:: quick facts :: wednesday, october 1

today i've been running on little sleep, so things have all kinda run together. i've been sitting on the couch listening to podcasts and playing tiger woods golf 07, and looking through a stack of quantitative articles for my behavior science writing class. i did get a chance to watch gilmore girls, full house, and without a trace this morning. that was good.

lets get to quick facts ::

the time is currently :: 4:21 pm

the tv is currently displaying :: around the horn (my back-up 4 o'clock show, still morning the loss of seinfeld in this block)

the price of a gallon of gas in starkville :: holding steady at $3.56

the current outside temp. is :: a balmy 75°F

today in the news ::

• the first steamboat to sail the mississippi river arrives in new orleans, louisiana in 1811

• thomas edison opens the first electric lamp factory in 1880

• the los angeles times building is bombed in 1910

• mensa is founded in the uk in 1946

• mao zedong decleared the president of the people's republic of china in 1949

• "in god we trust" first appears on american paper currency in 1957

• nasa is created to replace naca in 1958

• walt disney world opens near orlando, florida in 1971

• muhammad ali defeats joe frazier in "the thrilla in manila" in 1975

• the epcot center opens at walt disney world in 1982

• sony lanuches the first consumer compact disc player in 1982

born today in history ::

• william boeing

• walter matthau

• jimmy carter

• william rehnquist

• tom bosley

• julie andrews

• stephen collins

• mark mcgwire

your video of the day :: yeah, i know, another daily show video. if jon stewart would just stop being so consistently right and funny, i could post other videos...

more to come...