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fee beans proved popular among chuck wagon cooks of the era, and “I need my morning Arbuckle’s!” became something of a cowboy catchphrase.Beef was in ready supply on the cattle • trail, so fried steaks, pot roast, beef stew, and short ribs were common entrees on the menu. Beans and sourdough biscuits were served on the side. Pie, with apple or some other fruit, was a typical dessert. Cowboys loved their meals so much that they observed certain rules of etiquette while physically near the chuck wagon. Kicking up dust was taboo, for instance, since it might get in the food.The practice of branding calves devel-• oped during the mid-1880s, when cattle freely grazed on grassy plains in Texas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. Cowboys had to drive herds across long distances, and hungry cattle would often mingle with other ranchers’ cows when searching for food. The ownership brands on the bo-vines made it possible for cowpokes to identify the animals under their care from those owned by others.

RIDE ‘EM, COWBOY! (continued)

The Singing Cowboy is not a Hollywood • creation; cow punchers had been war-bling to their herds long before Gene Au-try ever picked up a guitar. Cattle (and horses) are creatures of habit, and any deviation from routine tends to make them skittish. Herds were used to hear-ing the cowboys call out commands and banter among one another during the day, and during the relatively silent nights, any outside noise (like a coyote’s howl) made them restless. As a result, the cowpoke on night watch would sing or recite hymns and verses to keep the animals reassured by a human voice.America’s favorite cowboy actor, Roy • Rogers, was really a Cincinnati-born man named Leonard Slye. His first film role of note was in support of Gene Autry. Once that the studio realized that Slye had mat-inee idol potential, they gave him a new name that they felt would look better on a marquee: Roy Rogers.Why did cowboys of the Old West always • wear leather vests? The obvious answer is that they protected the body against the inevitable bumps and bruises associ-ated with the cowboy life. But equally as important to most cowboys was the fact that vests had interior pockets where they could keep their matches, tobacco, and cigarette papers dry.Although today they’re worn more as • a fashion statement, the footwear now known as cowboy boots developed out of practicality. The smooth soles allowed the cowboy to easily slide his feet into the stirrups. The high leather shaft of the boot protected his legs from the friction of rubbing against the stirrup leathers. The stacked heel prevented the foot from sliding forward through the stirrup (which could be life-threatening if the cowboy became unseated from the saddle). The loose fit and lack of laces allowed rider to slide out of his boots and not be dragged if he was thrown backwards from the sad-dle.Some other staples of classic cowboy • wardrobe were a bandana and a pair of chaps. The bandana was draped around the neck so that it could be quickly pulled up around the nose and mouth as a makeshift mask during dust storms (or in other unpleasantly odorous conditions). The heavy leather chaps protected their legs from prickly scrub brush and cactus, as well as the occasional snakebite.

The Boss of the Plains isn’t a “who,” but • a “what.” It’s the nickname that was given to the Stetson hat that many cowboys relied upon. John B. Stetson grew up in New Jersey and learned hat-making from his father. Ill health forced him to travel West in search of a drier climate. In 1862, Stetson designed the famous hat that eventually bore his name. Stetson’s first • customers were gold miners who camped outdoors as they traversed the Rocky Moun-tains looking for riches. As legend has it, a rough-looking horseman approached Stetson one day and offered him a $5 gold piece for his hat. Soon, other cowboys were placing orders for “Stetsons.” The hats kept the sun and rain off their faces and necks, and were sturdy enough to be used to haul water or fan the flames of a campfire.The chuck wagon has been around since • about 1866. “Cookie” (as the chef was of-ten called) worked longer hours and got less sleep than the rest of the cowboys. He had to rise at 3 a.m. to fire up the stove and prepare and cook the food… starting with scratch biscuits. When the outfit hit the trail, the chuck wagon hur-ried to arrive at the destination ahead of time so that the food was ready when the cowboys arrived at camp.Arbuckle’s was the Starbucks of the Old • West. Until the mid-19th century, coffee beans were sold “green,” and consumers roasted them in a skillet before grinding and boiling. In 1865, the Arbuckle brothers of Pittsburgh patented a process of roast-ing and coating coffee beans, then pack-ing them in air-tight packages. Their cof-

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1. What pop singer’s albumhit #1 back in 1975?

Captain Fantastic andthe Brown Dirt Cowboy

2. What design appears on the helmets of the NFL’sDallas Cowboys?

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4. What brand of cigarettes has long used a cowboyas part of its advertising campaign?

5. What was the name of the ranch featured on thelong-running TV series ?

Urban Cowboy

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1Q09 - WEEK 02JAN 04 - JAN 10

Hollywood films would have us believe that all cowboys were Caucasian, but beginning

at the time of the Civil War, some 5,000 African-Americans helped to settle the West.

