Week: 45
Day: 307
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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25-11/11 |
World
Origami Days |
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1-7 |
National Fig Week |
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1-5 |
National Patient Accessibility Week |
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1-6 |
World Karaoke Championships Link |
Daily Observations
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Favorite Memes
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Trivia
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It's
fall, which means that everything 'pumpkin' is the thing. Pumpkin lattes,
pumpkin donuts, pumpkin scented candles... you name it! The word
pumpkin showed up for the first time in the fairy tale Cinderella. A French
explorer in 1584 first called them "gros melons," which translates
into Latin as "pepon," which means large melon. It wasn't until the
17th century that they were first referred to as pumpkins. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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A nice fall
day. That means time for prescribed burns in our forest. I’m expecting some smoke
to settle in this afternoon and it will last through the night. A few days
ago, I checked on flights to Mexico at Christmas. I went back and checked
today and made the reservation. When I first flew there about 8 years ago, it
was around $500. Today it was $1001. Prices just keep going up and up. After
getting over the sticker shock, I went out to get a haircut. Quick and easy
from my favorite stylist. She and her husband are raising 2 grandkids. She
had some great stories and is really enjoying it. Today is
election day. I’ve learned over the years not to listen to polling, so
tomorrow we should have the results and learn to deal with them, whatever
they are. |
Historical Events
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1883 – US Supreme Court decides federal courts have no
jurisdiction over Native American tribal Council (Ex parte Crow Dog) 1930 – First vehicular tunnel to a
foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens 1947 --Dewey Defeats Truman” #fakenews
headline 1906 – The “SOS” distress signal was adopted,
and in place as of July 1, 1908. 1952 – Clarence Birdseye markets frozen
peas 1957 – Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2
with space dog Laika aboard, a mostly-Siberian husky, the 1st animal in space 1969 – PBS (Public Television) began in
the US 1987 – Gordon Gould issued US patent
US4704583 for the laser, ending his 30-year battle to be credited as the
inventor of the laser 1992 – The Nunavut Territory was
approved in Canada. 2014 – New York's 104-story One World
Trade Center officially opens 13 years after the September 11 attacks |
Birthdays Today
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88 – Michael Dukakis, American
lawyer, academic, politician @81 – Charles Bronson, American actor (died in 2003) 73 – Lulu, Scottish
Singer/Songwriter, and actress 69 – Roseanne Barr, American
comedian, actress, and producer 68 – Dennis Miller, American
comedian, producer, and talk show host 67 – Adam Ant (Stuart Leslie
Goddard), English Singer/Songwriter and actor 63 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor,
director, producer, screenwriter, martial artist 34 – Colin Kaepernick, American
football player 26 – Kendall Jenner, American
television personality and model |
