Jan 7

 

2021…at last

Jan 7, 2021  Week: 1  Day: 7	Local:  H 42°\ L 19°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   5mph\Gusts:8mph	Nearest lightning: 899mi.; Active fire: 59mi
Moderate Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: 65°[1914]   Record: -17°[1913]	Jan Averages: 44°/-16° (4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

James M. Barrie

Random Tidbits

The name for January comes from the Roman god, Janus, who is always depicted with two heads. He uses one head to look back on the year before, and the other head to look forward into the New Year!

Originally, the Roman calendar had only 10 months, and it excluded January and February.

King Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, is responsible for adding both January and February to the Roman calendar. He did it so calendars would be equivalent to a lunar year. Even so, it only had 30 days.

Finally, Julius Caesar added a 31st day to the month and completed it to the full month of January we practice now!

A Little Humor

-I nevur make the same mistake twice. NEVUR

Q: What do cars do at the disco? Brake dance...

-I never picked my nose. I was born with it

True Things

Free pistol with set of golf clubs

An Arizona man who was surveying the bag of a recently purchased used set of golf clubs says he found a loaded pistol inside one of its pouches. Mel Grewing and his wife, Cheryl, originally spotted the clubs in a thrift store in Sedona. Though he already owned a set, Grewing purchased the clubs and brought them to the couple's seasonal home in Bullhead City. While searching the golf bag's pouches for extra balls, tees and other accessories, Grewing says he found a Browning Arms .22-calber match-shooting pistol. A loaded magazine was inserted and the safety was off, he said. "If a child would have pulled that out and pulled the trigger, something (tragic) could have happened," Grewing said. The Grewings already own similar firearms and say they are recreational target shooters. The couple took the pistol to the Bullhead City Police Department, which found through a search of federal databases that the weapon was not reported stolen and was not registered to an owner. Grewing said he and his wife would keep the gun. "If no owner is located or contact attempts have failed, the gun may be released to its finder," department spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said.

Interestng facts about AZ

Ø Arizona's disparate climate can yield both the highest temperature across the nation and the lowest temperature across the nation in the same day.

Ø There are more wilderness areas in Arizona than in the entire Midwest. Arizona alone has 90 wilderness areas, while the Midwest has 50.

Ø Arizona has 26 peaks that are more than 10,000 feet in elevation.

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

Harlem Globetrotter's Day
I Am A Mentor Day Link
I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day
International Programmers' Day 
National Bobblehead Day

Old Rock Day Link
Orthodox Christmas
National Bobblehead Day Link
National Tempura Day Link 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A tad chilly today, but livable.

The time has come to deal with political contributions. The Georgia run-off garnered over $1/2 billion dollars spent. It sure looks to me like money is buying votes indirectly. It looks like the Dems pulled it off, but at what cost?

I am sitting in awe at what is happening at my Nation’s capital. Reps and Senators sent to a secure basement while in session. Will today be the final straw? Probably not, as I have seen many ‘final straws’ and none have broke the camel’s back.  Shot’s fired…seriously.

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What can travel the world while staying in one corner? 

Historical Events

1608 – Fire destroyed the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia

1610 – Galileo Galilei made his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa,

1714 – The world’s first patent (#395) for a “Machine for Transcribing Letters” was granted in England by Queen Anne to Henry Mill. This first planned typewriter was never actually produced.

1927 – Commercial telephone service, via radio, began between New York and London.

1929 – Drawn by Hal Foster, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan comic strip 1st appeared

1929 – Buck Rogers, illustrate by Dick Calkins, appeared in newspaper comics.

1927 – The Harlem Globetrotters played their first game in Hinkley, Ill.

1980 – President Jimmy Carter authorized legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.

1990 – The Leaning Tower of Piza was closed, citing safety concerns, and after some repairs, reopened on June 16, 2001.

2002 – The Apple iBook was released.

2015 – Two terrorists attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo Magazine in Paris, killing twelve people, and wounding eleven others.

Birthdays Today

@74 – Millard Fillmore, 13th President (d. 1874; stroke)

73 – Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter

65 – David Caruso, American actor

64 – Katie Couric, American television journalist

58 – Rand Paul, American ophthalmologist, politician

57 – Nicolas Cage, American actor

8 – Blue Ivy Carter, daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z

Puzzle Answer

A stamp