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Thursday, May 21st, 2009

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time.

Gable's most famous role was Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. His performance earned him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor; he had won the award for It Happened One Night (1934) and was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Later memorable performances were in Run Silent, Run Deep, a classic submarine war film, and his final film The Misfits (1961), which paired Gable with Marilyn Monroe in her last screen appearance.

In his long film career, Gable appeared opposite some of the best and most popular actresses of the time. Joan Crawford, who was his favorite actress to work with,[1] was partnered with Gable in eight films, Myrna Loy was with him seven times, and he was paired with Jean Harlow in six productions. He also starred with Lana Turner in four features, and with Norma Shearer in three, Gable was often named the top male star in the mid-30s, second only to the top box-office draw, Shirley Temple.



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Today In History~

1819 - The first bicycles in the United States were called swift walkers and were seen for the first time on the streets of New York City on this day.

1881 - The United States National Lawn Tennis Association was formed in New York City.

1891 - From the You Won’t Believe Your Eyes department: Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fought to a draw in San Francisco, CA. Nothing wrong with that except the boxing match went an unprecedented 61 rounds! No wonder it was a draw. The boxers couldn’t raise their arms anymore! What did they do, holler at each other? And was there a dinner break? How about other necessities of nature? Was the crowd enthusiastic the entire time? How many times did the fighters just stand around and stare at each other for an entire round? Inquiring sports minds want to know!

1906 - Louis H. Perlman of New York City received his patent for the demountable tire-carrying rim -- similar to the ones we use on our cars, only wider.

1922 - The cartoon, "On the Road to Moscow", by Rollin Kirby, won a Pulitzer Prize. It was the first cartoon awarded the Pulitzer.

1927 - Charles A. Lindbergh arrived to a hero’s welcome in Paris, in his spindly monoplane, "The Spirit of St. Louis" (the famous plane is now displayed in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC). Lindbergh’s flight marked the first time that a person had flown across the Atlantic Ocean. The event got more press coverage than any other single even in history to that time. In American newspapers alone, it was estimated that some 27,000 columns of words were used to describe Lindbergh’s epic journey. A depiction of that famous flight was portrayed by one of America’s great motion picture actors, Jimmy Stewart, in the film, "The Spirit of St. Louis". Upon his return to American soil, Lucky Lindy was given another hero’s welcome.

1929 - The first automatic electric stock quotation board was put into operation by Sutro and Company of New York City.

1940 - Will Bradley and his orchestra recorded one of the best of the Big Band era. Ray McKinley played drums and did the vocal for the boogie-woogie tune, "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar". The song, on Columbia Records, was so long it took up both sides of the 78rpm platter.

1945 - Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart were married. Legend has it that the couple fell in love in 1943 during making of the film, "To Have and Have Not". Theirs would become one of Hollywood’s most enduring marriages.

1947 - Joe DiMaggio and five of his New York Yankees teammates were slapped with $100 fines. Why? They had not fulfilled contract requirements to do promotional duties for the team.

1955 - Chuck Berry went into a recording session for Chess, performing a restyled version of "Ida Red". What came out of that hot session was Ida Red's new name and Chuck Berry's first hit, "Maybellene". "Maybellene" topped the R & B charts at #1, and the pop charts at #5. And Beethoven rolled over...

1959 - "Gypsy", a musical based on the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, opened on Broadway. Ethel Merman played Gypsy’s mother, Rose, who pushed her two daughters into burlesque. With music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, "Gypsy" closed on March 25, 1961 after 702 performances.

1973 - The sensual "Pillow Talk", by Sylvia (Sylvia Vanderpool), earned a gold record. The artist first recorded with Hot Lips Page for Columbia Records back in 1950 and was known as Little Sylvia. She was half of the singing duo Mickey & Sylvia, who recorded "Love is Strange" in 1957. "Pillow Talk" was her only major solo hit and made it to number three on the pop music charts.

1985 - Marvin Gaye’s last album was released. "Dream of a Lifetime" featured songs that critics considered too offensive, such as the controversial, pop version of "The Lord’s Prayer". Three of the songs from the album were completed after Gaye’s death. Marvin Gaye was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

1991 - The prime minister of India from 1984 until 1989, Rajiv Gandhi was in the midst of a campaign rally for reelection when a bomb exploded in his hand. Like his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. The bomb was hidden in a bouquet of flowers handed to Rajiv by a so-called admirer.


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Serpent Indian burial mounds-Adams County, Ohio

Nice opener. A question enters my mind that likely is beyond your resources to answer so consider it rhetorical: Do the Indians buried in the mound pictured, and their descendants, appreciate having the pathway carved through their sacred place so that all who care to do so can wander at will through it? Am thinking about the movie "Jeremiah Johnson" as I ponder the point.

Logan, those things are so old (by New World standards) that I don't think there are any known descendants. I know what you're saying, but if they were built at around 1070 AD, well

With absolutely no disrespect intended anywhere, but if you look at the site of the Twin Towers in Manhattan, you might think the builders of the Serpent Mounds got off lightly with just a concrete path. (Mt. Rushmore is another good example, except the tribes in that area haven't disappeared.)

