Feb 25

 

 

Feb 25, 2021     Week: 8    Day:  56                           Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 53°\ L 25°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%                   Wind:  7mph/ Gusts:  15mph

Nearest Lightning: 1671mi.                                         Moderate Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  381mi

Record: 70°[1986]  Record: -10°[1919] 

Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture)            

Today’s Quote

Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.

~David Wilkerson

Random Tidbits

Studies have found napping raises your stamina 11 percent, increases ability to stay asleep all night by 12 percent, and lowers the time required to fall asleep by 14 percent.

A Little Humor

For the past few months- my clients have been paying me to go to various stores to find paper towels for them. I guess I've become a professional Bounty hunter.

Weekly Observations

Bird Health Awareness Week Link   Build A Better Trade Show Image Week  National Eating Disorders Awareness Week National Engineers Week National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link National Justice for Animals Week  Link  Link	21-27
Lent [Christian]	17-4/3
National FFA Week Link	20-27
International Petroleum Week  Link	23-25
American Birkenbreiner Race	25-27

 

Today’s Observations

Digital Learning Day Link  
International Toast Day Link  
Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day 
National Chili Day   Link
National Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day

National Clam Chowder Day

Pistol Patent Day [1836]

Purim
Ta'Anit Esther
Rubber Ducky Day Link  

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another day of sun and warm weather. Storm coming this weekend, have to enjoy this great weather while it lasts.

Space geeks win again. As many watched the descent of Mars Perseverance to the surface of Mars everyone saw the oddly designed red and white parachute. The next day, the geeks on earth decoded the binary code of the parachute. It said: DARE MIGHTY THINGS.  

Trying to get two scripts filled at Walgreens for pick up tomorrow. One had 3 refills and the other needed a new script from my doctor. I called the doctor to call it in. I then called in the other one. First text-message was ‘there is an insurance problem’ and we will contact you. Second text-message said ‘we have to order the prescription’. Third text-message said ‘you have zero refills, should we call your physician’. I called to see what was going on. They weren’t sure because both scripts were awaiting pick-up and covered by insurance. Crazy!

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

I can be short and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress. What am I?

Historical Events

1836 – Samuel Colt was granted a United States patent (#9430X) for his Colt revolver.

1901 – J.P. Morgan incorporated the United States Steel Corporation.

1932 – Adolf Hitler obtained German citizenship by naturalization, which allowed him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.

1964 – Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), age 22, defeated champion Sonny Liston in a technical knockout to win the world heavyweight boxing crown.

1984 – # 1 Hit February 25, 1984 – March 30, 1984: Van Halen – Jump

1991 – The Warsaw Pact officially disbanded.

2004 – The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson’s film about the last 44 hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life, opened in theaters, eventually earning over $370,700,000.

2006 – The world’s population reached an estimated 6.5 billion people

2012 World Health Organization removes India from the list of polio endemic countries.

2017 Tom Perez is elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee

2020 Iran emerges as a newCOVID-19 hotspot, recording 95 cases and 11 deaths as a deputy health minister that appeared on TV confirmed as also infected

Birthdays Today

86 – Sally Jessy Raphael, American journalist and talk show host

@79 – [Herbert] Zeppo Marx, American comedian, Brother (d. 1979; lung cancer)

@78 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter (d. 1919)

@76 – Jim Backus, American actor (d. 1989; Parkinson’s/cancer)

@77 – Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995; cancer)

@71 – John Foster Dulles, American statesman (d. 1959; colon cancer)

@58 – George Harrison, singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer (d. 2001; cancer)

56 –  [Scott Thompson] Carrot Top, comedian, actor

55 – Téa Leoni, American actress

46 – Chelsea Handler, American comedian and talk show host

Puzzle Answer

Temper

 

Feb 24

 

 

Feb 24, 2021     Week: 8    Day:  55                           Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 55°\ L 24°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%                   Wind:  7mph/ Gusts:  11mph

Nearest Lightning: mi.   1687                                     Moderate Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  264mi

Record: °[. ]  Record: °[. ] 

Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture)            

Today’s Quote

We need 4 hugs a day for survival.

We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance.

We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

~Virginia Satir

Random Tidbits

If you have ever been in college, chances are you have pulled an "all-nighter" at some point in your academic career, but you may not know that cramming all night reduces your ability to retain information by up to 40 percent. Enter the power of the nap.

