USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Thank A Vet during the Holidays ~ December 3 2002

TROOPS AND CANTEEN MEN

Such beauty first thing in the morning. Thank you for the flowers.

It's a "brisk" 7 degrees here now. I'm starting to think summer is over.

Good Morning Everyone. Here's another way to support our Military and their families:

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The Mike Gallagher Show is broadcasting live from San Diego and is teaming up with Feed The Children to bring food/necessities to Military families who are in need. He's said their goal is to assist 1600 families this week.

If you would like to join "Gallagher's Army" and help FEED THE CHILDREN to support the families of our troops please visit here: "Gallagher's Army" and Feed The Children

DISCLAIMER: I am not an employee/representative of either The Mike Gallagher Show or Feed the Children. Just a listener to his show, and think this is a wonderful way to show our support.

Hello

You have a different source from LindaSOG and perhaps you'd continue in part?
Ask and you shall receive. I am easy..not cheap but easy.

This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on December 03:

1368 Charles VI [the Well-Beloved] king of France (1380-1422)
1483 Nicolaus von Amsdorf German reformation theologist
1576 Marsilio Casentini composer
1668 Casimir Schweizelsperg composer
1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg a founder of Danish & Norwegian literature
1729 Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)
1750 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel composer
1752 Georg-Friederich Fuchs composer
1753 Samuel Crompton English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)
1755 Gilbert Stuart US, portrait painter (painted Washington)
1758 Josef Gelinek composer
1795 Sir Rowland Hill introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)
1797 Francis P Kenrick Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
1800 France Preseren Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
1806 Henry Alexander Wise Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1809 Thomas Alfred Davies Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1822 Charles Adam Heckman Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1826 Edmond van der Straeten Belgian lawyer/musicologist
1826 George Brinton McClellan Major General (Union Army), died in 1885
1829 Green Berry Raum Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
1838 Cleveland Abbe US, meteorologist (Father of the Weather Bureau)
1838 Octavia Hill British reformer, leader of open-space movement
1842 Ellen Henrietta Richards US, chemist (American Home Economics Association-1st president)
1857 Joseph Conrad Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness)
1862 Jules Renkin Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)
1864 Herman Heijermans Jr Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City)
1875 Bernhard Lichtenberg German clergyman/antifascist
1883 Anton [Friedrich Wilhelm] von Webern Vienna Austria, 12-tone composer
1883 Albert "Tibby" Cotter cricketer (great Aussie quick of early century)
1885 Marchien Zwitsers farmer in Lutten (died at 109 years old)
1886 Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn Swedendish physicist (röntgen spectroscope, Nobel 1924)
1888 Ion Nonna Otescu composer
1895 Anna Freud Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund Freud
1896 Boleslaw Szabelski composer
1896 John Urzidil Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen)
1897 Kate O'Brien Irish writer (Without My Cloak)
1898 Lev Konstantinovich Knipper composer
19-- Brian Lando actor (Benjamin Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
19-- Moe Keale Honolulu HI, actor (Truck-Hawaii 5-0)
1900 Lester Matthews Nottingham England, (Sir Dennis-Adventures of Fu Manchu)
1900 Richard Kuhn Austria, biochemist, worked with vitamins (Nobel 1938)
1902 Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe composer
1904 Juan E Yrausquin founder (Party of Patriot Arubans)/minister
1905 Leslie Ames cricketer (England wicket-keeper of 30's Outstanding bat)
1907 Connee Boswell New Orleans LA, singer (Pete Kelly's Blues)
1907 Andrew Hutchings teachers' leader
1908 Halsey Stevens Scott NY, composer (Triskelion)
1908 Nigel M Balchin [Mark Spade] English author (Business for Pleasure)
1910 Robert Arthur Hughes missionary/surgeon
1911 Dana Suesse songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures)
1911 Nino Rota Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada)
1913 Omer Vanaudenhoven Flemish industrial/resistance fighter
1914 Irving Fine Boston MA, composer (Toccata)
1919 Charles Craig opera singer
1921 Hans G Kresse Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking)
1923 Tom Fears NFL end (Los Angeles Rams)
1923 Maria Callas opera singer
1923 Trevor Bailey England, cricket all-rounder (batted & ran)
1924 John Backus inventor (FORTRAN computer language)
