Dec 9

Week: 50 Day: 343 Ave. Sky Cover:  20%Visibility: 10miles Local Temp:   42°\ 31° Wind: 5mph\ Gusts: 17mph Low risk of fire Active fire: 416mi. \ Lightning: 1519mi. Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

3-10	Clerc-Gallaudet Week
5-24	Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)  Link
5-11	National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link   Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
6-10	Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link
6-12	Computer Science Education Week: Link

Daily Observations

Dewey Decimal System Day
Human Rights Day  Link

International Animal Rights Day  Link
Jane Addams Day
National Salesperson Day 
Nobel Prize Day
Official Lost & Found Day  

Favorite Memes

 

Have a laugh

How do dentists pay for their lawyers? Retainers.

 

Trivia

Henri Rousseau, famous for his exotic jungle scenes, never left Paris. He would go to the park, lie down among the grass and weeds, and sketch the plants hundreds of times their size. Matisse coined the term cubism in 1908 as an insult to another painter's work.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A little rain yesterday…still no snow. I headed out early and got some Christmas shopping done…almost finished. Glad I watched Jeopardy last night. An Elem. Ed. Professor from NAU, the local university, won the game and moved to the semi-finals. Don Lemon, CNN, is in trouble for his text sent to Jussie Smollett informing him that the Chicago police didn’t believe his story. Don had admitted on air early that Jussie was an acquaintance. Why are the Hawaiian mountains getting snow and Flag is getting none?

 

 

Historical Events

1793 Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper, the "American Minerva" 1854 Alfred Tennyson's poem "Charge of the Light Brigade" is published in "The Examiner" 1889 US President Benjamin Harrison dedicates the Chicago Auditorium, designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, then largest building in the US 1990 Lech Wałęsa wins Poland's 1st direct presidential election in Poland 2008 Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes, including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama 2019 US officials "deliberately misled" the public on progress of the Afghanistan war, hid that it was a lost cause, according to The Washington Post analysis of the "Afghanistan Papers"

 

Birthdays Today

@103 Kirk Douglas, actor (d.2020) 87 Judi Dench, actor 79 Dick Butkus, NFL, sportscaster 66 John Malkovich, actor