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Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M. was an American Roman Catholic sister, educator and pioneer in computer science. She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States. Sister Mary Kenneth Keller earned her doctorate from the University of Wisconsin on June 7, 1965 — and was aced out of beingContinue reading “Sisters are doing it for themselves”

December 13, 303 –It the feast of St. Lucy (Santa Lucia) today. (Early depictions show Lucy offering her eyes on a platter; she is now the patron saint of Sicily and of Opticians.) Because her extreme beauty attracted too many admirers, Lucy gouged her own eyes out (she had body issues). Miraculously they grew back.Continue reading “It’s also a very delicious Sicilian Pastry”

December 13, 1975 – Richard Pryor hosted NBC-TV’s Saturday Night Live on this date. Fearing Pryor would say things that were too offensive for television at the time, the show was placed on seven-second delay for the very first time As mentioned in the opening sketch, Pryor requested that Garrett Morris say “Live from NewContinue reading “Saturday Night Live”

I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day. Today’s Holiday Theme is A Dean Martin’s Christmas (Dean died on Christmas day in 1995.) As we mentioned yesterday, Frank wasn’t the only member of the Rat Pack to singContinue reading “If you drink don’t drive. Don’t even putt.”

Christmas trees are known to have been popular in Germany as far back as the sixteenth century. In England, they became popular after Queen Victoria’s husband Albert, who came from Germany, made a tree part of the celebrations at Windsor Castle. In the United States, the earliest known mention of a Christmas tree is inContinue reading “It’s all the damn man in the can’s fault.”

December 12, 1915 –It’s the birthday of Francis Albert today. I have been advised by legal council to stop making jokes about Mr. Sinatra’s alleged organized crime connection, especially if I would like to make it home tonight (Please note – I did not use the word, Mafia.) And once again, We here at ACMEContinue reading “Francis Albert Sinatra”

December 12, 1968 –If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. After a long and well enjoyed life, Tallulah Bankhead died in St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City of double pneumonia, complicated by emphysema and malnutrition, on this date. Her last coherent words reportedly were “Codeine… bourbon.”Continue reading “Tallulah Bankhead”

Demand Euphoria!

Unless you are tight with the Thursday afternoon, rosary praying old ladies – you may not know this;) today is the third Sunday of Advent. It is known as Gaudete Sunday. One of the candles in the Advent wreath is rose colored for Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is Latin for Rejoice, as in Gaudete in DominoContinue reading “The more you know”

(You don’t want to know what she had to do to earn this coat.) Demand Euphoria!