Tuesday, September 26, 2006

9/26/06
I'm really stressed out right now and I hoped that the songs from Homecoming show might cheer me and you up.
Start Me Up

You Can't Always Get What You Want

Satisfaction

Here is what the homecoming backdrop is going to be (with a few changes.

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Some Stuff I forgot
For twilight samurai, I'm posting a picture of the statue for you with some info about him.

Mancs the rescue dog.
To GhostlyNinja, I will have Happy People from Bleach up in 3 days. Also, you should wear the hat all day.

Ta Ta For Now.
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Talking Now
Well, first off. Yesterday during band, we had to run 5 laps around the football field. I pretty much collapsed at the end. The reason was other people (not me) were 20 minutes late to practice. Then, I injured my ankle in the instrument room (actually bruised it). Then, still injured, I went over to paint the homecoming backdrop (if I find a photo, I'll post it). Well, when I got home, my brother was very very angry that I needed the computer. I had a perfect excuse and he was just playing games. Plus my family has given our computer the name "Ryan's Computer." Well then, this morning, I had to pack my bookbag with four subjects worth of homework plus I needed to bring a CD player for homecoming painting. Also I needed to put on my hawaiian shirt for today's theme. Well, I got everything down except for the hawaiian shirt (don't worry, I'm wearing a plain white t-shirt). Now, I just typed up a paper on why I should go to "People. Power. Politics." Well, I hope you all have a better 24 hours than I did. Ta Ta For Now.
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9/26/06
I'll talk to you guys and gals later.

DID YOU KNOW...
...that Mancs the Hungarian rescue dog is commemorated by a statue in his hometown Miskolc?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1580 - The Golden Hind sailed into Plymouth, England, as Francis Drake completed his circumnavigation of the globe.
1687 - The Parthenon in Athens was partially destroyed during an armed conflict between Venetian and Ottoman forces.
1907 - Newfoundland and New Zealand became dominions within the British Empire.
1957 - West Side Story, a musical written by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, and produced and directed by Jerome Robbins, made its debut on Broadway.
1983 - Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov of the Soviet Union averted a worldwide nuclear war.


Scanning electron micrograph of a capped column snowflake, with rime frost, a white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects, on both ends. When the riming process continues so that the shape of the original snow crystal is no longer identifiable, the resulting crystal is referred to as graupel.
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Song for 3 days
Satisfaction-The Rolling Stones
Suggested by LittleBirdie

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Monday, September 25, 2006

Forgot one thing
SUGGEST A SONG, DANG IT. I have horrible songs lined up and if you don't want to feel my wrath, then, by gone it, SUGGEST A SONG


This has been a public service announcement from redlegsfan21.
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9/25/06
I'm currently in GN's computer class and I bet he is wondering why. Well, the library's computers are all taken up and I had no means of using a computer. So anyways, I noticed the GN isn't wearing a hat for hat day. He could become a traitor much like JJ for quitting the band. Also, JJ didn't wear a hat so I had to give him a black Reds cap. I wonder if LB wore one (probably not).

DID YOU KNOW...
...that New York, Texas is near Athens while Texas, New York is near Rome?

TODAY IN 'ISTORY
1066 - Harold II of England defeated Harald III of Norway in the Battle of Stamford Bridge, marking the end of Viking invasions of Great Britain.
1396 - Ottoman forces under Bayezid I defeated a Christian alliance led by Sigismund of Hungary in the Battle of Nicopolis near present-day Nikopol, Bulgaria.
1513 - Conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa, upon a peak in presentday Darién, Panama, became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean, which he named Mar del Sur, or South Sea.
1962 - The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria was formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas was elected President of the provisional government, with Ahmed Ben Bella as Prime Minister.
1996 - The last Magdalen Asylum in Ireland was closed.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Two male Common Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra), a small passerine bird in the finch family. The crossbill is characterised by mandibles that cross at their tips, lending the group its English name. They feed on conifer cone seeds, particularly of spruce, Douglas fir, and pine. The unusual bill shape is an adaptation to assist the extraction of the seeds from the cone.