A power nap is magical. It's the most effective way to wake up and refresh your mind when you're feeling tired and sluggish.

A Little Humor

What type of fruit do twins prefer? Pears

Weekly Observations

Bird Health Awareness Week Link   Build A Better Trade Show Image Week  National Eating Disorders Awareness Week National Engineers Week National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link National Justice for Animals Week  Link  Link	21-27
Lent [Christian]	17-4/3
National FFA Week Link	20-27
International Petroleum Week  Link	23-25

 

Today’s Observations

Forget Me Not Day  Link  
Inconvenience Yourself Day  
National Dance Day
National Tortilla Chip Day

National Trading Card Day

Pink Shirt Day Link 
Twin Peaks Day

World Bartender Day Link Cancelled

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Nice weather = Nice Walk.

I updated the Focus Site and now the pricing for the Canadian Rail Trip is correct.

I somehow missed my computer’s spell check. I know the candidate for AG is Merrick Garland. The brainless spell check made his name Eric yesterday.

The more audio and video from Perseverance on Mars the more entranced I am becoming. I must say, much of terrain looks a lot like much of the Navajo Reservation. Some geek added a picture of a trading post to the shot, so everyone would see the comparison. Just cute.

Text to 911 implemented in our mountain town. A user can send a text message to “9-1-1” and it will be routed to the dispatch center. Officials recommend the service who are hearing and speech impaired, when a person is in a dangerous situation and calling would make it worse, or you tried to call 9-1-1, but can’t get reception. Very cool.

I was reading an article about cultural differences the other day. One of the premises was: some cultures believe people are born with rights while other cultures people are born with obligations. Those obligations include taking care of others, taking care of earth, and taking care for future generations. When members of two different cultures meet, it is important to recognize the differences and find a way to live together. In the history of civilization, many times the culture that believes in Rights decide to destroy the cultures that believe in Obligations. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

What has no hands but might knock on your door, and if it does you better open up?

Historical Events

1582 – The Gregorian Calendar, which most of the world uses today, was introduced.

1863 – Arizona was organized as a United States territory.

1920 – Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

1938 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had bought the rights to adapt L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, as reported by Variety magazine.

1938 – DuPont began commercial production of the first nylon toothbrush bristles for the so-called “Miracle Tuft Toothbrush.”

1970 – The National Public Radio was founded in the US.

1981- The engagement of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer was announced.

1982 – The U.S. Supreme Court voted 8-0 to overturn the $200,000 settlement awarded to the Reverend Jerry Falwell for his emotional distress at being parodied in Hustler, a pornographic magazine. Basically, the Supreme Court ruled that you can mock public figures.

1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa and offers a $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

1993- Michael Jackson received the Grammy Legend award which was presented to him by his sister Janet at the 35th annual Grammy Awards.

1999 The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.

2008 Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years

2013 Raúl Castro is elected to a second term as the President of Cuba.

2014 Pope Francis creates a second Secretariat with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time.

2014 A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal is discovered to be the oldest known fragment from the earth's crust.

2020 US President Donald Trump begins a 2 day trip to India meeting Indian PM Narendra Modi.

2020 Scientists identify the first animal that doesn't need oxygen to breathe - a tiny parasite living in salmon tissue, reported in journal PNAS

Birthdays Today

@94 – Abe Vigoda, American character actor (d. 2016)

@74 – Homer Winslow, American illustrator (d. 1910)

@73 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author (d. 1859; infection)

@73 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012; long illness)

71 – George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter

70 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress [That 70’s Show]

@56 – Steve Jobs, businessman, co-founded Apple Inc., Pixar (d. 2011; cancer)

65 – Paula Zahn, American journalist

63 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter

55 – Billy Zane, American actor

44 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer

Puzzle Answer

Opportunity

 

Jan 23

 

 

Feb 23, 2021     Week: 8    Day:  54                           Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 50°\ L 22°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%                   Wind:  8mph/ Gusts:  14mph

Nearest Lightning: 3411mi.                                         Moderate Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  145mi

Record: 66°[1946]  Record: -6°[1960] 

Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture)            

Today’s Quote

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

~David Viscott

A Little Humor

A guy goes into a hardware store and picks up a can of bug spray and asks the clerk "Is this good for wasps?" he asked the clerk

"No, it will kill them."

