Jan 5


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Jan 5, 2019 Week: 01  \ Day: 5
86004 Today: H 44° \ L 20° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 
Wind:   3mph\Gusts:  6mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 61°[1948]   Record Low: -22°[1910]
Jan Averages: 43°\11°

Today’s Quote

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
Leonardo da Vinci


Random Tidbits

According to old English and German folklore, the first person you come across in the new year could set the tone for the next 12 months. The superstition doesn't just apply to singles - if a couple ringing in the new year together doesn't lock lips, then the future of their relationship might not be all that bright.
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The top 10 New Year resolutions are usually to lose weight, eat more healthily, exercise more, stop smoking, stick to a budget, save money, get more organized, be more patient, find a better job and to just be a better person over all.
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In Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Rico, some families stuff a large doll, which is called Mr. Old Year, with memories from the past year. They also dress him in clothes from the outgoing year. At midnight, he is set ablaze, thus burning away the bad memories.
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Observances This Week
           
1-7
Diet Resolution Week
New Year's Resolutions Week
Silent Record Week

2-8
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week


Observances for Today
           
National Keto Day
National Screenwriters Day 
Monopoly Game Day
Twelfth Day


My Rambling Thoughts

Yesterday our retirement group had a nice lunch at one of our favorite local restaurants. We all had great a great Christmas with our families…Cheryl in CA, Mary in Phx, and me in Chicago. Always nice to hear happy family stories.

It looks like it will warm up until the weekend…just one day, but I’m happy to see warmer temps and the next storm head our way. Hopefully it won’t be a killer cold like the last one.

I am becoming addicted to fresh fruit smoothies for breakfast. Good for me and good for breakfast. So far, I’ve done blueberry or strawberry or banana. Tomorrow I have to mix them up a little.

The hair cut place I’ve been going to since the late 1980’s is closing on the 24th. Hopefully my stylist will land somewhere nearby. If not, a ‘barber shop’ opened in the mall so I will check it out next time I need a haircut.

My tech guy did my remote monthly checkup this morning. All was good, except instead of the normal 20 minutes, it took over an hour. Oh well. I’m still happy.


Today’s Significant Historical Events

1800’s
1834 Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell

1846 The United States House of Representatives votes
            to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United
            Kingdom

1886 "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert
            Louis Stevenson published by Longmans, Green & Co.

1887 1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia
           University

1896 "Die Presse" newspaper (Germany) publicly announces
           Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-rays and their
           potential for new methods of medical diagnoses in a
           front-page article

1900’s
1905 National Association of Audubon Society, a non-profit,
          environmental organization dedicated to conservation,
          incorporates

1914 Industrialist Henry Ford announces his $5 minimum
          per-day wage, doubled most workers pay

1930 Mao Zedong writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie
           Fire"

1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, starting on the
          Marin County side

1953 Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot" premieres in
          Paris

1959 "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV

1976 "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS

2000’s
2018 "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by
           Michael Wolff is published by Henry Holt and Co.


Birthdays Today

1874 Joseph Erlanger,
American physiologist (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), born
in San Francisco, California (d. 1965)@91

1904 Jeane Dixon,
American astrologer "A Gift of Prophecy",
born in Medford, Wisconsin (d. 1997)@93

1914 George Reeves,
American actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind),
born in Woolstock, Iowa (d. 1959)@45,gunshot

1917 Jane Wyman,
American actress (Magnificent Obsession) and 1st wife
of Ronald Reagan, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri
(d. 2007)@90

1926 Robert Earle,
American TV host (GE College Bowl), born in Baldwin,
New York (d. 1993)@92
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90- Walter Fritz Mondale,
American politician (Sen-D-Minn)/42nd VP (1977-81),
 born in Ceylon, Minnesota

88- Robert Duvall,
American award winning actor and filmmaker
(The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, MASH, Great Santini,
Taxi Driver), born in San Diego, California

73- Diane Keaton,
American actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl),
born in Los Angeles, California

71- Ted Lange, American actor
(Isaac-Love Boat, Mr T & Tina),
born in Oakland, California

51-Carrie Ann Inaba,
dancer, talk show host, dancing judge

50- Marilyn Manson,
American musician & artist, born in Canton, Ohio

44- Bradley Cooper,
movie actor


Historical Obits Today

@87-1970 Max Born,
German physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954)

@86-2018 Jerry Van Dyke,
American actor (My Mother the Car, Coach)

@81-1994 Tip O'Neill,
American politician and 47th speaker of the house
(D-Ma: 1977-86), dies of cancer

@81-1943 George Washington Carver,
African-American agricultural scientist (studied the
peanut)

@76-1990 Arthur Kennedy,
American actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place),
dies of a brain tumor

@72-1906 Kathleen Kenyon,
English Archaeologist who excavated Jericho (the oldest
known continuously occupied human settlement that
has been inhabited for the last 11,000 years)

@64-1982 Hans Conried,
American actor (Peter Pan, Bullwinkle Show, Make Room
for Daddy), dies from a heart ailment

@62-1998 Sonny Bono,
(Rep-R-Ca)/singer (Sonny & Cher), dies skiing

@60-1933 Calvin Coolidge,
30th President (1923-29), heart attack

@41-1939 Amelia Earhart,
American aviator (1st woman to fly solo across the
Atlantic), is declared dead at 41 after disappearing over
the Pacific Ocean in 1937

@40-1988 "Pistol Pete" Mavarich,
NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack

@37-1941 Amy Johnson,
British pilot who was the first female pilot to fly
alone from Britain to Australia, dies during a ferry flight



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