Jan 22

 

2021…at last

Jan  22, 2021  Week: 3  Day: 22     

Local:  H 45°\ L 25°\Ave. Sky Cover: 95%

Wind:   3mph\Gusts:  6mph                       

Today’s Ave. Temp.: H 43°\ L 18°

Nearest lightning:1678mi.; Active fire: 59mi

Very Low Risk of Fire           Visibility:  10mi

Record: 62°[1970]   Record: -30°[1937]              

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

Today’s Quote

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

~Jane Austen

Random Tidbits

Hydrogen peroxide was discovered in 1818, but there was little application for it until 1867 when it was found that it could bleach hair. It quickly became popular throughout Europe and America, superseding everything else that had been used as bleach before then.

A Little Humor

I do marathons, on Netflix. Unknown

Really? EVERYBODY was kung fu fighting?

True Things

The wrong place to shoot a porn video

A South Carolina couple has been accused of having sex on the Myrtle Beach Skywheel ride and in a community pool to make videos for a popular porn site. Eric Harmon and Lori Harmon face multiple charges after police say they saw videos of the two having sex in public on a pornography site. In one video, the couple is having sex inside a gondola encased with glass and in view of the public on the Skywheel ride. In another video, the couple is seen having sex in a community pool. Lori Harmon faces three counts of indecent exposure, two counts of participation in preparation of obscene material, and malicious injury to personal property. Eric Harmon has been charged with two counts of indecent exposure and one charge of participation in preparation of obscene material.

Interesting facts about AZ

Ø The coldest temperature recorded in Arizona was 40 degrees below zero at Hawley Lake on January 7, 1971.

Ø A saguaro cactus can store up to nine tons of water.

Ø The state of Massachusetts could fit inside Maricopa County (9,922 sq. miles).

Weekly Observations

International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week Link

16-24 

National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
Healthy Weight Week
Hunt For Happiness Week

National Activity Professionals Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week

17-23

Sugar Awareness Week
No Name Calling Week
Link
Week of Christian Unity

 

18-23 

 

Today’s Observations

Answer Your Cat's Questions Day

Come in From The Cold Day

Dance of the Seven Veils Day

Hot Sauce Day

National Blonde Brownie Day
National Polka Dot Day

National Southern Food Day

Roe vs. Wade Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

While yesterday’s sunshine melted most of the snowfall, today is cloudy and sure looks like more snow is on the way.

Last night’s Celebrating America was stunning. I really enjoyed it and it was clear that we need to be united. I went back and read the National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s poem. One of my favorite lines was:

And the norms and notions

of what just is

Isn’t always just-ice

This young woman wrote an amazing poem and read it with such strength.

I had a phone appointment with my PCP. It went well, he is decreasing one of my thyroid meds. All good. He could offer new info on getting the vaccine here, but did say ‘with a new President, it should get easier very soon’.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What can be stolen, mistaken, or altered, yet never leaves you your entire life?

Historical Events

1890 – The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.

1943 – Spearfish, North Dakota experienced a forty-nine degree temperature change over the span of two minutes.

1947 – KTLA began operating in Hollywood.

1968 – Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In debuted on NBC

1973 – Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortions.

1997 – Lottie Williams was the first human to be struck by a remnant of a space vehicle (Delta II rocket?) after re-entering the earth’s atmosphere.

2002 Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

2017 Chile declares a State of Emergency and requests international assistance as wildfires rage out of control

2017 Jared Kushner is sworn in as Senior Advisor to US President, Donald Trump

2020 China locks down the city of Wuhan and its 11 million people, in an effort to control COVID-19 with a then official death toll of 17 and over 500 people ill

 

Birthdays Today

@65 – Sir Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, explorer (d. 1618; executed)

@65 – Francis Bacon, English philosopher, politician (d. 1626; pneumonia)

@36 – Lord Byron, English influential poet and playwright (d. 1824; sepsis)

@33 – Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964; shot)

89 – Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs], American actress

@59 – Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993; prostate cancer)

@77 – John Hurt, English actor (d. 2017)

72 – Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter [Journey]

62 – Linda Blair, American actress

53 – Guy Fieri, American chef, author, and television host

Puzzle Answer

What can be stolen, mistaken, or altered, yet never leaves you your entire life?

 

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