>On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Space Race! Start your engines!
Archive for May, 2009
>On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.
>Four men were bragging about how smart their cats were.
The first man was an Engineer,
The second man was an Accountant,
The third man was a Chemist, and
The fourth man was a Government Employee.
To show off, the Engineer called his cat, ‘T-square, do your stuff.’
T-square pranced over to the desk, took out some paper and pen and promptly drew a circle, a square, and a triangle.
Everyone agreed that was pretty smart.
But the Accountant said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, ‘Spreadsheet, do your stuff.’
Spreadsheet went out to the kitchen and returned with a dozen cookies. He divided them into 4 equal piles of 3 cookies.
Everyone agreed that was good.
But the Chemist said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, ‘Measure, do your stuff.’
Measure got up, walked to the fridge, took out a quart of milk, got a 10 ounce glass from the cupboard and poured exactly 8 ounces into the glass without spilling a drop.
Everyone agreed that was pretty good.
Then the three men turned to the Government Employee and said, ‘What can your cat do?’
The Government Employee called his cat and said, ‘CoffeeBreak, do your stuff.’
CoffeeBreak jumped to his feet…….
Ate the cookies……..
Drank the milk…….
Smacked the other three cats…….
Claimed he injured his back while doing so……..
Filed a grievance report for unsafe working conditions…….
Put in for Workers Compensation…………….and
Went home for the rest of the day on sick leave…………
AND THAT, MY FRIEND IS WHY EVERYONE WANT’S TO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT!!
>Today was going to be a great day, a day I didn’t have to do anything, until I woke up with a headache, so I took Tigger and we went out, first I stopped at Starbucks to get a coffee, hoping the caffeine would knock out the headache, then we went up to the mall, I wanted to get a new flash drive, for a little bit more I got this.
It has a ton more storage space and is more what I wanted. I got that at Best Buy and looked at the net books while I was there. I saw one I really want. Then went to Target and got the other stuff I wanted then stopped at the gas station for gas and more caffeine, it didn’t help, I took a Maxalt when I got home and laid down, then got up, thinking I needed something to eat, I made some toast, couldn’t eat it, went back to bed, got up again and had some Star Trek cereal dry, that worked and the headache was finally gone.
So not that it is time to go to bed I am feeling good!
>On May 3, 1971, anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., aimed at shutting down the nation’s capital.
>Sorry to put a post so close to the other one, but that post was for yesterday and this post is for today. First off we had to go to Newburgh for the Special Assembly Day, so I had to pack my lunch and I was running around like I usually do. I put my lunch in my insulated bag and put the blue ice thing in it. I went in my bedroom to put my eye makeup on and as I was putting the mascara back into the bag, I noticed something blue all over my hands! My ice pack thingy had a hole in it. Fortunately I didn’t get it all over, just all over hands which were then dyed blue. That stuff does not wash off at least not right away.
Last night I joined the forum the boys are on all the time. Tigger kept insisting. Today after we got home, I checked my e-mail and Red-Lady had invited to join Facebook. Stitch is on, I didn’t tell him I know. So I joined Facebook. I just put a bunch of the pictures from Manhattan on it but I couldn’t get to all of them on my computer. My name there is Bella Foxx, or you could just scroll down to the button and click on it.
I started this post, then I fell asleep. I was going to go to bed, but after I washed my face, took out my contacts and sneaked upstairs to get a snack (I got grapes, not what I wanted, I wanted Star Trek cereal) I felt more awake and got my computer back out to finish this. Now I am dead tired and going to bed.
>Friday wasn’t much better getting to the train. In fact it was a little worse. I mean I still caught the train I was supposed to, but I left the house with absolutely no make-up on. At the time I was supposed to be walking out the door, I was throwing things in my bag to take to work to put on there.
Fortunately I had already packaged up and addressed the book I sold so I didn’t have to fuss with that. I don’t have to worry about getting up early again until Monday. Then I have to worry about them fixing my time sheet for Wednesday.
http://www.youtube.com/get_playerIt started to pour today, and the sink started to back up. I got it on my camera this time. It didn’t smell bad like last time. You can hear me on the video telling the maintenance guy how this happens every time it rains. He stood back, obviously didn’t want to get in the picture. Just so everyone is aware, I do not work in some backwater burb, I work in the city, although some people in Manhattan would say I do(it’s Queens).
>On May 2, 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin and the Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.
Mine That Bird Wins the Kentucky Derby
Mine That Bird, a 50-1 longshot ridden by Calvin Borel, won the 135th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday after I Want Revenge, the morning-line favorite, was scratched.
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Anonymous Bloggette at Life and My Place In It tagged me. The rules are below.
Rules:
1. Mention the person who nominated you.
2. List six unimportant things that make you happy.
3. Tag six blogs, state the rules & notify them with a teeny comment on their blog.
Six things that make me happy, unimportant things…hmm
- Tigger’s grin and Fred’s laugh
- Getting more followers and getting comments on my blog
- Going to lunch at Cafe Frida with Em
- Walking through Central Park
- Leaving the house with all my make-up on
- Getting to watch NCIS
So now I have to tag 6 people, so here goes,
- Red lady-Bonnie at ~Redlady’s Reading Room~
- Almost American at Almost American
- dellgirl at At the Starting Gate
- Tena at Crazy Book Slut
- Mamarazzi at Dandelion Wishes
- DeSeRt RoSe at DeSeRt RoSe BoOkLoGuE
- JonJon at A DEDICATION OF LOVE
Yes I went over, but I couldn’t leave out DeSeRt RoSe and JonJon who have been so kind to me. It was a difficult choice because most of the bloggers out there are nice. Anyone else who would like to join in on this Meme is welcome to.
>On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
That wasn’t very nice of the Soviets! 😦
On May 1, 1907, Kate Smith, the American singer who was considered the “first lady of radio,” was born. Following her death on June 17, 1986, her obituary appeared in The Times.
Belleza
just a (transplanted) city girl 