Jan 23

 

Week: 5 Day: 23	Ave. Sky Cover:  60% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   30°\ 25° Wind: 10mph\ Gusts: 15mph	Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 122mi. \ Lightning: 1719mi.
Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

15-23	International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week Link
17-23	National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
18-25	Week of Christian Unity
19-23	National Soccer Coaches of America Week
20-30	Sundance Film Festival
23-29	Clean Out Your Inbox Week National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week  National Handwriting Analysis Week  National School Choice Week  Link  Snow care for Troops Week

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Woke to a covering of snow with snow continuing on and off. Not much is sticking, but moisture is appreciated.

Putin is not backing down in Ukraine mess. He really seems to want it back under Russian control. I keep hoping that the talking will continue and there will not be a hot war.

Senator Sinema, D-AZ, has been censured by the Arizona Democrats. I don’t agree with some of Sinema’s recent stands, but now both parties and censuring their own. This is not a good sign for political parties or for the American people.

Wharton Business School students don’t know the average income of American’s today. Sad since these graduates will soon be forming our economic policy. 25% of the students believed the annual income was above $100K, while the reality is $52K.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What kind of soda must you not drink?

Baking soda.

Trivia

The lowest income:

Arizona: Coconino County

- Total rural area: 18,571 square miles (99.74% of the county)

- Total urban area: 47 square miles (0.26% of the county)

- Population in rural areas: 42,297 (31.47% of county population)

- Total population of the county: 134,421

- Population density in rural areas: 2.3 people per square mile

 

Colorado: Las Animas County

- Total rural area: 4,767 square miles (99.88% of the county)

- Total urban area: 6 square miles (0.12% of the county)

- Population in rural areas: 6,326 (40.79% of county population)

- Total population of the county: 15,507

- Population density in rural areas: 1.3 people per square mile

Historical Events

    1556 – The Shaanxi earthquake struck in Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000, the deadliest earthquake in history.

    Walter Frederick Morrison sold the rights (Design Patent #D183,626) to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the “Frisbee”.

    1998 – Netscape announced Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.

Birthdays Today

79 – Gil Gerard, American actor, TV’s Buck Rogers

71 – Chesley Sullenberger, pilot

58 – Mariska Hargitay, American actress, and producer

v @56 – John Hancock, American general and politician (died in 1793)

48 – Tiffani Thiessen, American actress

v @42 – Ernie Kovacs, American comedic actor, game show host (d. 1962; car crash)