Jan 31

 

Week: 6 Day: 31	Ave. Sky Cover:  80% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   44°\ 18° Wind: 2mph\ Gusts: 4mph	Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 490mi. \ Lightning: 1873mi.
Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

29-2/5	Cordova Ice Worm Days Link
30-2/5	Catholic Schools Week Meat Week National Anesthesiologists Week Link

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Cloudy Sunday. Maybe some moisture.

Hard to believe: Donald Trump, Jr. took his 12-year-old son to Texas. While there they went to Jr.’s friend’s gun shop where the younger one built his own AK-15. Then they went to the Trump Rally where Jr. bragged about it.

Sen. Krystin Sinema, (D-AZ), has various approval ratings: For AZ Dems her approval rating in 8%, while AZ Republicans give her a 42% approval. Hmmm.

Saturday it was all over the news and sports channels that Tom Brady had retired. Later in the day his website stated it was premature and to wait for Tom to make a statement. Hard to believe with so many outlets reporting it.

Russia is having some naval war games. A group of Irish fisherman vowed to disrupt the games as it would effect their fishing. Russia moved away from the area and will do the games about 200 miles away from the planned site. Hmmm.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

 Remember that joke I told you about the chiropractor? It was about a weak back.

Historical Events

    1865 – Congress passed the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America.

    1940 – Ida May Fuller received the first Social Security retirement check, in the amount of $22.54. She lived to 100 years old and collected a total of $22,888.

    1958 – The United States launched its first successful orbiting satellite, Explorer-I.

    1961 – The United States launched a 4-year-old male chimpanzee named Ham on a Mercury-Redstone 2 rocket into test suborbital flight. Ham landed safely about 17 minutes later.

    1992 – ABC Sportscaster Howard Cosell retired.

Birthdays Today

@97 – Carol Channing, American entertainer (d. 2019)

@84 – Norman Mailer, American journalist and author (d. 2007)

@78 – Garry Moore, American comedian, game show host (d. 1993; throat cancer)

75 – Nolan Ryan, American baseball player

@70 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (d. 2008; lung cancer)

@67 – Pearl Zane Grey, American author (d. 1939; heart failure)

66 – Johnny Rotten (John Joseph Lydon), English singer-songwriter

@53 – Jackie Robinson, baseball player (d.1972; heart attack)

52 – Minnie Driver, English actress

49 – Portia de Rossi, Australian-American actress

45 – Kerry Washington, American actress

41 – Justin Timberlake, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

@31 – Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist, and composer (d. 1828; typhoid fever)