• October 2, 2012 •

Another nice, cool October day. Currently 77 with a predicted high of 79, but I'm guessing it might get a little warmer than that considering it's already 77. Whether it does or not, at least it won't be in the triple digits, so ... yay fall! In the last 24 hours, I did nothing except sort out my iPhone apps. That was it. When I upgraded to iOS6, it added a bunch of apps to my phone & they were randomly placed on my phone. Since I was full, for every app it added, it knocked something off of there. It didn't just knock the last 6 off either, it just seemed to randomly knock some off. The last 24 hours consisted of going through each & every app on my phone. 180 of them to be exact. I put them all back in alphabetical order so I can actually FIND everything, deleted 35 of them, & then went through the iTunes list of apps that I've downloaded since I got my 1st iPhone years back. All 485 of them. There were a few I wanted back or that were shown there but not on my phone that I didn't delete (deleted when iOS6 randomly popped a few off to make room for the new ones they wanted me to have. Once all that was done, I made up a master list of all my apps that I currently have on the phone (145 of them) & put them in a randomizing program that's on my Web site. That took a while, it's a lot of HTML & Java code mixed in with the actual list. 1 day later, I'm neat, sorted, & logged. I also have a lot of space on my phone now. IF I see anything new app-wise that I like, I no longer have to delete one app BEFORE I can add another like I always had to do. At least not for a while. Oh yeah, I also moved ALL the photos off my phone. That freed up a lot of space also. So, between deleting 35 apps & moving all the photos, I have a much faster phone with a lot more space on it now. Syncing the phone with iTunes took a lot of work too. Every time I tried to sync iTunes & the iPhone, iTunes would add back almost everything I deleted. I had to keep deleting them again & again. Eventually, I FINALLY got iTunes to agree with me & leave only what I wanted on the phone. Ever have an argument with software? It's hard to win ... but I finally did. I guess Apple wanted my phone full no matter WHAT "I" wanted. LOL! I also changed out 1 of the 4 apps I had down on the bottom of the screen. My "Top 4", & changed the background from the gold app frames to a set of maroon frames. This afternoon & drive Josh to work at 1, then it's SIMS TIME for 2 hours & then back to work once Kyle gets home. City council meeting tonight.

Anyone having trouble putting on a coat or sweater should receive some help, regardless of gender.

A riddle: What's green & black & smells like dog vomit? __________

Bruit:

Report or rumor - usually used with about.

Several names have been bruited about in legal sicrles in recent weeks as potential successors.

Back in the days of Middle English, the Anglo-French noun bruit, meaning "clamor" or "noise," rattled into English. Soon English-speakers began using it to mean "report" or "rumor." (It applied especially to favorable reports.) "Bruit" also became a verb in the same way as the now uncommon verb "noise," both meaning "to spread by rumor or report" (as in "the scandal was quickly noised about"). The English noun "bruit" is now considered archaic, but the verb lives on. Although "bruit" doesn't have a lot of close English relatives, it's a distant cousin of "bray."

Clean up the back yard. Sweep off the back porch. Pick up all the outside toys. Prep your gardens for the winter months.

Eisner resigns as Disney CEO (2005):

On this day in 2005, Michael Eisner resigns as the chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company. During Eisner’s 21-year tenure with Disney, he helped transform it into an entertainment industry giant whose properties included films, theme parks and a cruise line, television networks and sports teams. Eisner also presided over a “golden age” of animation, during which Disney produced such blockbuster films as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King and became a merchandising powerhouse.

Michael Eisner was born on March 7, 1942, in New York. After graduating from Denison University in 1964, he worked his way up through the programming ranks in network television. In 1976, the chairman of the board of Paramount Pictures, Barry Diller, hired Eisner as the company’s president and CEO. During Eisner’s time at Paramount in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the studio produced such hit films as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Flashdance, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Footloose, Ordinary People, Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, Terms of Endearment and An Officer and a Gentleman.

In 1984, Eisner joined Disney as chairman and CEO. Under Eisner’s leadership, Disney produced a number of animated films--some of which later became blockbuster Broadway productions--and acquired Miramax Films and Capital Cities (which owns ABC, A&E, ESPN and The History Channel, among other TV networks). In 1993, Disney founded the Anaheim Ducks, a professional ice hockey team.

