Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It's cold and gray ... but not (yet) raining, and I'm home! LOL! I took a vacation day in anticipation of visiting family this weekend. Unfortunately, the weather forecast is not condusive to traveling west in NC. So, I'm going to take advantage of today and get caught up on some things. There are cookies to bake, gifts to wrap, trees to finish trimming ... just lots and lots of things that need to get done. I'm thinking (maybe a mistake? LOL!) if I can finish all of these things today and tomorrow, perhaps by Sunday I can go deliver a few things. First, I have to get myself past this morning dose of lazy. :)
There are 6 days left until Christmas - one week from today is Christmas Day!
Today is "Underdog Day" ... "UN International Migrants Day" ... "Republic Day (Niger)" ... "Feast of Our Lady of Solitude (Mexico)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
-- Douglas Adams
"As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything."
-- George Carlin
Today in history:
In 1966, Saturn's moon Epimetheus was discovered.
In 1997, the 6-mile-long Tokyo Bay tunnel connecting the cities of Kawasaki and Kisarazu opened.
Today's birthdays include
- Joseph Grimaldi, known as the greatest clown in history, in 1778
- English physicist Joseph Thompson, discoverer of the electron, in 1856
- British short story writer Saki (H.H. Munro) in 1870
- Swiss modernist painter Paul Klee in 1879
- Baseball star Tyrus Ty Cobb in 1886
- Film director George Stevens (Shane, A Place in the Sun, Giant) in 1904
- West German statesman Willy Brandt in 1913
- Actress Betty Grable in 1916
- Actor Ossie Davis in 1917
- Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards in 1943
- Film director Steven Spielberg (Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List) in 1946
- Movie critic/historian Leonard Maltin in 1950
- Actor Ray Liotta in 1954
- Actor Brad Pitt in 1963
- Actress Katie Holmes in 1978
- Singer Christina Aguilera in 1980
Everyone have a Great Friday!
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