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Week 5 Day 31 Flag
Today 43°/28° Wind 10 mph
Gusts 21 mph Active Fire: 260 miles away Risk of
fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning: 1547 miles
away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine
Breezy Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18° Moisture:
10 Days
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Weekly Observations
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Sundance
Film Festival: 22-2/1
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National
School Choice Week: 25-31 Link National
Cowboy Poetry Week: 26-31 |
Daily Observations
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Appreciate
Your Social Security Check Day |
Today’s Quote
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Today’s Meme
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Today’s Thoughts
It’s a bit breezy today. I’ve got no reason to
go shopping, so I will spend the day around home. I do agree with the ICE boycott
taking place. Not to defund ICE, but to reorganize their implementation of the
law.
My stubbed toe seems
to be healing well. The pain while walking has dropped by 90%. I did use my
cane for a couple of days, to be sure I didn’t fall.
I wonder if the
release of today’s Epstein files will meet the standards of the law. Somehow, I
fear this controversy will continue a whole lot longer.
When you see a famous personality advertise a product, does that have you listen and consider buying it? Does it have you change your view of that personality when they are doing their career job? Recently I have noticed more and more ads like this.
Trivia
A bagel isn’t a bagel unless
it’s boiled.
Whether you prefer yours
plain, covered in sesame seeds, or colored like a rainbow, all bagels share one
common characteristic: the dough is boiled prior to baking. Boiling is a crucial
step that helps gelatinize the dough so it
achieves the ideal density; it also partially deactivates the yeast so the
bagel doesn’t rise quite as high as other bread rolls.
During a typical boiling
period — about 30 to 60 seconds — bagels also absorb salts, sugars, or
other seasonings that are added to the water, thus enhancing the dough’s
flavor. For these reasons, culinary experts agree that it’s inaccurate to refer
to bialys or
any other unboiled, torus-shaped baked goods as “bagels.”
Experts trace the origins of boiled bagels to Jewish communities in 13th-century
Eastern Europe (specifically modern Poland); the technique was brought to New
York City in the 19th century by Jewish immigrants. In 1907, local bakers in
NYC formed the International Beigel Bakers Union, which worked to guard the
boiling and baking process as a trade secret. The union was successful in doing
so until the 1960s, when the invention of a new bagel-making machine helped
popularize bagels nationwide.
Historic Events
Birthdays with some quotes
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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616
@73) Japanese founder
and 1st shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, unifying Japan (1603-5), born in
Okazaki Castle, Japan +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Franz Schubert (1797-1828;
@31, typhoid fever) Austrian composer (Unfinished
Symphony), born in Vienna, Austria +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jane
Johnston Schoolcraft (Bamewawagezhikaquay) (1800-1842; @42) Native
American poet, born
in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ James G. Blaine (1830-1893; @62) US Secretary
of State (1881 and 1889-92) known as the "Plumed Knight",
born in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Henri Desgrange (1865-1940; @75) French cyclist, journalist and
founder of the Tour de France, born in Paris, France +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Zane Grey, American western novelist
(Riders of the Purple Sage), born in Zanesville, Ohio (d. 1939; @67, heart
failure) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tallulah Bankhead, American stage
and film actress (Lifeboat; They Knew What They Wanted; Batman -"Black
Widow"), born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 1968; @66, pneumonia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Garry Moore [Thomas Garrison
Morfit], American radio and TV variety and game show host (I've Got a
Secret), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1993; @78; emphysema) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thomas Merton (1915-1968;
@53, electric shock) French-American
Catholic writer and
Trappist monk (7 Story Mountain), born in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jackie Robinson (1919-1972;
@53 heart disease) American Baseball
HOF second baseman (1st African-American MLB player
Brooklyn Dodgers; 6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1955; NL MVP 1949), born in
Cairo, Georgia +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Stewart Udall,
American politician (US Secretary of Interior 1961-69), born in St Johns,
Arizona (d. 2010; @90) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carol Channing,
American actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Hello Dolly), singer and
comedian, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2019; @97) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Norman Mailer (1923-2007; @84) American novelist (Naked
& the Dead, The Executioner's Song), born in New York City +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chuck Willis,
American rock vocalist ("C.C. Rider"), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d.
1958; @32, peritonitis) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ American Baseball
HOF shortstop, first baseman (14 x MLB All
Star; NL MVP 1958, 59; Chicago Cubs), born in Dallas, Texas +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ James Franciscus, American actor
(Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Mr Novak, Longstreet), born in Clayton,
Missouri (d. 1991; @57, emphysema) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Suzanne Pleshette, American actress
(The Birds; The Bob Newhart Show - "Emily"), born in New York City
(d. 2008; @70, emphysema) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ James G. Watt, American lawyer and
US Secretary of the Interior (1981-83), born in Lusk, Wyoming (d. 2023; @85) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ John Dye, American actor (Touched by
an Angel - "Andrew"), born in Amory, Mississippi (d. 2011; @47,
congestive heart failure) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
1947 American
Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB no-hit
leader [7], strikeout leader [5,714]; World Series 1969 NY Mets; 8 x MLB All
Star; California Angels, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers), born in Refugio,
Texas +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ KC [Harry Wayne
Casey] (75 years old), American disco and funk singer-songwriter and producer
(KC & the Sunshine Band - "That's the Way (I Like It)";
"Get Down Tonight"), born in Opa-locka, Florida +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Virginia Ruzici (72
years old) 1955 Romanian tennis star (1978
French Open champion), born in Campia Turzii, Romania +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1964 Martha
MacCallum (63 years old), American TV journalist and news host (Fox News),
born in Wyckoff, New Jersey +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (Amelia)
"Minnie" Driver (56 years old), British-American actress (Good Will
Hunting; The Riches), and singer-songwriter (Everything I've Got in My
Pocket), born in London, England +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kerry Washington (49
years old), American actress (Scandal), born in The Bronx, New York +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Justin Timberlake (45
years old) 1981 American singer-songwriter ("Can't
Stop The Feeling!"; "Sexyback"), and actor (Friends With
Benefits), born in Memphis, Tennessee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
…The End for today…
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