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Week 6 Day 33 Flag
Today 52°/32° Wind 8 mph
Gusts 14 mph Active Fire: 977 miles away Risk of
fire: High Nearest Lightning: 1488 miles
away Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine Breezy
Feb. Averages: Temps: 46°\22° Moisture:
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Monthly Observations
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Declutter For A Cause Month |
Free and Open Source Software Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show: 31-2/3 1-7 African Heritage & Health Week |
2-6 International
Networking Week PeriAnesthesia
Nurse Awareness Week Link |
Daily Observations
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Ayn Rand Day Link |
Lung Leavin' Day Link |
Today’s Quote
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Today’s Meme
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Today’s Thoughts
It’s a nice sunny
winter day.
The Pine Ridge
Tribal Council has banned ICE and Border Patrol from their Rez. They had
previously banned Noem from their reservation when she was in SD politics.
Three local NAU Delta
Tau Delta Chapter officials have been arrested in the death of an 18-year-old
pledge in an off-campus incident linked to hazing.
Last nigh Liam Ramos
and his father are back in Minneapolis after being released by Federal custody
in Texas.
Trivia
Agatha Christie helped
popularize surfing.
Agatha Christie’s characters
have done it all — survived attempted murder, traveled to far-off lands, and
solved mystery after mystery. But the bestselling author didn’t just write
about adventure; she also sought it out, sometimes on a surfboard. Two years
after publishing her first novel, Christie embarked on an international trip
with her first husband, Archibald. Their 1922 stop in South Africa included an
attempt at surfing, where it’s possible she may have become the first Western woman to stand up on a surfboard.
The globetrotting couple
quickly fell in love with the sport and went on to catch swelling waves off the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. Christie,
in letters to her mother, recounted the tricky experience of learning to
surf, describing the sport as “occasionally painful” thanks
to a “nosedive down into the sand.” But the writer eventually became more
skilled, detailing in her 1977 autobiography that nothing could compete with
the rush of approaching shore at high speeds. She also wrote about surfing in
her novel The Man in the Brown Suit, in which her protagonist,
nicknamed “Anna the Adventuress,” goes surfing in Cape Town.
Christie’s
pursuit of the perfect wave was unusual for an English woman of her time. The
Museum of British Surfing suggests she and her husband may have been two
of the earliest Brits to attempt the activity. However, they did have regal company: Prince Edward, the British
royal who would eventually abdicate the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson,
was photographed
surfing in Hawaii two
years before Christie rented her first surfboard.
Historic Events
Birthdays with some quotes
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José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican
artist and illustrator (Biblioteca del niño mexicano), born in
Aguascalientes, Mexico (d. 1913; @60, gastroenteritis) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Solomon R. Guggenheim, American
businessman and philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC), born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania (d. 1949; @88) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ James Joyce (1882-1941; @58, perforated ulcer) Irish novelist and poet (Dubliners,
Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake), born in Dublin, Ireland §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Scottish actor and director (Mutiny
on Bounty, Oliver Twist, Blood on the Sun), born in Glasgow, Scotland §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Frank McGrath, American actor (The
Reluctant Astronaut, Wagon Train), born in Mound City, Missouri (d. 1967;
@64, heart attack) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Ayn Rand [Alisa Zinov'yevna
Rosenbaum], Russian-American author, screenwriter and philosopher who
developed the philosophical system of "Objectivism" (Atlas
Shrugged, The Fountainhead), born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1982;
@77, heart attack) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ James Dickey, American poet,
novelist and lecturer (Deliverance, Buckdancer's Choice), born in Atlanta,
Georgia (d. 1997; @73, jaundice) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Elaine Stritch, American actress (30
Rock; Two's Company), singer and member of the American Theater Hall of Fame,
born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2014; @89) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Stan Getz [Stanley Gayetski],
American big band, bebop, cool jazz, and bossa nova tenor saxophonist (Woody
Herman; Getz/Gilberto), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1991; @64, liver
cancer) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Tommy Smothers, American comedian
and folk singer (The Smothers Brothers Show; Serial), born on Governors
Island, New York City (d. 2023; @86) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009; @62, anal cancer) American actress (Charlie's
Angels; The Burning Bed), born in Corpus Christi, Texas §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ |
Barry Diller (84 years old),
American media executive, founder of the Fox Network, born in San Francisco,
California §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Graham Nash (84 years old),
British-American musician and singer-songwriter (The Hollies - "Bus
Stop"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Our House"), born in
Blackpool, Lancashire, England §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ 1948 American author and TV
cooking show host (Barefoot Contessa, Food Network), born in Brooklyn, New
York §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ 1952 1st female
President of South Korea (2013-17), born in Jung-gu, Taegu §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Christie Brinkley [Ex-Mrs Billy
Joel] (72 years old), American model and actress (SI, Vacation), born in
Monroe, Michigan §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ 1977 Colombian
pop singer ("Whenever
Wherever"; "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"), born in
Barranquilla, Colombia §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ |
…The End for today…
