It's an On Broadway Saturday on Blind Cafe
Julie Parker
Good Morning Members, it’s An on Broadway Saturday on Blind Café!
“We hope you enjoy your day on Blind Café”
*Thanks to all our hosts and hostesses who work very hard to entertain our members.
Date: February 1st, 2014:
****On the Menu every day is for our new members as it has instructions on how to subscribe to our chat list and Menu. Also it gives a description of what can be found in a room by hitting F6. All other members can skip this section and go down to our Senior Menu to find a quick guide to today’s events. Our next section The Classic Menu gives a description of how our games are played. Finally our Dessert Menu is at the bottom of the page and is filled with articles from our members.
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*Mystery Theatre. Press F6 and listen to one of our very own produced mini who dun nit plays, starring our very own Blind Café Members.
*Press F6 in our Faith Chapel and listen to one of Pastor Jonathon or Pastor Volly Nelson’s Sermons.
*The Pirate’s Cove. Press F6 and sail away to the Islands with Jimmy Buffet.
*Laughing Leprechaun. Enjoy some luck of the Irish by pressing F6 in this room!
*Gadget’s Tech Room. Hit F6 and hear instructions on how to use I Phone Ap’s.
*I didn’t know that learning Centre. Hit F6 and listen to our learning tutorials.
*Café Premier Events Room. Sit back, hit F6 and get ready to listen to our full length, hilariously funny Christmas play that our Blind Café members acted in. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”
* Blind Café’s 2013, Murder in the Café Manor Halloween Horror Production by Julie P and Patti Woodworth
*Our 2013 Café Expresso Christmas Play, starring Willie and Jeannie Wilson as Santa and Mrs. Claus. See how our members turned into rogue toys and elves. Laugh along as poor Sweet P gets hit with the white stuff that she hates so much and last but not least, see how Lorraine runs Grandma over with the reindeer. For some reason Confetti and crew seem to have a hard time with getting Willie off the ground. Written and Produced by Julie Parker and Patti Woodworth, it’s definitely a must to listen to.
*T.V Land. Kick back, put your feet up, relax on one of our comfortable couches, hit f 6 and watch one of our old time classic T.V shows such as Alf
All in the family
Andy Griffith
Bonanza
Brady Bunch
Dragnet
Gilligan’s island
Green acres
Highway to Heaven
Jefferson’s
Leave it to beaver
Little house on the prairie
Mash
Mork and Mindy
Mr. Ed
The Munsters
The Walton’s
W.K.R.P in Cincinnati
We have more shows coming soon.
*The Café Comedy Lounge. Hit F6 and get ready for some great comedians like Jeff Dunham, Roy D Mercer, Bill Cosby, James Gregory, Rodney Carrington’s songs, Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Cosby, Jeanne Roberson, He Haw episodes and our very own John Harris and Willie in the Copper Clapper! Enjoy a great laugh whenever you want to get happy!
*Movies, Movies, Movies:
We have over 600 described movies for your enjoyment. Come in to Willie’s cinema and watch the movie of your choice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Press F6 from the main room window, and choose the movie you would like to play. Happy movie watching, and don’t forget to bring the popcorn.
*BLIND CAFÉ’S Senior Menu:
** 1 pm Join Neva for Farkle in the winners Circle!
2:30pm Join Neva in the Winners Circle for a fun game of Apples to Apples.
4 pm Join your host Sue Ellen for an afternoon game of Uno in the winners Circle!
6pm Martial Arts Presentation in The I didn’t know that Room:
Enjoy an hours Presentation of Judo and Martial Arts given by Robert Simpson a Martial Arts expert.
*8:30pm on Broadway. Join your host Marsha and come by and share your talent with us or just sit back, relax and enjoy the entertainment.
10:30pm Join your host Trevor and his computer Madame Guillotine for a game of Zilch. Watch out for the Madame though! You never quite know what mood she is going to be in!
After Zilch: Join everyone in the Café After Dark for friendly Chat.
***BLIND CAFÉ’S New Events Menu:
New Event:
This year in addition to our February 15th Lovers Day talent evening we will be playing our Fall Auction Songs. If you were bid on, please get with the person who bid on you and find out what song they would like you to record.
******BLIND CAFÉ’S Classic Menu includes times and explanation of games, please read below. All times are Eastern Standard:
7 am The Donut and Coffee Shop opens:
Join our breakfast club and find out about world events and what the weather is like in each others neck of the woods. If you are an early riser you will find one of us lingering around our freshly brewed coffee. If you like to dunk your donut, you had better grab one quick before Willie eats them all!
11:30 am the Bistro Opens Sponsored by Chris Spencer:
Share your lunch hour with us. Come by and chat while we serve you a freshly made sandwich, croissant or French pastry. Fresh on the Menu today. Sent in by Peaches.
Pecan Confections
1 egg white
1 cup light
brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon flour
1 cup chopped
pecans
1 cup pecan halves
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a small bowl,
beat egg white to a stiff froth at medium speed, then gradually beat in brown
sugar, salt and flour. Stir in chopped pecans. On a greased cookie sheet, drop
mixture by 1/2 teaspoonfuls. Lightly press a pecan half in each cookie. Bake 15
minutes. Let cool some on cookie sheet, then finish cooling on a wire
rack.
