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Feb
5, 2021 Week: 5
Day: 36 |
Local: H 45°\ L 19°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 2mph\Gusts: 6mph |
Very Low Risk of Fire Active
fire: 247mi |
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Nearest
lightning: 1295mi. |
Record: 67°[1963]Record:-21°[1985] |
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Visibility: 10mi |
Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture) |
Today’s
Quote
The meeting of two
personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any
reaction, both are transformed.
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
Random Tidbits
When notorious drug lord
Pablo Escobar was shot dead in 1993, the Colombian government took control of
his luxurious estate in northwestern Colombia, including his personal zoo. Most
of the animals were shipped away, but the four hippopotamuses - of which
Escobar was especially fond - were left to fend for themselves in a pond. Now,
there are dozens and dozens of them. They are the only wild hippos outside of
Africa.
A Little Humor
Q Why did the scarecrow get promoted? He was outstanding in his field.
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I don't relish exercising- but I mustard (mustered) up enough energy
to ketchup (catch up) on my workouts
Monthly Observations
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National
Haiku Writing Month Link National Hot Breakfast Month Link Link National Mend A Broken Heart Month National Parent Leadership Month National Pet Dental Health Month National Prevent A Litter Month Link National Self Check Month Link National Snack Food Month
National Therapeutic Recreation
Month Link National Time Management Month National Weddings Month National Women Inventors Month North American Inclusion Month
(NAIM) Link |
Weekly Observations
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Sundance Film Festival |
28-2/7 |
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Catholic Schools Week |
31-2/6 |
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Meat Week |
31-2/6 |
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National School Counseling Week
Link International Networking Week Pride in Foodservice Week Link Tax Identity Theft Week Link |
1-5 |
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Cordova Ice Worm Days: Link |
1-6 |
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African Heritage & Health Week Children's Mental Health Week Link Tinnitus Awareness Week Link Women's Heart Week |
1-7 |
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American
Camp Week
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2-4 |
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Dump
Your Significant Jerk Week National Stationery Week: Cancelled |
2-8 |
Today’s Observations
Adlai Stevenson Day Link
Bubble Gum Day Link
Chocolate Fondue Day
Disaster Day
Give Kids A Smile Day Link
Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, PA Day
National Frozen Yogurt Day
National Shower with a Friend Day
National Weatherperson's Day
Wear Red Day
Western Monarch Day Link
Work Naked Day
World Animal Reiki Day Link
World Nutella Day Link
World Read Aloud Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A sunny day and a great day for a walk. So, I did. All that is left of
our two feet of snow last week can be found in shady areas. The rest as soaked
into the parched soil. So good.
I fully admit that I don’t understand the current Republican Party. I can
disagree with some conservative ideas; I can vote against the holders of some
beliefs about how to run the country. I can not even comprehend how anyone can
support someone who openly called for the death of several current and former
politicians.
Maybe it’s the pandemic, maybe it’s the teams, but I can’t get excited
about the Super Bowl or maybe it’s the logo they are using. The logo for the 55th
Super Bowl sure looks like it is LIV with the Trophy as the I…making it look
like Super Bowl 54.
Daily Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the
page
A red house is made from red bricks. A blue house is made from blue
bricks. A yellow house is made from yellow bricks. What is a greenhouse made
from?
Historical Events
1824 – Samuel Vaughan Merrick and William H. Keating founded “The
Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the
Mechanic Arts” in Philadelphia.
1846 – The Oregon Spectator became the first newspaper published on
the Pacific coast, in Oregon City.
1883 – The Southern Pacific Railroad completed its transcontinental
“Sunset Route” from New Orleans to California.
1917 – The Congress of the United States passed the Immigration Act of
1917. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, and it forbade immigration
from nearly all south and southeast Asia.
1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W.
Griffith launch United Artists.
1929 – A runner’s ‘starting blocks’ (Foot Support) patent (#1,701,026)
was issued to George T. Bresnahan of Iowa City, Iowa
1958 – A hydrogen bomb, known as the Tybee Bomb, was lost by the US
Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and was never found.
1972 – Bob Douglas became the first African-American to be inducted
into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
1988 – Manuel Noriega was indicted on drug smuggling and money
laundering charges.
1999 – Mike Tyson was sentenced to a year in jail for assaulting two
people after a car accident on August 31, 1998. Tyson was also fined $5,000,
had to serve 2 years of probation, and had to perform 200 hours of community
service upon release.
2020 US Senate votes to acquit President Donald
Trump 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress.
Birthdays Today
@83 – William S. Burroughs, novelist, short story writer, essayist (d.
1997)
@87 – Red Buttons [Aaron Chwat], comedic actor (died in 2006)
@86 – Hank Aaron, American baseball player (d. 2021)
@69 – Stephen J. Cannell, actor, producer, screenwriter (d. 2010;
melanoma)
79 – Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster
73 – Christopher Guest, American actor and director
73 – Barbara Hershey, American actress
60 – Tim Meadows, American actor
53 – Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
@17 – Trayvon Martin (d. 2012)
Puzzle Answer
Glass
