February 18th - Today is the 49th day of the year, with only 316 days remaining in 2006.

February Flowers - Violet, Primrose
February Birthstone - Amethyst (Sincerity)

Cold Day in Hell
In 1979, snow fell in the Sahara Desert for the first time in recorded history.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
FULL MOON - Feb 13   4:44 a.m.
LAST QUARTER - Feb 21   7:17 a.m.
NEW MOON - Feb 28   0:32 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Mar 6   8:15 p.m.


SIGN OF THE BEAST - Original by Richard Findler
OK, we all know that 666 is the Number of the Beast. But did you know that:

$0.66: Ground Beast per pound.
00666: Zip code of the Beast.
1-666: Area code of The Beast.
1-888-666-6666: Toll free number of the Beast.
6, uh... what was that number again?: Number of the Blonde Beast.
6-6-6: Fertilizer of the Beast.
6/6/66: Birth date of the Beast.
6-666-66666-6: ISBN # of the Beast.
66-66-66: Bust, waist and hips of the
333: Half brother of the Beast.
555: Number of the Wanna-Beast.
666º F: Oven temperature for roast Beast.
666i: BMW of the Beast.
666k: Retirement plan of the Beast.
665.99996973: Intel Pentium number of the Beast.


ACTING -
1919 Jack Palance (Walter Palanuik), Lattimer Mines PA, actor (City Slickers)
1920 Bill Cullen, Pittsburgh PA, TV game show host (over 20 different games) [D: 07/07/90]
1925 George Kennedy, NY NY, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight)
1950 Cybill Shepherd, Memphis TN, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show)
1954 John Travolta, Englewood NJ, actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Grease, Pulp Fiction)
1957 Vanna White (Rosich), North Myrtle Beach SC, TV game show hostess (Wheel of Fortune)
1964 Matt Dillon, New Rochelle NY, actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Little Darlings, Kansas)
1968 Molly Ringwald, Roseville CA, actress (The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink)

ARTISTIC -
1909 Wallace Stegner, Lake Mills IA, novelist/critic (Pulitzer 1971-Angle of Repose) [D: 04/13/93]
1922 Helen Gurley Brown, Green Forest AK, author/publisher/businesswoman (editor-in-chief-Cosmopolitan)
1931 Johnny Hart, Endicott NY, cartoonist (B.C., co-created The Wizard of Id)
1932 Milos Forman, Čáslav Czechoslovakia, director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus)
1950 John Hughes, Lansing MI, director (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller)

HISTORIC -
1892 Wendell Wilkie, Eldwood IN, Presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World) [D: 10/08/44]

MUSIC -
1933 Yoko Ono (Mrs John Lennon), Tokyo Japan, singer(?)
1947 Dennis De Young, Chicago IL, vocalist (Styx-Lady, Mr. Roboto)
1952 Judy Kay "Juice" Newton, Lakehurst NJ, pop/country singer (Angel of the Morning)
1953 Derek Pellicci, rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way)
1965 Dr Dre (Andre Young), Compton CA, rap singer/producer (Deep Cover)

SCIENCE -
1745 Count Alessandro Volta, Rome Italy, physicist/inventor (battery) [D: 03/05/1827]
1930 Theodore C Freeman, Haverford PA, Capt USAF/astronaut/flight-stability testing [D: 10/31/64]

SPORTS -
1895 George "The Gipper" Gipp, Laurium MI, Notre Dame football star [D: 12/14/20]


1841 First continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11.
1861 In Montgomery, Alabama Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
1885 Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
1901 H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner.
1927 US and Canada begin diplomatic relations.
1929 First Academy Awards are announced.
1930 While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
1932 Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title.
1965 Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting.
1972 The California Supreme Court invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison.
1977 The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle goes on its maiden "flight" while sitting on top of a Boeing 747.
1978 First Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI.
2005 The United Kingdom law banning fox hunting, hare coursing and other sports which kill wild mammals is enforced from this date.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Independence Day - Gambia


GOING TO HELL
A few women were sitting around the table talking, and the subject turned to their husbands. One lady said "My husband just won't go to church with me, I think he's going to go to Hell."

This led to talk around the table and it was generally agreed that, for one reason or another, all the husbands were going to end up in Hell.

So, then the housewives started speculating about themselves. One woman said "I try to be good - I'm sure I'll make it to Heaven."

Another one said "No, I did this bad thing, I won't make it unless I mend my ways, I better start soon."

At this point they noticed that one of the ladies (the only single women in the group, and a blonde mind you) wasn't saying anything. They turned to her and said "You're such a nice lady, surely you'll be going to Heaven?"

She says "No way! In fact, first thing in the morning, I'm going to buy me a ticket straight to Hell!"

They were shocked and asked, "Why??"

"Well, you don't expect me to live in a world without men, do you??!?"


Maybe this world is another planet's Hell. - Aldous Huxley


HELL: Death warmed over. (Wicked-Good Dictionary)

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