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The 4 Ingredient Cookbook:
Vegetables
Peachy
Carrots
1 pound package carrots, sliced and cooked
1 tablespoon margarine,
melted
1/3 cup peach preserves
Pinch salt, optional
Combine carrots
with margarine and peach preserves. Add salt. Cook over low heat until carrots
are heated thoroughly.
Makes 6 servings.
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The Betty Crocker Recipe
Card Library:
Family Breakfast Brighteners
Mushroom Shirred Eggs
1 can
(10 1/2 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/2 teaspoon grated
onion
1/4 cup milk
6 eggs
2 tablespoons butter or margarine,
melted
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 slices pork
luncheon meat
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix soup, onion and milk. Spoon about
3 tablespoons soup mixture into each of 6 ungreased 6 ounce custard cups. Break
an egg carefully into each cup. Mix butter, bread crumbs and salt; sprinkle on
eggs. Place cups on baking sheet. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until eggs are
desired doneness. While eggs bake, heat slices of meat in oven. Unmold eggs on
meat.
Makes 6 servings.
1pm Farkle In the Winners Circle. Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join Neva for a nifty game of Farkle! The winner will be entered into our Year End Tournament. Let’s see who is the best Farkaler on Blind Café! It might be you!
2:30pm Apples to Apples in the Winners Circle. Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join your host Neva for a fun game of Apples to Apples. Match a quirky answer to a serious definition.
4 pm Uno in the Winners Circle. Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join your host Sue Ellen for an afternoon game of Uno.
6pm Martial Arts Presentation In I didn’t know that Room:
Here’s what Robert has to say! I always love to
talk about martial arts.
But tips like leaving a light and a radio on when
you leave your house or
apartment, how ladies should carry their purses,
walking confidently knowing
where you are walking, hundreds and hundreds of
tips and tricks that will
keep you safer in everyday life.
You don't have
to be Scared going out and about. Get out enjoy life
I Started Judo
in 1992.
I am a Former Member of a World Blind Judo team.
1998.
International competitor Japan, Brought home team silver for USA.
Currently holds:
A
2nd degree black belt in Hanbo-jitsu.
A 3rd. degree black belt Judo.
A 4th
degree Black belt small circle ju-jitsu.
A 4th degree Black belt in
traditional ju-jitsu.
A Blue belt in BJJ. Brazilian Ju-jitsu.
A USA Judo
state certified coach.
I have been in the martial arts now for the past 21
years.
I have many medals and trophies.
As a leagaly blind person I
discovered Judo and fell in love with it. I went
beyond learning
self-defense, and made it a way of life.
I want to share what I learned with
you!
Robert Simpson-Morrison.
Dude.
8:30pm on Broadway:
Join your host Marsha and our Blind Café Members in the On Broadway Lounge for a true showcase of talent. Listen to the Café’s best as they sing and play instruments and even read poetry, or just come on in and be a part of the audience and enjoy their talent.
10:30 pm Zilch out room Sponsored by Patti W:
Join your host Trevor and his computer Madame Guillotine for a round of everybody’s favorite addiction, Zilch. All you need to know about this game is, don’t Zilch out.
11 pm Café after Dark opens sponsored by Terra Lee:
Anyone for a late night chat? Let’s see who can stay awake the longest. If we survive until 7am we can always go down to the Donut and coffee shop and join the breakfast club. Where they meet every day.
Midnight Easy Listening Music Room:
Still in the mood for music? Come by and play some tunes with Julie and friends.
*******What’s for Dessert in the Members Corner:
*Tiffany’s Interesting Food facts about today:
February 1
National Cake Pops
Day
National Baked Alaska Day
National Dark Chocolate
Day
**Thought of the day:
Thanks Sharon for the thought of the day.
> ESP is real...I read about it in tomorrow's
paper.
>
.*** Joke of the day:I hope all our guy members
are smarter than this! > Steve noticed that Dewey was looking depressed, and
asked what was wrong.
>
> "Well," said Dewey, "I ran afoul of one
of those awkward questions women ask. Now I'm in deep trouble at home."
>
> "What kind of question?" asked Steve.
>
> "My wife asked
me if I would still love her when she gets old, fat and wrinkly."
>
> "That's easy," said Steve. "You just say 'Of course I will'."
>
> "Yeah," said Dewey, "That's what I did, except I said 'Of course I
DO...'"
>Of Course! Boom Boom!
****Social Security sent in by Bob Tullis:
You may have seen this, But it's worth another look.
SS
CHECKS!
Did
you know this? I certainly did not.
Once again, our
beloved congressmen are playing fast and loose with vernacular.
What motive did they have for changing the name of our Social
Security?
I'm sure they have a plan, and it won't be to our
betterment.
SS
CHECKS!
Here
we go.
JUST REALIZED THAT WITH REQUIRED AUTO DEPOSIT, YOU NEVER GET TO
SEE
THE CHECK....ALERT EVERYONE YOU KNOW. THIS AFFECTS ALL OF
US."
*Subject:*
SOCIAL
SECURITY becomes FEDERAL BENEFIT CHECK
Have
you noticed, the Social Security check is now referred to as a
"Federal, Benefit Payment"?
I'll be part of the one
percent to forward this.
I am forwarding it because it touches a
nerve in me, and I hope it will in you.
Please keep
passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.
