Dec 11

 

Week: 50 Day: 345
Ave. Sky Cover:  15%Visibility: 10miles
Local Temp:   40°\ Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 6mph
Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 416mi. \ Lightning: 1178mi.
Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

5-24 

Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)  Link

5-11 

National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link  

Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week

6-10

Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link 

6-12  

Computer Science Education Week: Link

10-17

Human Rights Week

Daily Observations

Favorite Memes

 




 


 



 

Have a laugh

Why did the ghost go to beauty school?

It wanted to open up a boo-tique.

 

Trivia

As it turns out, the story first appeared in an 1806 autobiography of Washington, whose writer admitted that he was just trying to show how our most beloved president's "unparalleled rise and elevation were due to his Great Virtues."

Columbus' discovery of America. Let's start with the basics. You can't "discover" something that's already occupied. But even if you discount the Native Americans, Columbus was still 500 years too late. Norse explorer Leif Erikson beat him to the punch, landing on these shores during the 10th century. What's more, Columbus didn't even set foot on what would become the United States. He landed on several Caribbean islands.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 Only a dusting of snow…much less than forecast. Took some time to remove the ice from my windshield…frozen rain from last night.

I needed some groceries. On the way back I stopped for some weekend cash. My card expired and I hadn’t put the new one in my wallet. Dumb move, so I had to wait in the long line of vehicles to get the cash. Covid closed the bank and it is still closed. Only two people run the drive-thru.

The Dole funeral was well done.

It took 9 hrs. for the jury to find Smollett guilty on 5 of 6 counts. I’m sure there will be appeals.

 

 

Historical Events

1789 – The University of North Carolina was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

1878 Anglo-Zulu War: British high commissioner Henry Bartle Frere presents an ultimatum to the Zulu Kingdom to submit to British rule or face war

1936 Edward VIII announces in a radio broadcast that he is abdicating the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson

1941 – Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.

1946 – UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) was founded.

2001 – The People’s Republic of China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO).

2008 Bernie Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion Ponzi scheme

2018 Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018 is "the Guardians" journalists targeted for their work, including Jamal Khashoggi

 

Birthdays Today

90 – Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-American actress, singer, and dancer

@89 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (d. 2008)

78 – John Kerry, American politician

77 – Brenda Lee, American singer-songwriter

63 – Nikki Sixx (Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr.), American bass player

54 – Mo’Nique (Monique Angela Hicks), American comedian

 

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