MAY
Facts about May
According to the early Roman calendar, May was the third month. Later, the ancient Romans used january 1 for the beginning of their year, and May became the fifth month. May has always had 31 days.
Several stories are passed around to show how the month of May was named. The most widely accepted explanation is that it was named for Maia, the Roman goddess of spring and growth. Her name related to a Latin word that means increase or growth.
May is of of the most beautiful months of the year in the North Temperate Zone. Usually the snow and ice are gone and the hot temperatures haven't arrived. The first garden begins to sprout in May. The wild flowers are blooming, and the trees and grasses have turned green. Wild flowers that bloom in different parts of America are the forsythia, dogwood, violets, and jack-in-the-box. Many birds have built their nests, and mother birds are sitting on the eggs, which will soon hatch.
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Memorial Day or Decoration Day is observed, in most states of the United States, the last Monday in May. It is a legal holiday and is observed in memory of those who died while serving the United States in war. The graves of the war heroes are decorated with flowers. It was first observed in 1866. |
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Mother's Day was first observed in 1908. It was designated by Presidential proclamation, and was recognized officially by Congress and the President in 1914. It is celebrated in honor of Mothers on the second Sunday of May. |
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Armed Forces Day is celebrated the third Saturday of May. The United States honors the men and women of the military services. The Armed Forces Day Celebration combined the Army, Navy, and the Air Force in 1950. Prior to that year, they had been held at separate times. |
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The Kentucky Derby takes place on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky. It is the most famous horse race in the United States. |
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Many Mexican Americans celebrate what they call Cinco De Mayo, on May 5th. It is the anniversary of the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. It is a national holiday in Mexico. |
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IMPORTANT MAY EVENTS
Buy Books by and about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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for all
BABIES
- Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever
To all of you who have either helped in the creation of my novel or have supported my efforts, I’m thrilled to announce that my producer has signed an agreement with a screenwriter to adapt the book into a screenplay beginning in July. This is a giant step toward actually seeing (hopefully in my lifetime) the story on film.
Thanks to all of you for your continued support.
Best,
Judie
JUDITH MARSHALL
FASHION OVER 50
Your cleavage may not
be all it’s cracked up to be
Have you looked in the mirror at your cleavage lately?
I mean really looked? Did you
grow a bony sternum overnight?
Do you have deep V-lines? Or
worse, does your cleavage look
like a raisin?
It’s true you can buy a strong
under-wire bra to lift the girls,
but regardless of the current
trend of exposing as much breast
as possible (have you seen
Jennifer Love Hewitt lately?) lots
of cleavage may not be the best
option for all of us.
Here are the reasons:
Gravity – Over time, gravity
pulls the girls down regardless of
size, so when yanked up the
excess skin crinkles. It’s a matter
of physics.
Brown Spots – Discolored
skin caused by sun damage, birth
control pills, hormones and who
knows what else.
Dry, Wrinkled Skin – While
we slather our faces and necks
with creams and lotions, our skin
care often stops at the neckline.
So what can we do about it?
There are some terrific products
out there for sun-damage, tightening up skin
and smoothing out
creases (you know, when you
wake up in the morning after
sleeping on your side?) One is
called Breast SOS by La Isha, a
beauty line whose products are
based on essential oils. Another
option is to use a product that
contains Retin A or a glycolic to
slough off the dead skin cells. A
friend of mine swears by daily
use of her Clarisonic Brush on
her décolletage.
Don’t get me wrong, if you’re
one of the lucky ones with a
smooth and brown-spot-free
cleavage, flaunt it. But if not,
remember anything that looks
like a raisin should be covered –
preferably in a layer of rich dark
chocolate.
Live long and pester!
Hi to all,
I’ve added a lot of new material and some new mapping features. Hope you find it interesting!
~Renee
May 2012 Check it out
https://sites.google.com/site/slotasting/
Fun website Renee' has built.....Want to know about wine?