The government is now referring to our Social Security
checks as a " Federal Benefit Payment ".
This isn't a benefit . It is
earned income!
Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but
our employers did too.
It totaled 15% of our income before taxes
.
If you averaged $30K per year over your working
life, that's close to $180,000
Invested in Social Security.
If you calculate the future value of your monthly
investment in social security( $375/month,
including both your and
your employers contributions) at a meager 1% Interest
rate
compounded monthly, after 40 years of working you'd have
more than $1.3+ million dollars saved!
This is your personal
investment.
Upon retirement, if you took out only 3% per year,
you'd receive $39,318 per year,
or $3,277 per month.
That's almost three times more than today's average Social
Security benefit of
$1,230 per month,according to the Social Security
Administration.
(Google it - its a fact).
And your retirement fund would last more than 33 years
(until you're 98 if you retire
at age 65)! I can only imagine how much
better most average-income people could live
in retirement if our
government had just invested our money in
low-risk
interest-earning accounts.
Instead,
the folks in Washington pulled off a bigger Ponzi
scheme
than
Bernie Madoff ever did.
They
took our money and used it elsewhere.
They forgot (Knew) that
it was OUR money they were taking.
They didn't have a
referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them.
And they
didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed.
And recently
they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer.
(Isn't it funny that they NEVER say this about
welfare?)
But is it our fault they misused our
investments?
And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling
it a benefit,
as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Offered by John C.
Just because they
borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!
Let's take a stand.
We have earned our
right to Social Security and Medicare.
Demand that our
legislators bring some sense into our government.
Find a way to
keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of
that 92% of
our population who need it.
*Then call it what
it is: Our
Earned Retirement Income.
*****Why is New Years January 1st? Sent in by Alan Dicey:
Why is New Year's Day January 1st?
Because
Julius Caesar said so. Why?
Early Roman Calendar
Since long before
Caesar's time, date keeping was dicey. In fact, the
355-day Roman calendar
that immediately preceded Caesar's Julian, worked on
a four year cycle where
every other year, an additional month was inserted
between February
(Februarius), the last month of that calendar year, and
March (Martius), the
first month of the year; this was done in order to
catch the calendar up
with the Earth's orbit of the Sun. That additional
month, called the Mensis
intercalaris, brought in the missing 22 or 23 days,
and to even things up,
took another five days from February in the years it
was
present.
Since the calendar had been designed to ensure the proper
observance of
religious dates, priests, called pontifices, were responsible
for declaring
when the interclaris month should begin and end. Since these
priests were
also involved with politics, they sometimes:
"Misused their
power by intercalating days or not intercalating them, merely
in order to
lengthen or shorten some magistrate's year of office, or to
increase the
gains of some government contractor, or to inflict loss upon
him."
By the
time Caesar came around, the Roman calendar was in shambles, and in
46 BC,
Julius Caesar commanded that it be changed.
Julian calendar
The
Julian calendar's beginnings were as crazy as the old Roman calendar at
its
worst: "In order to wipe out the consequences of past neglect, it was
necessary that the year 46 BC (called by Macrobius the annus confusionis)
should extend to 445 days. The normal number of 355 days had already been
increased by the addition of the ordinary 23 days, inserted after February
23. As many as 67 days, divided into two menses intercalares . . . were now
interposed between November and December. . . . This year thus consisted of
15 months."
After this "year of confusion," the new calendar really
started.
Intercalation was abolished, and each year was increased to 365
days, with a
leap year added every fourth year (quarto quoque anno) to
February. The
months of the calendar after Caesar's shake-up followed the
old Roman
calendar closely and most are familiar to us even today:
Ianuarius,
Februarius, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Iunius, Guintilis, Sextilis,
September,
October, November and December.
Along with these changes,
Caesar set the New Year to January 1. Why? Since
153 BC, January 1 was
the day new consuls in Rome took office and Romans had
commonly used the
name of the two consuls to identify a specific year in
question. Thus,
by officially making January 1 start the New Year, it
simply lined up with
the consular year.
As to why the consular year started on January 1
instead of the original
Roman Calendar New Year's day of March 1, this isn't
known. That said,
there are references that seem to imply that January
1 may have begun
marking the New Year as early as 189 BC, which precedes
when the consular
year started beginning on that day.
One proposed
reason for this switch is that January is thought by most to
have been named
after the god of transitions and beginnings, Janus, during
the reign of the
second King of Rome, Numa Pompilius, who lived from 753-673
BC. Thus,
it was naturally enough for the Romans to eventually decide to
make the
switch. However, whether this is the reason or not is very much up
for
debate.
Gregorian Calendar
Although the Julian Calendar was
relatively accurate, its use of 365.25 days
in a calendar year, as opposed
to the precise 365.2425 days, over centuries,
created a discrepancy in the
calendar. In fact, by the time Pope Gregory
XIII (1572-1585) became the
Bishop of Rome, the Julian calendar had lost 10
days.
It was this
discrepancy that brought about the reformed calendar. Actually
beginning 20
years before the calendar took effect with the Council of Trent
in 1563,
church leaders wanted to restore the spring equinox to the date it
was when
the First Council of Nicaea was convened in 325 (by 1563, the
equinox was
falling on March 11, rather than March 21).
