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58°/21° Wind 21 mph Gusts 38 mph
Active
Fire: 315 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning: 919 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine Windy
Mar.
Averages: Temps: 54°\24°
Moisture: 12 days
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National Pet Vaccination Month |
Optimism Month |
Weekly Observations
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1-7 Hearing Awareness Week Link |
2-8 No More Week Link Women in Construction Week Link
International Festival of Owls |
Daily Observations
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Day
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Today’s Quote
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Today’s Meme
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Today’s Thoughts
A windy winter day. Not a day to spend outside.
I got good news today…my blood count in well within the normal range and
I don’t need a phlebotomy. That’s 2 visits in a row. I had to ask several times
to be sure she was reading the right blood results. I’ll keep the port, just in
case. That means a flushing every couple of months…no big deal. I’ve been doing
these phlebotomies since 2016, so this is a big deal.
I’m in the boat that realizes I have a lot more to learn about Iran. It
is a big country that would cover much of middle America on a map. The government
was thinking ahead when it developed an ‘Autonomous Mosaic Defense’…that’s
where there is not one unified defense force, but each area can act
independently in case the government falls. Each area has a plan on how to
carry out their military goals without having to have them ordered by the central
government. That alone should have warned everyone that this would be a long
battle.
After hearing all the unsettled Middle East, I messaged Hamdy to be sure
his family was OK in Egypt. He said his family is safe from any unrest. He invited
me to do a trip to the Nile in August, but I told him I needed more prep time,
but to keep me in mind for future travel to Africa. I would really like to visit
Africa again, but I want some time to pass from the current unrest.
OMG…Krisit Noem is leaving as Homeland Security at the end of March. Now Senator
Markwayne Mullin of OK will head the agency. Time for some more reading on who he
is. I hope this is a good move.
Common Saying’s Origin
Don't take any
wooden nickels
Wooden nickels were made as
Depression-era scrip and also as commemorative coins. The phrase "don't
take any wooden nickels" was advice given to country people going to the
city not to be fooled or swindled.
Duck fit
A duck fit is a temper tantrum or sometimes laughter. The American idiom comes from the sound of a duck, particularly an angry one.
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Historic Events
Birthdays
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Alan Greenspan (100
years old) American economist,
presidential advisor and Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States
(1987-2006), born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Valentina
Tereshkova (89 years old) 1937 Soviet cosmonaut and 1st
woman in space (Vostok
6), born in Maslennikovo, Russia φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Ben Murphy (84
years old), American actor (Name of the Game, Alias Smith and Jones), born in
Jonesboro, Arkansas φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ 1946 British
rock guitarist, and vocalist (Pink Floyd,
1968-2014 - "Comfortably Numb"), born in Cambridge, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ 1947 John
Stossel (78 years old), American libertarian, TV presenter, author, and
political activist (ABC News, Fox Business Network), born in Chicago Heights,
Illinois φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Thomas
"Tom" Arnold (67 years old), American actor (Tom, True Lies) and
former husband of actress Rosanne Barr, born in Iowa φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ D.L. Hughley (63
years old), American comedian and actor (ComicView), born in Portsmouth,
Virginia φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Shaquille O'Neal (54
years old) American
Basketball HOF center (4xNBA C'ship; 3xNBA Finals MVP; 15×NBA All-Star;
Olympic gold 1996; LA Lakers, Miami Heat) aand broadcaster (TNT), born in
Newark, New Jersey φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
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Italian sculptor (David;
Pietà), painter (Ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel; The Last Judgement), architect, and poet of the High
Renaissance, born in Caprese, Tuscany φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Cyrano de
Bergerac, French playwright and novelist known for his large nose (Voyage to
the Moon) and inspiration for Edmond Rostand’s play, born in Paris, France
(d. 1655; @36, injury from fall) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Casimir Pulaski (1747-1779;
@36, shot during military charge) Polish military leader, known
as "the father of American cavalry', born in Warsaw, Poland φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Elizabeth
Barrett Browning (1806-1861; @55) English poet ("Sonnets
from the Portuguese"), born in Kelloe, Durham φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Lou Costello (1906-1959;
@52, heart attack) American comedian and actor (The Abbott
and Costello Show;
Who's On First?), born in Paterson, New Jersey φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Ed McMahon,
American TV side-kick (Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), and host (Star
Search), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2009; @86) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Gabriel García
Márquez (1927-2014; @88) Colombian novelist,
short-story writer,
screenwriter and journalist (1982 Nobel Prize in Literature), born in
Aracataca, Colombia Alan Greenspan (100
years old) American economist,
presidential advisor and Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States
(1987-2006), born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ John Smith,
American actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men), born in Los Angeles,
California (d. 1995; @63, cirrhosis ) Alan Greenspan (100
years old) American economist,
presidential advisor and Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States
(1987-2006), born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Marion Barry,
American politician, Mayor of the District of Columbia, 1979-91, 95-99),
civil rights activist, arrested in drugs sting, born near Itta Bena, Mississippi (d. 2014;
@78, heart disease) Alan Greenspan (100
years old) American economist,
presidential advisor and Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States
(1987-2006), born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Rob Reiner(1947-2025;
@78, killed) American Emmy Award-winning actor (All In The
Family - "Mike/Meathead"), and film director (Stand
By Me; When Harry Met Sally; This Is Spinal Tap; The Princess Bride), born in
The Bronx, New York City Alan Greenspan (100
years old) American economist,
presidential advisor and Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States
(1987-2006), born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
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