Dec 2

 

Week: 49 Day: 336 Ave. Sky Cover:  %Visibility: 10miles Local Temp:   55°\ 19° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 13mph High risk of fire Active fire: 96mi. \ Lightning: 681mi. Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month National Impaired Driving Prevention Month National Pear Month  Link National Tie Month National Write A Business Plan Month Operation Santa Paws (1-17) Safe Toys and Gifts Month

 

Weekly Observations

28-12/6	Chanukah:
1-7	Cookie Cutter Week Link

 

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 

Have a laugh

What has 100 ears but can't hear? A cornfield.

 

Trivia

Under the 70 years of Russian communist rule, historians estimate anywhere from 12.5 to 20 million or more Russians died from execution, famine, and imprisonment. Russia is the 4th largest consumer of alcohol per capita in the world after Moldova, Czech Republic, and Hungary. Russians drink about 5 gallons of pure alcohol per year. Russia has a homicide rate of 9.7 deaths per 100,000 people, which is higher than the United State's rate of 4.7 deaths per 100,000 people. About 25,000 Russian women per year participate in Mail Order Bride programs in hope of bettering their situation by marrying a wealthy foreigner. In 2018, American men spent about US $45 million on the programs alone, and an average of 10,000 mail order bride marriages occur in the United States each year.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

I headed out early this nice fall day to pick up some necessities. Gas at Sam’s was $3.79, 20 cents higher than the last time I filled up.   There have been 58 school shootings in 2021. The latest was in Michigan. Looks like the parents bought the pistol a couple of days before the shooting. They are not helping the police as of today. Dr. Oz, the TV guy and heart specialist is running for the Senate seat in PA. He is a conservative and has had some legal issues regarding his endorsement of certain supplements that have little value to health. Time will tell. Several Focus travelers are posting great pics of the current adventure in Jordan/Egypt. Looks like a great time.

 

 

Historical Events

1697 St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren is consecrated for use (previous building destroyed in the Great Fire of London) 1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in North America. 1823 – President James Monroe proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine. 1927 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black announces to the Geological Society of China that the ancient human fossils from Zhoukoudian, China are a new species which he has named 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus') 1950 "I Robot" collection of sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov published by Genome Press in the US 1961 – Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared that he was a Marxist/ Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism. 1964 – Students stormed Sproul Hall on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in a massive ‘sit-in.’ 2014 Stephen Hawking claims that Artificial Intelligence could be a "threat to mankind" and spell the end of the human race 2020 The UK becomes the first western country to authorize a vaccine for COVID-19, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

 

Birthdays Today

@55 – William Cooper, politician, founded Cooperstown, New York; father of James Fenimore Cooper (d.1809) @50 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founder of Versace (d. 1997; shot) 53 – Lucy Liu, American actress 48 – Monica Seles, Serbian/ American tennis player 43 – Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter 40 – Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress @31 – Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891; menengitis) @21 – Juice Wrld (Jarad A. Higgins), American rapper (d. 2019; OD)