USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 15 October 2003

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday October 15, 2003

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Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data.

Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks.

We have links, lots of them.

SISYPHEAN

Of or relating to an endless and ineffective task.

This one comes straight out of Greek myth. Sisyphus was a king of Corinth, a son of Aeolus (the ruler of the winds, hence our word aeolian for something produced by or borne on the wind). In later legend he was the father of Odysseus or Ulysses. His name actually meant “crafty” in Greek: he was noted for his deception and he’s the equivalent in Greek folklore of the master trickster who turns up in many folk beliefs, such as Coyote in American Indian mythology. He even managed to cheat Death the first time around, surviving the experience to live to a ripe old age. In Greek legend Sisyphus was punished in Hades for his misdeeds in life by being condemned eternally to roll a heavy stone up a hill. As he neared the top, the stone rolled down again, so that his labour was everlasting and futile. The word first appeared in English in the middle of the seventeenth century. It isn’t used much these days because so few people understand the reference to classical literature.

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Happy Birthday

Virgil 70 B.C.

Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate,
  And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate,
  Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore.
  Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore,

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Happy Birthday

Friedrich Nietzsche 1844

Thus Spake Zarathustra.

2001 a Space Odyssey.

more.

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Happy Birthday

Mario Puzo 1920

Godfather.

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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the
on-line pumpkin carving site

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Happy Birthday

Lee Iacocca 1924.

I am an excellent driver.

Lee Iacocca's next venture into electric vehicles, the Lido NEV, offers both style and function in a proven platform.

 

 

 

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Proglottids

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Happy Birthday

Jim Palmer 1945

We are counting cards.

3-time Cy Young Award winner (1973,75-76); won 20 or more games 8 times with Baltimore; 1991 comeback attempt at age 45 scrubbed in spring training.

Ball Four.

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Would you like a Halloween Screensaver with your pancakes?

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On this day:

1968 - Led Zeppelin made its performance debut in England.

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1860 - Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.

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1917 - Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad. Hari was a Dutch dancer that had spied for the Germans.

The very name of Mata Hari has become synonymous with spying, espionage, intrigue, and sensuality.

 

Excuse me, but her top reminds me of pancakes!

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Sin, cosin, every where a sin.

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1998 - James Woods received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

One of Hollywood's most intense supporting and leading actors, James Woods has built a distinguished career on stage, screen, and television. Early in his career, Woods, with his lean body, close-set eyes, and narrow, acne-scarred face, specialized in playing sociopaths, psychopaths, and other crazed villains.

I honestly admire you James Woods.

"It's just a bunch of old shit - all these guys pretending to be a radish."

Just in case you missed it, the James Woods quote site is here below linked.

http://www.hillebrander.de/woods/quotes.htm

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Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Kathy!!
How be ya today??

[stand watie]

morning, ms. feather!

free dixie,sw

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dry and chilly here.

[stand watie]

MUDDY & 60 degrees here.

free dixie,sw

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning!!

[Fawnn]

54 and cloudy here. (Lots of rain yesterday.)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Paraphrased for today: It's the whiskers, stupid! ????

Laughing like crazy here. That it so good. Thanks, Life.

[HiJinx]

Boy, looking at all those low temps and wet weather, I'm tempted.

But no, that wouldn't be neither fair nor proper, so I'm not going to do it.

Nope, can't make me, ain't a gonna do it...

[Fawnn]

...and I bet it's a dry heat, too, isn't it? ;)

[LAN Doctor]

[HiJinx]

Good Afternoon, LC! It's great to hear from you, and to hear that things are going well. Keep up the good work, and God Bless you and yours!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, well, almost. How's the clean up going. All the downed foliage taken care of? Got your eye on a generator yet? Snow is creeping down the back mountains. Rain last week washed the snow away on the front ones. We better have snow this year.

[tomkow6]

You BADDDDD!

[Kathy in Alaska]

ms feather!! Pretty slow this morning. Tired. And speaking of which....have you gotten any rest since you got home.... back to your Mac, your new stove, and your victorian furniture. Did they miss you? And how are Nonie and the gang?

[beachn4fun]

Howdy Ms. Feather. How ya doing today?

[HiJinx]

He He...yup!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Temp has dropped below freezing since I got up. Glad I exchanged the windbreaker for a coat. Brrrrr.....

Now I gotta find the mittens for driving.

[beachn4fun]

Morning Kathy. We are scheduled to get outside this weekend and start cleaning up. It may rain, but if not, that's what we will be doing on Saturday. We'll start with the dragging/piling limbs, brush, and picking up the cut-up wood first. Then maybe the following weekend, we start cutting up some of the downed trees. Sheesh, by the time we're finished we may have to put a sign out for free wood. We had a good rain last night. This is really the first rain we've had here since ole Izzy blew thru. Very, very windy today! ATTENTION....ATTENTION....ALL MALE MEMBERS....please step away from the computer and do not read this part.....shhhh....speaking in whispers.....I wanted to walk over to the credit union, but am afraid that wind will blow my dress up over my head! LOL

Haven't done the real search for the generator yet. I've got to start on that though. You like a LOT of snow? It seems to me anyone in Alaska wishing for snow must REALLY like lots of it!

[Soaring Feather]

Love this graphic! Thanks so much, Kathy.

Pretty slow this morning. Tired. And speaking of which....have you gotten any rest since you got home.... back to your Mac, your new stove, and your victorian furniture. Did they miss you? And how are Nonie and the gang?

LOL

Well, I have made several pots of fresh coffee since arriving home. GOOD STUFF ON MY NEW STOVE!!
I sat in my huge chair last night before crashing into my comfy and equally large bed( made for a queen) LOL!!
Nonie and family have been locked in the closet the entire time and are just about frantic to get out!
Now that they have a Queen, I will not be able to keep them locked in the closet, they will protest!!
Spinner the baby!!Nonie, Queen Mother Nonie 2, Mommies Pet!!

ROTFLOL!!!

[Soaring Feather]

Howdy, I be fine thanks and you???