As simple as making a Papal
decree, Gregory issued the Inter gravissimas on
February 24, 1582, and
nearly eight months later, the last day of the Julian
calendar, October 4,
1582, was followed by the first day of the Gregorian
calendar, October 15,
1582. Viola!
Today, the Gregorian calendar is the unofficial calendar of
the United
States and the United Nations, as well as most countries in the
world.
New Year's Day
Since before even Caesar's time, people
celebrated the New Year. In ancient
Babylon, this began after the spring
equinox in March, and part of the
celebration including subjecting the king
to ritual humiliation. In fact,
"if royal tears were shed, it was seen as a
sign that Marduk [a god] was
satisfied and had symbolically extended the
king's rule."
After he was murdered by a small group of his "friends"
("Et tu, Brute?"),
the Roman Senate made Caesar a god on January 1, 42 BC, a
date which
coincided with the time-honored practice of making offerings to
Janus in the
hope of having good fortune throughout the
year.
Throughout the Middle Ages in Europe, January 1st's New Year's
celebrations
were discouraged, as they were seen by church leaders as a
pagan practice.
Instead, other days were often used as a substitute varying
from nation to
nation. This changed when the Gregorian calendar was
instituted and, at
least in the Catholic nations, January 1 once again
became the official New
Year, and it slowly spread from their with the
Gregorian calendar.
Bonus Fact:
As mentioned, many protestant nations
ignored the Gregorian calendar for
some time. England stuck to the Julian
Calendar until 1751 before finally
making the switch. Orthodox countries
took even longer to accept the change
in calendars. Russia, for one did not
convert to the Gregorian calendar
until after the Russian Revolution in
1917. The funny thing was, in 1908,
the Russian Olympic team arrived 12 days
late to the London Olympics because
of it.
- - -
Today in History, Today is Friday, January 31,
2014
on this date January 31, 1958, the United States entered the Space Age
with
its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer
1.
On this date in 1606 Guy Fawkes, convicted for his part in the
Gunpowder
Plot against the English Parliament and King James I, was
executed.
On this date in 1752: Governor Morris is
born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gouverneur-morris-is-born
On this date in 1797 Composer Franz Schubert
was born in Vienna, Austria.
On this date in 1865 Robert E. Lee was named
general-in-chief of the
Confederate armies.
Also, on this date in 1865:
House passes the 13th Amendment
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/house-passes-the-13th-amendment
On this date in 1872: Author Zane Grey is
born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/author-zane-grey-is-born
On this date in 1917 Germany announced a
policy of unrestricted submarine
warfare.
On this date in 1919 Baseball
Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who broke the
sport's color barrier in 1947,
was born in Cairo, Geordgia.
On this date in 1923: Norman Mailer is
born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/norman-mailer-is-born
On this date in 1937: American composer
Phillip Glass is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-composer-phillip-glass-is-born
On this date in 1944 U.S. forces invaded the
Japanese-held Marshall Islands
during World War 2.
O nthis date in 1945
Private Eddie Slovik became the only U.S. soldier since
the Civil War to be
executed for desertion.
On this date in 1949 The first TV daytime soap opera,
"These Are My
Children," was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
On
this date in 1950 President Harry S. Truman announced that he had ordered
development of the hydrogen bomb. U.S. President Harry S. Truman publicly
announces his decision to support the development of the hydrogen bomb, a
weapon theorized to be hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bombs
dropped on Japan during World War II.
On this date in 1968 : during the
Vietnam War, Viet Cong attack U.S. Embassy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong--attack-us-embassy
On this date in 1971 Astronauts Alan B.
Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and
Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo
14 on the third successful manned
mission to the moon.
On this date in
1972: during the Vietnam War, North Vietnam presents
nine-point peace
proposal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnam-presents-nine-point-peace-proposal
On this date in 1974: Samuel Goldwyn
dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/samuel-goldwyn-dies
On this date in 1988: Doug Williams leads
Redskins to Super Bowl victory
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/doug-williams-leads-redskins-to-super-bowl-victory
On this date in 1990 McDonald's Corp. opened
its first fast-food restaurant
in Moscow.
On this date in 1995: Clinton
authorizes loan to Mexico
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clinton-authorizes-loan-to-mexico
On this date in 2000 An Alaska Airlines jet
plunged into the ocean off
Southern California on a flight from Mexico to
San Francisco, killing all 88
people on board.
On this date in 2001 A
Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted
one Libyan and acquitted
a second in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
over Lockerbie,
Scotland.
On this date in 2006 Samuel Alito was confirmed by the Senate and
sworn in
as a Supreme Court justice.
On this date in 2006 The Senate
approved Ben Bernanke as chairman of the
Federal Reserve.
On this date in
2007: Cars.com names most memorable TV cars
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carscom-names-most-memorable-tv-cars
On this date in 2011 Egypt's military
promised not to fire on peaceful
protests and recognized "the legitimacy of
the people's demands."
On this date in 2011 Myanmar opened its first
parliament in more than two
decades.
Today's Birthdays:
Singer-actor
Justin Timberlake turns 33 years old today.
