Founded : December 2000 Created By : Esther Aquino and Joseph Garcia
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ESPERANZA AQUINO
Founded : December 2000 Created By : Esther Aquino and Joseph Garcia
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ESPERANZA AQUINO
July 28th, 2005
In Today's Edition
Ok people, it is now official.
Word has been passed down to me that the 2005 Aquino Family Piknik is now on. The date for the Piknik is Saturday September 17th at San Dimas Canyon Park, picnic area 1 (the same as last year).
This year we will extend invitations to the Aguirre families.
Plans are underway and we need volunteers for the various events.
If any of you would like to volunteer or make a suggestion for the Piknik, please post your ideas or availability to participate on the message board. Thank you.
Let's see...........Only 51 days away.
Born on July 28th
Sally Struthers (1948)
Jim Davis (1945)
Bill Bradley (1943)
Phil Proctor (1940)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929)
Rudy Vallee (1901)
Beatrix Potter (1866)
July 29th
Ralph and Petra Tuttle's Anniversary
Parameters
The psychiatrists were attending their first seminar on emotional extremes.
"Just to establish some parameters," said the leader, "Mr. Nichols, what is the opposite of joy?"
"Sadness," said the student.
"And the opposite of depression, Ms. Biggs?"
"Elation."
"And you Mr. Tuttle, how about the opposite of woe?"
Ralph replied, "I believe that would be giddyup."
And The Winners Are...........
Today's useless fact - Is it illegal to drive barefoot?
We visited the links in the Driving category to answer your question. While most driving schools recommend wearing proper footwear while operating a vehicle, we were unable to find any specific laws against driving sans shoes.
The Urban Legends Pages groups illegal barefoot driving with other transportation myths, like the one about sea captains performing marriages and American interstates being designed for use as emergency landing strips. Laws appear to vary by state. We can confirm that in California and Michigan, it's legal to drive barefoot, but not recommended. The AAA Digest of Motor Laws will likely be able to answer any other state-specific questions. Otherwise, consult your state highway patrol.
The Buzzword for July 28th
jetty \JET-ee\ noun
What does it mean?
1 : a pier built out into the water to influence the current
or protect a harbor
2 : a landing wharf
How do you use it?
From their spot on the beach, Dee and Griffin could watch
people fishing off the jetty.
Are you a word wiz?
The object of today's quiz is to find a word that is related
to "jetty." Which word do you think traces to the same Latin
root as "jetty"?
A. enjoy
B. injure
C. jot
D. subject
Answer:
On the subject of words related to "jetty," only answer D
makes the grade. Both "jetty" and "subject" stem from the
Latin root "jacere," meaning "to throw." "Jetty" began its
journey to English when French speakers adopted a form of
"jacere" as "jeter." "Jeter" then passed into Anglo-French
(the French language used in medieval England) as "getee."
English speakers adopted "getee" to form "jetty." "Subject"
also came to English through Anglo-French from Latin
"subjectus." "Subjectus" is a combination of the Latin prefix
"sub-," meaning "under," and "jacere." Other members of the
"jacere" family include "object," "reject," "inject,"
"adjective," and "jet."
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Starlet
That's all for now. Have a great weekend.
The following is what appeared in Wednesday's edition.
In Today's Edition
My deepest apologies to Dora for forgetting her birthday July 25th.
You see, when Neen relinquished the Tribune to me, some of the files got lost in the transition. Some birth dates vanished along with the petty cash drawer.
I've added Dora's birth date to my files.
Dora, if I forget to mention your birthday next year you can give me 100 lashes with a wet chow mein noodle. OK?
Born on July 27th
Alex Rodriguez (1975)
Maureen McGovern (1949)
Peggy Fleming (1948)
Betty Thomas (1947)
Bobbie Gentry (1944)
Jerry Van Dyke (1931)
Norman Lear (1922)
Barbara Daste
Big Boy
There was a baby born in the hospital and he weighed ten pounds. The odd thing about him was his body weighed five pounds and his testicles weighed five pounds. All the nurses and even the doctor didn't know what to do with him.
Then, the chief surgeon walked in and asked what's wrong? The head nurse replied, "We don't know what to do with this baby boy."
So the chief surgeon took one look and said, "Well it's obvious that you should put him into a mental institution."
"Why," asked the head nurse.
"Well," replied the chief surgeon, "take a look at him. The boy is obviously half nuts."
