Dec 3

 

Week: 49 Day: 337
Ave. Sky Cover:  15%Visibility: 10miles
Local Temp:   59°\ 24° Wind: 3mph\ Gusts: 3mph
High risk of fire Active fire: 84mi. \ Lightning: 651mi.
Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

Spiritual Literacy Month
Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS) (12/17 - 2/13) 
{Always ends on Super Bowl Sunday}
Universal Human Rights Month 
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Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
Youngsters on The Air Month 
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Weekly Observations

28-12/6

Chanukah:

1-7 

Cookie Cutter Week Link

3-10

Clerc-Gallaudet Week

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 





 

 


 

 

Have a laugh

If the witch has a broom and the jack o’lantern has a candle,

then what does a vampire have?

A bloodhound.

 

Trivia

A tiger's back legs are longer than its front legs, which makes it a running, jumping, and pouncing machine.

Tigers have over 100 stripes, which helps the tiger blend in with long grass. Like fingerprints, no two tigers have the same pattern.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 Our retirement group met for a nice lunch, outside by a fire. Good conversation, great food.

Women’s Tennis has cancelled all tournaments in China and Hong Kong in solidarity with Peng Shuai, the Chinese Tennis champion. Hoping this works.

I have been a fan of Chris Cuomo’s nightly news/commentary. I get what CNN says about his role with his brother. Most would probably done the same thing.

I’m shocked that Alex Baldwin is saying he didn’t pull the trigger. If he didn’t, what happened?

This date: 12-02-2021 is a palindrome and an ambigram. That means that it is the same when read right to left and left to right. It also means that on a hand-held calculator the it is the same up and upside down. Now you know.

 

 

Historical Events

1910 – Neon lighting was first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

1967 – 54-year-old Louis Washkansky received the first human heart transplant, led by Dr. Christian Barnard, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. He lived for 18 days.

1984 – A deadly gas leak at a Union Carbide plant killed more than 4,000 people and injured over 200,000 in Bhopal, India.

1976 – Rocky was widely released. The premiere was on November 21, in NYC.

1994 – The Sony PlayStation was released in Japan.

2019 – 70th anniversary of NATO marked by gathering in London of world leaders and reception by Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace

 

Birthdays Today

@84 – Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012)

73 – Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter

61 – Julianne Moore, American Actress

 

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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.