Jan 13

 

2021…at last

Jan 13, 2021  Week: 2  Day: 13       

Local:  H 37°\ L 7°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   5mph\Gusts:  6mph                       

Today’s Ave. Temp.: H 42°\ L 1°

Nearest lightning: 1152mi.; Active fire: 59mi

Moderate Risk of Fire           Visibility:  10mi

Record: 59°[2000]   Record: -7°[2013]              

Jan Averages: 44°/16° (4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

-Walter Scott

Random Tidbits

The knight's role has been stable over time. Even in the earliest versions of the game, it represented the cavalry and had the unique ability to leap over its opponents.

Blindfold chess is real and documented in world records. It is as it sounds: a player makes all of his or her moves without looking at a board. Usually there is a "middleman" of sorts to give and receive moves for the game.

Blindfold chess is an impressive skill that many stronger chess players possess. It certainly requires a keen ability to see the board clearly, which can get difficult after many moves. The record was set in 1960 in Budapest by Hungarian Janos Flesch, who played 52 opponents simultaneously while blindfolded - he won 31 of those games.

A Little Humor

Whiskey Wednesday…it’s like Taco Tuesday for the badasses.

Day 12 without chocolate…Lost hearing in my left eye.

The 12 steps of the chocoholic program: Never be more than 12 steps from chocolate

True Things

What else could Covid possibly ruin?

The organizers of the No Pants Subway Ride, an annual January event held on public transport in more than a dozen cities worldwide, announced the 2021 event has been canceled. Improv Everywhere, the performance art group that has organized the No Pants Subway Ride since the first event was held in 2002 in New York City, said this year's sans-pants public transit trek has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are canceling the annual No Pants Subway Ride this year," Improv Everywhere said on the event's official website. "We look forward to hosting more large-scale events once it is safe to do so again." Previous years have seen organized groups of subway riders taking per-determined commuter train routes in their underwear in cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Boston, Berlin, Calgary, Dallas, Mexico City, Tokyo, London, Lisbon, St. Peterburg, Melbourne and San Francisco.

Interestng facts about AZ

Ø When England's famous London Bridge was replaced in the 1960s, the original was purchased, dismantled, shipped stone by stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it still stands today.

Ø Mount Lemmon, Tucson, in the Santa Catalina Mountains, is the southernmost ski resort in the United States.

Ø Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch in Picacho, Arizona is the largest privately-owned ostrich ranch in the world outside South Africa.

Weekly Observations

National Mocktail Week 

10-16

Cuckoo Dancing Week

11-17

 

Today’s Observations

Asarah B'Tevet: 12-14
Clean Off Your Desk Day
Korean American Day  Link
Make Your Dreams Come True Day

International Skeptics Day

Make Your Dream Come True Day

National Gluten-Free Day
National Rubber Duckie Day

National Sticker Day  Link
National Take the Stairs Day 

National Take the Stairs Day 

National Peach Melba Day

Public Radio Broadcasting Day
Rubber Ducky Day

Stephen Foster Day

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It is certainly still winter here. Just wish there was some moisture to go with these cold temps.

Now I read that all 50 state capitols are on heightened alert for the inauguration. This is getting profoundly serious. During the attack on the capitol, some of the Republican Representatives that were put in a safe room for a couple of hours refused to wear their masks. Now several Dems are claiming they tested positive because of their colleagues weren’t wearing masks. So sad. In prep for the inauguration, the Washington Monument has closed for tours. I’m guessing this happens at most inaugurations. 

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What fastens two people yet touches only one?

Historical Events

1854 – US patent (#11062) for an accordion was issued to Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, Pa.

1863 – Thomas Crapper invented the portable toilet.

1888 – National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.

1930 – Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse’ newspaper strip first appeared.

1959 – Motown Records is formed in Detroit.

1962 – Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 73 points against Chicago

1978 – United States Food and Drug Administration began requiring all blood donations to be labeled “paid” or “volunteer” donors.

1986 – Johnny Cash performed his famous Folsom County Jail show.

2005 – US Surgeon General, Richard H. Carmona, issued a national health advisory to warn the public about the risks of breathing indoor radon.

2007 Two thirds of the Venus's southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate.

2012 Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia runs aground at Isola de Giglio, Italy, causing 32 deaths

2020 Oldest material existing on earth at 7.5 billion years old revealed by scientists studying the Murchison meteorite that fell to earth in Australia in 1960s

Birthdays Today

@91 Michael Bond, English soldier, author, created Paddington Bear (d. 2017)

@90 Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress (d. 1966)

@88 Alfred Fuller – American businessman: Fuller Brush Man (d. 1973)

@88Rip Taylor, American comedic actor (d. 2019)

@84Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)

@76Charles Nelson Reilly, American comedic actor (d.2007; pneumonia)

@67Horatio Alger, Jr, American author (d. 1899)

60 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress

58 – Trace Adtkins, American singer/songwriter

55 – Patrick Dempsey, actor

@48Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter, producer (d. 1997; cancer)

46 – Andrew Yang, Entrepreneur, politician

44 – Orlando Bloom, English actor

43 – Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician

30 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor

Puzzle Answer

A wedding ring.

 

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