I didn't want to get up this morning...
Last night I was watching "Where Eagles Dare", a great war film, even though it was first released in 1969. Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood were just dynamic in this adaptation of Alistair MacLean's terrific novel. "Ice Station Zebra" and "The Guns of Navarone" are two of his other books that became excellent films. So when it ended at 11:30, I figured I'd just go to sleep then. But then "Uncommon Valor" came on and I had to watch at least to the point where Randall "Tex" Cobb gives a very young Patrick Swazye the "whole can of whup-ass". At that point I was hooked. So I was up way too late and even though I slept 30 minutes later than usual, I still didn't want to get up. You can't catch up on lost sleep. The equation never balances.
Congress seems to be going out of its way to put the U.S. Postal Service out of business. Requiring them to pre-fund retiree health benefits 50 years in advance, refusing to allow service to be eliminated on Saturdays, slowing the rate of increases in the postage rates and more have resulted in the USPS losing $25 million. Every single day. Either was need a post office or we don't. But Congress needs to fix the problems, or get the heck out of the way. You can't privatize this service. FedEx and UPS will not provide service to rural Americans at a fair price.
Kudos to a clever Burger King employee in Stockton. Seeing two armed men robbing the Burger King where he works, one of the employees snuck out the back door. He found the idling getaway car there, and quickly drove it away. When the thieves found out that their ride was gone, they ran and hid nearby where they were arrested in short order. Nice work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXmMMSo47s
At 2:30 of this great Kinks song is the lyric, "...girls will be boys and boys will be girls..." and that's what happened at an elementary school in Milwaukee. At least that is what was supposed to happen on "Gender Bender Day", which was later renamed "Switch It Up Day" after parent complaints started coming in. A lot of parents didn't like the idea. It was voluntary and something the kids had come up with themselves. In the end, there wasn't a single student switching it up on the appointed day, although some teachers and staffers did. A fun idea shot down by parents wanting to make political statements. For those of you parents who thought that letting your boy or girl go to school for one day in clothing of the opposite gender would "mess them up mentally", you should have the word "CLUELESS" tattooed on your foreheads.
Apparently the state court system in New York isn't busy enough already, it is now having to determine if assistant managers at Starbucks who serve customers and thusly add to the tip jars on the counter by that work should continue to be denied a share of the tips. When you don't hire and fire, and you do the same work as the servers, you should get at least a proportional share of the tips. Hope the court agrees.
During a concert in Copenhagen, Beyonce got up close and personal with the fans in attendance. One of them did what many of her fans would like to do, slapping her on the rear end. Now if it had been Rihanna, some of the copious amount of fans she had disappointed in the last few months with her being late and treating them rudely, the fan might have slapped her elsewhere. Not me of course, I would never hit a woman. First. I do reserve the right to defend myself if attacked, but I'd make every effort to do so without having to hit a woman. Now where did I put that taser and mace? J/K.
Will someone help NY Mets announcer Keith Hernandez take his foot out of his mouth? On Memorial Day, when a batter had his bat sawed off during the Mets vs Yankees game. Hernandez described the piece of the broken bat lying in the infield as a "dead soldier". That's a term that's been in use for a very long time to describe such busted lumber, but the timing was wrong. Perhaps it is time to just retire that term altogether.
Investors may find themselves shifting their money from mutual funds into directly held stocks and bonds because of the tax increases that begin this year under "Obamacare". Because the capital gains tax rate is going up, those who hold mutual funds will find the gains on shares sold by the fund taxed on their individual return, even if they themselves sold no shares.
This Date in History:
On this date in 1503, James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married by Papal Bull. A treaty of everlasting peace between Scotland and England is signed. It will only last ten years.
On this date in 1588, the Spanish Armada begins departing for the English Channel (it will take until May 30th for all ships to leave port).
On this date in 1830, President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Relocation Act, relocating Native Americans.
On this date in 1892, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
On this date in 1934, the Dionne quintuplets are born, first quints to survive past infancy. Two of them survive to this day.
On this date in 1942, Germany retaliates against the Czech people for the assassination of Heydrich by murdering more than 1,800 people.
On this date in 1952, women in Greece are given the right to vote.
On this date in 1987, 19 year old Mathias Rust manages to evade the air defenses of the Soviet Union and lands his private plane in Red Square.
Famous Folk Born on This Date:
Jim Thorpe
Richard Reti
Ian Fleming
T-Bone Walker
"Papa" John Creach
Betty Shabazz
Jerry West
Maeve Binchy
Beth Howland
Rudy Guliani
Gladys Knight
Billy Vera
Patch Adams
John Fogerty
Sondra Locke
Kamala
Kirk Gibson
Ben Howland
Brandon Cruz
Armen Gilliam (gone too soon, RIP)
Glen Rice
Kylie Minogue
Marco Rubio
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Elizabeth Hasselbeck
Jesse Bradford
Colbie Caillat
Carey Mulligan
Today's movie quote comes from the brilliant war film, "The Dirty Dozen", with an all-star cast that included Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Trini Lopez and Jim Brown:
Major John Reisman: You've seen a general inspecting troops before haven't you? Just walk slow, act dumb and look stupid!
#2
Major John Reisman: [briefing the dozen] And kill any officer in sight.
Victor R. Franko: Ours or theirs?
