2021…at last
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Jan
15, 2021 Week: 2
Day: 15 |
Local: H 54°\ L 26°\Ave. Sky Cover: 15% |
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Wind: 6mph\Gusts: 15mph |
Today’s Ave.
Temp.: H 42°\ L 17° |
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Nearest
lightning: 1542mi.; Active fire: 59mi |
Moderate Risk of Fire Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 65°[1943] Record: -12°[1937] |
Jan
Averages: 44°/16° (4 days
with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Colors are the smiles of
nature.
Leigh Hunt
Random Tidbits
According to legend, tea
was discovered in 2737 B.C. by Chinese Emperor Shen-Nung, known as the
"Divine Healer." Purportedly, he discovered the beverage when tea
leaves accidentally blew into his pot of boiling water.
China is the world's
largest producer of tea. In 2009, China produced 1,359,000 tons; India was
second with 979,000 tons.
A Little Humor
After I changed my car horn to ‘gun shots’, people get out of my way a
lot faster
Quarantine: I ate 11 times and took 5 naps and it is still today.
True Things
Be Careful What You Ask
For
If you give a woman a
taser and ask her to use it on you, don't be surprised when she tasers you! A
Utah man is accused of assaulting a woman he allegedly asked to use a taser on
him when he had panic attacks, police reported. Ashten Lawrence, 20, was booked
into the Salt Lake County Jail on charges of assault aggravated assault
according to a probable cause affidavit. During an argument Lawrence began to
have a panic attack. A woman told police that Lawrence had got her a taser for
Christmas and "told her to use it on him if he ever went into a panic
attack because he would become violent during said panic attacks," the
affidavit states. The woman said she feared for her safety and used the taser
on the back of Lawrence's neck. The affidavit states Lawrence became angry and
allegedly hit her multiple times.
Interestng facts about AZ
Ø If you cut down a
protected species of cactus in Arizona, you could spend more than a year in
prison.
Ø South Mountain
Park/Preserve in Phoenix is the largest municipal park in the country.
Ø Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station, located about 55 miles west of Phoenix, generates more
electricity than any other U.S. power plant.
Weekly Observations
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National Mocktail Week |
10-16 |
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Cuckoo Dancing Week |
11-17 |
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No Tillage Week |
15-21 |
Today’s Observations
Alpha Kappa Alpha Day
Bagel and Lox Day
Bean Day Link
Humanitarian Day
International Fetish Day
National Bagel Day Link
National Booch Day Link
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day
National Hat Day
National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
Thank Your Mentor Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Politics is just getting dirtier and dirtier. A Representative is
saying that the panic button in her office was removed just before the
insurgence. It had been placed there after she had received threats. Hmmm
There will be 20,000 National Guard at the inauguration. That is more
soldiers than we currently have in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iran. This is very serious.
After this impeachment Trump made a video to end the violence. I hope
it works.
Here we must sign up for the vaccine. All appointments for January and
February are filled. I hope my PCP has a plan when I have my appointment next
week.
It has warmed up nicely today…easy to take a walk in the neighborhood.
Daily Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the
page
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
Historical Events
1759 – The British Museum, in Bloomsbury, London, the world’s oldest
public national museum, opened to the public.
1861 – The Steam elevator was patented by Elisha Otis.
1863 – Woodpulp paper was first used in the US for a printed newspaper
by the Boston Morning Herald of Boston.
1870 – The Donkey was 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in
Harper’s Weekly, drawn by Thomas Nast.
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine
Company, was incorporated in Atlanta.
1895 – Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake” premiered in St. Petersburg.
1919 – The Boston Molasses Disaster – a huge vat of molasses broke
open at the Purity Distilling Company and flooded a Boston neighborhood. 21
were killed.
1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, two
stories built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, was completed in Toledo,
Ohio.
1951 – The US Supreme Court ruled that “clear and present danger” of
incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest.
1967 – The inaugural Super Bowl was simulcast on CBS and NBC. The
National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American
Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35 – 10.
1967 – The Rolling Stones appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, and did
not sing “Let’s Spend Some time Together” as planned.
1975 – Space Mountain opened at Disney World (Florida)
1977 – The Coneheads debuted on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Also, Bill
Murray joined the cast of SNL, replacing Chevy Chase
1978 – Superbowl XII aired on CBS, the first night-time Superbowl
2001- Wikipedia debuted online.
2009 – US Airways flight 1549 landed safely in the Hudson River, NY,
thanks to Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.
2016 American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan unveils newest
exhibit replica skeleton of a Titanosaur dinosaur (found 2010 Argentina),
largest known dinosaur at 70 tons, 37m
2018 Pope Francis arrives in Chile for a three-day visit amid child
sexual abuse claims against church clergy
2019 Beginning of humanity's largest gathering, the Kumbh Mela Hindu
festival with 15 million people bathing at the joining of Ganges and Yamuna
rivers, India. 120 million expected over next 49 days.
2019 Witness in El Chapo trial claims former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted $100 million bribe from the drug cartel head
2019 Plastic
will outweigh fish in the world's oceans by 2050 according to report by the
World Economic Forum
Birthdays Today
@95 – Edward Teller, Hangarian-American
physicist (died in 2003)
@51 (baptized) – Molière (Jean-Baptiste
Poquelin), French actor, playwright (d. 1673; TB)
42 – Drew Brees,
American football player
40 – Pitbull
(Armando Christian Pérez), American rapper and producer
@39 – Martin Luther King, Jr.,
American minister, activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968; assassinated)
Puzzle Answer
A window.
