Jan 10

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Jan 10, 2019 Week: 01  \ Day: 10

86004 Today: H 44° \ L 23° \ Average Sky Cover: 85% 

Wind:   -mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 65°[1990]   Record Low: -15°[1937]

Jan Averages: 43°\11°

Today’s Quote

A lie can travel half way around the world

while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Charles Spurgeon

Random Tidbits

Processed American cheese was developed in 1915 by J.L. Kraft as an alternative to the traditional cheeses that had a short shelf life.

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In 1886, the University of Wisconsin introduced one of the country's first cheese-making education programs.

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The Pilgrims included cheese in their supplies on board the Mayflower in 1620.

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The Sargento Cheese Company in Plymouth, Wisconsin, introduced packaged shredded cheese in 1958. In 1986, the company went even further to ensure the "spread of the shred" by introducing the resealable bag.

Observances This Week

           

6-12

Home Office Safety and Security Week

National Folic Acid Awareness Week

Dating & Life Coaches Recognition Week

National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week

7-9

Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week

8-11

International Consumer Electronics Show

No Tillage Week

9-13

National Soccer Coaches of America Week

Observances for Today

           

League of Nations Day

National Bittersweet Chocolate Day

National Cut Your Energy Costs Day

National Oysters Rockefeller Day 

My Rambling Thoughts

Our next storm wasn’t due until Friday. It is overcast already. Guess it just couldn’t wait to bring us more snow & moisture.

Headed to Sam’s this morning. Picked up lots of stuff. I’ve been eyeing a ‘smokeless indoor grill’ that is advertised of TV for $125.  Almost bought it the other day and even signed up for their special emails. Then there it was at Sam’s for $99. Now it’s in my house and ready to work. I sure hope I like it as much as my air fryer.

I spent time watching both 45’s address and the Dem response last night. Not impressed with either one. Though I must say I was heartened that the Dems did take a firmer stand. Now everyone needs to sit down and make some decisions and reopen the government. My email to my senators and representative: No Blame. No Finger pointing. No anecdotal stories. Legislation is the only answer. Open the entire government ASAP.

Way too many entertainers are in the news for their despicable treatment of women. My question is what to do with their (sometimes) huge body of work? When someone is convicted in court it should not be a problem, but even that is. On my cable I have TVONE that is a black owned enterprise. They continue to run hours and hours of Bill Cosby’s show every day. I never watch Ol’ Bill anymore. Before a court trial it becomes difficult if I should watch and/or listen to the accuser’s show or music. Right now, I stop watching or listening to it. But should I delete them before the trial?

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1700’s

1776 "Common Sense" Pamphlet by Thomas Paine,

            published advocating American independence

1800’s

1845 Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin

             corresponding

1870 John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil

1878 US Senate proposes female suffrage

1900’s

1901 Oil discovered at Spindletop, Beaumont, marking

            the start of the Texas oil boom (gusher age)

1916 In retaliation for President Woodrow Wilson's

            recognition of the Carranza government, members of

            Pancho Villa's revolutionary army take 17 US mining

            engineers from a train and shoot 16 of them in cold

            blood

1943 1st US President to visit a foreign country in wartime –

            FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco

1949 RCA introduces 45 RPM record

1964 US version of "That Was The Week That Was"

             premieres

1966 The Georgia House of Representatives votes 184-12

            to deny Julian Bond his seat as a result of his

            opposition to the Vietnam War

1967 PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70-

            station network

1984 US re-establishes full diplomatic relations with

            Vatican after almost 117 years

1991 US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis

2000’s

2001 The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will not be

            designated as a national monument, the White House

            announces; a move environmentalist groups had been

            pressing for to prevent oil drilling

2018 Jeff Bezos becomes the second man worth over $100

            billion as his wealth hits $106 billion due to a rise in

            Amazon's share price

Birthdays Today

1738 Ethan Allen,

American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green

Mountain Boys), born in Litchfield, Connecticut

(d. 1789)@51-dies of apoplectic fit

1864 George Washington Carver,

African-American agricultural scientist (studied the

peanut), born in Diamond Grove, Missouri [or Jul 12]

(d. 1943)@79±

1904 Ray Bolger,

American actor and dancer (Wizard of Oz), born

in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1987)@83

1908 Bernard Lee,

British actor (M in James Bond movies, Fallen Idol,

Dr No), born in London, England (d. 1981)

@51-stomach cancer

1917 Jerry Wexler,

American music producer who coined the term "rhythm

and blues" (Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan),

born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2008)@91

1936 Stephen E. Ambrose,

American historian (Band of Brothers), born

in Lovington, Illinois (d. 2002)@66-lung cancer

1939 Sal Mineo,

American actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), born

in NYC, @37-stabbing

1939 Scott McKenzie,

American singer (San Francisco), born in Jacksonville

Beach, Florida (d. 2012)@73- Guillain–Barré syndrome

1942 Jim Croce,

American rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle), born

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1973)@30-plane crash

1944 Frank Sinatra Jr.,

American singer & bandleader (Golddigers), born

in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2016)

1945 Rod Stewart,

British singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy),

born in London, @72-heart attack

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80- David Horowitz,

American author & political commentator, born in

New York City, New York

74- Rod Stewart,

rock singer

70- George Foreman,

boxer, hawker( grill)

66- Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski],

American singer (Hell Is for Children), born in Brooklyn

38- Jared Kushner,

American real estate developer and advisor to Donald

Trump, born in Livingston, New Jersey

Historical Obits Today

@105-2017 Clare Hollingworth,

British war correspondent who was the first to report

on the outbreak of WWII

@94-2007 Carlo Ponti,

Italian film producer (Marriage Italian Style,

Doctor Zhivago)

@87-1971 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel,

French fashion designer (Chanel)

@70-1778 Carolus Linnaeus [Carl von Linné],

Swedish botanist and the Father of Taxonomy

@69-2016 David Bowie [David Robert Jones],

English singer-songwriter (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust),

 dies of cancer

@66-1961 Dashiell Hammett,

US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon),

Dies of lung cancer

@65-1951 [Harry] Sinclair Lewis,

American writer (Nobel Prize in Literature 1930),

dies from advanced alcoholism

@49-1883 Dr Samuel A. Mudd,

American medical doctor, dies of pneumonia

@47-1862 Samuel Colt,

American inventor and industrialist (Colt 6 shot

revolver), dies of gout