Nov 27

 

Week: 48 Day: 331
Ave. Sky Cover:  5%Visibility: 10miles
Local Temp:   44°\ 21° Wind: 5mph\ Gusts: 11mph
Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 357mi. \ Lightning: 474mi.
Nov Averages: 51°\23° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

19-28 

American Sand Sculpting Competition Link  

21-27  

Church/State Separation Week
GERD Awareness Week
Link
Geography Awareness Week
Link 
National Bible Week
National Family Week
National Game & Puzzle Week

22-29 

Better Conversation Week

24-30

National Deal Week

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 






 

 



 

 

Have a laugh

What do you get when you cross a snowman & a vampire?

Frostbite

 

Trivia

Breaking A Mirror Causes Seven Years Bad Luck: The Romans were the first people to create glass mirrors. They also believed that their invention had the potential to steal part of the soul of the person using it. If a person's reflection were distorted while using a mirror, then their soul would be corrupted and trapped as a result. Fortunately, the Romans believed your soul could be renewed - after seven years time. Until that point though, the person would suffer from bad luck since they did not have a whole, healthy soul to fight off evil.

Knock On Wood: This expression comes from Pagans, who believed that all living materials were imbued with spiritual properties, including trees. When they were cut down though, the spirit inside the tree would die and become hollow. It was at this point that evil spirits, like sprites, could take over the item and concoct ways to ruin the plans and hopes of people in the area. Fortunately, if someone knocked on the wood, it would drive away the malevolent spirits and prevent any potential misfortunes from occurring.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Blue sky and sunshine. Still a tad chilly.

I had a very nice Thanksgiving. I cooked a bone-in turkey breast, dressing, pumpkin pie and a green salad.

Today I avoided the stores with Black Friday sales. I checked on Faith and Andy’s place. The mailman was still delivering mail so I brought it home as it wouldn’t fit inside the screen door. I let him know. They are wandering on the beach in N. or S. Carolina with Faith’s sister and her family.

Marjorie Taylor Greene has introduced a bill for Rittenhouse to get the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award.  I’ll wait and see how far it gets.

I am so tired of Covid news. First it was Covid, then Delta variant, now it’s the Omicron variant. Travelers are affected the most: Travel from South Africa Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi is restricted to the US. Travel just opened up a month ago, and these countries need the tourist money. So sad.

 

 

Historical Events

1095 – Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.

1807 Portuguese Royal Family and its court of nearly 15,000 people leave Lisbon for their colony of Brazil to escape invading Napoleonic troops

1709 – The first Eddystone Lighthouse was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.

1895 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's will establishes the Nobel Prize

1896 – Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss was first performed.

1927 – The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held in NYC.

1973 – The United States Senate votes 92 – 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President (25th Amendment)

1978 San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White at City Hall

2017 Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis

2020 Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated outside Tehran, escalating tensions in the region

 

Birthdays Today

 

@80 – Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and TV host (d. 1998)

@59 – Eddie Rabbitt, Singer/Songwriter, guitarist (d. 1998; lung cancer)

66 – Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, and TV host (the science guy)

64 – Caroline Kennedy, American lawyer and diplomat (daughter of President John F. Kennedy)

45 – Jaleel White, American actor

@42 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, mathematician (d. 1744)

@32 – Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, screenwriter (d. 1973)

@27 – Jimi Hendrix, American Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, producer (d.1970; OD)

 

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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.