Today's useless fact - Who was the first woman to be on a United States postage stamp?
According to the links in the Stamps category, the honor went to the nation's first First Lady, Martha Washington. Issued in November 1902, the 8-cent Martha Washington was the first U.S. stamp to feature a woman.
The year before, the Post Office Department had enjoyed a successful run of the commemorative Pan-American Exposition stamps. But, at more than a decade old, all its regular-issue designs were becoming a bit dated. In an attempt to jazz up its offerings, the Postal Department commissioned new stamps for 1902, giving artists and engravers free rein to show off their intricate handiwork. In the end, only two stamps were regular issues in the Series 1902, the 8-cent Martha Washington and a 13- cent Benjamin Harrison.
Mrs. Washington's stamp was introduced at a time when Americans began recognizing the importance of women's contributions to society. Although women had not yet earned the right to vote, the suffrage movement was front of mind. Legend has it that after much squabbling over which prominent woman should be the first to grace a U.S. stamp, Mrs. Washington's name evoked the least controversy.
Although a groundbreaking moment for the country, the historic stamp lagged 65 years behind England's 1P Queen Victoria stamp of 1837, and came 55 years after the first U.S. postage stamp, which featured Benjamin Franklin, was issued.
The Buzzword for July 27th
grill \GRILL\ noun
What does it mean?
1 : a cooking utensil of parallel bars on which food is
broiled
2 : an informal restaurant
How do you use it?
Tommy's favorite part of any cookout is toasting marshmallows
over the grill.
Are you a word wiz?
When they hear the word "grill," many people think of hot
dogs, hamburgers, and barbecue. But for people interested in
word histories, some related words might come to mind. Which
word do you think is related to "grill"?
A. crate
B. apron
C. deck
D. stove
Answer:
"Grill" and "crate" both trace to the Latin "cratis" meaning
"wickerwork." "Wickerwork" is something made of interlaced
twigs. It's not hard to see a connection between the word
"crate," which names a box made of wooden slats, and a word
meaning "wickerwork." That "grill" also comes from that word
might seem less likely. But the grate-like pattern of a
grill's cooking surface can be said to resemble wickerwork.
Speaking of grate-like, the word "grate" is another
descendant of "cratis," as is the word "griddle."
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The following is what appeared in Tuesday's edition.
In Today's Edition
Be careful what rut you choose. You may be in it the rest of your life.
Born on July 26th
Sandra Bullock (1964)
Kevin Spacey (1959)
Dorothy Hamill (1956)
Roger Taylor (1949)
Helen Mirren (1946)
Mick Jagger (1943)
Stanley Kubrick (1928)
Blake Edwards (1922)
Jason Robards, Jr. (1922)
Vivian Vance (1912)
Gracie Allen (1902)
Aldous Huxley (1894)
Carl Jung (1875)
George Bernard Shaw (1856)
Little Lumberjack
A large, well established, Canadian lumber camp advertised that they were looking for a good lumberjack.
The very next day, a skinny little man showed up at the camp with his axe, and knocked on the head lumberjacks' door. The head lumberjack took one look at the little man and told him to leave.
"Just give me a chance to show you what I can do," said the skinny man.
"Okay, see that giant redwood over there?" said the lumberjack. "Take your axe and go cut it down."
The skinny man headed for the tree, and in five minutes he was back knocking on the lumberjack's door. "I cut the tree down," said the man.
The lumberjack couldn't believe his eyes and said, "Where did you get the skill to chop down trees like that?"
"In the Sahara Forest," replied the puny man.
"You mean the Sahara Desert," said the lumberjack.
The little man laughed and answered back, "Oh sure, that's what they call it now!"
Today's useless fact - How do they shoot a person from a cannon without injuring them?
It took some research, but eventually we discovered, like many things at the circus, not everything is as it seems:
Human cannonballs aren't blasted from the cannon with gunpowder. They're propelled by a catapult. The flash, loud noise and smoke are supplied by firecrackers and such.
Mind you, being "shot" out of a cannon, flying 100 feet in the air, and attempting to land in a small area isn't exactly a walk in the park. It's not the blast or flight that injures or kills the human cannonball - the landing is the hard part.
The Buzzword for July 26th
vagabond \VAG-uh-bahnd\ adjective
What does it mean?
: moving from place to place without a fixed home
How do you use it?
