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Feb
8, 2021 Week: 6
Day: 39 |
Local: H 52°\ L 25°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 8mph\Gusts: 15mph |
Moderate Risk of Fire: Active
fire: 645mi |
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Nearest
lightning: 1749 mi. |
Record: 65°[1996] Record: -17°[1923] |
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Visibility: 10mi |
Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture) |
Today’s
Quote
Immature
love says: 'I love you because I need you.'
Mature
love says 'I need you because I love you.'
~Erich
Fromm
Random Tidbits
From 1850 to 1942,
marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia as a useful medicine
for nausea, rheumatism, and labor pains and was easily obtained at the local
general store or pharmacy.
Modern scientists have
found that a marijuana compound can freeze and stop the spread of some types of
aggressive cancer.
A Little Humor
Q Why did pacifists stay away from cows? To avoid unnecessary beef.
.....
1964: Remember kids- a youth basketball coach says- there's no
"I" in team.
Not yet- whispers 5th grade Steve Jobs- ... not yet.
True Things
Authorities find 'underwater skeleton tea party'
Authorities in Arizona responding to a report of human remains in the
Colorado River said they actually discovered a staged "underwater skeleton
tea party." The La Paz County Sheriff's Department said deputies received
a report Monday from a Colorado River snorkeler who spotted what appeared to be
human remains near the Cienega Springs boat launch. A Buckskin Fire Department
diver investigated with a video camera and discovered the reported remains were
actually a pair of fake skeletons in lawn chairs having what the sheriff's
department described as an "underwater skeleton tea party."
"Although the call itself was resource intensive, both the Sheriff's
Office and Buckskin Fire were happy to find that the remains weren't real and
thanked the reporting party for making the call," the department said.
Presidential Trivia…Preparing for
President’s Day
George Washington didn't have wooden teeth.
Contrary to popular
myth, the first president did not in fact have wooden teeth. Instead, his
dentures were made of human and cow teeth, ivory, and metal. However, the
president was fond of very dark wines, which may have stained his dentures,
giving them the appearance of being wooden.
John Adams died on a particularly notable day.
Adams died on
July 4th, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of
Independence. Coincidentally, Thomas Jefferson, his former vice president who
later became his bitter political rival, died on the same day. Adams' last
words reportedly were," Thomas Jefferson survives," but
Jefferson had passed away a few hours earlier.
Thomas Jefferson's presidency wasn't his
proudest accomplishment.
Jefferson accomplished
quite a lot in his lifetime. When it came time to plan his gravestone
inscription, he requested that three things be put on it — and his presidency
didn't even make the cut! Instead, he wanted to be remembered as:"Author
of the Declaration of American Independence and the Statute of Virginia for
religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia."
Weekly Observations
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Dump
Your Significant Jerk Week National Stationery Week: Cancelled |
2-8 |
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Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend |
7-12 |
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Burn Awareness Week Link |
7-13 |
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Congenital Heart Defect
Awareness Week Link |
7-14 |
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American Association For The
Advancement of Science Week Link |
8-11 |
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Freelance
Writer Appreciation Week |
8-13 |
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Love Makes the World Go Round; but,
Laughter Keeps Us from Getting Dizzy Week |
8-14 |
Today’s Observations
Boy Scout Anniversary Day [1910] Link
Clean
Out Your Computer Day Link
Dry Bean Day Link Cancelled
Kite Flying Day
Laugh and
Get Rich Day
Meal Monday Link
National Football Hangover Day Link
National Molasses Bar Day
Opera Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Every year about this time we are given ‘the greatest match-up’ or ‘the
most anticipated’ game of the century, or some other inane hype. It’s a
football game. I will watch it. And yes, I’m watching some of the pre-game hype
too.
I will probably be watching much of next week’s Impeachment too. I’m
not expecting much. Every Senator’s vote at the end will embolden or destroy
their career. No matter what the outcome, voters will remember the vote of each
Senator in their state.
At 2pm today our county site is opening up 1200 vaccine appointments.
I’ll be online trying again.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
You’re escaping a labyrinth and there are three exits. Exit A leads to
an inferno. Exit B leads to an assassin. Exit C leads to a lion that hasn’t
eaten in 3 years. Which exit do you pick?
Historical Events
1587 – Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded.
1692 – A doctor in Salem Village claimed three teenaged girls were
possessed by Satan, which then lead to the chaotic Salem Witch Trials.
1693 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia was
granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
1735 – The first Opera in the American Colonies was performed – Flora:
or the Hob in the Well, in Charlestown, South Carolina.
1855 – The Devil’s Footprints mysteriously appeared around the Exe
Estuary in East Devon and South Devon, England. After a heavy snowfall, trails
of two-legged hoof-like marks appeared overnight in the snow covering a total
distance of many miles.
1865 – Delaware voters rejected the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery, although in
practice, it did not exist. (Delaware finally ratified the amendment on
February 12, 1901.)
1898 – The first envelope folding and gumming machine patent
(#598,716) was issued to John Ames Sherman of Worcester, Mass.
1910 – The Boy Scouts of America were founded.
1915 – The Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffith’s controversial
film, premiered. It was originally titled The Clansman.
1924 – The first state execution in the US by gas chamber took place
in Nevada.
1960 – Ground-breaking for the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The initial
stars were Joanne Woodward, Olive Borden, Ronald Colman, Louise Fazenda,
Preston Foster, Burt Lancaster, Edward Sedgwick, and Ernest Torrence.
1998 – The first female hockey game in Olympic history took place.
Finland defeated Sweden 6-0.
2013 A massive blizzard begins in the US and Canada that resulted in
15 deaths, 5,300 cancelled flights, and loss of power for 900,000 people
2017 US Senate confirms Jeff Sessions Attorney General, after
controversy and protests.
2019 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos accuses The National Enquirer and its
owner, American Media Inc, of blackmail over private messages detailing an
extramarital affair.
2020 Irish General Election: No party wins a majority, Sinn Féin 37
seats and the popular vote, Fianna Fáil 38 seats, Leo Varadkar's ruling Fine
Gael only 35 seats
Birthdays Today
89 – John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor
81 – Ted Koppel, English-American journalist
80 – Nick Nolte, American actor
79 – Robert Klein, American comedian and actor
@77 – Jules Verne, French
author, poet, and playwright (d. 1905)
@76 – Jack Lemmon, American
actor (d. 2001; bladder cancer)
68 – Mary Steenburgen, American actress
66 – John Grisham, American lawyer and author
@59 – Bill Finger, comic
author, illustrator, co-created Batman (d. 1974; AIDS)
52 – Mary McCormack, American actress
47 – Seth Green, American actor
@42 – Gary
Coleman, American actor (d. 2010; after fall)
@24 – James Dean, American
actor (d. 1955; auto accident)
Puzzle Answer
Exit C. If a lion hasn’t eaten in 3 years, it has definitely starved
to death.
