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Week 2 Day 9
Flag Today 34°/4° Sky
cover: 5% Wind 6mph Gusts 12mph Active Fire: 278miles away Risk of fire: Very Low Nearest Lightning:
872miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Jan. Daily Averages: Temps: 44°\16°
Moisture: 5 Days |
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Today’s Quote
Today’s Meme
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Weekly Observations
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6-2/13 Carnival National Folic Acid Awareness Week Link National Personal Trainer Awareness
Week |
7-13 Dating & Life Coaches
Recognition Week International Consumer Electronics
Show |
Daily Observations
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Aviation in America Day Balloon Ascension Day Link Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Link Link National Poetry at Work Day |
National Shop For Travel Day LinkNational
Static Electricity Day Link |
Today’s Thoughts
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Very chilly today. At noon we climbed to 33°. My dental cleaning and check up went well. I’m totally
baffled by my Federal BC/BS insurance. According to the Dental office staff, my
dental coverage doesn’t cover X-rays or cleanings. I’ve got to do some
research about that. Yesterday’s 6” of snow was just powder, so very easy to
clean the car and to drive out of my parking space. I’ve got no problem with
that. After no shoveling yesterday, HOA was out early this morning to clear
walks. The only problem is that the snow stopped yesterday, and many people
walked on the un-shoveled sidewalk so the crew this morning couldn’t remove
much of the frozen trampled snow. I’ll survive, just disappointed. Our next storm is due just before the weekend. Hoping for
the best. |
Important inventions…
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1972: Electronic Ignition Chrysler paves the way for the era of electronic—rather
than mechanical—advances in automobiles with the electronic ignition. It leads to
electronic control of ignition timing and fuel metering, harbingers of more
sophisticated systems to come. Today, these include
electronic-control-transmission shift points, antilock brakes,
traction-control systems, steering, and airbag deployment. |
States that never
made the map
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Untrue myths about
Colonial America…States that never
made the map
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The Puritans Were Escaping from
Religious Persecution And Preached Religious Freedom While it's not untrue that many
Puritans came to America to escape religious persecution, when they arrived,
they certainly weren't open-minded either. They had become just as bad as
their counterparts in England and even began banishing people whose beliefs
did not match their own. In the case of four men who fled
Boston from England - they were eventually hanged in Boston. This is a common
misconception because the United States likes to see itself as a symbol of
freedom, and a place where people can and could go to be free. |
Historic Events
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1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announced the
Daguerreotype photography process. 1861 – The American Civil War began when the steamer,
Star of the West, was fired upon by the Confederates as it attempted to enter
Charleston Harbor. 1768 – Philip Astley opened the world’s first modern
circus, with the center ring. |
Birthdays with some
quotes
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@91 – Judith Krantz,
American novelist (d. 2019) @88 – Carrie Lane Chapman
Catt, American Suffragette (d. 1947) @85 – Bart Starr,
American football player (d. 2019) If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you’ll
beat him though he has more talent than you. 83 – Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter You can’t decide how you’re going to die. Or when. What
you can decide is how you’re going to live now. @81 – Richard Nixon,
American politician, 37th President (d. 1994) I would have made a good Pope. 80 – Jimmy Page, English guitarist @78 – Simone de Beauvoir,
French author, and philosopher (d. 1986; pneumonia) The individual is defined only by his relationship to the
world and to other individuals; he exists only by transcending himself, and
his freedom can be achieved only through the freedom of others. 73 – Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter @72 – Susannah York,
English actress (d. 2011; cancer) @72 – Chic Young,
American cartoonist, Blondie comic strip (d. 1973; embolism) @70 – Bob Denver,
American actor (d. 2005; cancer) Nah, the Smithsonian doesn’t ask for anything back from
Gilligan, … They haven’t dropped that low yet.69
– J.K. Simmons, American actor @64 – Lee Van Cleef,
American actor (d. 1989; heart attack) 57 – Matt Bevin, 62nd Governor of Kentucky 57 – Dave Matthews, South African-American
singer-songwriter 56 – Joey Lauren Adams, American actress 51 – Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper 46 – AJ McLean, American singer, Backstreet Boys 42 – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton) 35 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress |
…The End for today…
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