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This page is dedicated to the less serious side of life!

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The Lighter Side

• What sounds like a sneeze and is made of leather? A shoe.
• How do you stop a bull from charging? You cancel its credit card.
• Why was the math book sad? It had too many problems.
• Why are fish so smart? Because they swim in schools.
• Why did the employee get fired from the keyboard factory? He wasn’t putting in enough shifts.
• Did you hear about the man who cut off his left leg? He’s all right now.
• Did you hear the one about the claustrophobic astronaut? He just needed a little space.
• What kind of music should you listen to while fishing? Something catchy!
• What do you call a girl in the middle of a tennis court? Annette.
• What did the ocean say to the beach? Nothing. It just waved.
• Why did the nose feel sad? It was always getting picked on.
• Why did the deer go to the dentist? It had buck teeth.
• A cheese factory exploded in France. Da brie is everywhere!
• Where does a sheep go to get a haircut? The baa baa shop.
• Why did the poodle buy a clock? It wanted to be a watch dog.

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Thinkings....
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 “Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep”
by Mary Elizabeth Frye
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Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

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​Thought For The Day
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"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
— C.S. Lewis

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​Trivia That We all Need To Know
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Question: What is the most popular beer in the world? Answer: Pale lager
​Question: What event is associated with the highest beer consumption in the U.S.? Answer: Super Bowl
Question: Where is the Great American Beer Festival held annually? Answer: Denver, Colorado
Question: What is the oldest brewery in the world? Answer: Weihenstephan Brewery
Question: What type of beer is known for its roasted malt flavor and dark color? Answer: Stout
Question: What is a popular beer style known for its light color and crisp taste? Answer: Pale lager
Question: What is the main ingredient in most craft beer? Answer: Water
Question: What is a session beer known for? Answer: Low alcohol content and easy drinkability
Question: What brewing process converts starches into fermentable sugars? Answer: Mashing
Question: What type of yeast is used for top-fermenting beer? Answer: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Question: What is the German word for “to store,” related to lager brewing? Answer: Lagern
Question: What is the term for beer brewed with wild yeast in Belgium? Answer: Lambic
Question: What beer style is traditionally served in cask condition? Answer: Real ale
Question: What type of beer is characterized by a smoky flavor? Answer: Rauchbier
Question: What alcoholic drink is often paired with food during trivia nights? Answer: Beer
Question: What beer style has a high alcohol content and strong flavor? Answer: Barleywine
Question: What is the scale used to measure the bitterness of beer? Answer: International Bitterness Units (IBU)
Question: What craft beer style is known for its strong hop flavor? Answer: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Question: What is the main difference between a pale ale and a pale lager? Answer: Yeast type and fermentation process
Question: What is the main ingredient in Belgian beers that gives them unique flavor? Answer: Hops
Question: What is the term for a beer with high alcohol content and intense flavor? Answer: Strong beer
Question: What is the most common beer style in the United States? Answer: Pale lager
Question: What is the term for beer made with fruit for additional flavor? Answer: Fruit beer
Question: What is a good beer to start with for new craft beer enthusiasts? Answer: Cream ale
Question: What is the popular beer style known for its wild yeast fermentation?​ Answer: Lambic

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​This Week in History
January 6 to January 12
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• January 6
• 1066 - Harold, Earl of Wessex, was crowned King of England following the death of his brother-in-law Edward the Confessor. Harold II was England's last Anglo-Saxon king. In October of 1066, Harold met the invading army of William the Conqueror at Hastings and died on the field of battle.
• 1941 - President Franklin Roosevelt delivered his State of the Union address to Congress asking for support for the lend-lease program aiding Allies fighting the Axis powers. Roosevelt also defined four essential freedoms worth defending; freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
• 1990 - Poland's Communist Party disbanded and then reorganized as the Social Democratic Party, an opposition party to Solidarity.
• 2021 - In Washington, D.C., thousands attended a “Save America Rally" near the White House at the Ellipse, a park located south of the White House grounds. There, President Donald Trump and others addressed the crowd to express opposition to the certification of the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election which would finalize Joe Biden as the victor. Events escalated when several hundred departed the rally and advanced toward the United States Capitol building. They breached security perimeters and entered the Capitol building, thereby disrupting the joint session of Congress convened to certify the election results. The incursion led to the evacuation and secure sheltering of Congress members, staff, and Vice President Mike Pence. The ensuing chaos included vandalism, theft of government property and violent confrontations with law enforcement, resulting in numerous injuries to law enforcement and civilians, overall including five fatalities. The unprecedented breach led to a lockdown of the Capitol and the deployment of the National Guard and other law enforcement agencies to restore order. The events were widely condemned by political leaders from both major parties and led to a nationwide discussion about political rhetoric, security, and the state of democracy in the United States. In the aftermath, numerous individuals were arrested and charged for their roles in the events. The House of Representatives impeached President Trump for the second time on January 13, charging him with "Incitement of Insurrection," though he was later acquitted by the Senate.
• Birthdays - Joan of Arc (1412-1431) .
• January 7​
• 1714 - A patent was issued for the first typewriter designed by British inventor Henry Mill "for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another, as in writing."
• 1782 - The first U.S. commercial bank opened as the Bank of North America in Philadelphia.
• 1989 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan died after a long illness. He had ruled for 62 years and was succeeded by his son, Crown Prince Akihito.
• 1999 - The first presidential impeachment trial in 130 years began as members of the U.S. Senate were sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist to decide whether President Clinton should be removed from office. House prosecutors had delivered two articles of impeachment charging Clinton with perjury and obstruction of justice.
• 2021 - At approximately 3:40 a.m. local time, under heightened security, the U.S. Congress certified the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election, officially confirming Joe Biden as the President-elect. This action followed a tumultuous day whereby protesters had breached the Capitol causing to a temporary halt of the electoral count.
  
