July 13, 2012

Got toned out to a grass fire that we were unable to locate yesterday, had a bacon cheeseburger at Wendy's, watched Burn Notice ... it was a good day. I didn't get everything done, but that's OK, there's always today (hopefully). I say that because you never know. Don't always say "there's always tomorrow (or today)" because you could have a fatal heart attack while you're typing, you could get up from your desk, turn around, take a step, trip over the cat & crack your head on the door frame, you could go out to lunch & get carjacked by a naked man (seriously, it happened in Dallas this morning) ... I know it sounds bad, but you never really DO know. And I just realized that today is Friday the 13th. HA! I'm not superstitious, but that's kinda funny. Kyle's 16th birthday tomorrow!

Cracking gum, smacking it, or chomping away in a mechanical rhythm can be disturbing or distracting to many people, especially in close quarters. In public, chew gum discreetly & dispose of it in a waste receptacle - never on the ground. (Personally I find it offensive, rude, crude, bad-mannered, & just plain trashy to chew loudly or with your mouth open like a cow ... but that's just me.)

Dig out your old hula hoop & slim down your hips without giving up a morsel of food.

Embrace your geekness day ... or as I know it, every day.

Ghost opens (1990):

On this day in 1990, the romantic-thriller Ghost, starring Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, opens in theaters across the United States. The film, about a woman who communicates with her murdered husband through a sassy psychic, was a box-office hit and received multiple Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay. Goldberg, who played psychic Oda Mae Brown, won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She became only the second African-American actress to win an Academy Award. (In 1939, Hattie McDaniel was named Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of a slave governess in Gone With the Wind.) Written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker, Ghost contained the now-iconic love scene, set to “Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers, in which Sam (Swayze) communes with Molly (Moore) while she is sitting at a potter’s wheel.

The three stars of Ghost all rose to prominence in Hollywood in the 1980s. Patrick Swayze, born in 1952, was a professional dancer who appeared in such films as The Outsiders (1983) and Red Dawn (1984) before his breakout performance in Dirty Dancing (1987). After Ghost, his film credits included Point Break (1991), City of Joy (1992) and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newman (1995). In 2008, Swayze announced that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died in September 2009 at the age of 57.

Demi Moore, who was born in 1962, became famous in the 1980s as a member of the so-called “Brat Pack” cast of St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), which co-starred Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham. Following the success of Ghost, she was cast in a number of big-budget films in the 1990s, including A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), Striptease (1996) and G.I. Jane (1997). After taking a break from Hollywood for several years, Moore appeared in 2003’s Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. She was married to the actor Bruce Willis, with whom she has three daughters, from 1987 to 2000. In 2005, Moore wed the actor Ashton Kutcher, who is 15 years her junior.

Whoopi Goldberg, who was born in 1955, had previously received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role in Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple (1985). Her lengthy list of film credits also includes Sister Act (1991) and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). In 2007, Goldberg replaced Rosie O’Donnell as a co-host of the daytime talk show The View.

If you're eating late in the day, bugs will probably be joining you, so have plenty of citronella candles & bug repellents on hand.

Leasing a car is the most expensive way to operate a vehicle. That's why it's called "fleecing." You're literally renting your car, & it's still going down in value. It's a really bad deal.

Levigate:

1: Polish, smooth 2: To grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition.

The formula in the old pharmacopoeia 1st instructs the reader to levigate zinc oxide & calcium carbonate with linseed oil.

"Levigate" comes from Latin levigatus, the past participle of the verb levigare ("to make smooth"), which is derived in part from levis, the Latin word for "smooth." "Alleviate" & "levity" can also be traced back to the Latin word levis, & the levi- root in both words might suggest a close relationship with "levigate." This isn't the case, however. The Latin levis that gives us "alleviate" & "levity" doesn't mean "smooth," but "light" (in the sense of having little weight). One possible relative of "levigate" in English is "oblivion," which comes from the Latin oblivisci ("to forget"), a word which may be a combination of ob- ("in the way") & the levis that means "smooth."

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Use the 2-minute rule! If a task will only take you 2 minutes to complete, don't wait ... get it done.

What notorious dictator claimed William Shakespeare was actually an Arab named Sheikh Zubeir who had immigrated to England?

What was the only punctuation used in the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Paragraph indentations, which were used infrequently.

Which animal is the biggest, 2nd biggest, & 3rd biggest?

A. Alligator

B. Tortoise

C. Saltwater crocodile

Which book in this trilogy came 1st, 2nd, & 3rd?

A. The 2 Towers

B. The Return of the King

C. The Fellowship of the Ring

CAB. After the publication of The Lord of the Rings during wartime, it was speculated that the One Ring was an allegory for the nuclear bomb. Sounds like someone was away with the hobbits.