DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ESPERANZA AQUINO
Founded: December 2000 Created By: Esther Aquino & Joseph Garcia
Thursday March 24th, 2005
Happy Easter Everybody!
Have a great weekend. I hope to see you all at Neen's on Sunday.
Born On March 24th
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Alyson Hannigan (1974)
Sharon Corr (1970)
Mase (1970)
Louie Anderson (1953)
Steve McQueen (1930)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919)
Joseph Barbera (1911)
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (1887)
Harry Houdini (1874)
Girls Night Out
Two women, who had been friends for years, decide to go for a Girls Night Out, and were decidedly over-enthusiastic on the cocktails.
Incredibly drunk and walking home, they needed to use the bathroom.
They were very near a graveyard and one of them suggested they do their
business behind a head stone or something.
The first woman had nothing to dry herself with she thought she'd take off
her panties, use them, then throw them away.
Her friend, however, was wearing a rather expensive underwear set and
didn't want to ruin hers, but was lucky to salvage a large ribbon from a
wreath that was on one of the graves.
So she dried herself with the ribbon.
The next day the first woman's husband phoned the other husband and said,
"This girl's night out thing has got to stop right now.My wife came home last night without her panties."
"That's nothing," said the other husband, "Mine came home with a card stuck to her panties that said,
"FROM ALL OF US AT THE FIRE STATION, WE'LL NEVER FORGET YOU"
The Buzzword For March 2
4thbungalow \BUNG-guh-loh\ noun
What does it mean?
: a house with a single story and a roof with a low slope
How do you use it?
Once the kids left for college, Allen and Diane decided to
sell their two-story house for a little bungalow in the
country.
Are you a word wiz?
"Bungalow" is the English spelling of the word "bangla."
What language do you think "bangla" comes from?
A. Dutch
B. Hindi
C. Spanish
D. Yiddish
Answer:
The Hindi word "bangla" gave us our word "bungalow."
"Bangla" originally was an adjective meaning "in the style of
Bengal," a region of eastern India that is currently in India
and Bangladesh. The houses there were mostly single-story
homes with low sloping roofs. The Hindi word "bangla"
eventually came to mean specifically a house of this style.
The British adopted the word to refer to single-story housing
in England, and in English it acquired the spelling
"bungalow." "Bungalow" is one of many the Hindi words taken
into English, a group which also includes "bandanna,"
"cheetah," "loot," and "shampoo."
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That's all for this week. Have a great weekend.
The following is what appeared in Wednesday's edition.
In Today's Edition
I heard from a little birdie that Neen is having an Easter get-together and feast at her place on Sunday. Go to the messageboard for all of the details.
Born On March 23rd
Keri Russell (1976)
Chaka Khan (1953)
Roger Bannister (1929)
Doc Watson (1923)
Wernher Von Braun (1912)
Akira Kurosawa (1910)
Joan Crawford (1908)
Efficiency Expert
The efficiency expert concluded his lecture with a note of caution. "You don't want to try these techniques at home.".
"Why not?" asked somebody from the audience.
"I watched my wife's routine at breakfast for years," the expert explained. "She made lots of trips between the refrigerator, stove, table and cabinets, often carrying a single item at a time. One day I told her, 'Hon, why don't you try carrying several things at once?'"
"Did it save time?" the guy in the audience asked.
"Actually, yes," replied the expert. "It used to take her 20 minutes to make breakfast. Now I do it in seven."
Today's useless fact - I heard a bird called a cassowary that can kill a person. What is it?
As we learned from the links in the Lukol Birds category, the cassowary is a relative of the better- known emu and is part of the Ratite family of birds, all of whom are large and flightless. There are actually 3 different species of the bird -- the Southern or Double-wattled Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), the One-wattled Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus), and the Dwarf Cassowary (Casuarius bennetti).
