24 Feb

 

 

Week 8  Day 54   Flag Today  50°/23° Sky cover:  90% Wind 8mph Gusts 21mph Active Fire:  240 miles away Risk of fire: Low  Nearest Lightning:   1271miles away Air Quality: Fair Overcast Windy Snowy Feb. Daily Averages: Temps: 47°\19° Moisture:  5 Days

 

Weekly Observations

14-3/28 Lent 16-25 Date (Fruit) Week 17-24  National FFA Week Link  18-24  Bird Health Awareness Week Link   Build A Better Trade Show Image Week National Engineers Week National Justice for Animals Week Link  Link

18-25   National Sauna Week Link    19-25  Hockey Week Across America Link 21-25 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Daily Observations

American Birkebeiner Race Forget Me Not Day   Link  Inconvenience Yourself Day International Sword Swallowers Day National Dance Day National Tortilla Chip Day

National Trading Card Day Open That Bottle Night Try Hockey For Free Day  Link Twin Peaks Day World Bartender Day

Today’s Quote                                                Today’s Meme

Today’s Thoughts

Lots of clouds but no moisture in the forecast.

The landing was shaky, but the private machine landed on the moon. Odysseus is now sitting on the South Pole of the moon. Wow! It sure brought me back to all the early missions up to the landing of astronauts on the surface during the Nixon administration.

Our discussion group meets tomorrow afternoon to discuss The US and the Middle East. It should be a great discussion.  I have lots of reading to do before we meet.

If God wanted us to vote…

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and 

your opponents will do it for you. ~Author unknown~

 

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, 

go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton~

 

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar Ameringer~

America’s Top Attractions

1910s: Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

One of Chicago’s best-known landmarks, the historic pier opened to the public in 1916 and was known as the Municipal Pier. Stretching out into Lake Michigan, it was used as a dock for freighters, passenger traffic, as well as for recreational purposes. It was renamed the Navy Pier in 1927 in tribute to navy personnel who were based there during the First World War. Today the tourist hot spot is home to a 200-foot Ferris wheel, museums, theaters, a cinema, and restaurants.

Historical Facts about Native Americans…

What Totem Poles Actually Represent

Totem poles are one of the most important pieces of art made by Native Americans, but not everyone knows their purpose.

Christian missionaries thought they were symbols of Native gods, but they actually represent family status. Animals that are special to the family, such as a grizzly bear or eagle, are usually carved in totem poles to memorialize their ancestors.

Historic Events

1582 – Gregorian Calendar: Pope Gregory XIII issued a new, more accurate calendar that the Julian, which had been used for 1500 years. #intergravissimas

1868 – Andrew Johnson became the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He was later acquitted in the Senate.

1942 – In what may or may not have been a UFO attack, The Battle of Los Angeles lasted into the early hours of February 25. (probably not)

1980 – The United States Olympic Hockey team completed its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4 – 2 to win the gold medal.

Birthdays with some quotes

@95 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d.  1991)
@94 – Abe Vigoda, American character actor (d.  2016)
“I got the role because the producer thought I looked tired, but I looked tired because I had been jogging earlier that day.”
@94 – Steven Hill, American actor (d.  2016)
@80 – Chester Nimitz, American admiral (d.  1966)
“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”
79 – Barry Bostwick, American actor
@74 –Winslow Homer, American illustrator (d.  1910)
74 – George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter
“I said if you want to be Keith Richards, you’ve got to listen to Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Then I thought, ‘What did Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry listen to?’  I said, ‘They listened to Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters.’ Well, who’d they listen to? They listened to Robert Johnson. I said, ‘Ok, we’ll start with that.'”
@73 – James Farentino, American actor (d.  2012; hip surgery, diabetes)
@73 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author and Brother (d.  1859)
73 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
@56 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d.  2011)
“We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.”
68 – Paula Zahn, American journalist
66 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter
62 – Michelle Shocked (Karen Johnston), American singer-songwriter
58 – Billy Zane, American actor
47 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer
“You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren’t true, but you never hear about the positive.”
35 – Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter

…The End for today…