It has certainly been a busy week.
Now that the stimulus package has been signed into law, the Obama administration is moving on to address other issues such as health care and the war in Iraq after the President addressed a joint session of Congress, and by proxy the nation Tuesday night.
Everyone (mostly Republicans for some reason) might not agree with everything he has said and done, but one cannot deny that President Barack Obama is addressing the issues facing this country while trying to keep his campaign promises.
The main winners of the the 81st Academy Awards Sunday night were:
Slumdog Millionaire for best picture and best director (Danny Boyle).
Sean Penn for best actor (Milk).
Kate Winslet for best actress (The Reader).
The late Heath Ledger for best supporting actor (Batman: The Dark Knight).
Penelope Cruz for best supporting actress (Vicky Cristina Barcelona).
Wall*E for best animated picture.
Meanwhile in sports:
Jim Calhoun, coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Connecticut, received his 800th career victory when the UConn Huskies beat Marquette 93-82 on February 25th.
Preseason baseball is underway between spring training camps in Florida and Arizona while the federal investigations and trials into steroid use are proceeding apace.
For more news and information at any time, check out the IN OTHER NEWS feature at the bottom of the screen.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
THE PUZZLE CORNER: FEBRUARY 28th, 2009
Okay. As March prepares to roar in like a lion, let's take charge of finding the solutions to these puzzles.
TRIVIA TIME
With pre-season baseball under way, do you know if any team has been able to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win the American League Championship Series?
THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Can you figure out the larger word from the clues below?
The answers will appear in next weekend's Puzzle Corner, like the ones from February 21st are now.
TRIVIA TIME
The original Star Trek television series is accredited with presenting the forerunners of what we know today as the cellphone and the personal computer.
COMMON BONDS
While everyone listed were performers amongst the various versions of Star Trek, they also have the following in common.
Group 1: Mark Leonard guest starred on a fifth season episode of Mission: Impossible while Leonard Nimoy was portraying Paris. The actors even had several scenes together.
Group 2: Leonard Nimoy guest starred when William Shatner was portraying T. J. Hooker.
Group 3: Maria Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes were amongst the voice artists of Disney's Gargoyles.
TRIVIA TIME
With pre-season baseball under way, do you know if any team has been able to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win the American League Championship Series?
THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Can you figure out the larger word from the clues below?
Follow the sandy path to be generous.
The answers will appear in next weekend's Puzzle Corner, like the ones from February 21st are now.
TRIVIA TIME
The original Star Trek television series is accredited with presenting the forerunners of what we know today as the cellphone and the personal computer.
COMMON BONDS
While everyone listed were performers amongst the various versions of Star Trek, they also have the following in common.
Group 1: Mark Leonard guest starred on a fifth season episode of Mission: Impossible while Leonard Nimoy was portraying Paris. The actors even had several scenes together.
Group 2: Leonard Nimoy guest starred when William Shatner was portraying T. J. Hooker.
Group 3: Maria Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes were amongst the voice artists of Disney's Gargoyles.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
THE SUNDAY FUNNIES: FEBRUARY 22nd. 2009
Our resident comedienne would like to try her paw at puns this weekend, and since I have nothing to say or report as a proper lead in for this post, take it away Ms. Waxy Dragon...
Is a pessimist's blood type always b-negative?
When a clock is hungry, does it goes back four seconds?
A boiled egg for breakfast is hard to beat.
A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.
And finally, remember folks:
A bicycle can never stand on its own because it is two tired.
See you next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!
Is a pessimist's blood type always b-negative?
When a clock is hungry, does it goes back four seconds?
A boiled egg for breakfast is hard to beat.
A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.
And finally, remember folks:
A bicycle can never stand on its own because it is two tired.
See you next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
WEEK IN REVIEW: FEBRUARY 15-21, 2009
Well it's been quite a busy week in the United States government.
With the Stimulus Bill signed into law on Tuesday, President Barack Obama says middle and lower American workers should see a difference in the paychecks by April as the weekly income tax deductions are reduced.
Meanwhile the President is working to cut Federal spending and is looking into taxing the Upper/Wealthy class.
The NAACP is calling for the firing of the New York Post editorial cartoonist who drew a picture of a dead chimpanzee with the caption that someone else would have to write the next stimulus bill. In a possibly related story, the Connecticut woman who was severely mauled by a chimpanzee is now at an undisclosed hospital in Ohio getting more specialized treatment. No word on what her friends and family think of the NY Post editorial cartoon.
Mike Myers and his 2008 movie The Love Guru took home the top (dis)honors at the annual Razzies. The Raspberry awards given for the worst movies of the past year the night before the annual Oscar ceremony.
