Feb 23

 

Week: 9 Day: 54	Ave. Sky Cover:  75% Visibility: 3 miles
Local Temp:   30°\ 18° feels like 19° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 20mph	Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 488mi. \ Lightning: 1050mi.
Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

19-26	National FFA Week Link
20-26	National Sauna Week Link    Bird Health Awareness Week  Link   Build A Better Trade Show Image Week National Eating Disorders Awareness Week  National Engineers Week National Justice for Animals Week Link  Link Through With The Chew Link
22-24	International Petroleum Week Link
23-26	American Birkenbreiner Race

 

Daily Observations

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Winter has returned to our mountain town. Snow, wind, snow, chilly. It was snowing hard when I headed out at 8:30am for my dental cleaning. When I got out, it was just cloudy and chilly. Weatherman says 6-10” tonight…I say maybe.

It only took the jury 3-hours to find the 3 men who killed Arbery were also guilty of the Federal hate crime. Justice moves slowly.

Only in AZ…so far…: The Chandler school district, in metro Phoenix, sent home permission slips for students to study the anatomy of chickens…including chicken breasts. They were afraid of the new AZ law about sex education.  It was also reported that a senior in a high school in the district had the assignment of finding recipes for ‘chicken breast dinner’. The district internet server sent back: ‘inappropriate search’. How much crazier can it get?  I’ll wait.

Ukraine situation…what a mess. I hope this is merely sword rattling. Putin’s actions sure look like those that have led to many hot wars throughout history. I sure hope not.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

Why did the man break into song?

He couldn't find the right key

Trivia

Q: What is the name of the Duke of Milan who casts a spell on a ship in 'The Tempest'?

 

Q: What animal breathes out of its butt?

 

Q: Chartreuse is a color between yellow and what?

 

Q: Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Prospero

Answer 2: Turtles

Answer 3: Green

Answer 4: Finding shapes in clouds

 

Historical Events

W                 1893 – Rudolph Diesel received the German patent for his engine.

W                 1896 – The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield, in New York.

W                 1903 – Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States “in perpetuity”.

W                 1927 – Federal Radio Commission (FRC, later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission, FCC) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States was established.

W                 1945 – American Marines lifted the flag at Iwo Jima.

W                 1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with Jonas Salk’s vaccine began in Pittsburgh, PA.

W                 1975 – There was an energy crisis in the US in 1975, so daylight savings time started two months early – Feb 23rd instead of April.

W                 1978 -Both Barbra Streisand’s Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen) and Debby Boone’s You Light Up My Life were awarded the Best Song Grammy – the first and only tie in that category in Grammy history.

W                 1991 – A ground war began in Iraq (Operation Desert Storm)

W                 1997 – Scientists announced the first successful cloning of an animal, a lamb named Dolly.

Birthdays Today

@95 – W.E.B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (d. 1963)

@79 – Peter Fonda, American actor (d. 2019; lung cancer)

71 – Ed “Too Tall” Jones, American football player

52 – Niecy Nash, American actress and producer

43 – Sarah Elizabeth S.E. Cupp, American journalist, author

40 – Aziz Ansari, actor

39 – Emily Blunt, English actress

28 – Dakota Fanning, American actress