Feb 23

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Feb. 23, 2020 Week: 9 Day: 54

86004: H 47° \ L 29° \ Average Sky Cover: 95%

Nearest lightning: 2289mi.; Nearest active fire: 616mi.

Wind: 4mph\Gusts: 9mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 66°[1946] Record Low: -6°[1960]

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

Today’s LOVE Quote

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Henry David Thoreau

Random Tidbits

Conspiracy theorists often claim that the gold vaults at Fort Knox are empty, but the United States government contends that Fort Knox houses a ton of gold. Actually, more. There is said to be more than 147.3 million ounces of gold. Nearly all of the gold has been converted into gold bars, each weighing about 27 pounds. That much gold, at the current market of gold, means that Fort Knox is storing about $190 billion worth of gold.

Back to those conspiracy theorists. They believe that the gold has all been removed and sold off and that the government, to keep up the ruse, has painted a whole bunch on tungsten bricks to look like gold bars, just in case someone does get a chance to peer inside the vault.

Observations This Week

Date (Fruit) Week: 14-23
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week: 16-23
Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16-23 Link 

American Birkenbreiner Race: 20-23
Bird Health Awareness Week: 23-29 Link  
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 23-29
Nat'l Invasive Species Awareness Week: 23-29 Link
National Justice for Animals Week: 23-29 Link  Link

Observations for Today

Curling is Cool Day
Diesel Engine Day
Iwo Jima Day (flag raised)
National Chili Day

National Banana Bread Day

National Dog Biscuit Day Link
National Tile Day Link

Orthodox Meatfare SundayShrovetide: 23-25
Single Tasking DayTennis Day

Tootsie Roll Day   Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Rain, rain, and more rain...maybe turning to snow tonight. I'm a happy camper here.

The South Korean movie that won several Oscars had a good response to Trump's comment on how he wished an American film had won. Their tweet: Understandable, he can't read.

I have a script for eye drops. The last time I renewed the script, instead of 15ml bottle, they made the script for 5ml. This caused more trips to the pharmacy, and the bottle was really hard to use...it was tiny. So I called to get the 15ml bottle. This time the Dr. office changed my DOB, making me 25 years younger, and I couldn't get the script. All fixed but a pain for sure. Too bad the simple typo didn't really make me 25 years younger. Although, that would mean I would still be working...guess I'll just enjoy my age.

I expecting a good discussion group on Climate Change and the World Order. How we can slow climate change is that first we have to accept that it is happening, and then figure out how to develop strategies to slow it down. Some of the authors suggest that mankind is built to deal with war, but not to see the slow, small changes until it is too late.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man. Who Am I?

Historical Events

1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. Ironically, if there were newspapers at the time, we could be more confident about the date.

1792 - The Humane Society of Massachusetts was incorporated.

1836 - The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) began in San Antonio, Texas.

1896 - The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield, in New York.

1903 - Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".

1905 - Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen met for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.

1927 - Federal Radio Commission (FRC, later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission, FCC) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States was established.

1940 - Pinocchio was released in theaters.

1941 - Plutonium was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg

1945 - During the Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island's highest peak, and raised the U.S. flag. The photo would later become world-famous as well as win a Pulitzer Prize.

1947 - The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was founded.

1954 - The first mass inoculation of children against polio with Jonas Salk's vaccine began in Pittsburgh, PA.

1955 - First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).

1964 - The Beatles appeared in the Ed Sullivan Show for the third time.

1967 - The Beatles made a taped appearance on American Bandstand, where they premiered their new music videos for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever"

1975 - There was an energy crisis in the US in 1975, so daylight savings time started two months early - Feb 23rd instead of April.

1978 -Both Barbra Streisand's Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen) and Debby Boone's You Light Up My Life were awarded the Best Song Grammy - the first and only tie in that category in Grammy history.

1980 - # 1 Hit : Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

1991 - # 1 Hit : Whitney Houston - All The Man That I Need

1991 - Operation Desert Storm began in Iraq.

1997 - NBC aired Schindler's List, completely uncensored.

2005 - The Apple iPod mini (2nd generation) was released.

2005 Slovakia Summit 2005 begins, marking the first occasion when a sitting American President visits Slovakia; George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are in attendance.

2016 US primary elections: Nevada Republican Primary - Donald Trump wins with 45.9.5%

2019 Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir declares a national emergency, dismisses the federal government and sacks all state governors

Birthdays Today

@95 - W.E.B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (died in 1963)

@86 - Karl Theodor Jaspers, German philosopher (died in 1969)

@79 - Peter Fonda, American actor (died in 2019; lung cancer)
70 - Ed "Too Tall" Jones, American football player

61 – Sara Elizabeth S.E. Cupp, American journalist and author

@59 - Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer (died in 1949; heart attack)

50 - Carol Denise Niecy Nash, American actress and producer

37 - Emily Blunt, English actress

26 - Dakota Fanning, American actress

Puzzle Answer:

Rain.