Carol Channing Actress
93
Ernie Banks Baseball Hall of Famer 83
Philip Glass Composer
77
Princess Beatrix Former queen of the Netherlands 76
Richard Gephardt
Former House minority leader 73
Jessica Walter Actress ("Arrested
Development") 73
Baseball Hall of Famer and Texas Rangers president Nolan
Ryan turns 67 years
old today
KC Singer, musician (KC and the Sunshine
Band) 63
Johnny Rotten Rock singer (The Sex Pistols) 58
Anthony LaPaglia
Actor ("Without a Trace") 55
Minnie Driver Actress 44
Portia de Rossi
Actress ("Arrested Development," "Ally McBeal") 41
Bobby Moynihan Actor,
comedian ("Saturday Night Live") 37
Kerry Washington Actress ("Scandal")
37
Marcus Mumford Singer, musician (Mumford and Sons) 27.
Thought For
Today:
"But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies
in the
hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on
parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a
willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people.
I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not
beyond the reach of human beings."
-President John F. Kennedy (1917 -
1963)
- - -
“We hope you enjoyed your day on Blind Café. Where the members matter most”
Julie Parker
Good Morning Members, it’s An on Broadway Saturday on Blind Café!
“We hope you enjoy your day on Blind Café”
*Thanks to all our hosts and hostesses who work very hard to entertain our members.
Date: February 8th, 2014:
****On the Menu every day is for our new members as it has instructions on how to subscribe to our chat list and Menu. Also it gives a description of what can be found in a room by hitting F6. All other members can skip this section and go down to our Senior Menu to find a quick guide to today’s events. Our next section The Classic Menu gives a description of how our games are played. Finally our Dessert Menu is at the bottom of the page and is filled with articles from our members.
*BLIND CAFÉ’S Menu Favorites on the Menu every day:
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*Located at the bottom of the menu you will find our Members Corner. Here we post Tid bits about Medical updates, Financial News, Today in history, zilch replays, Jokes, and other interesting articles sent in by our members.
. If you would like to submit an article please send it to ju...@blindcafe.net
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*Blind Café recommends Cavi courses.
If you are interested in any
Cavi courses you can visit:
www.cavitraining.com
or if you have any questions for
Monica you can e mail her at:
mon...@ciscovision.org
*Sixteen players battled for the highest score in Friday night’s Café Craps game. Mike won with 300 points.
Lorraine and Neva also scored over 100 and qualified for the February Craps Tournament.
Neva Fairchild
** 1 pm Join Neva for Farkle in the winners Circle!
2:30pm Join Neva in the Winners Circle for a fun game of Apples to Apples.
4 pm join your host Sue Ellen for an afternoon game of Uno in the winners Circle!
6pm Martial Arts Presentation in the I didn’t know that Room:
Enjoy an hours Presentation of Judo and Martial Arts given by Robert Simpson a Martial Arts expert.
*8:30pm on Broadway. Join your host Marsha and come by and share your talent with us or just sit back, relax and enjoy the entertainment.
10:30pm join your host Trevor and his computer Madame Guillotine for a game of Zilch. Watch out for the Madame though! You never quite know what mood she is going to be in!
After Zilch: Join everyone in the Café after Dark for friendly Chat.
***BLIND CAFÉ’S New Events Menu:
New Event:
This year in addition to our February 15th Lovers Day talent evening we will be playing our Fall Auction Songs. If you were bid on, please get with the person who bid on you and find out what song they would like you to record.
******BLIND CAFÉ’S Classic Menu includes times and explanation of games, please read below. All times are Eastern Standard:
7 am The Donut and Coffee Shop opens:
Join our breakfast club and find out about world events and what the weather is like in each others neck of the woods. If you are an early riser you will find one of us lingering around our freshly brewed coffee. If you like to dunk your donut, you had better grab one quick before Willie eats them all!
11:30 am the Bistro Opens Sponsored by Chris Spencer:
Share your lunch hour with us. Come by and chat while we serve you a freshly made sandwich, croissant or French pastry. Fresh on the Menu today. Sent in by Peaches.
Fried Ice Cream
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 (6
inch) flour tortillas
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons
sugar
1/4 cup cornflake crumbs
2 large scoops French Vanilla ice
cream
1 can whipped cream
Toppings of honey and chocolate syrup
Fry
tortillas in oil and drain. Combine cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle half of the
cinnamon mixture over both sides of fried tortillas; coat evenly. Combine
remaining cinnamon mixture with cornflakes in another bowl. Pour onto plate.
Place large scoop of ice cream in flakes and roll the ice cream around until
entire surface is covered. Put ice cream on tortilla. Serve with honey and
chocolate syrup.
1pm Farkle in the Winners Circle. Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join Neva for a nifty game of Farkle! The winner will be entered into our Year End Tournament. Let’s see who is the best Farkaler on Blind Café! It might be you!
2:30pm Apples to Apples in the Winners Circle. Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join your host Neva for a fun game of Apples to Apples. Match a quirky answer to a serious definition.
4 pm Uno in the Winners Circle. Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join your host Sue Ellen for an afternoon game of Uno.
6pm Martial Arts Presentation in I didn’t know that Room:
Here’s what Robert has to say! I always love to
talk about martial arts.
But tips like leaving a light and a radio on when
you leave your house or
apartment, how ladies should carry their purses,
walking confidently knowing
where you are walking, hundreds and hundreds of
tips and tricks that will
keep you safer in everyday life.
You don't have
to be Scared going out and about. Get out enjoy life
I Started Judo
in 1992.
I am a Former Member of a World Blind Judo team.
