, and so on. Now that I am aware of those changes I can temper them. I mean it isn’t Mom’s fault that she needs help. I need to really just go with the flow a little more when I am at her house.
Speaking of being irritated and responding negatively to things I am becoming more and more annoyed by grocery store clerks, bank tellers, retail clerks that don’t know me calling me sweetheart, honey, dear, and a myriad of close up and personal terms. I mean if I called a strange woman one of those endearing terms in the presence of my sister or my mom my voice would be permanently raised several octaves. And it just isn’t the older clerks, it is both clerks older and younger than I am and sometimes the same age. Once in a great while I think it is a compliment, especially when they don’t call the dude before me or after me in line by the same term. But most often it annoys me. I suppose maybe I resent just a little not be able to do something to women that they can get away doing to me. My guess it is no doubt a case of “he doth protest to much,” What is the woman’s viewpoint? Here is a marvelous chance to put me in my place!
Looking forward to more contest entries. Do you think the sentence in the faith healing trial was to lenient, to severe, or just right? Have any exercises for me to do temper my reactions at my mom and be the same happy go lucky guy that I am every place but there? Do you call strange men honey, dear, sweetheart. Am I way off base here? Should I just shut my mouth and enjoy it?
Monday, August 3, 2009
Around The Contest, Around The Internet & My Life
I'm not feeling creative today so I am just going to do my around thing. First the contest. Perfect Score is 605. Leading Score is 535. One question has been missed by everyone. Although you know me pretty well one question about was missed by one entrant. What I was trying to do with the contest is hopefully let you know some interesting facts about famous people, places most of us will never go, throw in a current event or two and then also see how well you knew me from my blog posts. And also challenge you and make if fun for you. Is there a perfect score out there waiting to come in?
FROME THE INTERNET:
BANK TELLER CHASES ROBBER, LOSSES JOB
SEATTLE (Aug. 22) -- A Seattle bank teller has lost his job because he ran down a would-be bank robber and held him until police arrived. Jim Nicholson, 30, who had worked for more than two years at a Key Bank branch near the Seattle Center, says he understands the bank's strict policy that employees comply with robbery demands and avoid confrontations. But he told The Seattle Times that instinct took over when a thin man in a beanie cap, dark clothing and sunglasses pushed a black backpack across the bank counter on Tuesday and demanded money. Nicholson threw the bag to the floor, lunged toward the man and demanded to see a weapon. The man bolted for the door with Nicholson in pursuit. He chased him several blocks before knocking him to the ground with the help of a passer-by. Nicholson then held the man until police arrived. Bank teller Jim Nicholson chased down and captured a bank robber at his Key Bank branch in Seattle on July 28. But his crime-fighting deed cost him his job. Nicholson got fired because his chase violated bank policy to avoid confrontations with robbers. The link:
(http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,entry&id=403506&pid=403505&uts=1249311461 http://cdn.channel.aol.com/cs_feed_v1_6/csfeedwrapper.swf
Should he have been fired? I say no, a reward for his bravery and a suspension for a couple of weeks for violating company policy but never should he have been fired. Next story
PATRICK FOX, 48, DIED OF A HEART ATTACK SIX TIMES. By Mary Kearl
Each year, about 1.1 million people in the U.S. have heart attacks, and almost half of them die, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Association. In the spring of 2008, high school teacher Patrick Fox, 48, had a heart attack that stopped his heart and left him dead six times. Each time he was resuscitated he regained consciousness, not realizing the severity of what had just happened. The sixth time he died, he says he saw a blinding light and felt a sense of calm, but then he was revived again. This time he stayed alive.
The reason, he believes now, with a year of reflection and dealing with post-traumatic stress behind him, was so that he could write about his experiences for other heart attack survivors and their loved ones. On the anniversary of his heart attack, he completed his book, which he self-published: "The Widow-Maker Heart Attack at Age 48." The link to the story here:
http://www.aolhealth.com/condition-center/heart-disease/surviving-a-heart-attack?icid=main|htmlws-dl3|link4|http%3A%2F%2F www.aolhealth.com%2Fcondition-center%2Fheart-disease%2Fsurviving-a-heart-attack
Have you ever died once let alone six times? I’ve died once that was documented with hospital records. NEXT STORY:
ADULTERY BETWEEN MARRIED PARTNERS: A RECESSION STRATERGY? By Bruce Watson.
While accepted wisdom holds that adversity can bring people closer together, the recent recession has shown that, in reality, the opposite may well be the case. With finances getting stretched thin and economic pressures driving wedges between many couples, adultery seems to be be emerging as a coping strategy for many unhappy marrieds.
Ironically, the biggest stumbling block for would-be adulterers may well be cost. Although there are some prostitutes who are willing to barter for gas or snack items, professionals generally charge top dollar. While paying someone $800 to $2,000per hour may be a reasonable expense in boom times, it is a harder sell -- so to speak -- in a recession. A more traditional solution is semi-permanent, semi-formal relationships -- aka "mistresses." The ultimate, and most expensive, version of this trend are the traditional "kept women," who receive rent, gifts, and stipends in return for their affections. According to attorney Edward Hayes, one of New York's most notable "fixers," the recession has led to a major spike in what he calls the "High-End Girlfriend Index" (HEGI). Basically a measure of the city's priciest arm candy, Hayes' HEGI shows that the recession has forced many of the city's wealthiest men to abandon their illicit female companions.
Although recessionary pressures might be expected to increase monogamy, there is considerable evidence to suggest that the opposite has actually occurred. Financial problems are among the most common causes of marital conflict; in fact, the majority of divorced couples cite money as a cause for their eventual breakup. However, with the recession making divorce harder to afford, many unhappy couples are choosing to stay together. In fact, according to some sources, the divorce rate has reached a forty-year low.
Read the entire story here : http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/24/adultery-between-married-partners-a-recession-strategy/?icid=main|htmlws-sb|dl6|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2F2009%2F07%2F24%2Fadultery-between-married-partners-a-recession-strategy%2F
Does this story surprise you? Do you believe that a bad economy leads to both more adultery and less divorces?
MY LIFE
Tonight will be the first night at Mom’s in almost a month. While I still long for a life that I need to only consider myself in the choices I make I am in a weird so of way looking forward to spending the night at mom. Since she has been home I’ve withdrawn a little more. Still making sure she gets out of the house two or three times a week but am also making sure there are full days when I don’t go near Mom’s house. It is an adjustment but I am handling it well.
Questions for the day. Are you going to turn in a perfect contest entry by Wednesday morning? Should the bank teller have been fired? Do you think bad economic times leads to more adultery and less divorces? Have you ever briefly died once let alone six times? I have once. And it is documented
FROME THE INTERNET:
BANK TELLER CHASES ROBBER, LOSSES JOB
SEATTLE (Aug. 22) -- A Seattle bank teller has lost his job because he ran down a would-be bank robber and held him until police arrived. Jim Nicholson, 30, who had worked for more than two years at a Key Bank branch near the Seattle Center, says he understands the bank's strict policy that employees comply with robbery demands and avoid confrontations. But he told The Seattle Times that instinct took over when a thin man in a beanie cap, dark clothing and sunglasses pushed a black backpack across the bank counter on Tuesday and demanded money. Nicholson threw the bag to the floor, lunged toward the man and demanded to see a weapon. The man bolted for the door with Nicholson in pursuit. He chased him several blocks before knocking him to the ground with the help of a passer-by. Nicholson then held the man until police arrived. Bank teller Jim Nicholson chased down and captured a bank robber at his Key Bank branch in Seattle on July 28. But his crime-fighting deed cost him his job. Nicholson got fired because his chase violated bank policy to avoid confrontations with robbers. The link:
(http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,entry&id=403506&pid=403505&uts=1249311461 http://cdn.channel.aol.com/cs_feed_v1_6/csfeedwrapper.swf
Should he have been fired? I say no, a reward for his bravery and a suspension for a couple of weeks for violating company policy but never should he have been fired. Next story
PATRICK FOX, 48, DIED OF A HEART ATTACK SIX TIMES. By Mary Kearl
Each year, about 1.1 million people in the U.S. have heart attacks, and almost half of them die, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Association. In the spring of 2008, high school teacher Patrick Fox, 48, had a heart attack that stopped his heart and left him dead six times. Each time he was resuscitated he regained consciousness, not realizing the severity of what had just happened. The sixth time he died, he says he saw a blinding light and felt a sense of calm, but then he was revived again. This time he stayed alive.
The reason, he believes now, with a year of reflection and dealing with post-traumatic stress behind him, was so that he could write about his experiences for other heart attack survivors and their loved ones. On the anniversary of his heart attack, he completed his book, which he self-published: "The Widow-Maker Heart Attack at Age 48." The link to the story here:
http://www.aolhealth.com/condition-center/heart-disease/surviving-a-heart-attack?icid=main|htmlws-dl3|link4|http%3A%2F%2F www.aolhealth.com%2Fcondition-center%2Fheart-disease%2Fsurviving-a-heart-attack
Have you ever died once let alone six times? I’ve died once that was documented with hospital records. NEXT STORY:
ADULTERY BETWEEN MARRIED PARTNERS: A RECESSION STRATERGY? By Bruce Watson.
While accepted wisdom holds that adversity can bring people closer together, the recent recession has shown that, in reality, the opposite may well be the case. With finances getting stretched thin and economic pressures driving wedges between many couples, adultery seems to be be emerging as a coping strategy for many unhappy marrieds.
Ironically, the biggest stumbling block for would-be adulterers may well be cost. Although there are some prostitutes who are willing to barter for gas or snack items, professionals generally charge top dollar. While paying someone $800 to $2,000per hour may be a reasonable expense in boom times, it is a harder sell -- so to speak -- in a recession. A more traditional solution is semi-permanent, semi-formal relationships -- aka "mistresses." The ultimate, and most expensive, version of this trend are the traditional "kept women," who receive rent, gifts, and stipends in return for their affections. According to attorney Edward Hayes, one of New York's most notable "fixers," the recession has led to a major spike in what he calls the "High-End Girlfriend Index" (HEGI). Basically a measure of the city's priciest arm candy, Hayes' HEGI shows that the recession has forced many of the city's wealthiest men to abandon their illicit female companions.
Although recessionary pressures might be expected to increase monogamy, there is considerable evidence to suggest that the opposite has actually occurred. Financial problems are among the most common causes of marital conflict; in fact, the majority of divorced couples cite money as a cause for their eventual breakup. However, with the recession making divorce harder to afford, many unhappy couples are choosing to stay together. In fact, according to some sources, the divorce rate has reached a forty-year low.
Read the entire story here : http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/24/adultery-between-married-partners-a-recession-strategy/?icid=main|htmlws-sb|dl6|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2F2009%2F07%2F24%2Fadultery-between-married-partners-a-recession-strategy%2F
Does this story surprise you? Do you believe that a bad economy leads to both more adultery and less divorces?
MY LIFE
Tonight will be the first night at Mom’s in almost a month. While I still long for a life that I need to only consider myself in the choices I make I am in a weird so of way looking forward to spending the night at mom. Since she has been home I’ve withdrawn a little more. Still making sure she gets out of the house two or three times a week but am also making sure there are full days when I don’t go near Mom’s house. It is an adjustment but I am handling it well.
Questions for the day. Are you going to turn in a perfect contest entry by Wednesday morning? Should the bank teller have been fired? Do you think bad economic times leads to more adultery and less divorces? Have you ever briefly died once let alone six times? I have once. And it is documented
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Calm Me With Your Update!
There will be no daily trivia until the winner of the contest is announced. Sometimes I will ask for help from the posters here and that is what I am going to do today. I need your help in calming me down. The best way to calm me down is to take my mind off of the number of clueless people I ran into this week. The best way you can calm me is by updating me about what is going on in your life. Tell me everything!
I don’t mean to sound superior in this post but certainly I am a superior driver to the clueless people I ran into this week. There are movements in many states that don’t already ban talking on the cell phone to join the states that do have that ban. See, I don’t think we need to ban talking on cell phones while driving, I just think we need to ban clueless people from driving.
Yesterday I am tooling along on a four lane road in Newberg. A van was next to me. He had head phones on and was rocking out to some music. He looked right at me. Did he see me? If he did it didn’t register in his feeble mind. He pulled into my lane. If I hadn’t honked (which he didn’t hear) and slammed on my brakes he would have hit me. And if I hadn’t turned to the center divider when I braked the car behind me would have hit me. The Van went on its merrily way just as nothing had happened. Which I don’t think he knew what he just did. The car behind me and I just shook our heads.
A couple of days before that I was seriously thinking about designing a page, with a split photo. On one side of the split photo would be a picture of the Indianapolis 500 Speedway. On the other side of the photo would be the picture of a grocery store parking lot. At the bottom would be a notation “on the left is a speedway, on the right is a parking lot. Just thought you should learn the difference.” Then place on the windshields of some cars in the parking lot. That was after a car speeding through the parking lot almost hit a young pedestrian (may four?). First of all, people coming out of the store are often clueless themselves and don’t even bother to look to see if cars are coming. And even if they are aware. sometimes little kids will often run ahead of their mom or dad and the parents can’t catch them fast enough to keep them out of the traffic lanes. Doesn’t that mean you should slow down in the parking lot? Seems logical to me.
Which brings us to selfish parkers that park in the traffic lanes in front of the grocery store blocking traffic, blocking the view of pedestrians coming out of the grocery store, and they do it when there is an open legal parking spot two feet away! I mean I understand temporarily parking in front of the store to let out an elderly or disabled person but for God’s sake when you are finished letting them out go park legally. I mean you are a healthy adult male or female so that walking an extra two feet won't kill you. It might even be good exercise for you.
I could go on but my blood pressure is already to high so I think I will stop now. Bring my blood pressure down with your updates. Tell me what went on in your life last week and what you have plans for next week.
I don’t mean to sound superior in this post but certainly I am a superior driver to the clueless people I ran into this week. There are movements in many states that don’t already ban talking on the cell phone to join the states that do have that ban. See, I don’t think we need to ban talking on cell phones while driving, I just think we need to ban clueless people from driving.
Yesterday I am tooling along on a four lane road in Newberg. A van was next to me. He had head phones on and was rocking out to some music. He looked right at me. Did he see me? If he did it didn’t register in his feeble mind. He pulled into my lane. If I hadn’t honked (which he didn’t hear) and slammed on my brakes he would have hit me. And if I hadn’t turned to the center divider when I braked the car behind me would have hit me. The Van went on its merrily way just as nothing had happened. Which I don’t think he knew what he just did. The car behind me and I just shook our heads.
A couple of days before that I was seriously thinking about designing a page, with a split photo. On one side of the split photo would be a picture of the Indianapolis 500 Speedway. On the other side of the photo would be the picture of a grocery store parking lot. At the bottom would be a notation “on the left is a speedway, on the right is a parking lot. Just thought you should learn the difference.” Then place on the windshields of some cars in the parking lot. That was after a car speeding through the parking lot almost hit a young pedestrian (may four?). First of all, people coming out of the store are often clueless themselves and don’t even bother to look to see if cars are coming. And even if they are aware. sometimes little kids will often run ahead of their mom or dad and the parents can’t catch them fast enough to keep them out of the traffic lanes. Doesn’t that mean you should slow down in the parking lot? Seems logical to me.
