Week: 44
Day: 300
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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20-27 |
Sukkot |
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23-31 |
Red Ribbon Week Link |
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Asexuality Week: National
Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Link |
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24-31 |
Prescription
Errors Education & Awareness Week |
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25-11/11 |
World
Origami Days |
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25-31 |
International
Magic Week |
Daily Observations
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Favorite Memes
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Trivia
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Some of the
most expensive books ever sold at auction are... Birds Of
America This three and
a half foot tall book depicts 400 life size North American bird species known
to the Audubon Society in the 19th century. Only 200 complete first editions
were produced, and 120 exist today. In 2010, one was sold for $11.5 million,
but a 2012 copy sold for only $7.9 million. The Gospels Of
Henry The Lion Commissioned
by Henry the Lion for the alter of the Virgin Mary at Brunswick Cathedral,
the German government purchased this 266-page book in 1983 for $11.7 million. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded
Thoughts
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Another
windy and chilly fall day. My
cousin, Bob, called this morning. His sister, Carol, passed yesterday from
COVID. She was 75 and “didn’t need the Covid shot”, and then got Covid. She
had called me a couple of weeks ago and said she wanted to go to Tucson to
visit some friends and wanted to stop by and see me. I told her if she wasn’t
vaccinated, she couldn’t stay at my place. Back in
1920 the town of Anika, MN had the 1st Halloween Parade with costumes,
candy and fun for kids. Congress named it the Halloween Capital of the US.
Their main idea was to keep teens and others from running around town
pranking residents. Weather
forecasters come up with great names. This year it is ‘bomb cyclone’…which
much of the US is currently in…lots of rain, flash flooding, and property destruction.
A very destructive weather pattern but a great name. I have
to wonder if there is any connection: A generation + has been raised with ‘trophies
for all’, ‘no losers’ in games because score isn’t kept. Everyone is a
winner. Many of that generation are fighting mask mandates and vaccine
mandates. It would be interesting to study the connection. |
Historical Events
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1682 – The City of
Philadelphia was founded in Pennsylvania. 1787 – The First
Federalist Papers were published in New York City. 1954 President
Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm 1954 – The “Walt
Disney” program premiered on ABC. It was later called “Disneyland “, then
“Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color“. 1997 Microsoft argues
it should be "free from government interference" 2004 – The Boston Red
Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86
years. 2017 Catalan parliament
meets and unilaterally declares independence from Spain |
Birthdays Today
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82 – John Cleese,
English comedic actor, Monty Python 78 – Lee Greenwood,
American singer-songwriter @73 – Roy Lichtenstein, American
painter, and sculptor (died in 1997) 71 – Fran Lebowitz,
American author @60 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th
President, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919; blood clot) @39 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet, playwright
(d.1953; alcohol/emphysema) 37 – Kelly Osbourne,
English television personality |
