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Week
8 Day 49 Flag Today
35°/29°
Wind
14 mph Gusts 14 mph
Active
Fire: 598 miles
away Risk of fire: Very Low
Nearest
Lightning: 2369 miles away
Air
Quality: Fair
Overcast Very Windy Snowy
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 Condom Week |
15-21 Build A Better Trade Show Image Week 18-22 American
Birkenbeiner Cross-Country Ski Race |
Daily Observations
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Ash Wednesday |
Lent-4/2 |
Today’s Quote
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Today’s Meme
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Today’s Thoughts
It looks like a day of snow flurries here. Now that I’ve been retired for
a lonnnng time, I really enjoy a day of snow at home when I have nowhere to go.
It is so peaceful and I can dig out on another day. So far less than an inch is
sticking, reports say roads are wet and slushy.
Today is the first full day of the lunar new year…the year of the flaming
horse. I was reminded of this: Bob Eckhardt’s grand daughter-in-law on Facebook
posted on Facebook. Bob’s grandson Chris worked in China and married his wife,
Mia-Mei. They moved to the states a few years ago. Yesterday Mia-Mei posted
pictures of New Years Prep at their home with their two boys. So nice to see
family tradition living on.
Historic Trivia
In 1518, a "dancing plague" in Strasbourg caused
people to dance uncontrollably for days.
It started when a woman named Frau Troffea began dancing
uncontrollably. Within days, dozens of others joined her, and the phenomenon
grew to involve hundreds of people. The "dancers" seemed unable to
stop, with some collapsing or even dying from exhaustion, strokes, or heart
attacks.
Why did they do this, you ask? Some conjecture it was a case of mass hysteria, while another theory suggests that the dancers may have ingested bread contaminated with ergot, a toxic fungus. Ergot contains chemicals similar to LSD...so, yeah.
Historic Events
Birthdays with some quotes
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Qin Shi Huang (259-210
BC; @49 accidental poisoning?) Founder of the Qin
dynasty and 1st emperor of
a unified China (220 - 210 BC), born in Handan §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Mary I of England (1516-1558; @42; ovarian cysts) Queen of England
(1553-58) known as "Bloody Mary",
born in Greenwich, England §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Alessandro Volta (1745-1827;
@82) Italian physicist and inventor of the
1st battery, born in Como, Italy §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ George Peabody, American merchant
and philanthropist (Peabody Trust and Institute), born in South Danvers,
Massachusetts (d. 1869; @74) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Thomas D. Doubleday, American
bookstore owner and Union Army officer, born in Albany, New York (d. 1864: 68, horse-carriage accident) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Armand Peugeot (1849-1915; @65) French industrialist, automobile
pioneer and founder of Peugeot, born in Hérimoncourt, France §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ NÃkos Kazantzákis,
prominent Greek writer and philosopher (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation
of Christ), born in Kandiye, Ottoman Empire (d. 1957; @74, Asian Flu) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Wendell Wilkie,
American Republican presidential candidate (1940), and author (One World),
born in Elwood, Indiana (d. 1944; @52, after 12 heart attacks in hospital) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ George "The
Gipper" Gipp, American football player (Notre Dame), born in Laurium,
Michigan (d. 1920; @25, strep throat) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ André Breton (1896-1966; @70) French writer and poet,
founder of Surrealism, born in Tinchebray, France §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Italian racing car driver and
founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team and sportscar
manufacturer Ferrari, born in Modena, Italy §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Billy De Wolfe,
American character actor (Good Morning World), born in Quincy, Massachusetts
(d. 1974; @67, lung cancer) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Bill Cullen,
American TV game show host (over 20 different games), born in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (d. 1990; @70, lung cnacer) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Jack Palance
[Vladimir Palahniuk], American actor (City Slickers, Contempt, Batman), born
in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania (d. 2006; @87) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Helen Gurley
Brown, American author/publisher and editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, born in
Green Forest, Arkansas, (d. 2012; @90) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ George Kennedy,
American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport films; Naked Gun films;, Dallas),
born in New York City (d. 2016; @91) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Johnny Hart,
American cartoonist (B.C., Wizard of Id), born in Endicott, New York (d. 2007;
@76) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Toni Morrison ((born Chloe Ardelia Wofford) (1931-2019; @88) American writer (Tar Baby,
Beloved, Song of Solomon), first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize
(2010), born in Lorain, Ohio §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Pat Bowlen,
American Pro Football Hall of Fame team owner (Super Bowl 1998, 99, 2015
Denver Broncos), born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (d. 2019; @75 pulmonary
embolism) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ |
1933 Japanese artist, poet, singer, and
second wife of John Lennon, born in Tokyo, Empire of Japan §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Judy Rankin (81
years old), American golfer (US Open, Titleholders C'ship 1972 runner-up; 26
LPGA Tour wins), born in St Louis, Missouri §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Cybill Shepherd (76
years old), American actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show), born in
Memphis, Tennessee §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ (Judy)
"Juice" Newton (74 years old), American country and pop
singer-songwriter ("Angel of the Morning"; "Queen of
Hearts"), born in Lakehurst, New Jersey §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ American actor (Welcome Back,
Kotter - "Vinnie Barbarino"; Saturday Night Fever; Pulp Fiction),
and singer (Grease - "You're The One §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Vanna Marie White (69
years old), American television host (Wheel of Fortune), born in Conway,
South Carolina §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Matt Dillon (62
years old), American actor (The Outsiders; Drugstore Cowboy; Crash), born in
New Rochelle, New York §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ 1965 American rapper and record producer (Still
D.R.E., The Next Episode), born in Compton, California §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Molly Ringwald (58 years old),
American actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink), born in Roseville California §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ |
…The End for today…
