Feb 3

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Feb. 3, 2020 Week: 6  Day: 34

86004:   H 56° \ L 33° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Nearest lightning:  1132mi.; Nearest active fire:  496mi.  

Wind:   10mph\Gusts:  20mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 64°[1953]   Record Low: -22°[1922]

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

Today’s LOVE Quote

To love deeply in one direction

makes us more loving in all others.

Anne-Sophie Swetchine

Random Tidbits

Fugu is a famous type of sushi made from puffer fish. Fugu is particularly difficult to prepare because the organs of the puffer fish produce a lethal neurotoxin that is 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide. Chefs must receive a special license to prepare fugu, and the emperor of Japan is forbidden from even tasting it.

The Japanese word banzai literally means '10 thousand years' and was traditionally used to wish the emperor a long life. Today, it is closer to a cheer like 'Hip Hip Hooray!'

Observations this Month

February is Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
Feline Fix By Five Month
Free and Open Source Software Month  Link
From Africa to Virginia Month
Great American Pies Month  Link
International Boost Self-Esteem Month
International Expect Success Month
International Hoof-care Month
International Month of Black Women in The Arts  Link
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month Link
Jobs in Golf Month Link
Library Lovers Month

Observations This Week

Women's Heart Week: 1-7
National Stationery Week: 2-5 Link 
Publicity for Profit Week: 2-8
African Heritage & Health Week: 2-8 
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week: 2-8 
Burn Awareness Week: 2-8 Link 
Children's Authors & Illustrators Week: 2-8 
Children's Mental Health Week: 3-9 Link 
National School Counseling Week: 3-7 Link
International Networking Week: 3-7 
Pride in Foodservice Week: 3-7 Link

Observations for Today

Carrot Cake Day

Feed The Birds Day Link
Four Chaplains Memorial Day
Golden Retriever Day

National Football Hangover DayLink 
National Missing Person's Day Link
National Women's Physicians Day Link
The Day The Music Died

Women Physicians Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Feb 2 was an unusual palindrome. 02/02/2020, reads the same forward and backwards. Won’t happen again until 03/03/3030. I don’t think I’ll be around to see that one. An in-law from Chicago had a birthday and turned 44 yesterday. 2+2+20+20=44. Hmmm.

This morning was a fairly warm day for winter so I was able to take a nice walk. Glad I did it around 9a as the weather guy says we will have 40mph winds early this evening and maybe into tomorrow. I was surprised how many were out walking at 9a. Not my usual time for a walk.

When I got back home, I did two loads of laundry…bed linens and towels. Still waiting for the towels to dry.

Almost time for time for the Super Bowl. Not that into this year’s game, but Go Chiefs...and J. Lo

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert the cork into the neck. How would you remove the coin without removing the cork or breaking the bottle?

Historical Events

1690 - The first paper money in America was issued today, in the Colony of Massachusetts.

1783 - During the American Revolutionary War, Spain recognized United States independence.

1809 – The Territory of Illinois was created by the 10th United States Congress.

1834 -Wake Forest University was established in NC.

1870 - The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.

1882 Circus owner P. T. Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo

1891 - The official electrical lighting of London streets commenced.

1889 - Outlaw Belle Starr was murdered in Oklahoma, shot twice in the back.

1913 - The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.

1928 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the ancient human fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China in the journal Nature and declares them to be a new species he names 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus')

1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of journalist H. L. Mencken, after he calls the state the "apex of moronia"

1943 - The SS Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive; the event is described in the the Four Chaplains Story.

1947 - The coldest weather ever recorded in the North America was at Snag, Yukon: -63 °C or -81 °F.

1953 - Jacques Cousteau's book The Silent World was published.

1959 - Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

1971 – New York Police Officer Frank Serpico was shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survived to testify against police corruption.

1978 Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat and US President Jimmy Carter discuss the Middle East peace process in Washington, D.C.

2009 - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was made a knight of the Légion d'Honneur, which is France's highest civilian award.

Birthdays Today

@96- Henry Heimlich, American physician and author (died in 2016)

@90- James A. Michener, American author and (died in 1997)

@89- Joey Bishop, American actor (died in 2007)

@84- Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (died in 1978)

77- Blythe Danner, American actress

78- 

@72- Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, playwright, (died in 1946; stomach cancer)

70- Morgan Fairchild Patsy Ann McClenny, American actress

64- Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian

@61- Horace Greeley, American journalist, abolitionist and politician (died in 1872)

@46- Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III, American soldier and politician (died in 2015; brain cancer)

@43- Victor Buono, American actor (died in 1982; heart attack)

@38- Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died in 1847; strokes)

Puzzle Answer:

Push the cork into the bottle and then remove the coin.