Jan 30

 

Week: 6 Day: 30	Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   40°\ 33° Wind: 11mph\ Gusts: 19mph	Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 251mi. \ Lightning: 1612mi.
Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

20-30	Sundance Film Festival
27-30	Angouleme International Comics Festival  Link
29-2/5	Cordova Ice Worm Days Link

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice winter day. Took a nice walk around the neighborhood.

As I was reading stats about Covid, happy that Coconino County, my home area, has the 3^rd highest vaccination rate in AZ.

I’m sure glad I’m not on the East Coast. That’s a lot of wind and a whole lot of snow.

SpaceX rocket should hit dark side of the moon soon. Should be interesting. Traveling at 5000mph on impact.

Tom Brady is retiring. WOW!  After 22 NFL seasons.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

Why does Djokovic pay with American Express?

Because he has no Visa.

Trivia

Q: TRUE OR FALSE - A pasodoble is a type of Italian pasta sauce.

 

Q: When one is "envious", they are said to be what color?

 

Q: Who is the author of Jurrasic Park?

 

Q: What item is the werewolf most afraid of?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: FALSE; it’s a Spanish Dance

Answer 2: Green

Answer 3: Michael Crichton

Answer 4: Silver

Historical Events

1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge ( the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), spanning the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, was opened.

1948 – Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse.

1968 – The North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong began the Tet Offensive

1969 – The Beatles’ rooftop performance and recording for Let It Be took place at Apple Records.

1972 – Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers opened fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 14 people.

Birthdays Today

92 – Gene Hackman, American actor, and author

    @86 – Dick Martin, American comedic actor (d. 2008)

85 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress

85 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player

81 – Dick Cheney, American businessman, and politician

71 – Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, actor

64 – Brett Butler, American actress

    @63 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945; stroke)

48 – Christian Bale, Welsh actor

42 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor

 

Jan 29

 

Week: 5 Day: 29	Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   35°\ 17° Wind: 13mph\ Gusts: 23mph	Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 133mi. \ Lightning: 2507mi.
Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

20-30	Sundance Film Festival
23-29	Clean Out Your Inbox Week National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week  National Handwriting Analysis Week  National School Choice Week  Link  Snow care for Troops Week
24-29	National Medical Group Practice Week
27-30	Angouleme International Comics Festival  Link
29-2/5	Cordova Ice Worm Days Link

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another windy day…which drops the temperature by about 10°.

Amy lost on Jeopardy on Wednesday after 40 wins. The Librarian guy who beat her lost on Thursday. Amy was the first transgender winner and is now the 2^nd winningest contestant of Modern Jeopardy.

When I saw this on CNBC’s The News with Shepard Smith, I thought it was a joke. I checked it out and it is true.  McDonald’s is introducing some new sandwiches at certain locations: the ‘land, sea, and air’ burger is a Big Mac with an added fish patty and chicken patty. The ‘Surf & Turf’ is a double cheeseburger with a fish patty. The kicker, for me is that each part is wrapped separately, and the customer must open each and ‘build their own’ sandwich. Crazy!

A new lawsuit, based on a Reconstruction Era law, that says no elected official can be involved in any action that does not support the US Constitution. If this lawsuit makes it, many of those elected officials may have something to worry about.

This looks like a bad weekend to be living on the East Coast. A bomb cyclone may dump a lot of snow and has very high winds.

A hiker died near the Lost Dutchman Mine State Park. He was attempting a ‘selfie’ and fell some 700’. Between 2011 and 2017 more than 250 people worldwide have fallen off overlooks while trying to take a selfie.

I got a county jury summons yesterday. I had to fill out a form on the internet. The trial is a sexual abuse/rape case from Page. I must wait until Feb. 14 to see if the trial starts on the 15^th. It is expected to be a 5-day trial. Sure hope I don’t get picked to serve. 

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What do you call it when a snowman throws a tantrum?

A meltdown.

Trivia

Q: The likeness of which president is featured on the rare $2 bill of USA currency?

Q: What is Cynophobia the fear of?

Q: TRUE OR FALSE - Vietnam's national flag is a red star in front of a yellow background.

Q: The Flag of the European Union has how many stars on it?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2: Dogs

Answer 3: FALSE It is a gold star on a red background

Answer 4: 12

Historical Events

    1845 – Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’ was published in the New York Evening Mirror.

    1861 – Kansas became the 34th state.

    1959 – Walt Disney’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ was released. The Beauty, Princess Aurora, only appeared on screen for about 18 minutes as an ‘adult’, but she was actually a sixteen-year-old.

    1980 – The Rubik’s Cube made its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl’s Court, London.

    2002 – In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush described “regimes that sponsor terror” as an Axis of evil- he included Iraq, Iran, and North Korea.

    2009 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.

    2015 – Malaysia officially declared the disappearance of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 (disappeared on March 8, 2014) an accident, and its passengers and crew were presumed dead.

Birthdays Today

v @86 – Victor Mature, American actor (died in 1999)

82 – Katharine Ross, American actress

77 – Tom Selleck, American actor

v @72 – Thomas Paine, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States (d. 1809)

72 – Ann Jillian, American actress

68 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer

v @66 – W.C. Fields (William Claude Dukenfield), comedic actor (d. 1946; gastric hemorrhage)

v @62 – Edward Abbey, American writer (d. 1989; cirrhosis)

v @58 – William McKinley, 25th President (d. 1901; assassinated)

54 – Edward Burns, American actor

52 – Heather Graham, American actress

51– Paul Ryan, politician

47 – Sara Gilbert, American actress, talk show host

v @44 – Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (d. 1904; TB)