12 Nov

 

 

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🦃                                                      🦃 Week 41 Day 317 Flag Today  56°/25° Air Quality: Fair   Sunny   Wind 7 mph Gusts 12 mph Light Breeze Active Fire: 416 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 1706 miles away Nov. Averages: Temps: 51°\24° Moisture:  3 Days 🦃                                                    🦃

Weekly Observations

7-13 Dear Santa Letter Week 9-15 World Antibiotic Awareness Week 10-16 National Cider Week Link  National Split Pea Soup Week Link National Nurse Practioner's Week Link  Link Perioperative Nurse Week Link  Roc Your Moc Week Link   World Kindness Week Link

11-15 National Veterans Small Business Week   Link

Daily Observations

Birth of Baha'u'Llah Chicken Soup For The Soul Day   Link Fancy Rat & Mouse Day   Link Football Day  Link Hot Buttered Rum Day   National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day

National French Dip Day  Link National Happy Hour Day National Pizza with the Works Except for Anchovies Day Sigma Gamma Rho Day World Pneumonia Day

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Thoughts for the day

The AZ Cards had a win over Jets, Broncos lost to the Chiefs.

Looking forward to a good week ahead. Dental Cleaning on Wednesday morning.

Twelve monkeys still loose but staying near the research facility. Turns out they are hard to recapture.

Last Monday I was hopeful that the election would be positive. Now I am wait and see mode. I’m not a finger pointer most of the time, so I won’t point fingers at this election. My team lost. We will fight another day.

Myths

Myth #16: Eyesight in the Darkness

Parents and grandparents have forever cautioned us about the perils of reading in dim lighting, claiming it will permanently mar our precious eyes. However, reading in low light conditions might indeed put a bit of extra strain on your eyes, but it won’t sentence you to a lifetime of eyeglasses or deteriorating vision.

Your eyes are remarkably adaptable organs, adept at making the most out of less-than-ideal lighting situations. Sure, you might experience some tiredness or mild discomfort, but rest assured, a rejuvenating night’s sleep can work wonders.

Random Thoughts…

The smallest US state (Rhode Island) has a larger population than the largest U.S. state (Alaska).

The most lethal sports riot in history happened in Constantinople AD 532, was over chariot racing, and saw tens of thousands dead and half the city destroyed.

Ancient Roman Life

Ancient Romans were known to love their dogs like family

Dogs have been human’s best friends for a long time. But that doesn’t mean we all know how long these four-legged companions have been part of our lives. The Molossus, a large breed that could be related to the Mastiff, was loved by ancient Romans. It was also imported as a lap dog called Melitans.

Dogs had collars and leashes. Mosaics and paintings warning people to beware of dogs were commonplaces in the city. The Zoninus collar is the most well-known collar. It reads, “I have run away,” and anyone who “receives a gold coin” it will return to Zoninus. However, people aren’t sure if it belongs to a dog or a slave.

Historic Events

1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, the father of modern anesthetics, used chloroform (“perchloride of formyle”) for the first time as an anesthetic in an operation.

1892 – William “Pudge” Walter Heffelfinger was the first professional (paid) US Football player. He got $25 and a $500 bonus for a single game.

1927 – The Holland Tunnel connecting NY and NY – the world’s first underwater vehicular tunnel – officially opened.

1933 – First known photo of the so-called Loch Ness Monster was taken by Hugh Gray.

1936 – The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened to traffic.

1946 – The Exchange National Bank of Chicago, Illinois, instituted the first drive-in banking service in America.

1956 – The largest iceberg on record was sighted by the USS Glacier, a U. S. Navy icebreaker, about 150 miles west of Scott Island in the Southern Hemisphere. It had broken from the Ross Ice Shelf in the Antarctic. It was about 208 miles long and 60 miles wide.

Arches National Park: Established on November 12, 1971, in Utah, this park spans 120 square miles. Known for its more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the iconic Delicate Arch.

Birthdays

Anne Hathaway, 42 Movie Actress Ryan Gosling, 44 Movie Actor Russell Westbrook, 36 Basketball Player Wallace Shawn, 81 Movie Actor Tonya Harding, 54 Figure Skater Nadia Comaneci, 63 Gymnast Neil Young, 79 Folk Singer Cote de Pablo, 45 TV Actress Sammy Sosa, 56 Baseball Player

@91 – DeWitt Wallace, American publisher, and philanthropist (co-founded Reader’s Digest, d. 1981) @90 – Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008) @83 – Charles Manson, American cult leader (d. 2017) @79 – Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002; heart attack) @77 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, and illustrator, created The Thinker (d. 1917) @61 – George Patton, American General (d. 1945; car crash) @52 – Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (d. 1982; stroke/car crash)

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11 Nov

 

 

