* Doctor's Day, honoring america's physicians, commemorates the first use of
ether for anesthesia in surgery by Dr. Crawford W. Long on March 30, 1842.
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THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION:
 What is the only thing shown in color in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983
film "Rumble Fish"?
LAST WEEK'S TRIVIA:
 The Pennsylvania Dutch call it schmierk„se.  What do we know it as?
 ANS:Cottage Cheese
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                          HOW TO REMOVE A DEAD WHALE
 
   The Farside comes to life in Oregon.
 there was a local TV news show in Oregon, which sent a reporter out
   to cover the removal of a 45-foot, eight-ton dead whale that washed up on
   the beach. The responsibility for getting rid of the carcass was placed on
   the Oregon State Highway Division, apparently on the theory that highways
   and whales are very similar in the sense of being large objects.
 
   So anyway, the highway engineers hit upon the plan--remember, I am not
   making this up--of blowing up the whale with dynamite. The thinking is
   that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten
   by seagulls, and that would be that. A textbook whale removal.
 
   So they moved the spectators back up the beach, put a half-ton of
   dynamite next to the whale and set it off. I am probably not guilty of
   understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the
   most wonderful event in the history of the universe. First you see the
   whale carcass disappear in a huge blast of smoke and flame. Then you
   hear the happy spectators shouting "Yayy!" and "Whee!" Then, suddenly,
   the crowd's tone changes. You hear a new sound like "splud." You hear
   a woman's voice shouting "Here come pieces of...MY GOD!" Something
   smears the camera lens.
 
   Later, the reporter explains: "The humor of the entire situation
   suddenly gave way to a run for survival as huge chunks of whale
   blubber fell everywhere." One piece caved in the roof of a car parked
   more than a quarter of a mile away. Remaining on the beach were
   several rotting whale sectors the size of condominium units. There was
   no sign of the seagulls who had no doubt permanently relocated to
   Brazil.

This week's Obscure word:  INCHOATE
Being only partly in existence or operation
 
This week's extra list is is not being sent with this list.  This week's list is
"Cows."  Many of you already have this list.  If you wish to have this list
e-mail me and request the "cows" list.  Requests will be fulfilled on Monday.
By the way, it is the second list of cows, not the first.

       Slama Sidhi Barakas
       Brent