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1.6.16 Week: 01 \ Day: 6
January Averages: 43°\16°
86004 Today: H 46° \ L 31° Average
Sky Cover: 95%
Wind ave: 4mph\Gusts: 9mph
Ave. High: 42° Record High: 61°[1969] Ave. Low: 16°
Record Low: -18°[1910]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today:
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Christian-Epiphany or Twelfth Night
Christian-Three Kings Day
Statehood Day-New Mexico-47th-1912
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Observances This Week:
Celebration of Life Week: 1-7 Link
Diet Resolution Week: 1-7
Silent Record Week: 1-7
New Year's Resolutions Week: 1-8
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8
Home Office Safety and Security Week: 3-9
National Folic Acid Awareness Week: 3-9 Link
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week: 3-10
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week: 4-8
International Consumer Electronics
Show: 6-9
No Tillage Week: 6-9
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1639 - Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco)
destroyed
1861 - NYC mayor proposes NY become a free city, trading with
N & S
1864 - To force
the NAVAJOs to move to the Bosque Redondo Encampment, the Army gets Kit
Carson to mount an expedition against the NAVAJOs in the Canyon de Chelly.
Captain Albert Pfeiffer, and a small force, leaves Fort Canby on this date to
meet Carson at the canyon. Carson is called "rope thrower" by the
Indians.
1893 - The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by
Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1896 - 1st
US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
1939 - Daily newspaper comic strip "Superman" debuts
1941 - President Franklin Roosevelt's "4
Freedoms" speech (freedom from speech, worship, want and fear) during US
State of Union address
1971 - Berkeley chemists
announces 1st synthetic growth hormones
1973 - "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with
Multiplication Rock
1975 - The last
full-blooded MANDAN dies today in Twin Buttes, North Dakota. She was
Mattie Grinnell, and she lived to be 108 years old.
1975 - "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-tv
1994 - Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya
Harding's bodyguard
2005 - Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray
Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights
workers.
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World Historical Highlights for
Today
1494 - The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La
Isabela, Hispaniola.
1605 - The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote
de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is
published in Madrid.
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow
1832 - New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
1907 - Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school
(Rome)
1912 - Alfred Wegener, geophysicist and meteorologist,
presents his controversial theory of continental drift in a lecture at a the
Geological Association (Geologischen Vereinigung) at the Senckenberg-Museum,
Frankfurt.
1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her
work amongst India's poorest and diseased people.
1980 - The beginning of the first GPS epoch.
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♫ Birthdays
Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
Second storm is heading in. Cloudy with just a
little snow on and off. Lots more on the agenda.
Watched Pres. Obama on Gun Control live this
morning. Very good ideas that will hopefully stand. His emotions were very
high. Should have made it real for lots of people. Sadly, at the end of his
address the House Speaker was already saying that Obama is trying to abolish
the 2nd amendment. Hey Paul, thanks for your super conservative
view, I’m sure that helps the families of all the people killed by gun violence
in this country and that doing nothing is the best way to stop gun violence.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
One Pair Out of Ten
Trick brain teasers appear difficult
at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
A very mean king went to a nearby
village. He wanted some more slaves to serve him at his royal palace. He
decided that if any family in the village had more than five children, he would
take them. A cobbler and his wife had ten children. When the king came to take
them, the cobbler and his wife begged and begged. Finally the king said,
"I see that you have ten pairs of shoes in a box. If you can give each of
your children a pair and still leave one pair out of ten in the box, you can
keep your children. The cobbler and his wife began to smile at each other. How
did they keep all of their children?
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Found on You Tube with some
relevance to today
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…Bet You Didn’t Know…
The longest bout of hiccups recorded
is 68 years. Charles Osborne of Iowa, U.S., holds that record when the hiccups
that started in 1922 didn't stop until 1990.
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…Civil War Facts You May Not Know…
6. Years before Booth killed
Lincoln, there was another assassination attempt on the 16th president. The
bullet missed his head, however, and sailed through his signature top hat instead.
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…Grammar Craziness…
The English language includes an
interesting category of words and phrases called contronyms— terms that,
depending on context, can have opposite or contradictory meanings.
7. Cleave: To adhere, or
to separate
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…Harper’s Index…
57-Percentage of teenagers in Utah who live
with their married biological parents
32-of teenagers in Mississippi
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
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2 jokes for the day
Drunk Driver?
A police officer was staking out a
particularly rowdy bar for possible drunk drivers. At closing time, he saw a
fellow stumble out of the bar, trip on the curb and try his keys on five
different cars before he found his. Then he sat in the front seat fumbling
around with his keys for several minutes. Everyone left the bar and drove off.
Finally, he started his engine and
began to pull away. The police officer was waiting for him. He stopped the
driver, read him his rights and administered a Breathalyzer test. The results
showed a reading of 0.0. The puzzled officer demanded to know how that could
be.
The driver replied, "Tonight,
I'm the designated decoy."
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Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveler,
written by someone who just moved to snow country.
December 8 6:00 PM
It started to snow. The first snow
of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the
window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a
Grandma Moses print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9
We woke to a beautiful blanket of
crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic
sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the whole world? Moving here was the
best idea I’ve ever had! Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a
boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the
snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so
I got to shovel again. What a perfect life!
December 12
The sun has melted all our lovely
snow. Such a disappointment! My neighbor tells me not to worry-we’ll definitely
have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we’ll
have so much snow by the end of winter, that I’ll never want to see snow again.
I don’t think that’s possible. Bob is such a nice man, I’m glad he’s our
neighbor.