And Major League Baseball is looking into the latest steroid allegations as both the investigation surrounding Alex Rodriguez and the on going trial of Barry Bonds continue.
For more news at any time, just visit the In Other News... box at the bottom of the screen.
With the Stimulus Bill signed into law on Tuesday, President Barack Obama says middle and lower American workers should see a difference in the paychecks by April as the weekly income tax deductions are reduced.
Meanwhile the President is working to cut Federal spending and is looking into taxing the Upper/Wealthy class.
The NAACP is calling for the firing of the New York Post editorial cartoonist who drew a picture of a dead chimpanzee with the caption that someone else would have to write the next stimulus bill. In a possibly related story, the Connecticut woman who was severely mauled by a chimpanzee is now at an undisclosed hospital in Ohio getting more specialized treatment. No word on what her friends and family think of the NY Post editorial cartoon.
Mike Myers and his 2008 movie The Love Guru took home the top (dis)honors at the annual Razzies. The Raspberry awards given for the worst movies of the past year the night before the annual Oscar ceremony.
And Major League Baseball is looking into the latest steroid allegations as both the investigation surrounding Alex Rodriguez and the on going trial of Barry Bonds continue.
For more news at any time, just visit the In Other News... box at the bottom of the screen.
THE PUZZLE CORNER: FEBRUARY 21st, 2009
Since we had so much fun working with a theme last weekend, we are going to do it again.
But here's a hint: even if you get the answer to TRIVIA TIME right, that is not the answer to any of the COMMON BONDS.
Ready?
TRIVIA TIME
What television program is accredited with presenting early models of the concepts we know today as the cell phone and the personal computer?
COMMON BONDS
Each apparently diverse group has something in common. Do you know what?
Group 1. (Mark Leonard, Leonard Nimoy)
Group 2. (Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner)
Group 3. (Maria Sirtis, Jonathan Frakes)
The answers will appear next weekend. But for now, let's see how well all our love birds did guessing Cupid's serenaders from our Valentine's Day WHAT'S THAT SONG quiz. But if more than one person has recorded the tune, just the song title and the source are listed.
01. Dulcena from Man of La Mancha, the musical adaptation of Don Quixote.
02. As Time Goes By from Casablanca. "Here's looking at you, kid."
03. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? by Bryan Adams from the movie Don Juan DeMarco.
04. I've Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher.
05. Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce.
06. Unforgettable by Nat King Cole with or without daughter Natalie.
07. My Girl by The Temptations.
08. Annie's Song by John Denver.
09. Rhythm Of My Heart by Rod Stewart. And finally...
10. Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers.
Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day Y and we'll be back next weekend with more of The Puzzle Corner.
But here's a hint: even if you get the answer to TRIVIA TIME right, that is not the answer to any of the COMMON BONDS.
Ready?
TRIVIA TIME
What television program is accredited with presenting early models of the concepts we know today as the cell phone and the personal computer?
COMMON BONDS
Each apparently diverse group has something in common. Do you know what?
Group 1. (Mark Leonard, Leonard Nimoy)
Group 2. (Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner)
Group 3. (Maria Sirtis, Jonathan Frakes)
The answers will appear next weekend. But for now, let's see how well all our love birds did guessing Cupid's serenaders from our Valentine's Day WHAT'S THAT SONG quiz. But if more than one person has recorded the tune, just the song title and the source are listed.
01. Dulcena from Man of La Mancha, the musical adaptation of Don Quixote.
02. As Time Goes By from Casablanca. "Here's looking at you, kid."
03. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? by Bryan Adams from the movie Don Juan DeMarco.
04. I've Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher.
05. Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce.
06. Unforgettable by Nat King Cole with or without daughter Natalie.
07. My Girl by The Temptations.
08. Annie's Song by John Denver.
09. Rhythm Of My Heart by Rod Stewart. And finally...
10. Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers.
Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day Y and we'll be back next weekend with more of The Puzzle Corner.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
THE SUNDAY FUNNIES: FEBRUARY 15th 2009
As the Valentine's Day weekend concludes, our resident comedienne Ms. Waxy Dragon (a three year old baby dragon avatar amongst many of an avid Internet surfer) has decided to grace us with a few appropriate jokes for all you love birds.
Or at least, that's what she claims these are. ;-)
The girl asked her lover, "Darling, if we get engaged, will you give me a ring?"
"Sure," he replied. "What's your phone number?"
What happened when the two vampires met? It was love at first bite!
Is Pepe LePew proof that skunks are scent-imental? ^.^
Why did the cannibal break up with his girlfriend? She didn't suit his taste!
