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Week 6 Day 38 Flag
Today 53°/30° Wind 5 mph
Gusts 6 mph Active Fire: 386 miles away Risk of
fire: Moderate
Nearest Lightning: 1704 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine
Feb. Averages: Temps: 46°\22° Moisture: 4.7Days |
Monthly Observations
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Responsible Pet Owner's Month Link` |
Sweet Potato Month |
Weekly Observations
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1-7 African Heritage & Health Week PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week Link |
7-12 Solo Diners Eat
Out Weekend 7-14 |
Daily Observations
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Ballet Day |
National Periodic Table Day Link Take Your Child To The Library Day |
Today’s Quote
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Today’s Meme
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Today’s Thoughts
A nice winter day
with a few puffy clouds.
I am a tad confused…All
the photos being released were take with film cameras and to be developed to
see them. [Remember this all took place before phone cameras that allow instant
publication on the internet.] Why would anyone allow some of the controversial photos
to even be taken? It seems to me that these rich guys had no concept of basic
human decency and didn’t care if such photos showed a crime. It looks to me
like many people need to be in jail. A crime is a crime and these men/women who
perpetrated the crime deserve to be punished by our legal system. The more I see
and read; it is getting obvious that Epstein Island was where the pedophilia
took place. Sad.
Trivia
Close but no cigar
To come "close but no
cigar" refers to almost but not quite winning or succeeding. According to
one theory, it dates to the 1800s when country fairs would hand out cigars as
prizes to game winners. The phrase would be shouted out when a player came
close to winning to attract an audience.
Whistle Dixie
To "whistle Dixie"
is to have unrealistic expectations. It comes from the U.S. Civil War-era song
"Dixie" and the failed hope of a Confederate victory.
Historic Events
Birthdays with some quotes
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Thomas More (1478-1535; @57,
beheaded) English philosopher,
Renaissance humanist, author (Utopia), statesman (Lord Chancellor 1529-32),
and Catholic saint,
born in London §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ American
blacksmith and manufacturer (founded Deere & Company), born in Rutland,
Vermont §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Charles Dickens (1812-1870; @58,
strokes) English writer
("Oliver Twist"; "A Tale of Two Cities"; "A
Christmas Carol"), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ James Murray, Scottish lexicographer
and philologist (Oxford English Dictionary), born in Denholm, Scotland (d.
1915; @78, pleurisy) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Laura Ingalls
Wilder (1867-1957; @90) American author (Little House
on the Prairie), born in Pepin, Wisconsin §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Alfred Adler (1870-1937; @67,
heart attack) Austrian psychiatrist (Inferiority
Complex), born in Penzing, Austria §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ [Harry] Sinclair
Lewis, American writer and social critic (Nobel Prize in Literature 1930),
born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota (d. 1951; @65, alcoholism) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ (James Hubert)
"Eubie" Blake, American ragtime composer and pianist
("Memories of You"; "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), born in
Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1983; @96) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Clarence
"Buster" Crabbe, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1932) and actor
(Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon), born in Oakland, California (d. 1983;
@75, heart attack) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ American soldier
and 1st conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor who was the
subject of the film Hacksaw Ridge, born in Lynchburg, Virginia Herb Kohl,
American businessman (Kohls department stores; Milwaukee Bucks, 1985-2014),
politician (US Senator (D) from Wisconsin, 1989-2013), and philanthropist,
born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2023; @88) |
Marilyn Cochran (76 years old),
American skier (Olympics 1972), born in Burlington, Vermont §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ John Hickenlooper (74 years old),
American politician (Senator-D-Colorado 2021-, Governor of Colorado 2011-19),
born in Narberth, Pennsylvania §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ James Spader (66 years old),
American actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin), born in New York City §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ American Grammy
and Emmy Award-winning comedian (SNL,
0990-93; CB4; Everybody Hates Chris), and film maker, born in Andrews, South
Carolina §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Canadian
Basketball Hall of Fame guard (NBA MVP
2005, 06; 8 × NBA All-Star; Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, LA Lakers) and
coach (Brooklyn Nets), born in Johannesburg, South Africa §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ American
model, actor (That
'70s Show - "Kelso"; Punk'd; Two and a Half Men, 2011-15), and
venture capitalist, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Tawakkol Karman (47
years old), Yemeni journalist, Nobel Peace Prize winner (2011), and human
rights activist, born in Taiz Governorate, North Yemen (now Yemen Arab
Republic) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ |
…The End for today…
