Feb 11

 

Week: 7 Day: 42	Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   47°\ 22° Wind: 13mph\ Gusts: 20mph	Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 248mi. \ Lightning: 2204mi.
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
8-14	Love Makes the World Go Round; but Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week
11-20	Date (Fruit) Week

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice day that would be better with a little less wind.

I change my furnace filter every three months. I usually buy a packet of 3-Better-quality filters from Home Depot for about $15. Today, at Home Depot, the same filters were $17.97 each. Inflation has really hit the filter business.

Clarification: the Biden administration is not putting ‘crack pipes’ in the kits they are giving to prevent overdoses. Turns out I got caught reading fake news.

There is a story going around that Trump had to call a plumber to his private restroom several times after flushing paper documents down the toilet.

Dolly Parton is now paying full tuition to college for her employees. Very cool.

A Russian figure skater tested positive in a drug test after her group performance. The ROC skater is under 18. The banned substance raises red blood cell counts and helps with angina. If proven, a stupid move by ROC following the Russia team ban by IOC.

There was lots of positive Olympic news yesterday: good figure skating, good luge, and more. I’m still promoting the athletes who follow the rules.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

Why did the gambler buy a cattle ranch?

Because he wanted to raise the steaks.

Trivia

Q: On What Japanese City Was The First Atomic Bomb Dropped?

 Q: Who led 900 followers in a mass suicide in 1979?

Question:  Which movie is known for this famous quote: “Yo Adrian!”

 Question: What disease can be caused by a lack of Vitamin C?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Hiroshima

Answer 2: Jim Jones

Answer 3: Rocky

Answer 4: Scurvy

Historical Events

W                 1790 – The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitioned the US Congress for the abolition of slavery.

W                 1752 – The first hospital in the United States, Pennsylvania Hospital, opened.

W                 1808 – As an experiment, anthracite coal was burned as fuel by Judge Jesse Fell in Pennsylvania.

W                 1872 – Japan began celebrating National Foundation Day (founded in 660 BC). It was banned after WWII but revived in 1966.

W                 1928 – The La-Z-Boy reclining chair was invented by Ed Shoemaker.

W                 1945 – The Yalta Agreement was signed between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin.

W                 1963 – The French Chef, starring Julia Child debuted on WGBH in Boston, MA.

W                 1971 – 87 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, signed the Seabed Arms Control Treaty, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.

W                 1990 – Nelson Mandela was released from prison, serving 27 years of a life sentence.

W                 2006 – Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot his friend Harry Whittington while the two were hunting together.

W                 2012 – Singer Whitney Houston died in a hotel bathtub, the result of accidental drowning. Heart disease and cocaine, which was found in her system, were determined to be contributing factors.

Birthdays Today

@89 – Sidney Shelton, American television producer and novel writer (d. 2007)

88 – Tina Louise, American actress

@84 – Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman (d. 1931)

@84 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (died in 2010)

@82 – Burt Reynolds, American actor (died in 2018)

81 – Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer

@76 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (d. 1995; pneumonia)

69 – Jeb Bush, American politician

60 – Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter

58 – Sarah Palin, American politician

53 – Jennifer Aniston, American actress

43 – Brandy (Norwood), American singer

41 – Kelly Rowland, American singer-songwriter

40 – Natalie Dormer, English actress

38 – Aubrey O’Day, American singer-songwriter

30 – Taylor Lautner, American actor