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On • Jan. 7, 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air. They nearly crashed into the Channel, however, as their balloon was weighed down by extraneous supplies such as silk-covered oars, with which they hoped to row their way through the air.

On • Jan. 8, 1867, Congress overrides President Andrew Johnson’s veto of a bill granting all adult male citizens of the District of Columbia the right to vote, and the bill becomes law. It was the first law in American history that granted black males the right to vote.

On • Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt designates a large part of the Grand Canyon a national monument. Congress increased the protection of the canyon in 1932 by making it a national park, ensuring that private development would never spoil the Grand Canyon.

On • Jan. 9, 1493, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, sees three “mermaids” -- in reality manatees -- and describes them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted.” Mermaids, mythical half-female, half-fish creatures, are typically depicted as having a woman’s head and torso, a fishtail instead of legs and holding a mirror and comb.

On • Jan. 6, 1925, Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi appears in the first of his 55 U.S. races. Of these, he lost only his last race, a half-mile sprint. Some newspapers speculated that he had lost only out of politeness to his American hosts.

On • Jan. 5, 1933, construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, as workers start excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages. The Golden Gate Bridge officially opened on May 27, 1937, the longest bridge span in the world at the time.

On • Jan. 10, 1979, the last convertible Volkswagen Beetle is produced. The VW “Bug” was a popular car throughout the 1960s and 1970s, leading to innovations such as sunroofs and convertible tops in an otherwise unchanging design.

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1. TELEVISION: In “Murphy Brown,” what was the name of the TV show that included the title character, played by Candice Bergen?2. GAMES: What color is the cue ball in the game of pool?3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the source of the drug digitalis?4. THEATER: The Tony Awards were named after which director/actress?5. LANGUAGE: What is the British term for “baloney” or nonsense?6. COMPUTERS: What does the acronym FORTRAN stand for?7. OLYMPICS: In what event would the “Fosbury flop” be used?8. ANATOMY: What is the result of the condition called dysphasia?9. GEOGRAPHY: The term “pyroclastic flow” would follow what kind of natural geographical occurrence?10. FOOD & DRINK: What would a serving dish called a tureen be used for?

Answers1. “FYI”2. White3. The foxglove flower4. Antoinette Perry5. Codswallop6. Computer programming language that stands for FORmula TRANslation7. High jump8. Impairment of speech and verbal comprehension9. Volcanic eruption10. Soup or stew

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Barrel of KnowledgeThe celebration of the New Year was • first observed in ancient Babylon on March 23, about 4000 years ago. January 1 became the beginning • of the New Year in 46 B.C., when Julius Caesar established the Julian calendar. The Chinese new year begins at the • time of the first full moon (over the Far East) after the sun enters Aquarius - sometime between January 19 and February 21.

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PICK OF THE WEEK“Pineapple Express” -- I’m usually not a fan of stoner movies. I liked Cheech and Chong’s “Up in Smoke” and “Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie,” and more recently “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle,” but that’s about it. I think the reason I don’t go for the stoner humor is because most stoner movies are funny only to audiences who are already stoned. And let’s face it, it doesn’t take much to make a stoner laugh. A french fry can provide hours of hilarity.“Pineapple Express” is one of those rare pot pictures that is funny to audiences who aren’t ripped on the wacky tabacky. It stars Seth Rogan and James Franco as two lovable potheads who get mixed up in a mob war after Rogan’s c h a r a c t e r witnesses a murder of an Asian gangster by a mobster and a crooked cop (Gary Cole and Rosie Perez).The script is hilarious, the acting is better than you’d expect from a movie like this, and the action scenes are well-executed. Definitely worth a look.

DOGS OF THE WEEK“Babylon A.D.” -- This is perhaps the worst science-fiction movie ever made that doesn’t have Uwe Boll’s name attached to it. French director Mathieu Kassovitz’s dystopian tale of a genetically manipulated “messiah” is a convoluted, plodding mishmash of “Blade Runner” and “Children of Men.” This movie was hacked up so badly in the editing room by the studio that Kassovitz publicly denounced the film. What was intended to be a commentary on organized religion and commerce and corruption became, instead, a bunch of action scenes strung together and no context. This isn’t even one of those movies that’s so bad it’s good. It’s just plain awful.“Righteous Kill” -- The big hoo-hah hype about this movie was that it was the Robert De Niro/Al Pacino movie that fans have been awaiting for some 30 years. Sadly, it should have been made 30 years ago. After more than a decade of phoning it in, De Niro and Pacino look old, tired and bored -- just like the audiences who got suckered into seeing this stinker in the theaters.