Which brings us to selfish parkers that park in the traffic lanes in front of the grocery store blocking traffic, blocking the view of pedestrians coming out of the grocery store, and they do it when there is an open legal parking spot two feet away! I mean I understand temporarily parking in front of the store to let out an elderly or disabled person but for God’s sake when you are finished letting them out go park legally. I mean you are a healthy adult male or female so that walking an extra two feet won't kill you. It might even be good exercise for you.
I could go on but my blood pressure is already to high so I think I will stop now. Bring my blood pressure down with your updates. Tell me what went on in your life last week and what you have plans for next week.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
The Contest Starts
The contest starts now. Anyone that has posted a comment on The Dahn Report since its inception in December of 2007 until 7 AM this morning can enter. Only one entry per person is allowed. Unlike the past you will not be told how well you did on the contest until the winners are announced. Each question has a point value next to it, depending on what I think the difficulty of the question is. The entry with the most total points wins, second most total points second, and so on. In case of a tie between two entrants there will be a coin flip. If two or more entrants tie a Scrabble tile with the letter of your first name will be put in a bag and the winner will be drawn from those entries. The official answers to the contest questions are the ones that I have on file. The winner of the contest will be announced no later than Midgnight Pacific Daylight Time on August 7, 2009. The winner of the contest will get to choose a $50 gift card from Starbucks, Baja Fresh, Red Robin, Outback, Macy’s Nordstrom, Old Navy, and Home Depot. Second place will get a $25 gift card from the same choices.
Some little hints before you start. Don't over think the questions and make them harder than they are. Take your time. Don't respond right away, you have four days to come up with the answers.
The entries should be sent by email to williamjdahn@aol.com no later than August 5, 2009 at 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!
Trivia Each (points listed after each question)
(source Trivial Pursuit)
Question 1:
What two German magicians met on a cruise ship when one offered up his pet smuggled cheetah for the other’s stage performance? 10 points.
Question 2:
What is the Academy Award statuette, also known as Oscar, holding in front of him? 10 points.
Question 3:
What President is said to have had the largest feet, wearing a size 14 shoe?
10 points.
Question 4:
What former forescenic scientist is known for her gritty well-written mysteries?
10 points.
Question 5:
The amusement park Six Flags flys what six flags? 5 points for each flag.
WHAT DO THESE THREE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON: 10 points each.
(source the game Tri-Bond)
Question 6:
What do a basketball player, a soccer player, and a baby have in common?
Question 7:
What do the slogans “taking candy from a baby”, “falling off of a log”, and “shooting fish in a barrel” have in common?
Question 8:
What do Buster Brown’s Dog, Muhammad Ali, and full cut underpants have in common?
Question 9:
What do a golf course, a bowling alley, and a wrestling star have in common?
Question 10:
Other than being famous or rich what do Frank Sinatra Jr., Charles Lindbergh, and Patty Hearst have in common?
THE DAHN REPORT - 10 points each.
(source The Dahn Report)
Question 11:
What famous actor was The owner of The Dahn Report’s dad often mistaken as?
A. Gomer Pyle..
B. Dustin Hoffman
C. Spenser Tracy
D. Clark Cable.
Question 12:
The Owner of The Dahn Report is scared of:
A. Snakes.
B. Dogs.
C. Lions
D. Clowns.
Question 13:
What did The Owner of The Dahn Report go out of his comfort zone to do in the fall
of 2008:
A. Sky Dived.
B. Bungee jump.
C. Rock Climbed.
D. Took comedy classes.
Question 14:
Which of the following is not an idol of the Owner of The Dahn Report
A. George Washington.
B. RFK
C. Thomas Edison
D. His Dad.
Question 15:
What happened to the owner of The Dahn Report his first day on a job in February of 2009?
A. He was fired.
B. He fell and had a concussion.
C. He was given a bonus.
D. His computer crashed.
WHO AM I? 25 points each
Question 16:
I was born in Pasadena, California on August 15, 1912. I was the eldest of three children. At 6’ 2” I was the tallest student at Katherine Branson School for Girls in San Francisco, California. At the onset of World War II I worked as a research assistance in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), now the CIA. After attending a special school in France I changed careers. Following a 40-year career in that new occupation in November of 2000 I received France's highest honor, the Legion d'Honneur. In August 2002, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled an exhibit featuring the place where I filmed three of my popular TV shows. Because of her height Meryl will never really be confused for me but she soon will be associated with my name. Who Am I?
(source. Biography.com.)
Question 17
I was Born in 1925, the son of a Boston doughnut company executive, and was educated at Phillips Andover Academy and taught myself to play piano as a teen. I attended Harvard and was elected president of the Hasty Pudding Club. My college was interrupted during WWII by a stint in the US Navy. After the war I supported myself by playing piano in bars and silent movies. Billy Wilder once said of me “there was a little bit of genius in everything he did." I starred with Judy Holliday in my first film in 1954. Using my military experience I became a famous MR. in a smash 1955 filmed named after that mister. I won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for my fourth film. One film made Tony and I famous cross dressers. Known at the time mostly for comedy, Lee and I had some wine after I gave her roses. Jane, Michael, and I almost had a radioactive Syndrome. I died a year after my friend Walter did. Who Am I?
(source: http://www.starpulse.com)
Question 18:
I was Born to Russian-immigrant parents, I made my first film appearance at age four. I took taking dancing lessons since infancy. I was in a grown up role opposite the causeless rebel, James, and frolicked in grass with Warren. I was also a regular on a 1953 television sitcom. My first marriage to Robert didn’t last. The second time Robert and I married it lasted until my death. I was nominated three times for Oscars. once with the rebel, once for frolicking in that grass and for spending time with a proper stranger. I died at a to early age while filming a science fiction movie. My drowning death remains a mystery to some. Who Am I?
(source: http://www.starpulse.com)
Question 19:
I was born in 1820 into a wealthy and well-connected British Family and named after the city I was born in. I first had a calling into an occupation in 1837, into a career at the time that was handled mostly by female “hangers-on” who followed armies and were equally likely to function as prostitutes. The occupation at the time had a poor reputation filled by poor women. When I was old enough to go in the profession I witnessed the death of pauper in a workhorse infirmary after which I announced the intention of my career to my family. It evoked intense anger and distress from my mother. I was a pioneer in hospital sanitation methods. Against my mother’s wishes in 1851 I rejected the marriage proposal of a politician, poet, and First Baron. During the Crimean war I took a staff of 38 to Scutari where despite the objections of the doctors I improved the conditions of the wounded soldier so that the mortality rate dropped from 40% to 2%. I treated 2,000 patients myself and came down with Crimean Fever. I am remembered today because of my compassion, care skills, administrative skills, and introducing new ways to care for patients and ways if maintaining medical records. I am often referred to by a phrase because of the Grecian lamp that I always carried with me. The lamp allowed me to write letters at night to the family of every soldier that died in my care. Because of my commitment to my profession I was able to start a training school on July 9, 1860. My notes on my profession were published in 1860. In 1883 Queen Victoria awarded me the Royal Red Cross and in 1907 I was the first woman awarded the Order of Merit. After I died in 1910 my relatives refused the offer to have me buried in Westminster Abbey. There is still a museum named after me in London. I once was quoted as saying:
"My occupation is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts." Who Am I?
(source: http://www.tentmaker.org/biographies/)
QUESTION 20:
I was born in 1860 and died a spinster in 1927. My family wasn’t the warmest family in the world. My sister and I shared the front of the Upstairs of the family home and my parents shared the back of the upstairs of the home. We didn’t always even eat meals together. I did try to bury the hatchet but that caused me nothing but trouble. I was acquitted by the jury in an hour and a half. I died of pneumonia nine days before my estranged sister died. In my will I left thirty grand to The Animal Rescue League and also left five hundred a month for the care of my father’s grave. I am a sixth cousin once removed of Elizabeth Montgomery. Among other things there was a Ballet and Theatre performances of my life story. The Travel channel once selected my home as the most scary place on earth. In 2008, The History Channel's series MonsterQuest visited my home looking for ghosts. An episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents entitled "The Older Sister" retold my story, in which my older sister was the real culprit and I was just covering for her. Who Am I? .
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/)
LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY. Point value noted by question. No double or Final Jeopardy. The subject is miscellenous questions
Question 21: 10 points:
Article 1, Section 8 if the U.S. Constitution says Congress can make this, regulate its value and punish people who copy it.
Question 22: 20 points
“A Foot In The Door” is the title of this brush salesman’s autobiography.
Question 23: 30 points.
In October 1960 this world leader sat holding his shoe in the U.S. General Assembly. He was also once refused entrance to Disneyland.
Question 24: 40 points.
Dating back to the American Revolution it’s the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States.
Question 25: 50 Points:
This fourteenth century Nomadic leader’s corpse was exhumed by Russian scientitsts in 1941.
(source: computer game Play Jeopardy 2 by Sony)
CURRENT NEWS: 10 POINTS.
Question 26:
You wouldn’t be all wet if you told us what feat that 17 year-old Zac Sunderland was the youngest to recently accomplish.
(source The Oregonian. Date provided after the contest)
WHERE AM I: 25 POINTS.
Question 27:
I am in a city where the population in 2006 was over a half of million. I'm known as a port city. I have been listed as the night largest city in my country. My local economy has been lead by the steel and heavy manufacturing industries but lately has shifted towards the service sector, particularly health sciences. I am home to The Royal Botantical Gardens, The Bruce Trail among other things including a football hall of Fame. Our local football team plays at Ivor Wayne Stadium. Because of my diverse locations several TV and film productions have been filmed here. What City and Country am I in?
(souce: wikipedia)
Question 28:
I am the second largest city in my country famous for my natural settings, carnivals, my beaches, the samba, and other music. I’m home to a giant statue named Christ The Redeemer. My city boasts of the largest and second largest urban forests in the world. My city is often considered one of the most violent in the world. I was discovered by a Portuguese expedition that included Amerigo Vespucci. According to the IBGE of 2008, there were 11,835,000 people residing in my Metropolitan. As a result of the influx of immigrants from the late 19th to the early 20th century, one may find in my city communities of Jews, Arabs of Lebanese and Syrian origin, Italians, Spaniards, Germans. A movie blamed a May-December romance on me. Where Am I?
(souce: wikipedia)
29. THE FINAL QUESTION: 25 points each correct answer.
On the long running Perry Mason television series in “The Case Of The Deadly Verdict” Perry Mason lost the case. One of the guest actors on that case is the cousin of a current U.S. Senator that was recently in the news. Name the actor, the Senator, the recent movie that the actor had a role in, and name the state that the Senator represents.
(source: The Oregonian as credited from wire reports. Date divulged after the contest)
Some little hints before you start. Don't over think the questions and make them harder than they are. Take your time. Don't respond right away, you have four days to come up with the answers.
The entries should be sent by email to williamjdahn@aol.com no later than August 5, 2009 at 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!
Trivia Each (points listed after each question)
(source Trivial Pursuit)
Question 1:
What two German magicians met on a cruise ship when one offered up his pet smuggled cheetah for the other’s stage performance? 10 points.
Question 2:
What is the Academy Award statuette, also known as Oscar, holding in front of him? 10 points.
Question 3:
What President is said to have had the largest feet, wearing a size 14 shoe?
10 points.
Question 4:
What former forescenic scientist is known for her gritty well-written mysteries?
10 points.
Question 5:
The amusement park Six Flags flys what six flags? 5 points for each flag.
WHAT DO THESE THREE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON: 10 points each.
(source the game Tri-Bond)
Question 6:
What do a basketball player, a soccer player, and a baby have in common?
Question 7:
What do the slogans “taking candy from a baby”, “falling off of a log”, and “shooting fish in a barrel” have in common?
Question 8:
What do Buster Brown’s Dog, Muhammad Ali, and full cut underpants have in common?
Question 9:
What do a golf course, a bowling alley, and a wrestling star have in common?
Question 10:
Other than being famous or rich what do Frank Sinatra Jr., Charles Lindbergh, and Patty Hearst have in common?
THE DAHN REPORT - 10 points each.
(source The Dahn Report)
Question 11:
What famous actor was The owner of The Dahn Report’s dad often mistaken as?
A. Gomer Pyle..
B. Dustin Hoffman
C. Spenser Tracy
D. Clark Cable.
Question 12:
The Owner of The Dahn Report is scared of:
A. Snakes.
B. Dogs.
C. Lions
D. Clowns.
Question 13:
What did The Owner of The Dahn Report go out of his comfort zone to do in the fall
of 2008:
A. Sky Dived.
B. Bungee jump.
C. Rock Climbed.
D. Took comedy classes.
Question 14:
Which of the following is not an idol of the Owner of The Dahn Report
A. George Washington.
B. RFK
C. Thomas Edison
D. His Dad.
Question 15:
What happened to the owner of The Dahn Report his first day on a job in February of 2009?
A. He was fired.
B. He fell and had a concussion.
C. He was given a bonus.
D. His computer crashed.
WHO AM I? 25 points each
Question 16:
I was born in Pasadena, California on August 15, 1912. I was the eldest of three children. At 6’ 2” I was the tallest student at Katherine Branson School for Girls in San Francisco, California. At the onset of World War II I worked as a research assistance in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), now the CIA. After attending a special school in France I changed careers. Following a 40-year career in that new occupation in November of 2000 I received France's highest honor, the Legion d'Honneur. In August 2002, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled an exhibit featuring the place where I filmed three of my popular TV shows. Because of her height Meryl will never really be confused for me but she soon will be associated with my name. Who Am I?
(source. Biography.com.)
Question 17
I was Born in 1925, the son of a Boston doughnut company executive, and was educated at Phillips Andover Academy and taught myself to play piano as a teen. I attended Harvard and was elected president of the Hasty Pudding Club. My college was interrupted during WWII by a stint in the US Navy. After the war I supported myself by playing piano in bars and silent movies. Billy Wilder once said of me “there was a little bit of genius in everything he did." I starred with Judy Holliday in my first film in 1954. Using my military experience I became a famous MR. in a smash 1955 filmed named after that mister. I won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for my fourth film. One film made Tony and I famous cross dressers. Known at the time mostly for comedy, Lee and I had some wine after I gave her roses. Jane, Michael, and I almost had a radioactive Syndrome. I died a year after my friend Walter did. Who Am I?
(source: http://www.starpulse.com)
Question 18:
I was Born to Russian-immigrant parents, I made my first film appearance at age four. I took taking dancing lessons since infancy. I was in a grown up role opposite the causeless rebel, James, and frolicked in grass with Warren. I was also a regular on a 1953 television sitcom. My first marriage to Robert didn’t last. The second time Robert and I married it lasted until my death. I was nominated three times for Oscars. once with the rebel, once for frolicking in that grass and for spending time with a proper stranger. I died at a to early age while filming a science fiction movie. My drowning death remains a mystery to some. Who Am I?
