Feb 10

 

 

Feb  10, 2021  Week: 6  Day: 41     

Local:  H 52°\ L 25°\Ave. Sky Cover: 40%

Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  14mph                       

Moderate Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  222mi

Nearest lightning:  1536mi.

Record: 65°[1951]  Record: -17°[1933]              

Visibility:  10mi

Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation.

We don't love to be loved; we love to love.

~Leo Buscaglia

Random Tidbits

We use some abbreviations all the time without realizing what they mean. For example; why does the abbreviation for "number" have an 'O' in it? But in most cases, there is a linguistic explanation, usually having to do with an earlier spelling or meaning of the word.

For instance, in the case of "Mrs." that abbreviation used to be short for the word "mistress," as in the feminine equivalent of "master," or the primary woman in a household. Over time, the connotations of "mistress" changed, but the spelling of Mrs. never did.

A Little Humor

Q Why did the left shoe marry the right? Because they were sole-mates

True Things

OK, what's with the monoliths?

A metallic structure that appeared via unknown circumstances outside a Florida bar is drawing comparisons to the mysterious monoliths that popped up around the globe. The Pierced Cider bar in Fort Pierce posted photos to Facebook of the 10-foot-tall metal monolith that was first spotted outside the business Wednesday morning. The business said security camera footage failed to record the structure's installation. The object bears a resemblance to the monoliths that have been spotted in various locations around the globe after the first was discovered in November in the Utah desert. The Fort Pierce Police Department said investigators have no information about the object.

Presidential Trivia

Andrew Jackson hated paper money.

We're used to seeing his face on the $20 bill, but ironically, Jackson hated paper currency. He only trusted silver and gold, and he even partially shut down the Second Bank of the United States because of its ability to manipulate paper money.

Martin Van Buren was the first American-born president.

Van Buren was the first president to be born in the United States, to parents who immigrated from the Netherlands to Kinderhook, New York. He was born in 1782, six years after the colonists declared their independence from Britain.

William Henry Harrison had the shortest presidency in history.

Harrison had the shortest presidency in U.S. history, lasting only a month. He famously did not wear a coat to his inauguration, where he gave a lengthy 90-minute speech. This likely caused him to fall ill with pneumonia, though it was later theorized that he may have also been suffering from deadly septic shock

Weekly Observations

Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend

7-12

Burn Awareness Week  Link  
Children's Authors & Illustrators Week 

7-13

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week  
Link

National Marriage Week 
 Link  Link
Risk Awareness Week

 

7-14

American Association For The Advancement of Science Week  Link

8-11

Freelance Writer Appreciation Week

8-13 

Love Makes the World Go Round; but, Laughter

      Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week
Love A Mench Week
Random Acts of Kindness Week 
Link 

 

8-14

Kitchen and Bath Show Week Link 
World AG Expo

9-12 

Westminster Dog Show

10-11 (Moved to June 12 & 13)

 

Today’s Observations

All the News That's Fit To Print Day
National Cream Cheese Brownie Day

National Flannel Day

National “Have a Brownie” Day

National Home Warranty Day  Link
Samuel Plimsoll Day: made sailing safer
Teddy Bear Day

Umbrella Day

World Pulses Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Today is cloudy, but still warm. Nice.

So, the Super Bowl happened. A blowout with a boring half-time show. The highlight for me was Amanda Gorman’s poem. She is such a gift in this time.

Happy to see video of the 70-year-old grandfather who did a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to Antigua in a record 56 days. WOW!

We are all concerned about hacking. After a Texas town had its water supply computers hacked, we should be genuinely concerned. The hacker increased the amount of lye in the water system. A computer operator stopped it in time.

As the impeachment trial begins, SAG/AFTRA voted to permanently ban Trump from the organization. He still will receive his $90,000 annual pension. HMMM!

