Jan 15

 

2021…at last

Jan  15, 2021  Week: 2  Day: 15	Local:  H 54°\ L 26°\Ave. Sky Cover: 15%
Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  15mph	Today’s Ave. Temp.: H 42°\ L 17°
Nearest lightning: 1542mi.; Active fire: 59mi	Moderate  Risk of Fire           Visibility:  10mi
Record: 65°[1943]   Record: -12°[1937]	Jan Averages: 44°/16° (4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Leigh Hunt

 

Random Tidbits

According to legend, tea was discovered in 2737 B.C. by Chinese Emperor Shen-Nung, known as the "Divine Healer." Purportedly, he discovered the beverage when tea leaves accidentally blew into his pot of boiling water.

China is the world's largest producer of tea. In 2009, China produced 1,359,000 tons; India was second with 979,000 tons.

A Little Humor

After I changed my car horn to ‘gun shots’, people get out of my way a lot faster

Quarantine: I ate 11 times and took 5 naps and it is still today.

True Things

Be Careful What You Ask For

If you give a woman a taser and ask her to use it on you, don't be surprised when she tasers you! A Utah man is accused of assaulting a woman he allegedly asked to use a taser on him when he had panic attacks, police reported. Ashten Lawrence, 20, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on charges of assault aggravated assault according to a probable cause affidavit. During an argument Lawrence began to have a panic attack. A woman told police that Lawrence had got her a taser for Christmas and "told her to use it on him if he ever went into a panic attack because he would become violent during said panic attacks," the affidavit states. The woman said she feared for her safety and used the taser on the back of Lawrence's neck. The affidavit states Lawrence became angry and allegedly hit her multiple times.

Interestng facts about AZ

Ø If you cut down a protected species of cactus in Arizona, you could spend more than a year in prison.

Ø South Mountain Park/Preserve in Phoenix is the largest municipal park in the country.

Ø Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, located about 55 miles west of Phoenix, generates more electricity than any other U.S. power plant.

 

Weekly Observations

National Mocktail Week	10-16
Cuckoo Dancing Week	11-17
No Tillage Week	15-21

 

Today’s Observations

Alpha Kappa Alpha Day
Bagel and Lox Day

Bean Day Link
Humanitarian Day 

International Fetish Day
National Bagel Day Link  
National Booch Day Link
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day
National Hat Day

National Strawberry Ice Cream Day

Thank Your Mentor Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Politics is just getting dirtier and dirtier. A Representative is saying that the panic button in her office was removed just before the insurgence. It had been placed there after she had received threats. Hmmm

There will be 20,000 National Guard at the inauguration. That is more soldiers than we currently have in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iran. This is very serious.

After this impeachment Trump made a video to end the violence. I hope it works.

Here we must sign up for the vaccine. All appointments for January and February are filled. I hope my PCP has a plan when I have my appointment next week.

It has warmed up nicely today…easy to take a walk in the neighborhood.

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

Historical Events

1759 – The British Museum, in Bloomsbury, London, the world’s oldest public national museum, opened to the public.

1861 – The Steam elevator was patented by Elisha Otis.

1863 – Woodpulp paper was first used in the US for a printed newspaper by the Boston Morning Herald of Boston.

1870 – The Donkey was 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper’s Weekly, drawn by Thomas Nast.

1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, was incorporated in Atlanta.

1895 – Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake” premiered in St. Petersburg.

1919 – The Boston Molasses Disaster – a huge vat of molasses broke open at the Purity Distilling Company and flooded a Boston neighborhood. 21 were killed.

1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, two stories built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, was completed in Toledo, Ohio.

1951 – The US Supreme Court ruled that “clear and present danger” of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest.

1967 – The inaugural Super Bowl was simulcast on CBS and NBC. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35 – 10.

1967 – The Rolling Stones appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, and did not sing “Let’s Spend Some time Together” as planned.

1975 – Space Mountain opened at Disney World (Florida)

1977 – The Coneheads debuted on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Also, Bill Murray joined the cast of SNL, replacing Chevy Chase

1978 – Superbowl XII aired on CBS, the first night-time Superbowl

2001- Wikipedia debuted online.

2009 – US Airways flight 1549 landed safely in the Hudson River, NY, thanks to Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.

2016 American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan unveils newest exhibit replica skeleton of a Titanosaur dinosaur (found 2010 Argentina), largest known dinosaur at 70 tons, 37m

2018 Pope Francis arrives in Chile for a three-day visit amid child sexual abuse claims against church clergy

2019 Beginning of humanity's largest gathering, the Kumbh Mela Hindu festival with 15 million people bathing at the joining of Ganges and Yamuna rivers, India. 120 million expected over next 49 days.

2019 Witness in El Chapo trial claims former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted $100 million bribe from the drug cartel head

2019 Plastic will outweigh fish in the world's oceans by 2050 according to report by the World Economic Forum

Birthdays Today

@95 – Edward Teller, Hangarian-American physicist (died in 2003)

@51 (baptized) – Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), French actor, playwright (d. 1673; TB)

42 – Drew Brees, American football player

40 – Pitbull (Armando Christian Pérez), American rapper and producer

@39 – Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister, activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968; assassinated)

Puzzle Answer

A window.