#3
Major John Reisman: Which one of you guys wants to be a general?
[to Pinkley]
Major John Reisman: Pinkley?
Pinkley: What kind of general, sir?
Major John Reisman: Just a plain, ordinary, every day, home-lovin' American general.
Pinkley: I'd rather be a civilian, sir.
Congress seems to be going out of its way to put the U.S. Postal Service out of business. Requiring them to pre-fund retiree health benefits 50 years in advance, refusing to allow service to be eliminated on Saturdays, slowing the rate of increases in the postage rates and more have resulted in the USPS losing $25 million. Every single day. Either was need a post office or we don't. But Congress needs to fix the problems, or get the heck out of the way. You can't privatize this service. FedEx and UPS will not provide service to rural Americans at a fair price.
Kudos to a clever Burger King employee in Stockton. Seeing two armed men robbing the Burger King where he works, one of the employees snuck out the back door. He found the idling getaway car there, and quickly drove it away. When the thieves found out that their ride was gone, they ran and hid nearby where they were arrested in short order. Nice work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXmMMSo47s
At 2:30 of this great Kinks song is the lyric, "...girls will be boys and boys will be girls..." and that's what happened at an elementary school in Milwaukee. At least that is what was supposed to happen on "Gender Bender Day", which was later renamed "Switch It Up Day" after parent complaints started coming in. A lot of parents didn't like the idea. It was voluntary and something the kids had come up with themselves. In the end, there wasn't a single student switching it up on the appointed day, although some teachers and staffers did. A fun idea shot down by parents wanting to make political statements. For those of you parents who thought that letting your boy or girl go to school for one day in clothing of the opposite gender would "mess them up mentally", you should have the word "CLUELESS" tattooed on your foreheads.
Apparently the state court system in New York isn't busy enough already, it is now having to determine if assistant managers at Starbucks who serve customers and thusly add to the tip jars on the counter by that work should continue to be denied a share of the tips. When you don't hire and fire, and you do the same work as the servers, you should get at least a proportional share of the tips. Hope the court agrees.
During a concert in Copenhagen, Beyonce got up close and personal with the fans in attendance. One of them did what many of her fans would like to do, slapping her on the rear end. Now if it had been Rihanna, some of the copious amount of fans she had disappointed in the last few months with her being late and treating them rudely, the fan might have slapped her elsewhere. Not me of course, I would never hit a woman. First. I do reserve the right to defend myself if attacked, but I'd make every effort to do so without having to hit a woman. Now where did I put that taser and mace? J/K.
Will someone help NY Mets announcer Keith Hernandez take his foot out of his mouth? On Memorial Day, when a batter had his bat sawed off during the Mets vs Yankees game. Hernandez described the piece of the broken bat lying in the infield as a "dead soldier". That's a term that's been in use for a very long time to describe such busted lumber, but the timing was wrong. Perhaps it is time to just retire that term altogether.
Investors may find themselves shifting their money from mutual funds into directly held stocks and bonds because of the tax increases that begin this year under "Obamacare". Because the capital gains tax rate is going up, those who hold mutual funds will find the gains on shares sold by the fund taxed on their individual return, even if they themselves sold no shares.
This Date in History:
On this date in 1503, James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married by Papal Bull. A treaty of everlasting peace between Scotland and England is signed. It will only last ten years.
On this date in 1588, the Spanish Armada begins departing for the English Channel (it will take until May 30th for all ships to leave port).
On this date in 1830, President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Relocation Act, relocating Native Americans.
On this date in 1892, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
On this date in 1934, the Dionne quintuplets are born, first quints to survive past infancy. Two of them survive to this day.
On this date in 1942, Germany retaliates against the Czech people for the assassination of Heydrich by murdering more than 1,800 people.
On this date in 1952, women in Greece are given the right to vote.
On this date in 1987, 19 year old Mathias Rust manages to evade the air defenses of the Soviet Union and lands his private plane in Red Square.
Famous Folk Born on This Date:
Jim Thorpe
Richard Reti
Ian Fleming
T-Bone Walker
"Papa" John Creach
Betty Shabazz
Jerry West
Maeve Binchy
Beth Howland
Rudy Guliani
Gladys Knight
Billy Vera
Patch Adams
John Fogerty
Sondra Locke
Kamala
Kirk Gibson
Ben Howland
Brandon Cruz
Armen Gilliam (gone too soon, RIP)
Glen Rice
Kylie Minogue
Marco Rubio
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Elizabeth Hasselbeck
Jesse Bradford
Colbie Caillat
Carey Mulligan
Today's movie quote comes from the brilliant war film, "The Dirty Dozen", with an all-star cast that included Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Trini Lopez and Jim Brown:
Major John Reisman: You've seen a general inspecting troops before haven't you? Just walk slow, act dumb and look stupid!
#2
Major John Reisman: [briefing the dozen] And kill any officer in sight.
Victor R. Franko: Ours or theirs?
#3
Major John Reisman: Which one of you guys wants to be a general?
[to Pinkley]
Major John Reisman: Pinkley?
Pinkley: What kind of general, sir?
Major John Reisman: Just a plain, ordinary, every day, home-lovin' American general.
Pinkley: I'd rather be a civilian, sir.
posted by me at 9:28 AM
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