(source: http://www.starpulse.com)
Question 19:
I was born in 1820 into a wealthy and well-connected British Family and named after the city I was born in. I first had a calling into an occupation in 1837, into a career at the time that was handled mostly by female “hangers-on” who followed armies and were equally likely to function as prostitutes. The occupation at the time had a poor reputation filled by poor women. When I was old enough to go in the profession I witnessed the death of pauper in a workhorse infirmary after which I announced the intention of my career to my family. It evoked intense anger and distress from my mother. I was a pioneer in hospital sanitation methods. Against my mother’s wishes in 1851 I rejected the marriage proposal of a politician, poet, and First Baron. During the Crimean war I took a staff of 38 to Scutari where despite the objections of the doctors I improved the conditions of the wounded soldier so that the mortality rate dropped from 40% to 2%. I treated 2,000 patients myself and came down with Crimean Fever. I am remembered today because of my compassion, care skills, administrative skills, and introducing new ways to care for patients and ways if maintaining medical records. I am often referred to by a phrase because of the Grecian lamp that I always carried with me. The lamp allowed me to write letters at night to the family of every soldier that died in my care. Because of my commitment to my profession I was able to start a training school on July 9, 1860. My notes on my profession were published in 1860. In 1883 Queen Victoria awarded me the Royal Red Cross and in 1907 I was the first woman awarded the Order of Merit. After I died in 1910 my relatives refused the offer to have me buried in Westminster Abbey. There is still a museum named after me in London. I once was quoted as saying:
"My occupation is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts." Who Am I?
(source: http://www.tentmaker.org/biographies/)
QUESTION 20:
I was born in 1860 and died a spinster in 1927. My family wasn’t the warmest family in the world. My sister and I shared the front of the Upstairs of the family home and my parents shared the back of the upstairs of the home. We didn’t always even eat meals together. I did try to bury the hatchet but that caused me nothing but trouble. I was acquitted by the jury in an hour and a half. I died of pneumonia nine days before my estranged sister died. In my will I left thirty grand to The Animal Rescue League and also left five hundred a month for the care of my father’s grave. I am a sixth cousin once removed of Elizabeth Montgomery. Among other things there was a Ballet and Theatre performances of my life story. The Travel channel once selected my home as the most scary place on earth. In 2008, The History Channel's series MonsterQuest visited my home looking for ghosts. An episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents entitled "The Older Sister" retold my story, in which my older sister was the real culprit and I was just covering for her. Who Am I? .
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/)
LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY. Point value noted by question. No double or Final Jeopardy. The subject is miscellenous questions
Question 21: 10 points:
Article 1, Section 8 if the U.S. Constitution says Congress can make this, regulate its value and punish people who copy it.
Question 22: 20 points
“A Foot In The Door” is the title of this brush salesman’s autobiography.
Question 23: 30 points.
In October 1960 this world leader sat holding his shoe in the U.S. General Assembly. He was also once refused entrance to Disneyland.
Question 24: 40 points.
Dating back to the American Revolution it’s the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States.
Question 25: 50 Points:
This fourteenth century Nomadic leader’s corpse was exhumed by Russian scientitsts in 1941.
(source: computer game Play Jeopardy 2 by Sony)
CURRENT NEWS: 10 POINTS.
Question 26:
You wouldn’t be all wet if you told us what feat that 17 year-old Zac Sunderland was the youngest to recently accomplish.
(source The Oregonian. Date provided after the contest)
WHERE AM I: 25 POINTS.
Question 27:
I am in a city where the population in 2006 was over a half of million. I'm known as a port city. I have been listed as the night largest city in my country. My local economy has been lead by the steel and heavy manufacturing industries but lately has shifted towards the service sector, particularly health sciences. I am home to The Royal Botantical Gardens, The Bruce Trail among other things including a football hall of Fame. Our local football team plays at Ivor Wayne Stadium. Because of my diverse locations several TV and film productions have been filmed here. What City and Country am I in?
(souce: wikipedia)
Question 28:
I am the second largest city in my country famous for my natural settings, carnivals, my beaches, the samba, and other music. I’m home to a giant statue named Christ The Redeemer. My city boasts of the largest and second largest urban forests in the world. My city is often considered one of the most violent in the world. I was discovered by a Portuguese expedition that included Amerigo Vespucci. According to the IBGE of 2008, there were 11,835,000 people residing in my Metropolitan. As a result of the influx of immigrants from the late 19th to the early 20th century, one may find in my city communities of Jews, Arabs of Lebanese and Syrian origin, Italians, Spaniards, Germans. A movie blamed a May-December romance on me. Where Am I?
(souce: wikipedia)
29. THE FINAL QUESTION: 25 points each correct answer.
On the long running Perry Mason television series in “The Case Of The Deadly Verdict” Perry Mason lost the case. One of the guest actors on that case is the cousin of a current U.S. Senator that was recently in the news. Name the actor, the Senator, the recent movie that the actor had a role in, and name the state that the Senator represents.
(source: The Oregonian as credited from wire reports. Date divulged after the contest)
Friday, July 31, 2009
Contest Tomorrow & Top Chef Masters
The Dahn Report Catchall Contest starts in less than twenty-fours hours. You are eligible to enter the contest if you have ever posted a comment on The Dahn Report since its inception in December of 2007. If you have never posted a comment here you can still participate in the contest by posting a comment anywhere on The Dahn Report before 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time on August 1, 2009. First place in the contest wins a fifty dollar gift card, second place wins a twenty-five dollar gift card. You can choose your gift card from several offered. For the official rules of the contest and to see your choice of gift cards go here:
http://thedahnreport.blogspot.com/2009/07/just-one-week-to-go-before-contest.html
I am postponing Update Day until Saturday or Sunday. I think DR is going to need us more then. Today is her last day with her Mom before her Mom moves to Arizona. That makes me think she will have more time and more to share then!
Today there is no trivia. You all need to get your game faces on for the contest starting tomorrow. It won’t be easy. Before talking about Top Chef Masters just some comments. I didn’t go to the comedy class this week because of the heat. At 7 the night of the comedy class it was 107. You just cannot imagine the difference in the heat and the body’s reactions to the heat when it is 107 instead of when it is 95. At 107 walking to your car you can dehydrate. Even though the car is air conditioned it is still hotter in the car than normal. It just didn't seem very smart to go out under those circumstances. Thank God it cooled down to 95 yesterday and 90 today.
The punch lines for yesterday? What is a computers first sign of age? Loss of memory. What is an astronaut’s favorite place on the computer? The space bar. What does a baby computer call his father? Data. What happened when the computer fell on the floor? A slipped disk. Or Pat’s answer, it crashed. The answer to the trivia questions? What company is credited with having the first successful computer with a mouse attached? Xerox but then Apple took to a new level. Which company is credited with the first laptop? Radio Shack was the company. The individual who invented the laptop was Adam Osborne. What does JPEG stand for? Joint Photo Graph Expert group.
This week’s Top Chef Masters started the championship round. The show started out with twenty-four chefs and now is down to six. The six are as follows:
Oprah’s personal chef Art Smith
America’s most noted Mexican chef Rick Bayless
Hubert Keller award winning virtuoso of both classic French cuisine and healthy cooking.
Asian fusion chef savant Anita Lo
Author and master of Italian cooking, Michael Chiarello.
Suzanne Tracht creator of the modern steakhouse.
The things I learned about life on Top Chef Masters this week was to respect your competition, be on time but don’t be too early, and it is hard to improve upon certain things.
The elimination challenge this week was to recreate the signature dish of a competing chef. That would be like an artist repainting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Art Smith had to create Suzanne Tracht’s signature dish and visa versa. Michael Chiarello had to recreate the signature dish of Rick Bayless and visa versa. Hubert Keller had to recreate the signature dish of Anita Lo and visa versa. The diners that would be judging the dishes were former Top Chef Masters contestants.
The winner of the week was Anita Lo’s lobster and truffle cappuccino with 24 stars, A close second was Rick Bayless with 23 stars. Hubert Keller was a little farther behind with 21 ½ stars. Michael finished fourth with 18 ½ stars. Art barely survived to live another week with 15 stars. Eliminated because she finished to early with her dish and the cold plate failed to impress either the judges or the diners, scoring just 14 ½ stars. Suzanne was sent packing.
I really liked Michael better this week, the sappy story about his mom won me over. I was glad a woman won this week however I am rooting for Hubert to win the prize. He won me over when he cooked the pasta in the shower. A little offbeat, being a little offbeat I can relate to him.
Hope this day brings you joy and happiness. What’s is cooking today? Are you ready for the contest tomorrow? Expect any surprises in the contest? Newbies don't be shy post a comment and give the contest a shot! The winner of the last contest was a first time poster!
http://thedahnreport.blogspot.com/2009/07/just-one-week-to-go-before-contest.html
I am postponing Update Day until Saturday or Sunday. I think DR is going to need us more then. Today is her last day with her Mom before her Mom moves to Arizona. That makes me think she will have more time and more to share then!
Today there is no trivia. You all need to get your game faces on for the contest starting tomorrow. It won’t be easy. Before talking about Top Chef Masters just some comments. I didn’t go to the comedy class this week because of the heat. At 7 the night of the comedy class it was 107. You just cannot imagine the difference in the heat and the body’s reactions to the heat when it is 107 instead of when it is 95. At 107 walking to your car you can dehydrate. Even though the car is air conditioned it is still hotter in the car than normal. It just didn't seem very smart to go out under those circumstances. Thank God it cooled down to 95 yesterday and 90 today.
The punch lines for yesterday? What is a computers first sign of age? Loss of memory. What is an astronaut’s favorite place on the computer? The space bar. What does a baby computer call his father? Data. What happened when the computer fell on the floor? A slipped disk. Or Pat’s answer, it crashed. The answer to the trivia questions? What company is credited with having the first successful computer with a mouse attached? Xerox but then Apple took to a new level. Which company is credited with the first laptop? Radio Shack was the company. The individual who invented the laptop was Adam Osborne. What does JPEG stand for? Joint Photo Graph Expert group.
This week’s Top Chef Masters started the championship round. The show started out with twenty-four chefs and now is down to six. The six are as follows:
Oprah’s personal chef Art Smith
America’s most noted Mexican chef Rick Bayless
Hubert Keller award winning virtuoso of both classic French cuisine and healthy cooking.
Asian fusion chef savant Anita Lo
Author and master of Italian cooking, Michael Chiarello.
Suzanne Tracht creator of the modern steakhouse.
The things I learned about life on Top Chef Masters this week was to respect your competition, be on time but don’t be too early, and it is hard to improve upon certain things.
The elimination challenge this week was to recreate the signature dish of a competing chef. That would be like an artist repainting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Art Smith had to create Suzanne Tracht’s signature dish and visa versa. Michael Chiarello had to recreate the signature dish of Rick Bayless and visa versa. Hubert Keller had to recreate the signature dish of Anita Lo and visa versa. The diners that would be judging the dishes were former Top Chef Masters contestants.
The winner of the week was Anita Lo’s lobster and truffle cappuccino with 24 stars, A close second was Rick Bayless with 23 stars. Hubert Keller was a little farther behind with 21 ½ stars. Michael finished fourth with 18 ½ stars. Art barely survived to live another week with 15 stars. Eliminated because she finished to early with her dish and the cold plate failed to impress either the judges or the diners, scoring just 14 ½ stars. Suzanne was sent packing.
I really liked Michael better this week, the sappy story about his mom won me over. I was glad a woman won this week however I am rooting for Hubert to win the prize. He won me over when he cooked the pasta in the shower. A little offbeat, being a little offbeat I can relate to him.
Hope this day brings you joy and happiness. What’s is cooking today? Are you ready for the contest tomorrow? Expect any surprises in the contest? Newbies don't be shy post a comment and give the contest a shot! The winner of the last contest was a first time poster!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Art Of Communication
The blue reflectors along sides of the streets are called “Zot Dots” and named after a California Highway Patrolman that invented them. Every time you see one of those blue reflectors on the street you will see a fire hydrant. The reflectors are there to help the fire department find the fire hydrants.
Today is computer trivia. What company is credited with having the first successful computer with a mouse attached? Which company is credited with the first laptop? What does JPEG stand for? The next set of questions are bonus questions and aren’t trivia. What I am looking for in the following questions is punch lines not correct answers. What is an astronaut’s favorite place on the computer? What is a computer’s first sign of age? What does a baby computer call his father? What happened when the computer fell on the floor?
I seriously considered calling the post today “Justifiable Homicide,” However, I took some nice pills this morning so instead of the jugular today I am going for how a class that I took years ago relates to the comedy class I take now and how the two classes relate to an incident at a dinner out with mom, sis, brother-in-law and moi. For the time being I will ignore that it was insinuated at best that I almost killed Mom and at worst almost sent her to the hospital but because quick actions were taken I was saved from the guilt. For the time being I will ignore that had I said something similar to the relative in question it might be sometime after the year 2200 that I would be spoken to again. For the time being that I will ignore that when I apologized to mom for my apparent downfall (I always apologize, even if I don’t think I am at fault just to keep the peace) I learned she had fallen twice in the last twelve days because a relative wouldn’t listen to the struggles she had with things like rises in the pavement. Nope I am going to ignore that and talk about effective communication today.
I’ve been recalling lately a class that I took in college titled “The Art Of Communication.” It was a required class so that I could get my minor in psychology. The basic theme of the class is that we are all to anal when it comes to correct grammar. That the purpose of communication is that the person that you are talking to receives the message that you are sending. The message being received correctly is more important than how it is sent. That what happens often in communication is the message is changed in the middle of the stream by someone correcting your grammar or interrupting you. Combine that with last week’s lesson from the comedy class about agreeing with your stage partner and it made for an interesting take on that dinner out that I mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Mom was catching me up on her trip Utah. I have a relative that corrects everything everyone says and disputes everything you say. If you say blue, that person says yellow. Here are couple of examples:
Mom: “I told Ty my oranges on the bus story and he thought it was so funny that he told it to his dad..”
Said Relative: “He didn’t tell it to his dad he told it to his mother.”
Mom: “He told me he told it to his dad.”
What was the message Mom was trying to send me? She was sharing a story that she told Ty to let me know how well her and Ty related to each other. But it the middle of the stream the message was changed to something so immaterial as to who Ty passed the story on to. What could have been a fun moment between a son and a mom now became memorable only because of an argument. Instead of remembering how well Mom and Ty related I will remember how well the relative and my mom didn’t.
Later on I was sharing some of the things that I did while Mom was in Utah. I was telling Mom how fun the comedy class was and how much I learned from the scenes where you had to agree with whatever your stage partner said.
Me: “Yes, Mom. I really enjoyed the class. The thing that was so fun about that if you agreed with everything you partner said eventually the scene turned into very fun self-depreciating humor.”
