Week: 47
Day: 322
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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13-19 |
World Antibiotic Awareness Week |
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13-21 |
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: Link |
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14-20 |
International Fraud Awareness Week Link National Split Pea Soup Week Link |
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15-21 |
International Restorative Justice Week Link |
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15-22 |
Random Acts of Kindness Week Link |
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15-19 |
American Education Week Link |
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16-20 |
Medical Cannabis Week Link |
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18-25 |
National Farm-City Week |
Daily Observations
Nov. 18
Beaujolais
Nouveau Day
Children's
Grief Awareness Day
Educator For
A Day
European
Antibiotic Awareness Day
Great
American Smokeout
Married To A
Scorpio Support Day
Mickey Mouse
Day
National Apple
Cider Day
National
Parental Involvement Day
National
Princess Day
National
Rural Health Day
Push-button
Phone Day
Use Less
Stuff Day
World
Pancreatic Cancer Day
World
Philosophy Day
Favorite Memes
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Mural by Shonto Artist Daniel Josley His father was one of my students  |
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Have a laugh
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Why are vampires such jerks? Because
they are incapable of self-reflection. |
Trivia
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India is about 1/3 the size of the United
States, yet it is the second most populous country in the world, with a
population of 1.324 billion. India is the seventh largest country in the
world, at 1.27 million square
miles. The
British Raj, or British rule, lasted from 1858 to 1947 (although they had a
strong presence in India since the 1700s). British influence is still seen in
Indian architecture, education system, transportation, and politics. Many of
India's worst famines are associated with British rule in India. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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A nice fall day after a chilly night. There will
be no blog tomorrow…I am doing another phlebotomy and won’t have time to
write one. The phlebotomy should go well, the hard part is driving one block with
the needle in my right arm. Remember
Jan 6th with the crazy shaman with horns stood in the Capitol
building? Well, he was sentenced to 41 months in prison for that stunt. I hope
he and others learn from this decision. I have
lived much of my life hearing about space debris. It is usually satellites that
have stopped working and float around until they fall apart and can cause
damage to the newer objects placed in space. The Russians changed that scenario
last week when they sent a missile into space with the mission to blow up an
old satellite. The 1500+ pieces of debris from that hit put the International
Space Station to take cover to avoid problems if the debris damaged the ISS.
Time for some new international agreements on what can and cannot be done in
space. Az Representative
Gosar is facing censure charges. Both sides are giving their reasons for
their vote. Too bad he didn’t simply apologize. I find it hard to believe
McCarthy’s view that this is simply ‘rules for thee, but not for me’
argument. |
Historical Events
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1477 First English dated printed book
"Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William
Caxton 1626 St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated,
replacing an earlier basilica on the same site and becoming the world's
largest Christian basilica 1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of
Calaveras County" 1916 British General Douglas Haig finally calls off the
1st Battle of the Somme in World War I after more than 1 million soldiers had
been killed or wounded 1970 Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could
ward off colds |
Birthdays Today
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Owen Wilson, actor Damon Wayans, Jr. actor |