December 14
Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last
night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so.
The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and
sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried
everything again. I didn’t realize I would have to do quite this much
shoveling, but I’ll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn’t huff
and puff so.
December 15
20 inches forecast. Sold my van and
bought a 4×4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife’s car and 2 extra shovels.
Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes
out. I think that’s silly. We aren’t in Alaska, after all.
December 16
Ice storm this morning. Fell on my
butt on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife
laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.
December 17
Still way below freezing. Roads are
too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the
blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to
irritate her. Guess I should’ve bought a wood stove, but won’t admit it to her.
God I hate it when she’s right. I can’t believe I’m freezing to death in my own
living room.
December 20
Electricity is back on, but had
another 14 inches of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling! Took all day.
The damn snowplough came by twice. Tried to find a neighbour kid to shovel, but
they said they’re too busy playing hockey. I think they’re lying. Called the
only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they’re out.
Might have another shipment in March. I think they’re lying. Bob says I have to
shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he’s lying.
December 22
Bob was right about a white
Christmas because 13 more inches of the white stuff fell today, and it’s so
cold, it probably won’t melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed
up to go out to shovel and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed,
pissed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has
a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter, but he says he’s too busy. I
think he’s lying.
December 23
Only 2 inches of snow today. And it
warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this
morning. What is she, nuts?!! Why didn’t she tell me to do that a month ago?
She says she did but I think she’s lying.
December 24
6 inches – Snow packed so hard by
snowplow, I broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever
catch the guy who drives that snowplow, I’ll drag him through the snow and beat
him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits
for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an
hour and throws snow all over where I’ve just been! Tonight the wife wanted me
to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy
watching for the damn snowplow.
December 25
Merry Christmas! 20 more inches of
the damn slop tonight – Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. I
hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit
him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think
she’s a fricking idiot. If I have to watch “It’s A Wonderful Life” one more
time, I’m going to stuff her into the microwave.
December 26
Still snowed in. Why the hell did I
ever move here? It was all HER idea. She’s really getting on my nerves.
December 27
Temperature dropped to -30 and the
pipes froze; plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me
$1,400 to replace all my pipes.
December 28
Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed
in. My wife is driving me crazy!!!
December 29
10 more inches. Bob says I have to
shovel the roof or it could cave in. That’s the silliest thing I ever heard.
How dumb does he think I am?
December 30
Roof caved in. I beat up the snowplow
driver, and now he is suing me for a million dollars, not only for the beating
I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his... The
wife went home to her mother. Nine more inches predicted.
December 31
I set fire to what’s left of the
house. No more shoveling.
January 8
Feel so good. I just love those
little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?
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Yep, It Really Happened
The Independent (London), In December,
Canada's supportive organization The Transgender Project released a
biographical video of the former Paul Wolscht, 46 and the father of seven
children with his ex-wife, Marie, describing his new life as not only a female
but a 6-year-old female, Stephoknee Wolscht. She told the Daily Xtra (gay and
lesbian news site) that not acting her real age (even while doing
"adult" things like working a job and driving a car) enables her to
escape "depression and suicidal thoughts." Among the trans-age's
favorite activities are (coloring-book) coloring, creating a play-like
"kingdom," and wearing "really pretty clothes." Stephoknee
now lives with the couple who adopted her.
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Somewhat Useless Information
The real Downton Abbey is Highclere
Castle which served as the exterior and most of the interiors (except the
servants' quarters which were constructed in a studio).
Elizabeth McGovern (Cora, Countess of Grantham) is in the band Sadie and the
Hotheads with Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary Crawley) as an occasional
contributor.
Jim Carter (Mr. Carson) does charity bike rides all over the world.
Famous neighbor Andrew Lloyd Webber tried to purchase Highclere Castle to hold
his art collection.
Jessica Brown-Findley (Lady Sybil Crawley) decided to try acting after ankle
problems caused her to give up ballet dancing.
Masterpiece was the second most popular program on TV the night of the Super
Bowl.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(92) - Sun
Myung Moon, evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies), (d. 2012)
(88) - Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad
of Jed Clampett), (d. 2012)
(79) - Danny
Thomas, Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show) (d.1991)
(69) - Bonnie Franklin, Santa Monica Cal, TV actress (Ann-1
Day at a Time), (d. 2013)
(63) - Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, (d.
1874)
61 - Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor (Mr Bean,
Blackadder)
(60) - Vic
Tayback, American actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper), born in
Brooklyn, (d.1990)
59 - Nancy
Lopez Knight, Torrance California, pro golfer (1981 Dinah Shore)
(51) - (baptised) John Smith, English explorer (Jamestown)
(d.1631)
(48) - Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet,
Broken Wings) (d.1931)
46 - Julie
Chen, American television presenter
(19) - Joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national
heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)
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Historical Obits Today
@87-1989 - Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), after 62-year reign
@84-1981 - A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer
@81-1994 - Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house
@75-1993 - John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, cancer
@72-2006 - Lou Rawls, American singer, cancer
@61-1884 - Gregor Mendel, Austrian
Augustine monk/heredity pioneer
@60-1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), blood clot
@59-1949 - Victor Fleming, American film director ("Wizard of
Oz", "Gone With Wind"), heart attack
@54-1993 - Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), AIDS
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Brain Teasers Answers
The cobbler and his wife gave each of his nine
children a pair of shoes. That left one pair in the box. They then gave this
tenth child the box with the shoes in it.
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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or
disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is
usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every
site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites
simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring
before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally
accurate.
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