Thursday, May 29, 2014

5.29.14


Brock Breed‎MB Phoenix Fan Page
May 29 
Good morning Phoenix fans, friends, and family. Hang in there, Friday is just around the corner.
Pop Culture Trivia for May 29, 2014
1992: Secret Underground Bomb Shelter U.S. reveals the existence of a secret underground bomb shelter, which was built for Congress in case of a nuclear attack.
1987 : Michael Jackson - The London Hospital Medical College refuses to sell Jackson the remains of John Merrick, the Elephant Man.
Joke of the Day:
A guy says, "Doctor, Doctor! Help me, I keep thinking I'm getting smaller!"
Doctor replies, "Well, you'll just have to be a little patient."
Quote of the Day:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
Random Daily Factoid:
Alaska sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt), the most seismically active in the world. From 1899 to 1969 Alaska received eight huge quakes.
Beautiful Place to Visit:
Big Sur, California. South of the Monterey Peninsula, it offers stunning views. It is along the segment of California Highway 1 between San Simeon and Carmel. It is very sparsely populated, with about 1000 year round inhabitants.
Have a fangtastic day everyone!  Brock
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

5.28.14


Brock Breed‎MB Phoenix Fan Page
May 28
Happy Hump Day Phoenix! Anyone else having trouble remembering today is Wednesday since we had the Monday holiday? *smh* Anyway, make your day great!
Pop Culture Trivia for May 28, 2014:
1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old pilot from West Germany, landed his private plane in Moscow’s Red Square. He was arrested and sentenced to four years in a labor camp, but was released after just one.
1997: Linda Finch completed Amelia Earhart's attempted around-the-world flight.
1998: Pakistan staged nuclear tests in response to India's nuclear tests two weeks earlier.
2003: Pres. Bush signed a $350 billion tax cut into law; the third largest tax cut in U.S. history.
Joke of the Day:
A man was robbing a house in the middle of the night. All of a sudden, he heard a parrot cry out.
"Jesus is gonna get you." The robber ignored it, and takes the TV. Again, the parrot cries out.
"Jesus is gonna get you." The robber started to get a little worried.
"What's your name, birdie?"
"Moses."
"What dumbass named you Moses?"
"The same dumbass who called his Rottweiler Jesus."
Quote of the Day:
Cell phones these days keep getting thinner and smarter... people the opposite. Anonymous
Random Daily Factoid:
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
Today's Beautiful Place to Visit:
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway noted for its scenic beauty. It runs for 469 miles through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties. Its southern terminus is on the boundary between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation in NC, from which it travels north to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The Parkway will be depicted on NC's version of the America the Beautiful quarter in 2015.
Have a fangtastic day everyone!  Brock
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

5.27.14


Brock Breed
May 27
Good morning Phoenix! I trust everyone had a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend, but now it's back to the usual, and back to work. It's a nice kick off to summer.
Pop Culture Trivia for May 27, 2014
In 1994, the National League and American League Baseball M.V.P.s were Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas, respectively. Jeff and Frank were both born on the exact same day: May 27, 1968.
Joke of the Day:
Mother: "Come on, Victor, you have to get out of bed or you'll be late for school."
Victor: "Mom, do I have to? All the teachers hate me, and all the students hate me, too."
Mother: "Yes, you do."
Victor: "Give me one good reason."
Mother: "Because you're 34 years old, and you're the principal."
Quote of the Day:
Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.
Random Daily Factoid:
Most of today's color laser printers include invisible information within your printout, including the serial number of the printer, date, and time of printing.
A Beautiful Place to Visit:
Rice Terrace Fields in Mu Cang Chai, Vietnam
Mu Cang Chai is a western district of the Yen Bai province in Northern Vietnam. Mu Cang Chai is famous for its terraced fields. The terraced fields here are mostly located in three towns: La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha and Ze Xu Phinh. These three towns were ranked as National Famous Landscapes. Due to that, from September to October, the fanciful scenery of terraced fields during the harvest season attracts many photographers to this area.
The mountain pass, Khau Pha, with a 30km-long, and high slope, make the Northwest area full of obstacles and difficult to access, but deep in mystery. After overcoming the mountain pass, visitors will be satisfied with the view of the terraced fields in the dusky mist and pure white clouds. The terraced fields, as hundreds of different soft ridges, make up the framework of this land with an altitude over 1000m, which captivates hearts. The all-yellow hillsides of ripe rice seedlings, circling around the terraces - all of these things make up a dreamy beauty; enchanting, romantic and serene. This is a very distinguishing beauty; generous for all visitors, but only during the special Mu Cang Chai harvest season. There are also round roads - no matter how many times visitors turn around, they will be surprised by Mu Cang Chai’s amazing beauty in each turn. Terraced fields and ripe rice seedlings are mixed under the hands of nature, creating an endless sea of yellow. These appear and disappear alternately with the small houses of the ethnic people, which stretches to the top of the mountain.
Mu Cang Chai’s beauty is not only shown by the miraculous scenery, but also the human presence here. The vision of the ethnic people harvesting the ripe, full-yellow rice seedling is like a mixture of colors, brightening up the corner of the Northwest sky. The pattern on the colorful costumes of the ethnic people here is drawn by beeswax mixed with color. Therefore, the costumes of the ethnic people in Mu Cang Chai always have special colors that no other dyes can create. Normally, people here harvest in the afternoon, since it’s the time when the sunshine is most bright. People are hurrying for the harvest season, otherwise all of the ripe seedling rice will fall down and there will be no more sunshine to dry it up. There are families with relatives of all generations to help with harvesting. Families take turns harvesting from one family to the next until it’s all harvested. Even the Red Dao ethnic minority woman brings her newborn baby with her while in the fields to harvest. This paints a very vivid picture of what life here is like.
Have a fangtastic day everyone!  Brock
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Monday, May 26, 2014

