Butt Dust
It´s a little better today and the little people want to go and see the animals at Terra Natura. This is a very nice nature park cum zoo set in the foothills of the mountains overlooking Benidorm. When you visit the area I would suggest this as a visit for anyone who likes nature and the environment. The stars of the show for me at the moment are two fabulous Black Panthers but I´m sure the little people will enjoy all that is there. There are shows at the reserve but they are limited by the weather and the time of the year. Let´s check the forecast for the Alicante Province where Benidorm is situated.
| Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
 11° C | 4° C |  14° C | 7° C | 16° C | 8° C | 16° C | 6° C | 17° C | 5° C |
We might just get a visit in without getting wet.
We´ve all been there!
A man suffering a panic attack tried to force his way into the cockpit of a plane flying from Cardiff to the Canary Islands, say police in Spain.
The Spanish national was overpowered and restrained by passengers and flight attendants on the Thomson Airways 0810 GMT service.
He was arrested by police when the aircraft landed safely at Las Palmas airport in Gran Canaria.
Thomson Airways said the man had “demonstrated aggressive behaviour”. Full Story
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Word of the Day
botar boh-tar’ (transitive verb)
to bounce; to launch; to throw/kick out/away; to take; to shift the helm (nautical)
EXAMPLES
No botes la pelota aquí dentro. – Don’t bounce the ball in here.
No empujes que me botas. – Stop pushing or you’re going to knock me over.
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This has been sent to me by Ian K
Read the story first & then sit down & watch, it is brilliant. You need to read first or you wont understand it.
This video shows the winner of “Ukraine’s Got Talent”, Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch.
The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about £75,000.
She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.
It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman’s face appears.
She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier.
This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house.
In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye.
The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
Kseniya Simonova says:
“I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there’s surely no bigger compliment.”
Please take time out to see this amazing piece of art.
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JAILED members of the Basque separatist group ETA say they launched a hunger strike Monday to protest Spain´s policy of keeping them isolated from each other.
The so-called Basque Political Prisoners Group announced the strike in a statement sent to Gara, a pro-independence Basque newspaper that often serves as a mouthpiece for ETA.
Around 750 people are serving time in Spanish or French jails over their membership in or links to ETA. Spain´s long-standing policy is to keep ETA prisoners spread out in jails around the country, usually far from their homes in the Basque region, as a way to keep them from plotting behind bars.
“We do not have to accept that any of us be isolated, kept at a distance or dispersed,' the prisoners” statement said. But Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the government would not change its policy one bit. Full Story
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Ian K from Villamar spreads a little happiness with the following stories from out of the mouths of babes…What, you ask, is ‘Butt dust’? Read on and you’ll discover the joy in it! These have to be original and genuine. No adult is this creative!!
JACK (age 3) was watching his Mom breast-feeding his new baby sister. After a while he asked: ‘Mom why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?’
MELANIE (age 5) asked her Granny how old she was. Granny replied she was so old she didn’t remember any more.. Melanie said, ‘If you don’t remember you must look in the back of your panties.. Mine say five to six.’
STEVEN (age 3) hugged and kissed his Mom good night. ‘I love you so much that when you die I’m going to bury you outside my bedroom window.’
BRITTANY (age 4) had an ear ache and wanted a pain killer. She tried in vain to take the lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her Mom explained it was a child-proof cap and she’d have to open it for her. Eyes wide with wonder, the little girl asked: ‘How does it know it’s me?’
SUSAN (age 4) was drinking juice when she got the hiccups. ‘Please don’t give me this juice again,’ she said, ‘It makes my teeth cough.’
DJ (age 4) stepped onto the bathroom scale and asked: ‘How much do I cost?’
CLINTON (age 5) was in his bedroom looking worried When his Mom asked what was troubling him, he replied, ‘I don’t know what’ll happen with this bed when I get married. How will my wife fit in it?’
MARC (age 4) was engrossed in a young couple that were hugging and kissing in a restaurant. Without taking his eyes off them, he asked his dad: ‘Why is he whispering in her mouth?’
TAMMY (age 4) was with her mother when they met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman her Mom knew. Tammy looked at her for a while and then asked, ‘Why doesn’t your skin fit your face?’
