Jan 6

 

2021…at last

Jan 6, 2021  Week: 1  Day: 6	Local:  H 47°\ L  19°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:11mph\Gusts: 15mph	Nearest lightning: 1411mi.; Active fire: 59mi
Moderate Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: 61°[1969] Record: -18°1910]	Jan Averages: 44°/\16° (4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

Michelangelo

Random Tidbits

The whole reason we have seasons is because the Earth rotates on a tilted axis around the sun. But even though the solstice is the shortest day of the year, the coldest week of winter usually takes place the third or fourth week of January. That's because the planet is o big, it takes several weeks to fully react to the loss of daylight.

The solstice is considered astronomical winter. Meteorological winter is a three month period that runs from December 1st to the end of February. It is the coldest three-month period of the year in the northern hemisphere.

We have lost a lot of daylight since the first day of astronomical summer back in June - six hours of it. The speed at which we gain and lose daylight increases towards the equinoxes, and then slows down at the solstices.

There is only around nine hours of possible daylight this time of year. We will only gain a few seconds of it each day for the rest of the week. But we will be gaining a minute a day by the end of January's first week, and two minutes a day by the fourth week.

A Little Humor

Q: How much do cosmetics sell for? Face value...

 

-I've been developing a photographic memory

True Things

Australian woman assaults officer with breast milk

An Australian woman was denied bail after she allegedly squirted breast milk on a police officer's head, arms and clothes. Authorities said Erica Leeder, 26, of Calista, Western Australia, was being searched at the Fremantle police station after being arrested on an unspecified warrant. Police said Leeder, who was nude from the waist up during the search, grabbed her own breast and squirted milk onto the forehead, arms and clothes of the female officer conducting the search. Leeder appeared in Fremantle Magistrate's Court on a charge of assaulting a public officer. She was denied bail and ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to her next court appearance. The magistrate said a previous conviction for assaulting a police officer factored into the decision to deny bail. The Western Australia Police Union said the assault charge from the incident was partially due to the possibility of spreading disease from the breast milk.

NEW  Interesting facts about AZ

·        Arizona has 3,928 mountain peaks and summits, more mountains than any one of the other Mountain States (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming).

·        All New England, plus the state of Pennsylvania would fit inside Arizona.

·        Arizona became the 48th state and last of the contiguous states on February 14, 1912.

Weekly Observations

Diet Resolution Week	1-7
Silent Record Week	1-7
New Year's Resolutions Week	1-8  Link
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week	2-8
National Personal Trainer Awareness Week [cancelled]	2-9
Home Office Safety and Security Week Link National Folic Acid Awareness Week Link Dating & Life Coaches Recognition Week National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week	3-9
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week International Consumer Electronics Show National Soccer Coaches of America Week	6-10

 

Today’s Observations

Apple Tree Day

Armenian Christmas
Cuddle Up Day

Epiphany
National Bean Day

National Shortbread Day  Link
National Technology Day  Link
Take a Poet to Lunch Day

Three Kings Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It is turning into a genuinely nice winter day. I took a nice walk this morning.

While I have added a new topic, Interesting Things about AZ it is being done to educate, not to encourage people to move to our state. AZ is growing much too fast.

I caught up with Mary today, on the phone. She is finishing her 8^th quilt since Covid began. She gave in and went to Phoenix for Christmas, but social distanced and wore a mask. She had Christmas Dinner outside, on her son’s patio/deck, at small tables, with relatives. Those who lived together had their own table and the nearest table was 6’ away. A cook plated all the food. A dinner to remember.

No matter how the Georgia election turns out, our country will survive. This is not the country’s first rodeo. It is time for Congress to step up, get a national plan for inoculation, help those suffering, and hungry.

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Two sailors stand on opposite sides of the ship.

One looks to the West, one looks to the East yet they can see each other clearly.

How?

Historical Events

1838 – Samuel Morse made the 1st public demonstration of the telegraph in New Jersey.

1839 – The Night of the Big Wind swept across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.

1912 – New Mexico became the 47th state.

1930 – The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York

1941 – FDR gave his “4 Freedoms” speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear)

1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time began nearly four months early in the United States.

1994 – Olympic Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked when Tonya Harding’s husband and bodyguard hired Shane Stant to break her legs. Kerrigan finished in second place, Harding in 8th for the event.

1996 – US Northeast Blizzard of 1996

2014 Truce begins between Free Syrian Army and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in northern Damascus

2016 North Korea states that they have successfully conducted their fourth nuclear test, saying it was a hydrogen bomb in a claim disputed by most international experts

Birthdays Today

@89 – Carl Sandburg, American poet, and historian (d. 1967)

@88 – Earl Scruggs, American banjo player, wrote Foggy Mountain Breakdown (d. 2012)

@87 – Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)

@80 – John DeLorean, American engineer, and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005)

@79 – Danny Thomas, American actor and humanitarian; founded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (d. 1991; heart failure)

@69 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress (d. 2013; pancreatic cancer)

66 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedic actor, Mr. Bean

@60 – Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 2006; pancreatic cancer)

51 – Julie Chen, American television journalist

@48 – Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (d. 1931; TB/cirrhosis)

37 – Kate McKinnon, American comedic actress

37 -- Hilaria Thomas Baldwin, actress in the news

37 – Eric Trump

@19 – Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (d. 1431; executed) 

Puzzle Answer

They stand with their backs against the sides of the ship so they could each other.