Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. The forecast is for today to start out cloudy; but though it's a bit grayish, it's much brighter than the last few mornings. We haven't gotten any more rain, but I'm still happy for what we got. By this weekend I'll be watering again. Today will be upper 70s to low 80s, which is - surprisingly - near "normal"! LOL!
Last night after work we went out to my sister's house to beg some goldfish for a friend. (if I had realized how depleted her supply was, we wouldn't have gone!). The fish are (temporarily) residing in their own private jacuzzi! :) On the way home we stopped to eat, and brought home leftovers (cannolli for breakfast! Yum!). I got home in time to see (most of) the results show; and to see that I predicted right again. Unless he does something awful next week, I'm inclined to think Lee will win. But my original 3 picks coming in 4th, 3rd, and 2nd (maybe) is not bad! LOL!
Tonight I plan to work on chipping away at some of the "hotspots" of clutter that keep cropping up!
Today is "Eliza Doolittle Day" ... "Weights and Measures Day" ... "Anniversary - Charles Lindberg Solo Flight" ... "Independence Day (East Timor)".
Quotes of the Day:
"If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me."
-- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
"Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level."
-- Max L. Forman
Today in history:
In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis granted patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
In 1916, the Saturday Evening Post published its first cover drawn by Norman Rockwell.
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from New York in his single-engine monoplane, "The Spirit of St. Louis," bound for Paris. He landed 33 1/2 hours later, completing the first solo, non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.
In 2002, East Timor, a small Pacific Coast nation, gained independence from Indonesia.
In 2006 sports, the Preakness was won by Bernardini, owned by the Dubai royal family.
Today's birthdays include:
- William Thornton, architect of the Capitol building in Washington, in 1759
- Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth U.S. president James Madison, in 1768
- Explorer Simon Fraser in 1776
- French novelist Honore de Balzac in 1799
- English philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill in 1806
- German Emile Berliner, inventor of the flat phonograph record, in 1851
- Actor James Stewart in 1908
- Israeli military commander and politician Moshe Dayan in 1915
- Comedian George Gobel in 1919
- Actor Anthony Zerbe in 1936
- Hockey Hall of Fame member Stan Mikita in 1940
- Japanese baseball home run king Sadaharu Oh in 1940
- British singer/songwriter Joe Cocker in 1944
- Singer/actor Cher, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, in 1946
- Ronald Prescott Reagan, son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in 1958
- Actor Dave Thomas n 1949
- Actor Bronson Pinchot in 1959
- Actor Timothy Olyphant in 1968
- Race car driver Tony Stewart in 1971
- Rapper Busta Rhymes in 1972
- Singer/actor Naturi Naughton in 1984
Everyone have a Great Thursday!
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