Feb 20

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Feb. 20, 2020 Week: 8  Day: 51

86004:   H 56° \ L 23° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Nearest lightning:  2535mi.; Nearest active fire:  132mi.  

Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  14mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 65°[1977]   Record Low: -11°[1955]

Feb. Averages: 47°\19° (5 days with moisture)

Today’s LOVE Quote

You can't love anyone until you understand

that you can't love everyone.

Gordon Atkinson

Random Tidbits

Abraham Lincoln attended seances at the White House.

Lincoln's wife, Mary Lincoln, became interested in seances after their young son Willie died in 1862. At the White House, she engaged mediums, who conducted "spirit circles" or ceremonies during which those who attended could communicate with their loved ones who had crossed over into the next world.

Mary was eager to believe in these mediums as it made her loss somewhat bearable, and she encouraged the president to attend a few seances, which he did. It is not clear if Lincoln participated to appease his wife or out of real interest and belief.

Observations This Week

Date (Fruit) Week: 14-23
National Condom Week: 14-21 Link
National Nestbox Week: 14-21
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week: 14-21
National Entrepreneurship Week: 15-22 Link
National FFA Week: 15-22 Link 
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week: 16-23 
National Engineers Week: 16-22 
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week: 16-22 Link
Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16-23 Link

Learning Disabilities Week: 17-20
Through With The Chew: 17-21 Link
American Birkenbreiner Race: 20-23

Observations for Today

Cherry Pie Day

Discover Girl Day 
International PechaKucha Day  Link
Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day 
Love Your Pet Day Link Link     
National Muffin Day

Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day
The Great American Spit Out  Link
World Day for Social Justice

My Rambling Thoughts

Been so busy lately, I didn’t realize it was way past time for a pedi. My regular lady wasn’t there, but still got a good one.

I joined Cub Scouts while in Elementary School, then joined Boy Scouts and stayed active through my HS Freshman year. I had a great den mother who always came up with new and different crafts. My Boy Scout leader was a hiker and our troop did many a hikes, along with camping, and summer camp. I am sickened and saddened that other scouts didn’t have the great experience I had. Now after many allegations (about 1500) The BSA is filing for bankruptcy. The BSA has already paid out $150 million to 275 victims. Insurance says it can’t pay for the pending cases. That doesn’t mean no more Boy Scouts, it means that they are just cutting down on how much victims can receive in the future. If they do survive, they better have deep background checks on all their volunteers and paid staff. Too bad the Boy Scout law: Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Clean, Brave, and Reverent did not apply to the adult volunteers. Disgusted.  

Congrats to Jeff Bezo’s, the Amazon Guru, for donating $10billion to fight Climate Change.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amide a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I?

Historical Events

1792 - The United States Post Office became a cabinet position under President George Washington. In 1971, the Post Office became an independent corporation.

1816 - Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.

1872 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York City.

1872 - Luther Childs Crowell (#123,811) received the patent for a machine for manufacturing square-bottom paper bags. We still use the design today.

1877 - Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake gave its premiere performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

1921 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino was released in theaters.

1931 - San Francisco got approval from the US Congress to build the San Franciso-Oakland Bay Bridge.

1943 - American movie studio executives agreed to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.

1962 - Launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, John Hershel Glenn Jr. successfully went into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut.

1965 - # 1 Hit : Gary Lewis & The Playboys - This Diamond Ring

1979 - This Old House premiered on PBS.

1986 - The Soviet Union launched the Mir space station into orbit.

1986 - After about a century of planning and a millennium of wishing, it was announced that the "Chunnel" between the UK and France would be built. Construction began in December 1987 and the "chunnel" was finally completed in 1994.

1998 - American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the youngest gold-metal winner at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan

2001 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested and charged with spying for the Russians for 15 years

2013 - The smallest extrasolar planet, Kepler-37b was discovered.

2016 US primary elections: South Carolina Republican Primary - Donald Trump wins with 32.5%

2016 US primary elections: Nevada Democratic Primary - Hillary Clinton wins with 52.6%

2018 Queen of England, Elizabeth II makes surprise appearance at London fashion week

Birthdays Today

@95- Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, fashion designer, and socialite (died in 2019)

93- Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor

@89- Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (died in 1984)

@89- Gale Gordon, American actor (died in 1995)

@81- Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter (died in 2006)

@81- Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress (died in 2018)

79 - Beverly ‘Buffy’ Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer-songwriter 

@74-Sandy Duncan, American actress, singer and dancer

@72 - J. Geils, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2017)

71-Ivana Trump, Czech-American socialite and model

@69- William Prescott, American soldier, coined the term "Don't shoot until you see the whites of thier eyes." (died in 1795)

66- Patty Hearst, American actress and author

57- Charles Barkley, American basketball player and sportscaster

56- French Stewart, American actor

54- Cindy Crawford, American mode

36- Trevor Noah, Comedian, The Daily Show

32- Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty), Barbadian-American singer-songwriter

@27- Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 1994; suicide)

Puzzle Answer:

A Coconut.