Ready to Welcome February!
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Jan
31, 2021 Week: 5
Day: 31 |
Local: H 44°\ L 14°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 4mph\Gusts: 5mph |
Very Low Risk of Fire Active
fire: 59mi |
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Nearest
lightning: 836mi. |
Record: 63°[2018] Record: -25°[1916] |
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Visibility: 10mi |
Jan
Averages: 44°/16° (4 days
with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
What is the good of your
stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind,
if they do not enter
into our daily lives?
~E. M. Forster
Random Tidbits
The highest denomination
bill ever printed was a $100,000 note that was printed from December 18, 1934
to January 9, 1935. It was used for transactions between Federal Reserve Banks.
President Woodrow Wilson was pictured on the front.
A Little Humor
Q What dog can tell the time? A watch dog!
…
A robber broke into my house last night looking for money... I woke up
and started searching with him
True Things
Traffic came to a stop as
police in Tulsa, Oklahoma chased and tased a naked man running along the
highway. Police arrested and charged James Jackson with indecent exposure,
obstructing justice, and burglary.
Drivers slowed and pulled
over when they saw Jackson, 24, walking naked down the LL Tisdale Parkway. At
least a couple of passengers recorded the incident with their cell phones. One
video shows Jackson slamming his fist on a car as it passes by. He appears to
try and open the driver side door of a truck that stopped to avoid hitting him.
Jackson continued to walk
down the highway and starts to sing before a police officer arrives and
attempts to take him into custody. Jackson ignored numerous commands to stop
and get on the ground by Tulsa police officers. That's when an officer
unsuccessfully used his Taser to subdue Jackson.
In a video Jackson is
seen removing the wires from his body and running away again.
A second officer shows up
and also uses his Taser. The two officers eventually get him on the ground and
carry him away.
Jackson might have been
having a mental episode or was under the influence of drugs, according to
police.
Weekly Observations
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Sundance Film Festival |
28-2/7 |
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US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days |
28-31 |
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Catholic Schools Week |
31-2/6 |
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Meat Week |
31-2/6 |
Today’s Observations
Appreciate
Your Social Security Check Day
Backward Day
Brandy Alexander Day
Eat Brussel Sprouts Day
Grammy Awards
Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
National Hot Chocolate Day
Street Children Day Link Link
World Leprosy Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
I got about 3” of powder snow last night. Easy to remove from my
vehicle. Now the sky is blue, and it is warming up. Next storm due mid-week.
Rep Taylor-Green is sure in the news. I see she also posted that the
horrific California fires were caused by Jewish Laser Beams. The press has been
interviewing adults from her district. Many are glad they voted for her and
hope she continues her rhetoric that will eventually heal our country. I don’t
recall when I was told I would be living in an alternative universe.
My first safari and a visit to Robben Island were highlights of my Focus
Travel Club/HLO trip to South Africa years ago. It is a beautiful country with
wonderful people and great safaris. The new variant of Covid is giving the
country a bad name. So sad.
Daily Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the
page
Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet you miss me when I have
flown.
What am I?
Historical Events
1865 – Congress passed the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in
America.
1958 – The United States launched its first successful orbiting
satellite, Explorer-I.
1961 – The United States launched a 4-year-old male chimpanzee named
Ham on a Mercury-Redstone 2 rocket into test suborbital flight. Ham landed
safely about 17 minutes later.
1992 – ABC Sportscaster Howard Cosell retired.
1993 – The Super Bowl (broadcast on NBC) featured Michael Jackson
marking the first time there was ever a solo performer during the show.
1995 President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to
stabilize its economy.
2001 In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits
another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed into
Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
2006 US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor retires and is
replaced by Samuel Alito
2017 US President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Sally Yates
after she instructs Justice Department officials not to defend Trump's travel
ban
2018 trump administration formally suspends the Clean Water Act
2019 Colonization of the America's in the late 1500s killed so many
people it cooled the planet and led to a "Little Ice Age", according
to a scientific report published in "Quaternary Science Reviews"
2020 United Kingdom formally withdraws from the European Union
(Brexit)
Birthdays Today
@97 – Carol Channing, American entertainer (d.
2019)
@84 – Norman Mailer, American
journalist and author (d. 2007)
@78 – Garry Moore [Thomas Garrison Morfit], comedian,
game show host (d. 1993; emphysema)
@70 – Suzanne Pleshette, American
actress (d. 2008; lung cancer)
74 – Nolan Ryan,
American baseball player
@67 – Pearl
Zane Grey, American author (d. 1939; heart failure)
@53 – Jack Roosevelt ‘Jackie’ Robinson, baseball
legend (d. 1972; heart attack)
51 – Minnie Driver,
English actress
48 – Portia de
Rossi, Australian-American actress
40 – Justin
Timberlake, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
@31 – Franz Schubert, Austrian
pianist, composer (dd.1828; typhoid/syphilis?)
Puzzle Answer
Time.
