Jan 14

 

2021…at last

Jan 14, 2021  Week: 2  Day: 14	Local:  H 50°\ L 25°\Ave. Sky Cover: 35%
Wind:  2 mph\Gusts:  4mph	Today’s Ave. Temp.: H 42°\ L 17°
Nearest lightning:2044mi.; Active fire:  59mi	High Risk of Fire           Visibility:  10mi
Record: 65°[1943]   Record: -15°[2017]	Jan Averages: 44°/16° (4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.

-Hal Borland

Random Tidbits

Deadly Plant: Oleander

This extremely common evergreen shrub is one of the most poisonous plants in the world. The leaves, flowers and fruit contain cardiac glycosides, which have therapeutic applications but are likely to send someone into cardiac arrest should he eat part of the plant.

 

Deadly Plant: Mala Mujer

Mala mujer, which translates to "bad woman," can be found in parts of the southwest and Mexico and is covered with nasty thorns, which could be turned into makeshift barbwire if needed. The real danger, however, comes from the caustic, milky sap that can leak from the plant. The sap, a common feature among many plants in the Euphorbia genus, can cause painful skin irritations and unsightly discoloration.

A Little Humor

You come from dust, you return to dust…that’s why I don’t dust, it might be someone I knew.

 

I just stepped on a cornflake. Now I’m an official cereal killer

Interestng facts about AZ

Ø The world's largest to-scale collection of miniature airplane models is housed at the library at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.

Ø The only place in the country where mail is delivered by mule is the village of Supai, located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Ø Located on Arizona's western border, Parker Dam is the deepest dam in the world at 320 feet.

Weekly Observations

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

 

Today’s Observations

Asarah B'Tevet: 12-14

Caesarean Section Day
Dress Up Your Pet Day Link 
International Kite Day
National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day

Organize Your Home Day Link
Ratification Day
World Logic Day

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Mid-week and it is finally warming up.

Lots of people are talking about the impeachment…that is about all that is on TV’s alphabet channels. Sadly, this is not uniting the country. The division in our country continues to grow. Sad. As this goes on the current administration is working overtime to get rid of environmental and immigration rules. Even sadder.

Pelosi ordered metal detectors at the door into the House chambers after the breech last week. Republicans were outraged, and some refused a search after setting off the alarm. Despicable.

The AIA (AZ Interscholastic Assoc] met yesterday and reversed it’s decision on canceling winter sports. Games and matches will be held, with only 2 parents of the home team allowed to be in attendance. Masks are required. Good news for HS senior athletes, I hope it works.

AZ is very slow in distributing the vaccine. Looks like 65–74-year-olds will start getting it in February. Disappointed, but not surprised.

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

My voice is tender, my waist is slender, and I’m often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I?

Historical Events

1690 – The Clarinet was invented in Nurnberg, Germany

1878 – U.S. Supreme Court rules that race separation on trains is unconstitutional

1914 – Henry Ford opened his assembly-line Model-T factory

1952 – NBC’s Today Show debuted.

1954 – NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio married actress Marilyn Monroe.

1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.

1967 – The Summer of Love took place, starting at San Francisco’s ‘The Human Be-In.’

1973 – The Miami Dolphins complete the first undefeated season by winning Superbowl VII.

1973 – Elvis Presley’s Aloha From Hawaii Special, was seen by over 1 billion viewers. Since it was on the same day as Superbowl VII, it was shown later (April 3, 1973) in the US.

1981 – FCC ended limitation on TV commercials.

1989 1,000 Muslims burn Salman Rushdie's' "Satanic Verses" in Bradford, England

1995 Mexico pledges profits from state-owned Pemex's $7-billion-per-year oil revenues in an effort to secure US congressional approval of loan guarantees; President Clinton approves a $20-billion U.S. aid package for Mexico

2007 Legendary Russian test pilot Marina Popovich is awarded the honorary title "The Hero of the Nation" by the Russian Federation

2019 US President Donald Trump denies he is a Russian agent after NY Times article states the FBI started an investigation and the Washington Post raised issues over a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin

2020 US game show Jeopardy "greatest of all time" tournament won by Ken Jennings

 

Birthdays Today

@100 – Hal Roach, American director, producer (d. 1992)

@92 – Andy Rooney, journalist, critic, television personality (d. 2011)

@90 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

83 – Jack Jones, American singer, actor

80 – Faye Dunaway, American actress

78 – Holland Taylor, TV actor

@77 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992; cancer)

@75 – Julian Bond, American academic, politician (d. 2015; vascular disease)

69 – Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author

@60 – Benedict Arnold, American-British general (d. 1801; dropsy)

57 – Shepard Smith, American television journalist

@53 – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE; suicide)

53 – LL Cool J (James Todd Smith), American rapper and actor

52 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer

Puzzle Answer

A violin.