Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, March 9, 2008

Posted March 9, 2008, 4:26 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, March 9, 2008. There are 297 days left in the year and 239 days left until Election Day.

4 Fun Facts about Daylight Saving Time:

1. Contrary to popular belief, DST was not invented by Benjamin Franklin, although he is credited with first suggesting the idea satirically and anonymously in 1784 as a way to save candles. Eventually proposed and lobbied for by Englishman William Wilmett in 1905, it was actually the Germans and their WWI allies that began using it first. The US was the last to follow suit.

2. The correct terminology is "Daylight Saving Time," not Daylight SavingS Time, as we've been calling it all these years.

3. Hawaii, Arizona, Puerto Rico and some other warm places don't observe DST because, well, they're just so darn sunny all the time.

4. DST causes a 5% reduction in crashes fatal to pedestrians, so for the next 6 months, it's officially 5% safer for you to cross the road without looking both ways.

B-Block:
Study: Daylight Saving Time Actually Boosts Energy Use (USAToday)
Record Snow Buries Columbus (AP)
Endeavor Ready to Launch Tuesday (USA Today)
What the iPhone 2.0 Will Do (Washington Post)

By The Numbers:
The 20 Worst Foods In America (Growing Bolder)

Pic of the Day:
The Hope of Our Nation?

Video of The Day: Faith the Dog



News Blooper of The Day: Anchor vs Reporter


Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members mrsFRANKsinatra and DPOWELL! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Singer Keely Smith is 76. R&B singer Lloyd Price is 75. Actress Joyce Van Patten is 74. Actor and comedian Marty Ingels is 72. Broadcast journalist Charles Gibson is 65. Actor and director Lonny Price is 49. Actress Juliette Binoche is 44.

On This Date:
In 1932: The first Ford Flathead engine leaves the assembly line at Ford Motor Company.

In 1954: CBS Television broadcasts the report by Edward R. Murrow on the critically reviewed Wisconsin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's ant-Communism campaign on "See It Now."

In 1959: Girls rejoice! The Barbie doll debuts.

In 1990: Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.

In 1981: Dan Rather makes his debut as the main anchorman of "The CBS Evening News." He signs off for the last time on the same day in 2005 after a scandal involving false reports about President George W. Bush.

In 1996: Comedian George Burns dies at age 100.

Today's Thought:
"The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything."
-- Oscar Wilde



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