Nov 7

 

Week: 46 Day: 311 Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   64°\ 32° Wind: 6mph\ Gusts: 10mph High risk of fire Active fire: 162mi. \ Lightning: 1555mi. Nov Averages: 51°\23° (3 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

25-11/11	World Origami Days
1-7	National Fig Week World Communication Week
5-7	National Farm Toy Show Days
7-13	International Games Week (Libraries) Link Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Link National Radiologic Technology Week Link   National Book Awards Week National Nurse Practioner's Week Link  Link Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week   Link World Kindness Week   Link
7-14	Dear Santa Letter Week Give Wildlife A Brake! Week Link  National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week  Link    Polar Bear Week

 

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 

Trivia

The language of WW I "Lousy" and "crummy" both referred to being infested with lice, while "fed up" emerged as a widespread expression of weariness among the men. "Snapshot" came from a quickly aimed and taken rifle shot, and "wash out" described a process by which aspiring officers who failed their commissions and were sent back to their regiments, or "washed out".   The French term souvenir replaced keepsake as the primary word for a memento, following exchanges with the locals, while officers being sacked were said to have "come ungummed" from the French "degommer", to dismiss. This quickly developed into "come unstuck".

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another nice fall day. The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure compromise bill passed the House and is headed to the President for signature. Lots of good programs are on the way. I wish it had been more. Tonight is the end of Daylight Savings Time for many. I’m not involved so enjoy setting back your clocks. My belief is let the planet and the sun do their thing. No need for humans to try and be more powerful than nature. I get that we all must watch out for any government overreach. It looks like 26 states, AZ included, are suing the Biden administration for overreach is his latest mask mandate. I just don’t get the anti-mask people. I think they are taking ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ a bit far. I’m more of ‘I have obligations’ than a ‘I have rights’ guy.

 

 

Historical Events

1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition first sights the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River 1811 – The Battle of Tippecanoe took place in the Indiana territory. Thomas Nast used The Elephant for the first time as the Republican symbol in Harper’s Weekly magazine (1874) 1916 Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Montana) is elected to Congress as its first woman Representative 1917 – The Bolshevik Revolution began in Petrograd, Russia. 1962 – Richard M. Nixon, at a press conference, said “You don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.” 1989 – Douglas Wilder became the elected African-American governor in the US The London Gazette, the oldest ongoing publication (UK), was first published in 1665. 2000 Controversial US presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore is inconclusive; the result, in Bush's favor, is eventually resolved by the Supreme Court 2018 World's oldest figurative painting of a beast at least 40,000 years old identified in Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave, Indonesian Borneo 2019 Humans 1st walked upright 12 million years ago (not 6 million as previously thought), according to study a new species of ape found in Bavaria, Germany, published in "Nature"

 

Birthdays Today

@99 @76 78 @66 @60   @46   41 25

– Billy Graham, American minister and author (d. 2018) – Al Hirt, American trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1999; liver failure) – Joni Mitchell, Canadian Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist – Marie Curie, Polish chemist, physicist Nobel Prize laureate, (d. 1934; radiation) – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist, politician, founded the Red Army, (d. 1940; assassinated) – Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960; auto accident) – Amy Purdy, American actress, model, and snowboarder – Lorde, New Zealand Singer/Songwriter