I'm kidding GN, you're not a traiter, yet.
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

9/24/06
First, I would like to thank ChibiFairy for the chibi. Second, I don't remember if I congratulated LB and GN on their one year anniversary. If I didn't, here's to one happy year for you two and hopefully, many more to come. Thirdly, I have found an annoying song for the 3 day theme, so if you want to avoid it, please suggest a song. I mean, how hard is it. You just have to tell me, "Hey redlegsfan21, could you put ____________ up, I really love that song." or something like that. Fourthly, I tortured myself yesterday by watching the Reds commit 6 errors. Now if you are not a baseball fan, errors are bad. Usually there are around 1.5 errors per game (both teams combined). Fifthly, ta ta for now.

DID YOU KNOW...
... that George J. Adler, one of the greatest linguists of the 19th century, went insane from the effort of publishing his Dictionary of German and English Languages?

TODAY IN HISTORY
622 - Muhammad and his followers from Mecca completed their Hijra to Medina.
1664 - Anglo-Dutch Wars: The Netherlands surrendered to England New Amsterdam, a fortified settlement in the New Netherland colony that would later become New York City.
1841 - The Sultan of Brunei granted Sarawak to British adventurer James Brooke.
1903 - Alfred Deakin became the second Prime Minister of Australia, succeeding Edmund Barton who left office to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.
1988 - Ben Johnson finished the 100 m sprint at the Seoul Olympics in a world record time of 9.79 seconds, ahead of rivals Carl Lewis and Linford Christie, but was later disqualified for doping.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Controlling fire was one of the first great achievements of humankind. It made possible migration to colder climates which otherwise would have remained out of reach for colonization. It allowed for cooking food and using flame and heat to process materials. Archeological studies indicates that ancestors of modern humans such as Homo erectus may have been using controlled fire as early as 790,000 years ago.
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Saturday, September 23, 2006

I guess I am a Cincinnatian

You Know You're From Cincinnati When...

Your idea of a three-way is chilli over spaghetti topped with cheddar You know what goetta is - and you've eaten it You hate Cleveland, but you don't know why, and you've never been there You think Pete Rose and Marge Schott were railroaded You say "Please?" instead of "Excuse me?" You think Northern Kentucky is part of Ohio You've been to California, Wyoming, Coney Island, and Over-the-Rhine in one day There are less than 100 murders a year, and you still think you're in Detroit You think Dayton is a Third World country What groundhog? It's the St. Patrick's Day parade leprechaun that forecasts how much longer winter will last. Losing football teams draw more fans than winning baseball teams. Indiana is about 20 miles away, but it takes about four hours to get there. It's too cold in the winter, and too hot and humid in the summer, to ever stay outside for very long. You drive to Columbus or Louisville to avoid the prices at the Cincinnati airport. City council members hold debates on whether or not they should debate in the first place. Tourists still flock downtown to catch a glimpse of cast members from "WKRP," even though the show hasn't aired on network television since 1984, and the show was filmed in LA anyway. You ask lifetime residents where the President Taft house is, but they don't know either. If you do something -- anything -- in public long enough, sooner or later it will be banned. Your low-fat diet is never low enough to exclude Graeter's ice cream. You get through winter listening to Marty and Joe's broadcasts from the grapefruit leagues. Big Red Smokies are a ballpark treat, not cause to dial 9-1-1. If necessary, the city could easily be sliced into two new cities: East and West, and it would take 20 years for anyone to notice something happened. Chocolate and cinnamon, not peppers and beans, are in your chili. You can drive 30 minutes in any direction to hear a different accent than your own. You can accurately judge people's social status by which Kroger's store they frequent. You can go to any church festival in any neighborhood on any weekend and see at least five people you either work with, went to school with, or dated. Even the slightest mention of former baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti makes your blood boil and your ears steam. If the temperature hits 45 degrees, and the sun comes out in any month between November and April, people walk around downtown wearing shades and no jackets. The top stories on the local 6 o'clock evening news look suspiciously like the articles you read in the newspaper that very morning -- and even use the same quotes. Any carbonated beverage is a "coke." Your favorite convenient store sounds like a labor union. You can't hear the words "Mike Brown" without getting angry. You honestly believe that Pete Rose should be in the Baseball Hall Fame. You have more stadiums, coliseums, and arenas than you know what to do with. It doesn't seem weird to you that everyone has an Uncle Al. Your favorite Coney Island isn't in New York. You like Nick Clooney better than George Clooney. You know how Jerry Springer got his start. You know what a pony keg is. You have friends and neighbors with names like Machenheimer, Guckenberger, Schlottman, Schoenling, and Schweitering. You know that cars (like eggs) are cheaper in the country. An all-boys or all-girls school doesn't seem that odd to you You think a mixed marriage is when an East Sider marries a West Sider. You know the difference between Hudy and "Who Dey." You know what cream ale is, and you think that cream soda should be bright red. You think Kentucky is only slightly more civilized than Afghanistan. You know in which state the Greater Cincinnati Airport is located. You actually understand the word, "CRAVE" and white castle burgers. You can almost name the seven "hills" minus one or two. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Cincinnati.

