Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Don't Throw Up on My Nachos!

Big TomKat News

Both mom Katie Holmes and daughter Suri are reported doing great. Dad Tom Cruise, at last report, was out looking for a new couch to jump up and down on.
- By the way, they say the birth was so quiet, Suri thought nobody was home.

April 20th in HaBlog History

Stanley Marcus was born on April 20 in 1905. He originated the Neiman-Marcus fashion shows. Stanley proved that buyers will pay a lot more for a dress if the model is tall and thin.

Roman emperor Marcus Arelius was born on April 20 in 121. He did a lot of good things. He was a strong advocate of being kind to animals. He fed Christians to them.

Pontiac, the chief of the Ottawa Indians, died in Illinois on April 20 in 1769. It was Pontiac, you may recall, who increased his mileage significantly by rotating the shoes on his horse.

On April 20 in 1564 Jacques Le Moyne, the first artist in America, sailed from France for the New World. Le Moyne revolutionized the field of nude painting. What was revolutionary about Le Moyne's technique of nude painting was that his models wore clothes and he was nude.

Love & Learn

Secrets to Affording a Big Family - Financial experts and area moms say new parents need to keep to a budget and look out for the unexpected. While buying necessities can be anticipated, expenditures for illness, broken windows and car accidents can put unplanned dents in a family's budget.

Study Says Drug Companies Are Guilty of 'Disease Mongering' - The corporate-sponsored creation of disease - 'disease mongering' - turns healthy people into patients, wastes precious resources and causes actual harm, say the guest editors pf a medical journal in an issue devoted to how drug companies sell sickness.

FYI Travel: Crack Da Vinci's Code - While much of the mystery of "The Da Vinci Code" unfolds at famous landmarks in Paris and London, the suspense of the novel culminates with a startling conclusion at Rosslyn Chapel, just seven miles outside Edinburgh, Scotland.

Thoughts on Baseball

They sell too much beer at baseball games. The stadium should be filled to capacity, not the fans.

I don't even like baseball. I just go to the games because I love raw hot dogs.

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