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Feb 12,
2019 Week: 07 \ Day: 43
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Today: H 39° \ L 10° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 8mph\Gusts:
13mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 62°[2014] Record
Low: -16°[1965]
FebAverages: 45°\19°
Today’s Quote
Man is so made that when
anything fires his soul,
impossibilities vanish.
Jean de La Fontaine
Random Tidbits
Falling is a common dream symbol that relates to
our anxieties about letting go, losing control, or somehow failing after a
success.
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Houses can host many common dream symbols, but
the building as a whole represents your inner psyche. Each room or floor can
symbolize different emotions, memories and interpretations of meaningful
events.
Observances This Week
Congenital
Heart Defect Awareness Week: 7-14 Link
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week: 7-14 Link
Risk Awareness Week: 7-14
National Marriage Week: 7-14 Link Link
Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week: 8-14
Children of Alcoholics Week: 10-16 Link
International Friendship Week: 10-16 Link
Jell-O Week: 10-16
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week: 10-16
International Flirting Week: 10-16
Freelance Writer Appreciation Week: 11-15
Love a Mensch Week: 11-17
National Green Week: 11-15 Link
Westminster Dog Show: 11-12
World AG Expo: 12-14
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week: 7-14 Link
Risk Awareness Week: 7-14
National Marriage Week: 7-14 Link Link
Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week: 8-14
Children of Alcoholics Week: 10-16 Link
International Friendship Week: 10-16 Link
Jell-O Week: 10-16
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week: 10-16
International Flirting Week: 10-16
Freelance Writer Appreciation Week: 11-15
Love a Mensch Week: 11-17
National Green Week: 11-15 Link
Westminster Dog Show: 11-12
World AG Expo: 12-14
Observances for Today
Darwin Day
Extraterrestrial Culture Day
Extraterrestrial Visitor Day
Lincoln's Birthday
NAACP Day
National Biscotti Day
Extraterrestrial Culture Day
Extraterrestrial Visitor Day
Lincoln's Birthday
NAACP Day
National Biscotti Day
National PB&J Day
National Plum Pudding Day
Safety Pup Day
My Rambling Thoughts
Back in my teaching
days, the Feb. bulletin board was all about silhouettes of Lincoln, Washington,
and of course lots of red hearts. Miss those silhouettes. Happy birthday Abe.
The snow angels
came during the night and dumped about 3” here. The snow shovel guys were here
about 7a to clear the walks before there was a lot of foot traffic. I didn’t go
out until about 8, but both neighbors were out long before the shovel guys.
I have an idea…while
the never-ending political soap opera continues, each set needs a theme song.
One for the border situation, one for the politicians running for President,
one for Congress, one for the Mueller investigation, and so on. That way they
could tease us with a theme song and quietly play the theme song behind the
reading of the news. Without a theme song, this is getting very boring.
Today’s Significant Historical Events
1500’s
1541
Santiago, Chile founded
1554
Queen of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is
executed for treason
1800’s
1818
Chile gains independence from Spain
1825
Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn
over all their land in Georgia to
the government &
migrate west by Sept 1, 1826
1855
Michigan State University established
1879
1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square
Garden, NYC)
1900’s
1909
National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) forms
1947
French fashion designer Christian Dior presents his first
influential collection, named the
"New Look"
1959
The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes
into circulation. It replaces the
"sheaves of wheat"
design
1994
"The Scream" by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch
(1893 pastel version) is stolen in
Oslo
1995
Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m
(38.69 sec)
1999
US President Bill Clinton acquitted by the Senate in
his impeachment trial
2000’s
2004
The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing
marriage licenses to same-sex
couples in response
to a directive from Mayor Gavin
Newsom.
2016
Pope Francis meets Patriarch Kirill in Havana - first
meeting between Catholic and Russian
Orthodox
church heads for nearly 1,000 years
2017
Emergency spillway at Oroville Dam, California
threatens to collapse, 180,00
residents ordered to
evacuate
2018
Oxfam deputy director resigns over charity's failure to
deal with sexual misconduct
allegations in Haiti and
Chad
Birthdays Today
1663 Cotton
Mather,
American
Puritan minister (Salem witchcraft trials),
born
in Boston, Massachusetts
(d.
1728-@65)
1809 Abraham
Lincoln,
American
politician (R) 16th President (1861-65),
born
in Hardin County, Kentucky
(d.
1865-@56-assasinated)
1809 Charles
Darwin,
English
naturalist (Origin of the Species) conceived the theory of
evolution
by natural selection, born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
(d.
1882-@73)
1881 Anna
Pavlova,
Russian
prima ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilew, Dying
Swan),
born in St Petersburg, Russia
(d.
1931-@49-pleurisy)
1904 Ted Mack,
TV
host (Original Amateur Hour), born in Denver,
(d.
1976-@72-heart failure)
1915 Lorne Greene
[Lyon
Chaim Green],
Canadian
actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica),
born
in Ottawa, Canada
(d.
1987-@72-pneunomia)
1919 Forrest
Tucker,
American
actor (F Troop, Dusty Trail, The Crawling Eye),
born
in Plainfield, Indiana
(d.
1986-@67-lung cancer)
1926 Joe
Garagiola,
MLB
catcher and sportscaster/host (Today Show),
born
in St Louis, Missouri
(d.
2016-@90)
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85- Bill Russell,
American
basketball star (Boston Celtics, Olympic-gold 1956),
born
in West Monroe, Louisiana
85- Joe Don
Baker,
American
actor (Eischied, Walking Tall, Fletch),
born
in Groesback, Texas
81- Judy Blume,
author
(Wifey)
71- Raymond
Kurzweil,
American
inventor and author (Kurzweil reading machine,
text-to-speech
synthesis), born in NYC
62- Arsenio Hall,
US
comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America),
born
in Cleveland, Ohio
54- Brett
Kavanaugh,
Supreme
Court judge, born in Washington, D.C.
51- Josh Brolin,
US
actor (Johnny-Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok-Young Riders),
born
in Santa Monica, Canada
Historical Obits Today
@96-1983
Eubie Blake,
US
ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You)
@95-1971
James Cash Penney,
US
founder (J C Penney)
@93-1981
Jean Dixon,
actress
(Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once)
@91-2014
Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar,
American
comic actor and writer ("Your Show of Shows")
@80-2015
Gary Owens,
American
disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
@79-1804
Immanuel Kant,
German
philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden)
@77-2000
Charles M. Schulz,
American
cartoonist (Peanuts),
dies
of colon cancer
@76-2017
Al Jarreau,
American
jazz singer (Moonlighting),
dies
of respiratory failure
@75-2000
Tom Landry,
American
football coach (Dallas Cowboys),
dies
of leukemia
@72-1947
Sidney Toler,
American
actor, director and playwright (Madame X, Meeting at
Midnight),
dies
of intestinal cancer
@51-1789
Ethan Allen,
American
Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mountain
Boys),
dies
of an apoplectic fit
@50-1942
Grant Wood,
US
painter (American Gothic),
dies
of pancreatic cancer
@37-1976
Sal Mineo,
actor
(Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause),
stabbed in alley
@16-1554
Jane Grey,
Queen
of England for 9 days,
beheaded
for treason
