Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, March 2, 2008

Posted March 2, 2008, 4:07 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, March 2, 2008. There are 304 days left in the year and 246 days left until Election Day.
In 2003 a Man Wrote 100 Senators Asking for Their Favorite Joke. Here's John McCain's Reply

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

• ABC's "This Week" — Howard Wolfson, campaign adviser for Hillary Rodham Clinton, and David Axelrod, campaign adviser for Barack Obama.
• CBS' "Face the Nation" — Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.; Sens. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Evan Bayh, D-Ind.
• NBC's "Meet the Press" — Republican strategists Mary Matalin and Mike Murphy; Democratic strategists James Carville and Bob Shrum.
• CNN's "Late Edition" — NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer; Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean; Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.; Reps. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, and Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
• "Fox News Sunday" — Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

B-Block
More Weakness Ahead For Dollar (CNN)
Ahmadinejad Makes Landmark Trip to Iraq (Reuters)
Russians Vote For New President (BBC)
Prince Harry Rejects Hero Label (BBC)

By The Numbers:
7 Clever But Questionable Eco-Power Innovations (Ecoble)
The 20 Science Fiction Novels That Will Change Your Life (109.com)

Pic of the Day:
Earth As You've Never Seen It -- Amazing Gallery (popsci)

Video of The Day: Nice commercial. You'll laugh. Maybe chuckle. At least smile.

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Katie C. and Peggy Bowers! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:

Actress Jennifer Jones is 89. Actor John Cullum ("Northern Exposure") is 78. Author Tom Wolfe is 78. Actor Jon Finch is 67. Author John Irving is 66. Actress Cassie Yates is 57. Actress and comedian Laraine Newman ("Saturday Night Live") is 56. Rock musician Jon Bon Jovi is 46. Actor Daniel Craig is 40.

On This Date:

In 1923: Time magazine makes its debut.

In 1933: The movie ''King Kong'' has its world premiere in New York. The movie is best known for its scene on the top of the Empire State Building.

In 1953: The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC. In 2008, the award show celebrated its 50th anniversary.

In 1962: Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores an NBA record 100 points in a single game against the New York Knicks. The only player to come close to that record is Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers who scores 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in 2006.

In 1965: The movie version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music" premieres in New York.

Today's Thought:
"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." --Vince Lombardi

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