Said Relative: “You mean defecating humor”
Me. “Self-depreciating.”
I was trying to share a story with Mom to let her know I had fun and learned something valuable. Instead of remembering that message I will remember being corrected and how much I really wanted to respond with the sarcastic “I don’t think I meant self-shitting humor.” What could have been a memorable moment of sharing was turned into a not so memorable biting of the tongue.
So do you have any problem relatives? Does it bother you when people correct your story or grammar and change the message you are trying to send? Am I making to much out of it?
Today is computer trivia. What company is credited with having the first successful computer with a mouse attached? Which company is credited with the first laptop? What does JPEG stand for? The next set of questions are bonus questions and aren’t trivia. What I am looking for in the following questions is punch lines not correct answers. What is an astronaut’s favorite place on the computer? What is a computer’s first sign of age? What does a baby computer call his father? What happened when the computer fell on the floor?
I seriously considered calling the post today “Justifiable Homicide,” However, I took some nice pills this morning so instead of the jugular today I am going for how a class that I took years ago relates to the comedy class I take now and how the two classes relate to an incident at a dinner out with mom, sis, brother-in-law and moi. For the time being I will ignore that it was insinuated at best that I almost killed Mom and at worst almost sent her to the hospital but because quick actions were taken I was saved from the guilt. For the time being I will ignore that had I said something similar to the relative in question it might be sometime after the year 2200 that I would be spoken to again. For the time being that I will ignore that when I apologized to mom for my apparent downfall (I always apologize, even if I don’t think I am at fault just to keep the peace) I learned she had fallen twice in the last twelve days because a relative wouldn’t listen to the struggles she had with things like rises in the pavement. Nope I am going to ignore that and talk about effective communication today.
I’ve been recalling lately a class that I took in college titled “The Art Of Communication.” It was a required class so that I could get my minor in psychology. The basic theme of the class is that we are all to anal when it comes to correct grammar. That the purpose of communication is that the person that you are talking to receives the message that you are sending. The message being received correctly is more important than how it is sent. That what happens often in communication is the message is changed in the middle of the stream by someone correcting your grammar or interrupting you. Combine that with last week’s lesson from the comedy class about agreeing with your stage partner and it made for an interesting take on that dinner out that I mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Mom was catching me up on her trip Utah. I have a relative that corrects everything everyone says and disputes everything you say. If you say blue, that person says yellow. Here are couple of examples:
Mom: “I told Ty my oranges on the bus story and he thought it was so funny that he told it to his dad..”
Said Relative: “He didn’t tell it to his dad he told it to his mother.”
Mom: “He told me he told it to his dad.”
What was the message Mom was trying to send me? She was sharing a story that she told Ty to let me know how well her and Ty related to each other. But it the middle of the stream the message was changed to something so immaterial as to who Ty passed the story on to. What could have been a fun moment between a son and a mom now became memorable only because of an argument. Instead of remembering how well Mom and Ty related I will remember how well the relative and my mom didn’t.
Later on I was sharing some of the things that I did while Mom was in Utah. I was telling Mom how fun the comedy class was and how much I learned from the scenes where you had to agree with whatever your stage partner said.
Me: “Yes, Mom. I really enjoyed the class. The thing that was so fun about that if you agreed with everything you partner said eventually the scene turned into very fun self-depreciating humor.”
Said Relative: “You mean defecating humor”
Me. “Self-depreciating.”
I was trying to share a story with Mom to let her know I had fun and learned something valuable. Instead of remembering that message I will remember being corrected and how much I really wanted to respond with the sarcastic “I don’t think I meant self-shitting humor.” What could have been a memorable moment of sharing was turned into a not so memorable biting of the tongue.
So do you have any problem relatives? Does it bother you when people correct your story or grammar and change the message you are trying to send? Am I making to much out of it?
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
I'm Hot
This is truly one time when I can say that I am hot and actually be telling the truth. The all time record for high temperatures in the Portland area is 107. It was 106 yesterday. Today it is predicted to either tie the all time high or break it. Yesterday the lowest the temperature got was 74. That tied the all time record for the highest low temperature of any day in the history of Portland. Today the highest is predicted to be 107, the lowest 75. Tomorrow 102/75. Friday 98/72. In the paper next to each day's temperature is the notation "very hot." No kidding. Saturday it is 92/67 and the notation changed to "hot." This is the longest stretch in the history of our city that we have had over four consecutive days with temperatures in the triple digits. I'm going to suggest that if anyone of you have close relatives or friends in the Portland area that you call and check up on them. Different people react to high temperatures in different ways. I just think it would be nice to make sure they are handling the heat.
The heat has kind of fried my brain so there won't be a long post today. Just a short one. Depending on how I feel tomorrow, there may be a post titled "Justifiable Homicide." Family dynamics and all.
The answers to yesterday's word scamble:
DESPERATION - A Rope ends it.
THE EYES - They see.
GEORGE BUSH - He Bugs Gore.
THE MORSE CODE- Here come dots.
SLOT MACHINES - Cash lost in me.
Today just one question. On most streets every so often you will see blue reflectors on the road. They will either be near the center lane or like in Oregon all the way to the side of the street. What do these blue reflectors indicate?
Stay cool! Any suggestions on how to handle the heat?
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The heat has kind of fried my brain so there won't be a long post today. Just a short one. Depending on how I feel tomorrow, there may be a post titled "Justifiable Homicide." Family dynamics and all.
The answers to yesterday's word scamble:
DESPERATION - A Rope ends it.
THE EYES - They see.
GEORGE BUSH - He Bugs Gore.
THE MORSE CODE- Here come dots.
SLOT MACHINES - Cash lost in me.
Today just one question. On most streets every so often you will see blue reflectors on the road. They will either be near the center lane or like in Oregon all the way to the side of the street. What do these blue reflectors indicate?
Stay cool! Any suggestions on how to handle the heat?
THREE MORE DAYS TO POST A COMMENT ON THE DAHN REPORT SO YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST STARTING 7 AM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME AUGUST 1, 2009 AND MAYBE WIN A $50 GIFT CARD!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Heat Wave, Pictures From DR, & I Made A Woman Cry.
The answer to yesterday's who am I was Bob Crane.
We have been having a heat wave in Portland with temperatures yesterday hitting 103, today a predicted 105, tomorrow a predicted 105, and then cooling down to 98 on Thursday. This is really unusual for Portland. Usually we have nine days a year over 90, we are already at fourteen or fifteen. I’m avoiding coffee during the heat wave (caffeine dehydrates you), drinking a lot of water, and sleeping downstairs. Even though I have air conditioning heat rises and it is usually hotter upstairs then downstairs.
If you remember DR’s mother is moving to Arizona on August 1. DR has been making her a shawl. It is an absolutely beautiful shawl. The two pictures following are of DR’s Mom and then the second picture is of the handmade shawl. Remember to enlarge the pictures just click them on. Isn't DR talented?
I don’t know what is more beautiful the shawl or DR’s Mom.
Well, I made a woman cry last week. But I think it was a good thing. Remember there is a checker at the grocery store Mom and I go to that just treats Mom with a tremendous amount of respect. She is always giving us free stuff. I wanted to show here how much I appreciated how she treated us and thank her for it. One time when I went into the store the clerk told me she loved green earrings. Kaye that reads here and posts sometimes makes jewelry. I bought two pairs of earrings from Kaye. I bought a thank you card and wrote “just wanted to thank you for your always cheerful nature, the tremendous respect you show my mom, and how nice you always treat me.” When I went in the store and gave her the earrings, she read the card, tried the earrings on and cried. She said she had been a checker for over twenty years and nobody ever did anything like that for her. I was so pleased that she loved the earrings and so grateful for Kaye for her amazing talent in making the earrings! The pictures of the earrings follow:
Today we are going to do word scramble. I give you a word or phrase and you rearrange the letters in word or phrase to form a phrase that relates to that word or phrase. Although I have a guide for the answers there really is no right answers. A couple examples:
DORMITORY letters rearranged Dirty Room
PRESBYTERIAN letters rearranged Best In Prayer.
ASTRONOMER letters rearranged Moon Starer
OK, here goes; DESPERATION, THEY EYES, GEORGE BUSH, THE MORSE CODE, SLOT MACHINES.
Hope you stat cool today!
We have been having a heat wave in Portland with temperatures yesterday hitting 103, today a predicted 105, tomorrow a predicted 105, and then cooling down to 98 on Thursday. This is really unusual for Portland. Usually we have nine days a year over 90, we are already at fourteen or fifteen. I’m avoiding coffee during the heat wave (caffeine dehydrates you), drinking a lot of water, and sleeping downstairs. Even though I have air conditioning heat rises and it is usually hotter upstairs then downstairs.
If you remember DR’s mother is moving to Arizona on August 1. DR has been making her a shawl. It is an absolutely beautiful shawl. The two pictures following are of DR’s Mom and then the second picture is of the handmade shawl. Remember to enlarge the pictures just click them on. Isn't DR talented?
I don’t know what is more beautiful the shawl or DR’s Mom.
Well, I made a woman cry last week. But I think it was a good thing. Remember there is a checker at the grocery store Mom and I go to that just treats Mom with a tremendous amount of respect. She is always giving us free stuff. I wanted to show here how much I appreciated how she treated us and thank her for it. One time when I went into the store the clerk told me she loved green earrings. Kaye that reads here and posts sometimes makes jewelry. I bought two pairs of earrings from Kaye. I bought a thank you card and wrote “just wanted to thank you for your always cheerful nature, the tremendous respect you show my mom, and how nice you always treat me.” When I went in the store and gave her the earrings, she read the card, tried the earrings on and cried. She said she had been a checker for over twenty years and nobody ever did anything like that for her. I was so pleased that she loved the earrings and so grateful for Kaye for her amazing talent in making the earrings! The pictures of the earrings follow:
Today we are going to do word scramble. I give you a word or phrase and you rearrange the letters in word or phrase to form a phrase that relates to that word or phrase. Although I have a guide for the answers there really is no right answers. A couple examples:
DORMITORY letters rearranged Dirty Room
PRESBYTERIAN letters rearranged Best In Prayer.
ASTRONOMER letters rearranged Moon Starer
OK, here goes; DESPERATION, THEY EYES, GEORGE BUSH, THE MORSE CODE, SLOT MACHINES.
Hope you stat cool today!
Monday, July 27, 2009
500 DAYS OF SUMMER
Yesterday’s answers. Thanks to Pat’s and Connie’s research there were two numbers associated with Hitler. I was going for 888, they found that 555 was also related to him. Sides on a stop sign. 8-10 depending on you calculate it. Squares on a checkerboard. 64. Pints in a gallon. 8. Passing go on Monopoly. 200. The Devil. My brother’s post office box in his address, 666. Today’s who am I appears at the end of today’s blog entry.
In my opinion 500 Days Of Summer is this year’s Slumdog Millionaire. An independent film with fairly unknown actors and actresses that takes audiences by storm. The only thing that will keep 500 DAYS OF SUMMER from winning an Oscar is its to early release date. Historically films released late in the year have a better shot at Oscars because often the voters forget about really good films that came out earlier in the year. The synopsis from Moviefone: “This is a story of boy meets girl, begins the wry, probing narrator of '500 Days of Summer,' and with that the film takes off at breakneck speed into a funny, true-to-life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man's no-holds-barred love affair. Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the boy, still believes, even in this cynical modern world, in the notion of a transforming, cosmically destined, lightning-strikes-once kind of love. Summer (Zooey Deschanel), the girl, doesn't. Not at all. But that doesn't stop Tom from going after her, again and again, like a modern Don Quixote, with all his might and courage. Suddenly, Tom is in love not just with a lovely, witty, intelligent woman - not that he minds any of that - but with the very idea of Summer, the very idea of a love that still has the power to shock the heart and stop the world. “
Marvelously directed by basic unknown Marc Weber (Three Doors Down, Jesse McCarthy - Up Close), quirkily and expertly written by relative unknowns Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (both of Pink Panther II fame), and wonderfully acted by former child actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt,(Third Rock From The Sun, River Runs Through It), the beautiful daughter of Oscar nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel, Zooey Deschanel (Almost Famous) and a great supporting performance by Geoffrey Arend (Killing Zelda Sparks).
There was a lot to like about this movie. Its real take on a love affair. Its true to life ending. The cinematography. The amazing off the charts musical soundtrack. But my favorite was a split screen scene where Tom is going to reconnect with Summer and on one side of the screen is how he is expecting the meeting to go, on the other side of the screen is how the meeting really went. Inventive and right on.
Two footballs for the music. One football each for Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschannel. And Geoffrey Arend. One football for the cinematography. A minus one football for to much drinking in the movie. Total five footballs.
Today’s Trivia:
On a late night in 1978 I was murdered. I was discovered bludgeoned to death with a weapon that was never found (but was believed to be a camera tripod). Although one suspect was tried and acquitted, my murder remains unsolved. Born July 13, 1928. I went on to become an American disc jockey and Emmy Award-nominated actor. I dropped out of high school in 1946 and became a drummer, performing with dance bands and a symphony orchestra. That same year I enlisted in the Army Reserve. I was a colonel and a hero on TV if not in the army. My acting ambitions led to my subbing for Johnny Carson on the daytime game show Who Do You Trust? and appearances on The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and General Electric Theater. I went on to star in a TV series from 1965 to 1971, a series that finished in the top ten in ratings its first year on air. Greg Kinnear played me in a movie about my life and murder. Who Am I?
Do you believe like Tom from 500 DAYS OF SUMMER that you aren’t complete until you find the one? Or do you believe like Summer from the movie, that true love doesn’t exist? Or are you somewhere in the middle?
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In my opinion 500 Days Of Summer is this year’s Slumdog Millionaire. An independent film with fairly unknown actors and actresses that takes audiences by storm. The only thing that will keep 500 DAYS OF SUMMER from winning an Oscar is its to early release date. Historically films released late in the year have a better shot at Oscars because often the voters forget about really good films that came out earlier in the year. The synopsis from Moviefone: “This is a story of boy meets girl, begins the wry, probing narrator of '500 Days of Summer,' and with that the film takes off at breakneck speed into a funny, true-to-life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man's no-holds-barred love affair. Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the boy, still believes, even in this cynical modern world, in the notion of a transforming, cosmically destined, lightning-strikes-once kind of love. Summer (Zooey Deschanel), the girl, doesn't. Not at all. But that doesn't stop Tom from going after her, again and again, like a modern Don Quixote, with all his might and courage. Suddenly, Tom is in love not just with a lovely, witty, intelligent woman - not that he minds any of that - but with the very idea of Summer, the very idea of a love that still has the power to shock the heart and stop the world. “
Marvelously directed by basic unknown Marc Weber (Three Doors Down, Jesse McCarthy - Up Close), quirkily and expertly written by relative unknowns Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (both of Pink Panther II fame), and wonderfully acted by former child actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt,(Third Rock From The Sun, River Runs Through It), the beautiful daughter of Oscar nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel, Zooey Deschanel (Almost Famous) and a great supporting performance by Geoffrey Arend (Killing Zelda Sparks).
