Feb 11

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Feb. 11, 2020 Week: 7  Day: 42

86004:   H 51° \ L 23° \ Average Sky Cover: 80%

Nearest lightning:  707mi.; Nearest active fire:  1116mi. 

Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  8mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 62°[1971]   Record Low: -12°[1908]

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

Today’s LOVE Quote

There's an evolutionary imperative why we give a crap about our family and friends. And there's an evolutionary imperative why we don't give a crap about anybody else. If we loved all people indiscriminately, we couldn't function.

David Foster

Random Tidbits

Anacondas aren't like the typical snake for plenty of reasons, including the fact that they can grow up to 30 feet in length and can weigh up to 550 pounds.

Another noteworthy difference? Unlike most other kinds of snakes, anacondas don't lay eggs but instead deliver live babies. They birth up to 40 snakes at a time, each around two feet long.

Observations This Week

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: 7-14 Link
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week: 7-14  Link
National Marriage Week: 7-14  Link  Link
Risk Awareness Week: 7-14
Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend: 7-12
Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week: 8-14
Children of Alcoholics Week: 9-15 Link 
International Flirting Week: 9-15 
Jell-O Week: 9-15 
Love a Mensch Week: 9-15
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week: 9-15
Freelance Writer Appreciation Week: 10-15
Westminster Dog Show: 10-11
American Camp Week: 11-14 Link
World AG Expo: 11-13

Observations for Today

Be Electrific Day
Don't Cry over Spilled Milk Day

Extraterrestrial Culture Day
Extraterrestrial Visitor Day
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Get Out Your Guitar Day
Make a Friend Day

Pro Sports Wives Day
National Inventors Day  Link
National Inventors Day

National Peppermint Patty Day

National Shut-in Visitation Day
Safer Internet Day Link 
Satisfied Staying Single Day
White Shirt Day or White T-shirt Day  Link
World Day of The Sick Link

My Rambling Thoughts

My ophthalmologist really likes his toys. Check up was all good. He has a new machine, which of course I got to try out, and a new software program he and his staff are still learning so it took a little longer than expected. He has been my eye doc for some 25 years and is still working to stay on top of the latest gadgets. He was my first doc to send out text messages to remind me of my appointment. With his new software he as a new system of reminders that still needs to be set up.

Thankfully the ship in Hong Kong Harbor that was quarantined has been released after 5 days as no one tested positive for Conornavirus. They thought they would be there 14 days. However:

The Princess cruise anchored off shore near Japan continues to be quarantined. Latest from Princess is that passengers will get a full refund for a free trip in the future, 90 min shifts out of your room, regular temperature checks, free WIFI and phones, expanded TV and free movies, games, puzzles, and other distractions. This cruise was to end on Feb. 4, but quarantined passengers just started another 14 day one.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? What is it?

Historical Events

660 BC - Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

1752 - The first hospital in the United States, Pennsylvania Hospital, opened.

1808 - As an experiment, anthracite coal was burned as a fuel by Judge Jesse Fell in Pennsylvania.

1812 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry gerrymandered for the first time.

1858 - Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, a 14-year-old French peasant girl, first claimed to see a vision of the Virgin Mary near Lourdes, France. In 1933, she was canonized as St. Bernadette by the Roman Catholic Church.

1928 - The La-Z-Boy reclining chair was invented by Ed Shoemaker.

1929 - The Vatican was officially independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty.

1963 - The French Chef, starring Julia Child debuted on WGBH in Boston, MA.

1989 - Rev. Barbara Harris became the first woman to be consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Church.

1989 - # 1 Hit: Paula Abdul - Straight Up

1990 - Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, was released from prison after 27 years

1994 - # 1 Hit: Celine Dion - The Power Of Love

1994 - The 'rBGH' genetically engineered growth hormone for cows goes on sale to dairy farmers under the name Posilac, made by Monsanto. It was the first time altered genes were allowed into live animals.

2006 - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot his friend Harry Whittington while the two were hunting together.

2011 - # 1 Hit: Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow

2012 - Singer Whitney Houston died in a hotel bathtub, the result of accidental drowning. Heart disease and cocaine, which was found in her system, were determined to be contributing factors.

2013 Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415

2018 MOMA opens a major solo exhibition for Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral in New York

Birthdays Today

86-Tina Louise, actor (Gilligan’s Island)

Leslie Nielson, actor (d. 2010@84)

Thomas Edison, inventor (d. 1931@84)

Burt Reynolds, actor (d. 2018@82)

78-Sergio Mendes, Brazilian musician

Eva Gabor (d. 1995@76; pneumonia)

66-Jeb Bush, Florida Gov; Presidential candidate

51-Jennifer Aniston, actor

57-Sheryl Crow, singer

40-Brandy. R&B singer

28-Taylor Lautner, movie actor

Puzzle Answer:

A die (dice)