Dec 10

 

Week: 50 Day: 344
Ave. Sky Cover:  98%Visibility: 8miles
Local Temp:   41°\ 25° Wind: 7mph\ Gusts: 17mph
Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 416mi. \ Lightning: 1556mi.
Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 


Weekly Observations

3-10

Clerc-Gallaudet Week

5-24 

Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)  Link

5-11 

National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link  
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week

6-10

Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link 

6-12  

Computer Science Education Week: Link

10-17

Human Rights Week

 

Daily Observations

Favorite Memes





 




 

 

Have a laugh

What has a tongue & cannot walk?

A shoe.

 

Trivia

It took Leonardo da Vinci about five years to paint the Mona Lisa. X-rays of the famous painting show that there are three different versions underneath.

We all know the story about how 6-year-old George Washington chopped down his father's cherry tree, and when his dad confronted him about it, George supposedly confessed claiming, "I cannot tell a lie." Except it's not true.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 Overcast, raining, windy…now expecting 4” of snow tonight and/or tomorrow. The rain is great for our forest. I’m not complaining. Plan on spending the day at home if it snows tomorrow.

Our retirement group met for a nice lunch. We all are doing well, had good conversation, and good Mexican food.

I did not know this:

·        Christianity has 2.38 billion members

·        Islam has 1.90 billion members

·        Hinduism has 1.25 billion members

·        Secular/non-religious is at 1.19 billion

A newscaster stated that Christianity is the largest religion and I had to check it out.

 

 

Historical Events

1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published.

1884 – Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published.

1901 – The first Nobel Prizes were awarded. President Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt became the first person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

Birthdays Today

@55 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886; Bright’s Disease)

@62 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974; lung cancer)

61 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-English actor-director, producer, screenwriter

60 – Nia Peeples, American singer

57 – Bobby Flay, American chef

36 – Raven-Symoné, actress

 

Dec 9

Week: 50 Day: 343
Ave. Sky Cover:  20%Visibility: 10miles
Local Temp:   42°\ 31° Wind: 5mph\ Gusts: 17mph
Low risk of fire Active fire: 416mi. \ Lightning: 1519mi.
Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

3-10

Clerc-Gallaudet Week

5-24 

Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)  Link

5-11 

National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link  

Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week

6-10

Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link 

6-12  

Computer Science Education Week: Link

Daily Observations

Dewey Decimal System Day
Human Rights Day  
Link

International Animal Rights Day  Link
Jane Addams Day
National Salesperson Day 

Nobel Prize Day
Official Lost & Found Day  

Favorite Memes



 

 




 

 

Have a laugh

How do dentists pay for their lawyers?

Retainers.

 

Trivia

Henri Rousseau, famous for his exotic jungle scenes, never left Paris. He would go to the park, lie down among the grass and weeds, and sketch the plants hundreds of times their size.

Matisse coined the term cubism in 1908 as an insult to another painter's work.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A little rain yesterday…still no snow.

I headed out early and got some Christmas shopping done…almost finished.

Glad I watched Jeopardy last night. An Elem. Ed. Professor from NAU, the local university, won the game and moved to the semi-finals.

Don Lemon, CNN, is in trouble for his text sent to Jussie Smollett informing him that the Chicago police didn’t believe his story. Don had admitted on air early that Jussie was an acquaintance.

Why are the Hawaiian mountains getting snow and Flag is getting none?

 

 

Historical Events

1793 Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper, the "American Minerva"

1854 Alfred Tennyson's poem "Charge of the Light Brigade" is published in "The Examiner"

1889 US President Benjamin Harrison dedicates the Chicago Auditorium, designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, then largest building in the US

1990 Lech Wałęsa wins Poland's 1st direct presidential election in Poland

2008 Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes, including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama

2019 US officials "deliberately misled" the public on progress of the Afghanistan war, hid that it was a lost cause, according to The Washington Post analysis of the "Afghanistan Papers"

 

Birthdays Today

@103 Kirk Douglas, actor (d.2020)

87 Judi Dench, actor

79 Dick Butkus, NFL, sportscaster

66 John Malkovich, actor

  

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.