Week: 46
Day: 311
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Today’s Quote
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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5-7 |
National Farm Toy Show Days |
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7-13 |
International Games Week (Libraries) Link Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Link National Radiologic Technology Week Link World Kindness Week Link |
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7-14 |
Dear Santa Letter Week Give Wildlife A Brake! Week Link Polar Bear Week |
Daily Observations
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Favorite Memes
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Trivia
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The
language of WW I "Lousy"
and "crummy" both referred to being infested with lice, while
"fed up" emerged as a widespread expression of weariness among the
men. "Snapshot"
came from a quickly aimed and taken rifle shot, and "wash out"
described a process by which aspiring officers who failed their commissions
and were sent back to their regiments, or "washed out". The
French term souvenir replaced keepsake as the primary word for a memento,
following exchanges with the locals, while officers being sacked were said to
have "come ungummed" from the French "degommer", to
dismiss. This quickly developed into "come unstuck". |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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Another
nice fall day. The $1.2
trillion Infrastructure compromise bill passed the House and is headed to the
President for signature. Lots of good programs are on the way. I wish it had
been more. Tonight is
the end of Daylight Savings Time for many. I’m not involved so enjoy setting
back your clocks. My belief is let the planet and the sun do their thing. No
need for humans to try and be more powerful than nature. I get that
we all must watch out for any government overreach. It looks like 26 states,
AZ included, are suing the Biden administration for overreach is his latest
mask mandate. I just don’t get the anti-mask people. I think they are taking ‘Don’t
Tread on Me’ a bit far. I’m more of ‘I have obligations’ than a ‘I have
rights’ guy. |
Historical Events
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1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition first
sights the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River 1811 – The Battle of Tippecanoe took
place in the Indiana territory. Thomas Nast used The Elephant for the
first time as the Republican symbol in Harper’s Weekly magazine (1874) 1916 Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Montana)
is elected to Congress as its first woman Representative 1917 – The Bolshevik Revolution began
in Petrograd, Russia. 1962 – Richard M. Nixon, at a press
conference, said “You don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because,
gentlemen, this is my last press conference.” 1989 – Douglas Wilder became the
elected African-American governor in the US The London Gazette, the oldest ongoing
publication (UK), was first published in 1665. 2000 Controversial US presidential
election between George W. Bush and Al Gore is inconclusive; the result, in
Bush's favor, is eventually resolved by the Supreme Court 2018 World's oldest figurative painting of a beast at least 40,000 years old identified in Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave, Indonesian Borneo 2019 Humans 1st walked upright 12
million years ago (not 6 million as previously thought), according to study a
new species of ape found in Bavaria, Germany, published in "Nature" |
Birthdays Today
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@99 @76 78 @66 @60 @46 41 25 |
– Billy Graham, American minister and
author (d. 2018) – Al Hirt, American trumpet player,
and bandleader (d. 1999; liver failure) – Joni Mitchell, Canadian Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist – Marie Curie, Polish chemist, physicist Nobel Prize laureate,
(d. 1934; radiation) – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist, politician, founded the Red
Army, (d. 1940; assassinated) – Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 1960; auto accident) – Amy Purdy, American actress, model,
and snowboarder – Lorde, New Zealand
Singer/Songwriter |
