HAS EVERYBODY STARTED THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING YET

Well today is November 1 and Christmas is just a month away and I bet there are several bloggers who haven't even started there Christmas shopping yet. I would say I am about 65% finished my shopping but I do still have ways to go. I didn't stay around for to many of the trick or treaters last night, I went up to the JV football game where the Colonials fell to Petersburg 34-0. Tonight the Colonial Heights volleyball team will play Thomas Dale in the CD championship game, the Knights have not lost a game all year and the Colonials have only lost but both were to the Knights. It will be a very tough task for the Colonials. There another big ACC football game tonight when Virginia Tech travels down to Scott's state and Atlanta to play the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, it looks like every game for Miami, Virginia and Virginia Tech the rest of the year will be big games. It looks like today is going to be another very mild day here in CH with temperatures in the low to to mid 70's before it cools off a bit the next few days. MICKEY

We can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.
Claude Bernard

• Today is National Nutty Pecan Day.

• Today is National Authors Day and National Family Literacy Day.

1894: The first issue of Billboard Advertising was published. Later, the name was shortened to Billboard.
1913: Notre Dame introduced the forward pass.Quarterback Gus Dorais completed 17 of 21 passes to receiver Knute Rockne to defeat a surprised Army team 35 to 13.
1924: In Ottawa, Canada's National Hockey League awarded a franchise to the Boston Bruins, the NHL's first U.S. team.
1940: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello first appeared in the movies. The film: "A Night in the Tropics."
1962: Lucille Ball debuted on "The Lucy Show," with her former "I Love Lucy" co-star Vivian Vance. Gale Gordon joined the cast a year later.
1990: McDonalds announced it would replace Stryofoam burger boxes with heavyweight paper containers.
1999: One of the NFL's all-time great running backs, Walter Payton, died of cancer at age 45.

Health Tip: Stick to Your Exercise Program
Exercise shouldn't be thought of only as a way to lose weight. It should be a regular part of your routine, designed to maintain your long-term health.

Harvard Medical School offers these suggestions to help you create an exercise routine and stick with it:

* Pick activities and workouts that you enjoy. Don't limit yourself to just one machine or one type of exercise.
* Plan a schedule that works for you, and always make time for even a little exercise each day.
* Set realistic goals. Decide how much you want to do at first, then increase the frequency and/or duration of your workouts.
* Record your progress. Monitoring how much you've improved will help motivate you.
* Reward yourself for sticking to your routine and meeting your goals.


Newspaper columnist James J. Kilpatrick is 87
Golfer Gary Player is 72
Country singer Bill Anderson is 70
Actress Barbara Bosson is 68
Professional wrestling manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan is 67
Country singer Kinky Friedman is 63
Actress Jeannie Berlin is 58
Country singer-songwriter-producer Keith Stegall is 53
Country singer Lyle Lovett is 50
Actress Rachel Ticotin is 49
Country singer "Big Kenny" Alphin (Big and Rich) is 44
Singer Sophie B. Hawkins is 40
Country musician Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) is 38
Actress Toni Collette is 35
Actress Jenny McCarthy is 35
Actress Aishwarya Rai is 34
Actor Penn Badgley is 21