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                          Friday, January 30th, 2004

                                                                     

In Today's Tribune                    

 

First of all, I want to give a big apology to Anthony. It was his birthday yesterday. Happy belated Anthony (guset?). I hope it was a good one.

I ordered a year's subscription to Playboy for you but Danielle said not to give it to you. Don't worry. If I run across any good articles, I'll send them to you.

Secondly, I've called my "birthday date organizer" into my office for a meeting and ass chewing this afternoon. She's supposed to be on top of these things. Good help is so hard to find nowadays. I can't do everything, though I must say I do a pretty good job of it.

Maybe I'll take another Monday off.

 

Here's today's tidbits

Born on January 30th

Christian Bale (1974)

Brett Butler (1958)

Phil Collins (1951)

Marty Balin (1942)

Dick Cheney (1941)

Vanessa Redgrave (1937)

Boris Spassky (1937)

Tammy Grimes (1934)

Louis Rukeyser (1933)

Gene Hackman (1930)

Dick Martin (1922)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)

Service

One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Johnny was staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. The seven-year-old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the boy, and said quietly, "Good morning son."

"Good morning pastor," replied the young man, focused on the plaque.

"Sir, what is this?" Johnny asked.

"Well son, these are all the people who have died in the service," replied the pastor.

Soberly, they stood together, staring at the large plaque.

Little Johnny's voice barely broke the silence when he asked quietly,

"Which service, Sir - the 8:30 or the 10:30?"

 

I was doing some investigating yesterday on a family member. I  logged onto Google and typed in "Lorenza Aquino" and this is what I got.

                            GOOGLE SEARCH FOR LORENZA AQUINO

What is the Daily Buzzword for January 30th?

 counsel  \KOWN-sul ("OW" as in "down")\  noun

What does it mean?
  1 : advice given
  2 : deliberation, consultation
  3 : a lawyer engaged in the trial or management of a case in
court

How do you use it?
 Anthony valued Danielle's advice, so he sought her counsel
when he couldn't decide which video game to buy.

Are you a word wiz?
  "Counsel" is often confused with the word "council," which
means "a meeting or assembly" or "an official body of
lawmakers." Which sentence below gets the two straight and
uses the noun "counsel" correctly?

  A. Jacob went to the student counsel meeting.
  B. We brought our petition to the city counsel for
consideration.
  C. Faria gives good counsel, so we asked her to suggest a
gift for Shane.
  D. The counsel gathered at 8:00 p.m. in the assembly room.

Answer:
  Only sentence C uses the noun "counsel" correctly; all the
others need "council." Remember that "counsel" is advice and
"council" is a meeting or a group of lawmakers. If you think
this is hard, you aren't alone. People have been confusing
"counsel" and "council" since the Middle Ages. Here's a
sentence that might help you to remember which "council" is
the "meeting" one: "The council meets until 4:30." The "-il"
ending of "until" reminds you to use the "-il" ending of
"council" for meetings. When you are looking for advice, look
for the "-sel" ending.
 

Today's Jigsaw puzzle         

 

CLICK HERE   ANTHONY & DANIELLE


 

                 That's it for this week. Have a safe and super weekend.         

                                                       

                                                   

                                                                        

                The following is what appeared in Thursday's edition............

In Today's Tribune                    

 

To realize the value of a sister
Ask someone who doesn't have one.

To realize the value of ten years:
Ask a newly divorced couple.

To realize the value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realize the value of one year:
Ask a student who has failed a final exam.

To realize the value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minute:
Ask a person who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize the value of one-second:
Ask a person who has survived an accident.

To realize the value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.

To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.

