January 9th - Today is the 9th day of the year, with only 356 days remaining in 2006.

Where's the Beef? Day
In a 1984 television commercial, Wendy's spokesperson Clara Peller first uttered those immortal words, "Where's the beef?"


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
FIRST QUARTER - Jan 6   6:56 p.m.
FULL MOON - Jan 14   9:47 a.m.
LAST QUARTER - Jan 22   3:14 p.m.
NEW MOON - Jan 29   2:15 p.m.


From the Home Office in Wahoo, Nebraska, it's the Top Ten List for May 2, 2003
TOP TEN THINGS YOUR DON'T WANT TO HEAR IN A FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT
10. "Welcome to Burger King. I am Pepe, the Burger Prince. May I take your order?
9. "Did you want to eat here, or are we going back to your place?"
8. "Cheeseburger, French fries and Coke... $94"
7. "You know that Subway guy, Jared? I've got him out in my trunk"
6. "I personally check the quality of everything I sell"
5. "The onion rings are laughing at me!"
4. "Here's your food, and here's the name of a gastroenterologist"
3. "I just ate the toy from the kids' meal and I don't feel so good"
2. "Don't bother me. I'm on my lunch break"
1. "Employees must wash their hands... Please."
©MMV, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.


ACTING -
1909 José Ferrer, Santurce PR, actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac, Blood Tide, Dune, Big Bus) [D: 01/26/92]
1916 Fernando Lamas, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor ("You look marvelous") [D: 01/08/82]
1935 Bob Denver, New Rochelle NY, actor (Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island) [D: 09/02/2005]
1941 Susannah York, London England, actress (A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones)
1955 Jonathan Kimble "J. K." Simmons, Detroit MI, actor (Dr Skoda-Law & Order, Jameson-Spiderman)

ARTISTIC -
1890 Karel Capek, Czechoslovakia, writer (R U R ); coined the word "robot" [D: 12/25/38]
1901 Chic Young (Murat Bernard Young), Chicago IL, cartoonist (Blondie) [D: 03/14/73]

HISTORIC -
1859 Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, Ripon WI, women's rights leader/founder (League of Women Voters) [D: 03/09/47]
1913 Richard Milhouse Nixon, Yorba Linda CA, (R) 37th President (1969-74) [D: 04/22/94]

MUSIC -
1941 Joan Baez, Staten Island NY, folk singer/human rights advocate (We Shall Overcome)
1944 Jimmy Page, Heston England, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
1948 William Cowsill, Newport RI, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-The Rain, the Park and Other Things)
1951 Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb), Paintsville KY, country singer (Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue)
1967 David John Matthews, Johannesburg South Africa, singer/guitarist (Dave Mathews Band-Gravedigger)
1978 A.J. McLean, West Palm Beach FL, singer (Backstreet Boys-I Want It That Way)

SCIENCE -
1922 Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist (Nobel 1968-genetic coding)

SPORTS -
1934 Bryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr, Montgomery AL, NFL quarterback/coach (Green Bay) Hall of Fame 1977
1978 Chad Johnson, Miama FL, wide receiver (Bengals) Pro Bowl 2003-2005


1861 First hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter SC
1880 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days
1908 Muir Woods National Monument, California established
1929 The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind (Nashville, Tennessee).
1936 Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US Army
1942 Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1945 US soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines
1951 Life After Tomorrow, first film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
1959 "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
1969 Concorde jetliner's first test flight (Bristol England)
1972 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
1976 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
1998 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
ADMISSION DAY ** Jan. 9, 1788 - Connecticut (5th State)
Balloon Ascension Day - United States of America
Kurban Bayrami - Turkey
Martyr's Day (National Mourning) - Palau Panama
National Clean Off Your Desk Day - United States of America
Seijin no Hi / Coming of Age Day - Japan


CATTLE RANCHING
A New York family bought a ranch out West where they intended to raise cattle. Friends visited and asked if the ranch had a name.

"Well," said the would-be cattleman, "I wanted to name it the Bar-J. My wife favored Suzy-Q, one son like the Flying-W and the other wanted the Lazy-Y. So we're calling it the Bar-J-Suzy-Q-Flying-W-Lazy-Y."

"But where are all your cattle?" the friends asked.

"None survived the branding."


Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology. - Clive James


PREFERRED STOCK: Grade-A beef. (WordFoolery)

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