Feb 24

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Feb. 24, 2020 Week: 9 Day: 55

86004: H 46° \ L 27° \ Average Sky Cover: 40%

Nearest lightning: 461mi.; Nearest active fire: 596mi.

Wind: 7mph\Gusts: 11mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 66°[1904] Record Low: -4°[1909]

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

Today’s LOVE Quote

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”

― Marilyn Monroe

Random Tidbits

Humans can outrun almost every other animal on earth over long distances.

The fastest marathon runner in the world is Eluid Kipchoge of Kenya who ran the 2018 Berlin marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute, and 39 seconds.

He beat previous record-holder, Kenya Dennis Kimetto, who ran the marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes and 57 seconds in Berlin in 2014.

Observations This Week

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: 23-29Link Link

Observations for Today

Fasching
Forget Me Not Day  Link
Losar Link
Museum Advocacy Day Link
National Cupcake Day (Canada) Link National Dance Day
National Trading Card Day

Play More Cards Day Link
Shrovetide

Shrove Monday
Tortilla Chip Day

Twin Peaks Day

World Bartender Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Woke up to about an inch and a half of snow on the ground and overcast sky. A great day for hot chocolate at breakfast. Sun out before 10a and snow melted by noon.

Our discussion group was very good last night. We had three new people to add to the group. Over the years our group has changed. When I joined there were conservatives and liberals. Hard as we try, we are only liberals now. We really need to add some conservative members. One of our long time members hasn't been for some time. She is a PhD in biology. I have been driving her to the meetings. She is older, lives alone, and has a son somewhere in Oregon. Last night, for the second time, she forgot about the meeting and didn't attend. As she looked through the small window in her front door, she didn't recognize me and wouldn't let me in. Another member talked to her yesterday to remind her I would be by. We are concerned, but she is very private and none of us know anything about her son or any local friends who check up on her. A real dilemma.

Our area had a very dangerous fire last summer. Lots of evacuations, some flooding afterward, and lots of sand bags. The county did a lot of work to save homes and the forest. They did a great job. Now the it's time to pay the piper. After moving over $1million from other areas, the county still owes $745,000. The supervisors are hoping for some more Federal money so they won't have to raise property taxes again. Hope they find a solution as the next fire season and flooding season are not that far off.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What day would yesterday be if Thursday was four days before the day after tomorrow?

Historical Events

1582 - The Gregorian Calendar, which most of the world uses today, was introduced.

1711 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel. It was the first Italian opera written for the London stage.

1863 - Arizona was organized as a United States territory.

1920 - Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

1938 - A nylon-bristled toothbrush became the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn.

1938 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had bought the rights to adapt L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, as reported by Variety magazine.

1938 - DuPont began commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles for the so-called "Miracle Tuft Toothbrush."

1970 - The National Public Radio was founded in the US.

1973 - # 1 Hit : Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song

1977 US President Jimmy Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights

1981- The engagement of Charles, Price of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer was announced

1982 - The U.S. Supreme Court voted 8-0 to overturn the $200,000 settlement awarded to the Reverend Jerry Falwell for his emotional distress at being parodied in Hustler, a pornographic magazine. Basically the Supreme Court ruled that you can mock public figures.

1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa and offers a $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

1993- Michael Jackson received the Grammy Legend award which was presented to him by his sister Janet at the 35th annual Grammy Awards.

2008 Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years

2011 - The final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103)

2013 Raúl Castro is elected to a second term as the President of Cuba

2014 Pope Francis creates a second Secretariat with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time

Birthdays Today

@94 - Abe Vigoda, American character actor (died in 2016)

@80 - Chester Nimitz, American admiral (died in 1966)

75 - Barry Bostwick, American actor

@74 - Homer Winslow, American illustrator (died in 1910)

@73 - Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author and Brother (died in 1859)

@73 - James Farentino, American actor (died in 2012; complications of hip injury)

70 - George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter

69 - Debra Jo Rupp, American actress

64 - Paula Zahn, American journalist

62 - Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter

@57 - Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (died in 2011; cancer)

54 - Billy Zane, American actor

43 - Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer

31 - Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter

Puzzle Answer:

Friday