There was a lot to like about this movie. Its real take on a love affair. Its true to life ending. The cinematography. The amazing off the charts musical soundtrack. But my favorite was a split screen scene where Tom is going to reconnect with Summer and on one side of the screen is how he is expecting the meeting to go, on the other side of the screen is how the meeting really went. Inventive and right on.
Two footballs for the music. One football each for Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschannel. And Geoffrey Arend. One football for the cinematography. A minus one football for to much drinking in the movie. Total five footballs.
Today’s Trivia:
On a late night in 1978 I was murdered. I was discovered bludgeoned to death with a weapon that was never found (but was believed to be a camera tripod). Although one suspect was tried and acquitted, my murder remains unsolved. Born July 13, 1928. I went on to become an American disc jockey and Emmy Award-nominated actor. I dropped out of high school in 1946 and became a drummer, performing with dance bands and a symphony orchestra. That same year I enlisted in the Army Reserve. I was a colonel and a hero on TV if not in the army. My acting ambitions led to my subbing for Johnny Carson on the daytime game show Who Do You Trust? and appearances on The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and General Electric Theater. I went on to star in a TV series from 1965 to 1971, a series that finished in the top ten in ratings its first year on air. Greg Kinnear played me in a movie about my life and murder. Who Am I?
Do you believe like Tom from 500 DAYS OF SUMMER that you aren’t complete until you find the one? Or do you believe like Summer from the movie, that true love doesn’t exist? Or are you somewhere in the middle?
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
The Ugly Truth Is A Lie, The Ugly Rant Is The Truth.
Before my review of THE UGLY TRUTH and my ugly rant about the movie let's take care of blog trivia first. The answer to yesterday's questions in order were Maria Sharapova, Woody Allen & Meryl Streep. Today is a number test. I make a statement and you tell me the number. For example, Blind mice. The answer would be three. Sides on a stop sign. Squares on a checkerboard. Pints in a gallon. Passing go on Monopoly. The Devil. Hitler.
Before telling you how much I hated this movie because of its message, just the facts. The screenplay was by Nicole Eastman (new), Karen McCullah Lutz (The House Bunny, Legally Blonde) Kirsten Smith (The House Bunny, Legally Blond) and directed by Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde). I should have read their bios before going to the movie. The movie stars (and is produced by) Katherine Heigl,Gerard Butler, Bree Turner & Eric Winter among others.
The basic plot line : Abby Richter (Heigl) is a romantically challenged morning show producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left her hopelessly single. She's in for a rude awakening when her bosses team her with Mike Chadway (Butler), a hardcore TV personality who promises to spill the ugly truth on what makes men and women tick.
The movie did have one or two funny scenes but what I hated about this movie besides it being extremely predictable, out of sequence scenes and poor lines, was that it was a lie. The Ugly Truth Couldn’t be farther from the truth for this man. The message it sent was the exact message that allows men to act rudely, be insensitive, and get away with things because “we are men we are supposed to act this way.” The movie’s message was that men are pigs and women have to lie about who they are to get a man. And because men are pigs the best way to attract us is to push your boobs towards us.
It is this kind of ridiculous message that allows stories like the beautiful ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews being unknowingly filmed in her hotel room and the nude photographs of her being posted on the Internet. Men get away with things like that because we are pigs so why shouldn’t we do that? The truth is the guy that took those pictures and posted them on the Internet should be castrated but as long as movies like THE UGLY TRUTH place men in that box of “all men are pigs” idiots like the jackass that violated the privacy of Erin Andrews will never suffer any consequences because they are just being men, after all. Bull.
I also hated the message of THE UGLY TRUTH because it is a difficult message (and a box hard to break out of) for a sincere man truly looking for the one, truly looking for someone to share the rest of his life with, to overcome. Women that buy into to the message that men are pigs go on first dates showing maybe to much cleavage. Then if the man doesn’t look (prefering too find out how the woman really ticks) he is placed in that box of either of being gay or heaven forbid and even worse put into the friendship material not romance material box. That is why THE UGLY TRUTH is an ugly lie. There are many men out there, me included, that would prefer you cover the cleavage for a couple of dates, talk with us, tell us what makes you laugh, tell us what makes you tick, tell us what you want from a relationship, and if we connect on a mental and higher level, trust me the physical side of the relationship that follows will be amazing and bonding.
Total Footballs for THE UGLY TRUTH. None.
End of rant. Any comments about my out of control rant? Agree? Disagree? Tomorrow a more real movie, the wonderful 500 DAYS OF SUMMER.
Before telling you how much I hated this movie because of its message, just the facts. The screenplay was by Nicole Eastman (new), Karen McCullah Lutz (The House Bunny, Legally Blonde) Kirsten Smith (The House Bunny, Legally Blond) and directed by Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde). I should have read their bios before going to the movie. The movie stars (and is produced by) Katherine Heigl,Gerard Butler, Bree Turner & Eric Winter among others.
The basic plot line : Abby Richter (Heigl) is a romantically challenged morning show producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left her hopelessly single. She's in for a rude awakening when her bosses team her with Mike Chadway (Butler), a hardcore TV personality who promises to spill the ugly truth on what makes men and women tick.
The movie did have one or two funny scenes but what I hated about this movie besides it being extremely predictable, out of sequence scenes and poor lines, was that it was a lie. The Ugly Truth Couldn’t be farther from the truth for this man. The message it sent was the exact message that allows men to act rudely, be insensitive, and get away with things because “we are men we are supposed to act this way.” The movie’s message was that men are pigs and women have to lie about who they are to get a man. And because men are pigs the best way to attract us is to push your boobs towards us.
It is this kind of ridiculous message that allows stories like the beautiful ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews being unknowingly filmed in her hotel room and the nude photographs of her being posted on the Internet. Men get away with things like that because we are pigs so why shouldn’t we do that? The truth is the guy that took those pictures and posted them on the Internet should be castrated but as long as movies like THE UGLY TRUTH place men in that box of “all men are pigs” idiots like the jackass that violated the privacy of Erin Andrews will never suffer any consequences because they are just being men, after all. Bull.
I also hated the message of THE UGLY TRUTH because it is a difficult message (and a box hard to break out of) for a sincere man truly looking for the one, truly looking for someone to share the rest of his life with, to overcome. Women that buy into to the message that men are pigs go on first dates showing maybe to much cleavage. Then if the man doesn’t look (prefering too find out how the woman really ticks) he is placed in that box of either of being gay or heaven forbid and even worse put into the friendship material not romance material box. That is why THE UGLY TRUTH is an ugly lie. There are many men out there, me included, that would prefer you cover the cleavage for a couple of dates, talk with us, tell us what makes you laugh, tell us what makes you tick, tell us what you want from a relationship, and if we connect on a mental and higher level, trust me the physical side of the relationship that follows will be amazing and bonding.
Total Footballs for THE UGLY TRUTH. None.
End of rant. Any comments about my out of control rant? Agree? Disagree? Tomorrow a more real movie, the wonderful 500 DAYS OF SUMMER.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Counting Down To The Contest Start Date.
Just one week to go before a contest starts right here on The Dahn Reprt so if you have never posted a message on The Dahn Report get your buns in gear and do so by 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time on August 1, 2009 so you can enter the contest!
The contest will start on August 1, 2009 at 7 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time and will end August 5, 2009 at 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time. Anyone that has ever posted a comment on The Dahn Report or anyone that posts comment on The Dahn Report before August 1, 2009 at 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time will be an eligible participant for this contest. Eligible participants will be allowed one entry and one entry only. Because this time only one entry is allowed the ante is upped. In addition, unlike in the past, you will not be informed of the right answers until the contest ends. All entries must be emailed to williamjdahn@aol.com before the end of the contest. The winning entry will get to choose their $50 gift card from the following gift cards: Starbucks, Baja Fresh, Red Robin, Outback, Macy’s Nordstrom, Old Navy, and Home Depot. Second place will get to choose a $25 gift card from the aforementioned gift cards. The test will consist of twenty-nine questions covering BUT NOT LIMITED to trivia, who am I, where am I, what do these three things have in common, things about me posted here, and other subjects. You will not be able to Google some of the answers. Each question will have a point value placed with it, the entry with the most total points finishes first, the winner with the second most points finishes second My answers are final. While you may argue the answers the argument will fall on deaf errors and my answers are and will be the official ones. If two people tie for first there will be a coin flip, with the earliest entry getting to choose heads or tails. The loser of the coin flip will win the second prize. If more than two people tie for first Scabble playing tiles reprenting the first letter of the entrants name will be put into a bag and the winners will be drawn from the bag. The first drawn tile will be second place. The second drawn will be first place. Again, first Scrabble tile drawn will be second place. The second Scrabble tile drawn will be first place. The winner of the contest will be announced right here no later than midnight Pacific Daylight Time on August 8, 2009. POST AWAY, STUDY UP.
The answers to yesterday's stumpers:
Is it legal in California for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister? He is dead, dead people can't marry.
Some months have thirty days, how many have 28? All months have 28 days.
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have? Two.
How may animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark? None Moses didn't have an Ark Noah did.
A farmer has seventeen sheep and all but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left? Nine.
Today's questions are some brief Who Am I's:
I was born in Siberia, Russia, on April 19, 1987. I have been playing tennis since I was four years old. I won the Wimbledon title at the age of 17. Known for having a strong backhand, I have also won the Grand Slam singles title thrice. I have been ranked among the top 10 players in the world since 2004. Towards the end of 2006, I was the highest paid woman athlete in the world. Who am I?
Born in New York City in 1935, I was christened Allan Stewart Konigsberg. I’m a film director, actor, comedian and writer. I have also dabbled in jazz music. I am best known for my films which have a mixed style of satire, wit and humour. I am also a three-time Academy Award winner and have also won several foreign film awards. Who am I?
I am an American actress and have worked in theatre, television and films. My debut performance on stage was in 1971’s The Playboy of Seville and my film debut came with Julia in 1977. I have been nominated 14 times for the Oscars and have won the Academy Award twice. I have also been nominated 21 times for the Golden Globe awards and have also won the BAFTA. Who am I?
Yesterday I went to The Ugly Truth, which was a lie, today I am going to 500 Days of Summer, and either tomorrow or Monday on the blog depending on mom responsibilities I will post a review of both movies and discuss this week's Top Chef Masters.
May this be a great today and may you always know who you are! Are you ready for the contest? What is on the agenda for you today?
The contest will start on August 1, 2009 at 7 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time and will end August 5, 2009 at 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time. Anyone that has ever posted a comment on The Dahn Report or anyone that posts comment on The Dahn Report before August 1, 2009 at 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time will be an eligible participant for this contest. Eligible participants will be allowed one entry and one entry only. Because this time only one entry is allowed the ante is upped. In addition, unlike in the past, you will not be informed of the right answers until the contest ends. All entries must be emailed to williamjdahn@aol.com before the end of the contest. The winning entry will get to choose their $50 gift card from the following gift cards: Starbucks, Baja Fresh, Red Robin, Outback, Macy’s Nordstrom, Old Navy, and Home Depot. Second place will get to choose a $25 gift card from the aforementioned gift cards. The test will consist of twenty-nine questions covering BUT NOT LIMITED to trivia, who am I, where am I, what do these three things have in common, things about me posted here, and other subjects. You will not be able to Google some of the answers. Each question will have a point value placed with it, the entry with the most total points finishes first, the winner with the second most points finishes second My answers are final. While you may argue the answers the argument will fall on deaf errors and my answers are and will be the official ones. If two people tie for first there will be a coin flip, with the earliest entry getting to choose heads or tails. The loser of the coin flip will win the second prize. If more than two people tie for first Scabble playing tiles reprenting the first letter of the entrants name will be put into a bag and the winners will be drawn from the bag. The first drawn tile will be second place. The second drawn will be first place. Again, first Scrabble tile drawn will be second place. The second Scrabble tile drawn will be first place. The winner of the contest will be announced right here no later than midnight Pacific Daylight Time on August 8, 2009. POST AWAY, STUDY UP.
The answers to yesterday's stumpers:
Is it legal in California for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister? He is dead, dead people can't marry.
Some months have thirty days, how many have 28? All months have 28 days.
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have? Two.
How may animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark? None Moses didn't have an Ark Noah did.
A farmer has seventeen sheep and all but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left? Nine.
Today's questions are some brief Who Am I's:
I was born in Siberia, Russia, on April 19, 1987. I have been playing tennis since I was four years old. I won the Wimbledon title at the age of 17. Known for having a strong backhand, I have also won the Grand Slam singles title thrice. I have been ranked among the top 10 players in the world since 2004. Towards the end of 2006, I was the highest paid woman athlete in the world. Who am I?
Born in New York City in 1935, I was christened Allan Stewart Konigsberg. I’m a film director, actor, comedian and writer. I have also dabbled in jazz music. I am best known for my films which have a mixed style of satire, wit and humour. I am also a three-time Academy Award winner and have also won several foreign film awards. Who am I?
I am an American actress and have worked in theatre, television and films. My debut performance on stage was in 1971’s The Playboy of Seville and my film debut came with Julia in 1977. I have been nominated 14 times for the Oscars and have won the Academy Award twice. I have also been nominated 21 times for the Golden Globe awards and have also won the BAFTA. Who am I?
Yesterday I went to The Ugly Truth, which was a lie, today I am going to 500 Days of Summer, and either tomorrow or Monday on the blog depending on mom responsibilities I will post a review of both movies and discuss this week's Top Chef Masters.
May this be a great today and may you always know who you are! Are you ready for the contest? What is on the agenda for you today?
Friday, July 24, 2009
Friday! Update Day!
I read somewhere that men shouldn't use exclamation points because they are to femine. As you see in the title of today's post I didn't really pay much attention to the article.
I don’t really have any updates that I haven’t written about on a daily basis so just an update on a trial mentioned in a previous blog post. The some fun stuff for the questions of the day. But first I wanted to mention from their respective blogs that Dona is out of commission. She has a painful shoulder that she took even more painful shots for. Send her some good thoughts, prayers, vibes please. Snug is fighting credit card companies. Mary Z is on the beach watching storms come in. Connie is near Mt. Rushmore anxiously waiting the next trivia contest. They all are missed.
Today I am thinking about taking in one of two movies and then tomorrow see the other movie. I’m not sure I will get to both of them but I am going to make the effort. Today I will probably see The Ugly Truth. Tomorrow 500 Days of Summer. The later is only playing at one theater and it is downtown Portland. Fridays in downtown Portland are usually pretty busy so I’m thinking Saturday would be a better day to make that jaunt. If I go to either I will post reviews about them.