All the "wineries" she has visited.
southern California
A nice old story with a different twist - will make you appreciate family. A bit of a tear jerker.Young man's grandmother died in the 60s, but her birthday is coming up, and that always causes him to reminisce.The long walks they used to take to the shop in town, the 5 cents she gave me for meaningless jobs like pulling weeds or washing the driveway.
Those gems were all good, but the he remembered most, the jewel in the crown of grandmotherly advice, occurred when he was only about 13.They were sitting in a park having just finished collecting some 40 coke bottles for the deposit money on a beautiful spring day.
She told him that one day, he would find a wonderful woman and start his own family. 'And always remember this,' she said. 'Be sure you marry a woman with small hands.''How come, Grandma?' he asked her.
She answered in her soft upper-class voice.'Makes your dick look bigger.'
(not ready for that one were ya!)
A doctor on his morning walk noticed the woman pictured above.
She was sitting on her front step smoking a cigar. He walked up to
"I smoke ten cigars a day," she said. "Before I go to bed, I smoke a
nice big joint.
Apart from that, I drink a whole bottle of Jack Daniels every week,
and eat only junk food.
On weekends, I pop pills, get laid, and I don't exercise at all."
"That is absolutely amazing! How old are you?"
"Forty," she replied.
A young man excitedly tells his mother he’s fallen in love and that he is going to get married.
He says, “Just for fun, Ma, I’m going to bring over 3 women and you try
and guess which one I’m going to marry.”
The mother agrees.
The next day, he brings three beautiful women into the house and sits them down
on the couch and they chat for a while. He then says,
“Okay Ma, guess which one I’m going to marry.”
She immediately replies, “The one on the right.”
“That’s amazing, Ma. You’re right. How did you Know?”
Mother replies, “I don’t like her.”
Mom would never say
Things Mom Would Never Say
- "How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?"
- "Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too"
- "Just leave all the lights on ... it makes the house look more cheery"
- "Let me smell that shirt -- Yeah, it's good for another week"
- "Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I'll be glad to feed and walk him every day"
- "Well, if Timmy's mom says it's OK, that's good enough for me."
- "The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It's not like I'm running a prison around here."
- "I don't have a tissue with me ... just use your sleeve"
- "Don't bother wearing a jacket - the wind-chill is bound to improve"
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
A guy found a magic lamp and naturally rubbed it. The genie popped out and said, "I'll grant you any wish you want."The guy thought and thought and finally gave his answer, "I want to be hard all the time and get all the ass I want."
"As you wish," the genie replied.
So, the genie turned him into a toilet seat.... !
George has added this to our
section.....
Study: Red Meat Takes Years Off Of Cow's Life
WASHINGTON—Confirming years of
speculation, a new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
National Animal Health Monitoring System has found that red meat significantly
increases the risk of premature death in cows. "Our research suggests that by
having red meat, a cow's life can be shortened by as many as 10 years, sometimes
more," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in an interview with CNN
Tuesday. "Unfortunately, in some cases, even just a single daily serving of red
meat can hurt a cow's chances of surviving past the earliest stage of life." On
a more positive note, researchers found that other high-protein foods like milk,
cheese, and butter only decrease a cow's life by 7 to 9 years.
NASA Announces Plans To Put Man On Bus To Cleveland
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL—Hailing the dawn of a new era in long-distance highway travel, NASA officials unveiled Monday the agency’s ambitious plans to put a man on a bus to Cleveland, OH by early 2013.
The complex and dangerous three-day mission, dubbed “Chariot I,” is expected to pass through six states and include two brief transfers in Atlanta and Louisville in both directions, at a reported total cost of $360 dollars plus taxes and fees.
“For almost as long as our nation has existed, man has gazed upon a map of the eastern United States and dreamed of traveling to Cleveland, the largest metropolitan area in Ohio,” NASA administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. said at a press conference announcing the agency’s first major initiative since the discontinuation of the space shuttle program. “Until now, the immense physical and psychological risks involved in any manned mission had put that dream sadly out of reach.”
“But not anymore,” he added. “Next year we are going to Cleveland and back.”
Potential candidates must be rigidly trained to withstand more than 19 hours of vacantly staring out a bus window at a barren field.