True Things

Scientists unveil first clone of endangered ferret

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the successful cloning of a black-footed ferret -- the first time an endangered U.S. animal has been cloned. The FWS said the female ferret, dubbed Elizabeth Ann, was cloned from the frozen cells of Willa, a black-footed ferret who lived more than 30 years ago. Black-footed ferrets were declared extinct in 1979, but two years later a small population was found living on a Wyoming farmer's property. Officials said all black-footed ferrets alive today are descended from seven individuals. Officials said Elizabeth Ann will become part of a breeding program and will add some genetic diversity to the species. "Without an appropriate amount of genetic diversity, a species often becomes more susceptible to diseases and genetic abnormalities," the agency said in a statement. The FWS said scientists are aiming to create more black-footed ferret clones in the coming months.

Weekly Observations

Bird Health Awareness Week Link   Build A Better Trade Show Image Week  National Eating Disorders Awareness Week National Engineers Week National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link National Justice for Animals Week  Link  Link	21-27
Lent [Christian]	17-4/3
National FFA Week Link	20-27
International Petroleum Week  Link	23-25

 

Today’s Observations

Curling is Cool Day
Diesel Engine Day
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day

Iwo Jima Day (Flag Raised)
Museum Advocacy Day: 22-23  Link 
National Banana Bread Day

National Tile Day  Link
Rationalization Day

Single Tasking Day
Tennis Day

Tootsie Roll Day  Link
World Spay Day USA 

World Understanding and Peace Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

This week is starting off with great weather. Lots of sunshine, blue sky. Great Day!

I watched part of the Attorney General conformation hearing of Eric Garland. Sounds like a good guy to me.

The local paper had a great article about Ava, the Avalanche Dog for our local ski resort. Not sure of her breed but know for sure she isn’t a St. Bernard. She is in her 7^th year of search and rescue. Very cool.

NAU, our local University, has picked its next President, a guy from NY. He has said his priority is communication with community members and organizations. I guess he did his homework as this is the top priority according to our local paper. The current president had a priority of increasing student population so she could get a raise from the Board of Regents.

AOC [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], the Rep from NY, has raised over $4million for the citizens of Texas during this disaster. Everyday she raises more. The Senator from Texas, Mr. Cruz, takes a vacation to Cancun. I’m reminded that actions speak louder than words.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine, and my body is pale, but I’m always ready to tell a tale. What am I?

Historical Events

1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. Ironically, if there were newspapers at the time, we could be more confident about the date.

1792 – The Humane Society of Massachusetts was incorporated.

1836 – The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) began in San Antonio, Texas.

1896 – The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield, in New York.

1903 – Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States “in perpetuity”.

1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen met for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world’s first service club.

1927 – Federal Radio Commission (FRC, later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission, FCC) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States was established.

1941 – Plutonium was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg

1945 – During the Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak, and raised the U.S. flag. The photo would later become world-famous as well as win a Pulitzer Prize.

1947 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was founded.

1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with Jonas Salk’s vaccine began in Pittsburgh, PA.

1955 – First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).

1975 – There was an energy crisis in the US in 1975, so daylight savings time started two months early – Feb 23rd instead of April.

1978 -Both Barbra Streisand’s Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen) and Debby Boone’s You Light Up My Life were awarded the Best Song Grammy – the first and only tie in that category in Grammy history.

1987 – The light from Supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, reached the Earth.

1991 – Operation Desert Storm began in Iraq.

2005 – The Apple iPod mini (2nd generation) was released.

2010 Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million litres of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster.

2018 Study suggests earliest European Paleolithic artwork in Spain made by Neanderthals not humans in "Science Journal"

2020 China's Supreme Leader Xi Jinping describes the country's COVID-19 outbreak as the China's largest health emergency since 1949

Birthdays Today

@95 – W.E.B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, activist (d. 1963)

@79 – Peter Fonda, American actor (d. 2019; lung cancer)

70 – Ed “Too Tall” Jones, American football player

42 – [Sarah Elizabeth] S.E. Cupp, American journalist, author

38 – Emily Blunt, English actress

27 – Dakota Fanning, American actress

Puzzle Answer

A book