2021…at last
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Jan 7, 2021 Week: 1 Day: 7 |
Local: H 42°\ L 19°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 5mph\Gusts:8mph |
Nearest
lightning: 899mi.; Active fire: 59mi |
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Moderate Risk of Fire |
Visibility: 10mi |
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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
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Diet Resolution Week |
1-7 |
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Silent Record Week |
1-7 |
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New Year's Resolutions Week |
1-8 Link |
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Someday We'll Laugh About This Week |
2-8 |
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National Personal Trainer Awareness
Week [cancelled] |
2-9 |
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Home Office Safety and Security
Week Link |
3-9 |
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Elvis' Birthday Celebration 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
