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Dec
12, 2020 Week: 50 Day: 347 |
Local:
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48°\ L 26°\Average Sky Cover: 25% |
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Wind: 9mph\Gusts: 18mph |
Nearest
lightning: 1136mi.; Active fire: 59mi |
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High Risk of Fire |
Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 64°[1921] Record: -16°[1921] |
Nov
Averages: 44°/\17° (5
days with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
He who defends
everything defends nothing.
Frederick the Great
Random Tidbits
Princeton researchers Ernest Wever and Charles Bray
took out a cat's skull and most of its brain to connect the animal to
electricity. When they spoke into the cat's ear, the sound could be heard
through a phone receiver in another room. The twisted experiment paved the way
for cochlear implant developments.
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Listening to classical music while you study can
improve memory retention and reduce stress, known as the “Mozart effect”.
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A group of Scorpions is called a Bed or Nest.
A little humor
Q: Why didn't the toilet paper cross the street?
Because it got stuck in the crack?
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Q: What does a barista wear? A cap & chinos.
True Things
The
mayor of Oudenburg, Belgium, said it was not the city's intention that new
Christmas decorations it installed resemble an iconic part of the male anatomy.
City officials had set out to create lighted columns that looked like candles,
the Daily Mail reported, but decided to do something different and placed blue
spheres on top instead of flames. "I only realized (they looked phallic)
when they were illuminated," Mayor Anthony Dumarey said. "I see the
funny side of it myself (and) I see no reason to remove or replace them ... we
will have the country's most talked-about Christmas lights this year."
Observations This Week
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Computer Science Education Week:……………. (Always week with 12/9. Birthday of
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.) |
6-12 Link |
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Human Rights Week:………………………………….. |
10-17 |
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Gluten-free Baking Week:…………………………… |
12-18 |
Observations for Today
Gingerbread House Day
International Day of Neutrality
International Universal Health Coverage Day
National Ambrosia Day
National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day
National Ding-a-Ling Day Link
National Cocoa Day Link
National Lost Day Link
Our Lady of Guadelupe Link
Poinsettia Day
Worldwide Candle Lighting Day (The Compassionate Friends) Link
World Choral Day Link
My Rambling Thoughts
I needed my down vest when I went out to do my weekly grocery shopping.
Quick trip to Fry’s and found some nice in-store sales. Glad I went early as
the wind is really picking up and it is a cold wind. I have a collection of 4
masks that I wear whenever I’m out in public. I rotate them each trip. Today I
washed them and spayed them with Lysol so I’ll be ready the next time I head
out.
AZ, like so many other states, is suffering from the virus. In Phoenix,
ICU beds are almost full. In 2019 a 101-year-old hospital closed due to lack of
patients. Now, thankfully, that hospital is being reopened as a ‘last resort’
for Corvid patients. It will have 235 beds to assist with this mess. The only
problem is finding health workers for the place.
The Senate has always been terribly slow in making any changes. 2020
is no different. Wait to the last minute to do less than necessary. It’s how
our government has worked most of my life. I’m not happy about it, but it is
what it is.
A number of re-elected Republicans have signed on to the lawsuit that claims
that Trump won and that election was fraudulent. I must ask why none of those
Representatives have not resigned since they were elected in a fraudulent election.
Shouldn’t they stand up for the constitution, like their oath, and if the
election was fraudulent, they didn’t really win. Hmmm.
This is the time to reflect. I am so happy that I had a great career
on the Rez. I am even happier that I am retired and don’t have to be concerned
about being at work everyday with Covid in the air. I miss going out and about,
I miss traveling, but I am convinced it will all return.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
Ruby and Lewis are
expecting…triplets. They already know what they will name their children, but
aren’t sharing the names until the children are born. For now, all they will
say is:
All three babies are boys
The names have 6 letters are and
anagrams of one another.
Their names include both the
parents’ initials but none of the other letters in their parents’ first names:
What are the children’s names?
Historical Events
1787 – Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S.
Constitution.
1917 – Father Edward J. Flanagan founded Boy’s Town in Omaha,
Nebraska.
1925 – The Mo-Tel of San Luis Obispo, California (between Los Angeles
to San Francisco) opened as the first motel. The word Motel is a combination of
the words ‘Motorist’ and ‘Hotel.’
1953 – Chuck Yeager established the speed record (Mach 2.5) record
flying a Bell X-1A, a slightly larger, but a much-modified version of the Bell
X-1
1967 – Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, starring Katharine Hepburn,
Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton, opened in theaters.
1980 – Leonardo da Vinci’s Leicester Codex was sold to Armand Hammer
for $5.12 million. Bill Gates later bought it from the Hammer Estate for 30.8
million in 1994.
1989 – 69-year-old Leona Helmsley, the “Queen of Mean”, received a
four-year prison sentence, along with750 hours of community service, and a $7.1
million tax fraud fine in New York.
2000 US Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, settling
the recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election in George W. Bush's
favor and thus handing him the presidency
2003 – Keiko the Orca (or killer whale), star of the Free Willy movies
died in his home of Taknes fjord, in Norway.
2012 – 12/12/12/ The Concert for (Hurricane) Sandy Relief took place
at Madison Square Garden.
2014 Over 200 pro-democracy activists arrested in Hong Kong
2018 China built 88 out of world's 143 skyscrapers in 2018 more than
any country ever (buildings over 200 meters/656 ft)
2019 Deepest point on land on earth identified under Denman Glacier,
east Antarctica at 3.5km (11,500ft) below sea level
Birthdays Today
97 – Bob Barker, American
game show host
@88 – Ed Koch, 105th
Mayor of New York City (d. 2013)
83 – Connie Francis,
American singer, and actress
@82 – Frank Sinatra,
American singer, and actor (d. 1998)
@80 – Edvard Munch,
Norwegian painter, and illustrator (d. 1944)
80 – Dionne Warwick,
singer
@79 – Edward G. Robinson,
American actor (d. 1973; bladder cancere)
68 – Cathy Rigby,
American gymnast
63 – Sheila E. (Sheila Cecelia Escovedo), American
singer-songwriter and drummer
45 – Mayim Bialik,
American actress, PhD in neuroscience
@22 – Otto Warmbier,
American student imprisoned in North Korea (d. 2017)
Puzzle Answer
Arnold, Roland, Ronald
Enjoy
the Holiday
