New Year's Eve

 

‘Tis Still the Season

Dec 31, 2020 Week: 53 Day: 366	Local:  H 32°\ L 15°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5% Feels like 25°
Wind: 10mph\Gusts: 24mph	Nearest lightning: 636mi.; Active fire:  59mi
Low Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: 62°[1945]  Record: -16°[1911]	Nov Averages: 44°/\17° (5 days with moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Confucius

 

Random Tidbits

Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, is carefully aligned on a sight-line that points to the winter solstice sunset. Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC and it is thought that the winter solstice was actually more important to the people who constructed Stonehenge than the Summer solstice.

 

A little humor

Q:What Goes- Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Thump?  A Man Laughing His Head Off!

The Secrecy Of My Job Prevents Me From Knowing What I Am Doing

 

True Things

Two passengers and a dog used the emergency slide to slip out of a moving Delta Air Lines airplane at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. The passengers opened a cabin door, activating the emergency slide, as their plane was taxiing out of the runway, according to the New York Post. They then used the emergency slide to deplane with their service dog. One of the passengers - Antonio Murdock - told Port Authority police that his post-traumatic stress disorder was triggered on the plane. The 31-year-old and his companion, 23-year-old Brianna Greco, were arrested in the incident. Brian Plummer, an eyewitness to the incident, said that as Flight 462 began to move, Mr. Murdock ignored a flight attendant's instructions to sit and stood up saying that he had post-traumatic stress disorder. "If I sit down, I'll freak out," the man said, according to Plummer. After the couple and their dog exited the plane, the aircraft returned to the gate and other passengers were deplaned. Mr. Murdock and Ms. Greco were charged with criminal trespass, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental administration.

 

Observations This Week

Christmas Bird Count Week Link…………………	14-1/5
It's About Time Week……………………………….	25-31
Kwanzaa…………………………………………………..	26-1/1

 

 

Observations for Today

First Nights
Hogmanay Link
Leap Second Time Adjustment Day
(Note: This is listed as an observance title only. Some years scientists do not make adjustments. 
But, if they do, then it's done on either June 30 or December 31.)
Look On The Bright Side Day Link
Make Up Your Mind Day
National Champagne Day 
National Vinegar Day

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve Banished Words List
New Year's Dishonor List
No Interruptions Day  
Universal Hour of Peace Day
Unlucky Day

World Healing Day  Link  
World Peace Meditation Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Ready for the last day of 2020.  It sure has been a year…and not in a good way. I have been fortunate through it all, I have my health, I was able to visit my brother for Christmas, travel is ONLY on hold, and 2021 will be so much better.

I read this on the internet machine: We are not all in the same boat. We are all in the same storm. Some have yachts, some have canoes, and some are drowning. Help those you can. I hope everyone has a fantastic 2021!

Who would have ever believed that wearing a mask in public would become a political statement, or a fashion statement? It shouldn’t necessarily be either. From my point of view, wearing a mask protects me and I am protected from those around me. As I browsed Facebook, there were way too many ads for ‘fashion masks’? I can only hope that this will get more people wearing them in public.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, each cat had seven kittens. How many were going to St. Ives?

 

Historical Events

1600 – The British East India Company was chartered. It was the first global mega-corporation.

 

1759 – Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per year and began brewing Guinness Beer.

1796 – Baltimore, Maryland incorporated as a city.

 

1831 – Gramercy Park was presented to New York, New York.

1865 – “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” were some of the phrasings in the 13th Amendment, eliminating Slavery in the US.

1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrated the incandescent light to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

 

1923 – The chimes of Big Ben were broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC.

1935 – The patent (# 2,026,082) was issued for the game of Monopoly, assigned to Parker Brothers, by Charles Darrow of Pennsylvania.

1938 – The “drunkometer” – the first breath test for car drivers, was invented by Dr. Rolla N. Harger of Indiana University School of Medicine.

1955 – General Motors became the first US corporation to make over $1 billion in a single year.

1956 – Bob Barker made his national debut on Truth or Consequences.

1972 – Roberto Clemente was killed, along with four others when the cargo plane in which he is traveling crashes off the coast of Puerto Rico.

1985 – Singer Rick Nelson was killed in a plane crash in De Kalb, Texas.

1999 – The United States, in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, officially handed over control of the Panama Canal to Panama.

1999 – The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigned from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and eventual successor.

 

2004 – Official opening of Taipei 101, then the tallest skyscraper in the world, at a height of 509 meters (1,670 feet)

2015 – US law enforcement kills 1,134 in 2015, young black men 9x more likely to be victims

2017 – Ban on ivory trade in China comes into effect

 

Birthdays Today

@84	Henri Matisse, French artist	(d. 1954)
83	Anthony Hopkins, actor
@77	Odetta (Holmes), singer-songwriter, actress	(d. 2008; heart disease)
77	Ben Kingsley, English actor
73	Tim Matheson, American actor, director
@63	Donna Summer [LaDonna Adrian Gaines], American singer	(d. 2012; lung cancer)
62	Beatrice Bebe Neuwirth, actress, dancer
61	Val Kilmer, American actor
@53	John Denver, American singer-songwriter	(d. 1997; airplane crash)
43	Donald Trump, Jr., American businessman
25	Gabby Douglas, American gymnast

 

Puzzle Answer

1, only I was going to St. Ives. 

Continue to Enjoy the Holiday Season