Archive for February, 2008

On this day in 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first black woman to win an Oscar.

Of course, she won for her portrayal of Mammy in Gone With The Wind.

It’s kind of ironic that she was the person I picked for today. I just watched Gone With The Wind on the portable dvd player the other night with my Bose headphones so I wouldn’t wake the kids. I was feeling like an oldie and that was the best choice I had at the time.

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In 2003, Mister Rogers died.

A tribute to children’s public television pioneer Fred Rogers will include an effort to get people everywhere to wear a sweater on what would have been his 80th birthday.

March 20th is being promoted as “Sweater Day” to honor Rogers, who died of cancer five years ago. A sweater was his trademark garb on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

I was never really into Mr. Rogers when I was a kid, but as an adult I always wondered if the set was made completely of wood or if they used fiberglass columns on the set. I did love their train layout, and always thought it would be cool to recreate it in my basement.

Source: AP

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On this day, in 1964, Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) won the world heavyweight boxing title.

Damn I feel old. I still don’t get it though. Every year thousands of people make Las Vegas hotel reservations just to watch grown men fight. Why?

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease .

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In 1868, Andrew Johnson became the first president to have impeachment proceedings brought against him.

Since there was no video available back then, I decided we could focus today on the second president to have impeachment proceedings brought against him.

Yeah, I know, they weren’t impeached for the same reasons, but heck, you get the point. What would it have been like to be an investigator in the Clinton impeachment investigation? I would have worn my exam gloves that’s for sure. Blech.

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In 1885, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, was published.

In 1919, Jack Palance was born.

In 1922, Helen Gurley Brown was born.

In 1930, Pluto was named the ninth planet, that title has since been revoked.

In 1933, Yoko Ono was born.

In 1945, Don’t Fence Me In, by Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters, topped the charts.

In 1952, Juice Newton was born.

In 1954, John Travolta was born.

In 1964, Matt Dillon was born.

In 1968, Molly Ringwald was born.

In 2001, Dale Earnhardt died in the final lap of the Daytona 500.

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease . So much information you may need some of the best diet pills just to digest it all.

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Do you remember when the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition was just a magazine you bought at the corner newstand? Better yet, do you remember the days when all of the models’ bodies were 100% flesh and blood and they didn’t have to resort to using products like hoodia or Nutrasystem just to get their faces (and bodies) into said magazine?

2008:

2006 (NSFW):

2000:

Yeah, me neither.

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On this day in 1980, Walter Cronkite announced he would be stepping down as anchor for the CBS Evening News. He stepped down March 6, 1981.

I am not sure where he moved when he retired, if he moved at all. If I was him I would have looked for some Tennessee land for sale and moved out of the city.

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On this day in 1971, “One Bad Apple” began a five week stay at the top of the pop music charts.

You gotta love those 70’s. Don’t get me wrong, I really loved the 70’s. In fact, I really loved Marie Osmond too, but everytime I heard her brothers sing, I needed a sleep wedge or something. Who knows, maybe it was just the 70’s that did that to me.

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As an independent conservative in a world where people are either going crazy to prove that man is the cause of global warming or they are bending over backwards to say otherwise, I find myself thinking. What am I thinking? I am thinking that even if we are not the cause of global warming, shouldn’t we be doing what we can to reduce our impact on the environment?

If I had the money to install solar panels on my south facing roof, I would. GreenandMore.com offers hundreds of eco friendly products, and they do so while practicing what they preach. At their location they use recycled office supplies and there is no plasticware on site. It’s not often a company lives by their principles and operates by example.

I was browsing their site tonight to see what type of green products they may have, and I was surprised to find a number of items I would love to purchase. I was more impressed, however, with their learning center, where I learned a lot about pollutants, air quality, and composting. Composting is a passion for us, so it was good to read about all of the benefits it has to the environment.

You don’t have to be an extremist to take time out of your day and do something beneficial for the environment.

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In 1478, Sir Thomas Moore was born.

In 1812, Charles Dickens was born.

In 1867, Laura Ingalls Wilder was born.

In 1885, Sinclair Lewis was born.

In 1940, Walt Disney’s Pinocchio opened.

In 1954, Miguel Ferrer was born.

In 1962, Garth Brooks was born.

In 1969, Tom Jones premiered on ABC in the U.S. and women cried enough to fill a thousand Kohler sinks.

In 1985, ‘New York, New York’ became the official anthem of… New York City.

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease .

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