Jan 12

 

2021…at last

Jan  12, 2021  Week: 2  Day: 12	Local:  H 35°\ L 12°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   8mph\Gusts:  14mph	Today’s Ave. Temp.: H 42°\ L 17°
Nearest lightning: 1574mi.; Active fire: 59mi	Low Risk of Fire           Visibility:  10mi
Record:59°[2002] Record:-20°[1963]	Jan Averages: 44°/16° (4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind,

and all the land will be mantled with snow.

Roy Bean

Random Tidbits

The word "Checkmate" in Chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the King is dead."

The rook is named from an Arabic word rukh, meaning chariot. This reflects its ability to move quickly in straight lines, but not leap over obstacles. During the Middle Ages, when chariots were no longer in use, the rook was gradually modified to look more like the turret of a castle.

A Little Humor

We have all seen the ‘caution: men at work’ signs. Women are always working and don’t need a sign.

I’m pretty sure the guy who put that first  ‘r’ in February also decided how to spell Wednesday.

True Things

'Kids do find genitals funny.'

The Danish equivalent of the BBC, DR, has a new animated series aimed at four- to eight-year-olds about John Dillermand, the man with the world's longest penis. But it's not just long. His record-breaking genitals can perform rescue operations, etch murals, hoist a flag and even steal ice-cream from children. Unsurprisingly, the series has provoked debate about what good children's television should - and should not - contain. Since premiering, opponents have condemned the idea of a man who cannot control his penis. "Is this really the message we want to send to children while we are in the middle of a huge #MeToo wave?" wrote the Danish author Anne Lise Marstrand-Jorgensen. Erla Heinesen Hojsted, a clinical psychologist who works with families and children, said she believed the show's opponents may be overthinking things. "John Dillermand talks to children and shares their way of thinking - and kids do find genitals funny," she said. DR responded to the latest criticism by saying it could just as easily have made a program "about a woman with no control over her vagina" and that the most important thing was that children enjoyed John Dillermand.

 

Interestng facts about AZ

Ø Arizona grows enough cotton each year to make more than one pair of jeans for every person in the United States.

Ø Famous labor leader and activist Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma.

Ø In 1912, President William Howard Taft was ready to make Arizona a state on February 12, but it was Lincoln's birthday. The next day, the 13th, was considered bad luck so they waited until the following day. That' how Arizona became known as the Valentine State. 

Weekly Observations

National Mocktail Week	10-16
Cuckoo Dancing Week	11-17

 

Today’s Observations

Asarah B'Tevet: 12-14 [Jerusalem under siege]
Curried Chicken Day

Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day

Kiss A Ginger Day Link (Red Heads)
National Curried Chicken Day
National Glazed Doughnut Day

National Hot Tea Day
National Marzipan Day
National Pharmacist Day

National Poetry at Work Day 
National Shop For Travel Day  Link
Pharmacist Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Week is starting off a tad chilly. Winter at 7000’.

The fallout from the siege is getting much more frightening. One Rep leading the impeachment movement in the house got a very cryptic email about a coming civil war if Trump is impeached again. Hold on, it is going to be a bumpy ride.

Last night’s 60 Minutes did an excellent job of explaining the Georgia vote and how there was no fraud. Good work!

While I was at Red Lake, I had many duties, including being the school athletic director and representative at the league meetings. We were a 15-school league of Jr. High public and BIA schools in Western Navajo to make rules, set up all sport’s schedules, and deal with complaints. I mention this because the AIA [AZ Interscholastic Assoc.] is calling an emergency meeting for Wednesday. Turns out their decision to cancel all winter sports has not been well received. Some are saying this is more proof that they are a political organization, not a non-political group enhancing high school athletics. Sad!

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

First I am dried, then I am wet. The longer I swim, the more taste you get.

What am I?

Historical Events

1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.

1926 – Original Sam ‘n’ Henry premiered on WGN (Chicago) radio and later renamed Amos ‘n’ Andy in 1928.

1959 – Motown Records was formed in Detroit.

1965 – Hullabaloo premiered on NBC.

1966 – ABC’s Batman television series premiered.

2001 – National Geographic Channel debuted American cable

2010 (Earthquake) Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killed over 200,000 people.

2017 US President Barack Obama in surprise presentation awards Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

 

Birthdays Today

70 – Kirstie Alley, American actress

70 – Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host

69 – Ricky Van Shelton, American country singer-songwriter

@68 – [Woodward Mauric]Tex Ritter, American actor, singer (d. 1974; heart attack)

67 – Howard Stern, shock jock

@67 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (died in 2011; liver cancer)

57 – Jeff Bezos, American businessman, founded Amazon.com

58 – Rob Zombie (Robert Bartleh Cummings), American singer-songwriter

@40 – Jack London, American novelist,  journalist (d. 1916; dysentery/suicide?)

@39 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902; stroke)

@32 – Ira Hayes, Pima soldier [Iwo Jima] (d. 1955; exposure/alcohol poisoning)

28 – Zayn Malik, English singer-songwriter, One Direction

 

Puzzle Answer

Tea.