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Week
9 Day 55 Flag Today
51°/32°
Wind
7 mph Gusts 8 mph
Active
Fire: 674 miles
away Risk of fire: Moderate
Nearest
Lightning: 1688 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine
Feb.
Averages: Temps: 46°\22°
Moisture: 4.7Days
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Weekly Observations
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2/12-3/1 Date (Fruit) Weeks National FFA Week Link |
22-28 National Engineers Week |
Daily Observations
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Digital Learning Day |
National Tortilla Chip Day |
Today’s Quote
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Today’s Meme
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Today’s Thoughts
It is a nice winter day. Sunshine everywhere.
My brother lives in the Yucatán but Micho, their chihuahua needs medical treatment
in Guadalajara. He had to cancel today’s radiation appointment for Micho, but
he says both he and Micho are doing great. The cartel situation is not good.
The closing ceremony of the Olympics had way too many commercials. NBC
did the Olympic athletes and fans no favors. I had expected NBC to do much
better coverage of the closing.
I have noticed that many politicians are ramping up their oral communication
with profanity that must be bleeped. Everyone I know is frustrated by the current
situation in our country. I am not impressed when a politician uses profanity…I’m
old school where I believe that such profanity shows that the politician does
not have enough vocabulary to not use profanity to make the point.
Historic Trivia
Cute as a bug's ear
"Cute
as a bug's ear" was used in the 1800s—and is thought to have originated in
Texas—to describe someone adorable. It may have started out with the word
acute, referring to insects' ability to react quickly. It's often shortened to
cute as a bug.
Get go
"Get go," meaning from the beginning, originated in Black English. It was used in print by Toni Cade Bambara, a 1960s civil rights activist, who wrote fiction set in the rural South and in Harlem.
Historic Events
Birthdays with some quotes
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Ibn Battuta, Berber
writer and the greatest Muslim traveller who went further than Marco Polo
(Riḥlah), born in Tangier, Morocco (d. 368 or 377; @65) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859; @73) German story
teller (Grimm's
Fairy Tales), born in Hanau, Hesse-Cassel, Holy Roman Empire §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Winslow Homer, American painter
(Gulfstream), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1910; @74) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ John Philip
Holland (1841-1914; @73) Irish engineer and
father of the modern submarine, born in Liscannor, Ireland §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Chester Nimitz (1885-1966; @80) American admiral who
commanded the US Pacific fleet in World War II, born in Fredericksburg, Texas §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Marjorie Main [Mary Tomlinson],
American vaudeville and screen actress (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle
films; Another Thin Man), born near Acton, Indiana (d. 1975; @85) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Abe Vigoda, American actor (Barney
Miller - "Fish"; The Godfather), born in New York City (d. 2016;
@94) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ James Farentino, American actor (The
Final Countdown; Dynasty; Mary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012; @73, sequelae) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Joe Lieberman (1942-2024; @82) American
attorney, US
Senator from Connecticut (D/IND: 1989-2013) and Vice-Presidential
candidate in 2000, born in Stamford, Connecticut §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Nicky Hopkins (1944-1994; @50, Crohn's
disease) British rock
session pianist (Rolling
Stones (1967-75); The Who - "Getting In Tune"; The Kinks -
"Sunny Afternoon"; Beatles - "Revolution"; John Lennon -
"Jealous Guy"; Quicksilver Messenger Service), born in Perivale,
Middlesex §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Steve Jobs (1955-2011; @56,
tumor) American computer
entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, born in San Francisco, California §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ |
George Bain (86 years old),
Canadian-British academic principal, Head of the London Business School, born
in Winnipeg, Manitoba §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Joanie Sommers [Drost] (85 years
old), American pop and jazz singer ("Johnny Get Angry"). and
actress, born in Buffalo, New York §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Paul Jones [Pond} (84 years old),
British blues-rock singer, harmonica player (Manfred Mann, 1962-65 - "Do
Wah Diddy Diddy", "Pretty Flamingo") and radio presenter
(BBC's The Blues Show, 1986-2018), born in Portsmouth, England §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Barry Bostwick (81 years old),
American actor (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Megaforce), born in San Mateo,
California §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Edward James Olmos(79
years old) 1947 American actor (Miami Vice,
Stand & Deliver, Triumph), born in Los Angeles, California §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ George Thorogood(76
years old) 1950 American singer and guitarist (The
Delaware Destroyers - "Bad to the Bone"), born in Wilmington,
Delaware §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Debra Jo Rupp (75 years old),
American stage and screen actress (That '70s Show - "Kitty";
Becoming Dr. Ruth), born in Glendale, California §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ 1956 American MLB Hall of
Fame first baseman, 8x All-star, 3x Golden Glove (Baltimore Orioles, 1977-88
& 96; L.A. Dodgers, 1989-91 & 97, and three other teams), born in Los
Angeles, California §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Paula Zahn (70
years old), American journalist and news anchor (ABC; CBS This Morning; Fox;
CNN; PBS), born in Omaha, Nebraska §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Billy Zane (60
years old), actor (Titanic, Dead Calm), born in Chicago, Illinois §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Floyd Mayweather Jr.(49
years old) 1977 American boxer (5 x weight
division world champion; record 26 consecutive wins in world title fights (10
by KO; undefeated record 50-0), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ |
…The End for today…
