Lizzi

Has anyone else noticed that with Himself under the weather Channel Baldur is rather dull? Please feel better soon, Talk-Show -Host!!

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Sorry if my previous comment appears to be an order. I meant that, with three massive hits of different kinds, Japan needs help from all nations able to give it.

Yes Lizzi, I had noticed. Get well soon, Baldur.

Baldur

I hope this hasn't been too distressing for my listeners, Baldur will be back.
Right now it's all I can do to just check in, and of course crank out the daily birthday wishes.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Ken Doane, Levi Brown, Tramon Williams, Todd Heap, Rashad Moore, Edison Mendez, Nick Spano, Patty Griffin, Todd McFarlane, Flavor Flav, Nancy Wilson, Victor Garber, Erik Estrada, Margaret Weiss, Chuck Woolery, Walter Cunningham, Betty Johnson, Wakanohana Kanji I, Jerry Lewis, Pat Nixon, Henny Youngman, Edward Pawley, Harrison Ford (the silent film star of that name that Baldur didn't know existed until today), Jurgis Bielinis, Umegatani Totaro I, Emperor Ninko of Japan, James Madison and Caroline Herschel.

Dragon

Here's something to entertain while our host is recuperating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLxI4lSbbHQ

Baldur

A friend of mine, Michio, returned to Japan to visit his family just a week before the earthquake struck.
He has finally gotten in touch with us here in Rhode Island. Phonelines were extremely congested as can be expected and it was difficult to get a call through.
He is staying in Shizuoka Prefecture, which is South of Tokyo, away from the worst effects of the disaster. He is fine though anxious.
His intentions had been to stay for 5 weeks with his elderly parents, it is yet to be decided if he will cut the visit short.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Brandon Lee, Mike Quackenbush, Brian Griese, Dane Cook, Queen Latifah, Bonnie Blair, Vanessa L. Williams, Irene Cara, James McMurtry, Christer Fuglesang, Deborah Jeanne Palfrey, Rick Martel, Mike Webster, Ben Cohen, Wilson Pickett, Charley Pride, John Updike, George Plimpton, Peter Graves, Smiley Burnette, Ernest Gallo, Edgar Cayce, Neville Chamberlain, Rudolph Diesel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Grover Cleveland and Mary Tudor.

Dragon

Happy St.Paddy's Day to everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx7aoEBtPXA

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Thanks for the link, Dragon.

Here is a song that find very moving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jgma--0WYU&feature=fvwrel

bluemoon

Hello, I wanted to post this very moving link for those who might not have seen it
there is a translation of the conversation underneath the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TM9GL2iLI

I hope the link works!

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Stormy Daniels, Alvaro Recobo, Andrew 'Test' Martin, Mia Hamm, Alexander McQueen, Rob Lowe, Gary Sinise, Kurt Russell, Zola Taylor, Rudolph Nureyev, Ken Mattingly, James Irwin, Nat King Cole, Sammy Baugh, Kate Greenaway and Gottlieb Daimler.

Actually Baldur has once again messed up the Birthdays. These people celebrated yesterday, yesterday's birthday list is actually for today.

Dragon

I find it funny that Gary Sinise shares a birthday with Ken Mattingly as Gary Sinise played Ken Mattingly in the movie Apollo 13.

Dragon

Dragon has a little public service message for all those dog owners our there (hopefully our host won't mind me using his airspace for it).

Today we had a very sick dog come in, she was in such bad shape she could barely hold herself up. It turns our she has pyometra which is an infection of the uterus. This is very common in unspayed dogs and can be deadly. If this dog had been left for one more day she probably wouldn't have survived. So the public service message is this: If you are not breeding your female dog please have her spayed. Spayed dogs absolutly never get uterine infections (not surprising -they have no uterus!). If you are not breeding there is no reason not to spay your dog.
Thank you for listening.

marius

Dragon, good advice. : )

Now here's something fun. Tomorrow night the full moon is supposed to look larger than it has in 20 years. Reason is that it will be closer to earth and at an odd angle. Best time to really note size difference is when moon is rising (maybe setting too). It's called a super full moon.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16mar_supermoon/

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Prince Abdullah bin Ali of Jordan, Matt Sydal, Jonathan Fanene, Sheldon Brown, Connor Trinneer, Jim Korderas, Andy Reid, Bruce Willis, Ricky Wilson, Glenn Close, Ruth Pointer, Joe Kapp, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Patrick McGoohan, Tommy Cooper, Irving Wallace, Jay Berwanger, Moms Mabley, Earl Warren, William Jennings Bryan, Wyatt Earp, Richard Francis Burton, David Livingstone, William Bradford and Johannes Magnus.

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Since my aunt lives at the edge of "country" nearby, I suggested stopping on my way out there for Chinese food and watching the moonrise from her land. Alas, the sun disappeared to a gentle glow by 4 pm. Only thing we could see in the sky after 7 pm was the red lights on top of the wind towers. Also, Jade Garden proved to be defunct, so we ate Kentucky fried, alas, alas. May hap it will blow over by tomorrow morning, since I could see moonset from my very own balcony. Not counting on it!

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Kathy Ireland, Holly Hunter, Spike Lee, Jimmy Vaughan, Carl Palmer, William Hurt, Bobby Orr, John de Lancie, Brian Mulroney, Jerry Reed, Lois Lowry, Ted Bessell, Hal Linden, Fred Rogers, Carl Reiner, Larry Elgart, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vera Lynn, Ozzie Nelson, B.F. Skinner, Edgar Buchanan, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Henrik Ibsen, Napoleon II and Ovid.

Baldur

Here is something interesting from the Internet.
Is it true though?

1. Red hair is seen on the heads of only four percent of people.
2. The sale of at home red hair dye kits has gone up seventeen percent since 2000.
3. The Romans kept red haired slaves, and at a higher price.
4. Bees are thought to sting redheads more than others.
5. In Greek Mythology, redheads turn into Vampires when they die.
6. Redhead are harder to sedate requiring twenty percent more anesthesia.
7. The first human redheads walked this earth about 50,000 years ago in Africa.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Nicolas Lodeiro, Chris Candido, Rosie O'Donnell, Matthew Broderick, Gary Oldman, Eddy Money, Timothy Dalton, Rose Stone, Solomon Burke, Mike Westbrook, Julio Gallo, Forrest Mars Sr., Florenz Ziegfeld!!!, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Benito Juarez and Johann Sebastian Bach.

marius

It rained here so I missed the supermoon. Here's a link to nice photos.

http://www.zmescience.com/other/great-pics/stunning-incredible-supermoon-photos-from-world-234 5135/#axzz1HGXuuK4O

Baldur, fun info on redheads. : )