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

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Radix]

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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

[Radix]

HUH?

[Kathy in Alaska]

That one would work well, wouldn't it? Class will have to reconvene and "someone" will have to help Ma with her C drive that is full.

Did you get to visit today? Writing/Editing? Nap? (I need one badly.)

[Old Sarge]

SARGE TAKES HILL #400!

CHARGE!!!

[Radix]

I'll get you for this!

[Kathy in Alaska]

His Arms

Very nice, ms feather, very nice.

[Fawnn]

One more

for Tonk's and his "friends'" good day!!!

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You Kathy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Yep! That's what Tom cooks. And StarCMC likes fried spaghetti too.

[Soaring Feather]

Hi girlfriend!!

How are you??

[Fawnn]

The sun certainly sets off the highlights in your hair! Lovely!

[tomkow6]

End of 5 1/2

 

CUBS   5

Marlins  7

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi CPT kj!! Hi Star!! Thank you for serving this great nation of ours. Prayers for your success and safety, kj.

[Fawnn]

Hill #400 belongs to Old Sarge!!!

[Fawnn]

Did you get to visit today? Writing/Editing? Nap?

Tomorrow is when I'm hoping to visit. Not yet; terrible headache. Nap was going well until my nephew phoned repeatedly! Trying to wake up and decide what to eat, and then perchance to write/edit. ;)

[fatima]

I want to fly with you,

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi, fatima. Great graphic. A couple more days and I should be back to 100%. I hate being sick. How are you doing? Prayers for Karen and her friends and their safety as they help protect America and teach the Iraqi's about freedom.

[tomkow6]

End of 6

 

CUBS   5

Marlins  7

 

[MoJo2001]

7th Inning Stretch! Get Up And Sing A Long With Harry!!

Take me out to the ballgame,
Take me out to the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks.
I don't care if I never get back,

Let's  root, root for the Cubbies,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes your out.
At the old ball game.