Jan 21

 

 

Feb 21, 2021     Week: 8    Day:  52                           Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 52°\ L 21°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5 %                  Wind:  13mph/ Gusts:  32mph

Nearest Lightning: 2073mi.                                         High Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  265mi

Record: 63°[2016]  Record: -9°[1955] 

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

Today’s Quote

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

~Jules Renard

Random Tidbits

The famous proverb "the opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings" in reference to buxom Brunhilde's 10-minute aria at the end of Wagner's Ring cycle operas is usually attributed to pro basketball coach Dick Motta, who in turn attributes it to San Antonio sportswriter/broadcaster Dan Cook, who says he overheard a friend say it.

A Little Humor

Why did the tomato blush?

Because he saw the salad dressing

True Things

An Ohio man is marking the Christian tradition of Lent by giving up solid foods for 46 days and getting the majority of his sustenance from beer.

Del Hall of Cincinnati said his Lent diet includes only beer, water, black coffee and herbal tea, and as of his Friday morning weigh-in -- day 3 of his diet -- he was down 5.8 pounds.

"I only have three to five beers a day," Hall said. "It's not like I'm drinking constantly. If you eat your standard diet, it gets boring. You don't eat the same thing every day. So, I am definitely not going to drink the same thing every day."

Hall said he successfully completed Lent beer diets in 2019 and 2020, each time noticing health benefits of the experience. He said he lost 40-50 pounds both years and noticed his blood pressure and cholesterol improved.

"The human body is an amazing thing," Hall said. "We're used to going through as hunter-gatherers, feast and famine. The problem is we don't go through the famine anymore."

Hall is raising money through a crowdfunding initiative dubbed "Sgt. Del's Virtual Tip Jar." He said the money will go toward local bars and restaurants that have suffered loses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Presidential Trivia

Bill Clinton is a Grammy winner.

Did you know that Bill Clinton is also a Grammy winner>>>P? He won Grammys in 2003 and 2004 for spoken word albums My Life and Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf (both audiobooks). He's one of three presidents to win a Grammy, along with Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama.

George W. Bush's family is especially unique.

Bush's family is unique for a couple of reasons. In addition to being the son of a former president, Bush is the only president to have twins. He and Laura Bush are parents to twin girls Jenna and Barbara, who are now 37 years old.

Barack Obama's first job made him hate ice cream.

Weekly Observations

Date (Fruit) Week
Great Backyard Bird Count 
Link

12-21

National Condom Week
National Nestbox Week

NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week

 

14-21

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  

 

Today’s Observations

Card Reading Day

International Mother Language Day
National Grain Free Day 
Link

National Sticky Bun Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A bit windy today, but still a nice day. I spent the morning doing laundry. This afternoon I will finish by putting it away.

NASA is giving us some amazing audio and video of the surface of Mars. So cool.

Colorado Springs was all set to be the headquarters of the Space Force. Then, in Mid-January then-President Trump said the headquarters would be in Huntsville, Ala. It seems he was upset that a sitting Republican member of Congress from Colorado had helped certify Biden’s win. It is being investigated as a decision made for political gain. The headquarters, wherever they end up will generate about $450million annually. This seems very petty to this former Coloradoan.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?

Historical Events

1848 – The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was published in London by a group of German-born revolutionary known as the Communist League.

1866 – Lucy B. Hobbs became the first woman to graduate from a dental school.

1878 – The first telephone directory in the US, listing about 50 names, was issued by the New Haven Telephone Company, in New Haven, Connecticut.

1885 – The Washington Monument was dedicated. It was opened to the public about three years later. At 555 feet 5 1/8 inches, it was the tallest structure in the world until the Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889. The 555-foot-high marble obelisk was first proposed in 1783 and had countless delays, including the American Civil War.

1925 – The New Yorker magazine began publication.

1948 – The National Association for Stock Car Racing – NASCAR – was founded.

1953 – The structure of the DNA molecule was discovered by Francis Crick and James D. Watson

1958 – The internationally recognized peace symbol was designed by Gerald Holtom as the logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

1965 – Malcolm X was assassinated by (reputedly) members of the Nation of Islam in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.

1997 – The all-digital Wheel of Fortune board was introduced.

2014 US President Barack Obama meets with the Dalai Lama

2018 Laykyun Sekkya, the world's third tallest statue at 116 meters (381 ft) depicting Gautama Buddha completed in Khatakan Taung, Myanmar

2019 The Lunar Library, a 30 million page digital library launched on board Israel’s Beresheet Lunar Lander, aiming to be stored on the Moon

Birthdays Today

@80 – John Lewis, American activist, politician (d. 2020)

78 – David Geffen, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records

@69 – Alan Rickman, English actor (d. 2016; pancreatic cancer)

66 – Kelsey Grammer, American actor

62 – Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter

@52 – Christian Dior, French Fashion designer (d. 1957; heart attack)

@50 – Charles Scribner I, founded Charles Scribner’s Sons (d. 1871; typhoid)

@47 – Alice Freeman Palmer, American educator (d. 1902; heart attack)

32 – Corbin Bleu, American actor, model, dancer

Puzzle Answer

A match

 

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