Week: 50 Day: 344
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
3-10 |
Clerc-Gallaudet Week |
5-24 |
Andisop (Meterological Fiddling) Link |
5-11 |
National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
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6-10 |
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link |
6-12 |
Computer Science Education Week: Link |
10-17 |
Human Rights Week |
Daily Observations
Favorite Memes
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Have a laugh
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What has a tongue & cannot walk? A shoe. |
Trivia
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It took Leonardo da Vinci about five years to paint the Mona
Lisa. X-rays of the famous painting show that there are three different
versions underneath. We all
know the story about how 6-year-old George Washington chopped down his
father's cherry tree, and when his dad confronted him about it, George
supposedly confessed claiming, "I cannot tell a lie." Except it's
not true. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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Overcast, raining, windy…now expecting 4” of snow tonight and/or
tomorrow. The rain is great for our forest. I’m not complaining. Plan on
spending the day at home if it snows tomorrow. Our
retirement group met for a nice lunch. We all are doing well, had good
conversation, and good Mexican food. I did not
know this: ·
Christianity
has 2.38 billion members ·
Islam has
1.90 billion members ·
Hinduism
has 1.25 billion members ·
Secular/non-religious
is at 1.19 billion A newscaster
stated that Christianity is the largest religion and I had to check it out. |
Historical Events
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1768
– The first edition of the
Encyclopædia Britannica was published. 1884 – Mark Twain’s Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn was published. 1901 – The first Nobel Prizes were
awarded. President Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt became the first person to be
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
Birthdays Today
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@55 – Emily Dickinson, American
poet (d. 1886; Bright’s Disease) @62 – Chet Huntley, American journalist
(d. 1974; lung cancer) 61 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-English
actor-director, producer, screenwriter 60 – Nia Peeples, American singer 57 – Bobby Flay, American chef 36 – Raven-Symoné, actress |