Yesterday’s eye appointment went well. No changes. All good. Then I went in for my ultra-sound phlebotomy at the hospital. I got there at 11:50 as the hospital said noon was their slow time. I had the order in hand. I was taken back to the lab in about 5 minutes.  The lady said it would be ‘a good half-hour’ for the ultra-sound as it was the lunch hour. About 40 minutes later I went in for the draw. The tech said she needed a quick draw to check my red cell count. I told her NO as two doctors had drawn blood on Wednesday, and I have the ultra-sound because I am a hard draw. She left and came back. She said the draw was more than 72-hours and they had to do it. I said no again. She left and came back and said they had called my doctor for the latest blood. About 15 minutes later, with the Ultra-sound guy waiting with me, she came in and said the ‘director’ had approved the procedure. At that point I said I need to see the ‘director’. The tech showed the guy how to start the procedure and left. He found a vein in seconds and the draw started. About 30 minutes later it was complete. It takes two techs to finish the procedure and of course the one tech never came back. The guy did it alone. This allowed some of my blood to leak out and leave a nice dark puddle on the floor. The ultrasound guy went into the hall and ‘there is a clean up in room 2’. The tech returned and I reminded her I was waiting to see the ‘director’. She threw a towel on the blood and taped the bag to my chair. After 15 minutes I went to the window to see the ‘director’. I was told the ‘director’ is not in the office today. I left there and told the registration lady my problem. She brought out her supervisor. He promised to get to the bottom of it. I left at 2:45p.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

What kind of running means walking?

Historical Events

1355 – In Oxford, England, a dispute between 2 Oxford students and a Tavern Keeper over the quality of his drinks escalated into the St Scholastica Day riot between Oxford students and local citizens where 63 students and 30 locals were killed.

1763 – The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War and France ceded Canada to England.

1840 – Queen Victoria and her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, married. They had 9 children – Victoria, Bertie, Alice, Alfred, Helena, Louise, Arthur, Leopold, and Beatrice.

1863 – General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren were married in NYC.

1870 – The YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) was formally founded in New York City.

1923 – Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas

1933 – In Round 13 of an infamous boxing match at Madison Square Garden; Primo Carnera knocked out Ernie Shaaf, killing him.

1933 – The singing telegram was introduced by the Postal Telegraph Company of New York City.

1940 – Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry made their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.

1942 – The first gold record was presented to Glenn Miller for Chattanooga Choo Choo for selling 1.2 million copies. There was no official rule set at the time to qualify.

1953 – Romper Room premiered, in syndication.

1956 – My Friend Flicka debuted on CBS

1962 – Roy Lichtenstein’s first solo art exhibition opened at the Castelli Gallery in NYC.

1962 – The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for the Soviet spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abe with the US.

1966 – Ralph Nader, the author of Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile, testified before Congress for the first time about unsafe practices in the auto industry.

1976 – Sesame Street episode #847 featured Margaret Hamilton reprising her role as the Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. It scared children so badly that the episode has never been re-aired.

1993- Oprah Winfrey interviewed Michael Jackson at his home The Neverland Ranch. It was Jackson’s first televised interview since 1979.

1996 – World chess champion Gary Kasparov lost the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue. He won three and tied twice in the matchup.

1997 Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)

2005 His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales announces engagement to Camilla Parker Bowles

2019 Sexual abuse investigation into US Southern Baptist churches reveals 400 church members implicated with over 700 victims, according to The Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News

2020 More than 30 bushfires put out by heaviest rainfall for 30 years in New South Wales, Australia, helping end one of the worst bushfire seasons ever, 46 million acres burnt, over 1 billion animals killed, 34 people dead

Birthdays Today

91 – Robert Wagner, American actor

@86 – Jimmy Durante, actor, singer, and pianist (d. 1980)

84 – Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter

@74 – Samuel Plimsoll, English politician, ‘The Sailor’s Friend’ (d. 1898)

71 – Mark Spitz, American swimmer

@70 – Boris Pasternak, Russian writer (d. 1960; lung cancer)

47 – Elizabeth Banks, American actress

30 – Emma Roberts, American actress

Puzzle Answer

Running out of gas

 

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