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Week: 9 Day: 53 |
Ave. Sky Cover: 50% Visibility: 10 miles |
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Local Temp:
39°\ 29° Wind: 10mph\ Gusts: 25mph |
High risk of
fire Active fire: 789mi.
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Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days
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Happy
Washington’s Birthday…the holiday may have changed, but not his birthday.
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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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
This wind is
bringing in a storm that may give us more of the white stuff. My Option: Just
Do It.
I watched
the closing ceremony last night. I recorded it so I could skip the way-top-many
commercials. As far as closings go, this one was nice. I enjoyed all the children’s
singing. In four years, it will be in
Italy…where they will be in Milano and Cortina.
This is not like Denver and Fort Collins…it is more like Flagstaff and
Tucson…a good 4+ hour drive. At present, the bus or train are between 7 and 8 hours.
The athletes won’t complain, but the TV and audiences will have to make more concessions.
I learned a
lot about Havana Syndrome on 60 Minutes last night. It is very scary for Federal workers and
families around the world. Employees have been hit with it at home, in hotels,
and in the area between the White House and the employee parking lot. The head
of the CIA says there are many unexplained incidents in the US and around the
world. All they say we know is that it is a microwave that is directed. It
causes temporary and long-term symptoms. Adults and children have been affected.
This is one time I hope they know more than they are telling us.
Tomorrow I
get my semi-annual teeth cleaning…can’t wait. Haha.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
What happens
when fog lifts in southern California?
UC-LA!
My doctor
told me to cut down on sodium.
I took his
advice with a pinch of salt.
Trivia
Question: In
Which Comedy Film Does Aretha Franklin Star as A Proprietress of A Soul Food
Joint?
Question: In
St. Louis, Missouri, it’s illegal for a firefighter to rescue who?
Question:
What was banned in Indonesia for “stimulating passion?”
Q:
Generally, which component of a computer draws the most power?
ANSWERS:
Answer 1:
The Blues Brothers
Answer 2:
Undressed women (even if they are wearing a nightgown)
Answer 3:
Hula hoops
Answer 4:
Video Card
Historical Events
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1620 –
Popcorn was introduced to the English colonists by an Indian named Quadequina.
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1651 – St.
Peter’s Flood (I): A storm surge flooded the Frisian (Germany/Netherlands)
coast, drowning 15,000 people.
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1856 – The Republican
Party opened its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
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1878 – In
Utica NY, Frank Woolworth opened the first five-and-dime Woolworth store.
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1893 – The
Record of a Sneeze was filmed by Thomas Edison… the first film ‘close up‘.
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1956 –
Montgomery, Alabama arrested several civil rights protestors and bus
boycotters, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and E.D. Nixon.
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1956 – Elvis
Presley debuted on the music charts with Heartbreak Hotel.
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1980 –
Winter Olympics: Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States
hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3.
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2006 –
iTunes sold its BILLIONTH music download. 16-year-old Alex Ostrovsky of West
Bloomfield bought “Speed of Sound” by Coldplay. He later got a phone call from
Steve Jobs and won a lot of iPod and Mac stuff.
Birthdays Today
@89 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director,
producer (d. 1997)
@83 – Robert Baden-Powell, British founder of the boy
Scouts (and Girl Guides) (d.1941)
@82 – Rembrandt Peale, American painter (d. 1860)
@77 – Edward Kennedy, American politician (d. 2009;
brain cancer)
72 – Julius Erving,
American basketball player and sportscaster
@67 – George Washington, American patriot, general
and politician, 1st President (d. 1799)
@58 – Edna St. Vincent Millay (aka Nancy Boyd), poet,
playwright (d. 1950; heart attack)
47 – Drew Barrymore,
American actress, director, producer and screenwriter
@44 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist, television
host (d. 2006; by a stingray)
@22 – Robert Wadlow, American, tallest man ever
recorded at 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall and weighed 400+ lbs. (d. 1940; autoimmune
problem)
