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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
International Dyslexia Association
Reading Week: 22-28
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Pro Bono Week: 22-28 Link
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Daily Observations
Carignan Day Link
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Mincemeat Pie Day
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Today’s Thoughts
Nice Day.
Went to Bone & Joint today
to check my progress. It’s not bursitis. Pain level was about 8 two weeks ago,
now about 1. X-rays taken. Set up for
some PT. Nothing to worry about. Good news.
Netflix has a good
documentary. Life on Our Planet, narrated by Morgan Freeman, is well
worth a watch. It gives a scientific story of all life on the planet. There are 8 episodes, each a little less than
an hour.
Glad to see the Diamondbacks
will be in their 2nd World Series. Should be fun.
Enjoy
Halloween
information… Trivia…
Social media is
having a growing influence on what people buy during the Halloween season, from
costumes to decorations. Last year, 14% of people surveyed by the NRF said that
Instagram had influenced their Halloween spending, up from 7% in 2015
Random Trivia…
Black cats have been a source of superstition for centuries in
Europe, and have long been associated with witchcraft. In parts of Medieval
Europe, some people believed that witches could take the form of black cats.
Some also thought that the Devil gave black cats to witches to act as their
animal companions, or “familiars,” according to Bustle.
Puritan pilgrims carried these beliefs to the American colonies,
and during the hysteria over witchcraft in the 1500s and 1600s, black cats were
feared and vilified, believed to be witches in disguise or otherwise associated
with evil.
Even after the witchcraft hysteria died down in Europe and New
England, black cats retained a reputation of being unlucky—and over time, they
became the perfect eerie symbol to represent the spooky holiday of Halloween.
Historic Events
1826 – The Erie Canal was
completed
1881 – The Gunfight at the
O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona took place.
2000 – Sony PlayStation 2
released, Video Game Console
2001 – The United States
passed the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
Birthdays with some quotes
77 – Jaclyn Smith, American
actress
“Just because something is
three months away and seems far off, doesn’t mean you will want to be there
when the time comes.”
77 – Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune
host
76 – Hillary Clinton, American
politician, 44th First Lady of the United States
“Giving every child a chance
to reach their full potential is the best work anyone can do.”
@71 – Bob Hoskins,
English actor (d. 2014; Parkinson’s)
@70 – Pat Conroy,
American author (d. 2016; pancreatic cancer)
@69 – Jackie Coogan,
American actor (d. 1984; heart failure)
62 – Dylan McDermott, American
actor
@60 – Mahalia
Jackson, American singer (d. 1972; bowel obstruction)
“Blues are the songs of
despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.”
“Sometimes you ask God for
something, and you don’t know what you’re asking.”
60 – Tom Cavanagh, Canadian
actor
@59 – C.W. Post,
American businessman, founded Post Foods (d. 1914; suicide)
56 – Keith Urban, New
Zealand-American singer-songwriter
50 – Seth MacFarlane, American
voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
@46 – Benjamin
Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912; on Titanic)
“We’ve dressed up in our best
and are prepared to go down like gentlemen.”
…The End for today…
