2021…at last
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Jan
9, 2021 Week: 1 Day: 9 |
Local: H 52°\ L 20°\Ave. Sky Cover: 50% |
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Wind: 6mph\Gusts: 2mph |
Today’s Ave.
Temp.: H 42°\ L 17° |
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Nearest
lightning: 1469mi.; Active fire: 59mi |
Moderate Risk of Fire Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 61°[1996] Record: -9°[1937] |
Jan
Averages: 44°/16° (4 days
with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Remember
that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
-H.
Jackson Brown, Jr.
Random Tidbits
Deadly Plant:
White snakeroot
Every part of this
perennial plant contains tremetol, an unsaturated alcohol that can cause muscle
tremors in livestock before killing them.
Monkshood
The vibrant purple plant,
commonly found in backyard gardens, is loaded with the poisonous alkaloid aconite,
which tends to cause asphyxiation.
Common Bladderwort
This aquatic meat eater
relies on several submerged bladders to capture prey such as tadpoles and small
crustaceans. An unsuspecting passerby will brush against an external
bristle-trigger, causing the bladders to spring open and capture it. Once
inside, the victim dies of suffocation or starvation and then decays into a
liquid that is sucked up by cells on the walls of the bladder.
A Little Humor
-Trail mix? You mean
M&M's with obstacles
-Bad Spellers Of The
World- Untie!
True Things
Tattoo
gots man fired from Home Depot
A former Home Depot
employee says the company fired him over a tattoo of his ex-girlfriend's name
-- "Isis," a name derived from a fabled Egyptian goddess. The letters
of the inner-lip tattoo are written in capitalized form -- "ISIS" --
giving it the exact spelling of an acronym used to reference the Islamic State,
an army of Muslim extremists. "I honestly didn't know what the acronym
meant until just recently," Kirk Soccorsco said. While working as a Home
Depot tool demonstrator in Patchogue, N.Y., Soccorsco said, he overheard the
term during a conversation and showed his tattoo to a co-worker. Home Depot and
the Florida marketing firm that paid Soccorsco fired him soon after. Home Depot
spokesman Stephen Holmes told reported that the termination was "a
personnel matter and the decision wasn't just based on the tattoo."
Soccorsco contends that he is not a terrorist and that he got the tattoo four
years ago. He said he is no longer with the woman whose name is depicted.
"I feel a little lost," he said. "It was a good-paying
job." Soccorsco is reportedly considering legal action against Home Depot.
Interestng facts about AZ
Ø Out of all the states
in the U.S., Arizona has the largest percentage of its land designated as
Indian lands.
Ø The Five C's of
Arizona's economy are: Cattle, Copper, Citrus, Cotton, and Climate.
Ø More copper is mined
in Arizona than all the other states combined, and the Morenci Mine is the
largest copper producer in all of North America.
Weekly Observations
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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
Balloon Ascension Day Link
Eagle Day
International Choreographers Day
Law Enforcement Appreciation
Day Link Link
National Apricot Day
National Cassoulet Day
National Nerd Word Day
National Static Electricity Day Link
National Vision Board Day
Panama's Martyr Day Link
Poetry
at Work Day
Static Electricity Day
Word Nerd Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded
Thoughts
While doing my weekly shopping, as I entered the grocery store, some
guy with a mask was in the self-checkout area, yelling at employees. As I
headed down an aisle, I could hear him say ‘Go ahead, call the police. I don’t
work here.’ By the time I got ready to checkout, he was gone. Crazy people
everywhere. I also stopped and picked up my CPAP supplies and at Walgreen’s Drive
Thru for a medication with no problems or incidents.
It was so nice yesterday, I took a little time in the afternoon to wash
the sliding glass door to my deck. Somehow, I didn’t wash it in the spring.
By now, everyone has seen pictures of the guy with face paint and
horns and the Congress. I am not surprised that he is from AZ.
The next 11 days will be a test of the strength of our democracy. Will
Congress impeach…again? Trump says he is not showing up for the inauguration,
but will he anyway? Will Trump supporters try to disrupt the inauguration? Will
the Capitol Police be ready this time? I can only wait and be glad I am not in
charge of any part of it.
Daily Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
B, E, J, Q, X, Y, and Z are the
only letters not included among the first letters of a group of names. What is
the name of the group?
Historical Events
1788 – Connecticut became the 5th state
1793 – Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight
in the United States, from Philadelphia, PA to Woodbury, NJ.
1905 – The Saint Petersburg Massacre. Palace Guards fired at some
150,000 unarmed protestors. Over 200 people were killed.
1956 – Abigail Van Buren’s “Dear Abby” column first appeared in
newspaper syndication.
1984 – Wendy’s “Where’s The Beef” commercials with Clara Peller began
1997 – Antiques Roadshow debuted on PBS
2007 – Apple’s iPhone was unveiled.
2018 -- President Trump cancels program allowing
200,000 San Salvadoreans temporary status to live in the US
Birthdays Today
@91 – Judith Krantz, American novelist (d. 2019)
@88 – Carrie Lane Chapman, American Suffragette (d. 1947)
@85 – Bart Starr, American football player (d. 2019)
@81 – Richard Nixon, American politician, 37th President (d.
1994)
80 – Joan Baez,
American singer-songwriter
77 – Jimmy Page,
English guitarist Led Zeppelin
@78 – Simone de Beauvoir, French author, philosopher (d. 1986; pneumonia)
@72 – Chic Young, American cartoonist, Blondie comic strip (d.
1973)
@70 – Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005; surgery complications)
70 – Crystal Gayle,
American singer-songwriter
65 – J.K. Simmons,
American actor
@64 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d.1989; heart attack)
38 – Kate Middleton,
Duchess
Puzzle Answer
The United States of America
