12 Feb

 

Week 6  Day 43   Flag Today  38°/4° Sky cover:  5% Wind 7mph Gusts 11mph Active Fire:  523 miles away Risk of fire: Very Low  Nearest Lightning:   1022 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Feb. Daily Averages: Temps: 47°\19° Moisture:  5 Days

Today’s Quote                                                                                                Today’s Meme

Weekly Observations

4/6-2/13 Carnival 7-12 Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend 7-13 Dump Your Significant Jerk Week 7-14  Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week Link National Marriage Week Link Risk Awareness Week

8-14 Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy 10-17   National Entrepreneurship Week Link 10-18 Take A Friend Snowmobiling Week   Link 11-17  Children of Alcoholics Week Link  International Flirting Week Jell-O Week Love A Mench Week National Secondhand Wardrobe Week Random Acts of Kindness Week International Flirting Week Jell-O Week Love A Mench Week National Secondhand Wardrobe Week Random Acts of Kindness Week Link

Daily Observations

Carnival Clean Out Your Computer Day Darwin Day Fasching Hug Day Internat’l Epilepsy Awareness Day Link  Lincoln's Birthday Lost Penny Day Meal Monday  Link

NAACP Day National Plum Pudding Day National Football Hangover Day  Link  Oglethorpe Day (in Georgia) Paul Bunyan Day(Born Feb. 12, 1834 in Bangor, ME) Link   Link  or Link or Link  Safety Pup Day Shrove Monday

Today’s Thoughts

Clear blue sky is a nice change from the snow clouds. The 3rd storm was followed by a cold front that is preventing the fallen snow from melting. I am used to icicles on my top roof. This year some are over 4 feet long. What is new is that I also have icicles on the porch roof. They are only about 2 feet in length. Dear President Biden: FYI: my insurance cost for prescriptions was raised from $5 for a 30-day supply to $7.50 for a 30-day supply. That is quite a jump…40%. What happened? This upcoming week begins Lent for many Christians. My hope is that peace prevails around the world.

Decoding Common Phrases…

Break a Leg “Break a leg” is an idiom commonly used in the performing arts as a way of wishing an actor good luck in an ironic manner. Stemming from a superstitious belief that directly wishing someone good luck would actually bring bad luck, this phrase takes an opposite approach. The saying has become a theatrical tradition, often heard backstage before a performance, embodying a sense of camaraderie and mutual support among performers. Its usage extends beyond the theater, becoming a colloquial way of wishing anyone luck in an upcoming endeavor, particularly when facing a challenging or nerve-wracking task. “Break a leg” reflects the unique blend of superstition, humor, and culture that characterizes the world of performance and artistic expression.

Civil War Facts

Submittal of the Forts Gen. William T. Sherman ordered an attack on Fort McAllister, located near Savannah, Georgia, on Dec. 13, 1864. It was strategically necessary to allow Sherman access to much-needed supplies from the Ogeechee River. Tapping Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard and Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen, Sherman's legions not only took the fort with minimal casualties but also seized the city of Savannah a week later. He immediately ordered his troops north. The following month, a squadron of warships besieged Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Union troops took control of Wilmington, the last stronghold of the Confederacy.

Interesting Trivia…

What are the names of Cinderella’s stepsisters? What famous US festival hosted over 350,000 fans in 1969? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ************************************************************************************************ Answer: Anastasia and Drizella Answer: Woodstock

Historic Events

1733 – James Oglethorpe founded Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah. 1870 – Women were granted the right to vote in the Utah Territory. 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida Wells-Barnett and others. 1999 – The US Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton after he was impeached by the US House of Representatives.

Birthdays with some quotes

@89 – John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader (d. 1969) @88 – Omar Nelson Bradley, American general (d. 1981) “Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.” @88 – Bill Russell, Basketball (d. 2022) 86 – Judy Blume, American author @82 – Arlen Specter, American politician (d. 2012) @81 – Roy Harris, American composer (d. 1979) 79 – Maud Adams, Swedish model and actress 74 – Michael Ironside, Canadian actor @74 – Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player (d. 2013; rare cancer) @72 – Ted Mack, American radio and television host (d. 1976; heart failure) @72 – Lorne Greene, Canadian-American actor (d. 1987; pneumonia) @73 – Charles Darwin, English geologist and theorist (d. 1882) “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” 68 – Arsenio Hall, American comedic actor and talk show host @67 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986; lung cancer) @65 – Cotton Mather, North American Puritan minister (d. 1728) “History is the story of events, with praise or blame.” 56 – Josh Brolin, American actor 56 – Chynna Phillips, American singer @56 – Abraham Lincoln, American politician, 16th President (assassinated 1865) “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” 51 – Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress @49 – Anna Pavlova, Russian ballarina (d. 1931; pleurisy) “Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.” 45 – Jesse Spencer, American actress 44 – Christina Ricci, American actress 44 – Gucci Mane (Radric Delantic Davis), American rapper “I’m satisfied and proud of the things I did – even the bumps and the bruises that I’ve had on the way. You fall down, you get up, you brush yourself off and you keep going. And that’s what we’re doing.” 36 – Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter

…The End for today…