JAMES (age 4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: ‘The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city but his wife looked back and was turned to salt.’ Concerned, James asked: ‘What happened to the flea?’
The Sermon I think this Mom will never forget …
This particular Sunday sermon…’Dear Lord,’ the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. ‘Without you, we are but dust…’ He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four year old girl voice, ‘Mom, what is butt dust?’
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* Elvis Fan Raises Cancer Charity Birthday Present *
One of the country’s biggest Elvis Presley fans has celebrated the King of Rock and Roll’s birthday by donating another £200 to a cancer charity.
Sid Shaw, of Radlett, runs the Elvisly Yours fan shop in London’s Baker Street.
Since the death of his wife Maureen, in 2007, he has used his passion for Elvis to raise thousands of pounds for the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre, at Northwood’s Mount Vernon Hospital.
Go here for complete news story.
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January 27th: On this Day
1956, Elvis Presley’s single, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was released by RCA Records.
1958, Little Richard entered The Oakwood Theological College in Huntsville, where he was ordained as a seventh day Adventist Minister.
1960, Michael Holliday was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of ‘Starry Eyed’ .
1961, Frank Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall in New York City for Martin Luther King.
1962, Joey Dee and the Starlighters No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Peppermint Twist, part 1′. UK.33
1962, The Beatles appeared at Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool. The group had played here many times before but this was their last performance at the venue. Brian Epstein became infuriated when the promoter paid The Beatles’ fee (£15 pounds) with handfuls of loose change. Epstein took this as an insult to the group, and made sure that The Beatles never played for that promoter, Brian Kelly, again.
1966, The Overlanders No.1 on the UK singles chart ‘Michelle’. The group’s only UK hit.
1971, David Bowie arrived in the US for the first time; he couldn’t play live because of work permit restrictions, but attracted publicity when he wore a dress at a promotion event.
1972, American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson died in Chicago of heart failure and diabetes complications aged 60. Known as the “Queen of Gospel Music” she recorded over 30 albums
1973, ‘Superstition’ gave Stevie Wonder had his second No.1 single in the US, 10 years after his first No.1.
1979, Ian Dury And The Blockheads at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’.
1984, Madonna made her first appearance in the UK when she appeared on C4 TV music program The Tube performing ‘Holiday’.
1990, Kylie Minogue had her third UK No.1 single with ‘Tears On My Pillow’, the song was originally a US hit for Little Anthony and The Imperials in 1958.
1996, Babylon Zoo No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Spaceman’, the fastest selling single by a debut artist in the UK, (420,000 copies in 6 days). The song was used for a Levi Jeans TV commercial.
1996, The Daily Star ran an exclusive story stating that UK boy band Take That were about to split up.
1998, James Brown was charged with possession of marijuana and unlawful use of a firearm after police were called to his South Carolina home.
2002, Beach Boy Brian Wilson played the first of four sold-out nights at The Royal Festival Hall, London.
2002, Spanish-American Enrique Iglesias scored his first UK No.1 single with ‘Hero’. His father, Julio Iglesias, had a UK No.1 hit in 1981.
2003, former S Club 7 singer Rachel Stevens signed a £1m solo deal with Polydor records in the UK.
2006, Gene McFadden, R&B vocalist and songwriter, best known as half of the Philly soul team McFadden & Whitehead, died of cancer at the age of 56.
2009, Road Chef, the Watford Gap UK Motorway services operator, paid £1,000 at an auction for a collection of celebrity signatures, which were collected by former employee, Beatrice England. The book included signatures of Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, The Eagles and Dusty Springfield.
January 27th: Born on this day
1919, David Seville, The Chipmunks, (1958 US No.1 single ‘The Chipmunk Song’, 1959 UK No.11 single ‘Ragtime Cowboy Joe’). Seville died on 16th January 1972.
1945, Born on this day, Nick Mason, drums, Pink Floyd
1948, Born on this day, Kim Gardner, Ashton Gardner & Dyke, (1971 UK No.3 single ‘The Resurrection Shuffle’).
1974, Born on this day, Mark Owen, vocals, Take That
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