Saturday, August 19, 2006

8/19/06
I had to work at the Band's car wash today. I totally forgot about it. Though it took some time, I got them to wash my bike. I was reading pipsqueak's post about how people make fun of her for being short. Well being freakishly tall isn't so great (I'm really not that tall). I was the only one who could reach the top of the cars during my two shifts at the car wash. I would like to say sorry to LB because she hates spiders. Anyways, it's not me who chooses the pictures of the day.

DID YOU KNOW...
...that although related to modern filter feeding baleen whales, the recently discovered prehistoric whale Janjucetus had large serrated teeth implying that it fed on large fish or even sharks?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1848 - California Gold Rush: The New York Herald reported news to the East Coast of the United States that a gold rush was on in California.
1942 - World War II: Allied forces raided Dieppe, France in the Dieppe Raid.
1953 - Operation Ajax: The government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran was overthrown.
1960 - Russian space dogs Belka and Strelka began to orbit the Earth aboard the Korabl-Sputnik-2 spacecraft.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev was announced as "ill and had been relieved of his state post as President" in a failed Soviet coup attempt.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

The white-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) is a very close relative of the grove snail. It is very slightly smaller than the grove snail, but shares the same variation in shell colour and banding. The principal distinguishing feature is a white band at the lip of the shell, although this is not reliable for accurate identification. The two species can mate and reproduce, and share the same habitats, although the range of the white-lipped snail extends closer to the Arctic in Northern Europe.
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Friday, August 18, 2006

8/18/06
OK, I reached the end of the line (for now). I've caught up with Tsubasa Chronicles. I'm on episode 38 and 38 episodes have english subtitles. So now, I can just watch Azumanga Daioh (still no clue why I'm watching it). I'm through 8 episodes.
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I have no clue what today is
Remember when I said that I would post the songs from our show. Here they are:
Rock That/September

Fantasy

Let's Groove


P.S. Since my comments don't work, I'm going to start just PMing my comment, if you have any objections, please tell me.

DID YOU KNOW...
...that in the late 18th century, Russian ambassadors to Poland had power that rivalled and even exceeded that of the Polish king or parliament?

TODAY IN HISTORY
293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus was founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica.
1572 - French Wars of Religion: Marguerite de Valois was married to Huguenot King Henry of Navarre, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics in France.
1868 - Pierre Janssen discovered helium while analyzing the chromosphere during a total eclipse of the sun. This was the first element detected in space before being found on Earth.
1941 - The T-4 Euthanasia Program in Nazi Germany was temporarily halted due to public resistance.
1966 - Vietnam War: A company of the Royal Australian Regiment fought a much larger North Vietnamese unit in the Battle of Long Tan.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

The Ozyptila praticola species of crab spider is found throughout Europe and the Middle East. They do not build webs to trap prey, but are active hunters. Crab spiders are so named because of their first two pairs of legs, which are held out to the side giving them a crab-like appearance. Also, like crabs, these spiders move sideways and backwards more easily than forwards.
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Thursday, August 17, 2006

700 WLW Bengal Commercial
IF you don't know, the Cincinnati Bengals placed a jerk-line for fans to call. This is 700 WLW making fun of that.

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8/17/06
Well, as I didn't tell you, the first performance for our band (really 2nd) was yesterday. It went well and my old section leader was there and the first thing he tells me is "Dan, 20 push-ups." This is expected of him. He liked to give out push-ups. Well, for some reason, I started watching Azumanga Daioh. I'm through 3 episodes. I also watched episode 37 of Tsubasa Chronicles. Oh yea, my comments still don't work, sorry for the inconvience. And Again, oh yea, I'm going to start putting captions for the picture of the day.

DID YOU KNOW...
...that a lost Roman villa was discovered in 1992 when a bulldozer remodeled the sand on a beach at the Rio Alto tourist area in Portugal?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1807 - Robert Fulton started the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1896 - Bridget Driscoll became the first person to be killed in a petrol-driven car accident.
1914 - World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia in the Battle of Stalluponen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.
1962 - East German border guards shot and killed Peter Fechter as he attempted to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin.
1988 - President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan was killed in a plane crash.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Located on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach, the World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France honors American soldiers who died in Europe during World War II. Shown here is the grave marker of Jimmie W. Monteith, a United States Army officer who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions and sacrifice of life on D-Day.
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

8/16/06
DID YOU KNOW...
...that the native mammal fauna of Puerto Rico consists exclusively of bats?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1777 - American Revolutionary War: The New Hampshire Militia led by John Stark routed British and German troops under Friedrich Baum in the Battle of Bennington.
1819 - Cavalry charged into a crowd, turning a public meeting in Manchester, England into the Peterloo Massacre.
1896 - A group led by Skookum Jim Mason discovered gold near Dawson City, Yukon, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1960 - Joseph Kittinger parachuted from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m), setting records for: high-altitude jump, free-fall height, and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft.
1962 - The Beatles fired drummer Pete Best and replaced him with Ringo Starr.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

8/15/06
DID YOU KNOW...
...that the Triumph 1800 Roadster's body was built from aluminium using press tools from the Mosquito bomber fuselage?

TODAY IN HISTORY
778 - A Frankish army led by Roland was defeated in the Battle of Roncevaux Pass, a tale retold in the Old French epic poem The Song of Roland.
1534 - Ignatius of Loyola and six others at Montmartre near Paris took the vows that led to the establishment of the Society of Jesus.
1914 - The Panama Canal opened to traffic, providing a short-cut from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
1945 - World War II: The Gyokuon-hôsô was broadcast in Japan, announcing the unconditional surrender of the Japanese military.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, New York began.

PICTURE OF THE DAY


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Monday, August 14, 2006

8/14/06
DID YOU KNOW...
...that Picasso's painting The Three Dancers depicts a real life love triangle that caused one of Picasso's best friends to shoot himself?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1385 - Forces under João I defeated the Castilians in the Battle of Aljubarrota , ending the 1383–1385 Crisis in Portugal.
1842 - Seminole Indians were forced from Florida to Oklahoma, ending the Second Seminole War.
1941 - After a secret meeting aboard warships in a secure anchorage near Argentia, Newfoundland, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the Atlantic Charter.
1980 - Lech Wałęsa and colleagues at Gdańsk Shipyard began strike actions, which subsequently led to the founding of the Solidarity movement in Poland.
2003 - A widescale power blackout occurred in the northeast United States and in central Canada.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

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Sunday, August 13, 2006

8/13/06
Well, I tried to watch the meteor shower last night but I could stay up. I get tired to easily. Anyways, I thought this was funny. It reminds me of my cat, Wendy who is a gray cat that we eventually nicknamed "Darth Claw."



DID YOU KNOW...
... that Byron K. Lichtenberg and John Glenn were respectively the first and the last Americans to fly as Payload Specialists on board the Space Shuttle?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1521 - Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc was captured and the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán fell to forces led by Conquistador Hernán Cortés after an extended siege.
1704 - The Battle of Blenheim, a pivotal event of the War of the Spanish Succession, took place. England and Austria claimed victory over France and Bavaria.
1913 - Harry Brearley developed stainless steel.
1961 - Construction of the Berlin Wall, a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany, began.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

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Saturday, August 12, 2006

I Robbed Someone
I robbed someone today, even though they had no money. But now that someone will become famous because here is the picture of the robbery


Disclaimer: I didn't really rob a cat. I don't stoop that low.
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