February 28th - Today is the 59th day of the year, with only 306 days remaining in 2006.

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

Car Keys and Small Change Day
In 1590, pockets were invented. Without them, we'd have a hard time finding a place to keep coins and keys.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
NEW MOON - Feb 28   0:32 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Mar 6   8:15 p.m.
FULL MOON - Mar 14   11:35 p.m.
LAST QUARTER - Mar 22   7:10 p.m.


TAGLINES (http://taglinesgalore.com)
A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it
A naked man never worries about pickpockets.
God Bless, and may your Pocket Protector always be filled.
He's dead, Jim. Check his pockets for loose change...
If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog treats in your pocket, then only giving him two of them.
It was so cold last winter that I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets.
Lintloot - The little clump of small change in your pocket.
One should talk softly, and carry a pocket thermonuclear device.
People's minds are changed through their pockets.
Politicians are ambidextrous pickpockets.
The Art of Shoplifting - by Phil Mypockets.


ACTING -
1915 Zero [Samuel Joel] Mostel, Brooklyn NY, actor (Fiddler on the Roof) [D: 09/08/77]
1923 Charles Durning, Highland Falls NY, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Fury, Sting, Tootsie)
1930 Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat)
1939 Thomas Tune, Wichita Falls TX, actor/dancer/singer/choreographer (9 Tony Awards)
1942 Frank Bonner, Little Rock AK, actor (Herb-WKRP in Cincinnati)/director (Who's the Boss?)
1947 Stephanie Beacham, Casablanca Morocco, actress (Dallas, Colbys, Beverly Hills, 90210)
1948 Bernadette Peters [Lazzaro], Queens NY, actress (The Jerk, The Longest Yard-'74)
1948 Mercedes Ruehl, Queens NY, actress (Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People)
1955 Gilbert Gottfried, Brooklyn NY, comedian/actor (SNL, Beverly Hills Cop II)
1957 John Turturro, Brooklyn NY, actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever)
1961 Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire, The Visit)
1969 Robert Sean Leonard, Westwood NJ, actor (Dead Poets Society, Dr Wilson-House, MD)

ARTISTIC -
1903 Vincente Minnelli, Chicago IL, director (American in Paris, Gigi) [D: 07/25/86]
1970 Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), SF CA, author (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

HISTORIC -
1906 Bugsy Siegel (Benjamin Siegelbaum), Brooklyn NY, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas [D: 06/20/47]
1946 Robert "Robin" Cook, Bellshill Scotland, Sec of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 97-2001 [D: 08/06/2005]

MUSIC -
1940 Joe South, Atlanta GA, guitarist/songwriter/singer (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)
1942 Brian Jones, Cheltenham England, rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) [D: 07/03/69]
1957 Cindy Wilson, Athens GA, rock vocalist (B-52's-Love Shack)

SCIENCE -
1896 Philip Hench, Pittsburgh PA, physician (Nobel '50-Cortisone use in rheumatoid arthritis) [D: 03/30/65]
1901 Linus Pauling, chemist (Nobel '54-chemical bonds) peace worker (Nobel '62-anti above-ground nuclear testing) [D: 08/19/94]
1915 Sir Peter Medawar, Rio de Janeiro, immunologist (Nobel '53-tissue grafting/acquired immune tolerance) [D: 10/02/87]
1930 Leon Cooper, NY NY, physicist (Nobel '72-BCS theory of superconductivity)

SPORTS -
1940 Mario Andretti, Motovun Croatia, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
1945 Charles "Bubba" Smith, Beaumont TX, NFL (Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
1953 Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat [Richard Blood], Honolulu HI, wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA)
1956 Adrian Dantley, Washington DC, NBA forward (Jazz)/Olympics-gold-'76/'84 top scorer
1972 Eric Lindros, London Ontario, NHL (6 All-Star Games)/Olympics Ice Hockey (2002-gold, 1992-silver)


1066  Westminster Abbey opens.
1692  Salem witch hunt begins.
1827  The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
1933  First female in cabinet Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor.
1953  James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; formal announcement April 25 following publication in April Nature (pub. April 2).
1956  Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory.
1961  JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor.
1966  Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers.
1977  First killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles CA).
1983  The final episode of M*A*S*H is broadcast in the USA, becoming the most watched television episode in history, with 106–125 million viewers in the U.S. (estimate varies by source).
1993  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest cult leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
2001  An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley area of the U.S. state of Washington.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Andalusia Day - Spain
Carnival / Mardi Gras - Brazil, French Guiana, Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay
Fat Tuesday - Sweden
Mardi Gras / Carnival - Switzerland, United States of America
Peace Memorial Day - Taiwan


THE WATCH
A judge was instructing the jury that a witness was not necessarily to be regarded as untruthful because he changed his statement after he gave it to the police.

"For example," he said, "when I entered my chambers today, I was positive that I had my gold watch in my pocket. But then I remembered that I left in on the nightstand in my bedroom."

When the judge returned home that evening, his wife asked him "Why so much urgency for your watch? Isn't sending three men to pick it up for you a bit extreme?"

"What?" said the judge, "I didn't send anyone for my watch, let alone three people. What did you do?"

"I gave it to the first one," said the wife, "he knew exactly where it was."


The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. - Frank McKinney Hubbard


INFLATION: Being broke with a lot of money in your pocket. (Internet Source)

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