The book's hero is a vagabond handyman who does good deeds for
people in the towns he visits.
Are you a word wiz?
The root of "vagabond" is the Latin word "vagari," which means
"to wander." In its wandering over the years, this root has
shown up in other words, too. Which of the following words do
you think also comes from the root "vagari"?
A. various
B. extravagant
C. avenue
D. triviality
Answer:
If your thoughts wandered to answer B, you were right! The
idea of wandering is apparent in the word "vagabond," but we
have to look closer to see it in its cousin, "extravagant."
"Extravagant" is a combination of the root "vagari" and the
prefix "extra-." "Extra-" means "outside" or " beyond."
"Extravagant" used to refer to things that wandered beyond
their usual bounds. Eventually it came to have the extended
meanings "going beyond what is reasonable or suitable" and
"lacking moderation, balance, and restraint." Some other
members of this wandering family of words are "stray" and
"vagary."
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The following is what appeared in Monday's edition.
In Today's Edition
I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb ... and I also know that I'm not blonde.
~Dolly Parton
Born on July 25th
Brad Renfro (1982)
Matt LeBlanc (1967)
Walter Payton (1954)
Barbara Harris (1935)
Estelle Getty (1924)
Walter Brennan (1894)
Maxfield Parrish (1870)
Father Of My Children
A man standing in line at a check-out counter of a grocery store was very surprised when an attractive woman behind him said, "Hello!" Her face was beaming.
He gave her that "Who-are-you?" look and couldn't remember ever having seen her before. Then, noticing his look, she figured she had made a mistake and apologized.
"Look," she said, "I'm really sorry, but when I first saw you, I thought you were the father of one of my children," and walked out of the store.
The guy was dumbfounded and thought to himself, what the heck is the world coming to? Here is an attractive woman who can't keep track of who fathers her children! Then he got a little panicky. I don't remember her, he thought, but, MAYBE... during one of the wild parties I went to when I was in college... perhaps I DID father her child!
He ran from the store and caught her in the parking lot and asked, "Are you the girl I met at a party in college, and then we got really drunk and had wild crazy sex on the pool table in front of everyone?"
"No!" the woman said with a horrified look on her face, "I'm your son's second-grade teacher."
The Things I Do For You People
Today's useless fact - Why can't you take the tag off your mattress?
Cut off your mattress tag already! Don't worry, you won't get locked up. As a consumer, it's perfectly legal to remove the tag from your own mattress. So why is it there? We visited the links in the Mattress category to answer your question.
Back in the 1900s, mattresses often contained a host of vermin and disease-carrying materials. To protect consumers, the government required dealers to post tags on their mattresses listing the contents. Later, the Feds added a warning to the content tag with the ominous message, "Do not remove under penalty of law," in big, black letters.
The move may have deterred duplicitous mattress dealers, but it only served to confuse consumers who didn't know that the threat wasn't meant for them. Confronted by fear of prosecution, consumers left the tags on their mattresses. Recently, the Feds addressed the misunderstanding by changing the label to: "This tag may not be removed except by the consumer."
Since then, the Feds have long abandoned the pursuit of tag- tearing merchants, though states like Texas still inspect mattresses for tags in stores. They're probably making sure their laws aren't full of fluff.
The Buzzword for July 25th
ritzy \RIT-see\ adjective
What does it mean?
1 : very fashionable
2 : stuck-up, snobbish
How do you use it?
For the ritzy embassy reception, Angela knew that she would be
expected to wear a gown and high heels instead of her usual
jeans and sneakers.
Are you a word wiz?
From which of these do you think we get the word "ritzy"?
A. a luxury hotel
B. a comedy team made up of three brothers
C. a popular cracker
D. a word coined to rhyme with "glitz"
Answer:
The answer that has real style is A. In 1898 Cesar Ritz opened
a hotel in Paris that was supposed to be the last word in
luxury, named after himself. After a few years, and the
establishment of more hotels, the Ritz Hotels became a symbol
of elegant living. "Ritzy," the adjective derived from the
hotel name, has come to stand for everything its guests were
seen to be -- "fashionable" and "classy." However, the
extravagance for which the Ritz Hotels were famous caused
"ritzy" to also be synonymous with "showy," "flashy", and
"glitzy." And when it's applied to people, it tends to mean
"snobbish" or "snooty."
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