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Flag Today 50°/16° Sky cover: 5% Wind 14mph Gusts 7mph Active Fire: 1333miles away Risk of fire: Low Nearest Lightning: 1204 miles away Air Quality: Moderate
Sunshine Feb. Daily Averages: Temps:
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This week is ending
with nice winter weather. Much of the 3’ of snow has melted. Still an issue in
shaded areas and snowplow berms on some side streets.
Monday will be a Federal
holiday to honor our Presidents.
Alexi Navalny, the
famous Russian dissident, has died @47 in prison. Lots of questions are being
asked. The world is horrified his death.
Trump ruling in Donald Trump’s NY Civil trial…$354 million libel for Trump and both sons now owe $4million each. This will most likely be appealed.
Decoding Common
Phrases…
Kick the Bucket
“Kick the bucket” is a colloquial and somewhat euphemistic
idiom used to refer to the act of dying. The phrase’s origin is unclear, but
one theory suggests it may come from the method of slaughtering animals in
which a bucket was kicked away to facilitate the process.
In contemporary usage, it often serves to lighten the
conversation about death, using humor to deal with a typically somber topic.
The expression is widely recognized and used in various cultures, particularly
in English-speaking countries, to talk about death in a less direct and more
casual way.
Despite its light-hearted tone, “kick the bucket” is usually
reserved for informal contexts, as it might be considered inappropriate or
insensitive in more serious or solemn discussions about death.
America’s Top
Attractions
1900s: Venice Beach, Los
Angeles, California
Los Angeles’ hip neighborhood
Venice Beach was originally a beach resort known as Venice of America, founded
by tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney in 1905. Buying two miles of oceanfront
land, he created an amusement park, pier, miniature steam train and 16 miles of
canals (built to drain the marshland) complete with gondola rides. It was an
independent city until 1926 when it merged with Los Angeles. Today its lively
promenade is usually a magnet for tourists.
Historical Facts
about Native Americans…
Many English Words Have Native American Origins
Those familiar with American history may remember that early
English explorers interacted quite a lot with Native Americans. As a result,
this caused them to pick up some new words.
Words such as chipmunk, pecan, skunk, chocolate, potato, and
poncho are all derived from the Algonquian tribe. Algonquians are one of the
most populous and widespread tribes in North America.
Historic Events
1865 – Columbia,
South Carolina surrendered to General Sherman’s Union forces. Fort Sumpter was
also returned to Union control.
1897 – The National
Parent Teacher Association was formed.
1929 – The League of
Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was founded.
February 17, 1936 –
The Phantom, Comic Strip debuted.
Birthdays with some
quotes
@100 –
Annie Glenn (Castor), disability, communication disorder advocate (d. 2020)
@96 – Hal
Holbrook, American actor (d. 2021)
@87 – Jim
Brown, Cleavland Browns running back (d. 2023)
@89 –
Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedic actor
@84 – Mary
Carson Breckinridge, founded Frontier Nursing Service (d. 1965)
@84 –
Walter ‘Red’ Barber, American sportscaster (d. 1992)
“Whenever you have a
tight situation and there’s a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter
how he calls it.”
@81 – Otto
Stern, German-American physicist\academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)
@77 – Mary
Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959 (d. 2014’ Crohn’s Disease)
@75 –
Buster Crabbe (Clarence Linden Crabbe II), Olympian\actor (d. 1983; heart
attack)
@70 –
Aaron Montgomery Ward, founded Montgomery Ward (d. 1913)
@68 –
Thomas Malthus, English demographer (d. 1834; heart disease)
“I think it will be
found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge,
invariably confirms its truth.”
@66 – Gene
Pitney, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006; heart attack)
62 – Lou Diamond
Phillips, American actor
61 – Michael Jordan,
American basketball player
“Some people want it
to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”61 – Larry the Cable
Guy (Daniel Whitney), American comedian
53 – Denise
Richards, American model and actress
“There are always
two or three or four sides to every story.”
52 – Billie Joe
Armstrong, American singer-songwriter
50 – Jerry
O’Connell, American actor
@47 – Huey
P. Newton, co-founded the Black Panther Party (d. 1989; murdered)
“My fear was not of
death itself, but a death without meaning.”
43 – Joseph
Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer
“If you’re going to
put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.”
43 – Paris Hilton,
American model, media personality
“The way I see it,
you should live every day like it’s your birthday.”
33 – Ed Sheeran,
English singer-songwriter
…The End for today…
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