Week: 48 Day: 326
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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15-22 |
Random Acts of Kindness Week Link |
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18-25 |
National Farm-City Week |
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19-28 |
American Sand Sculpting Competition Link |
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21-27 |
Church/State Separation Week |
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22-29 |
Better Conversation Week |
Daily Observations
Favorite Memes
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Have a laugh
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Did you hear about the pirate that won the
boxing championship? He took
down all his challengers with one right hook. |
Trivia
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Horizontal gaming wheels, such as those used in
roulette, were invented in England in 1720 for a game called roly-poly.
Roly-poly was similar to roulette, except there were no numbers on the wheel. There were alternating
white spaces and black spaces, along with a "bar black" space and a
"bar white" space. The "bar" spaces were the equivalents
of zero and double-zero -- if the ball landed in either space, bets on black
or white lost. Roly-poly was banned in England in 1745, but the horizontal
wheel traveled well. By 1796, modern roulette was being played in France. The kings
in decks of playing cards represent real leaders and conquerors from history,
although not all had the title of king. The deck we use today is based on
cards designed in 15th-century France. The king of spades represents the
Biblical King David, the king of clubs represents Alexander the Great, the
king of hearts represents Charlemagne, and the king of diamonds represents
Julius Caesar. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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Another windy fall day. I can’t
understand the parade disaster in Waukesha, Wisconsin. 48 were injured with 5
dead when the driver of an SUV drove into a Christmas parade. What going
on at Fox? The latest is that two have resigned due to the ‘irresponsible
voices’ like Tucker Carson. Since Fox has a high rated show, Tucker Carson
Tonight, it looks like irresponsibility is not a good enough reason to
shut down Tucker. Oh Well. I sent out
e-cards for Thanksgiving that were delivered this morning. So nice to get
responses from so many so quickly. I have my bone in turkey breast thawing in
the refrigerator. Now I have to find some fresh cranberries somewhere for my
orange/cranberry side. Some of my
neighbors still have Halloween pumpkins decorating their front area while
others have put up Turkeys and cornucopias, and many more have their
Christmas decorations out. It makes an interesting drive around the buildings.
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Historical Events
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1644
– John Milton published Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship. November 23, 1886 Birthday (fictional)
Clara Oswin Oswald, Doctor Who, TV 1919 – The first broadcast play-by-play
of a football game was between Texas A&M and The University of Texas.
A&M won, 7-0. 1924 – Edwin Hubble’s announced that
the Andromeda “nebula” is actually another island galaxy far outside of our
own Milky Way, via The New York Times. 1942 Chinese steward Poon Lim begins
133 days adrift after British ship SS Benlomond torpedoed by German U-boat
and he is the sole survivor 1971 – Representatives of the People’s
Republic of China attended the United Nations, including the United Nations
Security Council, for the first time. 2020 China launches Chang’e-5 mission
to the Moon from Wenchang space site, Hainan Island, to collect lunar rock
and soil samples |
Birthdays Today
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@81 – Boris Karloff, English actor (d. 1969) 71 – Charles Schumer, American
Politician 65 – Steve Harvey, American comedian,
and show host @64 – Franklin Pierce, 14th President (d. 1869; cirroisis) 61 – Robin Roberts, American journalist 29 – Miley Cyrus, American
Singer/Songwriter, and actress |
