Feb16
, 2021 Week: 7 Day:47 Visibility:
10 miles
Local: H 52°\ L 27°\Ave. Sky Cover: 70% Wind: 12mph/ Gusts: 29mph
Nearest Lightning: 1416mi. Very Low Risk of Fire: Active fire: 349mi
Record: 70°[1977] Record: -3°[1990]
Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture)
Today’s
Quote
Life is the flower for
which love is the honey.
~Victor Hugo
A Little Humor
Q Why did the bacteriologist quit her job?
She hated being microbe-managed.
Presidential Trivia
Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech right after being shot.
Teddy Roosevelt was one tough guy. Need proof? He was shot at close
range shortly before giving a campaign speech in 1912, but instead of heading
straight to the hospital, he stayed there to give his planned speech — with the
bullet still lodged in his body.
William Howard Taft never got stuck in a bathtub.
Popular legend would have you believe that Taft is the president
who got stuck in a White House bathtub, but that's actually not true. However,
he did have an embarrassing bathtub incident at a hotel in New Jersey. The bath
water displaced by his body flooded the floor in his room and trickled onto the
heads of guests in the downstairs dining room.
Woodrow Wilson was the first president to give an address using
broadcast radio.
Although Wilson was obviously used to public speaking, he was
reportedly very anxious about giving his the "first live, remote,
nationwide radio broadcast," in which he honored the anniversary of
Armistice Day and outlined a vision for America.
Weekly Observations
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Date (Fruit) Week |
12-21 |
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World Irish Dancing Week |
13-20 |
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Children of Alcoholics Week
Link National Secondhand Wardrobe
Week: 14-20 Through
With The Chew Link |
14-20 |
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National Condom Week NCCDP Alzheimer's &
Dementia Staff Education Week |
14-21 |
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Learning Disabilities Week |
15-18 |
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Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week Link |
15-20 |
Today’s Observations
International
Pancake Day
Kyoto Protocol Day Link
Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday
National
Almond Day Link
National Buna Day Link
National Innovation Day
Pancake Day Race Cancelled
Shrovetide: 14-16
Travel Africa Day
Fasching: 15-16
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Clouds are assembling across the sky. Precipitation expected tomorrow.
Not a lot, but every little bit helps.
One of my doctors wanted a little more blood. Went to the hospital and
had a good experience. The tech from the last visit was friendly and courteous.
She even called me by my first name. She even looked down at the floor and said
it took a couple of hours to clean up the dry blood. The blood draw was quick,
and I was out of there, wishing both ladies a great week.
The GOP is not a happy bunch right now. It looks like any party member in power who
did not fully support Trump since the election can expect to be censured by their
state party. The numbers keep growing. Sad.
‘1A’ on NPR had a great review of the current Mars missions. The US
has a rover that will land and be able to actually bring back samples in a
couple of years. Previous US missions only allowed computers on board the rover
to gather data. When the samples are bought back, for the first time in human
history, many humans will be able to touch Mars Rocks. WOW! In addition to the
US Rover, China and the UAE are currently in orbit around Mars, preparing to
land their own equipment. Cool.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
My voice is tender, my waist is slender, and I’m often invited to
play.
Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say.
What am I?
Historical Events
1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company was established.
1883 – Ladies Home Journal magazine began publication.
1894 – Gunslinger John Wesley Hardin is pardoned after spending 15
years in a Texas prison for murder. Hardin shot and killed a man just for
snoring, by firing through the wall at the sleeping snorer.
1923 –
Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1959 – Fidel Castro was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after
leading a Communist guerrilla campaign that forced dictator Fulgencio Batista
into exile.
1968 – Haleyville, Alabama was the first town to use the 911 emergency
number.
1983 – The Ash Wednesday brushfires in Southern Australia took the
lives of 71 people, becoming Australia’s worst fire ever.
2005 – The National Hockey League canceled the entire 2004-2005
regular season and playoffs.
2006 – The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) was
decommissioned by the United States Army.
2018 More than 100,00 orangutans killed in Borneo since 1999 according
to study published in "Current Biology".
2018 National state of emergency declared in Ethiopia in wake of
anti-government protests.
2019 Pope Francis defrocks ex-cardinal and archbishop of Washington
Theodore McCarrick for sexually abusing minors and adults. First Cardinal to be
removed for sexual abuse.
2020 'Ghost ship' cargo vessel MV Alta washed up on the Irish coast
near Ballycotton by Storm Dennis, after drifting across the Atlantic from
Bermuda for 2 years.
Birthdays Today
@75 – Edgar Bergen, American
actor, ventriloquist (d. 1978; kidney failure)
@73 – Hugh Beaumont, American
actor (d. 1982; heart attack)
70 – Kim Jong-il, Korean
dictator (d. 2011; heart attack?)
@67 – Robert Joseph Flaherty, American ‘Father of the Documentary Film’ (d. 1951)
63 – LeVar Burton, German-born American actor, director, and producer
63 – Ice-T [Tracy Lauren Marrow], American rapper and actor
@62 – Sonny Bono, American
actor, singer, politician (d. 1998; skiing)
31 – The Weekend [Abel Makkonen
Tesfaye], Canadian singer Superbowl
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Puzzle Answer
A violin