5.26.14


Brock Breed
May 26
Good morning and happy Memorial Day Phoenix. Hope everyone is safe this holiday weekend. If you're traveling, be sure to buckle up. In honor of the holiday and those who gave their all, enjoy this trivia.
Memorial Day Facts and Trivia:
Facts:
Celebrated on the last Monday in May.
Several towns claim to be the originators of Memorial Day but in 1966, Congress declared Waterloo, New York, to be the birthplace of the holiday.
Memorial Day originally honored military personnel who died in the Civil War (1861-1865).
The holiday now honors those who died in any war while serving with the United States.
It is also called Decoration Day.
Timeline:
May 5, 1866 - Residents of Waterloo, New York, observe a Memorial Day in honor of all who died during the Civil War. Businesses are closed and soldiers' graves are decorated.
1868 - General John Alexander Logan officially proclaims May 30, 1868 as Memorial Day in honor of the Union soldiers who died in the Civil War. Until after World War I, southern states celebrate a separate Memorial Day in honor of the Confederate dead.
1971 - Congress declares Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated the last Monday in May.
December 28, 2000 - President Bill Clinton signs the "National Moment of Remembrance Act," which designates 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day each year as the National Moment of Remembrance.
U.S. War Casualties:
Civil War - Approximately 620,000 Americans died. The Union lost almost 365,000 troops and the Confederacy about 260,000. More than half of these deaths were caused by disease.
World War I - 116,516 Americans died, more than half from disease.
World War II - 405,399 Americans died.
Korean War - 36,574 Americans died.
Vietnam Conflict - 58,220 Americans died. More than 47,000 Americans were killed in action and nearly 11,000 died of other causes.
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm - 148 U.S. battle deaths and 145 non-battle deaths.
Operation Iraqi Freedom - 4,422 U.S. service members died.
Operation New Dawn - 66 U.S. service members died.
Operation Enduring Freedom - 2,318 U.S. service members have died as of May 12, 2014.
Joke of the Day:
A cannibal was walking through the jungle and came upon a restaurant opened by a fellow cannibal. Feeling somewhat hungry, he sat down and looked over the menu...
Broiled Missionary: $ 10.00 Fried Explorer: $ 15.00 Baked Politician: $ 100.00
The cannibal called the waiter over and asked, "Why such a price difference for the politician?"
The waiter replied, "Have you ever tried to clean one?"
Quote of the Day:
Don't believe everything fortune cookies tell you. Just because they're sweet doesn't mean they're right.
Random Daily Factoid:
A marine catfish can taste with any part of its body.
Today's Beautiful Place to Visit:
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. It is the final resting place for more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans, and their families.
Arlington is both a national treasure and an active cemetery. Between 27 to 30 funerals are conducted each week day and six to eight on Saturdays.
The cemetery is open 7 days a week, 365 days a year from 8 am to 5 pm October through March, and from 8 am to 7 pm April through September.
Arlington National Cemetery is comprised of land that once belonged to George Washington Parke Custis, adopted grandson of George Washington. Custis spent his life commemorating Washington and built Arlington house on the 1100 acre plantation as a memorial to the first President. In 1857, Custis willed the property to his only surviving daughter Mary Anna Randolph Custis, who was married to Robert E. Lee. After the Lee family vacated the property at the onset of the Civil War in 1861, federal troops used the land as a camp and headquarters.
In 1863, the government established Freedman's Village on the estate as a way to assist slaves transitioning to freedom. The village provided housing, education, employment training, and medical care.
A property tax dispute cost the Lee family their home and in 1864, the US government purchased the property and set aside 200 acres of the property to use as a cemetery. The first military burial took place on May 13, 1864 for Private William H. Christman, and by the end of the Civil War, thousands of soldiers and former slaves were buried here.
Have a safe and fangtastic Memorial Day everyone!  Brock
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