7 Dec

 

Flag Today  50°/22°   Week 48  Day 342 Air Quality: Fair Moderate   Partly Mostly Cloudy  Overcast Smoky Red Flag Warning   Sunshine Wind 6 mph Gusts 12 mph Gentle Breeze Active Fire: 531 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning: a miles away Dec. Averages: Temps: 45°\18° Moisture:  5 Days

Weekly Observations

1-7 Cookie Cutter WeekLink National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link  Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week

3-10 Clerc-Gallaudet Week 4-24 Andisop (Meterological Fiddling) Link

Daily Observations

Bike Shop Day International Civil Aviation Day Letter Writing Day National Cotton Candy Day National Fire Safety Council Day

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day National Play Outside Day Link  Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Skywarn Recognition Day Link  World Pear Day Link

Today’s Seasonal Quote                                                       

 

Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

I did my weekly grocery shopping this morning. Even found some things I needed that were on sale. Good trip.

I ordered the books for our discussion group. I was not happy that the shipping charges have tripled since last year. I usually order for the group, and they pay for the books I pay for the shipping cost. I may not be so generous next year.

I’m looking forward to the weekend, I already got two calls for Rez friends are shopping this weekend and will stop by. Nice.

Trivia Time

 

Christmas Traditions

Eggnog

It’s hard to imagine why anyone would be inspired to chug a raw egg-based drink, but historians agree that ’nog was probably inspired by a medieval drink called posset, a milky drink made with eggs, milk, and sometimes figs or sherry. These were all pricey ingredients, so the wealthy often used it for toasting.

Eggnog became a holiday drink when colonists brought it over from England, but they found a way to make it on the cheap, nixing the figs and substituting rum for sherry. And how about that weird nog name? No one knows for sure, but historians theorize that nog was short for noggin, which was slang for a wooden cup, or a play on the Norfolk variety of beer also called nog (which itself may be named after the cup).

Random Thoughts…

Gyms would be more successful if they hounded you to come in and work out as they hound you to come back after your membership expires.

A group of Salamanders is called a Congress.

The best way to get rid of mosquitos would be with a really big laser aimed at the sky. They could see it for miles, fly to it, and get obliterated when they touched it.

Ancient Roman Life

Life of a female slave

In ancient Rome, female slaves faced a particularly harrowing existence marked by exploitation and a lack of autonomy. Beyond the general hardships endured by all slaves, such as grueling labor and harsh punishments, women in bondage were often subjected to additional layers of abuse and degradation. Many were bought specifically for their masters’ physical gratification, a tragic exploitation that stripped them of their autonomy and consent. This coital slavery wasn’t just a private affair; it extended to public brothels, where countless female slaves were forced to service numerous clients daily.

In addition to physical exploitation, female slaves also performed various roles in Roman households and society. They worked as maids, cooks, and nurses, often facing the dual burden of labor and intimate physical abuse. Their artistic talents, whether in music, dance, or other forms of entertainment, were exploited for the pleasure of their masters, turning their skills into instruments of their subjugation.

Historic Events

1732
The Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) was opened on London.
1787
Delaware became ‘The First State’ to ratify the US Constitution.
1842
The first concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
1909
Leo Baekeland of Yonkers, New York, received the patent for a thermosetting artificial plastic which he called ‘Bakelite’ (patent #942,699)
1979
The National Fire Safety Council was founded.
1995
The Galileo spacecraft arrived at the planet Jupiter on its mission to study the planet and its moons.

Birthdays

Larry Bird, 68 Basketball Player C Thomas Howell, 58 Movie Actor Jasmine Villegas, 31 R&B Singer   Emily Browning, 36 Movie Actress   Noam Chomsky, 96, American linguist, philosopher

@98 – Eli Wallach, American actor (d. 2014) @80 – Clarence Nash, American voice actor, Donald Duck (d. 1985) @67 – Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and performer (d. 1978; stroke) @62 – Ted Knight (Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka), American actor, comedian (d. 1986; cancer) @50 – Richard Warren Sears, co-founder of Sears (d. 1914; Bright’s disease)

…The End for today…