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Week 6 Day 35 Flag
Today 55°/32° Wind 6 mph
Gusts 13 mph Active Fire: 506 miles away Risk of
fire: High Nearest Lightning: 2185 miles
away Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine Breezy
Feb. Averages: Temps: 46°\22° Moisture:
4.7Days |
Monthly Observations
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Marijuana (Cannabis) Awareness Month Link Link |
National Cherry Month |
Weekly Observations
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1-7 African Heritage & Health Week International Networking Week |
2-8 PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week Link International Hoof-Care Week Link 4-6 National
Mentoring Summit Link |
Daily Observations
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Facebook's Birthday |
National Hemp Day |
Today’s Quote
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Today’s Meme
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Today’s Thoughts
Blue, cloudless sky
and breezy.
I didn’t post
yesterday because I was having problems with my cable TV. Optimum has THE WORST customer service. The
answering bot said they have to reboot my box as there were no outages in the
area. It says it will talk about 30 minutes to get my guide back. Well, it
takes a good two hours. I called around noon because I didn’t have any Phoenix
stations. I called again around 3pm and the bot said they had to reboot. This
one took 15 minutes and that didn’t fix it. I asked to speak to a
representative. He apologized for my loss of signa. He checked and there was an
outage. He said it would take about 4 more hours to fix it and that the problem
had started over a day ago. I guess the bot couldn’t check its emails to learn
of the outage. The human promised to call me back as soon as it was fixed. I
made sure he had my cell number. About 6pm the Phoenix channels were back. I
discovered it my using my remote to put in a Phoenix channel. This morning
about 8a I got a call on my landline telling me the issue was resolved. Then
another call about 11a with the same message. Both times I clicked ‘2: problem
resolved’. What a waste of my time.
Trump has closed the
Kennedy Center for 2 years to have renovations. I guess he thinks that all the
performers who have cancelled appearances did it due to the dilapidated condition
of the venue.
The AZ Cardinals
have a new coach…Mike LaFleur from the Rams. I still believe nothing will
change until ownership changes.
Trivia
Agatha Christie’s first novel
was rejected six times.
Despite
her literary success, Agatha Christie’s writing career took some time to
launch; her first novel, The Mysterious Affair
at Styles,
was rejected six times before
publication. Christie, who had an interest in storytelling as a child, took her
first stab at writing thanks to a bet with her sister, Madge. In The
Mysterious Affair, her long-featured detective
Hercule Poirot made his entrance, investigating a poisoning. It wasn’t until 1920, some four years
after she began writing, that Christie’s thriller was finally printed; her
description and use of poisons from knowledge gained as a
World War I nurse even
landed the novel a favorable review in a pharmaceutical journal. Christie’s
first book made such an impact that she even named her home Styles after the
story’s setting.
Historic Events
Birthdays with some quotes
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§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Ferdinand Magellan
(1480-1521; @40ish, killed by natives) Portuguese explorer of the
East Indies and Pacific Ocean, born in Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Nigel Bruce, British actor (Rebecca,
Suspicion, Sherlock Holmes), born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico (d.
1953; @58, heart attack) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974; @72, lymphoma) American aviator who was 1st
to fly solo across the Atlantic, born in Detroit, Michigan §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer
(discovered Pluto), born in Streator, Illinois (d. 1997; @90) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ American civil rights
activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white
passenger, born in Tuskegee, Alabama §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Ida Lupino,
British-American actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) and director (The
Hitch-Hiker), born in London, England (d. 1995; @77, stroke) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Betty Friedan (1921-2006; @85) American writer (The Feminine
Mystique), and feminist (1st President of NOW, 1966-70), born in Peoria,
Illinois §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Conrad Bain,
Canadian actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes), born in Lethbridge, Alberta,
Canada (d. 2013; @89) §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ David Brenner,
American stand-up comedian and TV talk show host (Nightlife) known as a
pioneer of observational comedy, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014;
@78, pancreatic cancer) |
Gary Conway 90 years old), actor
(Burke's Law, Land of the Giants), born in Boston, Massachusetts §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ John Schuck (86 years old), American
actor (McMillan & Wife, Holmes & Yoyo), born in Boston, Massachusetts §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Florence LaRue (84 years old),
American pop and R&B vocalist (The 5th Dimension - "Up, Up, And
Away"; "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"), born in Plainfield,
New Jersey §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ James Danforth "Dan"
Quayle (79 years old), USA (Sen-R-Ind, 44th Vice President 1989-93), born in
Indianapolis, Indiana §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ 1948 American
theatrical rock singer and songwriter ("School's Out";
"Welcome To My Nightmare"), born in Detroit, Michigan §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Lawrence Taylor (67
years old) 1959 American
Pro Football HOF linebacker (Super Bowl XXI, XXV; NFL MVP 1986; NFL Defensive
Player of the Year 1981, 82, 86; 8 × First-team All-Pro; NY Giants), born in
Williamsburg, Virginia §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ 1962 American country vocalist ("Killin'
Time"; "Nothin' But the Taillights"), born in Long Branch, New
Jersey §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Hunter Biden (56
years old), American attorney, businessman and son of former president Joe
Biden, born in Wilmington, Delaware §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Oscar De La Hoya (53
years old), American boxer (Olympic gold 1992, 6-weight world champion), born
in Los Angeles, California |
