Feb 10

 

Week: 7 Day: 41	Ave. Sky Cover:  20% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   52°\ 21° Wind: 11mph\ Gusts: 18mph	High risk of fire Active fire: 197mi. \ Lightning: 1956mi.
Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

4-20	Winter Olympics XXIV
6-12	Burn Awareness Week  Link Children's Authors & Illustrators Week Tinnitus Awareness Week Link
6-13	Dump Your Significant Jerk Week Freelance Writer Appreciation Week
7-13	Children's Mental Health Week Link
7-14	Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week Link National Marriage Week Link  Link
7-11	International Networking Week National School Counseling Week Link Pride in Foodservice Week Link Tax Identity Theft Week Link
7-12	Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend
7-14	Risk Awareness Week
8-10	Kitchen and Bath Show Week Link  World AG Expo
8-14	Love Makes the World Go Round; but Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A few clouds over the mountain, still a nice warm day.

The Feds are planning on giving out free crack cocaine pipes to help support community-based overdose prevention. Sounds a tad far-fetched to me.

NBC has provided the Olympic coverage in the US since 1988. Beijing has not been great for the ratings of the NBC coverage. Part of the problem may be China’s human rights violations. Another part is that all the snow/ice we see is man-made snow. Any views away from the actual race ‘field’ show that there is NO snow. While the temperatures have been chilly to very cold, the snow is man-made. Anyone who has been on real snow and man-made snow know the difference. There is not a setting for ‘wet’, ‘powder’, etc. Until this year, any outdoor events at the winter Olympics had the possibility of light snow, heavy snow, blizzard, etc. Outdoor events have always had some of the athletes competing in falling snow. While I am still enjoying the athletes, the venues are more like Disneyland than real life. The IOC really should have picked a normally snowy venue. I now wonder if the IOC will consider Antarctica for some future summer Olympics…if the price is right.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What do you call a flying priest?

A bird of pray.

Trivia

Q: How many keys are there on a standard grand piano?

Q: What Sport Do The Harlem Globetrotters Play?

Q: This sport is called the "American pastime"?

Q: What is the symbol for copper?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: 88

Answer 2:  Basketball

Answer 3: Baseball

Answer 4: Cu The name is derived from the Latin word cuprum for Cyprus, the island where the Romans first obtained copper. 

Historical Events

W                 1355 – In Oxford, England, a dispute between 2 Oxford students and a Tavern Keeper over the quality of his drinks escalated into the St Scholastica Day riot between Oxford students and local citizens where 63 students and 30 locals were killed.

W                 1763 – The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War and France ceded Canada to England.

W                 1870 – The YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) was formally founded in New York City.

W                 1897 – ‘All The News That’s Fit To Print’ – the phrase appeared permanently on the front page of The New York Times.

W                 1940 – Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry made their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.

W                 1962 – The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for the Soviet spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abe with the US.

W                 1949 – Death of a Salesman by American playwright Arthur Miller, opened at the Morocco Theatre in New York City.

W                 1967 – The 25th Amendment was ratified, regarding US Presidential succession.

W                 1976 – Sesame Street episode #847 featured Margaret Hamilton reprising her role as the Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. It scared children so badly that the episode has never been re-aired.

W                 2007 – Illinois senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president in the 2008 elections.

Birthdays Today

91 – Robert Wagner, American actor

@86 – Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer, and pianist (d, 1980)

85 – Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter

72 – Mark Spitz, American swimmer

@70 – Boris Pasternak, Russian writer (d. 1890; lung cancer)

@67 – Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (d. 1973; heart failure)

55 – Laura Dern, American actress

48 – Elizabeth Banks, American actress

31 – Emma Roberts, American actress

25 – Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress