28 Feb

 

 

Week 9  Day 59   Flag Today  53°/27° Sky cover:  5% Wind 7mph Gusts 17mph Active Fire:  440miles away Risk of fire: Low  Nearest Lightning:  1599 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Feb. Daily Averages: Temps: 47°\19° Moisture:  5 Days

 

Weekly Observations

14-3/28 Lent 25-3/2  Telecommuter Appreciation Week 26-3/3  National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link

27-29  International Energy Week Link 27-29  International Petroleum Week Link

Daily Observations

Floral Design Day   Link Global Scouse Day  Link Inconvenience Yourself Day   National Chocolate Soufflé Day National Public Sleeping Day  Link National Science Day

National Tooth Fairy Day   Link   Link  Pink Shirt Day   Pink Shirt Day  Link  Public Sleeping Day Rare Disease Day Tartar Sauce Day

Today’s Quote                                                Today’s Meme

Today’s Thoughts

Seventy-five years ago today, in the small town of Brush, CO my birthmother gave birth to me. Within a day, I was put up for adoption and taken to Denver for adoption. On Mar. 12 of that year, I was taken home by adoptive parents in Denver, CO. They raised me and when I was 2 years and 8 months old, my parents adopted my brother and brought him home. I was raised by great parents and will continue to have a wonderful life.

This morning at 7:00am a worker rang my doorbell. I came downstairs from my office and asked me to move my vehicle. I told him it was a permit only parking space. He said they were removing a tree from behind the other building and need to park their trailer for the branches from the tree. He said they would be gone by noon. I moved my vehicle. I went out about 9am to do some shopping. I returned about 11:00 and parked. They were just finishing up and were gone by 11:45 and I moved my vehicle back to its normal parking space. All good.

UNESCO sites in America…

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is in New Mexico. It's been a site since 1995. The area is home to more than 118 caves that formed when sulfuric acid dissolved the limestone in the area.

America’s Top Attractions

1920s: Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California

It’s hard to imagine this bustling theme park as a humble fruit stand, but that’s where it all began. The Knott family arrived in Buena Park in 1920 to farm at Knott’s Berry Place, as it was known. They opened a berry stand followed by a chicken restaurant, which people flocked to from far and wide. In 1940, Walter Knott built a ghost town to entertain the hungry hordes. It was the first themed area of what became known as Knott’s Berry Farm in 1947.

Historical Facts about Native Americans…

How The Sequoia Tree Got Its Name

Sequoia trees are some of the most majestic in the United States, but some may wonder how they got their name.

These large trees were named after the Cherokee leader Sequoyah. He is best known for creating a new alphabet for his people to use. This made reading and writing in the Cherokee language possible.

Historic Events

1844 – The USS Princeton exploded while demonstrating a gun, killing five people, and injuring many more.

1947 – The 228 Incident in Taiwan resulted in protests and rioting. Between 10,000 and 20,000 people were killed.

1983 – The final episode of M*A*S*H aired, and 77% of all television owners in the US watched.

Birthdays with some quotes

@93 – Linus Carl Pauling, American chemist and biochemist (d. 1994)
“Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences- and we cannot predict what they will be. Science will go on- whether we are pessimistic, or are optimistic, as I am. I know that great, interesting, and valuable discoveries can be made and will be made… But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe- and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.”
@90 – Gavin MacLeod, American actor (d. 2021)
@89 – Charles Durning, American actor (d. 2012)
85 – Tommy Tune, American actor, singer, dancer, and director
84 – Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver, Twin
@80 – Aldo Andretti, Italian-American race car driver, Twin (d. 2020)
76 – Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
71 – Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
“In our country, learned ignorance is on the rise.”
@67 – Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian and actor (d. 2022 heart disease)
67 – John Turturro, American actor
@66 – Charles Aaron ‘Bubba Smith’, American football player and actor (d. 2011; OD)
63 – Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-American actress
@62 – Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (d. 1977; aneurysm)
“The freedom of any society varies proportionately with the volume of its laughter.”
@59 – Michel de Montaigne, French Renaissance writer (d. 1592; quinsy)
“Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.”
51 – Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
48 – Ali Larter, American actress
47 – Jason Aldean, American singer-songwriter
47 – Karolína Kurková, Czech model
@41 – Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947; shot)
“Las Vegas turns women into men and men into idiots.”
@27 – Brian Jones, Rolling Stones guitarist, (d. 1969; death by misadventure)

…The End for today…