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Week: 8 Day: 50 |
Ave. Sky Cover: 5% Visibility: 10 miles |
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Local Temp:
42°\ 12° Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 14mph |
Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 347mi.
\ Lightning: 1631mi. |
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Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days
w/moisture) |
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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4-20 |
Winter Olympics XXIV |
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11-20 |
Date (Fruit) Week |
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12-19 |
National Entrepreneurship Week Link |
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13-19 |
Children of Alcoholics Week Link Random Acts of Kindness Week Link |
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14-21 |
National Condom Week |
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17-20 |
American Association For The Advancement of Science Week |
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18-21 |
Great Backyard Bird Count Link |
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18-19 |
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering |
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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
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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
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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.
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1881 –
Kansas became the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
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1963 – The
Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was published.
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1968 –
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, created by Fred Rogers (1928-2003), premiered on
NET (later PBS).
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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
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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
