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Jan. 18, 2020 Week: 1 Day: 18
86004: H 44° \ L 18° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Nearest lightning: 286mi.; Nearest active fire: 1194mi.
Wind: 14mph\Gusts:
22mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 64°[1971] Record
Low: -8°[1995]
Jan. Averages: 43°\16° (22”
days with snow)
Today’s
Einstein Quote
The release of atomic energy has not created a new
problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing
one.
Random
Tidbits
Canadians
say "sorry" so much that a law was passed so that an apology can't be
used as an admission of guilt.
Canadians
are well-known for being incredibly polite, perhaps even to a fault. That's why
in 2009, the province of Ontario passed the "Apology Act," which
states that saying "sorry" - which can be an expression of sympathy
or regret - can't legally be considered an admission of guilt or fault.
Observations
This Week
National Soccer
Coaches of America Week: 15-19
National Fresh
Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23
Week of Christian
Unity: 18-25
Bald Eagle
Appreciation Days: 18-19
Internat’l Snowmobile
Safety-Awareness Week: 18-26
Observations
for Today
Hot Heads Chili Days
My
Rambling Thoughts
Our
retirement lunch lasted into the afternoon yesterday. Good food, good dessert,
great conversation. Mary has set up an interesting adventure for her son and
grandkids. They are going to Medieval Times, the restaurant/horse show/jousting
experience. Made more interesting because her granddaughter only eats junk food
and the parents usually pack ‘snacks’ for her when they go to a restaurant that
doesn’t serve Chicken Nuggets. Because of the horses, MT doesn’t allow patrons
to bring in any food.
Next
week will be busy with 4 appointments: Dentist, to complete root canal; blood
doc to take blood and then see me the next day; and a normal Primary Care
appointment. I just want the root canal finished and the mold for a bridge
made. My last top tooth on the left is feeling very lonely up there, and the
empty space is always filling up with food.
I
am embarrassed that one of our AZ senators has made all the news and late-night
shows. FYI: she was not elected but appointed after the death of McCain. She
had run and lost the previous election to our other Senator. When she was asked
by a CNN reporter about the possibilities of witnesses at the impeachment, her
response was not professional, not Senatorial, and only possibly acceptable by
a pre-teen who was raised by wolves. She is in a close race with Mark Gifford, former
astronaut and husband of the former AZ Rep who was shot at a grocery store
while meeting with constituents.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
I have three apples; you take two from
me. How many do you have?
Historical
Events
1644
- "In this year one James Everell, a sober, discreet man, and two others,
saw a great light in the night at Muddy River. When it stood still, it flamed
up, and was about three yards square; when it ran, it was contracted into the
figure of a swine: it ran as swift as an arrow towards Charlton, and so up and
down about two or three hours. They were come down in their lighter about a
mile, and, when it was over, they found themselves carried quite back against
the tide to the place they came from. Divers[e] other credible persons saw the
same light, after, about the same place."
1778
- James Cook 'discovered' Hawaii, naming it 'The Sandwich Islands'
1817
José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish
royalists in Chile
1896 - The X-Ray Machine was shown to the
public. Not really. The Cabaret du Neant charged people to see an 'illusion' of
the effect.
1911
- The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Lt. Eugene B.
Ely landed on the USS Pennsylvania.
1944
- Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and
Jack Teagarden performed at the Metropolitan Opera House, in NYC.
1960
- #1 Hit: Johnny Preston
- Running Bear
1975
- #1 Hit: Barry Manilow -
Mandy
1980
- Gold reached $1,000 an ounce for the first time.
1986
- #1 Hit: Dionne Warwick
- That's What Friends Are For
1990
- Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting. He
claimed that the "bitch set me up" when he was caught with crack
cocaine.
1991
US acknowledges CIA and US Army paid Manuel Noriega $320,000 over his career
1993
- Martin Luther King Day became official in all 50 United States.
2013
Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is indicted on corruption charges stemming
from post-Hurricane Katrina business contracts and bribes
2014
- #1 Hit: Pitbull
featuring Kesha - Timber
2013
Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is indicted on corruption charges stemming
from post-Hurricane Katrina business contracts and bribes
2017
NASA and NOAA announce that 2016 was the hottest year on record, surpassing the
previous record set in 2015 which itself topped a record set in 2014
Birthdays
Today
@82-Cary
Grant, actor (d.1986)
79-Bobby
Goldsboro, singer, songwriter
@76-Danny
Kaye David Daniel Kaminsky, comedian (d.1987; Hep C)
@75-Bob
"Bozo The Clown" Bell (d.1997)
@74-Alan
Alexander Milne, author
@70-Daniel
Webster, statesman
@65-Oliver
Hardy, actor (d.1957, series of strokes)
65-Kevin
Costner, actor
40-
Jason Segel, actor
37-Samantha
Mumba, Grammy winning singer
Puzzle
Answer:
Two, the two apples that you took from
me. Assuming you had no apples when this started. I am left with one.
