Week: 51 Day: 346
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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5-24 |
Andisop
(Meterological Fiddling) Link |
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6-10 |
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link |
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6-12 |
Computer Science Education Week: Link |
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10-17 |
Human Rights Week |
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12-18 |
Gluten-free
Baking Week Link |
Daily Observations
Favorite Memes
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Have a laugh
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What's the difference between here & there? T (the
letter 't' is added to the front 'here' to spell 'there'). |
Trivia
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Pocahontas fell in love with John Smith. Never get your history
for Disney movies. The essence of the Pocahontas/John Smith story is true. A
young Native American girl did befriend an Englishman, and their relationship
may have saved the Jamestown colony. But Pocahontas was just 12, which would
make a romantic relationship with a 28-year-old man wildly inappropriate,
even by 17th century standards. The
Puritans came to the New World seeking religious freedom. The problem with
that sentence is the "freedom" part. It all started in 1593, when
the Protestant "Separatists" emigrated to Holland from England for
the chance to practice their religious preferences without interference. The
only problem? Holland allowed too much religious freedom, giving free reign
to Judaism and Catholicism and even atheism. It was too much for their pure
Puritan hearts. So they jumped on the Mayflower and went looking for a new
world. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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A cold night and a chilly day. I went to
a local Christmas Craft Sale. There were several Native vendors. I found some
nice silver earrings for my sister-in-law. I asked the guy where he was from.
First, he said Flagstaff where he got a degree in music and masters in
silversmithing. Then I asked where he was originally from. He said 4-corners.
I must have looked odd. I said I worked in Tuba. He smiled and said I’m from
Chinle. That is quite a way from 4-Corners. He said most white people have
never heard of Chinle, but they all know 4-Corners. We both laughed. Sad to
hear that Broncos former WR, Demaryius Thomas, passed from a seizure at 33. I just
learned that about 30% of enlisted military families are food insecure. I
wish the Congressional lawmakers knew this and as they keep raising the military
budget every year, they would include funding for the humans who are doing
the military job every day. |
Historical Events
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1787
– Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the United States
Constitution. 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi sent the first
Atlantic wireless (radio) transmission (three beeps) from Cornwall, England,
to Newfoundland, Canada. 1913 – Originally stolen from the
Louvre Museum in Paris on August 11, 1911: Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece
The Mona Lisa was recovered from Vincenzo Peruggia. He was sentenced to 14 months in jail. 2015 – Paris Agreement relating to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted. 2020 UN Chief Antonio Guterres urges
world's leaders to declare "climate emergency" to avoid
catastrophic global warning on 5th anniversary of Paris Climate Accord |
Birthdays Today
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98 – Bob Barker, American game
show host @82 – Frank Sinatra, American singer,
and actor (d. 1998) @80 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter,
and illustrator (died in 1944) 1924 – Ed Koch, American politician,
105th Mayor of New York City (died in 2013) 84 – Connie Francis, American singer,
and actress 81 – Dionne Warwick, singer 69 – Cathy Rigby, American gymnast 64 – Sheila E. (Sheila Cecelia Escovedo), American
singer-songwriter and drummer 46 – Mayim Bialik, American actress |
