....and here she is today.

Not bad for 70.

Do you think these two guys are related?

Nah, probably not.

On this day, in 1964, Jack Ruby was sentenced to death for the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Unfortunately, before he could be put to death................he died.

And lets go way back for this one......On this day back in 1782, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, but anytime he tried to tell anyone, they just giggled at him. Yes, it was on this day in 1782, Herschel looked through his telescope and said those immortal words, "I see Uranus". Yeah, everybody around him always got a big kick out of that one.

Sometimes people speak without thinking about what they're about to say. In fact, I make a living out of it. Here's an example of someone who chose the wrong words. New York funeral director Peter Dohanich put an ad on Craigslist offering a free funeral in exchange for building a new deck onto his house. He says he estimates the construction work as being worth about $7.000 to $8,000. He adds that the average funeral in this country costs about $7,500. Now, here it comes.............Dohanich said, "When I tell people that the average funeral costs $7,500, they don't believe it, but ask someone who recently had a funeral what they paid." Pete, I have a feeling you won't get an answer.

Finally, speaking of death, Quebec entrepreneur Gerald Dominique announced plans to launch a new cable TV channel that will show nothing but obituaries 24 hours a day, kind of like the death version of The Weather Channel. Dominique says the channel will not only air obituaries of famous people, but those of average people as well. He says it will only cost the family about the same amount it costs to run an obituary in a newspaper, but would include videos of the deceased, plus testimonials and more. Dominique says his new channel will tell interesting stories about dead people's lives.

I think I'll pass on this. If I really want to see dead people telling interesting stories, I'll watch "60 Minutes".

posted by Denny  # 6:06 PM