Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. The sun is just coming over the tree tops way in back, and the sunrise is gorgeous this morning. Today will be upper 60s, maybe even low 70s, partly cloudy but mostly sunny. I hate to admit it after last week's deluge ... but I will soon have to water the gardens again. It's hard to guess with the strange weather we've had this year; but I suspect the outside plants may have to come inside a bit earlier this year.
I ended up having to run an errand after work ... and Wal-Mart was insane!! ... so much later getting home than I would have liked. And of course I got very little done. Eventually some energy or enthusiasm or something will kick in and I'll get the things done around here that I want done. I hope! LOL!
Today is "UN World Teacher's Day" ... "Republic Day (Portugal)"
Quotes of the Day:
"In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes."
-- Mogens Jallberg
"If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back."
-- Lois McMaster Bujold
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up."
-- Anne Lamott
Today in history:
In 1989, the Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolent efforts to free his homeland from China.
In 2001, Barry Bonds hit his 71st home run, most by a player in one season, breaking Mark McGwire's 1998 Major League Baseball record. The San Francisco Giants slugger finished the season with 73 homers.
Today's birthdays include
- French philosopher Denis Diderot in 1713
- Chester A. Arthur, 21st president of the United States, in 1829
- Rocket pioneer Robert Goddard in 1882
- Restaurant entrepreneur Ray Kroc (McDonald's) in 1902
- Comic Larry Fine of The Three Stooges (the one with the wild wavy hair) in 1902
- Actor Donald Pleasence in 1919
- Political activist and defrocked priest Philip Berrigan in 1923
- Actor Glynis Johns in 1923
- Family Circus cartoonist Bil Keane in 1922
- Actor/comedian Bill Dana in 1924
- Vaclav Havel, president of the Czech Republic, in 1936
- Football Hall of fame member Barry Switzer in 1937
- Rock singer/songwriter Steve Miller in 1943
- Baseball writer and theorist Bill James in 1949
- Actor Karen Allen in 1951
- Irish rock musician Bob Geldof, organizer of the 1985 Live Aid famine relief concert, in 1951
- Comedian Bernie Mack in 1957
- Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson in 1958
- Architect Maya Lin in 1959
- Race car driver Michael Andretti in 1962
- Hockey Hall of Fame member Mario Lemieux in 1965
- Hockey Hall of Fame member Patrick Roy in 1965
- Actor Kate Winslet in 1975
Everyone have a Great Tuesday!
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