Week: 45 Day: 307 Ave. Sky Cover:  25%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   58°\ 33° Wind: 1mph\ Gusts: 8mph Low Moderate High Extreme risk of fire Active fire: mi. \ Lightning: mi. Nov Averages: 51°\23° (3 days w/moisture)

 

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Weekly Observations

 

25-11/11	World Origami Days
1-7	National Fig Week World Communication Week
1-5	National Patient Accessibility Week National Veterans Small Business Week   Link
1-6	World Karaoke Championships Link

 

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 

Trivia

It's fall, which means that everything 'pumpkin' is the thing. Pumpkin lattes, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin scented candles... you name it! The word pumpkin showed up for the first time in the fairy tale Cinderella. A French explorer in 1584 first called them "gros melons," which translates into Latin as "pepon," which means large melon. It wasn't until the 17th century that they were first referred to as pumpkins.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice fall day. That means time for prescribed burns in our forest. I’m expecting some smoke to settle in this afternoon and it will last through the night. A few days ago, I checked on flights to Mexico at Christmas. I went back and checked today and made the reservation. When I first flew there about 8 years ago, it was around $500. Today it was $1001. Prices just keep going up and up. After getting over the sticker shock, I went out to get a haircut. Quick and easy from my favorite stylist. She and her husband are raising 2 grandkids. She had some great stories and is really enjoying it. Today is election day. I’ve learned over the years not to listen to polling, so tomorrow we should have the results and learn to deal with them, whatever they are.

 

 

Historical Events

1883 – US Supreme Court decides federal courts have no jurisdiction over Native American tribal Council (Ex parte Crow Dog) 1930 – First vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens 1947 --Dewey Defeats Truman” #fakenews headline 1906 – The “SOS” distress signal was adopted, and in place as of July 1, 1908. 1952 – Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas 1957 – Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard, a mostly-Siberian husky, the 1st animal in space 1969 – PBS (Public Television) began in the US 1987 – Gordon Gould issued US patent US4704583 for the laser, ending his 30-year battle to be credited as the inventor of the laser 1992 – The Nunavut Territory was approved in Canada. 2014 – New York's 104-story One World Trade Center officially opens 13 years after the September 11 attacks

 

Birthdays Today

88 – Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, politician @81 – Charles Bronson, American actor (died in 2003) 73 – Lulu, Scottish Singer/Songwriter, and actress 69 – Roseanne Barr, American comedian, actress, and producer 68 – Dennis Miller, American comedian, producer, and talk show host 67 – Adam Ant (Stuart Leslie Goddard), English Singer/Songwriter and actor 63 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor, director, producer, screenwriter, martial artist 34 – Colin Kaepernick, American football player 26 – Kendall Jenner, American television personality and model