Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. The forecast for today is mostly cloudy and maybe rain; but at the moment the sun is shining and it's bright and beautiful out my window. It's supposed to go to mid 40s, so that plus any rain will probably wash away the last of the lingering snow. It's been a strange winter so far ... temps both way above and way below "normal" .... and lots more precipitation than we usually get (the frozen kind that is). I've not heard anyone mention "drought" in a long time! LOL!
We got home around 5:30 last night. I got unpacked and laundry caught up, and then relaxed with a book to read in between figure skating. Well, OK, I admit, I watched quite a bit of the other sports too. :) Most of them are interesting. Well, maybe not cross-country skiing.
Tonight is business class, and then groceries on the way home ... hoping I get home in time to see the pairs skating long program. It might be "unpatriotic" ... but I'm cheering for the older Chinese couple! And I found last night's scoring to be quite strange, so I am wondering what will happen tonight.
Today is "Carnival" ... "Orthodox Green Monday (Orthodox)" ... "President's Day (US)" ... "Remember the Maine Day" ... "Shrove Monday" ... "Susan B. Anthony Day" ... "Bun Day (Iceland)" ... "Carnival (Trinidad and Tobago)" ... "Family Day (Alberta, Canada)" ... "National Day (Serbia)".
Quotes of the Day:
"If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it."
-- George Burns
"The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish."
-- Robert Jackson
Today in history:
In 1965, Canada adopted a new national flag featuring a maple leaf emblem
In 1997, Tara Lipinski, 14, defeated defending women's champion Michelle Kwan to become the youngest U.S. figure skating champion.
Today's birthdays include:
- Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei in 1564
- Jeweler Charles Tiffany in 1812
- Feminist pioneer Susan B. Anthony in 1820
- Political leader and diplomat Elihu Root in 1845
- Philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead in 1861
- Actor John Barrymore in 1882
- Songwriter Harold Arlen in 1905
- Actor Cesar Romero in 1907
- Actor Harvey Korman in 1927
- Actress Claire Bloom in 1931
- Astronaut Roger Chaffee, killed in a fire on the ground during a 1967 Apollo I test, in 1935
- Actress Marisa Berenson in 1947
- Actress Jane Seymour in 1951
- Singer Melissa Manchester in 1951
- Simpsons cartoonist Matt Groening in 1954
- Comedian Chris Farley in 1964
- Actress Renee O'Connor in 1971
Everyone have a Great Monday!
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