1925 Ken Funston South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's)
1926 Hans Gunther Franz Otte composer
1926 Hans Otte German composer/pianist
1927 Ferlin Husky country singer (Born to Lose, Gone)
1927 Isabelle Harriet Lucas actress/singer (Outland, Comics)
1929 Clarence Ford sax player
1929 Paul Harris Turok composer
1929 Werner Rackwitz German musicologist (Händel-Renaissance)
1930 Andy Williams Wall Lake IA, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show)
1930 Jean-Luc Godard French film director (Alphaville, Hail Mary, Breathless)
1930 Phyllis Curtin Clarksburg WV, soprano (NYC Opera)
1931 Jaye P Morgan Mancos CO, singer/actress (Gong Show, Night Patrol)
1931 Ellen Blazer Dutch TV director (Sonja)
1932 Corry Brokken Dutch singer
1934 Nicolas Coster London England, actor (Lionel-Santa Barbara, Robert Delaney-Another World, Electric Horseman)
1934 Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 24, 37/36)
1937 Bobby Allison auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500)
1937 Stephen Rubin English attorney/shoe manufacturer (Reebok, Adidas)
1938 José Serebrier Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon)
1938 Martyn Taylor teacher/campaigner
1941 Mary Alice Indianola MS, newscaster (CBS, Lettie-Different World)
1943 Valerie Perrine Galveston TX, actress (Slaughterhouse 5)
1945 Laura Dean Staten Island NY, composer/choreographer (Drumming)
1948 Diane Kurys [Emir Kusturica] Sarajevo, bass guitarist
1948 Ozzy Osbourne England, rock vocalist (Black Sabbath-Bark at the Moon)
1949 Heather Menzies Toronto Ontario, actress (Jessica-Logan's Run)
1949 Christopher John Seward aid worker
1949 Mickey Thomas Cairo GA, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Starship)
1950 John Akii-bua Uganda, 400 meter hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
1950 Muntu Myeza South African anti-apartheid activist
1951 Mike Stock rocker (Stock, Aitken & Waterman-Road Block)
1951 Rick Mears Indy-car racer (over 25 wins)
1951 Danger Alberto Juantorena Cuba, 800 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1976)
1951 James Turner Brewer Maywood IL, basketball player (Olympics-silver-1972)
1951 Riki Chosyu [Mitsuo Yoshida] wrestler (NJPW/All-Japan)
1952 Mel Smith author (Morons From Outer Space)
1952 Don Barnes rock guitarist (38 Special)
1952 Duane Roland rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
1953 Franz Klammer Austria, downhill skier (Olympics-gold-1976)
1954 Paul Gregg country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1955 Melody Anderson Edmonton Alberta, actress (Natalie Dillon-All My Children, Flash Gordon, Brooke-Manimal)
1956 Hart Bochner Los Angeles CA, actor/director (Rich & Famous)
1959 Kathy Jordan Bryn Mawr PA, tennis player (US Opens Doubles 1981)
1960 Mike Ramsey US, ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1980)
1960 Daryl Hannah actress (Splash, Blade Runner)
1961 Julianne Moore actress (Lost World, 9 Months)
1962 Tammy Jackson WNBA forward/center (Houston Comets)
1963 Ashley De Silva Sri Lankan Cricket wicketkeeper (1993)
1963 Steve Hegg Dana Point CA, road cyclist (Olympics-16th-84, 96)
1964 Darryl Hamilton Baton Rouge LA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1964 Toi Cook cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
1965 Katarina Witt Staaken German Democratic Republic, figure skater (Olympics-gold-1984, 88)
1965 Tammy Jacques Auburn ME, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1966 Lisa Lightfoot Australian middle distance runner (Olympics-96)
1967 David Diaz Melbourne Victoria, Australasia golfer
1967 Greg Sutton NBA guard (Philadelphia 76ers)
1967 Katie Henderson Santa Monica CA, WPVA volleyball (US Open-25th-1993)
1968 Brendan Fraser Indianapolis IN, actor (School Ties, 20 Bucks)
1968 Isabel Cueto West Germany, tennis star
1968 Kevin Telles actor (Party Camp)
1969 Ed King NFL guard (New Orleans Saints)
1969 Kwamie Lassiter NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
1970 Charles Hope WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 Jennifer Rothschild [Rubin] actress (Judas Project)
1970 Laura Schuler ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-98)
1970 Lindsey Hunter NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1970 Paul Byrd Louisville KY, pitcher (New York Mets)
1972 Eva Nemcova WNBA forward/guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1972 Peter Wright US, 1500 meter freestyle (Olympics-96)
1973 Andrew McNally Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
1973 Brian Loyd Lynwood CA, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 Ralph Staten safety (Baltimore Ravens)
1975 Lauren E Roman Wilmington NC, actress (Laura Kirk-All My Children)
1975 Nadine Neumann Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 David Sales cricketer (Northampton batsman, 210 on fc debut 1996)
1980 Anna Chlumsky Chicago IL, actress (My Girl)
1981 Brian Bonsall actor (Family Ties, Star Trek Next Generation)