1998.
International competitor Japan, Brought home team silver for USA.
Currently holds:
A
2nd degree black belt in Hanbo-jitsu.
A 3rd. degree black belt Judo.
A 4th
degree Black belt small circle ju-jitsu.
A 4th degree Black belt in
traditional ju-jitsu.
A Blue belt in BJJ. Brazilian Ju-jitsu.
A USA Judo
state certified coach.
I have been in the martial arts now for the past 21
years.
I have many medals and trophies.
As a legally blind person I
discovered Judo and fell in love with it. I went
beyond learning
self-defense, and made it a way of life.
I want to share what I learned with
you!
Robert Simpson-Morrison.
Dude.
8:30pm on Broadway:
Join your host Marsha and our Blind Café Members in the On Broadway Lounge for a true showcase of talent. Listen to the Café’s best as they sing and play instruments and even read poetry, or just come on in and be a part of the audience and enjoy their talent.
10:30 pm Zilch out room Sponsored by Patti W:
Join your host Trevor and his computer Madame Guillotine for a round of everybody’s favorite addiction, Zilch. All you need to know about this game is, don’t Zilch out.
11 pm Café after Dark opens sponsored by Terra Lee:
Anyone for a late night chat? Let’s see who can stay awake the longest. If we survive until 7am we can always go down to the Donut and coffee shop and join the breakfast club. Where they meet every day.
*******What’s for Dessert in the Members Corner:
*Tiffany’s Interesting Food facts about today:
February 8
National Molasses Bar
Day
National Potato Lover’s Day
**Thought of the day:
Thanks Sharon for the thought of the day.
> Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get
eight cats to pull a sled through snow.
>
*** Joke of the day:
Oo! I hope this never happens to anyone! >
The waiter brings the customer the steak he ordered with his thumb over the meat
as he is carrying on the plate.
>
> "Are you crazy?"
complained the customer, "You have your hand on my steak!"
>
>
"What?" answers the waiter, "You want it to fall on the floor
again?"
> "
>Of Course!
Boom Boom! Hahahahahahahaha
****Can light measure a blood sugar? Sent in by Terry:
Diabetic Digest - February 5,
2014
Readers:
I don't know about you,
but I'm tired of pricking my
fingers to measure my glucose levels. It hurts,
it's
aggravating, and the supplies can get expensive. Now,
according to
researchers, finger sticks my become a
thing of the past.
I have an
article that my shine a light on an alternative
to those painful finger
sticks.
Plus, get the recipe for a delicious Banana Chocolate
Parfait. Who wouldn't want one of
those?
*****Thrifty Tips sent in by Terry:
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*******Weird news but it’s true sent in by Alan:
Lead Story
* America's returning
warriors continue to experience inexplicable
difficulty after putting their
lives at risk for their country. It took 13
years for Army Sgt.
Maj. Richard Erickson to get his job back from
his civilian employer
after he took leave in 2000 to serve in the
National Guard special
forces. The employer soon fired him for
taking "excessive military
leave." The employer? The United
States Postal Service, for which Erickson
worked as a window clerk
(and which was forced to reinstate him after a
January 2014 ruling
awarding him $2 million in back pay). Erickson had
won several
interim victories, but USPS fought each one, extending the
case,
and said in January that it might even appeal the latest ruling.
[Los
Angeles Times, 1-8-2014]
NUTS!!! THANKS DICK! Recurring
Themes
* Happy New Year: (1) Once again, celebrants in France
marked
January 1st by setting fire to 1,067 cars nationwide (down
from
1,193 the previous January 1st). (2) In the Hillbrow
neighborhood
of Johannesburg, South Africa, celebrants apparently decided
to
abandon a 20-year-old tradition and not hurl furniture from
high-rise
apartments. (The Hillbrow custom was highlighted on
one
social-networking website, along with the New Year's
graveyard
gathering of relatives in Chile and Ireland's banging bread on
walls
to dispel evil spirits.) [Daily Telegraph (London), 1-1-2014]
[Wall
Street Journal, 1-2-2014]
* Holy Mutations: Deformed animals
born in developing countries
often attract streams of pilgrims--seeking to
touch a creature
considered divinely blessed. In December, a
five-legged cow in
Raipur, India, had supposedly "caused" the last 30 women
who
touched it to give birth to boys. Don't think it was the cow what
done
that! And a day after that report came
one from Phuket,
Thailand, in which a newborn gecko with six legs
and two heads has become a
magnet for visitors seeking clues to
winning lottery numbers. [Daily
Mail (London), 12-25-2013]
[Phuket News, 12-26-2013] OH KAY!!
* In
November the Journal-News of Hamilton, Ohio, examining
various police union
contracts in the state, learned that in several
jurisdictions, officers are
allowed to work their shifts even when
less sober than some drivers whom they
ticket for DUI. In Lebanon,
Ohio, for instance, cops can work with a
.04 blood-alcohol reading.
In Butler County, an .04 reading triggers
officers' legal protections
unavailable to ordinary drivers. (However,
in Lebanon, an officer's
right to suck on a breath mint before taking the
test was recently
removed from the contract.) [Journal-News,
11-17-2013]
* Judges As Romantics: (1) In December, Italy's top
appeals court
awarded a new trial to a man, 60, who had been convicted of
having
sex with an 11-year-old girl. Evidence had been excluded that
the
pair were having a "romantic relationship" with "feelings of
love."
