Veteran's Day

 

Week: 46 Day: 315
Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   57°\ 20° Wind: 12mph\ Gusts: 20mph
Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 347mi. \ Lightning: 872mi.
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 threatens more than thin waistlines. It has also been associated with several conditions and diseases, including type 2 diabetes, arthritis, acne, heart disease, depression, thrush/yeast infections, and cancer.

Worldwide, people consume 500 extra calories a day from sugar, which is roughly the amount of calories needed to gain a pound a week.

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A decent fall day. Our retirement group met today. We got off on our teaching days and kids, and money they brought from home…without their parent’s consent, and with no idea how much them had taken to school. We each had a story about a child who brought one-hundred-dollar bills…plural…to school and how each of us got them back to their parents. Each story ended with happy parents and a not so happy child.

The current climate change conference has added a new idea to me. Do the wealthy countries, that have destroyed so much of the earth, have an obligation to help the poor countries, that are suffering the most from climate change? There are island countries that are going to disappear. It only seems reasonable that those with the ability to assist these people should use that ability. The time to help is now!

 

 

 

Historical Events

1620 --The Mayflower Compact was signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.

1750 --The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.

1775 --Mohawk military leader Joseph Brant goes to London to solicit more support from the government and to persuade the Crown to address past Mohawk land grievances in exchange for their participation as allies in the impending war

1926 --The United States Numbered Highway System was established.

1968 -- Veterans Day was changed to the fourth Monday in October by President LBJ.

1975 -- It was changed back to November 11 by President Gerald Ford.

2020 UK becomes the first European country to record over 50,000 deaths, fifth country after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico

 

Birthdays Today

@84

61

@60

59

58

47

– Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, essayist (d. 2007)

– Stanley Tucci, American actor, director

– George S. Patton, American general (d. 1945; heart failure)

– Demi Moore, American actress, director, producer

– Calista Flockhart, American actress

– Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor, producer

 

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