Dec 5

 

Week: 50 Day: 338
Ave. Sky Cover:  5%Visibility: 10miles
Local Temp:   51°\ 23° Wind: 3mph\ Gusts: 3mph
Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 252mi. \ Lightning: 2053mi.
Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

28-12/6

Chanukah:

1-7 

Cookie Cutter Week Link

3-10

Clerc-Gallaudet Week

5-24 

Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)  Link

5-11 

National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link  

Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week

 

Daily Observations

Favorite Memes







 


 


 

Have a laugh

What happens when 2 vampires meet?

It was love at first bite!

 

Trivia

Tigers have killed more people than either lions or leopards. During the 19th century, tigers may have killed hundreds of thousands of people.

The Sundarbans swamp forest on the border of India and Bangladesh is the tiger-attack capital of the world. Approximately 600 Bengal tigers live there, and they kill up to 100 people each year.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 A nice blue sky on this great fall day.

Angela Merkel stepped down with a 70% approval rating after 16 years leading Germany and many believe leading the European Union. A great record.

Congress kicked the can down the road and extended government payments until Feb.

The parents of the shooter in Michigan are arrested after missing a court date and are now held on $500,000 bond each. They ‘disappeared’ just before the court date and took out $4000 from an ATM. I thought that every bank had limits on daily withdrawals from an ATM. Hmmm. Aggravated homicide is hard to prove, this looks like the case to try.

Focus Travelers are in Cairo. Thanks to those who are posting great shots. It brings back many memories of my trip.

 

 

Historical Events

1766 – In London, auctioneer James Christie held his first sale/auction.

1955 – The Montgomery Bus Boycott began, led by E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks.

1955 – The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL – CIO.

1865 – The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States.

1932 German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa to enter America

1948 – Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts premiered, the first major show of its kind.

1969 – ARPANET (the first true internet) grew from ARPA (the U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency) when it connected to computer network nodes at four universities: the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, CA, U.C. Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah.

2008 Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II

2019 Saudi state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco raises a record $25.6 billion in its first public share offering, makes it the world's most valuable company at $1.7 trillion

 

Birthdays Today

87 – Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman), American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor

@80 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, producer (d. 1986)

@79 – Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)

@65 – Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966; cancer)

@36 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876; @ Little Big Horn)

36 – Frankie Muniz, American actor

 

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