Sometime back I mentioned on a blog post about two parents that were on trial because they didn’t take their daughter to the doctor when she was ill because of their religious beliefs. Their daughter died. The D.A. charged them with manslaughter and child endangerment. Here is a link to that post:
http://thedahnreport.blogspot.com/2009/07/right-to-believe-right-to-parent-tates.html
The verdict came in late last night. The wife was acquitted on all charges. The husband was acquitted on all charges but one misdemeanor, which could lead to a year in jail for him. The jury was obviously conflicted taking almost five days to deliberate with at one point them telling the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked. At the point the jury told the judge they were deadlocked he sent them home and told them to come back and try again. They did and according to news reports at oregonlive.com the reason they acquitted the Worthingtons was they did think they intended to cause the child harm. You can read the news article of the acquittal here:
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/07/worthington_jury_has_reached_a.html
While I agree with most of the verdict it does bug me a bit that only the husband was found guilty of a crime. Weren't the husband and wife equally responsible for the decision to not take their daughter to the doctor?
Here is today's funstuff:
Is it legal in California for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister?
Some months have thirty days, how many have 28?
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
How may animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark?
A farmer has seventeen sheep and all but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
Good luck on the above questions. What do you think of the verdict in the Faith Healing trial? Plus it is time to update me on your life. Tell me everything and anything. Post whatever you damn well please. If you are new post a comment introducing yourself and you can participate in the trivia contest starting August 1
and maybe win a $50 or $25 gift card! The Blog is now yours!
I don’t really have any updates that I haven’t written about on a daily basis so just an update on a trial mentioned in a previous blog post. The some fun stuff for the questions of the day. But first I wanted to mention from their respective blogs that Dona is out of commission. She has a painful shoulder that she took even more painful shots for. Send her some good thoughts, prayers, vibes please. Snug is fighting credit card companies. Mary Z is on the beach watching storms come in. Connie is near Mt. Rushmore anxiously waiting the next trivia contest. They all are missed.
Today I am thinking about taking in one of two movies and then tomorrow see the other movie. I’m not sure I will get to both of them but I am going to make the effort. Today I will probably see The Ugly Truth. Tomorrow 500 Days of Summer. The later is only playing at one theater and it is downtown Portland. Fridays in downtown Portland are usually pretty busy so I’m thinking Saturday would be a better day to make that jaunt. If I go to either I will post reviews about them.
Sometime back I mentioned on a blog post about two parents that were on trial because they didn’t take their daughter to the doctor when she was ill because of their religious beliefs. Their daughter died. The D.A. charged them with manslaughter and child endangerment. Here is a link to that post:
http://thedahnreport.blogspot.com/2009/07/right-to-believe-right-to-parent-tates.html
The verdict came in late last night. The wife was acquitted on all charges. The husband was acquitted on all charges but one misdemeanor, which could lead to a year in jail for him. The jury was obviously conflicted taking almost five days to deliberate with at one point them telling the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked. At the point the jury told the judge they were deadlocked he sent them home and told them to come back and try again. They did and according to news reports at oregonlive.com the reason they acquitted the Worthingtons was they did think they intended to cause the child harm. You can read the news article of the acquittal here:
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/07/worthington_jury_has_reached_a.html
While I agree with most of the verdict it does bug me a bit that only the husband was found guilty of a crime. Weren't the husband and wife equally responsible for the decision to not take their daughter to the doctor?
Here is today's funstuff:
Is it legal in California for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister?
Some months have thirty days, how many have 28?
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
How may animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark?
A farmer has seventeen sheep and all but nine die. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
Good luck on the above questions. What do you think of the verdict in the Faith Healing trial? Plus it is time to update me on your life. Tell me everything and anything. Post whatever you damn well please. If you are new post a comment introducing yourself and you can participate in the trivia contest starting August 1
and maybe win a $50 or $25 gift card! The Blog is now yours!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Comedy Equals Relationships & Life
Yesterday’s differences between the pictures; 1. Sign was higher; 2.Window was different; 3. Book was larger; 4. Bush was missing; 5. Shoes were different; 6. Tree limb was missing. Today’s trivia is at the end of today’s blog entry.
Last night was my second week in a row of attending The Farm Team Comedy Sportz Class. I’m not going to talk about me on stage last night, although I did get up and participate in three skits. What I am going to talk about is some of the off stage exercises and on stage exercises. And how they could be very helpful relationship exercises. I didn’t really think about it until at the end of the class when the instructor had everyone tell what they learned in the class and one lady said “I learned relationship tools.” Thinking about that on the way home I thought she was right on. In fact so right on that I would love it if the readers and posters here would try the exercises with their spouses or significant other.
An off stage exercise that was to help you connect with your stage partner and also learn to pay attention to him or her on stage. You had to sit directly across from your partner and stare into each other’s eyes until the instructor blew the whistle. It was a good sixty to ninety seconds, which truly is a lifetime. The urge to look away is overpowering, the connection you feel with your partner at the end of the exercise is amazing.
Negativity and arguments can often kill a stage scene. Negativity and arguments can often kill a relationship. The next exercise was when someone started a stage scene was to not turn the scene into an argument. You had to agree with what the first person said in the scene. Example:
First person: You left the coffee pot on last night.
Second person: Yes, I did.
(human nature is to argue and say no, which leads to yes you did and an argument starts)
First Person: Will you turn it off tonight?
Second Person: Yes.
(human nature is to say I turned it off last night and an argument continues)
If you are in the second role it is very hard fight human nature and always agree. However, when you do not only do you avoid the argument it often turns into very funny self-depreciating humor.
Another stage exercise was “yes, and you once” or “yes, and you always”. You each had to use one of those phrases at the beginning of your sentence, without starting an argument. The subject was polyester.
Scene starts with the lady looking at the stage male partner’s pants
“Yes and you once maybe twenty years someone would think polyester was in style”
“Yes and you always told me I looked stunning in my polyester leisure suit.”
Human nature would be to respond to the first sentence with, something along the line of quit making fun of my clothes, do I have to change, or some phrase that would lead to an argument. It really was amazing how hard it was not to turn the scenes into argument but just as amazing as how the scene became funny and positive trying to avoid an argument.
Today’s trivia:
What is the gestation period of an Hippopotamus?; Which of the following inventions was the first to be patented? A: Chewing Gum, B: Dishwasher, C: Cash Register, D: Rubber Band; When the first Burger King Restaurant opened in 1954, how much did a hamburger cost?; On I Love Lucy What was the name of Fred and Ethel's dog?; On Star Trek who was originally offered the original role of Spock?
Hope you have a great day filled with laughter and sans arguments
Last night was my second week in a row of attending The Farm Team Comedy Sportz Class. I’m not going to talk about me on stage last night, although I did get up and participate in three skits. What I am going to talk about is some of the off stage exercises and on stage exercises. And how they could be very helpful relationship exercises. I didn’t really think about it until at the end of the class when the instructor had everyone tell what they learned in the class and one lady said “I learned relationship tools.” Thinking about that on the way home I thought she was right on. In fact so right on that I would love it if the readers and posters here would try the exercises with their spouses or significant other.
An off stage exercise that was to help you connect with your stage partner and also learn to pay attention to him or her on stage. You had to sit directly across from your partner and stare into each other’s eyes until the instructor blew the whistle. It was a good sixty to ninety seconds, which truly is a lifetime. The urge to look away is overpowering, the connection you feel with your partner at the end of the exercise is amazing.
Negativity and arguments can often kill a stage scene. Negativity and arguments can often kill a relationship. The next exercise was when someone started a stage scene was to not turn the scene into an argument. You had to agree with what the first person said in the scene. Example:
First person: You left the coffee pot on last night.
Second person: Yes, I did.
(human nature is to argue and say no, which leads to yes you did and an argument starts)
First Person: Will you turn it off tonight?
Second Person: Yes.
(human nature is to say I turned it off last night and an argument continues)
If you are in the second role it is very hard fight human nature and always agree. However, when you do not only do you avoid the argument it often turns into very funny self-depreciating humor.
Another stage exercise was “yes, and you once” or “yes, and you always”. You each had to use one of those phrases at the beginning of your sentence, without starting an argument. The subject was polyester.
Scene starts with the lady looking at the stage male partner’s pants
“Yes and you once maybe twenty years someone would think polyester was in style”
“Yes and you always told me I looked stunning in my polyester leisure suit.”
Human nature would be to respond to the first sentence with, something along the line of quit making fun of my clothes, do I have to change, or some phrase that would lead to an argument. It really was amazing how hard it was not to turn the scenes into argument but just as amazing as how the scene became funny and positive trying to avoid an argument.
Today’s trivia:
What is the gestation period of an Hippopotamus?; Which of the following inventions was the first to be patented? A: Chewing Gum, B: Dishwasher, C: Cash Register, D: Rubber Band; When the first Burger King Restaurant opened in 1954, how much did a hamburger cost?; On I Love Lucy What was the name of Fred and Ethel's dog?; On Star Trek who was originally offered the original role of Spock?
Hope you have a great day filled with laughter and sans arguments
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
A Lot of L's
Laundry, Laziness, Leisure, Library, Little bit of work, Lottery, and Look alike pictures are my day in a nutshell.
The answer to yesterday's object was either pen or pencil. Today at the end of the blog there will be two pictures. You have to tell me the difference between the two pictures. There are six differences.
Yesterday was a recovering from slacking day. I had to cancel a dinner date with one of my favorite people because I slacked so much that I needed the evening to work on a work project. I also had a lunch that had been scheduled since before my birthday that was on my schedule. Two restaurant meals in one day is just to much food with me. The dinner is rescheduled for the first week in August. The lunch was with a very beautiful young woman that I have been friends with for years. Her birthday is close to mine so for years we always went out to celebrate our birthdays together. We went to the Macroni Grill in Bridgeport Village in Tigard. We caught up on our lives, how her children and husband are doing, how she is doing with her new job, and what is going on with me. She also told me an act of kindness that she before my birthday so the total acts of kindness for my birthday hit 135. We are going to try to get together a little more often. Next time we are seriously considering meeting at Higgins for lunch. I'm sure that will bring back memories to Mary, Pat, & Bev.
I also did some reading yesterday and finished Catherine Coulter's THE MAZE, two days ago I finished Harlan Coben's LONG LOST. It took me a total of four days to read both books. The were both gripping and among their best work.
Today I need to get my laundry done. I also have to return the books to the library and check out another one. Thanks to working last night I am long into the work project but it still requireas a little bit of work. I'm also going to have some lazy moments, recovering from slacking needs to be a slow withdrawal. Then a leisurely drive towards the coast, a detour for a quiet lunch, and a stop to buy lottery tickets. Powerball is up to 74 million. I can live on that, mabe I'd have to use coupons but I am willing to try.
Here is today's quiz, tell me the difference between the following two pictures. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
How many L's are you life today? Could you live on 74 millions dollars? Would you take the full 74 million over 30 years (about two and half million a year before taxes? or would take the option of getting half of it now?
The answer to yesterday's object was either pen or pencil. Today at the end of the blog there will be two pictures. You have to tell me the difference between the two pictures. There are six differences.
Yesterday was a recovering from slacking day. I had to cancel a dinner date with one of my favorite people because I slacked so much that I needed the evening to work on a work project. I also had a lunch that had been scheduled since before my birthday that was on my schedule. Two restaurant meals in one day is just to much food with me. The dinner is rescheduled for the first week in August. The lunch was with a very beautiful young woman that I have been friends with for years. Her birthday is close to mine so for years we always went out to celebrate our birthdays together. We went to the Macroni Grill in Bridgeport Village in Tigard. We caught up on our lives, how her children and husband are doing, how she is doing with her new job, and what is going on with me. She also told me an act of kindness that she before my birthday so the total acts of kindness for my birthday hit 135. We are going to try to get together a little more often. Next time we are seriously considering meeting at Higgins for lunch. I'm sure that will bring back memories to Mary, Pat, & Bev.
I also did some reading yesterday and finished Catherine Coulter's THE MAZE, two days ago I finished Harlan Coben's LONG LOST. It took me a total of four days to read both books. The were both gripping and among their best work.
Today I need to get my laundry done. I also have to return the books to the library and check out another one. Thanks to working last night I am long into the work project but it still requireas a little bit of work. I'm also going to have some lazy moments, recovering from slacking needs to be a slow withdrawal. Then a leisurely drive towards the coast, a detour for a quiet lunch, and a stop to buy lottery tickets. Powerball is up to 74 million. I can live on that, mabe I'd have to use coupons but I am willing to try.
Here is today's quiz, tell me the difference between the following two pictures. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
How many L's are you life today? Could you live on 74 millions dollars? Would you take the full 74 million over 30 years (about two and half million a year before taxes? or would take the option of getting half of it now?
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
I'm A Slacker
Here I was working on a work project yesterday and got to thinking I really didn't want to work so I tubed the work project and took off for the Oregon Coast for a day trip. I had a really nice time. Nice drive, nice scenery, great lunch - hot turkey sandwich, nice read, and I didn't flip one driver the bird! I actually gave some thought about driving to LA to attend a comedy event but just didn't think I was quite ready for that long of a trip, especially since it is so hot up and down the West Coast. I really am getting better and I do think had I known about the event just a few days earlier I would have gone!Then I could have planned for a head set for my cell phone (California bans the us of cell phones while driving) and gotten a haircut, etc. It is amazing how much I have improved mentally in just such a short time, things that used to intimidate me now kind of excite me.
Yesterday was the 40TH anniversary of man's first landing on the moon. My who we are questions were in honor of that date and were the men that were in the spacecraft that historic day. In order the answer to the Who Are We's were Michael Collins, the man who stayed in the spacecraft, Edward Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man on the moon.
Today we are going to try a stumper. Not a trivia a stumper you tell me the object I am describing:
This is the specification for the most incredible, sophisticated planning and communications tool yet invented: It's portable - so light don't even notice it your pocket or brief case. Its life is more than one-hundred times greater than the current best re-chargeable power-packs. It is extremely durable - if dropped from 50 feet onto concrete it'll be good as new within a minute or two at the longest. It's so intuitive that anyone can use it immediately without training. You can use it on a plane - even during take off. It uses a remarkable data input method as fast as an experienced qwerty keyboard operator, and yet requires no keyboard skills. It handles graphics as easily as text and can even handle 3-D modeling and complicated calculations. It is compatible with any paper output, even a bus-ticket or a table napkin, and is universally adaptable to any reader format. It is completely wireless, already available all over the world, thanks to a distribution network greater than Microsoft's, and comes in hundreds of model variants to suit all styles and egos - you can even get gold-plated ones. It costs a fraction of a penny per day over its lifetime, and if you lose it, its inherent unbreakable security will leave no trace of confidential files or personal history. Replacements are no problem because you can afford to keep a couple spare with you all the time. What object am I?
OK, now that I am behind in work I must get my arse back to work!!
Have you ever been a slacker?
Yesterday was the 40TH anniversary of man's first landing on the moon. My who we are questions were in honor of that date and were the men that were in the spacecraft that historic day. In order the answer to the Who Are We's were Michael Collins, the man who stayed in the spacecraft, Edward Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man on the moon.
