….And yes folks….there were three of them…St. Victor I (186-198)….St. Miltiades (311-14)…and Pope St. Gelasius (492-496)…and it is said that they came from the North African area…which is now called…Algeria, Mauretania, Numidia and Tunisia.
BEIJING CENSORS VIRAL FILM ON CHINESE POLLUTION….Has anyone bothered to find this film and watch it….it’s called…“Under The Dome”…and it‘s scary and sad at the same time….Chai Jing….an independent reporter…has had more than 100 million views since it was released online…and China yanked it off the net…to basically cover their asses….her own daughter was born with a benign tumor because the air is so bad….one little girl in the film has rarely seen a blue sky and never a white cloud…nor a starry night….one city has had over 200 plus days with no sun…Premier Li Keqiang told the National People Congress that China would fight pollution with all its might….right after they banned the video…the smog has effected over 600 million people…Benzopyrene…is a toxic cancer causing chemical…Shanxi Province…88.45 of the rivers are polluted…62% of the water is unusable…she bought her daughter outside when she thought it was safe…Beijing has had 175 polluted days in 2014…almost half of one year….Tianjin…197 polluted days….Shenyang…152 days…Chengdu…125 days…Lanzhou…112 days….Shijizhuang…264 days…in 2014.
A GUY TRIED TO WALK FROM DETROIT TO TORONTO – IT DIDN’T GO TOO WELL….No shit!…now some of you know my Mom was a science teacher….and trust me….you do not want to grow-up with a teacher…..and those of you who had to take her class….and then complain to my brothers and I about how hard a teacher she is?…. “KISS IT – WE LIVED WITH THAT WOMAN!”….homework “got” done!…..anyway….let’s talk genetics….yeah, she told us about that too…mixing science genes with athletic ones….Artist with Theologians…..Doctors with Hookers….cousins with cousins …..you know…. now I can’t speak for my brothers and sisters…..but….I think I either missed that talk….didn’t get it…….or I was too stoned to get it….hey….I’m a 50’s kid…. “BUT” somehow I was paying attention….and I don’t get this one…..as far as genetic mixing goes…..anyway,…someone wanna tell me…. “Why” someone….would want to walk from Detroit to Canada….over Lake St. Clair….which was frozen….to Toronto?….did he miss the last bus?……anyway,…..a Coast Guard lookout on board the Cutter Neah.…spotted him 21/2 klicks from Ontario’s Seaway Island….gotta admit….21/2 K’s ……he was hoofing it…….my man must’ve been listening to his iPod….looked out there…..saw him walking around……and said?…….whatever you thought he said….he said it!….come on now!….and guess what?….they treated him for hypothermia…..wow!…the Coast Guard….wants us to know..…. a 25-year-old….U.S. citizen…wasn’t….and I think this is a quote…. “Dressed for conditions on the lake….no flotation gear….no form of communications”….well, at least I hope he had on a windbreaker.
WHITE STUDENTS NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND “BLACK LIVES MATTER” EVENT AT ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL……Doesn’t that defeat the purpose?….Ok, here’s “A” story…..the event was organized to commemorate the conclusion of Black History Month…..a perfect time to me….the white students expressed their concerns about what the message sends….because they were turned away at the door….the schools population is….55/% white….27 black…..9 Hispanic…..6 multiracial and 3 percent Asian…..and more than half the major population was denied entry…..according to Principal Rouse….the conversation was an opportunity for students who identify as Black to speak openly, honestly and productively.
THE ORIGIN OF HUMPTY DUMPTY…..I mentioned Hump yesterday…and let you know….the rhyme doesn’t say he’s an egg….but we all grew-up thinking he’s a Grade A XL…hen dropping…..so thanks to a good friend…..Naomi (and she has a wonderful singing voice) she was true to her word….here’s Hump’s story…..the first known publication was included in…..Juvenile Amusements by Samuel Arnold in 1797….over the next century the rhyme popped up in a lot of books with variations on the lyrics….according to the Oxford English Dictionary (is that Webster’s cousin?)….humpty dumpty was first used in the 17th century and referred to brandy boiled with ale……ok, now I know why he fell off the wall…..it was also used to describe a short, clumsy person….it has also been a nickname for someone who has had too much to drink…..someone we definitely know…..but since there is no reference to a bottle or person….some think the rhyme was intended as a riddle….and the answer to the riddle is….Ta Da….and egg!….roll off the wall….can’t be put back together again…long story short….we made him an egg….because it’s a story….to quote Lewis Carroll… “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”….you should check it out….it’s a great read…..thanks again Naomi!
NASA AND THE NAVAJO….This is funny….long story short….when NASA was getting ready for the Apollo Project….they trained on a Navajo reservation…one day an elder and his son came across a space crew walking among the rocks….the elder who only spoke Navajo asked a question….which his son translated…which was….“What in the hell are they doing?”…one of the astronauts said they were preparing for a trip to the moon…the son told the elder….and the elder asked if it would be possible to give the astronauts a message to deliver to the moon?…NASA saw this as a great PR move….and said sure…..they whipped out a tape recorder….and the elder’s message was short and brief….they asked the son to listen to the tape and translate it for them….he did….and busted out laughing….and refused to translate it….so they called an official government translator to find out what he said….he listened also….and busted out laughing…..finally he told them the message….the elder said…..“Watch out for these guys. They’ve come to steal your land.”