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🦃                            🦃 Week 41 Day 316 Flag Today  55°/26° Air Quality: Fair Sunny Wind 5 mph Gusts 9 mph  Light Breeze      Active Fire: 122 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 1290 miles away Nov. Averages: Temps: 51°\24° Moisture:  3 Days 🦃                    🦃

Weekly Observations

11-15 National Veterans Small Business Week   Link

10/24-11/11 World Origami Days 5-11 Forensic Nurses Week   Link 7-13 Dear Santa Letter Week 9-15 World Antibiotic Awareness Week 10-16 National Cider Week Link  National Split Pea Soup Week Link National Nurse Practioner's Week Link  Link Perioperative Nurse Week Link  Roc Your Moc Week Link   World Kindness Week Link

Daily Observations

Armistice Day  Link Death/Duty Day Forget-Me-Not Day  Link   National Metal Day (music) National Sundae Day

Origami Day Red Lipstick Day Remembrance Day (England) Singles’ Day Veteran's Day  (Observed) World Orphans Day

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Thoughts for the day

A blue sky and warmer temps…fall has returned. Honor our Vets.

Happy the CU Buffs beat Texas Tech. Broncos are playing Chiefs with no score yet and I get to watch it on live TV. Yeah! Cards play even later.

For some reason, corporate greed has slipped into my vocabulary. I get that corporations need to make money to survive. However, many have moved from making money to outright greed. I grew up with Christmas stuff suddenly appearing everywhere after Santa was in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. The ads have moved closer and closer to Halloween. Macy’s broke that barrier on Halloween evening, as kids were trick or treating with the first of many holiday ads. So sad. The holidays should be about the event and the anticipation until the event. Veterans Day and Thanksgiving are being smothered with Christmas ads. I am all for letting each remembrance have its own glory without competition.

Myths

Myth #15: Van Gogh and His Ear

The legendary tale of Vincent Van Gogh lopping off his entire ear has all the makings of a captivating story, but in truth, it isn’t 100% true. It turns out that in the throes of emotional turmoil following a heated argument, Van Gogh did indeed take a drastic step—he severed only a portion of his earlobe, not the entire ear…

Even more astonishing, he presented this grim keepsake as an unconventional gift to a cleaning woman. However, it’s crucial to understand that this act was a manifestation of his inner turmoil rather than a deliberate act of self-harm. This incident offers a poignant glimpse into the intricate landscape of Van Gogh’s mental state.

Random Thoughts…

One of the best compliments you can give a friend is to call them family. One of the best compliments you can give to a family member is to call them a friend.

In 1849, a man named William Thompson would walk up to random strangers and spark a conversation. He would gain their trust and then ask, “Have you the confidence to trust me with your watch until tomorrow?” Having said that, he would never return. He was finally caught and was named confidence man, a.k.a Con-Man.

Ancient Roman Life

Being poor in Ancient Rome meant you would live on a high rise

Rome was populated mainly by those at the lower end of the income scale. They all needed somewhere to call home, as they were part of the first city with over 1,000,000 inhabitants. Solution? High rises. These apartment buildings were known as the insula, meaning “island,” and could reach 100 feet in height.

The worst apartments were on the highest floors. Because they were dark and cramped, it was likely that someone would die in a fire. The bottom floors were reserved for people with more money. Many rented rooms to multiple roommates. However, no apartment came with running water or insulation.

Historic Events

At 5:00 am on this day in 1918, the Allied powers and Germany signed an armistice document in the railway carriage of Ferdinand Foch, the commander of the Allied armies, and six hours later World War I came to an end.

The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests; the first ordination took place two years later.

Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of World War I, was marked with the burial of unknown soldiers in tombs in Paris and London, and a similar ceremony was held at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, in 1921.

For her work as a surgeon during the American Civil War, physician Mary Edwards Walker became the first woman to be granted the U.S. Medal of Honor; the award was rescinded in 1917 but reinstated in 1977.

Enslaved Black American Nat Turner was hanged after leading a slave rebellion that resulted in the deaths of some 60 white people; in addition, many innocent enslaved people were massacred in the accompanying hysteria.

During the American Revolution, Iroquois, in direct retaliation for colonial assaults on two Indian villages, attacked a New York frontier settlement in the Cherry Valley Raid.

Birthdays

Leonardo DiCaprio, 50, Movie Actor Demi Moore, 62, Movie Actress Stanley Tucci, 64, Movie Actor Caitlin Foord, 30,  Soccer Player

@60 – George S. Patton, American general (d. 1945; car crash) @83 – Pat O’Brien, American actor (d. 1983) @92 – Alger Hiss, American lawyer and convicted spy (d. 1996) @79 – Stubby Kaye, American entertainer (d. 1997; lung cancer) @84 – Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2007) @87 – Jonathan Winters, American actor, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

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