Today we are going to try a stumper. Not a trivia a stumper you tell me the object I am describing:
This is the specification for the most incredible, sophisticated planning and communications tool yet invented: It's portable - so light don't even notice it your pocket or brief case. Its life is more than one-hundred times greater than the current best re-chargeable power-packs. It is extremely durable - if dropped from 50 feet onto concrete it'll be good as new within a minute or two at the longest. It's so intuitive that anyone can use it immediately without training. You can use it on a plane - even during take off. It uses a remarkable data input method as fast as an experienced qwerty keyboard operator, and yet requires no keyboard skills. It handles graphics as easily as text and can even handle 3-D modeling and complicated calculations. It is compatible with any paper output, even a bus-ticket or a table napkin, and is universally adaptable to any reader format. It is completely wireless, already available all over the world, thanks to a distribution network greater than Microsoft's, and comes in hundreds of model variants to suit all styles and egos - you can even get gold-plated ones. It costs a fraction of a penny per day over its lifetime, and if you lose it, its inherent unbreakable security will leave no trace of confidential files or personal history. Replacements are no problem because you can afford to keep a couple spare with you all the time. What object am I?
OK, now that I am behind in work I must get my arse back to work!!
Have you ever been a slacker?
Monday, July 20, 2009
Who Are We?
No emotional wringing posts today, just a mention of a very talented man and a who are we trivia test. The answers to yesterday's test appear at the end of the blog entry.
Frank McCourt author of Angela's Ashes died July 19, 2009. A uniquely talented individual who was published after retiring as teacher in New York City. The original publication of Angel's Ashes was 25,000 copies but then went on to sell over four million copies. Intelligent, Funny, witty, he will be missed.
I was Born in Rome, Italy, on October 31, 1930. Married to the former Patricia of Boston, Massachusetts. Three grown children (two daughters, one son). My hobbies include fishing and handball. I graduated from Saint Albans School in Washington, D.C.; received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1952. Member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Presented the Presidential Medal for Freedom in 1969. I chose an Air Force career following graduation from West Point. I served as an experimental flight test officer at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, and, in that capacity, tested performance and stability and control characteristics of Air Force aircraft--primarily jet fighters. As pilot on the 3-day Gemini X mission, launched July 18, 1966, I shared with command pilot, John Young, in the accomplishments of that record-setting flight. These accomplishments included a successful rendezvous and docking with a separately launched Agena target vehicle and, using the power of the Agena, maneuvering the Gemini spacecraft into another orbit for a rendezvous with a second, passive Agena. My skillful performance in completing two periods of extravehicular activity included the recovery of a micrometeorite detection experiment from the passive Agena. Gemini X attained an apogee of approximately 475 statute miles and traveled a distance of 1,275,091 statute miles--after which splashdown occurred in the West Atlantic, 529 miles east of Cape Kennedy. The spacecraft landed 2.6 miles from the USS GUADALCANAL and became the second spacecraft in the Gemini program to land within eye and camera range of the prime recovery ship. Although I was a the command pilot of another famous flight I am often the forgotten one. I rode instead of walked. Who Am I?
Sometimes men hate being second and alhtough I was a bit disappointed at not being first I really didn't hate being second at this one major point in history. I was born January 20, 1930 in Montclair, New Jersey. After graduating from Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey in 1946, I turned down a full scholarship offer from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and instead went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. I obtained my famous nickname because my sister just couldn't pronounce brother. I liked the nickname so much it became my legal first name in 1988. I graduated third in his class at West Point in 1951 with a B.S. degree. I was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and served as a jet fighter pilot during the Korean War. I flew 66 combat missions in F-86 Sabres and shot down two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. The June 8, 1953 issue of LIFE magazine featured gun camera photos taken by me of one of the Russian pilots ejecting from his damaged aircraft. After the war, I was assigned as an aerial gunnery instructor at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, and next was an aide at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He flew F-100 Super Sabres as a flight commander at Bitburg, Germany in the 22nd Fighter Squadron. I then earned my D.Sc. degree in Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. My graduate thesis was Line-of-sight guidance techniques for manned orbital rendezvous. On completion of my doctorate, I was assigned to the Gemini Target Office of the Air Force Space Systems Division in Los Angeles, and finally to the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Edwards Air Force Base. I set a record for extra-vehicular activity and proved that astronauts could work outside the spacecraft. I originally was proposed as the first make this historic step but due to the physical positioning of the cred it was easier for a crew mate to get the glory. In March 1972, I retired from active duty after 21 years of service, and returned to the Air Force in a managerial role, but my career was blighted by personal problems. I struggled with clinical depression and alcoholism in the years following my famous flight career. I helped create the rap single and video, "Rocket Experience". I have been married three times. With my first wife I had three children. I married my current and third wife on Valentine's Day in 1988. I have won the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, two awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and three awards of the Air Medal. Civilian awards and decorations include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, and the Harmon International Trophy. I also made a guest star appearance in an episode of animated sitcom The Simpsons entitled "Deep Space Homer. I also received the 2003 Humanitarian Award from Variety, the Children's Charity, which, according to the organization, "is given to an individual who has shown unusual understanding, empathy, and devotion to mankind." Who Am I.
Don't confuse me with a former hocky player with the same name. I was born August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. I married twice and had three children. Sadly my first wife died of pneumonia, related to her weakened health from cancer, on January 28, 1962. I married my second wife in 1994. Among other things I have been a test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. While I am remembered for being first on that famous day, it was also a last for me. I am a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. When I was in the United States Navy I saw action in the Korean War. I was only the second person in my family to attend college. I was also to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but the only engineer I knew (who had attended MIT) dissuaded me from attending. My college tuition was paid for under the Holloway Plan; successful applicants committed to four years of study, followed by three years of service in the United States Navy, then completion of the final two years of the degree. At Purdue, I received average marks in my subjects, with a GPA that rose and fell over the eight semesters. I received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1955, and a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California in 1970. I hold honorary doctorates from a number of universities. My call-up from the Navy arrived on January 26, 1949, and required me to report to Naval Air Station Pensacola for flight training. This lasted almost 18 months, during which time I qualified for carrier landing aboard the USS Cabot and USS Wright. I first saw action in the Korean War on August 29, 1951,as an escort for a photo reconnaissance plane over Songjin. Five days later, I was shot down for the only time. While making a low bombing run at about 350 mph (560 km/h) in my F9F Panther, My plane was hit by anti-aircraft gunfire. The plane took a nose dive, and sliced through a cable strung about 500 ft (150 m) up across the valley by the North Koreans. This sheared off an estimated six feet (2 m) of its right wing. I was able to fly the plane back to friendly territory, but could not land the plane safely due to the loss of the aileron, which left ejection as his only option. I planned to eject over water and await rescue by navy helicopters, so I flew to an airfield near Pohang. Instead of a water rescue, winds forced his ejection seat back over land. Armstrong was picked up by a jeep driven by a roommate from flight school. Over Korea, I flew 78 missions for a total of 121 hours in the air, most of which was in January 1952. I received the Air Medal for 20 combat missions, a Gold Star for the next 20, and the Korean Service Medal and Engagement Star. I was chosen first to make a small step with a golf club in hand because I was because co-workers were buzzing about me not having as big of ego as on of the rest of the crew. In the fall of 1979, I was working at my farm near Lebanon, Ohio. As I jumped off of the back of his grain truck, my wedding ring caught in the wheel, tearing off my ring finger. I calmly collected the severed digit, packed it in ice, and managed to have it reattached by microsurgeons at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Known for small steps and giant leaps, Who Am I?
Yesterday's answers. The liquid inside young coconuts be used as a substitute for plasman. Although some say this is a myth Donkeys have been said to kill more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks. Oak trees should be fifty years or older before producing acorns? Wrigley Spearmint gum was the first product to have a bar code. The King of Hearts is the only king not to have a moustache in a regular deck of playing cards. Venus is the only that rotates clockwise. Walt Disney was afraid mice. Pearls dissolve if you put them in vinegar? Turtles can breath through their butts.
Hope this day is a great day for you and you know who you are! Anything exciting going on today in your neck of the woods?
Frank McCourt author of Angela's Ashes died July 19, 2009. A uniquely talented individual who was published after retiring as teacher in New York City. The original publication of Angel's Ashes was 25,000 copies but then went on to sell over four million copies. Intelligent, Funny, witty, he will be missed.
I was Born in Rome, Italy, on October 31, 1930. Married to the former Patricia of Boston, Massachusetts. Three grown children (two daughters, one son). My hobbies include fishing and handball. I graduated from Saint Albans School in Washington, D.C.; received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1952. Member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Presented the Presidential Medal for Freedom in 1969. I chose an Air Force career following graduation from West Point. I served as an experimental flight test officer at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, and, in that capacity, tested performance and stability and control characteristics of Air Force aircraft--primarily jet fighters. As pilot on the 3-day Gemini X mission, launched July 18, 1966, I shared with command pilot, John Young, in the accomplishments of that record-setting flight. These accomplishments included a successful rendezvous and docking with a separately launched Agena target vehicle and, using the power of the Agena, maneuvering the Gemini spacecraft into another orbit for a rendezvous with a second, passive Agena. My skillful performance in completing two periods of extravehicular activity included the recovery of a micrometeorite detection experiment from the passive Agena. Gemini X attained an apogee of approximately 475 statute miles and traveled a distance of 1,275,091 statute miles--after which splashdown occurred in the West Atlantic, 529 miles east of Cape Kennedy. The spacecraft landed 2.6 miles from the USS GUADALCANAL and became the second spacecraft in the Gemini program to land within eye and camera range of the prime recovery ship. Although I was a the command pilot of another famous flight I am often the forgotten one. I rode instead of walked. Who Am I?
Sometimes men hate being second and alhtough I was a bit disappointed at not being first I really didn't hate being second at this one major point in history. I was born January 20, 1930 in Montclair, New Jersey. After graduating from Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey in 1946, I turned down a full scholarship offer from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and instead went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. I obtained my famous nickname because my sister just couldn't pronounce brother. I liked the nickname so much it became my legal first name in 1988. I graduated third in his class at West Point in 1951 with a B.S. degree. I was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and served as a jet fighter pilot during the Korean War. I flew 66 combat missions in F-86 Sabres and shot down two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. The June 8, 1953 issue of LIFE magazine featured gun camera photos taken by me of one of the Russian pilots ejecting from his damaged aircraft. After the war, I was assigned as an aerial gunnery instructor at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, and next was an aide at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He flew F-100 Super Sabres as a flight commander at Bitburg, Germany in the 22nd Fighter Squadron. I then earned my D.Sc. degree in Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. My graduate thesis was Line-of-sight guidance techniques for manned orbital rendezvous. On completion of my doctorate, I was assigned to the Gemini Target Office of the Air Force Space Systems Division in Los Angeles, and finally to the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Edwards Air Force Base. I set a record for extra-vehicular activity and proved that astronauts could work outside the spacecraft. I originally was proposed as the first make this historic step but due to the physical positioning of the cred it was easier for a crew mate to get the glory. In March 1972, I retired from active duty after 21 years of service, and returned to the Air Force in a managerial role, but my career was blighted by personal problems. I struggled with clinical depression and alcoholism in the years following my famous flight career. I helped create the rap single and video, "Rocket Experience". I have been married three times. With my first wife I had three children. I married my current and third wife on Valentine's Day in 1988. I have won the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, two awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and three awards of the Air Medal. Civilian awards and decorations include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, and the Harmon International Trophy. I also made a guest star appearance in an episode of animated sitcom The Simpsons entitled "Deep Space Homer. I also received the 2003 Humanitarian Award from Variety, the Children's Charity, which, according to the organization, "is given to an individual who has shown unusual understanding, empathy, and devotion to mankind." Who Am I.
Don't confuse me with a former hocky player with the same name. I was born August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. I married twice and had three children. Sadly my first wife died of pneumonia, related to her weakened health from cancer, on January 28, 1962. I married my second wife in 1994. Among other things I have been a test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. While I am remembered for being first on that famous day, it was also a last for me. I am a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. When I was in the United States Navy I saw action in the Korean War. I was only the second person in my family to attend college. I was also to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but the only engineer I knew (who had attended MIT) dissuaded me from attending. My college tuition was paid for under the Holloway Plan; successful applicants committed to four years of study, followed by three years of service in the United States Navy, then completion of the final two years of the degree. At Purdue, I received average marks in my subjects, with a GPA that rose and fell over the eight semesters. I received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1955, and a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California in 1970. I hold honorary doctorates from a number of universities. My call-up from the Navy arrived on January 26, 1949, and required me to report to Naval Air Station Pensacola for flight training. This lasted almost 18 months, during which time I qualified for carrier landing aboard the USS Cabot and USS Wright. I first saw action in the Korean War on August 29, 1951,as an escort for a photo reconnaissance plane over Songjin. Five days later, I was shot down for the only time. While making a low bombing run at about 350 mph (560 km/h) in my F9F Panther, My plane was hit by anti-aircraft gunfire. The plane took a nose dive, and sliced through a cable strung about 500 ft (150 m) up across the valley by the North Koreans. This sheared off an estimated six feet (2 m) of its right wing. I was able to fly the plane back to friendly territory, but could not land the plane safely due to the loss of the aileron, which left ejection as his only option. I planned to eject over water and await rescue by navy helicopters, so I flew to an airfield near Pohang. Instead of a water rescue, winds forced his ejection seat back over land. Armstrong was picked up by a jeep driven by a roommate from flight school. Over Korea, I flew 78 missions for a total of 121 hours in the air, most of which was in January 1952. I received the Air Medal for 20 combat missions, a Gold Star for the next 20, and the Korean Service Medal and Engagement Star. I was chosen first to make a small step with a golf club in hand because I was because co-workers were buzzing about me not having as big of ego as on of the rest of the crew. In the fall of 1979, I was working at my farm near Lebanon, Ohio. As I jumped off of the back of his grain truck, my wedding ring caught in the wheel, tearing off my ring finger. I calmly collected the severed digit, packed it in ice, and managed to have it reattached by microsurgeons at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Known for small steps and giant leaps, Who Am I?
Yesterday's answers. The liquid inside young coconuts be used as a substitute for plasman. Although some say this is a myth Donkeys have been said to kill more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks. Oak trees should be fifty years or older before producing acorns? Wrigley Spearmint gum was the first product to have a bar code. The King of Hearts is the only king not to have a moustache in a regular deck of playing cards. Venus is the only that rotates clockwise. Walt Disney was afraid mice. Pearls dissolve if you put them in vinegar? Turtles can breath through their butts.
Hope this day is a great day for you and you know who you are! Anything exciting going on today in your neck of the woods?
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Mom Update, Trivia Returns.
I have all twenty-nine questions ready to go for the contest starting at 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time on August 1, 2009 right here on my blog where anyone that has ever or will post a comment on the blog by the time the contest starts can enter. The questions will cover three in common, trivia, current events, who am I, where am I, questions about me from the blog, Jeopardy and other things. I tried to pick questions that were hard to Google so be prepared. Post a comment now on The Dahn Report and you can compete with the regular posters for a $50 and a $25 gift card!Now that I have the contest completed we can go back to daily or every other day questions. Today's questions come from an email from Kaye, meaning she can't play today. The questions are at the end of today's blog entry.
