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Week: 9 Day: 52 |
Ave. Sky Cover: % Visibility: 10 miles |
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Local Temp:
50°\ 22° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 12mph |
Extreme risk
of fire Active fire: 464mi.
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Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days
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Happy President’s Day
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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14-21 |
National Condom Week |
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18-21 |
Great Backyard Bird Count Link |
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18-19 |
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering |
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19-26 |
National FFA Week Link |
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20-26 |
National Sauna Week Link |
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22-24 |
International Petroleum Week Link |
Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A nice Sunday.
Time to take a walk. The only snow is in the shady areas.
It was
kitchen cleaning this morning. The counters had gotten very messy.
It’s Presidents
Day. This is a federal holiday and a state holiday in 35 states. Previously it
was Washington’s birthday holiday but in 1971 it became Presidents’ Day to
honor all US Presidents.
It is strange,
after watching the Olympics every day to only be watching a re-run of downhill.
I forgot to record the closing ceremony, so will do that tonight. I don’t watch
to see it with all those darn commercials. Here is the Top 10 final medal count
[1 skating event TBA]:
1. Norway: 37 (16 golds, 8 silvers, 13
bronzes)
2. Russian Olympic Committee: 32 (6
golds, 12 silvers, 14 bronzes)
3. Germany: 27 (12 golds, 10 silvers, 5
bronzes)
4. Canada: 26 (4 golds, 8 silvers, 14
bronzes)
5. United States: 25 (8 golds, 10
silvers, 7 bronzes)
6. Sweden: 18 (8 golds, 5 silvers, 5
bronzes)
7. Austria: 18 (7 golds, 7 silvers, 4
bronzes)
8. Japan: 18 (3 golds, 6 silvers, 9
bronzes)
9. Netherlands: 17 (8 golds, 5 silvers, 4
bronzes)
10. Italy: 17 (two golds, seven silvers,
eight bronzes)
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
Why do male
deer have an overbite?
They have
buck teeth
Trivia
Q: U.S.
President, Herbert C. _________.
Q: How many
balls are on a pool table at the start of a game?
Q: Who
invented peanut butter?
Q: The films
The King's Speech and The English Patient feature which English actor?
ANSWERS:
Answer 1:
Hoover
Answer 2: 16
Answer 3:
Marcellus Gilmore Edson
Answer 4:
Colin Firth
Historical Events
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1848 – The
Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was published
in London by a group of German-born revolutionary known as the Communist
League.
W
1885 – The
Washington Monument was dedicated in Washington, DC.
W
1925 – The
New Yorker magazine began publication.
W
1948 – The
National Association for Stock Car Racing – NASCAR – was founded.
W
1965 –
Malcolm X, founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity was assassinated.
W
1972 – American
President Richard Nixon made a historic trip to China, opening diplomatic
relations between the two countries.
W
1994 –
Aldrich and Maria del Rosario Ames were arrested (and later convicted) of
spying for the Soviet Union.
Birthdays Today
@95 – Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd
President of Zimbabwe (d. 2019)
@80 – John Lewis, American activist, politician
@76 – Rue McClanahan, American actress (d. 2010;
brain hemorage)
@70 – Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter (d.
2003; in her sleep)
@69 – Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (d.
1996; kidney disease)
@69 – Alan Rickman, English actor (died in 2016)
67 – Kelsey
Grammer, American actor
64 – Mary Chapin
Carpenter, American singer-songwriter
59 – William
Baldwin, American actor, Brother
@52 – Christian Dior, French Fashion designer (d.1957;
heart attack)
@50 – Charles Scribner I, publisher, founded Charles
Scribner’s Sons (d. 1871; typhoid)
44 – Kumail Nanjiani,
comedian
43 – Jennifer Love
Hewitt, American actress
43 – Jordan Peele,
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
36 – Charlotte
Church, Welsh singer-songwriter
35 – Eliott Page,
Canadian actor
33 – Corbin Bleu,
American actor, model, dancer
26 – Sophie Turner,
English actress