 

Here's today's tidbits

Born on January 29th

Jonny Lang (1981)

Andrew Keegan (1979)

Sara Gilbert (1975)

Heather Graham (1970)

Greg Louganis (1960)

Oprah Winfrey (1954)

Teresa Teng (1953)

Ann Jillian (1950)

Tom Selleck (1945)

Katharine Ross (1942)

John Forsythe (1918)

Victor Mature (1916)

Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (1885)

W.C. Fields (1880)

William McKinley (1843)

Paying the Price of Marriage

William and Mildred were married twenty-five years. They decided to celebrate with a trip to Las Vegas. When they entered the hotel/casino and registered, a sweet young woman dressed in a very short skirt, became very friendly. William brushed her off rather rudely. Mildred objected, "William, she was nice, that young woman, and you were so rude."

"Mildred, she's a prostitute."

"I don't believe you. That sweet young thing?

"Let's go up to our room and I'll prove it." In their room, William called down to the desk and asked for Candie to come to room 1217.

"Now," he said, "you hide in the bathroom with the door open just enough to hear us, okay?" She did. Soon, there was a knock on the door. William opened it and Candie walked in, swirling her hips provocatively.

"So, I see you're interested after all," she said.

William asked, "How much do you charge?"

"$125 basic rate, $100 tips for special services."

William was taken aback. "$125! I was thinking more in the range of $25."

Candie laughed derisively. "You must really be a hick if you think you can buy sex for that price."

"Well," said William, "I guess we can't do business. Goodbye." After she left, Mildred came out of the bathroom. "I just can't believe it."

William said, "Let's forget it. We'll go have a drink, then eat dinner."

At the bar, as they sipped their cocktails, Candie came up behind William pointed slyly at Mildred, and said, "See what you get for $25?"

 

I was surfing the internet and found this very interesting site. It's called "Plants In Motion". It's all about plant growth using time lapse photography. They've got all different types of plants. It's neat stuff. Check it out when you've got time on your hands. It's just like being back in school. You need Quick Time to view it.

                                                    PLANTS IN MOTION

Move over Alice B. Toklas. Bekin's baking her own batch of brownies.

 

                                         BEKIN'S BROWNIES

What is the Daily Buzzword for January 29th?

 investigate  \in-VESS-tuh-gayt\  verb

What does it mean?
 : to study by close examination and systematic inquiry

How do you use it?
  Internet Explorer is investigating the possibility of dismantling
the Aquinohotline.com.
Are you a word wiz?
  An investigation into today's Buzzword led us to the word's
origins: the Latin word "vestigium." What do you think
"vestigium" means?

  A. follow
  B. question
  C. inspector
  D. footprint

Answer:
  You're on the right trail if you chose answer D! The Latin
word "vestigium" meant "footprint, track." Joined with the
prefix "in-," the noun "vestigium" gave rise to the verb
"investigare." "Investigare" had both a hunting sense of "to
track or trace by footprints" and a detective sense of "to
study or examine closely." English speakers adopted the word
as "investigate" around 1500, using it only to mean "to study
or examine closely."
 

Today's Jigsaw puzzle         

 

CLICK HERE    JOHNNY AT WORK


 

                   That's all for today. Tune in tomorrow for more stuff.              

                                                       

                                                   

                                                                        

                The following is what appeared in Wednesday's edition............

In Today's Tribune                    

 

 

Mid-life has hit you when you stand naked in front of a mirror and can see your rear end without turning around!

 

 

Here's today's tidbits

Born on January 28th

Arthur Rubenstein (1887)

Jackson Pollock (1912)

Alan Alda (1936)

Sarah McLachlan (1968)

Joey Fatone, Jr. (1977)

Nick Carter (1980)

Elijah Wood (1981)

Cinderella
 

Q. What did Cinderella say when the drugstore lost her photographs?

A. Someday my prints will come.

 

This is nothing special. I just wanted to show you my big old pipe.

 

What is the Daily Buzzword for January 28th?

czar  \ZAHR or TSAHR\  noun

What does it mean?
  1 or tsar also tzar : the ruler of Russia until the 1917
revolution
  2 also tsar : one having great power or authority

How do you use it?
  The last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, ruled from 1894 until
the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Are you a word wiz?
  Below are the names of some famous historical world leaders.
One of those names was the original source for the terms that
gave rise to the word "czar." Which leader's name do you think
ultimately inspired "czar"?

