Nov 10

 

Week: 46 Day: 314
Ave. Sky Cover:  45%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   57°\ 28° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 15mph
Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 14mi. \ Lightning: 1171mi.
Nov Averages: 51°\23° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 


Weekly Observations

 

25-11/11

World Origami Days

7-13

International Games Week (Libraries) Link

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Link

National Radiologic Technology Week Link  
National Book Awards Week
National Nurse Practioner's Week
Link  Link
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week   
Link

World Kindness Week   Link    

7-14  

Dear Santa Letter Week

Give Wildlife A Brake! Week Link 
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week  Link   

Polar Bear Week

8-12 

National Young Readers Week  Link

8-14 

Childrens' Book Week: Link 
National Global Entrepreneurship Week Link

 

Daily Observations

 


 

Favorite Memes

 





 



 


 

 

Trivia

 

Sugar is one of the world's oldest ingredients. The people of New Guinea were most likely the first to domesticate sugar cane around 8000 B.C.

Sugar is everywhere. It is the building blocks of carbohydrates, the most abundant type of organic molecules in living things. Researchers note that sugar is not necessarily a health problem, but the amount of sugar we consume is.

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

I awoke to a magnificent pink/red/orange sunrise. It was mostly cloudy--a cold front is moving through. Possibly a little precipitation later. I headed out to do some shopping. A very long train blocked intersections as it traveled through at a very slow speed. Not sure why the train was so slow. I had to go out of my way to get to the only bridge over the tracks.

I realized last night that while I don’t deal with DST, most of the cable channels are from the Pacific time zone and that means my shows are an hour later than I am used to. The Phx stations (ABC, NBC, CBS) are fine. Crazy.

Yesterday was not a day to fly into or out of Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. Workers were upgrading something and accidently shut down all electricity to Terminal 4.  Over 200 flights were delayed, 90 cancelled, and 15 inbound flights were rerouted. I’m sure those rerouted passengers were surprised when they landed at an air force base and had to wait for busses to get them back to Sky Harbor.

 

 

 

Historical Events

 

1775 – The United States Marine Corps was founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, PA by Samuel Nicholas.

1871 Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'

1951 – Area Codes were introduced in the United States.

1954 "Marine Corps War Memorial" unveiled in Arlington County, Virginia, dedicated to US Marine Corps who died in defense of US since 1775 (inspired by 1945 Iwo Jima photo of servicemen raising US flag)

1958 –The Hope Diamond was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.

1969 – Sesame Street was first broadcast.

1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.

1983 – Bill Gates introduced Windows 1.0.

1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announced a $37 billion merger, the largest merger in US history up to that time.

2020 Word of the year is "Lockdown" according to Collins English Dictionary

 

Birthdays Today

 

@94 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general, engineer (designed the AK-47, died in 2013)

@59 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor, singer (d. 1984’ stroke)

74 – Dave Loggins, American Singer/Songwriter, guitarist

65 – Sinbad (David Adkins), American comedian, actor, producer

@62 – Martin Luther, German monk, leader of the Protestant Reformation, (d. 1546)

53 – Tracy Morgan, American comedian, actor, producer

52 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress, producer

51 – Warren G [Warren Griffin III], American rapper producer

43 – Eve, American rapper and producer

38 – Miranda Lambert, American Singer/Songwriter, guitarist

 

 

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.