Tomorrow will mark one week of Mom being gone. She is doing amazingly well. They have taken a couple of day trips in Utah. At Mom's request they drove the fourteen hour trip in one day. She was a little stiff the day after the trip, well duh. But she recovered in one day. Now here is the surprising thing. Either Mom or Sis has called every day. I've done a great job of letting go. I've called twice and once it was a required call due to an emergency. The emergency call was the day after Mom left when I got a call from my Aunt, really my second mom. She had just spent five days in the hospital. They didn't call Mom while my aunt was hospitalized because they didn't want to worry her and they didn't know Mom had went to Utah. They called me in a panic since they couldn't get ahold of mom. My aunt's lungs filled with water, they had misdiagnosed the problem she was having a couple of months ago as bronchitis, so they had to drain her lungs and put her on an oxygen tank. When my aunt called she was home but still on the oxygen tank, and it is up in the air whether she will have to keep the oxygen tank the rest of her life. I called Mom to catch her up and tell her to call Velma. Prayers, good thoughts, and good vibes my aunt's direction would be appreciated. The other time I called was this morning. Just a catch up call.
How am I doing? I'm glad you asked. The first week has been one of baby steps, healing mentally, healing physically, and stark realizations. I didn't really realize what having the responsibility of a parent could really do to your mental and physical health. I did realize it on some level just not the depth of it. Especially mentally. After one week I am sleeping better, my stress level is down, these unrealistic but constant fears that I have had for a long time have subsided. They haven't gone away but they are on each day getting less and less. The fears have gone from such a high level to such a low level in such a short period of time that I am going to suggest that if you soon get the responsibility of an elderly parent or have just recently become responsible for an elderly parent that you seek out counseling on a weekly or monthly basis. I will admit this is a case of do as I say not as I do but do gain from my experience. I am also going to suggest that your elderly parents also seeks counseling on a weekly or monthly basis. Another case of do as I say not as I do. But again gain from my experience. Now on to the questions of the day?
Today's questions:
What can liquid inside young coconuts be used as a substitute for?
Watch your ass because this animal kills more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks.
How old do oak trees have to be before they began producing acorns?
What was the first product to have a bar code?
In a regular deck of playing cards what is the only king not to have a moustache?
What planet is the only that rotates clockwise?
What rodent was Walt Disney afraid of?
What do pearls do if you put them in vinegar?
What reptile of the Testudines group can breath through their butts?
Kaye's answers are final. Hope this is an enjoyabe Sunday and really because I don't want to be legally liable this is a cover my arse warning, please don't try breathing through your butts.
Tomorrow will mark one week of Mom being gone. She is doing amazingly well. They have taken a couple of day trips in Utah. At Mom's request they drove the fourteen hour trip in one day. She was a little stiff the day after the trip, well duh. But she recovered in one day. Now here is the surprising thing. Either Mom or Sis has called every day. I've done a great job of letting go. I've called twice and once it was a required call due to an emergency. The emergency call was the day after Mom left when I got a call from my Aunt, really my second mom. She had just spent five days in the hospital. They didn't call Mom while my aunt was hospitalized because they didn't want to worry her and they didn't know Mom had went to Utah. They called me in a panic since they couldn't get ahold of mom. My aunt's lungs filled with water, they had misdiagnosed the problem she was having a couple of months ago as bronchitis, so they had to drain her lungs and put her on an oxygen tank. When my aunt called she was home but still on the oxygen tank, and it is up in the air whether she will have to keep the oxygen tank the rest of her life. I called Mom to catch her up and tell her to call Velma. Prayers, good thoughts, and good vibes my aunt's direction would be appreciated. The other time I called was this morning. Just a catch up call.
How am I doing? I'm glad you asked. The first week has been one of baby steps, healing mentally, healing physically, and stark realizations. I didn't really realize what having the responsibility of a parent could really do to your mental and physical health. I did realize it on some level just not the depth of it. Especially mentally. After one week I am sleeping better, my stress level is down, these unrealistic but constant fears that I have had for a long time have subsided. They haven't gone away but they are on each day getting less and less. The fears have gone from such a high level to such a low level in such a short period of time that I am going to suggest that if you soon get the responsibility of an elderly parent or have just recently become responsible for an elderly parent that you seek out counseling on a weekly or monthly basis. I will admit this is a case of do as I say not as I do but do gain from my experience. I am also going to suggest that your elderly parents also seeks counseling on a weekly or monthly basis. Another case of do as I say not as I do. But again gain from my experience. Now on to the questions of the day?
Today's questions:
What can liquid inside young coconuts be used as a substitute for?
Watch your ass because this animal kills more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks.
How old do oak trees have to be before they began producing acorns?
What was the first product to have a bar code?
In a regular deck of playing cards what is the only king not to have a moustache?
What planet is the only that rotates clockwise?
What rodent was Walt Disney afraid of?
What do pearls do if you put them in vinegar?
What reptile of the Testudines group can breath through their butts?
Kaye's answers are final. Hope this is an enjoyabe Sunday and really because I don't want to be legally liable this is a cover my arse warning, please don't try breathing through your butts.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
"Go Baby Go"
He shouted on as the spaceship with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edward Aldrin on board took off for the moon. His tears on air as he announced the assasination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. "Those Thugs" he said of those disrupting a Democratic National Convention. He covered the World War II battle of the Atlantic. He lands in 1944 with the Allied troops in North Africa and takes part in the Normandy invasion. He drops with the 101st Airborne division in Holland as part of the Third Army at The Battle of The Bulge. He was the chief corresondent of the Nuremburg Trials. He covers the first televised political convention. After he visited Vietnam in 1965 his criticism of the war helped turn public opinion against it. He covered Watergate. Once voted the most trusted man in America. Still voted the most trusted newsman even after retirement. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. The first non-astronaut to receive NASA's Ambassador Of Exploration Award. He resides in The Televison Hall of Fame. If there is a heaven he resides there now.
His words are etched in the history of almost every major event in the last sixty years. Here are just a few examples of his historic words(from the Oregonian at Oregonlive.com):
On The Vietnam War:
"We have been to often disappointed by the optimism of the American Leaders, both in Vietnam and Washington, to have faith any longer in the silver linings they find in the darkest clouds. It seems more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. It is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out, then, will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did it the best they could."
On Man's first landing on the moon:
"Whew boy ---- There he is, there's a foot coming down the stairs---- Armstrong is on the moon - Neil Armstrong, 38 year-old American standing on the surface of the moon, on this July 20, Nineteen-Hundred and Sixty-nine."
Covering the funeral of JFK:
"It is said that the human mind has a greater capacity for remembering the pleasant than the unpleasant. But today was a date that will live in memory and in grief. Only history can write the importance of this day. That's the way it is, Monday, Nov. 25, 1963. This is Walter Conkite, good night."
Good night, Walter.
His words are etched in the history of almost every major event in the last sixty years. Here are just a few examples of his historic words(from the Oregonian at Oregonlive.com):
On The Vietnam War:
"We have been to often disappointed by the optimism of the American Leaders, both in Vietnam and Washington, to have faith any longer in the silver linings they find in the darkest clouds. It seems more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. It is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out, then, will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did it the best they could."
On Man's first landing on the moon:
"Whew boy ---- There he is, there's a foot coming down the stairs---- Armstrong is on the moon - Neil Armstrong, 38 year-old American standing on the surface of the moon, on this July 20, Nineteen-Hundred and Sixty-nine."
Covering the funeral of JFK:
"It is said that the human mind has a greater capacity for remembering the pleasant than the unpleasant. But today was a date that will live in memory and in grief. Only history can write the importance of this day. That's the way it is, Monday, Nov. 25, 1963. This is Walter Conkite, good night."
Good night, Walter.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Your Update, Sleeping, & Top Chef Masters
Since I've been updating you on my life everyday this week I'm not really doing an update about me today. I will just give some minor information about myself and let you do your updates.
I usually don't sleep that well, I usually wake up every two hours. Last night for the first time in ages I slept five hours straight. I hope this is the beginning of better sleep patterns.
My act of kindness for the week was done at The Dollar Tree. When I checked out I gave the checker a ten dollar bill, it was the only ten that I had on me. She gave me change for a twenty. I didn't discover it until I was almost half way out the door. I went back and told the checker. She was sure I gave her a twenty. I asked her to check to be sure. She opened the drawer and sure enough there was a ten in the twenty tray. I gave her the extra ten bucks back. She was so grateful she almost cried. She said thank you about ten times.
On to Top Chef Masters, the series on the Bravo Channel. Five well known chefs compete for charity. The winner each week gets ten grand for their charity, the winner for the season gets one hundred thousand smackaroos for their charity.
I always learn something about life when I watch Top Chef or Top Chef Masters. What I learned this week is to work hard and don't watch the clock because if you spend time watching the clock instead of working you may not meet your deadline. I also learned that some skills that you haven't used in a very long time don't go away and when you do use that skill it comes right back to you (as someone looking for the one, I sure hope that is true of sex.) I also learned that when some men use charming phrases my reaction is that is just BS you jerk, yet when I use the charming phrases it is just me being honest and appreciating the beauty of women.
The celebrity chefs competing this week and their charity:
Rick Moonen owner of Rick Moonen RM Seafood in Mandalay Bay In Las Vegas playing for The Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fisherman’s Association.
Nils Noren Vice President of Culinary Institute of Arts at The French Culinary Arts playing for The Friends of The French Culinary Institute.
Lachlan M. Patterson owner of Fresca Food & Wine in Boulder, Colorado playing touchingly for The Denver Children’s Hospital.
Michael Chiarello owner of Bottega Restaurant & Workshop returning to the restaurant scene after years of being on television to play for Clinic Ole.
The chefs compete in two challenges. The Quickfire Challenge and The Elimination Challenge.
The Quickfire Challenge was to turn junk food into fine dining. Michael with the killer smile won the Quickfire Challenge with four and a half stars by turning fish and tarter sauce into swordfish meatballs with fisherman’s sauce. Rick spent so much time looking at the clock that he didn’t finish his dish ending up with no stars.
The elimination challenge was to cook a three course mini-meal for one hundred people. Now remember these are chefs that usually supervise the cooking for one hundred and have tons of help doing it. Now they are out there all by themselves cooking for 100 of Top Chef’s biggest fans. Rick recovered and won the elimination challenge with 17 stars with his okapaka ceviche, branade of scalloped shrimp, and preserved lemon custard. He just couldn’t overcome getting zero stars in the Quickfire Challenge. Michael charming some ladies into helping him put a dish together finished second in the elimination challenge with 15 stars with his shaved Brussels sprouts salad, spicy prawns, and balsamic marinated strawberries. Because Michael got to add his four and half stars from the Quickfire challenge he won the night with 19 ½ stars.
Truthfully I just thought Michael was a little to smooth and wanted him to lose. OK, I admit I am jealous because I’d give a million dollars to have his looks, his smile, and his talent. However, I really wanted Lachlan to win because I loved that he was playing for The Denver Children’s Hospital to pay back for the help they gave his daughter.
What’s cooking? This is the day you get to do whatever you want on the blog. Post whatever you want, vent if you need to, share joys, ask questions, share thoughts, tell how your elderly are doing, tell us what is up with your children, tell us your most hidden secrets, events attended or attending, confess is you so desire, introduce yourself if you want, or just post because you feel like it. The blog is now yours.
I usually don't sleep that well, I usually wake up every two hours. Last night for the first time in ages I slept five hours straight. I hope this is the beginning of better sleep patterns.
My act of kindness for the week was done at The Dollar Tree. When I checked out I gave the checker a ten dollar bill, it was the only ten that I had on me. She gave me change for a twenty. I didn't discover it until I was almost half way out the door. I went back and told the checker. She was sure I gave her a twenty. I asked her to check to be sure. She opened the drawer and sure enough there was a ten in the twenty tray. I gave her the extra ten bucks back. She was so grateful she almost cried. She said thank you about ten times.
On to Top Chef Masters, the series on the Bravo Channel. Five well known chefs compete for charity. The winner each week gets ten grand for their charity, the winner for the season gets one hundred thousand smackaroos for their charity.
I always learn something about life when I watch Top Chef or Top Chef Masters. What I learned this week is to work hard and don't watch the clock because if you spend time watching the clock instead of working you may not meet your deadline. I also learned that some skills that you haven't used in a very long time don't go away and when you do use that skill it comes right back to you (as someone looking for the one, I sure hope that is true of sex.) I also learned that when some men use charming phrases my reaction is that is just BS you jerk, yet when I use the charming phrases it is just me being honest and appreciating the beauty of women.
The celebrity chefs competing this week and their charity:
Rick Moonen owner of Rick Moonen RM Seafood in Mandalay Bay In Las Vegas playing for The Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fisherman’s Association.
Nils Noren Vice President of Culinary Institute of Arts at The French Culinary Arts playing for The Friends of The French Culinary Institute.
Lachlan M. Patterson owner of Fresca Food & Wine in Boulder, Colorado playing touchingly for The Denver Children’s Hospital.
Michael Chiarello owner of Bottega Restaurant & Workshop returning to the restaurant scene after years of being on television to play for Clinic Ole.
The chefs compete in two challenges. The Quickfire Challenge and The Elimination Challenge.
The Quickfire Challenge was to turn junk food into fine dining. Michael with the killer smile won the Quickfire Challenge with four and a half stars by turning fish and tarter sauce into swordfish meatballs with fisherman’s sauce. Rick spent so much time looking at the clock that he didn’t finish his dish ending up with no stars.
The elimination challenge was to cook a three course mini-meal for one hundred people. Now remember these are chefs that usually supervise the cooking for one hundred and have tons of help doing it. Now they are out there all by themselves cooking for 100 of Top Chef’s biggest fans. Rick recovered and won the elimination challenge with 17 stars with his okapaka ceviche, branade of scalloped shrimp, and preserved lemon custard. He just couldn’t overcome getting zero stars in the Quickfire Challenge. Michael charming some ladies into helping him put a dish together finished second in the elimination challenge with 15 stars with his shaved Brussels sprouts salad, spicy prawns, and balsamic marinated strawberries. Because Michael got to add his four and half stars from the Quickfire challenge he won the night with 19 ½ stars.
Truthfully I just thought Michael was a little to smooth and wanted him to lose. OK, I admit I am jealous because I’d give a million dollars to have his looks, his smile, and his talent. However, I really wanted Lachlan to win because I loved that he was playing for The Denver Children’s Hospital to pay back for the help they gave his daughter.
What’s cooking? This is the day you get to do whatever you want on the blog. Post whatever you want, vent if you need to, share joys, ask questions, share thoughts, tell how your elderly are doing, tell us what is up with your children, tell us your most hidden secrets, events attended or attending, confess is you so desire, introduce yourself if you want, or just post because you feel like it. The blog is now yours.
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