Feb 5

 

Week: 6 Day: 36	Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   31°\ 9° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 17mph	Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 265mi. \ Lightning: 1452mi.
Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

National Haiku Writing Month Link
National Hot Breakfast Month Link  Link
National Mend A Broken Heart Month
National Parent Leadership Month
National Pet Dental Health Month
National Prevent A Litter Month Link
National Self Check Month Link
National Snack Food Month 
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Link
National Therapeutic Recreation Month Link
National Time Management Month
National Weddings Month
National Women Inventors Month
North American Inclusion Month (NAIM) Link
Pet Dental Health Month
Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month
Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall Month

Weekly Observations

29-2/5	Cordova Ice Worm Days Link
30-2/5	Catholic Schools Week Meat Week National Anesthesiologists Week Link
1-7	African Heritage & Health Week Women's Heart Week World Interfaith Harmony Week
2-8	Publicity for Profit Week
2-6	US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days
4-20	Winter Olympics XXIV

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

President Biden bestows medal on ‘Ghost Army of WWII’. Click on the link to learn more about them. Medal is long overdue.

Queen Elizabeth has been on the throne for 70 years…longer than any monarch in British history. She will celebrate her Platinum Anniversary this summer.

Meta stock [Facebook] crashes on the market with the largest one-day drop in value in history. WOW!

I used my DVR to tape the Opening Ceremonies this morning. I did not want to get up at 4am to watch, and now I can watch them commercial free. Nice. I watched the first hour this morning before going shopping. I’m hooked…again. I did watch come of the prelims too.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What do you do when there's a bee at your door?

You buzz it in.

Trivia

Q: TRUE OR FALSE - "Santa Claus" is a variety of melon.

 

Q: What was the original name of the search engine "Google"?

 

Q: Where did the pineapple plant originate?

 

Q: Which country has the most Trappist breweries?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: TRUE

Answer 2: BackRub

Answer 3: South America

Answer 4: Belgium

Historical Events

W                 1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opened to the public.

W                 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith founded United Artists.

W                 1924 – The Royal Greenwich Observatory began broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.

W                 1985 – The Punic War, which began in 149 BC, ended when the mayors of Rome and Carthage signed a treaty in Tunis, Tunisia.

W                 1993 – President Bill Clinton signed The Family Leave Act (effective Aug 5, 1993).

Birthdays Today

@86 – Hank Aaron, American baseball player (d. 2021)

@83 – William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1997)

80 – Roger Staubach, American football player and sportscaster

74 – Christopher Guest, American actor and director

@69 – Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, screenwriter (d. 2010; melanoma)

61 – Tim Meadows, American actor

53 – Bobby Brown, American singer

37 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese Soccer player

@17– Trevon Martin, killed by George Zimmerman (d. 2012)