18 Jan

 

 

Week 4  Day 18 Flag Today  47°/30° Wind 9 mph Gusts 21 mph Active Fire:  335 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate  Nearest Lightning: 1199 miles away Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine   Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18° Moisture:  10 Days

Monthly Observations

National Opticians Month Link  Link Link National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month National Personal Trainer Awareness Month Link National Polka Music Month Link  Link National Poverty in America Awareness Month National Radon Action Month

National Skating Month National Soup Month National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month National Stalking Awareness Month Link

Weekly Observations

National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23 Healthy Weight Week: 18-24 Hunt For Happiness Week: 18-24 National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week: 18-24

National Handwriting Analysis Week: 18-24 (Always has John Hancock's birthday 1/23) No Name Calling Week:  18-24 Link  Sugar Awareness Week: 18-23 Week of Christian Unity: 18-25

Daily Observations

National Sanctity of Human Life Day (or Pro-Life Day) Link Pooh (Winnie The) Day Stalking Awareness Day of Action  Link

Thesaurus Day Link World Religion Day Link  World Snow Day Link

Today’s Quote                                                       

Today’s Meme

Today’s Thoughts

 Looks like it will be a windy afternoon and evening. Hoping for the best.

The Broncos play the Bills this afternoon and I can watch it live on my TV. Go Broncos!

It looks to me that both Trump and I have a lot to learn about Greenland. I remember learning abut Greenland in Jr. High. I remember that Greenland and Iceland should have switched names to better fit the climate. From what I’m reading, Greenland doesn’t want to be part of the US and the majority of American voters don’t want Greenland either. I’m hoping the people win over the dear leader.

When I was working, the MLK holiday gave me a day off. I’ll be remembering his speeches and his civil rights work on Monday. 

Our Great Decisions group meets next Saturday to set up our presenter schedule. I’m looking forward to many interesting and informative presentations this year. 

Trivia

Penguins Will Trade Pebbles For Sex

Penguins are not only adorable, but also can be held up as paragons of traditional family values. Believed to be mostly monogamous, penguins are the Puritans of the natural world. Except that sometimes, naughty penguins of various species will trade sex for rocks.

In the summer months of the Arctic, when penguins' nests are in danger of being flooded and destroyed, many females will look for extra rocks and pebbles to shore up their nests. Sometimes they target the nests of single males. Sensing the males' desperation, they'll offer a quick tryst for the trade of a pebble or two. Some ladies even only go so far as flirting before sneaking off with what they want. 

Historic Events

January 18 in History

Birthdays with some quotes

Peter Mark Roget(d. 1869; @90) British lexicographer (Roget's Thesaurus) and inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), born in London ******************************** Daniel Webster(d.1852; @70; cirrhosis) US Secretary of State (1841-43, 1850-52), politician and lawyer, born in Salisbury, New Hampshire ******************************** Joseph Glidden, American inventor of 1st commercial usable barbed wire, born in Charlestown, New Hampshire (d. 1906 @93) ******************************** Thomas A. Watson, American inventor, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell in inventing the telephone, born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1934 @80) ******************************** A. A. Milne(d.1956 @74) English author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, born in Hampstead, Middlesex ******************************** Oliver Hardy(d. 1957; @65 strokes) American comic actor (Laurel & Hardy), born in Harlem, Georgia ******************************** Cary Grant(d.1986 @82) British-born American actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest), born in Horfield, Bristol, England ******************************** Danny Kaye [David Daniel Kaminski], American comedian and actor (Danny Kaye Show, White Christmas), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1987 @76, HepC) ******************************** Ray Dolby(d. 2013 @80) American engineer, sound expert, and inventor (Dolby noise reduction system), born in Portland, Oregon ******************************** John Hume, Northern Irish politician (jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Good Friday Agreement), born in Derry, Northern Ireland (d. 2020; @83)

Bobby Goldsboro (85 years old), American pop and country singer-songwriter ("Honey"), born in Marianna, Florida ******************************** Paul Keating(82 years old) 24th Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1991-96), born in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia ******************************** Kevin Costner(71 years old) American actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham), born in Los Angeles, California ******************************** Jason Segel, (46 years old) American actor (How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), born in Los Angeles, California

 

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