  A. Catherine the Great
  B. Julius Caesar
  C. Napoleon Bonaparte
  D. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer:
  The name of Julius Caesar, the famous Roman general and
statesman, became symbolic of greatness and leadership, and
when his adopted son Augustus became emperor, he used "Caesar"
as part of his official title. Roman leaders who followed him
used that name to indicate their right to rule. Leaders from
other countries also adopted modified forms of that Latin
name. Caesar's name inspired "kaiser," a term for a German
leader, and it was also the ultimate source of the Russian
"czar." By the way, the Russian form of the word was spelled
"tsar"; the "czar" spelling probably developed as a result of
German and Polish influence on the Russian form.

Today's Jigsaw puzzle         

 

CLICK HERE    A REAL OLDIE

 

                   That's all for today. Tune in tomorrow for more stuff.              

                                                       

                                                   

                                                                        

                The following is what appeared in Tuesday's edition............

In Today's Tribune                    

 

I apologize for yesterday but I was sicker than a dog. It started up on Sunday and I'm still feeling the queasiness today. I dragged myself out of bed to do today's edition and when I'm done I'm heading back that way. You can send all your get well cards and flowers to Amerfino c/o Aquinohotline. Thanks.

 

Here's today's tidbits

Born on January 27th

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)

Lewis Carroll (1832)

Jerome Kern (1885)

Skitch Henderson (1918)

Donna Reed (1921)

Troy Donahue (1936)

Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948)

Cris Collinsworth (1959)

Bridget Fonda (1964)

Bear Analogy
 
An 80-year old man was having his annual checkup and the
doctor asked him how he was feeling.
"I've never been better!" he boasted. "I've got an
eighteen year old bride who's pregnant and having my child!
What do you think about that?"
The doctor considered this for a moment, then said, "Let me
tell you a story. I knew a guy who was an avid hunter. He
never missed a season. But one day, he went out in a bit of
a hurry, and he accidentally grabbed his umbrella instead of
his gun." The doctor continued, "So he was in the woods, and
suddenly a grizzly bear appeared in front of him! He raised
up his umbrella, pointed it at the bear and squeezed the
handle. And do you know what happened?" the doctor queried.
Dumbfounded, the old man replied, "No."
The doctor continued, "The bear dropped dead in front of him!"
"That's impossible!" exclaimed the old man. "Someone else must
have shot that bear."
"That's kind of what I'm getting at," replied the doctor..

I'm putting this on my car

What is the Daily Buzzword for January 27th?

 brusque  \BRUSK\  adjective

What does it mean?
  : so short and frank in manner or speech as to be impolite

How do you use it?
  Benny felt that his answer to Joey's question had been
brusque, and he later apologized to him.

Are you a word wiz?
  We will be short but polite in getting to today's question.
Would you please make a guess as to which of the words below
is a synonym of "brusque"?

  A. sluggish
  B. generous
  C. curt
  D. ambitious

Answer:
  Like "brusque," "curt" implies a rude shortness, as in "a
curt command." Another synonym is "bluff." "Bluff" indicates
good-natured frankness, as, for example, "a bluff manner."
"Blunt" suggests directness of expression in disregard of
others' feeling, as in "blunt criticism." The adjectives
"crusty" and "gruff" can be applied to people who appear to
be unkind. A person with an outward appearance described as
"crusty" may be harsh on the outside but a real softy
underneath. Likewise, someone described as "gruff" may use
an unpleasant attitude or bad temper to hide shyness or
embarrassment.
 

Today's Jigsaw puzzle         

 

CLICK HERE    ME AND THE GIRLS


 

 

                   That's all for today. Tune in tomorrow for more stuff.