Feb 27

 

 

Feb27 , 2021     Week: 8    Day: 58                            Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 53°\ L 24°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%                   Wind:  5mph/ Gusts:  6mph

Nearest Lightning: 1951mi.                                         Moderate Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  131mi

Record: 64°[1921]  Record: -12°[1962] 

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

Today’s Quote

Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.

Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764

Random Tidbits

One of the keys to power napping is to keep them short. Many experts say 20 minutes is the ideal duration to bolster energy and heighten alertness. Too long a nap can risk grogginess.

A Little Humor

Why did the archaeologist go bankrupt? Because his career was in ruins.

I wanted to learn how to drive a stick shift, but I couldn’t find a manual.

Weekly Observations

Bird Health Awareness Week Link  
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week 
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National Engineers Week
National Invasive Species Awareness Week
Link
National Justice for Animals Week  
Link  Link

 

 

 

 

21-27

Lent [Christian]

17-4/3

National FFA Week Link 

20-27  

International Petroleum Week  Link

23-25 

American Birkenbreiner Race

25-27

 

Today’s Observations

 Anosmia Awareness Day Link
Girl Scout Cookie Weekend: 26-28  
Link  On-line sales only!!!
International Polar Bear Day Link
International Sword Swallowers Day
 
International Tongue Twister Day 
Link  
National Kahlua Day

National Retro Day Link

National Strawberry Day

No Brainer Day 

Open That Bottle Night
US Snowshoe Days: 26-28 Link Cancelled
World NGO Day: 27 
 Link

World Sword Swallowers Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Cold front moved out. Warm Day, sunny and great day for a walk. It was a short one as I also did my weekly shopping.

I’m watching Andy and Faith’s place until next Saturday. Her dad passed in Indiana. She knew it was coming and visited him for a couple of weeks a few months ago. Still hard to lose a parent.

I talked to Cheryl, a former colleague. She’s doing fine in Williams. She is taking her dog for grooming in Ashfork next week. “Two” is a dog with very curly hair and needs professional grooming several times a year. She got her first Covid shot last week with only a sore arm. Her son in California got his first shot this week with no problem. Her sisters in Michigan also got their first shots today.  

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

The cost of making only the maker knows, Valueless if bought, but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as a king. When one is broken pain and deceit are assured. What is it?

Historical Events

1703 – The first Mardi Gras was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703.

1801 – District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 – Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. ‘Taxation without representation.’

1812 – Lord Byron gave his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.

1879 – Saccharin, the artificial sweetener, was discovered by Constantin Fahlberg,

1900 – German chemist Felix Hoffmann was issued the patent (#644,077) for ‘Acetyl Salicylic Acid’. We now call it Aspirin.

1936 – Shirley Temple received a new contract from 20th Century Fox that paid the seven-year-old star $50,000 per film.

1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, was ratified.

1960 – The US Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in the semifinals at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California. The next day, the US team beat Czechoslovakia to win its first-ever Olympic gold medal in hockey.

1973 – The American Indian Movement (AIM) occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

1974 – People magazine was published for the first time.

1980 – There was only one Grammy for Best Disco Recording ever, and it was awarded to Gloria Gaynor for I Will Survive.

1999 – Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes [9.7 days].

2012 Wikileaks begins disclosing 5 million emails from private intelligence company Stratfor.

2013 Pope Benedict XVI presents his farewell address to Vatican City.

2012 Wikileaks begins disclosing 5 million emails from private intelligence company Stratfor

2013 Pope Benedict XVI presents his farewell address to Vatican City

2014 US Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoes a "religious freedom" bill that would have allowed businesses to turn away gay customers 2018 Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Trump, has his top-secret security clearance at the White House downgraded

2019 Michael Cohen, former lawyer to Donald Trump testifies before the House Oversight Committee saying Trump is "racist", a "con man" and "a cheat"

2019 Second summit begins between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam

2019 Smallest baby boy ever born to be later successfully released, goes home, after original birth weight of 268g (9.45oz) from Tokyo hospital

2020 Dow Jones Index suffers its biggest points fall in history closing down 1,190.95 in New York amid concerns about COVID-19

2014 US Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoes a "religious freedom" bill that would have allowed businesses to turn away gay customers

2018 Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Trump, has his top-secret security clearance at the White House downgraded

2019 Michael Cohen, former lawyer to Donald Trump testifies before the House Oversight Committee saying Trump is "racist", a "con man" and "a cheat"

2019 Second summit begins between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam

2019 Smallest baby boy ever born to be later successfully released, goes home, after original birth weight of 268g (9.45oz) from Tokyo hospital

2020 Dow Jones Index suffers its biggest points fall in history closing down 1,190.95 in New York amid concerns about COVID-19

Birthdays Today

87 – Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist

@79 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (d.2011; heart disease)

@75 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882; peritonitis)

@66 – John Steinbeck, American journalist, author, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1968; heart failure)

@65 – Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (d. 337)

50 – Sara Blakely, American businesswoman, founded Spanx

41 – Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and personality

40 – Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter

Puzzle Answer

Promise

 

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