I just mean that we're not a people good at leaving things alone. We have to Improve it (and in the case of the Twin Towers, that's probably the right thing to do - how should I know, after all?)

Morning all!

Cool photo of the Serpent Mound. One minor correction, though. It's not a burial mound but most likely a ceremonial or effigy structure. According to the Wikipedia article, there were some burial sites in the immediate vicinity, but the burials took place more than 1000 years prior to construction of the mound.
Wikipedia: Serpent Mound


This overhead sketch of the mound structure is quite interesting. Apparently there's some debate about the oval object that appears in the mouth of the serpent and is variously thought to be an egg, the sun, the body of a frog, or merely the remnant of a platform. Having seen snakes raiding bird nests and swallowing eggs, I'm going along with the egg theory.

Larry is correct. There are these mysterious mounds in almost every state. The ones in Iowa are also of animals. Let's see if I can find a picture.



Iowa was the first state that I completed on my quest to see all the National sites. Why? Because I believe there are only two in that state!

K.

Wow Clark Gable was born in the same year as my father. While I watched my father age, Clark Gable stays eternally young in my heart and mind.

Kathy

COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!


FROM THE CHURCH OF INEFFABLE STUPIDITY:

a) DICK the Cheney
He plans to start his charm offensive today.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/21/cheneys-speech-obama-dese_n_206165.html

Imagine that. Cheney being charming. Yeah, that's a stretch too far.

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b) One News Now
This ultra-conservative christian propaganda service can be relied upon to spin any and all news in the most neoconservative fashion. Of course, any organization that proudly promotes Michelle Malkin as one of its elder political experts, deserves every bit of scorn that we can muster.

So when IDA, the lemur sized ancient skeleton was found, which appears to fill in the evolutionary blanks on how one ineffable species, Homo Sapiens, came into existence, we could count on ONN to pooh pooh the finding (it's just an extinct monkey) and issue a poll, proving that real christians don't believe in Satan-based evolution stuff.
I will let you, gentle reader, read the results for yourself: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Poll.aspx?ekfrm=536426

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c) Daniel Hauser's mom
Mexico? NOT Canada?
that's a hell of a trip from Minnesota, all to avoid:
a) the rule of law
b) good medical practices
c) ethical treatment of one's child
d) rational thinking.

Not only does Daniel not know how to read (homeschooling apparently, concentrated on memorizing certain Olde Testament verses), but this 13 yr old was just made his cult's "medicine man" because of the strength of his faith.

One term that keeps popping up is "child abuse."
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d) Pennsylvania advances to a virtual tie with Florida in Ineffably Stupid Race

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/20/national/a055135D96.DTL

When a teen is found to be abusive to animals, and gets pleasure from that abuse, there is a high incidence of future acts of violence. People best keep an eye on this jerk, especially if he moves to Florida.

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e) Wisconsin in close pursuit of Florida and Pennsylvania

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Headlines/Default.aspx?id=537800

DIvine healing? You, ma'am, murdered your daughter.

Insulin is a peptide hormone composed of approximately 51 amino acids or their residues. The Pancreas' islets of Langerhans creates insulin in healthy Homo Sapiens. Insulin comes from the Latin "insula" ie, "island".

Prayer, according to the Christian Science Church, is the act which connects man with god. Proponents claim prayer and bible reading can cure illness and are incompatible with medicine.

So, mom, how's that bible reading going? Murder is not too strong a word.

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f) Florida regains its lead!
Florida Police reported that two village idiots called 911 after they were robbed while trying to buy 20 pounds of marijuana. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said that the men went to a home Monday with $12,000 to buy pot. They wanted their money back after they were robbed at gun point.

BamaMama is taking me to the gym again, and then to the Maple Hill cemetery...is she making a prediction???

Seeing the clip of "The Who" and listening to the late sixties sound of these guys sure brought back the memories....!!

In July of 1967 we were busy promoting and producing a "Yardbirds" concert at the end of the month, but one night I took off to see a little known group called "The Who" who were opening for "Herman's Hermits". They were amazing! I was blown away by their stage presence; and I wound up snaffling an invite to the afterparty.

It was so silly when I look back on it. "The Who" relegated to a hallway and a bathroom by the "stars" of the show and beer bottles everywhere, Keith Moon and his snake curled up in the tub and the guys' incisive, ironic wit; as cutting as any member of "The Goon Show possessed, and spared no one." Outrageously funny! Both "The Who" and "The Yardbirds," relative unknowns, were far more pleasant rockers than many I met over the following years.

Where in the world did 42 years go?

Still waiting....not knocking at heaven's door yet. Luckily for me, I have taken post-grad courses in ethics, and understand the moral stance adopted by the governing bodies of transplantation here and in your country (UNOS).

Well, wish me luck...the waiting is killing me faster than the disease.

From the linked One News Now article, creationist whack-job Ken Ham says:

Day 6? Can't this be narrowed down a bit more...say something like 2:45 p.m.?
For sure...we've seen what happens when a certain asocial Texas youngster engaged in blowing up frogs with firecrackers...and then ended up authorizing the torture of humans just for giggles and the justification of an illegal invasion of a sovereign nation.