Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Good Morning! Wednesday May 26, 2010

Good morning! It's a wonderful morning; although way too early! LOL! I'm getting ready to leave for a few days, and have to make an early start. It's going to be a warm and cloudy day ... maybe showers, maybe not. I haven't heard a forecast for the area of the state I'll be in, but probably not a whole lot different.
Yesterday I finished the "great kitchen floor project"!! Wow, it's a really BIG floor! I got a few other things done, but not what I hoped. Oh well, it'll be waiting when I get home, probably Saturday. :)

Today is "Feast of Saint Augustine of Canterbury" ... "National Senior Health and Fitness Day" ... "Independence Day (Georgia)" ... "Sorry Day (Australia)".

Quotes of the Day:
"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
-- Will Rogers

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?"
-- Benjamin Franklin

Today in history:
In 1864, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed an act establishing the Montana Territory. Montana became a state 25 years later.

In 1897, Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" went on sale in London.

In 1994, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, were married in the Dominican Republic.

In 2000, Canadian medical researchers reported they had transplanted insulin-producing cells into eight diabetic patients, freeing them from insulin injections

Today's birthdays include
- English Gen. John Churchill, ancestor of statesman Winston Churchill, in 1650
- Entertainer Al Jolson in 1886
- Actor John Wayne (born Marion Robert Morrison) in 1907
- Actor Robert Morley in 1908
- Actor Peter Cushing in 1913
- Trumpeter Ziggy Elman in 1914
- Singer Peggy Lee in 1920
- Actor James Arness in 1923
- Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1926
- Sportscaster Brent Musburger in 1939
- Singer Stevie Nicks in 1948
- Singer Hank Williams Jr. in 1949
- Actor Philip Michael Thomas in 1949
- Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, in 1951
- Actress Genie Francis in 1962
- Actress Helena Bonham Carter in 1966

Everyone have a Great Wednesday!

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