2021…at last
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Jan
13, 2021 Week: 2 Day: 13 |
Local: H 37°\ L 7°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 5mph\Gusts: 6mph |
Today’s Ave.
Temp.: H 42°\ L 1° |
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Nearest
lightning: 1152mi.; Active fire: 59mi |
Moderate Risk of Fire Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 59°[2000] Record: -7°[2013] |
Jan
Averages: 44°/16° (4 days
with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
We build statues out of
snow, and weep to see them melt.
-Walter Scott
Random Tidbits
The knight's role has
been stable over time. Even in the earliest versions of the game, it
represented the cavalry and had the unique ability to leap over its opponents.
Blindfold chess is real
and documented in world records. It is as it sounds: a player makes all of his
or her moves without looking at a board. Usually there is a "middleman"
of sorts to give and receive moves for the game.
Blindfold chess is an
impressive skill that many stronger chess players possess. It certainly
requires a keen ability to see the board clearly, which can get difficult after
many moves. The record was set in 1960 in Budapest by Hungarian Janos Flesch,
who played 52 opponents simultaneously while blindfolded - he won 31 of those
games.
A Little Humor
Whiskey Wednesday…it’s like Taco Tuesday for the badasses.
Day 12 without chocolate…Lost hearing in my left eye.
The 12 steps of the chocoholic program: Never be more than 12 steps
from chocolate
True Things
What else could Covid
possibly ruin?
The organizers of the No
Pants Subway Ride, an annual January event held on public transport in more
than a dozen cities worldwide, announced the 2021 event has been canceled.
Improv Everywhere, the performance art group that has organized the No Pants
Subway Ride since the first event was held in 2002 in New York City, said this
year's sans-pants public transit trek has been canceled due to the COVID-19
pandemic. "Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are canceling the annual No
Pants Subway Ride this year," Improv Everywhere said on the event's
official website. "We look forward to hosting more large-scale events once
it is safe to do so again." Previous years have seen organized groups of
subway riders taking per-determined commuter train routes in their underwear in
cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Boston, Berlin,
Calgary, Dallas, Mexico City, Tokyo, London, Lisbon, St. Peterburg, Melbourne
and San Francisco.
Interestng facts about AZ
Ø When England's famous
London Bridge was replaced in the 1960s, the original was purchased,
dismantled, shipped stone by stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City,
Arizona, where it still stands today.
Ø Mount Lemmon, Tucson,
in the Santa Catalina Mountains, is the southernmost ski resort in the United
States.
Ø Rooster Cogburn
Ostrich Ranch in Picacho, Arizona is the largest privately-owned ostrich ranch
in the world outside South Africa.
Weekly Observations
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National Mocktail Week |
10-16 |
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Cuckoo Dancing Week |
11-17 |
Today’s Observations
Asarah B'Tevet: 12-14
Clean Off Your
Desk Day
Korean American Day Link
Make Your Dreams
Come True Day
National Gluten-Free Day
National Rubber Duckie Day
National Sticker Day Link
National Take the Stairs Day
Public Radio Broadcasting
Day
Rubber Ducky Day
Stephen Foster Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
It is certainly still winter here. Just wish there was some moisture
to go with these cold temps.
Now I read that all 50 state capitols are on heightened alert for the inauguration.
This is getting profoundly serious. During the attack on the capitol, some of
the Republican Representatives that were put in a safe room for a couple of
hours refused to wear their masks. Now several Dems are claiming they tested
positive because of their colleagues weren’t wearing masks. So sad. In prep for
the inauguration, the Washington Monument has closed for tours. I’m guessing
this happens at most inaugurations.
Daily Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the
page
What fastens two people yet touches only one?
Historical Events
1854 – US patent (#11062) for an accordion was issued to Anthony Faas
of Philadelphia, Pa.
1863 – Thomas Crapper invented the portable toilet.
1888 – National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.
1930 – Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse’ newspaper strip first appeared.
1959 – Motown Records is formed in Detroit.
1962 – Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 73 points
against Chicago
1978 – United States Food and Drug Administration began requiring all
blood donations to be labeled “paid” or “volunteer” donors.
1986 – Johnny Cash performed his famous Folsom County Jail show.
2005 – US Surgeon General, Richard H. Carmona, issued a national
health advisory to warn the public about the risks of breathing indoor radon.
2007 Two thirds of the Venus's southern hemisphere suddenly brightened
as something triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate.
2012 Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia runs aground at Isola de
Giglio, Italy, causing 32 deaths
2020 Oldest material existing on earth at 7.5 billion years old
revealed by scientists studying the Murchison meteorite that fell to earth in
Australia in 1960s
Birthdays Today
@91 – Michael Bond, English soldier, author,
created Paddington Bear (d. 2017)
@90 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American
singer and actress (d. 1966)
@88 – Alfred Fuller – American businessman:
Fuller Brush Man (d. 1973)
@88 – Rip Taylor, American
comedic actor (d. 2019)
@84 – Robert Stack, American
actor (d. 2003)
@76 – Charles Nelson Reilly,
American comedic actor (d.2007; pneumonia)
@67 – Horatio Alger, Jr, American
author (d. 1899)
60 – Julia
Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
58 – Trace Adtkins,
American singer/songwriter
55 – Patrick Dempsey,
actor
@48 – Brandon Tartikoff, American
screenwriter, producer (d. 1997; cancer)
46 – Andrew Yang, Entrepreneur, politician
44 – Orlando Bloom,
English actor
43 – Nate Silver,
American journalist and statistician
30 – Liam Hemsworth,
Australian actor
Puzzle Answer
A wedding ring.
