TODAY IS SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE DAY

TOMORROW IS ASH WEDNESDAY THE FIRST DAY OF LENT

May God richly bless you and those you love.
Dick

The Upstate New York "5-Day Local Weather Forecast"

TODAY – will be mostly sunny later with a high in the upper 30’s.

TONIGHT – is going to be partly cloudy with an overnight low, a frosty 15 and 20.

TOMORROW – will start off partly sunny in the morning but there will be clouds moving in with rain likely tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow’s high will be right around 40.

THURSDAY – is going to be cloudy and breezy with rain and a daytime high on Thursday in the mid to upper 40’s.

FRIDAY – is calling for cloudy skies, a 50% chance for rain with some early Friday morning snow mixed with in and a daytime high on Friday in the lower 40’s.

SATURDAY – the advance forecast is calling for some early morning snow showers but then rain and a daytime high once again in the lower 40’s.



Girl’s H.S. Basketball Last Night
Aquinas beat Mynderse 63-40
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Tonight in Boy’s H.S. Basketball
Marion plays East Rochester at RIT at RIT at 7:00
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S.U’s Rick Jackson Named Big East Defensive Player of the Year
(Rochester D & C) Rick Jackson was left off the Big East Conference's first-team all-league picks on Sunday, irking coach Jim Boeheim, but the Syracuse University senior forward was named its Defensive Player of the Year today.

The fourth-seeded Orange will play Seton Hall, Rutgers or No. 5 St. John's in Thursday's 2 p.m. quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. They moved up one spot in the new Associated Press poll to 11th.



That Might Not Be Extra Terrestrial Life in that Rock
WASHINGTON (AP) - The gaps and stringy fibers in these space rocks sure look like bacteria, and a NASA researcher has caused a stir with claims that they're fossils of alien life. But as NASA found 15 years ago, looks can be deceiving.

Top scientists in different disciplines immediately found pitfalls in a newly published examination of three meteorites that went viral on the Internet over the weekend. NASA and its top scientists disavowed the work by noon Monday.

Biologists said just because it looks as though the holes were made by bacteria doesn't make them fossils of extraterrestrial microbes. The meteorites could be riddled with Earthly contamination. And both astronomers and biologists complained that the study was not truly reviewed by peers.

There are questions about the credentials of the study's author, Richard Hoover. And the work appeared in an online journal that raises eyebrows because even its editor acknowledges it may have to shut down in June and that one reason for publishing the controversial claim was to help find a buyer.
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THINGS THAT YOU NOW KNOW

• This could be trouble. Charlie Sheen has been talking with Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban about a possible TV show on Cuban's cable network, HDNet.

• If you just can't get enough Charlie Sheen, you can sign up on Ustream and catch his next rant live when he decides to have one.

• Also, Sheen tweeted Monday that he wants to hire an intern to assist him.

• Finally, the word comes down – Charlie Sheen, “You’re Fired” Warner Brothers has fired Charlie Sheen and that means no more chances.

• Film Director Guy Ritchie -- Madonna's ex -- and his girlfriend of a year, model Jacqui Ainsley, are expecting their first child together in September.

• Phil Collins says he's giving up his music career because it just hurts too much. All those years of drumming have left him with nerve damage in his stick-clutching hands, making playing the instrument painful, as well as suffering from hearing loss and back pain.

• Courtney Love has to pay a fashion designer half a million dollars for Tweeting negative comments about her.

• Robert Soloway, who was convicted in 2008 as being "The Spam King" has been released from prison. I can almost hear my inbox filling up.

• The IRS says that Al Pacino owes them something to the tune of $188,000.

• Comedian Mike DeStefano, who finished among the top five finalists last season in NBC's "Last Comic Standing," died Sunday of unknown causes.

• The jewelry store where Lindsay Lohan allegedly stole that necklace has sold the surveillance video of the incident for the world to see. Coming soon to an Internet near you.
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Ladies Here’s a Tip on Who Not to Marry if you Expect Help
Ladies, if you want the most help with the housework and other chores, don't marry your boyfriend.

Sociologists at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, determined that married men do less housework than live-in boyfriends. No matter what the couple earned or how many hours they each worked outside the home, cohabiting males reported doing more hours of housework than married men, while the opposite was true for women.

All the men, married or cohabiting, spent on average nine hours a week on housework, compared with the 20 hours women spent.
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What Never To Wear After You Turn 50
What clothes and fashions shouldn't you wear if you're over 50? Here to help: "Over 50" Fashion No Nos from AOL.

• Awful After 50: They're nicknamed "granny panties" for a reason - oversized underwear can rapidly age a woman both mentally and appearance-wise.

• Awful After 50: Wearing pantyhose with sandals is a definite no-no at any age, but the older one gets, the more frequently this rule seems to be broken.

• Awful After 50: Unless you're Tina Turner, chances are that your triceps and biceps are best under the cover of your clothing, so steer clear of sleeveless clothing.

• Awful After 50: A little cleavage may be sexy, but showing off your twins in a super-low V-Neck can appear desperate at any age, but especially as you become older.

• Awful After 50: Too much bling is not a good thing for the graceful ager, so stay away from too many strands, rings, clips, pins and other shiny things.

• Awful After 50: Except for the occasional aerobics class exception, hair scrunchies are entirely inappropriate for any woman over the age of five, rather less 50.
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The Dating Game
Match.com has uncovered some fascinating facts about the American dating game. According to the online dating service:

• The ideal woman is flirtatious and a thrill-seeker who has an average build with long, light brown hair. She's educated and possesses a college degree. She doesn't smoke, but she does drink socially. She also enjoys public displays of affection.
• The ideal man is bold, assertive, and flirtatious. Mr. Right does not smoke, but he is a social drinker. He has dark brown hair, an average body, and a college degree. And one more tidbit: He likes to dance.




In 1841 U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1902-32

In 1859 Author, Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows)

In 1902 Inventor, Tom Blake (surf board) [d: 5-5-94]

In 1918 Actor, Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper-Gilligan's Island) [d: 1-2-90]

In 1945 Singer/drummer, Mickey Dolenz (The Monkees) (66)

In 1976 Actor, Freddie Prinze Jr. (Scooby Doo) (35)

In 1977 Actor, James Van Der Beek (Dawson Leery-Dawson's Creek) (34)

In 1984 Drummer, Bob Moffatt (Moffatts) (27)

In 1984 Bassist, Clint Moffatt (Moffatts) (27)

In 1984 Keyboardist, Dave Moffatt (Moffatts) (27)


IT WAS ON THIS DAY

In 1838 The U.S. mint in New Orleans begins operation by producing dimes.

In 1874 Millard Fillmore, the 13th U.S. president, dies in Buffalo, NY.

In 1913 The Internal Revenue Service begins to collect income taxes.

In 1934 A Edwin Hubble photograph shows there are as many galaxies as the Milky Way has stars.

In 1945 International Women's Day is first observed.

In 1971 Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in the "fight of the century" at Madison Square Garden.

In 1972 The Goodyear Blimp flies for the first time.

In 1985 John McPherson of Newcastle, England, sets a new Guinness Book record when he kissed 4,444 women in eight hours.

In 1999 New York Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio dies at age 84.