Jan 6

 

Week: 2 Day: 6
Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   49°\ 22° Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 21mph
Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 813mi. \ Lightning: 1562mi.
Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

1-7	Diet Resolution Week Silent Record Week
1-8	National Personal Trainer Awareness Week
2-8	Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: Home Office Safety and Security Week Link National Folic Acid Awareness Week Link Dating & Life Coaches Recognition Week National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
4-7	No Tillage Week
5-8	International Consumer Electronics Show
6-9	Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week

Daily Observations

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A little windy. Clouds keep coming in, blowing out, coming in and blowing out again. Crazy.

I stopped at Walgreen’s Drive Thru for a script. One car was leaving the window with only one other car waiting. The passenger couldn’t find her purse, so we waited for her to find her credit card for the script. Something didn’t work, so search by driver and passenger for another card. As cars lined up behind me, I was boxed in. I waited a total of 20 minutes before I could get to the window. Got my script and drove home. When will I learn that drive-thru is not a time saver?

January 6, 2021 was the ‘event’ at the Capitol Building. Sadly, our country is still divided as to what actually happened. So far, the House Committee has interviewed, released many documents, and still has changed very few minds.  The anniversary only reminds us all how divided our once great country is. Sad.

The President of the Navajo Nation has just signed the bill that will bring the 2^nd relief checks to the Navajo people. Good news for them.

 

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

Why did the Alaskan man name his dog Frost?

Because Frost bites.

Arizona Trivia

Ø Kartchner Caverns, near Benson, Arizona, is a massive limestone cave with 13,000 feet of passages, two rooms as long as football fields, and one of the world's longest soda straw stalactites: measuring 21 feet 3 inches.

Ø You can carry a loaded firearm on your person, no permit required.

Ø Arizona has one of the lowest crime rates in the U.S.A.

Historical Events

·        1536 – The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, was founded in Mexico City.

·        1941 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address:

o   Freedom of speech; Freedom of worship; Freedom from want; Freedom from fear

·        1952 – The Hallmark Hall of Fame (Hallmark Television Playhouse) television anthology series premiered.

Birthdays Today

·        @89 – Carl Sandburg, American poet, and historian (d. 1967)

·        @88 – Earl Scruggs, American banjo player, wrote Foggy Mountain Breakdown (d. 2012)

·        @87 – Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)

·        @80 – John DeLorean, American engineer, and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005)

·        @79 – Danny Thomas, American actor humanitarian; founded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (d. 1991)

·        @69 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress (d. 2013; pancreatic cancer)

67 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedic actor, Mr. Bean

·        @64 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, AC/DC (died in 2017)

62 – Nigella Lawson, English chef, author

·        @60 – Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006; pancreatic cancer)

52 – Julie Chen, American television journalist

·        @48 – Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese American poet, painter, philosopher (d. 1931; cirrohis)

38 – Kate McKinnon, American comedic actress

·        @19 – Joan of Arc, French martyr, saint (d. 1431)