Jan 25

 

Week: 5 Day: 25

Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:   50°\ 19° Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 4mph

Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 289mi. \ Lightning: 1196mi.

Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote


Weekly Observations

18-25

Week of Christian Unity

20-30

Sundance Film Festival

 

 

23-29 

Clean Out Your Inbox Week
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week 
National Handwriting Analysis Week 
National School Choice Week  Link 
Snow care for Troops Week

24-28 

Ally Week Link

24-29 

National Medical Group Practice Week

24-26

Westminster Dog Show

25-28

International Hoof-Care Week  Link 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Warming up nicely. My phlebotomy got rescheduled for tomorrow. It’s OK. The staff was short due to illness today.

Remember Newt, the former speaker? Now he’s busy making news on Fox. His latest is that the members of the Jan. 6th committee should be jailed. Hmmm

The Chiefs-Bills game was certainly interesting. Lots sure happened at the end. 

Favorite Memes

 





 

 



 

 

A bit of Humor

What animal made typing obsolete?

The Mouse.

Trivia

Q: Which American president appears on a one-dollar bill?

 

Q: What geometric shape is generally used for stop signs?

 

Q: How many colors are there in a rainbow?

 

Q: TRUE OR FALSE - A scientific study on peanuts in bars found traces of over 100 unique specimens of urine.

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: George Washington

Answer 2: Octagon

Answer 3: 7: ROYGBIV

Answer 4: FALSE

 

Historical Events

*    1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell founded the Oriental Telephone Company.

*    1890 – American writer Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran Seaman) completed her round-the-world journey in 72 days.

*    1921 – The word ‘robot’ was first used, in the play “R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) by Karel and Josef Capek.

*    The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, starting the first Winter Olympic Games.

*    1961 – From Washington, DC, President John F. Kennedy delivered the first live presidential television news conference.

*    2004 – Opportunity rover (MER-B) landed on the surface of Mars.

Birthdays Today

v @91 – William Somerset Maugham, English playwright (d. 1965)

v @84 – Dean Jones, American actor (d. 2015)

v @74 – William Colgate, founded Colgate-Palmolive (d. 1857)

v @74 – Etta James, singer (d. 2012; leukemia)

65 – Jenifer Lewis, American actress and singer

v @59 – Virginia Woolf, novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic (d. 1941; suicide)

52 – Ana Ortiz, American actress

49 – Geoff Johns, American author, screenwriter, and producer

41 – Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter

v @37 – Robert Burns, poet (d. 1796; )

 

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.