(2) Alabama Judge James Woodroof of Limestone County, given
two
separate chances in December to sentence Austin Clem, 25, to
jail time for
raping a girl beginning when she was 7, both times
opted for probation.
(The no-jail sentences perhaps reflected that
Clem's family and hers
continued to socialize after the rapes.)
[Agence France-Presse via Business
Insider, 12-31-2013]
[Associated Press via New York Times,
12-24-2013]
* The Continuing British Campaign to Abolish Risks: (1)
Britain's
Royal Mail announced in December that it would stop delivery
to
Jeff and Sheila White's cottage in Carnforth because the carrier
was
frightened of cows. (Mrs. White said he was just lazy, in
that when
the cows were present, the carrier had to open and close a gate to
get
to their cottage.) (2) A 65-year-old school crossing guard resigned
in
October from a job he said he liked because officials at Manadon
Vale Primary
School had ordered him to stop playfully "high-
fiving" students.
Guards, the school said, need both arms free to
hold signs and make proper
signals. [Daily Mail, 12-5-2013]
[Plymouth Herald,
10-14-2013]
* News of the Weird has reported the emerging
mainstream
treatment (for various bowel disorders) of fecal transplants,
in
which a healthier relative "donates" via enema supposedly
healthier
microbes to a sickly patient, to normalize intestinal
activity. The
process, still strange to many patients despite its
apparent success,
has become so popular that in October Canadian officials
felt the
need to warn patients not to perform amateur transplants. Said
one
mother, after successfully treating her 10-year-old daughter, "I
think
one day . . . we will have fecal-matter banks [like blood banks
and
sperm banks]." [CTV, 10-4-2013]
* Unclear on the Concept: In
December, after Carmen Reategui,
34, was arrested for DUI in Readington
Township, N.J., and was
too impaired to drive home, she called Nina Petracca,
23, who
block quote
rived at the police station impaired, herself (and was
arrested
block quote end
for
DUI), and both women called Ryan Hogan,
33, to take them home,
but he also arrived impaired was also arrested.
[Hunterdon County
Democrat, 12-20-2013]
* Classics: (1) Jamal
Garrett, 29, was arrested in Antioch, Calif., in
January after, police said,
he tried to rob a Wells Fargo bank but had
fled empty-handed after a teller
struggled to read a poorly written
holdup note. (She and her manager
said they did not even know
immediately if it was a holdup or just a note
requesting assistance.)
(2) Daniel Severn, 27, pleaded guilty to burglary in
England's Hull
Crown Court in December, for trying to enter a home through
the
roof but getting trapped, upside down, in the bathroom. He dug
his
phone out of his pocket, but it fell into the toilet, and he
remained
hanging for an hour and a half until a resident arrived and
found
him.) [San Jose Mercury News, 1-6-2014] [Daily Telegraph
(London),
12-12-2013]
Updates on News of the Weird Stories
*
Unrelenting, swastika-tattooed New Jersey neo-Nazi Heath
Campbell, 40, saw
child number nine born in November, and once
again, a county's family welfare
office removed it almost
immediately. "I'm not allowed to have children
because I'm a
Nazi," he lamented. Campbell first made headlines in 2008
when a
bakery declined to decorate a birthday cake for his son, Adolf
Hitler
Campbell, leading child welfare officials to investigate, and
more
seizures followed, now including the November-born Eva
(Lynn
Patricia) Braun. Campbell told reporters he would continue to
fight
for offspring. "I'll stop making them when they stop taking
them."
[New York Daily News, 12-30-2013]
* News of the Weird
informed readers in November that the
Snuggle House was about to open in
Madison, Wis., promising
clients pajama-clad bedmates--as long as no sex (or
foreplay, even)
took place. In fact, Snuggle House has yet to open (in
part because
the Madison assistant city attorney has yet to overcome her
belief
that cuddling without sex is impossible). However, a
December
Associated Press report noted that no-sex cuddleries thrive
in
Rochester, N.Y. ("The Snuggery"), Boulder, Colo. ("Be The
Love
You Are"), and San Francisco ("Cuddle Therapy"). Snuggle
House
owner Matthew Hurtado said he is still working with
Madison
officials on regulations to prevent naughtiness. [Associated
Press
via Washington Post, 12-8-2013]
* Among planet Earth's most
bizarre local customs is the Christmas
tradition in Spain's Catalonia region
of decorating Nativity scenes
with figurines of famous people squatting,
answering nature's calls.
News of the Weird has noted that Presidents (Bush
and Obama)
have been "honored" with posterior-baring statuettes, along
with
Queen Elizabeth. Right on cue this past Christmas, Spanish
artists
unveiled "caganers" in the images of Pope Francis and
Nelson
Mandela. (Perhaps the least-illogical explanation for the
tradition is
that if the manger is fertilized, the coming year's crops
will
flourish.) [Agence France-Presse via The Local (Rome),
11-16-
2013]
* To build an iron-ore smelting plant in Iceland in
2009, Alcoa, Inc.,
was forced to kowtow to the country's national obsession
that elves
("hidden people") live underground and that construction
projects
must assure that the little fellas have had a chance to
scatter
gracefully to new habitats. Alcoa hired the necessary
elf-monitoring
"engineers," and eventually the project proceeded. In
December
2013, the government announced it was temporarily abandoning
a
major road project connecting a remote peninsula and the capital
of
Reykjavik after it was "learned" that the route would disturb an
"elf
church." The likely outcome, again, according to an Associated
Press
dispatch, is that the project will resume once the elves
have
relocated. [Associated Press via San Jose Mercury News,
12-23-
2013]
******Today in history by Alan
Dicey:
TODAY IN HISTORY, Today is Friday, February 7,
the 38th day of 2014. There
are 327 days left in the year.
