Week: 51 Day: 351
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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5-24 |
Andisop
(Meterological Fiddling) Link |
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10-17 |
Human Rights Week |
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12-18 |
Gluten-free
Baking Week Link |
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13-17 |
Cookie
Exchange Week |
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14-1/5 |
Christmas Bird Count Week: Link |
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14-28 |
Halcyon Days |
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16-24 |
Posadas |
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17-23 |
Saturnalia |
Daily Observations
Favorite Memes
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Have a laugh
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What is brown & sticky? A stick. |
Arizona Trivia
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Out of all the states in the U.S., Arizona has
the largest percentage of its land designated as Indian lands. ·
The Five
C's of Arizona's economy are: Cattle, Copper, Citrus, Cotton, and Climate. ·
More
copper is mined in Arizona than all the other states combined, and the
Morenci Mine is the largest copper producer in all of North America. ·
Clark
Gable and Carole Lombard, two of the most prominent movie stars of
Hollywood's Golden Age, were married on March 18, 1939, in Kingman, Arizona. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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Sun shining and chilly. The NAU
Prof on Jeopardy is out, but left with $10,000 Yesterday’s
phlebotomy went well. Total time-home to home: 1 hr, 10 min. The wind
on Monday night knocked out power to over 10,000 customers on the Navajo Rez…mostly
from downed wires. Power was out for over 6 hours. To help
teachers, who still must buy many of their supplies, a South Dakota hockey
team laid out a tarp on the ice, put several thousand one-dollar bills on the
tarp and let 10 teachers pick up as much cash as they could. The video went viral. Many posted that it
was demeaning for teachers, others compared it to Squid Game. I agree that it
raised awareness of school funding…I also find it demeaning. Our
retirement group had our weekly lunch at Olive Garden. Way too cold to be
outside. The endless Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks filled us up nicely. Great
conversation. |
Historical Events
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1843
– A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens was published. 1903 – The Wright brothers make the
first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1969 – Project Blue Book: The United
States Air Force closed its study of UFOs. 2101 – The Arab Spring began 2014 – The United States and Cuba
re-established diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961. |
Birthdays Today
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85 – Pope Francis (Jorge Mario
Bergoglio), Argentinian priest, elected Pope 2013 75 – Eugene Levy, Canadian actor @54 – Burt Baskin, co-founded
Baskin-Robbins (d. 1967; heart attack) 46 – Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American
actress 43 – Manny Pacquiao, boxer 35 – Emma Bell, American actress |
