Dec 8

 

 ‘Tis the Season

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Dec 8, 2020  Week: 50 Day: 343	Local:  H 51°\ L 23°\Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   12mph\Gusts:  20mph	Nearest lightning: 1384mi.; Active fire: 59mi
High Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: °[. ]   Record: °[. ]	Nov Averages: 44°/\17° (5 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

Quality is never an accident.

It is always the result of intelligent effort.

John Ruskin

 

Random Tidbits

 The world would be a much better place if everyone had SpongeBob’s work ethic, Sandy’s thirst for knowledge/intelligence, Larry’s workout regiment, Plankton’s perseverance, and Mr. Krabs’ business abilities. 

Whenever Aladdin lies, you’ll notice the feather on his turban falls in his face in the Disney animated film.

 

A little humor

Talk is cheap. Until you hire a lawyer…

 

My scale is broken. It only seems to go up.

 

True Things

Douglas Allen Hatley, 71, of Lakeland, Florida, was arrested on Nov. 16 after the Florida Highway Patrol said he found a metal light pole by the side of the road in Tampa and tried to sell it to Eagle Metals Recycling. The Tampa Bay Times reported the recycling center turned him away because he didn't have documentation for the pole, and officers responding to reports of a 1997 Camry with a pole twice its length strapped to the top pulled him over soon afterward. Hatley told troopers a highway maintenance worker "gave it to me." He was charged with third-degree grand theft.

 

Observations This Week

Cookie Cutter Week………………………………	1-7 Link
Clerc-Gallaudet Week…………………………..	3-10
Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)………….	5-24  Link
National Hand Washing Awareness Week…	5-11 Link
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week…	5-11
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week……..	5-11 Link
Computer Science Education Week:………. (Always week with 12/9. Birthday of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.)	6-12  Link

 

Observations for Today

AFL-CIO Day
Bodhi Day Link [Traditional] 
National Brownie Day

National Day of Lard
Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day

Take it in the Ear Day

Toilet Paper Appreciation Day Link

 

My Rambling Thoughts

New week is starting off with great fall/winter weather.

Cards and Broncos couldn’t get a win. I was nice to see the Broncos on my TV, even if they didn’t play well.

Pearl Harbor Day…we lost 2400 Americans…now Covid kills that many every day.

I’ve been wondering why PPE is so hard to get. Thanks 60 Minutes for shedding some light. Seems so unforgivable that the Federal Government did not step in early in March to prevent this unnecessary shortage. The idea that every state and every major hospital, not to mention the small hospitals, had to compete against each other for supplies to keep their medical and first responders safe. This also led to some very questionable business practices. So sad.

The AZ house and senate have closed their buildings. Maskless Rudy Giuliani met with 15 legislators, mostly maskless,  at one of the Hyatt’s in Phoenix to plead his case for Trump. Three days later he was hospitalized with Covid. ‘Out of abundance of caution’ buildings are closed, but our Governor still will not issue a mask mandate…something about allowing the people of AZ to do the right thing.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Mary was born on December 25th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

 

Historical Events

1854 – Pope Pius IX proclaimed that the Immaculate Conception, was Roman Catholic dogma, stating that Mary was conceived without ‘original sin.’

1881 – A fire at the Ring Theater in Vienna, Austria, killed over 600 people.

1896 – Lemon Squeezer patent (# 572,849) was issued to the Black-American inventor J.T. White.

1931 – AT&T gained the patent for coaxial cable (#1,835,031)

1941 – Almost everyone in the US Congress voted to go to war with Japan. Montana’s Jeanette Rankin was the only person to vote against it.

1941 – The Chinese government announced that they would back the allies, the United States and Great Britain against Germany, Italy, and Japan.

1982 – Sophie’s Choice, starring Meryl Streep, opened in theaters.

1983 – England’s House of Lords voted in favor of allowing cameras to broadcast live television proceedings from its chamber.

1993 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico, and the United States, was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.

1987 – Frank Vitkovic entered the Melbourne Queen Street Post Office and opened fire on customers and staff with a sawed-off shotgun, killing eight before killing himself. One of the earliest instances of ‘going postal’ also happened in Australia in 1926.

1994 – A new element (#111) was created, named unununium, symbol ‘Uuu’

1995 – The Grateful Dead announced they were breaking up after 30 years, a few months after the death of bandmate Jerry Garcia.

2010 With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.

2018 US President Donald Trump announces John Kelly will be stepping down as White House Chief of Staff at the end of the year

2019 Polar explorers Mike Horn and Børge Ousland complete an 1,800 km (1,118 miles) journey on drifting ice in darkness in the Arctic

 

Birthdays Today

@85 – William C. Durant, American businessman, founder of General Motors and Chevrolet (d. 1947)

@83 – Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 2014)

@72 – David Carradine, American actor (d. 2009; accidental suicide)

@70 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, and educator (d. 1957)

@69 – Gregg Allman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 2017, cancer)

67 – Kim Basinger, American actress

@66 – James Thurber, American humorist, and cartoonist (d. 1961; blood clot)

@64 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976; heart attaqck)

@64 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, dancer (d. 1990; throat cancer)

@59 – Eli Whitney, engineer, and inventor- Cotton Gin (d. 1825; prostate cancer)

59<?> – Ann Coulter, American author

56 – Teri Hatcher, American actress

54 – Sinéad O’Connor, Irish singer-songwriter

@44 – Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587; executed)

@43 – E.C. Segar, American cartoonist, creator of Popeye (d. 1938; cancer)

38 – Nicki Minaj [Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty], Trinidadian-American rapper, actress

@27 – Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter, 27 Club (died in 1971)

 

Puzzle Answer

Mary lives in the southern hemisphere. 

Enjoy the Holiday