Happy Valentines Day
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Feb
14, 2021 Week: 7
Day: 45 |
Local: H 45°\ L 24°\Ave. Sky Cover: 80% |
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Wind: 7mph\Gusts: 16mph |
Very Low Risk of Fire: Active
fire: 1013mi |
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Nearest
lightning: 746 mi. |
Record: 66°[2015] Record:-15°[1949] |
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Visibility: 10mi |
Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture) |
Today’s
Quote
Love cures people - both
the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
~Karl A. Menninger
Random Tidbits
Nothing is reliably known
of St. Valentine except his name and the fact that he died on February 14 in
Rome. His story, though, has become the paradigm for the tradition of courtly love.
There are several legends
behind Saint Valentine. One is that in the 1st century AD it is said that
Valentine, who was a priest, defied the order of the emperor Claudius and
secretly married couples so that the husbands wouldn't have to go to war. Soldiers
were sparse at this time so this was a big inconvenience to the emperor.
A Little Humor
Q What does a lawyer wear to work? A lawsuit!
Q Why did the pickle stop being a contortionist? It was to
cucumbersome
Presidential Trivia
Rutherford B. Hayes started the annual Easter Egg Roll.
Hayes had a presidency full of "firsts," including the
first White House Easter Egg Roll in 1878. He had reportedly been taking a walk
when a group of children approached him and asked about the possibility of an
Easter egg roll, on the South Lawn of the White House. Hayes liked the idea,
and it continues to be a tradition today.
James Garfield was a southpaw.
Though his presidency only lasted 81 days, Garfield sticks out in
many people's minds for being the first left-handed president. Apparently, he
was also the first ambidextrous president.
Chester Arthur enjoyed a rather luxurious lifestyle.
While it may not seem like a lot for a president today, Arthur
owned 80 pairs of pants, which was quite the extravagance for the time period.
Other luxuries he enjoyed included: a personal valet, a White House decorated
by renowned artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, and fresh flowers placed in front of
his deceased wife's portrait daily.
Weekly Observations
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Congenital Heart Defect
Awareness Week Link |
7-14 |
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Love Makes the World Go Round; but,
Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week |
8-14 |
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Date (Fruit) Week |
12-21 |
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World Irish Dancing Week |
13-20 |
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Children of Alcoholics Week Link National Secondhand Wardrobe
Week: 14-20 Through
With The Chew Link |
14-20 |
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National Condom Week NCCDP Alzheimer's &
Dementia Staff Education Week |
14-21 |
Today’s Observations
Shrovetide:
14-16
Autism
Sunday Link
Ferris Wheel Day
Frederick Douglass Day Link
International Book Giving Day Link
League of Women Voters Day
National Have A Heart Day
National (Organ)Donor Day
National Cream-Filled
Chocolates Day
National
Women's Heart Day Link
Pet Theft Awareness Day Link
Quirky Alone Day Link
Race Relations Day
Read to Your Child Day
Shrovetide:
14-16
Saint Valentine's Day
(World) Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day Link
World Marriage
Day Link
World Sound Healing Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Great News for me: My appointment was at 11:00-11:30 this morning in a
county park parking lot. I got there at 10:40 and was ushered into a parking
space by some military guys. Several people came to my window to check my
appointment card and to verify my information. The nurse showed up at 11:10 to
give me my shot. She stuck a post-it on my outside rearview mirror that said: 10:25.
I thanked everyone of them for working as it was windy and chilly. I drove out
at 10:26 and was home in 10 minutes. It was so organized. Now to get the
appointment for shot #2 by email. A quick and very efficient experience.
Snow started at 1:30 and coming down hard. It was predicted to begin
at 3pm or later. Hopefully about 3” and hope it is wet. There is also thunder.
On Thursday evening about 8pm there was a helicopter near my place flying
near Mt. Elden, the nearest mountain to my place. It was a rescue for a guy who
had fallen. Today I found out the rest of the story. The guy had a severe
broken ankle and could not walk down. The rescue team was dropped into him with
blankets, sleeping bags, water, and pain meds. Everybody spent the night. In
the morning it was too windy for a helicopter, so they had to carry him down
the mountain. He will be OK but is in the hospital for ankle surgery. We have a
great volunteer search and rescue team here at 7000’.
The trial had a couple of hours of private discussion about witnesses
but worked it out and the closing arguments continue with, so far, no big
hiccups. Vote taken and will stand: 57 Guilty; 43 Not guilty. He is acquitted. I
hope our country can move on.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
First I am dried, then I am wet. The longer I swim, the more taste you
get. What am I?
Historical Events
278 – Valentine, a priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II,
was beheaded for performing (illegal at the time) marriage ceremonies.
1779 – Captain James Cook, the great English explorer, and surveyor in
the Royal Navy, was murdered by natives of Hawaii during his third visit to the
Pacific island group.
1822 – The patent (#X003456) was issued for the first practical grass
mowing machine to Jeremiah Bailey of Chester county, Pennsylvania.
1876 – Both Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied for a
telephone patent. Alexander’s was later approved.
1903 – The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is
established (it was later split into the Department of Commerce and the
Department of Labor).
1912 – Arizona was admitted as the 48th state of the United States.
1920 – The League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago.
1929 – Sir Alexander Fleming left a plate of staphylococcus bacteria
uncovered, and noticed the mold had killed much of the bacteria. He identified
the mold as penicillium notatum and shortened the name to Penicillin.
1932 – The US team won the first bobsled competition at the Winter
Olympic Games at Lake Placid, NY.
1938 – Former silent film actress Hedda Hopper began her gossip column
in The Los Angeles Times.
1949- The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convened for the first time.
1961 – Element 103, Lawrencium, was first synthesized at the
University of California.
1962 – First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave a tour of the White House on
CBS television.
1989 – Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa encouraging
Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. It was rescinded
in 1998.
1989 – Union Carbide agreed to pay $470 million to the Indian
government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
2000 – NEAR Shoemaker became the first spacecraft to orbit around an
asteroid, 433 Eros
2002 – The final Family Guy episode aired after Fox announced its
cancellation. It came back after DVD sales indicated a huge audience for the
show.
2018 South African President Jacob Zuma resigns from office
2019 JP Morgan is the first bank to create its own crypto-currency JPM
Coin
2020 More than 800,000 people displaced from their homes in
north-western Syria amid assault by Syrian pro-government forces on last rebel
stronghold
Birthdays Today
@80 – Jack Benny, American
comedic actor (d. 1974)
79 – Michael Bloomberg, American businessman, politician
77 – Carl Bernstein, American journalist, author
@77 – Frederick Douglas [Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey], former slave (d. 1895; heart attack)
@76 – Margaret E. Knight, "the
most famous 19th-century woman inventor" (d. 1914)
70 – Terry Gross, American radio host
@60 – John Barrymore [John Sidney Blyth], actor (d.
1942; cirrhosis)
@57 – Gregory Hines, American
actor, singer, dancer (d. 2003; liver cancer)
@53 – Vic Morrow, American
actor (d. 1982; while filming)
51 – Simon Pegg, English actor, director, producer
@37 – George Ferris, American
engineer and inventor, created the Ferris Wheel (d. 1896; typhoid)
29 – Freddie Highmore, Actor
@28 – Tim Buckley, American
singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 1975; OD)
Puzzle Answer
Tea