Today's
Highlight in History:
On February 7, 1964, The Beatles began their first
American tour as they
arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy
International Airport, where they
made wise cracks during a chaotic press
conference while thousands of their
fans were jammed inside the
terminal.
On this date in 1775: Benjamin Franklin publishes "An Imaginary
Speech"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benjamin-franklin-publishes-an-imaginary-speech
On this date in 1795, the 11th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution, dealing
with states' sovereign immunity, was
ratified.
On this date In 1812, author Charles Dickens was born in Landport,
Portsmouth, England.
Also, on this date in 1812: Earthquake causes
fluvial tsunami in Mississippi
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-causes-fluvial-tsunami-in-mississippi
On this date In 1857, a French court
acquitted author Gustave Flaubert of
obscenity for his serialized novel
"Madame Bovary.
On this date in 1862 during the Civil War, Rebel
reinforcements ordered to
Tennessee's Fort
Donelson
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederates-order-reinforcements-to-fort-donelson
On this date in 1881: Plea bargaining gains
favor in American courts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/plea-bargaining-gains-favor-in-american-courts
On this date in 1904, a fire began in
Baltimore that raged for about 30
hours and destroyed more than 1,500
buildings.
On this date in 1914, Keystone Film Corporation released the
silent short
comedy "Kid Auto Races at Venice," Charles Chaplin's second
film, and the
first in which he plays the Little Tramp.
On this date in
1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized a flag for
the office
of the vice president.
On this date in 1938 : Tire king Firestone
dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tire-king-firestone-dies
On this date in 1944, Bing Crosby and the
John Scott Trotter Orchestra
recorded "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records
in Los Angeles.
On this date in 1948, General Dwight D. Eisenhower
resigned as Army chief
of staff; he was succeeded by General Omar
Bradley.
On this date in 1962, President John F. Kennedy imposed a full
trade
embargo on Cuba.
On this date in 1965 : during the Vietnam War,
U.S. jets conduct retaliatory
raids
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-jets-conduct-retaliatory-raids
On this date in 1970 : LSU star Maravich
scores 69 points in single game
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lsu-star-maravich-scores-69-points-in-single-game
On this date in 1974, the island nation of
Grenada won independence from
Britain.
On this date In 1984, space
shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless
II and Robert L.
Stewart went on the first untethered space walk, which
lasted nearly six
hours.
On this date in 1990 : Soviet Communist Party gives up monopoly on
political
power
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-communist-party-gives-up-monopoly-on-political-power
On this date in 1992: European Union treaty
signed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/european-union-treaty-signed
On this date in 1999, Jordan's King Hussein
died of cancer at age 63; he was
succeeded by his eldest son,
Abdullah.
On this date in 2002: President George W. Bush announces plan for
"faith-based initiatives"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-george-w-bush-announces-plan-for-faith-based-initiatives
Ten years ago:
John Kerry won the
Washington state and Michigan Democratic presidential
primaries.
Five
years ago:
A miles-wide section of ice in Lake Erie broke away from the Ohio
shoreline,
trapping about 135 fishermen, some for as long as four hours
before they
could be rescued (one man fell into the water and later died of
an apparent
heart attack).
Walls of flame roared across southeastern
Australia, leveling scores of
homes, forests and farmland in the country's
worst wildfire disaster in a
quarter century.
Bolivia's new constitution
took effect.
Death claimed jazz singer Blossom Dearie at age 84, country
singer Molly Bee
at age 69, and Jack Cover, inventor of the Taser stun gun,
at age 88.
One year ago:
CIA Director-designate John Brennan strongly
defended anti-terror attacks by
unmanned drones under close questioning at a
protest-disrupted confirmation
hearing before the Senate Intelligence
Committee.
Today's Birthdays:
Author Gay Talese is 82.
Former Senator
Herb Kohl, D-Wis., is 79.
Actor Miguel Ferrer is 59.
Reggae musician Brian
Travers (UB40) is 55.
Comedy writer Robert Smigel (SMY'-guhl) is 54.
Actor
James Spader is 54.
Country singer Garth Brooks is 52.
Rock musician David
Bryan (Bon Jovi) is 52.
Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard is 52.
Actor-comedian
Chris Rock is 49.
Actor Jason Gedrick is 47.
Actress Essence Atkins is
42.
Rock singer-musician Wes Borland is 39.
Rock musician Tom Blankenship
(My Morning Jacket) is 36.
Actor Ashton Kutcher is 36.
Actress Tina
Majorino is 29.
Actress Deborah Ann Woll (TV: "True Blood") is 29.
Thought
for Today:
"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the
ambitious do to
educate themselves. No, read to live. "
Gustave
Flaubert, French author (1821-1880).
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