Week: 45
Day: 309
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Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
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NET Cancer Awareness Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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25-11/11 |
World
Origami Days |
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1-7 |
National Fig Week |
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1-6 |
World Karaoke Championships Link |
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5-7 |
National Farm Toy Show Days |
Daily Observations
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Favorite Memes
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Trivia
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Pumpkins
are fruits. More specifically, they are a winter squash in the family
Cucurbitacae, which includes cucumbers and melons. Over 1.5
billion pounds of pumpkin are produced each year in the United States. The
top pumpkin-producing states are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
California. Pumpkins are also grown on every continent except Antarctica. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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A very nice,
windless fall day. Yesterday
the new TV in my bedroom wouldn’t turn on. After unplugging, checking all the
connections, I called customer service. Their answer was ‘take it to Geek
Squad, at Best Buy.’ I took it over there and the first girl said, ‘You
bought this in June, so we can’t do anything.’ I asked to see a manager who
politely reminded the girl that Best Buy owns the company that makes this
brand and that it is covered by the manufacturer’s warranty. He plugged it in;
it came on…of course. He said that it was probably a software issue and if it
happens again, to wait 5 minutes before plugging it back in, so the software
can update. I took it home, hooked up all the wires and it worked fine.
Lesson learned…one I could have learned from the idiot at customer service.
Oh, well. Aaron Rodgers,
the Packer’s QB, tested positive. A few weeks ago, he had said he was ‘immunized’.
The problem is he did NOT get vaccinated. He did a wacky ‘therapy’ that may
or may not work. Quarantine and fines appear on the horizon. I DVR The
Daily Show with Treavor Noah, and in a recent episode he interiewed Vanessa
Nakate. She is a 24-year-old Ugandan who wrote a book, A Bigger Picture. She
is an environmental activist who believes one of the major problems with the
Climate Crisis is that no one is talking to the in poor countries about the
Crisis. They are the ones most effected, but their voices aren’t being heard.
She has already done some great projects around Africa. Very interesting.
Then today, Greta Thunberg posted on Twitter that the current COP26 Climate
conference was nothing but the same old stuff and not addressing pressing
issues. |
Historical Events
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1492 – Christopher Columbus 1st learns
about growing and harvesting maize (corn) from Cuba's indigenous population 1500 – Astronomer Copernicus observes a
lunar eclipse in Rome 1605 – Gunpowder Plot: Catholic
conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British
Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed
along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his
effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks. 1895 – 1st US patent granted for auto
(George B Selden) for gasoline driven car1946 -- Basketball (also MLB player
and TV Star) Chuck Connors became the first NBA player to shatter a backboard
at Boston Garden in 1946. 1956 – The Nat King Cole Show premiered
in 1956 on NBC. 2000 – Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie
is laid to rest 25 years after his death after a funeral procession through
Addis Ababa 2007 – The Android mobile operating
system was unveiled by Google. 2018 – NASA's Voyager 2 probe leaves
the solar system, becoming the second human-made object to reach interstellar
space |
Birthdays Today
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@86 – Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor (died in
1998) @84 – Joel McCrea, American actor (died in 1990) 81 – Elke Sommer, German actress 80 – Art Garfunkel, American
Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist @76 – Ike Turner, Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died
in 2007) 66 – Kris Jenner, American talent
manager, and businesswoman 62 – Bryan Adams, Canadian
Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor 58 – Tatum O’Neal, American actress,
and author 34 – Kevin Jonas, American
Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
