Jan 28

 

2021…at last

Jan  28, 2021  Week: 4  Day: 28	Local:  H 35°\ L 7°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   4mph\Gusts:  8mph	Today’s Historic Ave. Temp.: H 43°\ L 18°
Nearest lightning: 790 mi.; Active fire:  59mi	Low Risk of Fire           Visibility:  10mi
Record: 63°[1986]   Record: -13°[1918]	Jan Averages: 44°/16° (4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.

~Andy Goldsworthy

Random Tidbits

Kennedy was the last president to sport a top hat at his inauguration in 1961. No-nonsense Lyndon Johnson left the fashion statement off the guest list in 1965, thereby depriving the world of what would surely have been hilarious photos of LBJ in a ridiculous hat.

A Little Humor

Q Why did the accountant go crazy?

He started to hear invoices in his head.

…

Times New Roman- Calibri and Arial walk into a bar and the bartender says- “Sorry- we don’t serve your type here.“

…

FB post: Seeking one night stand…possibly two because I have 2 lamps.

Weekly Observations

Clean Out Your Inbox Week Idiom Week  National School Choice Week  Link  Snowcare for Troops Week Ally Week Link National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week	24-30
National Medical Group Practice Week: Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering Cancelled	25-30
International Hoof-Care Week  Link	26-29
National Mentoring Summit Link	27-29
Sundance Film Festival	28-2/7
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days Angouleme International Comics Festival  Link	28-31

 

Today’s Observations

Data Privacy Day Link  Link
Daisy Day

Fun at Work Day

National Blueberry Pancake Day

National Kazoo Day Link
National Pediatrician Day
Rubber Ducky Day  Link  Link  
Thank A Plugin Developer Day Link

World Leprosy Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The sunshine has returned. It has been greatly missed for about 4 days. Still too cold for much melting, but at least snow isn’t falling. We need the moisture, and the last part of the storm was dry powder…great for skiing, not a lot of help for the forest.  The weather guy says to expect more snow on Friday.

When I dug my vehicle out yesterday, there was a lot of ice under the powder, making it harder to dig out, but good for the forest. One of my Navajo neighbors dug out his vehicle and the snow pile between my vehicle and his. Nice.

One of my friends called last night. His dad is in the hospital with COVID-19 and not doing well. So tired of these kind of phone calls. People in their prime, falling to the virus. I am running out of words.

I keep seeing posts and now IM’s from conservatives I know about how the election was stolen and the impeachment is illegal since he is out of office. We disagree but remain friends…the way it should be.

The 28^th is the 35^th anniversary of the Challenger Shuttle Explosion. I was at Tonalea School and we had just gotten a satellite dish…the only way to get TV there. We brought the 8^th graders into the library and set up 3 TV’s to watch the launch. A day those students and staff will never forget.

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A family has two parents and six sons. Each of the sons has one sister. How many people are in the family?

Historical Events

814 – RIP Charlemagne (April 2, 748 – January 28, 814), the first Holy Roman Emperor.

1782 – The Great Seal of The United States was approved.

1807 – London’s Pall Mall became the first street of any city to be illuminated by gaslight.

1813 – Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was first published.

1902 – The Carnegie Institution of Washington was founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.

1915 – The US Congress created the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.

1934 – The first ski tow rope in the US, built by Robert Royce, was used for the first time in Woodstock, Vermont.

1953 – J. Fred Muggs (a chimp) joined NBC’s Today Show

1958 – The Lego Company patented the design of its Lego bricks.

1979 – CBS News Sunday Morning debuted with original host Charles Kuralt.

1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger 10 exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing astronauts Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik and schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

1998 Michelangelo's "Christ & the Woman of Samaria" sold for $7.4 million.

2011 Hundreds of thousands of protesters fill the Egyptian's streets against the Hosni Mubarak's regime in demonstrations referred to as the "Friday of Anger".

2014 DNA analysis confirms that the 6th century Plague of Justinian was caused by a variant of Yersinia pestis (the same bacteria for the Black Death)

2017 US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees.

2020 US President Donald Trump releases his Middle East peace plan alongside Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House

Birthdays Today

@63 – Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer (died in 1904)

@84 – Charles Williams Nash, businessman, founded Nash Motors (d.1948)

85 – Alan Alda [Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo], actor, director and writer

53 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter

49 – Amy Coney Barrett, lawyer, Supreme Court Justice

@44 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956; auto accidnet)

@42 – José Julián Martí Pérez, Cuban writer (d. 1895; in battle)

@41 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)

41 – Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter

40 – Elijah Wood, American actor

Puzzle Answer

Nine. Two parents, six sons, one daughter.