Standing next to a scale model of the vehicle that will make the difficult 1,039-mile voyage—a Motor Coach Industries 102DL3 equipped with extra legroom, power outlets, and a wheelchair lift—Bolden discussed the details of the mission, which is set to carry a payload that includes one change of clothes and a paperback copy of Erik Larson’s The Devil In The White City.
According to Bolden, barring any weather-related delays or the driver not showing up for some reason, the bus will depart from a station in Orlando on a north-northwesterly path following the curvature of Interstate 75 though the inhospitable central regions of Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Once it reaches Cincinnati, the bus will alter its attitude due east and slingshot around the city, merging onto I-71 for the final 130 mile stretch to Cleveland.
“En route to Ohio the vehicle will pass through some of the most unforgiving environments known to science,” said Bolden, alluding to, among other areas, the barren vacuum of Appalachia with nothing going on for hundreds of miles. “But the dangers aren’t limited to outside the bus—whoever makes the journey will have to contend with a host of toxic smells; loud, unrelenting noises at all hours of the day and night; and highly unstable passengers with whom a lack of eye contact alone does not necessarily guarantee one’s personal safety.”
NASA Launches David Bowie Concept Mission
“And those don’t even account for less predictable difficulties,” Bolden added. “The entire mission can suddenly be brought to a halt by the driver’s decision to pull over for a smoke.”
Candidates for the first Chariot mission have already begun rigorous training at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in a true-to-life bus simulator capable of replicating the 52 hours of intense jostling they will experience in a threadbare, minimally reclinable seat. The preparation also addresses specific scenarios such as reading on the moving bus without throwing up, using the vehicle’s disgusting bathroom in stop-and-go traffic, and diffusing a conversation with a man who is clearly going to Cleveland to stalk his ex-wife.
Sources said that of the original 48 applicants, more than three quarters have washed out and returned to their respective branches of the military. Those who remain will spend months training for Chariot’s several scheduled EVAs, or extravehicular activities, during which they will leave the bus for a period of time to pick up food and hang out at a highway rest stop.
“The EVA presents the greatest risk for something to go wrong, whether it’s forgetting where the bus is parked or encountering a ridiculous line at the KFC/Taco Bell,” said mission control specialist John Lawton, who will be in constant contact with the passenger via a direct cell phone line. “You’ve got to be ready to improvise on a moment’s notice, grabbing a slice at Sbarro or, in a worst case scenario, a cup of soft-serve TCBY, and then waiting by the bus until people start to come back.”
“Because if that thing pulls away and you’re not on it, it might be days before NASA can mount a rescue,” he added.
Speculating on what future trips might entail, Lawton said that if the first mission is a success, a three-man Chariot II crew could return to Cleveland by bus later in the summer. He suggested that down the line, perhaps with Chariot V or VI, a NASA team may be able to reach Tucson, where research shows there is a possibility of hailing a cab to the Marriott Courtyard.
“Right now we are committed to putting a man on a bus to Cleveland and bringing him back safely, but ultimately Cleveland is just a stepping stone,” Lawton said. “If all goes as planned, we’ll have voyages to the outer reaches of Chicago, Minneapolis, and beyond.”
“And who knows?” he added. “Maybe it will even happen in my lifetime.”
News in Brief
Man Who Said 'Yes' To Life Found With Mountain Bike At Bottom Of Gorge
MOAB, UT—Authorities announced Tuesday that the body of 27-year-old screen printer Tom Finnery, a person friends confirmed always said yes to life and no to the idea of limits, had been found lying 20 feet from his mountain bike at the bottom of a gorge, his spinal column completely shattered and his broken femurs pinned behind his own back. According to police reports, Finnery, who always seized the day and drank deeply from the cup of life, was discovered with both kneecaps completely detached and nearly all his teeth smashed out of his fractured jawbone. Police said the man who lived life with no regrets failed to take his cell phone with him, a fact that Finnery—who reportedly always lived life in the present—had at least nine hours to reflect upon after his fall, following which he succumbed to hypothermia and was partially eaten by coyotes.
