Did you just titivate me?

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The word of the day is titivate. So while I'm staring at the word trying to say it without sounding porno-ish I had to figure out what it meant which is "To make oneself smart or spruce."

Well - as we all know I have tried desperately to make myself smart but it only catches on from time to time but I KNOW I have never tried to make myself . . . spruce.

So then I look up examples of how the word is used.

"You look beautiful," and then adds, "So stop titivating yourself." hmmmm , that sounds rather doesn't it.

"Chaplin is titivating in a hotel room, the cloth on his dressing table rides up and down".

WHAT?

"ready to dart forward and titivate Debbie's hair" Oh my. Poor Debbie.

So I'm not so sure I'm going to walk around today using that word. I'm uninspired!
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HEY - who wants to see the moon blow up. If you have the NASA Channel they will broadcast the explosion live at about 6:30AM central time tomorrow. That's right, NASA is bombing the moon to see what happens. THEN they will fly a space craft that has cameras INTO the bombed out area and crash it in the hole!! TOO COOL!!!!

Of course I suppose the moon could crack and break up and fall into the earth which would not be so cool and would make for an awkward weekend with falling globs of moon to dodge, but, it would be something different for sure.

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The Columbus Walk of Fame.

OK - We could have STARS for Johnny Depp and Marion Cotillard and it was suggested we have James T. Lewis the 9th Governor of Wisconsin but I'm not sure James will have the draw that JD has. Who else can we have. What other celebrities have made an impact on Columbus! I know I know, probably to many to list but we must start somewhere.
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Finally getting caught up on recorded TV. StarGate Universe is looking really good but I'm still waiting for Lou Diamond Phillips to make a real appearance. I like the premise and will stick with the show.

Oh - the premise. They gang is stuck on an ancient Spacecraft which is on auto pilot and looks for other Star Gates. When the ship finds one it stops for 12 hours. The gang explores the new location and needs to return or the ship leaves.

Another VERY good show is Flash Forward. This might be my favorite non-reality, non-comedy show of the year! Really - if you like smart shows check it out. What does it all mean. We have already had the future?
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Yesterday was Farmers Market day outside my building and I was walking around with my camera taking non-flash photos (flash seems to be malfunctioning since the camera was repaired) and I came across some mums that were really pretty.

I'm looking at them and telling myself that everyone in the world has taken photos of mums but there was one group that just seemed prettier then the rest. They were calling to me.

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Today in history the Chicago fire started (1871). This fire burned 4 square miles and killed 200 to 300 people. But what it did was sort of like clearing the land for new growth and "spurred great economic development and population growth". Within 9 years the city had grown from 320,000 to 500,00 and by 1893 1.5 million people lived in Chicago.

In 1997, the Chicago City Council exonerated Mrs. O'Leary and her cow. She turned into a recluse after the fire, and died in 1895. Iit seems Mrs. O'Leary and her cow was a made up story for the Chicago Tribune. Michael Ahern a reporter for the Trib admitted in 1893 that he had made up the story of a cow kicking over a lantern because he thought it would make colorful copy.

In the PBS documentary, Chicago: City of the Century, a descendant of O'Leary stated that she spent the rest of her life in the public eye, in which she was constantly blamed for starting the fire. Overcome with much sadness and regret, she "died heartbroken".

Many say the fire was caused by "Peg Leg" Sullivan who says he saw the fire break out. However, it would have been impossible for him to see it from where he said he was. Peg Leg's mother kept a cow in O'Leary's barn and would visit it on nights! hmmmmmmm!
See you tomorrow if the moon does not explode!

Rod