04:14 - 25 October 2004
monday!
Happy monday! and for you NEW ZEALANDERS out here, JOLLY GOOD LABOUR DAY TO YOU!!! heres a public service reminder for all you people from who did it and ran, ink. this coming sunday daylight savings time ends! EXECEPT in ARIZONA and parts of INDIANA! So on sunday y'all can just stop saving up all that daylight, and i know i will be happy myself, my closet is just brimming chock full of daylight from all that i have saved up over the year!
REDSOX! yay red sox up TWO GAMES to NONE! and PATRIOTS! 21 games in a row!
gee who lit a fire under these teams' ass? the red sox shudda been long gone, and the patriots usta be easy fodder for other NFL teams! UNION RULE#312-9:
SMOKE BREAK! be right back! oh for you non smokers in the bunch, break out a nice ice cold pepsi!
The management of who did it and ran, ink! has asked me to welcome a new addition to our reading team, radiogurl as many of you know, she has been on dland for awhile, and she has a nice template!
I have a VA appointment on wednesday, the betting window is now open and will be taking bets starting at $2 to see if THIS appointment will be cancelled like the others were without my knowledge! current odds set by the vegas bookies stand at 4-1 in favour of cancellation!
lets all get together and stand with yarnsmith as she struggles with her bossses in her attempt to extract a raise from her cheap bosses! she needs a kind word of support!
its gonna be a rainy day here in lake salt and pepper, i hear the raindrops attacking the roof now as i write this!
and furthermore, attempts at snow and colder weather will be made as the week progresses!
and now, the star of the show, todays QUIZ!
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Today is Monday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2004. There are 67 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
One-hundred-fifty years ago, on Oct. 25, 1854, the "Charge of the Light Brigade" took place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men, facing hopeless odds, charged the Russian army in the Battle of Balaclava and suffered heavy losses.
On this date:
In 1400, author Geoffrey Chaucer died in London.
In 1760, Britain's King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II.
In 1918, the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia foundered off the coast of Alaska; nearly 400 people perished.
In 1929, former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting a $100,000 bribe in connection with the Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve in California.
In 1951, peace talks aimed at ending the Korean Conflict resumed in Panmunjom after 63 days.
In 1962, U.S. ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson presented photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba to the U.N. Security Council.
In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
In 1983, a U.S.-led force invaded Grenada at the order of President Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there.
In 1993, Canada's Liberal Party ended nine years of rule by the Progressive Conservatives in national elections; Liberal leader Jean Chretien became prime minister, succeeding Kim Campbell.
In 2002, U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota 11 days before the election.
Ten years ago: Susan Smith, of Union, S.C., claimed that a black carjacker had driven off with her two young sons (Smith later confessed to drowning the children in a lake, and was convicted of murder). Three defendants were convicted in South Africa of murdering American exchange student Amy Biehl. President Clinton (news - web sites) began a five-day trip to the Mideast.
Five years ago: Golfer Payne Stewart and five others were killed when their Learjet flew uncontrolled for four hours before crashing in South Dakota; Stewart was 42. Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan (news - web sites) bolted the GOP to mount a bid for the Reform Party nomination.
One year ago: To chants of "Impeach Bush," thousands of anti-war protesters rallied in the nation's capital and delivered a scathing critique of President Bush (news - web sites) and his Iraq (news - web sites) policy. The Florida Marlins won the World Series (news - web sites) in Game 6 against the New York Yankees, 2-0. Trainer Richard Mandella won a record four races at the Breeders' Cup. Florida State's Bobby Bowden became the winningest coach in major college football history with his 339th victory as the Seminoles beat Wake Forest 48-24.
Today's Birthdays: Former baseball player Bobby Thomson is 81. Former American League president Dr. Bobby Brown is 80. Actress Jeanne Cooper is 76. Actress Marion Ross is 76. Actor Tony Franciosa is 76. Country singer Jeanne Black is 67. Singer Helen Reddy is 63. Rock singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 60. Singer Taffy Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) is 60. Rock musician Glen Tipton (Judas Priest) is 56. Actor Brian Kerwin is 55. Rock musician Matthias Jabs is 48. Actress Nancy Cartwright ("The Simpsons") is 47. Country singer Mark Miller (Sawyer Brown) is 46. Rock musician Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 42. Actress Tracy Nelson is 41. Actor Michael Boatman is 40. Singer Speech is 36. Actor Adam Goldberg is 34. Rock musician Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies (news - web sites)) is 34. Country singer Chely Wright is 34. Violinist Midori is 33. Actor Lamont Bentley is 31. Actor Ben Gould is 24. R&B singer Young Rome is 23. Singer Ciara is 19.
Thought for Today: "It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in." � Lord Chesterfield, English author and statesman (1694-1773).
this concludes our drivel for today! hava slap happy monday!
NEWS UPDATE:1049am!Chief Justice Rehnquist Has Thyroid Cancer
U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and is in the hospital after undergoing a tracheotomy, the Supreme Court said in a statement October 25, 2004.