This strange-looking bird stands fairly tall -- the largest can grow to be over 6 feet tall and weigh around 130 pounds. In fact, the cassowary is one of the largest birds in the world, second only to the ostrich. The females of the species are generally bigger and more colorful than the males. (Interestingly, the cassowary is one of the few species in which the male bird incubates the eggs and cares for the young.) The red, blue, and purple head of the bird sports a bony "helmet" for protection.
The cassowary is primarily found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Due to the clearing of rainforest, the animal has lost a good deal of its natural habitat and has been forced to find new places to survive. Disease, traffic, dogs, and humans have contributed to the decline of the population, and the cassowary is now an endangered species. There are only an estimated 1500- 3000 of the birds remaining, most of which live in Australia.
Though the bird's diet consists mainly of fruit and the occasional small animal, on the innermost toe of each foot, the cassowary sports a 5" long knife-like nail. When threatened, the animal delivers powerful kicks and can slash open an animal or person. It has been rumored to kill the odd human that got on its bad side, but some sources claim this is an exaggeration. However, it's certainly capable of inflicting serious harm. So if your travels ever take you to Australia and you happen to cross paths with the bird, you would be wise to heed our advice and be very wary of the wild cassowary!
The Buzzword For March 23rd
obsess \ub-SESS\ verb
What does it mean?
: to occupy the mind of completely or abnormally
How do you use it?
The whereabouts of his science book obsessed Max all night
until he found it the next morning in his locker, right
where he'd left it.
Are you a word wiz?
One of the answers below correctly identifies the meaning
of the Latin ancestor of "obsess." Which one do you think it
is? Be careful: the correct answer may seem to have little to
do with obsessing.
A. to sit
B. to talk
C. to eat
D. to dream
Answer:
We hope choice A occupied your mind completely, because
it's correct! A good way to remember that the Latin root of
"obsess" means "to sit" is to think of how the thing you
obsess about seems to sit with you. "Obsess" traces to Latin
"obsessus," the past participle of "obsidere," meaning "to
frequent" or "to besiege." "Obsidere" is a combination of
"ob-," meaning "against," and "sedere," meaning "to sit."
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The following is what appeared in Tuesday's edition.
In Today's Edition
Money doesn't bring you happiness, but it enables you to look for it in more places.
Born On March 22nd
Reese Witherspoon (1976)
Matthew Modine (1959)
Lena Olin (1955)
Bob Costas (1952)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948)
George Benson (1943)
J.P. McCarthy (1933)
William Shatner (1931)
Stephen Sondheim (1930)
Marcel Marceau (1923)
Karl Malden (1913)
Chico Marx (1887)
Walking
The room was full of pregnant women and their partners, and the Lamaze class was in full swing. The instructor was teaching the women how to breathe properly, along with informing the men how to give the necessary assurances at this stage of the plan.
The teacher then announced, "Ladies, exercise is good for you. Walking is especially beneficial. And, gentlemen, it wouldn't hurt you to take the time to go walking with your partner!"
The room really got quiet. Finally, a man in the middle of the group raised his hand.
"Yes?" replied the teacher.
"Is it all right if she carries a golf bag while we walk?"
Today's useless fact - Just what is bologna made out of anyway, and how did it get its name?
My bologna has a first name, it's... oh, sorry, we got carried away by a wave of childhood nostalgia. But visiting the links in the Lukol Meat category turned up some tasty answers to your questions. Bologna is a cooked, smoked sausage made of cured beef, pork, or a mixture of the two. A typical recipe for this sausage uses seasonings such as salt, sugar, pepper, and spices, plus a curing mixture that includes sodium nitrite to prevent botulism. While beef and pork are the most traditional bologna meats, exotic fare such as moose and venison can even be used. Small boutique bologna makers tend to use choice cuts of meat, but large manufacturers may use almost any part of the carcass, including organ meats, trimmings, and end pieces from other meat processing.
The meat is ground and chopped very fine, and at the big bologna factories, it's pureed so the machines can pour into casings. Like other sausages, bologna is covered in either a natural casing made from the gastrointestinal tracts of cattle, sheep, and hogs, or a synthetic casing made of collagen, fibrous materials, or even plastic. All bologna is cooked and smoked to pasteurize it, so it's ready to eat when you buy it.
