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Dec 13, 2020
Week: 51 Day: 348 |
Local: H 35°\ L 13°\Average Sky Cover: 90% |
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Wind: 3mph\Gusts: 9mph |
Nearest lightning: 1269mi.; Active fire: 59mi |
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Very Low Risk of Fire |
Visibility:
10mi |
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Record: 67°[2010] Record: -19°[1931]
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Nov Averages: 44°/\17° (5 days with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
We make a living by
what we get,
but we make a life by
what we give.
Winston Churchill
Random
Tidbits
At 1,626,000 sq meters, Angkor Wat is the
largest religious monument ever constructed. The entire ancient city was built
with 5 to 10 million stone blocks, more than all the pyramids of Egypt combined
A
little humor
So…Cats spend two thirds of their lives sleeping- & the other third
making viral videos
Carpenters are only in it for them shelves.
True
Things
A
Canadian YouTuber earned a Guinness World Record by taking his engineering
skills to a galaxy far, far away, and building the world's first retractable
proto-lightsaber.
James
Hobson said he and his team at Hacksmith Industries were inspired by the Star
Wars films to create their own version of a retractable plasma lightsaber.
The
lightsaber has a hilt designed to resemble those used by the Jedi Knights, but
is attached to tanks of liquid propane gas and oxygen gas to create the high
level of heat required to make the plasma beam. The "blade" can be
extended and retracted with the push of a button.
The
innovation earned Hobson a Guinness World Record for creating the world's first
retractable proto-lightsaber. The video shared by Guinness shows Hobson using
the lightsaber to cut though objects including a Stormtrooper mannequin and
various metals.
Observations
This Week
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Human Rights Week:………………………………….. |
10-17 |
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Gluten-free Baking Week:……………………………
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12-18 |
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Cookie Exchange Week:……………………………… |
13-17 |
Observations
for Today
National Guard Birthday Link
National Popcorn String Day
My
Rambling Thoughts
It is overcast and raining on and off. The wind makes it feel like the
mid-20’s. If we must have a chill, the least we want is a lot of moisture to go
with it. A good day to enjoy Netflix.
Our newly elected Mayor is in trouble with the city council before he
is even sworn in. He posted on FB that the swearing in would be virtual, due to
Covid. The council sez that such a change must be brought before the Council
before it can be done. They met virtually to discuss. The council decided it
was up to each council member if they wished to be sworn in virtually or at city
hall with proper Covid protocols. The newly elected Mayor apologized for the ‘miscommunication’.
Our mayor has extraordinarily little power without Council approval. It has
been that way forever and every new mayor quickly learns that lesson. Unfortunately,
new mayors never seem to remember that until it hits him/her in the face.
I just got a notice that police have been called to a local park, that
is adjacent to the National Forest. It seems a guy is bowhunting within city limits.
Crazy!
I am very enthused that Project Warp Speed has brought us a vaccine to
stop the virus. A big thank you to all the science people who found a way to
work with the government to make it happen. Now if everyone will get the vaccine,
wear masks and keep a 6’ distance, we will beat this. Trump really helped pull
this one off.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
You are a cyclist in a
cross-country race. Just before the crossing finish line, you overtake the
person in second place. In what place did you finish?
Historical
Events
1545 – The Council of Trent began; it was the planning of responding
to the Protestant Movement, by the Catholic Church.
1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organized militia regiments to
defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. It is considered the founding of
the United States National Guard.
1769 – Dartmouth College was founded by Reverend Eleazar Wheelock.
1920 – League of Nations established the International Court of
Justice in The Hague.
1928 – The clip-on tie was invented in Clinton, Iowa
1928 – George Gershwin’s An American In Paris premiered in Carnegie
Hall, with Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Philharmonic.
1947 – Maine Turnpike (I-95) opened.
1962 – Relay I, the first U.S. communications satellite was launched.
2000 – Al Gore conceded the presidential election to George W. Bush. A
later investigation, counting the pivotal Florida votes, indicated that Bush
did win the election, by a few hundred votes.
2003 – Saddam Hussein was captured near his hometown of Tikrit, Iraq.
2014 A civil rights protest march in Washington, D.C. takes place,
against the police killing of unarmed black men
2017 Prehistoric bones of a penguin as tall as a human (1.77m) found
on Otago beach, New Zealand, reported in "Nature Communications"
2018 US Senate passes non-binding "war powers resolution"
against long-term ally Saudi Arabia
2018 Apple announces new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas and
expansion in other US cities
Birthdays
Today
95 – Dick Van Dyke,
American actor, singer, and dancer
91 – Christopher Plummer,
Canadian actor
79 – John Davidson,
American actor, and game show host
@77 – Richard D. Zanuck,
American film producer (d. 2012; heart attack)
72 – Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter,
American guitarist,
72 – Ted Nugent, American
singer-songwriter
70 – Wendy Malick,
American actress
@63 – Mary Todd Lincoln,
16th First Lady (d. 1882; stroke)
63 – Steve Buscemi, actor
53 – Jamie Foxx, American
actor, and comedian
32 – Rickie Fowler, Navajo
PGA golfer
31 – Taylor Swift,
American singer-songwriter
Puzzle
Answer
2nd place. If
you pass the person in second, you take second place, and they become third.
Enjoy the Holiday
