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Just My Opinion:
To truly appreciate something, one has to suffer and be without it. Â The mark of character is to be willing to take another chance and another and another and another. Â We only get one trip through this world. Â To be afraid is cheating yourself of the greatest happiness you can have. Â Not only will you be physically fulfilled, you will be spiritually completed. Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.(Katherine Hepburn) I gave to you and continue to give everything in the name of love. Your actions have proved that I am still in your head and in your heart. I only ask that you give back to me what I have given you all my life.
Today's Funny:
A police officer sees a man driving around with a pickup truck full of penguins. He pulls the guy over and says: "You can't drive around with penguins in this town! Take them to the zoo immediately."
The guy says OK, and drives away.
The next day, the officer sees the guy still driving around with the truck full of penguins, and they're all wearing sun glasses. He pulls the guy over and demands: "I thought I told you to take these penguins to the zoo yesterday?"
The guy replies: "I did ... today I'm taking them to the beach!"/span>
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 4, 1783, Britain's King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War.
On this date:
In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
In 1861, delegates from six Southern states met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid.
In 1938, the Thornton Wilder play "Our Town" opened on Broadway.
In 1941, the United Service Organizations (USO) came into existence.
In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta.
In 1948, the island nation of Ceylon — now Sri Lanka — became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.
In 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
In 1976, more than 23,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala with a magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
In 1999, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant, was shot and killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police officers. (The officers were acquitted at trial.)
Ten years ago: Austrian President Thomas Klestil swore in a coalition government that included Joerg Haider's (yohrg HY'-durz) far-right Freedom Party, a development which triggered European Union sanctions. FormerHouse Speaker Carl Albert died in McAlester, Okla. at age 91. Singer Doris Kenner-Jackson of the Shirellesdied in Goldsboro, N.C. at age 58.
Five years ago: Gunmen kidnapped Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena in Baghdad. (Sgrena was freed a month later; however, an Italian agent who'd secured her release was killed by U.S. gunfire at a checkpoint.) Actor and civil rights activist Ossie Davis died in Miami Beach, Fla. at age 87.
One year ago: President Barack Obama imposed a $500,000 cap on executive pay for companies receiving federal bailout money; the president also signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children. Lux Interior, co-founder and lead singer of the horror-punk band the Cramps, died in Glendale, Calif. at age 62.
Today's Birthdays: Actor William Phipps is 88. Actor Conrad Bain is 87. Former Argentinian President Isabel Peron is 79. Actor Gary Conway is 74. Movie director George A. Romero is 70. Rock musician John Steel (The Animals) is 69. Singer Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) is 66. Former Vice President Dan Quayle is 63. Rock singer Alice Cooper is 62. Actor Michael Beck is 61. Actress Lisa Eichhorn is 58. Football Hall-of-Famer Lawrence Taylor is 51. Rock singer Tim Booth is 50. Rock musician Henry Bogdan is 49. Country singer Clint Black is 48. Rock musician Noodles (The Offspring) is 47. Country musician Dave Buchanan (Yankee Grey) is 44. Actress Gabrielle Anwar is 40. Actor Rob Corddry is 39. Singer David (dah-VEED') Garza is 39. Actor Michael Goorjian is 39. Boxer Oscar De La Hoya is 37. Rock musician Rick Burch (Jimmy Eat World) is 35. Singer Natalie Imbruglia (em-BROO'-lee-ah) is 35. Rapper Cam'ron is 34. Rock singer Gavin DeGraw is 33. Olympic gold medal gymnast-turned-singer Carly Patterson is 22.
Thought for Today:
"Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries." — James Michener, American author (1907-1997).
News From Soonerland:
I have a new laptop and it is so sweet. Â I bought it yesterday at Best Buy. Â They were running a special on it. Â Once we got there, the salesman tried to pull a "bait and switch", coming out with the computer I wanted but with a lot of additional software downloaded on it.
He said it was the last one they had; of course, it was $100 dollars higher because of all the software the "Geek Squad" had added to it. Â I asked him to call the other stores to see if they had one without the software added. Â Both the Midwest City and the Quail Springs stores did.
Then, he said that the Geek Squad could probably remove the software. Â So, we went to the customer service desk. Â The guy said they could only remove the anti-virus, which they would do and drop the additional cost $50.
I said "Nope!" Â I would just go to one of the other stores. Â Then the assistant manager offered to leave it just the way it was if I would be willing to pay $20 extra. Â
So, we finally struck the deal. Â I'll take a picture of it in a day or two for you to see.
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