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You Know You're From Ohio When...

You don't think of Florida first when someone mentions Miami. You snicker when someone's from Tiffin, because you think of the State Hospital. You think Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange! You've heard of 3.2% beer. Schools close for the state basketball tournament. You're proud of your state fair, but would rather go to Cedar Point. You live less than 30 miles from some college or university. You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for candy ones. "Toward the lake" means "north" and "toward the river" means "south." You've heard of the Great Nickel Beer Night Riot. You know if other Ohioians are from southern or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouths. You root for a college team though you've never taken a class there. You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine, and Tuscarawas You always visit more than two amusement parks in one summer. You know that Serpent Mounds were not made by snakes. You know what game they're playing when the Mud Hens take on the Clippers. Vacation" means spending a day at Cedar Point or King's Island. Down south to you means Kentucky. You thought that the Michael Stanley Band was the most popular band in the country. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Ohio.

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9/23/06
Well, I got back from the football game and boy what a game. Let me start off by saying I said during the 1st quarter "I bet it starts raining during half-time." Well I was wrong, it started raining 50 seconds before half-time. Plus, the band was in full uniforms (no raincoats). Then it started to thunder and lightning was flashing in the distance. Then we had to take cover in the Fairmont's band room. And then I heard the Reds win. So, it was a good night. Also, today is the birthday of organized baseball.

Anyways, a new three day theme is coming up now and I forgot to warn you guys so I'm letting you off easy. Remember, if there is a song, I'll find it and have it up when the time comes. Just contact me in some form.

Waka Laka (From DDR)


DID YOU KNOW...
...that Interstate 10 in Texas is the longest continuous untolled freeway under a single authority in North America?

TODAY IN HISTORY
1459 - Yorkist forces led by Richard Neville won the Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, England, the first major battle of the Wars of the Roses.
1845 - Origins of baseball: Alexander Cartwright organized the first "base ball" team, the New York Knickerbockers.
1846 - The planet Neptune was discovered by astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, Johann Gottfried Galle and John Couch Adams.
1868 - Ramón Emeterio Betances led the Grito de Lares, a revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico.
1932 - Hejaz and Nejd were merged and renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with Ibn Saud as the first monarch and Riyadh as the capital city.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

A resting Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), kept captive for breeding purposes at the Minnesota Zoo. This is the rarest, most genetically distinct subspecies of the Gray Wolf in North America, making them critically endangered, with fewer than 15 individuals estimated alive in the wild.
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