Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Night Update 7/11/06
I'm scared that I put up too hard of a song that no one knows what it is. Well, I guess that is the point of a contest, to make the person earn the prize which is totally legit and no strings attached. I almost got this prize for LB's birthday but gave her pocky. Just Private Message me if you know what cartoon it is from. I don't need personal info either. Its the song below A Song of Storm and Fire. Oh yea, 2.5 days from my birthday (7/14 at 10:15 am). I posted a picture of what I would look like as a Cincinnati Red in the All-Star Game.
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Morning Update 7/11/06
Again, not much happening. Watched HR Derby, Legends & Celebrities Softball, and episode 27 in the Tsubasa Chronicles. I'm very sleepy. I stayed up in vain. Oh, yeah. The can you name that theme that is in Japanese from my favorite childhood cartoon is still in the open. The prize also is still there.

DID YOU KNOW...
...that the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey, is the only zoo in the world that has a pair of Malaysian "black dragon" monitor lizards on display?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1302 - Flemish infantry successfully halted a French invasion near Kortrijk in the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
1789 - French Revolution: Jacques Necker was dismissed as Director-General of Finances and ordered to leave France at once.
1811 - Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro published a hypothesis on the molecular content of gases, now known as Avogadro's law.
1957 - Prince Karim El Husseni succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shi'a Ismaili Muslims.
1995 - Bosnian Genocide: Bosnian Serb forces under Ratko Mladiæ began the Srebrenica massacre in Potoèari, Srebrenica.
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Monday, July 10, 2006

Afternoon Update 7/10/06
Not much to say today. Here is your Did You Know and Today in History

DID YOU KNOW...
...that Wogan Philipps was the only member of the Communist Party of Great Britain to sit in the House of Lords?

TODAY IN HISTORY
48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Julius Caesar barely avoided a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in the Battle of Dyrrhachium in Macedonia.
1584 - William the Silent ,the Prince of Orange, was assassinated at his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.
1925 - Meher Baba began his silence of 44 years. His followers still observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
1962 - Telstar, the world's first active, direct relay communications satellite, was launched.
1985 - Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was bombed and sunk in New Zealand by French intelligence agents.
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Sunday, July 9, 2006

Night Update 7/9/06
I went to LB's birthday party and played a lot of DDR and some Karaoke. LB finally beat me in Egyptian Rat Screw. I got her pocky and she can comment on how much she loved it. Oh, and thank you LB for pulling me away from another Reds loss.
I added a new song. If you know what cartoon the song is from, be the first to PM me with the correct anwser and win a prize.
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Quick Update
I'm going to Little Birdie's birthday party, I will not check sites this morning but I will check tonight.
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Saturday, July 8, 2006

Night Update 7/8/06
I have finished the first season of the Tsubasa Chronicles (26 episodes). I went out and bought Little Birdie's birthday present and I give a guarantee to her that she will enjoy it. Since I don't know if I'll be able to post tomorrow, here is your did you know and today in history.

DID YOU KNOW...
...that in the 1869 Battle of Hakodate in Japan, French soldiers fought side-by-side with rebel samurai against the newly formed Imperial government, in an episode reminiscent of the movie The Last Samurai?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1357 - The foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague was laid by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV at 5:31 a.m.
1816 - The Congress of Tucumán declared the independence of Argentina, then known as the United Provinces of the River Plate, from Spain.
1922 - Johnny Weissmuller swam the 100-meter freestyle in 58.6 seconds, breaking a world swimming record and the "minute barrier."
1955 - The Russell-Einstein Manifesto was issued in the midst of the Cold War, calling for a conference where scientists would "appraise the perils that have arisen as a result of the development of weapons of mass destruction".
2002 - The African Union was launched in Durban, South Africa.
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New Song
I put up A Song of Storm and Fire from the Tsubasa Chronicles. Hope you enjoy it.
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Morning Update 7/8/06
Sorry for all that baseball stuff yesterday. I thought I had gone crazy until the Reds won. I've gotten through 18 episodes of Tsubasa Chronicles. I have nothing planned today except to watch more anime (which is a good thing).

DID YOU KNOW...
... that William T. Perkins, Jr. , a United States Marine who covered an exploding hand grenade with his body, is the only combat photographer to be awarded the Medal of Honor?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1497 - Vasco da Gama set sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
1709 - Great Northern War: At Poltava, Ukraine, Peter I of Russia defeated Charles XII of Sweden in the Battle of Poltava, effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe.
1776 - The Liberty Bell was rung to summon citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.
1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal was published.
1947 - Newspapers in Roswell, New Mexico reported the capture of a "flying saucer" by the U.S. military.
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Friday, July 7, 2006

Because I'm a baseball fan
Sorry Boston,

This is Game 6 of the 1986 World Series recreated using the video game RBI Baseball. One of the most infamous games in baseball history.
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Morning Update
Well, I got little sleep last night. I watched Tenchi Muyo! in Love (the first movie). I very depressed because the Reds have lost 6 straight (they will never win again).

DID YOU KNOW...
...that the Russian shuttle Ptichka(meaning little bird) is part of the Buran program by the Russians to catch up with the U.S. Space Shuttle program. Ptichka is one of two named shuttles.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1456 - Joan of Arc was posthumously acquitted of heresy.
1846 - American forces led by Commodore John D. Sloat occupied Monterey and Yerba Buena, beginning the annexation of California.
1937 - The Marco Polo Bridge Incident marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
1991 - The Slovenian War formally ended with the signing of the Brioni Agreement.
2005 - A series of four bomb explosions struck London's public transport system, killing 56.
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