TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, January 2, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Welcome to 2012! Did everyone have a fun New Year's celebration? Like I said, my boyfriend and I did not go out this year, and it felt rather strange. It was the first year in a long time that I stayed at home.

When my friends and I were in our early 20s, we were fortunate enough to go to London two years in a row to celebrate NYE. The first year was great, but unfortunately the second time I broke my foot while we were out celebrating!

Actually, I found out later that it had already been fractured for awhile and was already starting to heal. However, I was accidentally pushed in the bar and when I fell it aggravated my foot badly enough to cause tremendous pain. I ended up having to go the ER, and get a cast and crutches. It definitely put a damper on that trip!

So...here's to a happy and healthy 2012!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "A lot of people get all caught up in the New Year's resolution thing. I think it gives them an easy way, later, to say, 'Oh, that was just a New Year's resolution' and not taking it seriously. People who really want to make changes can make them any day of the year, whether be the Jewish New Year, the Chinese New Year, or any day that suits them. You've got every day of your life to make changes."

HINT: (1949-), American novelist and a professor at LSU in Baton Rouge.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Virginia Dare was the first child born in the American colonies, on August 18th, 1587, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina.

Anne Bradstreet was the first published American woman writer (1650). Her published work was called The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.

In 1762, Ann Franklin became the first woman to hold the title of newspaper editor, "The Newport Mercury" in Newport, RI.

Edward Smith was the first indicted bank robbed in the U.S. In 1831, he was sentenced to five years hard labor on the rock pile at Sing Sing Prison.

Mary Walker was the first (and only) woman to receive the US Medal of Honor, in 1865. She was a Civil War surgeon. Her medal was rescinded in 1916, however, when the Army purged its files to cut down on what they thought were "unwarranted" issues. It wasn't re-instated until 1976.

In 1892, Annie Moore became the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island. She was 15 years old and from County Cork, Ireland.


VIDEO CLIP
Marx Brothers - More Wood!
Classic Marx Bros. routine on a train as they destroy a train to put more wood into the boiler. The chaos can also be a metaphor for so many things we do with our lives!

Watch It Now: Marx Brothers - More Wood!


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
I am round and I'm fat,
I'm the color of black.
Under pressure I'm best
It's a matter of fact.
In sets of 5,
You'll usually find me.
Monthly tending suggested,
to be trouble free.
What am I?

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "A lot of people get all caught up in the New Year's resolution thing. I think it gives them an easy way, later, to say, 'Oh, that was just a New Year's resolution' and not taking it seriously. People who really want to make changes can make them any day of the year, whether be the Jewish New Year, the Chinese New Year, or any day that suits them. You've got every day of your life to make changes."

ANSWER: James Wilcox.

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