American bologna sandwich meat got its name from the northern Italian town of Bologna. But this favorite of kid's lunches is not the same as the distinctively spiced Italian original, called mortadella or mortadella bologna and made in the villages around Bologna, a major trading spot. Traders may have picked up the sausage in Bologna, and the town became identified with the sausage. By the late 19th century in England and America, "bologna" had become the generic name for any type of pork sausage from the Italian town.
The Buzzword For March 22nd
equilibrium \ee-kwuh-LIB-ree-um\ noun
What does it mean?
1 : a state of balance between opposing forces or actions
2 : the normal balanced state of the body of an animal that
is maintained in relation to the forces (as gravity) acting on
it and to things in the environment (as the surface on which
life is lived) and that is sensed and checked by the inner ear
of vertebrates including human beings
How do you use it?
It took Dad a few minutes to regain his equilibrium after
the super loopy roller coaster ride.
Are you a word wiz?
"Equilibrium" is made up of two Latin roots: "aequi-,"
meaning "equal," and "libra," meaning "weight, balance."
Which answer below contains two other words that have
"libra" as a root?
A. deliberate, level
B. livery, love
C. library, libel
D. deliver, liberate
Answer:
You've got a level head if you chose A! "Deliberate,"
"level," and "equilibrium" all share the root "libra,"
meaning "weight" or "balance." Can you see how "libra"
comes into play in each word? "Equilibrium" comes from two
Latin roots that together translate to "equal balance."
"Level," a tool that shows that a surface is balanced, comes
from "libra." And "deliberate" comes from a combination of
Latin "de-" and "libra," which forms the verb "delibrare,"
meaning "to consider or weigh in the balance."
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The following is what appeared in Monday's edition.
In Today's Edition
Today someone told me I was gullible. You know what? I believed them.
Born On March 21st
Matthew Broderick (1962)
Rosie O'Donnell (1962)
Ayrton Senna da Silva (1960)
Gary Oldman (1958)
Timothy Dalton (1944)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
CeCe Aquino
The FDA
Have you heard about the pharmaceutical company that developed a new drug which, when administered to women, compels them to go join a convent?
The FDA refused to license it. Seems it was habit forming.
Today's useless fact - Which president is on the $2 bill?
Here's what we found out from the links in the Lukol Paper Money category:
Thomas Jefferson graces the front of the $2 bill, while the signing of the Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull is portrayed on the reverse side.
The Continental Congress authorized $2 bills on June 25, 1776, as "bills of credit for the defense of America." Jefferson made his appearance on the note in 1928, and while earlier versions depicted Monticello on the reverse side, the Trumbull painting was introduced in 1976 for the Bicentennial.
There is more than a billion dollars' worth of $2 bills out there. The Bureau itself churns out around 700 million dollars worth of cash per day, but 95% of those notes are used to replace tired money. It takes money to make money; paper bills cost a little over four cents to produce.
The Buzzword For March 21st
conjecture \kun-JEK-cher\ noun
What does it mean?
: an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
How do you use it?
"You've never seen my dog in your yard," Katya told Neil,
"so your idea that he's the one digging up your flowers is only
a conjecture."
Are you a word wiz?
"Conjecture" can be traced back to the Latin root "jacere."
In your opinion, which answer best expresses the meaning of
"jacere"?
A. to fall
B. to kick
C. to throw
D. to carry
Answer:
The choice of C shows good judgment on your part.
"Conjecture" comes from the Latin verb "conjectus," which is
the result of joining the Latin prefix "con," meaning "with,"
and "jacere," which means "to throw." The original meaning of
"conjecture" referred to the interpretation of signs in nature
that were believed to predict the future, but had no real
evidence of foreseeing the future. Since we no longer believe
in the interpretation of omens, this sense is no longer used.
But conjecture survives with the more general meaning of a
conclusion based on little or no evidence or on guesswork.
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