TV SERIES“Battlestar Galactica” Season 4.0“The Tudors” Season 2“Duckman” Four-Season Pack“Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” Collection 3“Secret Diary of a Call Girl”“The Waltons” The Complete 8th Season“Frisky Dingo” Season 2“Mannix” The Second Season“Transformers” Season Two

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A tough old cowboy oncetold his grandson that if hewanted to live a long life,

the secret was to sprinkle apinch of gunpowder on his

oatmeal every morning.

The grandson took the oldman’s advice and lived tothe ripe old age of 103.

When he died, he left 14children, 30 grand-children,45 great-grandchildren, 28great-great grandchildren...

and a 15-foot hole where thecrematorium used to be.

1. The movie cowboyknown as Lash Larueemployed what item ashis weapon of choice?

2. What was the nameof Dale Evans’beloved horse?

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“Boot Hill” is not one specificplace, but rather a generic

name for any cemetery in theAmerican West that served asa burial place of cowboys andgunfighters. Boot Hill was theOld West version of a Potter’s

Field – a place for the burial ofthose with no family or

money. A cowboy who losta gunfight “died withhis boots on,” givingBoot Hill its name.

“Don’t squat with your spurs on.”

~ old cowboy saying

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FEATURE FILM FLUBSHave you ever noticed something dreadfully out of place time-wise in a feature film? You know, like a character in Ben-Hur wearing a modern day wristwatch? The dictionary calls such mistakes a n a c h r o n i s m s , but we call them Tidbits!

The Five • Heartbeats. Robert Townsend wrote and directed this story of the rise and fall of a Motown-type soul group. In one photo montage, The Five Heartbeats are shown on the cover of a 1966 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, a publication which didn’t hit news stands until 1968.Changeling. • This 2008 film was based on a true story of a series of brutal crimes committed in the late 1920s. The beginning of the film is set in 1928, and Angelina Jolie’s character is seen giving her son some Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes for breakfast. However, that cereal wasn’t brought to market until 1952. Also, at one point in the movie, a policeman makes reference to a “serial killer.” But the term “serial killer” was not used until 1981, when the press coined the phrase to describe the heinous crimes of John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy.Goodfellas.• One scene in this quintessential gangster film opens with the caption: “Idlewild Airport, 1963” while the main character is shown leaning against a 1965 Chevrolet Impala. In the same scene, a Boeing 747 is seen taking off in the background, even though those jumbo jets didn’t enter air service until 1970.The Green Mile.• Most of the action in this 1999 movie takes place on Death Row in a Louisiana prison in 1935. Several scenes in the film deal with execution via the electric chair. In reality, Louisiana was a “hanging state” until the state legislature voted to switch to the electric chair in 1940.Amadeus.• If you really want to be nit-picky about Mozart biopic, you could note the fact that the famous composer, who died in 1791, is seen playing a celesta, an instrument that was not invented until almost a century later. A more noticeable

historical error, however, occurs during the ballet scene: the dancers clearly wear leotards fitted with zippers. The zipper was patented in 1893, which (again) is about 100 years after the event depicted in the film supposedly occurred.The Aviator.• Martin Scorsese’s lavish film tribute to Howard Hughes examined not only Hughes’ years as a pilot, but also his stint as a motion picture director. Scorsese shows Hughes directing the final scene of his 1930 epic Hell’s Angels. After saying “cut,” he held up a large sign that said “It’s a wrap!” But a director from that era would not have used that phrase; it didn’t enter the film industry vernacular for another 20 years.Twister. • The beginning of this film is set in 1969 and shows young Jo’s family rushing to the storm cellar when her father announces that an F-5 tornado is approaching. The “F” stands for Fujita, the scale on which the intensity of tornadoes are measured. But the Fujita Scale wasn’t introduced until 1971. What’s more, the Fujita scale isn’t applied to ahead of time. The rating system is based on the amount of destruction the tornado causes on the ground, not its size or speed.Rob Roy.• It’s the early 18th century in the Scottish Highlands, yet actor Liam Neeson (in the title role) appears in at least one scene with a modern-day adhesive bandage covering a boo-boo on his hand. In another scene, a fluorescent lamp is depicted on the wall of a pub, many years before electricity was harnessed for such uses.

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I will resist the urge to explain to •strangers why my son is wearing winter boots, a bathing suit bottom, and an inside-out and backward pajama top. I will be grateful that he is able to dress himself.

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When my husband and I go to a •restaurant without the kids, I will not roll up his sleeves or move the knives from his reach. I will not accompany him to the bathroom and remind him to wash his hands with soap.

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When I’m tired of hearing •“mommieeeeee!” a thousand times each day, I will resist changing my name to “Please pass the spinach.”

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