• Birthdays -  Millard Fillmore (1800-1874).
• January 8
• 1798 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, preventing lawsuits against a state by anyone from another state or foreign nation.
• 1815 - The Battle of New Orleans occurred as General Andrew Jackson and American troops defended themselves against a British attack, inflicting over 2,000 casualties. Both sides in this battle were unaware that peace had been declared two weeks earlier with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812.
• 1918 - Amid the ongoing World War in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson proposed his Fourteen Points, calling for a reduction of arms, self determination for governments, and the creation of a League of Nations, all intended to serve as a basis for resolving the conflict and establishing a lasting peace in Europe.
• 1959 - Charles de Gaulle took office as the first president of France's Fifth Republic. De Gaulle had led the Free French government in exile during Nazi occupation. Following the war, he advocated a strong presidency to balance the powerful National Assembly. He was chosen to head the new government following years of political instability in which no French government was able to stay in power for more than a few months. On this day in 1966, he took office for a second term.
• 1964 - President Lyndon Johnson declared War on Poverty during his State of the Union message before Congress.
• 1982 - The American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Company was broken up as a result of an antitrust suit. AT&T gave up 22 local Bell system companies, opening the U.S. telephone system to competition.
• 987 - The Dow Jones industrial average first topped the 2,000 mark.
• Birthdays - Elvis Presley (1935-1977).
• January 9
• 1960 - With the first blast of dynamite, construction work began on the Aswan High Dam across the Nile River in southern Egypt. One third of the project's billion-dollar cost was underwritten by Soviet Russia. The dam created Lake Nasser, one of the world's largest reservoirs, at nearly 2,000 square miles and irrigated over 100,000 acres of surrounding desert. The dam was opened in January of 1971 by President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and President Nikolai Podgorny of the Soviet Union.
• Birthday - Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994), Carrie Lane Chapman (1859-1947).
• January 10​
• 1776 - Common Sense, a fifty page pamphlet by Thomas Paine, was published. It sold over 500,000 copies in America and Europe, influencing, among others, the authors of the Declaration of Independence.
• 1861 - Florida became the third state to secede from the Union in events leading up to the American Civil War.
• 1863 - The world's first underground railway service opened in London, the Metropolitan line between Paddington and Farringdon.
• 1878 - An Amendment granting women the right to vote was introduced in Congress by Senator A.A. Sargent of California. The amendment didn't pass until 1920, forty-two years later.
• 1912 - The flying boat airplane, invented by Glenn Curtiss, made its first flight at Hammondsport, New York.
• 1920 - The League of Nations officially came into existence with the goal of resolving international disputes, reducing armaments, and preventing future wars. The first Assembly gathered in Geneva ten months later with 41 nations represented. More than 20 nations later joined, however, the U.S. did not join due to a lack of support for the League in Congress.
• 1922 - Arthur Griffith was elected president of the newly formed Irish Free State.
• 1946 - The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place in London with delegates from 51 countries. The U.N. superseded its predecessor, the League of Nations.
  
• 1984 - The U.S. and Vatican established full diplomatic relations after a break of 116 years.
  
• January 11
• 1861 - Alabama seceded from the Union in events leading to up the American Civil War.
• 1964 - The U.S. Surgeon General declared cigarettes may be hazardous to health, the first such official government report.
• 1990 - In Lithuania, 200,000 persons demanded political independence from Soviet Russia after Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, publicly warned that separatism could lead to tragedy. Independence was achieved in September of 1991, three months before the collapse of the Soviet Union itself.
  
• Birthdays - Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)).
• January 12
• 1879 - In Southern Africa, the Zulu War began between the British and the natives of Zululand, ultimately resulting in the destruction of the Zulu Empire.
• 1932 - Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the term of her deceased husband. Later in the year, she became the first woman elected to the Senate.
• 1990 - Romania outlawed the Communist Party following the overthrow of Dictator Nicolae Ceauescu who had ruled for 24 years.
• 1991 - Congress authorized President George Bush to use military force against Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait.
• 1996 - The first joint American-Russian military operation since World War II occurred as Russian troops arrived to aid in peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia.
• 1999 - President Bill Clinton sent a check for $850,000 to Paula Jones officially ending the sensational sexual harassment legal case that ultimately endangered his presidency. The president withdrew $375,000 from his and Hillary Rodham Clinton's personal funds and got the remaining $475,000 from an insurance policy. The lawsuit had exposed the president's affair with Monica Lewinsky and resulted in investigations by Independent Counsel Ken Starr that led to Clinton's impeachment by the House of Representatives and subsequent trial in the Senate.
• Birthdays -  John Winthrop (1588-1649), Irish orator, politician and philosopher Edmund Burke (1729-1797), American statesman and patriot John Hancock (1737-1793).

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