Feb 26

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Feb. 26, 2020 Week: 9 Day: 57

86004: H 35° \ L 18° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Nearest lightning: 1507mi.; Nearest active fire: 296mi.

Wind: 12mph\Gusts: 22mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 71°[1986 ] Record Low: -7°[1977 ]

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

Today’s LOVE Quote

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

― Dr. Seuss

Random Tidbits

In the late 19th century, running was called "pedestrianism."

Recreational running didn't become mainstream until the late 1960s. In 1958, the Chicago Tribune announced a strange new fitness fad: jogging.

In the 1960's, running for exercise was so unusual that some people were stopped by police. People would try to run in the morning because police becamse suspicious if they saw a grown man running at night.

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
Cordova Ice Worm Days: 25-3/1 Link
International Petroleum Week: 25-27 Link
Lent: 26-4/11

Observations for Today

Ash Wednesday

Carnival Day

For Pete's Sake Day

Inconvenience Yourself Day

Levi Strauss Day

Losar Link

National Personal Chef's Day Link

National Pistachio Day

Pink Shirt Day Link

Tell a Fairy Tale Day

World Pistachio Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Ellie, Focus Travel Club leader, celebrated a birthday on the 25th, so hope it was a very happy one.

Two comments on the current election cycle: There needs to be a movement from the voters to have a constitutional amendment that limits Representatives and Senators to two terms. Each one can then sit out one election cycle, and if so compelled he/she can run again. The second comment is about Bernie's comment about Cuba. I agree that Castro did improve education, but at a much higher cost than was necessary. My two trips to Cuba, during the Obama administration, when there was a lifting of travel restrictions and in Cuba and more freedom for private ownership, I also saw the repression that was still present. Americans who have never traveled to Cuba do not have a true picture of life there. It is better than during Fidel's reign, but still has a lot to make up for in the realm of personal freedoms and a democratically elected government. Bernie's comments will not get him votes from Cuban-Americans, or probably from other Hispanic voters.

I'm still coping with Chris' needless death. After his last stint in rehab, he would call me every couple of weeks to check up on me and let me know he was doing his best to deal with his issues. Hard to know I won't be getting anymore of those calls. He had a lot of relatives and friends his own age that are trying to find answers too.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

If a chicken says, "All chickens are liars". Is the chicken telling the truth?

Historical Events

1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba.

1870 - New York City's first pneumatic-powered subway line, created by Alfred Beach, was opened to the public.

1909 - Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, was first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London with 21 short films.

1919 - 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon, already a national monument, was designated a national park under President Woodrow Wilson

1929 - President Calvin Coolidge signed into law a bill establishing the Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming.

1946 - Finnish observers reported the first of thousands of sightings of ghost rockets.

1966 - # 1 Hit : Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

1977 - # 1 Hit : Eagles - New Kid in Town

1988 - # 1 Hit: George Michael - Father Figure

1993 - The first of the World Trade Bombings occurred , the bomb went off in a parked truck under the North Tower. The bombing killed six and injured over a thousand people.

1995 - Selena Quintanilla-Perez performed her last concert in Houston before being shot by her manager.

2005 Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76

2005 - Halle Berry accepted her Razzie Award at the 25th annual ceremony at Hollywood’s historic Ivar Theatre.

2011 - # 1 Hit: Lady Gaga - Born This Way

2012 - Trayvon Martin, an African-American teen walking home from a trip to a convenience store, was fatally shot in an altercation with George Zimmerman, a Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer patrolling the townhouse community of the Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, Florida.

2018 Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, receives its 1 millionth seed on 10 year anniversary

2019 More than 4,500 complaints of child sexual abuse against migrant children received by US Health Department, Department of Justice received 1,300 more

2019 City of Venice in Italy introduces a day visitors tax

Birthdays Today

@89 - Fats Domino, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died in 2017)

@84 - Tony Randall, American actor (died in 2004)

@83 - Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright (died in 1885)

@78 - Robert Novak, American journalist and author (died in 2009; brain cancer)

@73 - Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (died in 1902)

@72 - Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and MGM voice actor (died in 1980, lung cancer)

@71 - Jackie Gleason, American actor (died in 1987; diabetic complications)

@71 - Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died in 2003; diabetic compications)
@70 – William Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody, American soldier, showman and hunter (died in 1917)

67 - Michael Bolton, American singer-songwriter

@29 - Christopher Marlowe, English playwright (died in 1593; stabbed)

Puzzle Answer:

Chickens cannot talk.

[This is a dumb answer]