Feb 12

 

 

Feb  12, 2021  Week: 6  Day: 43     

Local:  H 51°\ L 31°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  4mph                       

Low Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  168mi

Nearest lightning:  681mi.

Record: 64°[2018] Record:-16°[1965]              

Visibility:  10mi

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

Today’s Quote

Do not trust everything you read on the internet.

~Abraham Lincoln.

Random Tidbits

MO
If you've ever described someone's mannerisms or habits by saying, "That's his MO!" without knowing what the M and the O stand for, you're not alone. It comes from the Latin modus operandi, meaning "method of operating," and was originally used to describe the behavior of criminals.


SIM
If you have a cell phone, it most likely uses a SIM card that allows you to connect to the network. But these cards also carry unique information about each cell user, which is why SIM stands for "Subscriber Identity Module." Since the SIM card holds specific information about the user, it provides a way for the network to distinguish individual subscribers.

A Little Humor

They say love is more important than money…Have you tried paying your bills with a hug? Dave Chappelle

Presidential Trivia

Millard Fillmore was a major bibliophile.

Fillmore and his wife, Abigail, were definitely book lovers. They established the first permanent White House Library>>>P. In 1851, Fillmore personally helped fight a fire that destroyed parts of the Library of Congress. He later signed a bill to fund the replacement of all the books that had been destroyed.

Franklin Pierce was a heavy drinker.

Though presidents before him had been known to have a drink now and again, Pierce was one of the heaviest drinkers to ever hold the office>>>P. As he was leaving office, he allegedly said to a friend, "There is nothing left to do but get drunk."

James Buchanan was a lifelong bachelor.

Buchanan is the only president to remain a lifelong bachelor, though he was engaged to a woman at one point. There was much speculation about his personal life, including a persistent rumor that he was in a secret relationship with Alabama Senator William Rufus King.

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

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)

Date (Fruit) Week
Great Backyard Bird Count 
Link

12-21

 

Today’s Observations

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

Chinese New Year  2021
Darwin Day
Hug Day

Lincoln's Birthday
Losar-14 
Link
Lost Penny Day  
NAACP Day
National Biscotti Day

National Lost Penny Day

National PB&J Day

No One Eats Alone Day  Link  
Oglethorpe Day
Paul Bunyan Day 
(Born Feb. 12, 1834 in Bangor, ME) Link   Link  or Link or Link  
Plum Pudding Day

Safety Pup Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice day for a walk. So, that is what I did it.

The Senate Trial is exceedingly difficult to watch. During one part early today, they walked through the fear of other Congressional workers. They are food service, janitorial, facility crews that we hear little about. They feared for their lives too.

I am a big Olympic fan. Have been since my youth. It was just announced that the Live opening ceremonies will begin on July 23, 2021…my late father’s birthday. I was excited until I saw that the live coverage begins at 4am in Flagstaff. Thanks goodness I have a DVR.

The local Flagstaff schools will begin holding in person classes in Mid-March. I sure hope they will be ready. The parents I know are ready.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

Note: Yesterday’s puzzle could have also been answered with WATER. Thanks to a loyal reader for that.

 

They fill me up and you empty me, almost every day; if you raise my arm, I work the opposite way. What am I?

Historical Events

1855 – Michigan State University was established.

1870 – Women were given the right to vote, in Utah.

1879 – The first artificial ice rink opened in Madison Square Garden in NYC.

1898 – The first car crash resulting in a fatality happened to Henry Lindfield, in England.

1914 – The first stone of Washington DC’s Lincoln Memorial is put into place.

1924 – Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for the first time at the Aeolian Hall in New York City. Paul Whitman conducted the now-classic piece of American music.

1940 – Mutual Radio presented the first broadcast of The Adventures of Superman.

1963 – Construction began on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

1999 – President Bill Clinton was acquitted on both articles of impeachment against him: perjury and obstruction of justice.

2004 – The city and county of San Francisco began to issue a marriage license to same-sex couples.

2004 – Mattel officially announced the split of Barbie and Ken.

2014 Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to ten years in prison. Due to Covid, he was put on house arrest in Apr. 2020 to complete his sentence.

2016 Pope Francis begins his visit to Mexico, arriving at “Benito Juarez” International Airport in Mexico City

2016 Pope Francis meets Patriarch Kirill in Havana - first meeting between Catholic and Russian Orthodox church heads for nearly 1,000 years.

2018 Portait paintings of Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley and Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald are unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

2019 Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán found guilty of all 10 federal crimes against him in New York after 200 hours of testimony.

2019 US national debt tops 22 trillion for the first time according to US Treasury

Birthdays Today

87 – Bill Russell, basketball star

83 – Judy Blume, American author

@73 – Charles Darwin, English geologist and theorist (died in 1882)

@72 – Lorne Greene, Canadian-American actor (d. 1987; pneumonia)

@65 – Cotton Mather, North American Puritan minister (d. 1728)

65 – Arsenio Hall, American comedic actor and talk show host

@56 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President (assassinated in 1865)

53 – Josh Brolin, American actor

Puzzle Answer

A mailbox

 

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