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Week 6 Day 46
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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 Link
13-15
World AG Expo
14-21
National Condom Week
National Nestbox Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week
15-17
American
Association For The Advancement of Science Week Link
Daily
Observations
Angelman Syndrome Day Link
Digital Learning Day
I Want Butterscotch Day
Love Reset Day
Lupercalia: pastoral festival of Ancient Rome
National Friendzone Day Link
National Gum Drop Day Link
National Hippo Day Link
Remember The Maine Day
Singles Awareness Day Link
Susan B. Anthony Day
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
It’s warming up and
snow and icicles are slowly melting.
The House had
another impeachment vote on DHS Mayorkas, and it passed by one vote. What a
waste of tax-payer money as the Senate won’t impeach soon. It is just more tit
for tat by the Republicans and to stay in the news.
I took a nice walk
around the neighborhood this morning wearing only a light jacket. Nice.
I am sure young
couples are enjoying Valentine’s weather.
Decoding Common Phrases…
Decoding common phrases
Let the Cat out of the Bag
“Let the cat out of the bag” is an idiom that refers to
revealing a secret or disclosing information that was supposed to be kept
hidden.
The phrase is believed to have its origins in medieval
markets, where unscrupulous vendors would trick buyers by substituting a cat
for a pig in a bag. When the cat was let out, the deceit was revealed, much
like when a secret is exposed in modern usage.
This expression captures the moment of surprise and the
unintended consequences of revealing something confidential. In contemporary
usage, it often carries a sense of accidental disclosure, highlighting the
difficulty of keeping certain information concealed.
Civil War Facts
Jefferson
Davis is finally captured; the last Confederate troops lay down arms
After
moving south several times, hoping to reinstate the Confederacy—Ge. Robert E.
Lee signed the order of surrender without Jefferson Davis' direct approval—Davis
was arrested in central Georgia on May 10, 1865. After two years under guard,
Davis was eventually released on bail in 1867 and moved to Canada. The U.S.
government did not pursue charges against him. The county where he was captured
now bears his name.
Between
April and mid-May 1865, the remaining Southern troops were defeated. The Union
armies of the Potomac and Tennessee/Georgia paraded in victory on May 23-24,
respectively.
On
Nov. 10, 1865, Henry Wirz, commander of the Confederate prison in Georgia, was
hanged. He was the only officer of the Confederacy prosecuted for war crimes.
Historical Facts about Native Americans…
The U.S. Constitution Was Modeled After This
According to Good Housekeeping, historians believe that the
United States Constitution was modeled after The Great Law of Peace.
This was the constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy that
established a democracy between the tribes. It was made with the purpose of
ending the major battles between the Iroquois nations. Benjamin Franklin
studied it profusely before contributing to the U.S. Constitution.
Historic Events
1898 – The American
battleship Maine was blown up at Havana Harbor (Cuba), leading to the
Spanish-American was on April 25, 1898.
1946 – ENIAC, the
first electronic general-purpose computer, was formally dedicated at the
University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
2013 – Asteroid 2012
DA14 (150 feet long) passed within 18,000 miles of Earth. In an unrelated
event, another meteor (estimated 50 feet in diameter) exploded over
Chelyabinsk, Russia that same day.
Birthdays with some quotes
@100 –
Miep Gies (Hermine Santruschitz), Austrian/Hungarian citizen, protected Anne
Frank’s family and held Anne’s diary (d. 2010)
“I am not a hero. I
just did what any decent person would have done.”
@98 –
Irena Sendler, Polish social worker who saved 2,500 Jewish children from Warsaw
(d. 2007)
@90 –
Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
@86 –
Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
@86 –
Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist and activist (d. 1906)
“The religious
persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command
of God. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do to
their fellows because it always coincides with their own desires.”
@81 –
Harvey Korman, American comedic actor (d. 2008)
“Funny is when
you’re serious.”
@77 –
Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1642)
“All truths are easy
to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
@77 – John
Sutter, owned the property that started The Calfornia Gold Rush (d. 1880)
76 – Art Spiegelman
(Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman), Swedish-American
cartoonist “Comics are a gateway drug to
literacy.”
“Indomitable
perseverance in a business, properly understood, always ensures ultimate
success.”
74 – Jane Seymour,
English-American actress
@73 –
Henry E. Steinway, founded Steinway & Sons (d. 1871)
70 – Matt Groening,
American animator, producer, and screenwriter
“Weaseling out of
things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals … except
the weasel.”
@57 –
James Forrestal, 1st Secretary of Defense (d. 1949; in fall or suicide?)
57 – Jane Child,
Canadian singer-songwriter
53 – Renee O’Connor,
American actress
52 – Jaromír Jágr,
Czech ice hockey player
@33 –
Chris Farley, American comedic actor (d. 1997; OD)
…The End for today…
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