Jan 2

2021…at last

Jan 2, 2021  Week:53   Day: 2

Local:  H 34°\ L 15°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%

Feels like 27

Wind:   8mph\Gusts:  13mph                       

Nearest lightning: 1541mi.; Active fire:  59mi

Low Risk of Fire          

Visibility:  10mi

Record: 59°[1931]   Record: -12°[1975]              

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

 

Today’s Quote

Let us permit nature to have her way.

She understands her business better than we do.

Michel de Montaigne

 

Random Tidbits

Wave Jumping in Brazil: If you’re heading off to one of the biggest New Year’s Eve bashes in the world, make sure you’re in on Brazil’s most important traditions. Some of the craziest parties in this South American country happen on the beautiful beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Don’t be alarmed when you see party-goers out in the water jumping over waves at night. Brazilians say that jumping over one wave each time you make a New Year’s wish (seven waves total) will increase your good luck and your wishes will come true. Besides wave jumping, another popular tradition is wearing a primarily white outfit for luck. Be sure to pack your swimwear and your white party outfit when you head to the beautiful Copacabana Beach to ring in the new year.

Smashing Dishes in Denmark: If you’re visiting this Scandinavian country for the holiday, be sure to wear some close-toed shoes. In Denmark, it is tradition to smash plates on your neighbors’ houses as a sign of affection. These plates are thrown after midnight for good luck and whoever has the largest pile in the morning is said to have the most loyal friends. Similarly, in the Netherlands, Dutch children bring a small pile of broken pottery to their neighbors’ doorsteps with the same intent. If you’re looking to smash some plates, downtown Copenhagen is a beautiful city to spend your New Year’s Eve. The heart of the city boasts fireworks, great food and beautifully decorated buildings — just be sure to watch your step for broken pottery.

 

A little humor

Q:How Do You Scare A Panda?  You Sneak Up Behind It And Yell "Bamboo"

Would You Believe Me If I Told You It Takes 60 Seconds To Make A Lollipop? There’s A Sucker Born Every Minute!!!!

 

True Things

This love affair gone wrong happened in Chesapeake, Va. where Dylan Fell arranged to meet the woman he was dating in a McDonald's parking lot.

Moments after the two met, a Portsmouth police officer arrived.

"She got in. About two minutes into it, a blue car pulled in behind me to block me in, and I looked in the rear-view mirror, and I said, 'Who is that?' And she said, 'Oh, that's my husband,'" says Fell.

He says he thought his date was separated from her husband, and surely didn't know the husband was an officer. But what happened led to charges and a complaint against police Sergeant Robert Huntington.

Fell says the sergeant tried to yank him out of his truck and arrest him for no reason.

"By that time, he reached through the window with both hands and grabs my shirt and tries to pull me out this window. When he had grip of me, he took his left hand and hit me in my crotch, reaches for what I thought was a gun and I'm scared for my life and I take off," says Fell.

Hours later, Dylan filed an assault report with Chesapeake police and then went to Portsmouth police to file an internal affairs complaint.

Sergeant Huntington is now facing assault charges but is still working for the department.

 

Observations This Month

Financial Wellness Month
Get A Balanced Life Month
Get Organized Month
International Brain Teaser Month
International Change Your Stars Month 
Link
International Child-Centered Divorce Month
International Creativity Month
International New Years Resolutions Month for Businesses
International Quality of Life Month
International Wayfinding Month
International Wealth Mentality Month
Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month 
Link
Menudo Month  
Link

 

Observations This Week

Christmas Bird Count Week Link

Thru 1/5 

Diet Resolution Week

1-7 

Silent Record Week

1-7

New Year's Resolutions Week

1-8  Link

Someday We'll Laugh About This Week

2-8

National Personal Trainer Awareness Week [cancelled]

2-9 

 

 

Observations for Today

55-MPH Speed Limit Day
Earth at Perihelion Day
Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
International Stop Spam Day

National Buffet Day Link
National Cream Puff Day

National Motivation and Inspiration Day Link
National Personal Trainer Awareness Day

National Science Fiction Day  Link
National Play Outside Day Link 
Pet Travel and Safety Day
Run It up the Flagpole and See If Anyone Salutes It Day
Science Fiction Day

World Introvert Day  Link

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-winded Thoughts

I didn’t make it to Midnight…but the new year thankfully came without me making sure. It was a very chilly night.

The Census Bureau missed the deadline for reporting state totals, necessary for redistricting. The law was passed in 1976 and this is the first time it hasn’t met the deadline. The administration is responsible.

Over 1100 casino workers on the Navajo Reservation have been laid off due to Covid. They have been closed since March. Now there is talk that some casinos may never reopen. Sad.

I get that emergency funds should be more directed to those in need. It seems to me that Congress had plenty of time to develop a better way to distribute funds to needy Americans. For those that have not lost wages during the pandemic, the first stimulus check was a nice bonus. For those without jobs it was a drop in the bucket. Congress has been working on a second stimulus since the first bill passed and now, all these months later, they still give everyone ½ of the pittance money from the first check. I guess their developing a better plan was interfering with their campaigning and vacation time. Disappointed.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I’m always ready to tell a tale. What am I?

 

Historical Events

1788 – Georgia became the 4th state to ratify the US Constitution.

1839 – First known picture of the moon was taken by Louis Daguerre.

1870 – Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge to cross the East River, in NYC.

1938 – Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded.

1970 – Official US population was 203,302,031 people.

1972 Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars

1975 US Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species

1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)

2019 Apple CEO Tim Cook blames below expectation Chinese iPhone sales for downturn in company's outlook, rocking international stock markets

 

 

Birthdays Today

 

@89

Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, author

(d. 1998)

@78

Martha Carey Thomas, American suffragette, educator

(d. 1935; heart failure)

74

Jack Hanna, American zoologist, and author

 

@72

Isaac Asimov, Science Fiction writer

(d. 1992; HIV from blood transfusion)

53 

Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor, producer

 

46

 Dax Shepard, American actor 

 

38

Kate Bosworth, American actress 

 

 

 

Puzzle Answer

A book. 

Continue to Enjoy the Holiday Season 

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