Amidst all his success, Eisner became involved with a lawsuit concerning the former Disney movie studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg and a multi-million dollar severance package given to Michael Ovitz, who briefly served as Disney president under Eisner. In 2004, Roy Disney, nephew of the company’s founder, resigned his board seat to protest what he reportedly perceived as Eisner’s mismanagement. At the time, Disney’s stock was down and its ABC TV network was doing poorly in the ratings. At a March 2004 meeting, 43 percent of the voting shareholders expressed their lack of confidence in Eisner, and a new chairman of the board was appointed. Eisner stayed on as the company’s CEO for the next year and a half, until formally stepping down on September 30, 2005. His former second-in-command, Robert Iger, succeeded him.

Since 2006, Eisner has hosted his own cable talk show on CNBC, Conversations with Michael Eisner.

Everyone loves a parade. So arrange an end-of-summer procession around the block with kids in the neighborhood.

Gunman kills 5 students at Amish school (2006):

Charles Roberts enters the West Nickel Mines Amish School in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, where he fatally shoots five female students and wounds five more before turning his gun on himself and committing suicide.

Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year-old milk truck driver from a nearby town, entered the one-room schoolhouse at around 10:30 a.m. armed with an arsenal of weapons, ammunition, tools and other items including toilet paper that indicated he planned for the possibility of a long standoff. He forced the 15 boys and several women with infants inside the school to leave and made the 11 girls present line up against the blackboard. Police were contacted about the hostage situation at approximately 10:30 a.m. When they arrived at the schoolhouse a short time later, Roberts had barricaded the school doors with boards he had brought with him and tied up his hostages. Roberts spoke briefly with his wife by cell phone and said he was upset with God over the death of his baby daughter in 1997. He also told her he had molested two girls 20 years earlier and was having fantasies about molesting children again. At approximately 11 a.m., Roberts spoke with a 911 dispatcher and said if the police didn’t leave he’d start shooting. Seconds after, he shot five of the students. When authorities stormed the schoolhouse, Roberts shot himself in the head.

Roberts, a father of three, had no criminal history or record of mental illness. Additionally, his family knew nothing about his claims that he had molested two young female relatives. The Amish community, known for their religious devotion, as well as wearing traditional clothing and shunning certain modern conveniences, consoled Roberts’ wife in the wake of the tragedy; some members even attended his funeral. Ten days after the shootings, the Amish tore down the schoolhouse and eventually built a new one nearby.

In what year was the 1st FA Cup final played at Wembley Stadium?

A. 1923

B. 1927

C. 1932

D. 1934

Answer: A. 1923.

In what year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched?

A. 1985

B. 1990

C. 1995

D. 2000

Know what you're getting into when you sign up with a multi-level or network marketing organization. You're not getting into the makeup business or the cookware business or whatever it is. You're getting into the recruiting business. If you can be a person who hires, trains, motivates & manages a sales force, & if you can deal with a high dropout rate, then you can make a lot of money.

Terrorists strike again in Bali (2005):

On this day in 2005, suicide bombers strike three restaurants in two tourist areas on the Indonesian island of Bali, a popular resort area. The bombings killed 22 people, including the bombers, and injured more than 50 others. This was the second suicide-bombing incident to rock the island in less than three years. (In 2002, a series of three bombs killed 202 people, many of them foreign nationals in Bali on vacation, including 88 Australians.)

The blasts occurred nearly simultaneously, hitting two outdoor restaurants in the Jimbaran beach resort and a third in Kuta, a tourist center about 19 miles away. The attacks, like those in 2002, were thought to be the work of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), an extremist Islamist militant group with links to al-Qaida. JI is also believed to be responsible for the bombing of a Marriott hotel in Jakarta in 2003 that resulted in the deaths of 12 people and of the Australian embassy in Indonesia in 2004, in which 10 people died.

Though Indonesia is the most populous Muslim nation in the world, the island of Bali is mainly Hindu.

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What U.S. president used Marine helicopters to herd the flock of peacocks he kept on his property?

Lyndon B. Johnson, at his LBJ Ranch in Johnson City, Texas.

What was the 1st motorized vehicle used for deliveries by UPS?

A Model T Ford, in 1913 before the company, then known as Merchants Parcel Delivery, expanded its operations beyond Seattle, Washington.

What was the only theme song from a James Bond film to hit No. 1 on American pop singles charts?

When it comes to actors, how many Baldwin brothers are there?

4—Alec, Daniel, William (Billy), and Stephen. Their two non-acting siblings are sisters Jane and Beth.

Which anniversary gift comes 1st, 2nd, & 3rd?

A. Leather

B. Paper

C. Cotton

BCA. Did you know that 10 years of marriage entitles you to a gift made of tin or aluminum? And #40 should get you ruby? Give it time - marriage can be bliss.

Which appears 1st, 2nd, & 3rd on nutrition labels?

A. Calories

B. Total Fats

C. Cholesterol

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?