Friday, August 13, 2010

Good Morning! Friday August 13, 2010

Good morning! It's a wonderful morning! It's going to be "much" cooler today, only low to mid 90s. It will be mostly sunny and very little chance of storms (which I did not get last night). But ... it's Friday. It's payday. AND .. it's the 13th!! Woo Hoo, doesn't get much better. :)
Last night I got laundry caught up ... yes, completely (well, except what we were wearing of course! LOL!). I got packed for the weekend; tonight as soon as I get home from work, we head off to visit my brother and sil for the weekend. Yay! No projects, no plans .. I won't know how to be ... except relaxed! :)

Today is "Blame Someone Else Day" ... "Friday the Thirteenth" ... "Kool-Aid Days" ... "Independence Day (Central African Republic)" ... "Women's Day (Tunisia)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties."
-- Doug Larson

"A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present."
-- Thomas Fuller

Today in history:
In 1889, William Gray patented the coin-operated telephone.

In 1913, Harry Brearly invented stainless steel.

In 1930, Capt. Frank Hawkes set an air speed record by flying from Los Angeles to New York in 12 hours, 25 minutes.

In 2004 sports, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece, with a record 202 countries and 10,500 athletes taking part.

Today's birthdays include
- Social reformer Lucy Stone in 1818
- Sharpshooter Annie Oakley in 1860
- Scottish inventor John Baird, a pioneer in television technology, in 1888
- Comic actor Bert Lahr (Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz) in 1895
- Actor Regis Toomey in 1898
- Film director Alfred Hitchcock in 1899
- Bandleader Skinnay Ennis in 1909
- Golfer Ben Hogan in 1912
- Actor Neville Brand in 1920
- Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 1926
- Actor Pat Harrington Jr. in 1929
- Singer Don Ho in 1930
- Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders in 1933
- Opera singer Kathleen Battle in 1948
- Pop singer Dan Fogelberg in 1951
- Actor/announcer Danny Bonaduce (The Partridge Family) in 1959

Everyone have a Great Friday!

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