What do squirrels give for Valentine's Day? Forget-me-nuts.
And finally, from Waxy to her special loved one...
Knock, Knock.
Who's there?
Olive.
Olive who?
Olive you!
Happy Valentine's Day everybody! Y
Or at least, that's what she claims these are. ;-)
The girl asked her lover, "Darling, if we get engaged, will you give me a ring?"
"Sure," he replied. "What's your phone number?"
What happened when the two vampires met? It was love at first bite!
Is Pepe LePew proof that skunks are scent-imental? ^.^
Why did the cannibal break up with his girlfriend? She didn't suit his taste!
What do squirrels give for Valentine's Day? Forget-me-nuts.
And finally, from Waxy to her special loved one...
Knock, Knock.
Who's there?
Olive.
Olive who?
Olive you!
Happy Valentine's Day everybody! Y
Saturday, February 14, 2009
THE PUZZLE CORNER: FEBRUARY 14th, 2009
Ah... love, sweet love. Y
It makes the world go round. It's all you need.
This week's Puzzle Corner is pretty straight forward. One massive game of WHAT'S THAT SONG?
But for this special day, all the lyrics are from love songs. Can you name them all?
01. "I have dreamed thee so long..."
02. "...and man must have his mate..."
03. "...when you feel yourself lying helpless in her arms..."
04. "They say our love won't pay the rent..."
05. "But there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do..."
06. "That's why darling, it's incredible..."
07. "When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May..."
08. "You fill up my senses..."
09. "...with the words I love you rollin' off my tongue..."
10. "I need your love..."
So enjoy the weekend all you lovebirds. Our serenader's will reveal themselves next weekend.
Meanwhile, here are the answers from last week's quiz.
01. Don McLean's classic song American Pie, which spent four weeks at Number 1.
02. "The day the music died."
03. "The Winter Dance Party", a 24 venue tour of the Midwest in three weeks whose planners never fully worked out the logistics of traversing the country during bad winter weather.
04. The original passenger manifest was to be just Buddy Holly, wanting to get to the next venue early for a chance to rest and, believe it or not: do some laundry, chartered the plane for himself and the Crickets that could afford to buy a ticket.
Dion DiMucci of Dion and the Belmonts refused to buy a plane ticket because the air fare, back then $36, was what his parents paid for a month's rent on the family apartment when he was growing up.
Then Cricket Waylon Jennings (yes, the country music star) gave up his seat to an ill Big Bopper, who was hoping to arrive early at the next venue to get some much needed rest before the next show. But an ill fated choice of jokes over the matter with Buddy Holly haunted him for the rest of his life.
The other Cricket scheduled for the flight, Tommy Allsup, lost his seat in a coin toss to Ritchie Valens.
The remaining Crickets, unable to afford the cost of the plane ticket, stayed on the tour bus.
It makes the world go round. It's all you need.
This week's Puzzle Corner is pretty straight forward. One massive game of WHAT'S THAT SONG?
But for this special day, all the lyrics are from love songs. Can you name them all?
01. "I have dreamed thee so long..."
02. "...and man must have his mate..."
03. "...when you feel yourself lying helpless in her arms..."
04. "They say our love won't pay the rent..."
05. "But there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do..."
06. "That's why darling, it's incredible..."
07. "When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May..."
08. "You fill up my senses..."
09. "...with the words I love you rollin' off my tongue..."
10. "I need your love..."
So enjoy the weekend all you lovebirds. Our serenader's will reveal themselves next weekend.
Meanwhile, here are the answers from last week's quiz.
01. Don McLean's classic song American Pie, which spent four weeks at Number 1.
02. "The day the music died."
03. "The Winter Dance Party", a 24 venue tour of the Midwest in three weeks whose planners never fully worked out the logistics of traversing the country during bad winter weather.
04. The original passenger manifest was to be just Buddy Holly, wanting to get to the next venue early for a chance to rest and, believe it or not: do some laundry, chartered the plane for himself and the Crickets that could afford to buy a ticket.
Dion DiMucci of Dion and the Belmonts refused to buy a plane ticket because the air fare, back then $36, was what his parents paid for a month's rent on the family apartment when he was growing up.
Then Cricket Waylon Jennings (yes, the country music star) gave up his seat to an ill Big Bopper, who was hoping to arrive early at the next venue to get some much needed rest before the next show. But an ill fated choice of jokes over the matter with Buddy Holly haunted him for the rest of his life.
The other Cricket scheduled for the flight, Tommy Allsup, lost his seat in a coin toss to Ritchie Valens.
The remaining Crickets, unable to afford the cost of the plane ticket, stayed on the tour bus.
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