Deaths which occurred on December 03:

0450 Petrus Chrysologus 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies
1137 Lotharius III of Supplinburg, Roman-German emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
1154 Anastasius IV Pope (1153-54), dies
1463 Louis Chalon prince of Orange, dies
1469 Piero de' Medici ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
1491 Thomas Basin French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies
1533 Vasili III great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
1660 Jacques Sarazin French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1676 Daniel Stalpaert Amsterdams master builder, buried
1789 Claude-Joseph Vernet French seascape painter, dies
1807 Clara Reeve English author (old English baron), dies
1823 Joseph Pouteau composer, dies at 84
1839 Frederik VI king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71
1857 Christian D Rauch German sculptor, dies at 80
1866 Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda composer, dies at 65
1876 Hermann Goetz composer, dies at 35
1889 Baltasar Saldoni composer, dies at 82
1890 Bill Midwinter cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies
1892 William Bonaparte grandson of Lucien, dies
1893 Allan Wilson British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle
1894 Jozef Schadde Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76
1894 Robert Louis Stevenson English writer (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 45
1910 Mary Baker Eddy founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies
1919 Pierre A Renoir French painter/sculptor, dies at 78
1933 Richard Henry Warren composer, dies at 74
1937 Prosper Poullet Belgian mayor, dies
1941 Johann Christian August Sinding composer, dies at 85
1942 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composer, dies at 75
1944 Delfien Vanhaute Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75
1949 Elin Pelin writer, dies
1949 Maria Ouspenskaya actress (Spookies), dies at 62
1954 Enrique Soro Barriga composer, dies at 70
1957 Frank E Gannett newspaper publisher, dies at 81
1960 Hermann Stephani composer, dies at 83
1961 Jekabs Graubins composer, dies at 75
1961 Mary Charleson actress (Upstairs & Downstairs), dies at 76
1964 Ernst Ginsberg writer, dies
1964 George Brown cricketer (7 Tests for England), dies
1967 Annette Kolb writer, dies at 92
1967 Fred Engelen Flemish actor/director (Kritisch Theater), dies at 54
1967 Manuel A Fraai Curaçao author (Silly Agüero), dies at 70
1969 Ruth White actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55
1973 Michael O'Shea actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67
1975 Hugh Thurlow cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies
1975 Jacob Kruijt Dutch sociologist, dies at 76
1976 Mary Nash actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91
1978 William Grant Still composer, dies at 83
1984 Virginia Lacy Jones US librarian/presidential advisor, dies at 72
1985 Sam Gillman actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70
1990 Gavin Reed actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59
1991 Alex Graham British cartoonstrip artist (Fred Basset), dies
1991 Casey Walters actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), after a stroke at 75
1992 Harry Ellerbe actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at 91
1992 Luis Alcoriza actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema
1992 Nureddin Al-Atassi President of Syria (1966-70), dies
1993 Lewis Thomas biologist, dies of cancer at 80
1993 Thomas Mogotlane South African actor (Mapantsula), dies at 40
1994 Dolf Verspoor literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at 77
1994 Elizabeth Meyer wife of Paul Michael Glaser, dies of AIDS at 47
1994 Giorgi Chanturia President of Georgia, assassinated
1994 Lesley Peacock jazz photogrpaher/author, dies
1994 Said Mekbel Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57
1995 Jimmy Jewel comedian, dies at 82
1995 Robertson Davies (author) dies at 82
1996 Babrak Karmal PM of Afghánistán (1980-81), dies
1996 Det Glynn teacher/anti-apartheid activist, dies at 84
1996 George Duby historian, dies at 77
1997 Marian Kratochwil artist, dies at 91
1997 Steve Hamilton pitcher (New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 63

On this day...

