A Nickel For Your Thoughts...
While scientists and biologists disagree about the number of thoughts a person is capable of having, the number is likely to be infinite. At any particular moment if you're sports minded you might be thinking about the NFL coaches carousel that continues to spin with new coaches being added in Pittsburgh where the Steelers will be Miked (as in Tomlin), the Raiduhs picked a Lane (as in Kiffin) in Oakland and the Cowboys need a new coach in Dallas as the Big Tuna became more like a beached whale. Thinking of TV? Your thoughts might run toward the discussion about "American Idol" and whether or not the judges are being too mean in ridiculing people that don't need to be ridiculed. There might be things of a more personal nature on your mind at any given microsecond of thought. Whatever it might be, your thoughts might soon be worth a nickel instead of a penny...
A potential shortage of coins could mean that pennies become nickels according to an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Sharply rising prices of metals like copper and nickel make the face value of pennies and nickels worth less than the material that they are made of. For that reason the U.S. mint has issued regulations limiting melting and exporting of the coins. Francois Velde of the Chicago Fed says the best solution would be to "rebase" (hopefully it won't be"free" rebased?) the penny by making it worth five cents. "History shows that when coins are worth melting, they disappear" says Velde...
No time table has been set by the Fed but Velde says it will happen "sooner or later". Stand by...
There's an update on the "death by water intoxication" story at KDND in my Commentary and today's video link can be found in one of the timelines...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1989] Salvador Dali dies of heart failure in his native Spain at 84...1997] Richard Berry, writer of "Louie Louie" and an R&B performer and song writer dies in his sleep at 61...2004] Bob Keeshan a.k.a. "Captain Kangaroo" dies at 76 after a long illness...2005] Former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson passes away from respiratory arrest at the age of 79...
Lead poisoning: 1978] Chicago's Terry Kath accidentally shoots himself in the head with a pistol he didn't know was loaded. Kath was just 32...
Ratings buster: 1977] "Roots" debuts as a mini-series and almost half of the country (85% of all television homes saw all or part of each of the 7 episodes and a whopping 100 million watch the 8th and final two-hour episode)...
"Pick a number, any number": 1929] Jacob Rupert, co-owner of the Yankees announces that in the upcoming season the team will have uniform numbers to help identify the players. The team will base those numbers on their batting order: #3 for Ruth, #4 for Gehrig, etc...
Going to Hall: 1962] Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame...1975] Ralph Kiner has a date with Cooperstown and immortality...1979] Willie Mays is elected on the first ballot...
Going to Hell: 1985] O.J. Simpson becomes the 1st Heisman Trophy winner elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame...
A Hall of a time: 1986] The 1st annual induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is held at the Waldorf Astoria. Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley are inducted with Norm N. Nite and yours truly in attendance...
Seizure at Sea: 1968] North Korea seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo holding the crew for 11 months on suspicion of spying...
#1 on this date: 1968] "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)" - John Fred and his Playboy Band...1988] "The Way You Make Me Feel" - Michael Jackson...
"The Streak (boogity, boogity)": 1971] UCLA loses to Notre Dame and then wins 88 games in a row only to lose to? Right you are: Notre Dame...
"War is over, if you want it": 1973] Richard Nixon announces an accord ending the Vietnam War...
"J-E-T-S N-O": 1983] The Jets 14-year wait for another AFC championship ends in defeat when quarterback Richard Todd is intercepted 5 times in a 14-0 loss to Miami (the Dolphins advance to the Super Bowl against Washington but lose)...
"Bye-bye, so long, farewell": 2002] EMI gives Mariah Carey a $28 million pay-out to end their association which was supposed to last for several albums estimated at $100 million. Mariah survives (boy does she ever). Here's Mariah singing "We Belong Together" at the Live-8 benefit concert in the summer of 2005: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Xwjf5yPQs&mode=related&search=
Soopuh: 2005] The Patriots win the AFC championship with a convincing 41-27 bashing of the Pittsburgh Steelers, sending New England to Super Bowl XXXIX where they beat Philadelphia...
Debuted on this date: 1975] "Barney Miller" debuts on ABC-TV and runs for 7 seasons...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
Commentary...
The family of Jennifer Strange, the housewife who died from "water intoxication" in that dumb and irresponsible KDND Nintendo Wii contest has sent a letter to the FCC asking that the station's license be revoked. The family is also expected to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the station in Sacramento (CA). We'll continue to follow events in this case and will provide updates...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Mariska Hargitay (43), Anita Baker (49), Monaco's Princess Caroline (50), Cheap Trick's Robin Zander (55), Anita Pointer and Chita Rivera (74)...
Timeline Countdown: 12 days until Super Bowl XLI, 23 days until 'pitchers and catchers' and 57 days until spring...
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