Thursday,
June 27, 2002
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The
Strange Origin of the Pledge of Allegiance Every class day over 60
million school teachers and students in the U.S. recite the Pledge of
Allegiance along with thousands of Americans at meetings of the Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Elks, Masons, American Legion, and others. Probably not too
many of them have any idea of where it comes from, or the people responsible
for its development http://www.aclu.org/news/move/pledgeorigin.html |
The
Reflex Tester game Test your Response time! Click on "Start" first,
and wait until the background color changes. As soon as it changes,
hit "stop!" http://www.reflexgame.com/ (thanks Glenn L.) |
Welcome
to the Drive-In Theatre The First Drive-In Theater was invented
by Richard M. Hollingshead on Tuesday June 6, 1933 showing "Wife
Beware."
http://www.driveintheater.com/index.htm (thanks Glenn L.) |
A rabbit for your mouse? Just try to get him to let go. P.T. Barums Golden Rules for making money. Bad Taste Bears home of the world's most disgusting little teddies. The Caffeine Content of Beverages & Medications. Learn Ballroom Dancing online. |
Captain Kangaroo Turns 75 Bob Keeshan is the actor and producer responsible for the success of the long-running children's program, Captain Kangaroo, turned 75 today. As the easy-going Captain with his big pockets and his bushy mustache, Keeshan lured children into close engagement with literature, science, and especially music, adopting an approach which mixed pleasure and pedagogy. http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/K/htmlK/keeshanbob/keeshanbob.htm |
Write like an Egyptian See your name in hieroglyphs, the way an Egyptian scribe might have written it. Free from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. http://www.upennmuseum.com/hieroglyphsreal.cgi |
"
To lead people, walk beside them... As for the best leaders, the people
do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise.
The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate... When the best
leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!' " - Lao Tzu |