Feb 4

 

 

Feb  4, 2021  Week: 5  Day: 35	Local:  H 50°\ L 23°\Ave. Sky Cover:50%
Wind:   10mph\Gusts:  19mph	Very Low Risk of Fire   Active fire:  59mi
Nearest lightning:  1081mi.	Record: 64°[1963]Record:-16°[1955]
Visibility:  10mi	Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.

Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"

Random Tidbits

In the 1906 Olympics, male competitors fired dueling pistols at plaster dummies from 20m and 30m. In 1908 pistol dueling was demonstrated as part of the concurrent Franco-British Exhibition, using the Olympic fencing arena and in front of invited guests. The competition involved two male competitors firing at each other with dueling pistols loaded with wax bullets and wearing protective equipment for the torso, face, and hands. Teams were sent by countries including France, the UK and the USA. The competition was won by the French team of Major Ferrus, J Marais and J Rouvcanachi.

A Little Humor

Laugh of the Day
Q What do you call a dancing cow? A milkshake.

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I used to be a banker but I lost interest

True Things

It's Bigfoot season

An Oklahoma state representative introduced a bill that would establish a hunting season for one of the state's most infamous species of alleged native wildlife: Bigfoot. Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-District 19, introduced a bill to the state legislature that would call on the Oklahoma Wildlife Commission to designate a Bigfoot hunting season. The mythical ape has been the subject of numerous sightings in southern Oklahoma for years, and the region hosts an annual Bigfoot festival for fans of the cryptid. "The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall promulgate rules establishing a Bigfoot hunting season. The Commission shall set annual season dates and create any necessary specific hunting licenses and fees," the bill states. The bill, if passed by the legislature and signed by the governor, would take effect Nov. 1.

Monthly Observations

 

National African American History Month National African American Read-In  National Bird Feeding Month National Black History Month National Canned Food Month Link National Care About Your Indoor Air Month National Cherry Month National Condom Month  National Children's Dental Health Month National Embroidery Month National Enrolled Agents Month National Goat Yoga Month National Green Week

 

Weekly Observations

Sundance Film Festival	28-2/7
Catholic Schools Week	31-2/6
Meat Week	31-2/6
National School Counseling Week  Link International Networking Week   Pride in Foodservice Week  Link Tax Identity Theft Week Link	1-5
Cordova Ice Worm Days: Link	1-6
African Heritage & Health Week: Children's Mental Health Week   Link  Tinnitus Awareness Week  Link   Women's Heart Week	1-7
American Camp Week	2-4
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week National Stationery Week: Cancelled Publicity for Profit Week	2-8

 

Today’s Observations

Create a Vacuum Day
Facebook's Birthday
Liberace Day
Medjoola Date Day
National Hemp Day Link
National Homemade Soup Day
National Stuffed Mushroom Day

National Sweater Day  Link

Pork Rind Appreciation Day

Quacker Day
Thank Your Mailman Day
USO Day [founded in 1941]
World Cancer Day Link 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Snow is melting quickly. Parking lot has very little snow either. Nice!

This weather hasn’t stopped the smoke from pile burns around the mountain. It is a good way to clean up the forest, better than raking. It is a little unnerving to see plumes of smoke on the mountain. It even had the Forest Service issue an alert that it is not necessary to call them or the fire department regarding the pile burns.  Yesterday I counted 4 huge plumes of smoke on my side of the mountain.

Months ago, the Census was slowed with Covid, and then with Trump. Now, the Census Bureau is requesting more time before releasing information. This has placed many states in a bind. They have a legal deadline to draw new Congressional Districts based on the 2020 census. Without information they can’t draw lines. Many states have a deadline, which now will not be reached. State legislatures have to amend current law. It is made even more difficult because the Census Bureau hasn’t given itself a date to release the information. This is all because the previous administration believed that ‘count every person’ meant ‘do not count illegal immigrants’. What a mess.

A friend recently lost his father to Covid. The funeral home places the body in a special bag in a special sealed casket and will hold the service in the mortuary parking lot with social distancing. Only 10 people can attend the burial. My friend’s boss is genuinely concerned about Covid and may decide to fire my friend if he attends the funeral. The family has said they understand if he does not attend. What a decision for a family member to have to make. Sad.

From our Ethiopian guide: "In a caravan, it is the first camel who delays the rest; however, the last one gets all the beatings."-Ethiopian Proverb

Daily Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?

Historical Events

1169 – A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing over 15,000 deaths, especially in Catania, Lentini and Modica.

1703 – In Edo (Japan), 46 of the 47 Ronin committed seppuku (ritual suicide) for avenging their master’s death.

1783 – Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its American colonies, the United States.

1789 – George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States by the Electoral College.

1801 – John Marshall was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.

1825 – The Ohio Legislature authorized the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal

1826 – The Last of the Mohicans by James Fennimore Cooper was published.

1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in Egypt.

1922 – Ford Motor Company acquired the failing luxury automaker Lincoln Motor Company for $8 million.

1932 – The Winter Olympics were held in the United States at Lake Placid, NY.

1936 – Radium (Ra) became the first radioactive element to be synthetically made.

1938 – Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs was released by Walt Disney.

1941 – Roy Plunkett received the patent (#2,230,654) for Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers’ (Teflon)

1941 – The USO (United Services Organization) was founded.

1948 – Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.

1957 – Smith-Corona began selling portable electric typewriters.

1961 – The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, and Montgomery Clift, was released by United Artists

1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army abducted 19-year-old Patty Hearst.

1983 – Singer Karen Carpenter died of anorexia.

1985 – President Ronald Reagan’s defense budget called for a tripling of the expenditure on the “Star Wars” research program.

1991 – Pete Rose (aka Charlie Hustle) was banned ‘for life’ from the Baseball Hall of Fame since he used to illegally gamble on games.

1997 – A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman’s parents were awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages.

2004 – Facebook launched as “TheFacebook.com”

2014 – The last living WWI veteran was British citizen Florence Beatrice Green who passed away on February 4th, 2012. She was 110 years old. She last living WWI veteran was British citizen Florence Beatrice Green who passed away on February 4th, 2012. She was 110 years old.

2013 Paris, France annuls 213-year-old law banning women from wearing trousers

2016 Morocco's Mohammed VI switches on world's largest solar plant near Ouarzazate. Planned to power 1 million homes when fully completed 2018

Birthdays Today

@92 – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005)

74 – Dan Quayle, American politician, 44th Vice President of the United States

73 – Alice Cooper [Vincent Damon Furnier], American singer-songwriter

@72 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (d. 1974; lymphoma)

51 – Hunter Biden, Business Exec.

48 – Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer

Puzzle Answer

A calendar