Click either button to JoinTHURSDAY THUNKS1. Someone knocks on your door. You have not seen this person in years. You were once great friends. Who would you like it to be and why? My mom. It's been 21 years...I'd love to have a lifetime chat with her again.
2. What do you think would be a great song title that isn't one? Who do you want to record it? The Title: "Grandma Got Run-over by a Reindeer's Composer Got the Shaft"...Recorded by: ME!!
3. You are having a party. If I'm invited, what should I bring? Years ago when we used to host parties, I vowed to never do it again...Long Story...So, you really would be wasting your time even thinking of me having a party.
4. If your spouse or s/o cheated with a one night stand while away, would you really want to know? Ignorance is BLISS. But if I did find out ---lord help the unfaithful b*stard! And keep all sharp objects away from my reach. I think I'd be on the front pages....A 2nd Ms. Bobbitt slashes manhood off!
5. How long does it take for a house guest to drive you bonkers? Not long at all...within a few seconds once I see 'em comin'!! A house guest can be just about anyone, or any
thing. I've got a huge can a RAID for 'em all tho; two legged infestations or numerous legs. And if that doesn't work, I have the number for the Orkin Man on my speed dial.
6. If you could pick a new color for the sky, what would you pick? I love red skies...wouldn't red be great all day long?!!
7. What did you think of the Olympics? The only thing I really watched was the Gold Medal Game for Soccer. That was nail biting.
8. Could TT have thought of a lamer blogger that [¿than?] me to guest host? Ask Julie. Who's Julie? Don't ask me, the name just popped into my head right now. Actually, whoever is hosting next week has their job cut out for them---our host today is quite
lame incomparable because the questions are top notch --the first seven anyway.
9. What's the stupidest lie that someone really thought you'd believe? HA! That'd be airing dirty laundry. I'll just say the lie came thru the lips of a certain teen-aged girl, around 2 a.m. when she was to be home at 11 the night before!!
10. What was the best day you had in high school? Tell us about it. I can think of a couple right off. The day I graduated, and one other special day in my book of memories: Me...Frank...under the stairwell.
11. Name something that you have in your home that you are sure most people don't. I know that you know that I know there is logic in my answer: EVERYTHING I HAVE IN MY HOME NO ONE HAS...it's here. How in the world can anyone else have my stuff when I HAVE IT?!!
12. Why haven't you at least tried to play The Dating Profile Meme? I prefer eHarmony. IF I were to choose date profiling. :::snort:::
13. Do you think homophobia is a choice? Of course it's a choice...but in all acuality, if you really want my opinion on this, I think it's more of biblical brainwashing. I can debate this subject profusely. ----And since I don't like people preaching to me...I'll stop here.
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THURSDAY 13
Of course some of you know I'm of Irish descent. Our family's genealogy takes me back to the 1600's in Northern Ireland. I've always dreamed of one day going to the Emerald Isle. Maybe someday. If not this life, the next. So, being March and the celebration of Saint Patrick in a couple of weeks, I thought I'd share a list of 13 great Irish people. Hats off to these fine historical names, some real honest to goodness,
Irish Blessings ---
Irish Noteables1]
JAMES HOBAN - designer of America's White House In 1792, Hoban won the competition to design the presidential mansion, later known as the White House. Hoban was also one of the supervising architects who served on the Capitol.
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Michael Everson - developer of UNICODE [character text for computer systems] *Born in USA - with Irish Citizenry in 2000
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Robert Mallet - "Father of Seismology" [earthquake]
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John Joly - Developer of Radiotherapy [cancer treatment] Also, using radiology for geological dating.
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John Philip Holland - Designed the first submarine formally comissioned by USA
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell - An astrophysicist who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars with her thesis work.
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Ellen Hutchins - Irish botanist who has three plant species named for her [Lecania hutchinsiae - Pertusaria hutchinsiae - Enterographa hutchinsiae].
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Frank Pantridge - Inventor of the portable heart defibrillator used by paramedics today.
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Mary Ward - Scientist --first victim of vehicle death in history. Before her accidental death, she wrote and published a best seller "Sketches With the Microscope".
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Harry Ferguson - an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99.
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Aeneas Coffey - On his retirement, Coffey went into the distilling business and for a short time ran the Dock Distillery in Grand Canal Street, Dublin. The development of the Coffey still paved the way for the distillation of grain whiskey and blended whiskey.
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Francis Beaufort - The creator of the Beaufort scale for indicating wind force.
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George Drumgoole Coleman - designed and partly constructed the Singapore's infrastructure in 1822.
PS Tomorrow is a day long time coming for me. I'll be busy preparing for the project before I begin working on it... the preparation time will take up most of the day. Of course, the two of us will go see the long anticipated movie with Johnny Depp-first showing most certainly. LOL I can't wait to see Alice in Wonderland in 3d. Just what will Tim Burton do for the story? I don't know...but I'll soon find out!
Buy the popcorn, soda and plenty of Jr. Mints! I'm
so ready.
POSTED: Thursday, March 4th, 2010
4:00 A.M.
Green Hat borrowed from 'net.
Help in listing the 13 from Wikipedia
