Feb 19

 

Week: 8 Day: 50

Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:   42°\ 12°

Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 14mph

Moderate risk of fire

Active fire: 347mi. \ Lightning: 1631mi.

Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

4-20

Winter Olympics XXIV

11-20

Date (Fruit) Week

12-19 

National Entrepreneurship Week Link

13-19 

Children of Alcoholics Week Link 
International Flirting Week   
Jell-O Week

Love A Mensch Week
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week

Random Acts of Kindness Week Link 

14-21

National Condom Week
National Nestbox Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week

17-20 

American Association For The Advancement of Science Week

18-21 

Great Backyard Bird Count Link

18-19

Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering

19-26  

National FFA Week Link 

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Wintery like day, with a blue sky. Nice.

The coroner finally released the name of the suicide at the jail. Probably wasn’t the jury I was on. This suicide was from Page and was charged with fraud. So, I guess I’ll never know why the trial was cancelled.

The Olympics got a real black eye. First was the doping charge on a 15-year-old, then letting her skate, then her horrible routine, then the lack of compassion or empathy from her coach, and finally having the whole incident replayed in prime time. I worked with 15-year-old athletes/students for years. No good coach or coaching team would have ever allowed her to skate under the circumstances. After her awful performance, the cameras stayed on her as her coach criticized her and showed no empathy for this child. Then the cameras stayed on her as the scores were announced. Everyone involved is this unnecessary spectacle should be ashamed.

The former Minnesota police officer who shot and killed a man by mistaking her gun for a taser only got 2 years in prison. The prosecution had asked for 7 years and 2 months, while her attorneys asked for a lesser sentence because she had no prior criminal history and showed remorse for his death. This is not justice, in my opinion.

Favorite Memes

 



 

 

 

 

A bit of Humor

When is the moon the heaviest?

When it's full!

Trivia

Q: The likeness of which president is featured on the rare $2 bill of USA currency?

 

Q: Who is depicted on the US hundred-dollar bill?

 

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

 

Q: Area 51 is located in which US state?

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2: Benjamin Franklin

Answer 3: Octagon

Answer 4: Nevada

Historical Events

W                 1847 – Of the 89 original members of the Donner Party, only 45 reached California. They had been trapped, with no provisions and little survival skills since late October of 1848, about 13 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe.

W                 1881 – Kansas became the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.

W                 1963 – The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was published.

W                 1968 – Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, created by Fred Rogers (1928-2003), premiered on NET (later PBS).

W                 1987 – A controversial, anti-smoking public service announcement aired for the first time on television, featuring Yul Brynner shortly before he died of lung cancer.

W                 2006 – The Rolling Stones performed in front of the largest open show for the public in Copacabana Beach in Brazil,1.3 Million people attended

W                 2010 – Golfer Tiger Woods admitted to having several affairs, which were brought to light after an incident in Windermere, Florida, an Orlando suburb, around 2:30 a.m. on November 27, 2009. His car crashed, reportedly, but several eyewitness accounts said it looked like it was attacked by someone with a golf club. Ironically, his wife, Elin Nordegren, was reportedly informed about his infidelities shortly before the ‘crash.’

Birthdays Today

82 – William ‘Smokey’ Robinson, R&B Singer

79 – Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter

@79 – Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician, astronomer (d. 1543; apoplexy)

70 – Amy Tan, American novelist

67 – Jeff Daniels, American actor

@63 – Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987; heart attack)

62 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York

59 – Seal (Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel), English singer-songwriter

55 – Benicio del Toro [Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez], Puerto Rican actor, director, producer

37 – Haylie Duff, American actress

 

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