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This Just In...
There's a blizzard outside.
As we pen these few words we've had 18" of the white stuff and more - some say 8, some swear 12, inches more are on the way. Meh. We're tough. We're New Englanders, ready for the worst, prepared for snowmageddon.
But, in our heart of hearts, we so thinking and dreaming of March. We want sun. Birds chirping. Bats on balls. Crocus peaking up through the remnants of winter's icy grip. We want to dig in the earth. Sit on a hill and watch the clouds roll by. Raise a glass on a particular saint's birthday. In short, we want freedom from winter.
However, it should be pointed out, in all fairness, winter doesn't end til the 21
st and we've certainly had big time blizzards in March so...best you spend five minutes with
This Just In... and keep a good thought for March
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Did You Know
Put your hands in ice water and flex them if you have a migraine.
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March Muse - Edward Hopper
(Perhaps they, too, are waiting for Spring)
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Did You Know
Scratch your ear if you have a tickle in your throat.
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Thought You'd Like To Know
They may be two of the most famous people you've never heard of. That's
Nan Wood Graham
, and Dr. Byron McKeeby. Nan is the sister of
American Gothic
artist Grant Wood and Dr. McKeeby was his...dentist.
American Gothic
is one of the most famous images in 20
th
century American art. Wood's inspiration came from what is now known as the
American Gothic House
, and his decision to paint the house along with "the kind of people I fancied should live in that house." Painted in 1930, it depicts a farmer standing beside a woman that has been interpreted to be either his wife or his daughter. The woman is dressed in a
colonial
print apron evoking 19th-century
Americana
, and the man is holding a pitchfork.
With the onset of the Great Depression, the painting came to be seen as a depiction of steadfast American pioneer spirit. Wood assisted this transition by renouncing his Bohemian youth in Paris and grouping himself with populist Midwestern painters, such as John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton, who revolted against the dominance of East Coast art circles. Wood was quoted in this period as stating, "All the good ideas I've ever had came to me while I was milking a cow." (we love Wikipedia)
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Did You Know
If you read a speech before you go to bed
you will remember it better in the morning.
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So... Who Is This?
This month we've got a real tough one for you. I mean, even a young Einstein wouldn't be able to tell us who this is. However, if you think you know -
click here and tell us.
Maybe we'll send along a nice Amazon gift card.
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Did You Know
Put deodorant on a mosquito (mossy in Australian) bite to stop
the itching.
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It's March - Everyone's Thinking AC!
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(This concludes the promotional segment of our newsletter. However, we'd be terrible cooling consultants if we didn't point out that the preceding was a pretty good deal. Just sayin')
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Did You Know
Press your tongue against the roof of your mouth if you have a
brain freeze.
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Last Month's Winners
You guys are just so freakin' smart. Karen S. figured out that we were in Lima, Peru (I wish I were there, now) and John B. immediately knew that the painting was by Caravaggio. (I'm guessing Art Major!)
Some of your responses were utterly hysterical. Honest. It is a joy to read your comments. Again, sorry that not everyone can win - but keep trying!
Please know that we love the fact that you all play with us each month and we hope you will continue to enjoy doing so.
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Did You Know
Use vinegar to get out grass stains
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Now That's A Lake!
WHERE IS IT?
Click here and tell us. You might win a $25 gift card.
(And - for all of you who enter this contest each month -and don't win - please know that we love that you play along with us. We get about 80 entries each month so the chances are still better than if you dove off that cliff to go swimming. Best of luck)
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Did You Know
Use baking soda to get out coffee stains
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New Feature:
People You've Never Heard of...But Should.
Every so often we're going to scour the world wide interwebnet to find people of astonishing ability and achievement that, more than likely, you will never have heard of. They won't be in this month's People-US-Inside-Scandle magazine. But they
will
be here.
For March - may we introduce
Rasmus Jonassen Sornes.
He
was a Norwegian inventor clockmaker and radio technician, and is most famous for his advanced
astronomical clocks
, the most precise of which has an inaccuracy of 7 seconds during 1000 years. During his lifetime, Sørnes also designed and built a large variety of agricultural, radio-technical and mechanical devices, only a few of them patented.
Link to wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Sørnes
Apart from the pendulum the clock was entirely handmade, as were Sornes's tools. The clock includes: locations of the sun and moon, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, sidereal time, GMT, local time with daylight saving time and leap year, solar and lunar cycle corrections, eclipses, local sunset and sunrise, moon phase, tides, sunspot cycles and a planetarium including Pluto's 248 year orbit and the 25,800 year period of the precession of the Earth's axis.
The clock was exhibited at the Time Museum in Rockford, Illinois beginning in 1967. In 1999, it was transferred to Chicago Museum of Science and Technology for display, until sold to an anonymous bidder at an auction at Sotheby's in London in 2002, and its whereabouts is currently unknown.
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Did You Know
Use milk to get out ink stains
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Call Today - Get An Instant $10 Credit
Book Your Heating System Cleaning Now
This has been a warm winter. Our technicians are sitting on their hands. So, we're making this offer - schedule your heating system tune-up now - today* - and you'll get an instant $10 Daniels Energy Account Credit.
It's that easy. Keep your heating system in top-shape.
Call: 860.813.9122
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Tom Hanks
While you contemplate the visage of America's leading man, Mr. Hanks, we thought we'd share with you a 1974 letter he wrote to Oscar-winner George Roy Hill, the director of
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and
The Sting. Recognizing that every 17 year old with a dream has to start somewhere.
(
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with thanks to Tom Hanks.)
Dear Mr Hill,
Seeing that I have seen your fantastically entertaining and award-winning film The Sting, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, and enjoyed it very much, it is all together fitting and proper that you should 'discover' me. Now, right away I know what you are thinking: 'Who is this kid?' and I can understand your apprehensions.
I am a nobody. No one outside of Skyline High School has heard of me ... My looks are not stunning. I am not built like a Greek God, and I can't even grow a mustache, but I figure if people will pay to see certain films ... they will pay to see me.
Let's work out the details of my discovery. We can do it the way Lana Turner was discovered, me sitting on a soda shop stool, you walk in and notice me and - BANGO - I am a star. Or maybe we can do it this way.
I stumble into your office one day and beg for a job. To get rid of me, you give me a stand-in part in your next film. While shooting the film, the star breaks his leg in the dressing room, and, because you are behind schedule already, you arbitrarily place me in his part and - BANGO - I am a star.
All of these plans are fine with me, or we could do it any way you would like, it makes no difference to me! But let's get one thing straight. Mr. Hill, I do not want to be some big time, Hollywood superstar with girls crawling all over me, just a hometown American boy who has hit the big-time, owns a Porsche, and calls Robert Redford 'Bob'.
Respectfully submitted,
Your Pal Forever,
Thomas J Hanks
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Did You Know
Use baby wipes to get out a lipstick stain (unless it's on the color in which case, burn the shirt)
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3 Videos To Make You Smile and Dance
OK, I didn't understand a word but they can dance!!!!
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Leave 'em Laughing
Don't ask.
We have no idea how...or why.
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Dave, John & Bob
The Daniels Family says, "thank-you for reading, This Just In."
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