0741 St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
1586 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
1621 Galileo perfects the telescope
1639 1st annulment by court decree passes
1676 Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
1678 Edmund Halley receives Master of Arts degree from Queen's College, Oxford
1685 Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1694 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-General of the Hague
1775 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
1818 Illinois admitted as 21st US state
1828 Andrew Jackson elected 7th President of US, John C Calhoun Vice-President
1833 Oberlin College in Ohio, 1st truly coeducational college opens
1834 1st US dental society organized (New York)
1835 1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (Rhode Island)
1844 Roman Catholic Society Apostole of Prayer forms
1847 Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"
1863 Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville TN
1864 Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia
1866 Paid fire department replaces volunteer companies
1868 Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on US trial jury
1878 Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel
1881 Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa
1883 48th Congress (1883-85) convenes
1893 Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia
1901 Milwaukee is dropped from the American League & replaced by St Louis Browns
1903 Panglima Polim surrenders to Captain Colijn at Atjeh
1907 George Cohan's musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in New York NY
1908 Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres
1910 Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)
1912 Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer
1912 Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece & Bulgaria sign weapons pact
1914 Netherlands army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed
1920 Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty
1921 9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0
1922 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York NY
1923 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington DC)
1926 Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)
1929 Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak
1930 Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)
1930 Otto Ender forms Austrian government
1930 Richard Rodgers/L Hart's musical "Evergreen" premieres in London
1931 Alka Seltzer goes on sale
1932 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6
1932 General Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany
1933 Joe Lilliard QBs Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
1933 Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000
1934 KYW-AM in Chicago IL moves to Philadelphia PA
1934 Italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya
1938 AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric
1939 Dmitri Shostakovich's 6th Symphony, premieres
1941 Hitler views Poltava Ukraine
1943 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB)
1943 Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
1943 Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, premieres
1944 NFL Cardinals-Pittsburgh merger dissolves
1944 British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece
1944 Hungarian death march of Jews ends
1944 Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe
1944 US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hürtgenwald
1946 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)
1946 US government asks UN to order dictator Franco out of Spain
1947 Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" premieres in New York NY
1948 "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)
1948 1st US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in
1948 Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100
1948 Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial
1949 KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (CBS) begins
1950 Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7)
1950 Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts
1950 Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
1952 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
1952 Marcos Perez Jiménez elected President of Venezuela
1953 "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
1953 Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Republican party
1953 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's 5th String Quartet
1954 Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard" premieres
1954 William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida" premieres in London
1955 KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52)
1956 England & France pull troops out of Egypt
1956 KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Fort Smith AR (CBS) 1st broadcast
1957 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)
1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends
1960 Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot" premieres Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances
1961 George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal
1961 Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion
1961 Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein
1961 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge
1962 Pravda criticizes western art
1964 Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley
1964 "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
1964 KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion NE (ABC) begins broadcasting
1965 USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon
1965 Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
1966 US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg MS
1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr Christian Barnard, South Africa)
1967 Final run of "20th Century Limited", famed New York-Chicago luxury train
1967 Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4)
1967 Ex-President Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia
1968 Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" & strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters
1969 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1971 President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
1972 Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet)
1976 Dr Patrick J Hillery elected President of Iraq
1978 "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
1978 Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1979 11 trampled to death at Cincinnati Who concert
1979 Christie's auctions a thimble for a record $18,400
1979 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB)
1979 Iran accepts constitution
1980 New York Federal jury finds Representatives Thompson D-NJ & Murphy, D-NY, guilty
1981 Beth Daniel/Tom Kite win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1981 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 1st New Jersey Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4
1982 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork AR (state record)
1982 77ºF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December
1982 Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez
1983 "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 performances
1983 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
1984 Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisconsin
1985 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB
1986 Sri Lanka all out 55 vs West Indies in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs
1988 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
1988 New York Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
1989 George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev end summit in Malta
1989 Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1990 National League batting champion Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants
1991 Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion
1991 Muslim Shiites release US hostage Alan Steen
1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
1992 UN Security Council votes unanimous for US led forces to enter Somalia
1995 "Company" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
1995 "Holiday" opens at Circle in Square Theater NYC for 49 performances
1995 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2)
1995 Beth Daniels/Davis Love III win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1995 Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs South Africa, a record
1995 Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar
1995 Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864
1997 "1776" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
1997 Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Illinois : Admission Day (1818)
Philatelists : Sir Rowland Hill Day (1795/1840)
World : Heart Transplant Day (1967)

Religious Observances

Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Cassian of Tangier, patron of stenographers
Lutheran, Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Francis Xavier, apostle of India & Japan

Religious History

1170 Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket, 52, returned to England after six years of exile in France. (Becket would be martyred on December 29th of this year killed by soldiers sent by his former friend, English King Henry II.)

