Feb 13

 

Week: 8 Day: 44	Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   45°\ 15° Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 18mph	High risk of fire Active fire: 249mi. \ Lightning: 1048mi.
Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

4-20	Winter Olympics XXIV
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
7-14	Risk Awareness Week
8-14	Love Makes the World Go Round; but Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week
11-20	Date (Fruit) Week
12-19	National Entrepreneurship Week Link
13-19	Children of Alcoholics Week Link  International Flirting Week    Jell-O Week Love A Mensch Week National Secondhand Wardrobe Week Random Acts of Kindness Week Link

 

Daily Observations

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another nice winter day with a tad too much wind.

The Olympics continue to take up much of my TV time. These athletes have spent much of their lives preparing for these games. Even when they are eliminated, they are still smiling for the most part. The other amazing thing to me is that in many of the downhill runs, the competitors who have already finished are giving tips to their teammates about the course, knowing that those tips could help the listener beat the time the talker just set.

I wish I was a fly on the wall with the Ukraine thing. The news is only giving us the US side and then guessing what Putin is thinking. I want to know what is going on in Putin’s head. I’m also wondering what the Russian and Ukrainian people think is going to happen. According to the latest from CNN after a call between Putin and Biden…the US fears Russia may still launch a military attack. Scary.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What do you call something that can't be forklifted?

Unpalletable.

Trivia

Question: What do you call a snack made up of marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate?

 

Question: What do you call a popular mixed rice, meat, and vegetable dish in Korea?

 

Question: How many ‘varieties’ are there in Heinz Tomato Ketchup?

 

Q: What Sport Do the Harlem Globetrotters Play?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: S'mores

Answer 2: Bibimbap

Answer 3: 57 Varieties

Answer 4:  Basketball

Historical Events

W                 1741 – American Magazine was first published. It was America’s first magazine.

W                 1861 – Colonel Bernard Erwin earned the first Medal of Honor, America’s highest military honor.

W                 February 13, 1937 – Prince Valiant, Comic Strip debuted

W                 1943 – Dresden, Germany was firebombed, killing an estimated 135,000 people.

W                 1961 – The Coso Artifact was discovered, a 1920s era spark plug, supposedly found in

W                 1965 – Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies’ senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, NY.

W                 2002 – Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.

Birthdays Today

@97 – Chuck Yeager, general, pilot, first pilot to break the sound barrier (d. 2020)

89 – Kim Novak, American actress

@87 – George Segal, American actor (d. 2021)

78 – Stockard Channing, American actress

78 – Jerry Springer, English-American television host

@77 – Peter Tork, American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor (d. 2019; cancer)

75 – Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach

@72 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (d. 1991; liver failure)

71 – Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and musician

54 – Kelly Hu, American actress

@50 – Grant Wood, American painter (d. 1942; cancer)

48 – Robbie Williams, English singer-songwriter

43 – Mena Suvari, American actress