Dec 6

 

Week: 50 Day: 340 Ave. Sky Cover: 5%Visibility: 10miles Local Temp:   56°\ 21° Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 5mph High risk of fire Active fire: 220mi. \ Lightning: 1264mi. Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

28-12/6	Chanukah
1-7	Cookie Cutter Week Link
3-10	Clerc-Gallaudet Week
5-24	Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)  Link
5-11	National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link   Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
6-10	Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link
6-12	Computer Science Education Week: Link

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 

Have a laugh

What do you call a skeleton that makes you laugh? A funny bone.

 

Trivia

Because tigers usually attack their prey from the side or rear, some people living in rural India wear masks on the back of their heads. Over the past one hundred years, over 95 percent of the tiger population has disappeared, leaving just 5,000 tigers in the world today. Their population is still decreasing due to poaching and habitat loss.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another nice fall day…blue sky and no clouds. I did two loads of laundry…getting ready for the week. I was a fan of Chris Cuomo. I enjoyed his friendly banter with Don Lemon between their shows. I now get why other journalists don’t do that kind of banter. Sorry to hear another icon has passed…Bob Dole at 98. I didn’t always like his political views but he worked hard to get consensus during his many years in Washington. The AZ Cards beat the Bears. The Broncos game will be on my TV tonight as Sunday Night Football. Marjorie Taylor Greene is a piece of work. Yesterday she reminded her constituents that more kids die of cancer than of Covid and we aren’t shutting schools for cancer. She didn’t mention that cancer is not contagious.

 

 

Historical Events

1825 US President John Adams suggests establishment of a national observatory 1862 US President Abraham Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians 1897 – London became the world’s first city license taxicabs. 1933 Ban on James Joyce's "Ulysses" in US lifted 1969 – The Altamont Free Concert, featuring Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and the Rolling Stones. It also had several deaths, and hundreds were injured. It was the focus of the 1970 documentary film titled Gimme Shelter. 1973 --Gerald Ford was sworn in as US Vice President. 2010 Record price for a printed book when a first edition of "The Birds of America" by John James Audubon auctioned at Sotheby's, London, England, for £7,321,250 2018 Oldest-known plague sample found in 4,900-year-old remains of 20-year old woman in Gökhem, southern Sweden published in "Cell"

 

Birthdays Today

@31 – Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, poet (d. 1918; in battle) @86 – Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983) @91 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist, and composer (d. 2012) 73 – JoBeth Williams, American actress 54 – Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter

 

Dec 5

 

Week: 50 Day: 338 Ave. Sky Cover:  5%Visibility: 10miles Local Temp:   51°\ 23° Wind: 3mph\ Gusts: 3mph Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 252mi. \ Lightning: 2053mi. Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

28-12/6	Chanukah:
1-7	Cookie Cutter Week Link
3-10	Clerc-Gallaudet Week
5-24	Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)  Link
5-11	National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link   Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week

 

Daily Observations

Favorite Memes

 

Have a laugh

What happens when 2 vampires meet? It was love at first bite!

 

Trivia

Tigers have killed more people than either lions or leopards. During the 19th century, tigers may have killed hundreds of thousands of people. The Sundarbans swamp forest on the border of India and Bangladesh is the tiger-attack capital of the world. Approximately 600 Bengal tigers live there, and they kill up to 100 people each year.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice blue sky on this great fall day. Angela Merkel stepped down with a 70% approval rating after 16 years leading Germany and many believe leading the European Union. A great record. Congress kicked the can down the road and extended government payments until Feb. The parents of the shooter in Michigan are arrested after missing a court date and are now held on $500,000 bond each. They ‘disappeared’ just before the court date and took out $4000 from an ATM. I thought that every bank had limits on daily withdrawals from an ATM. Hmmm. Aggravated homicide is hard to prove, this looks like the case to try. Focus Travelers are in Cairo. Thanks to those who are posting great shots. It brings back many memories of my trip.

 

 

Historical Events

1766 – In London, auctioneer James Christie held his first sale/auction. 1955 – The Montgomery Bus Boycott began, led by E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks. 1955 – The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL – CIO. 1865 – The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States. 1932 German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa to enter America 1948 – Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts premiered, the first major show of its kind. 1969 – ARPANET (the first true internet) grew from ARPA (the U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency) when it connected to computer network nodes at four universities: the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, CA, U.C. Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. 2008 Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II 2019 Saudi state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco raises a record $25.6 billion in its first public share offering, makes it the world's most valuable company at $1.7 trillion

 

Birthdays Today

87 – Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman), American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor @80 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, producer (d. 1986) @79 – Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862) @65 – Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966; cancer) @36 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876; @ Little Big Horn) 36 – Frankie Muniz, American actor