1841 Birth of Clara H. Scott, American music teacher and composer. A contributor to the collections published by Horatio R. Palmer, she is best remembered today as author and composer of the hymn, "Open My Eyes, That I May See."

1902 Birth of Mitsuo Fuchida, the pilot who flew the lead plane in Japan's air attack on Pearl Harbor (12/7/1941). Following WWII, through representatives of the Pocket Testament League, Fuchida was converted to Christianity in 1950.

1908 Birth of C.F.D. Moule, Anglican clergyman and New Testament scholar. He authored numerous autographs on Biblical studies, including "The Phenomenology of the New Testament" (1967).

1976 In Chicago, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC) was formally organized. The bulk of membership derived from former affiliates of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.

Thought for the day :
" An honest politician: One who stays bought. "

Geez 7 degrees .. and I thought it was cold here ... burrrrr

Well maybe this will get us moving

http://www.debsfunpages.com/dance25.htm

I'll be home around 10PM PST tonight.
I have a monthly Coast Guard Auxiliary meeting after work.
Thank You ALL for honoring the military, their families and vets.

See post 17

Rambling thoughts from my "voices":

Anything on the ground is a cat toy. Anything not there yet, will
be.

Cable: Commercial programming with 5 minute intermissions of
garbage.

Take my advice, I'm not using it anyway.

You are pure inspiration for birth control.

I'd say he's the laziest guy alive but I'm not sure about that
last part.

If a duck only has one leg, does he swim in circles?

It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level
I'm really quite busy.

Save a horse - ride a cowboy.

Income tax returns: the most imaginative fiction written today.

I don't have a big ego, I'm way too cool for that.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh thanks Tonks .. I needed that

Let's see if my copy works:

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

I am thankful, to God, every day, for our nation, and our military. I found this article very appropriate to today's theme. The latest from The Federalist:

THE FOUNDATION
"The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations." --George Washington

INSIGHT
"To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude." --Albert Schweitzer

ICTUS IMPRIMIS
"Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favours. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean, for nothing can be valueless that is given by the most high God." --Thomas a Kempis

LIBERTY
"Americans, more than any other people in the world, have much to be thankful for, not only this year but also every year. Despite our many flaws, faults and problems we are the free-est people on earth. Be thankful for that. Be thankful, too that there are those who daily wage the fight on behalf of liberty. Be thankful also that we are the richest and strongest nation on earth; we cannot be bullied, threatened or intimidated. Be thankful, too, that there are those who never cease fighting to keep us strong and prosperous and free. Be thankful for the Founding Fathers who gave us a Constitution that is the means by which we keep our freedom and build our prosperity. Be thankful this year for a president who has confounded his critics and his nation's enemies by rising to the challenges that threaten our freedom and our prosperity. Be thankful, not in the abstract, but very specifically to God, our Father, who oversaw the creation of this nation and who has been there guiding and guarding through the more than 200 years of its existence. Ronald Reagan believed that God set this nation here between two oceans to be a beacon of freedom for the rest of the world. Be thankful that this is so and be extra thankful that God in His goodness put you here to enjoy all that this country has to offer. Look around the world: You will see that God has made you one of a special and privileged minority. Be thankful." --Lyn Nofziger

The thing is, I like winter (ok so I'm sick).
People who complain about how cold it is I like to point out that this is Mn., it's Dec., it's SUPPOSED to be cold! If you don't like winter MOVE, because it's not going to change.

It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level
I'm really quite busy.

I like it!
"They say hard work never hurt anyone, but I say why take a chance."
R. Reagan

Thank you for all you do

Hope everyone has a very nice day (-:

Thanks for the offer. I brought my own, but don't mind sharing. Do you have any marshmallow creme?
It was 32 degrees in Jax this morning, warming up to 68. I had to dig out my heating pad and my fuzzy slippers. When the bridges freeze in Jax, the city shuts down, because we don't own any de-icing equipment, and no-one owns snow tires. A few degrees colder and I could have skipped work.

Good morning Fiddlstix

Thank you for the ping. Hope you have a good day

Love your picture of the coffee junkie, Linda! ROFL!Top of the morning to you and all! Here's a big caffein bump for the troops!

"Rambling thoughts from my "voices""

ROFL!! Good ones, Tom! I think your Greek chorus is very enlightened! You are fortunate indeed to be pursued by such witty muses!