Thursday, January 27, 2011

Good Morning! Thursday January 27, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning! It's pale blue and gold ... announcing a bright sunny day ahead. It will be mid to upper 40s - not "warm", but certainly not freezing either. Of course, being inside most of the day, it doesn't much matter. :)
Yesterday: For a work day, it wasn't bad. The work load is very light (though I'm quite sure that is only temporary!), but late in the day I was given a project I can "get my teeth into" (more of a challenge). That'll take me through work days next week too. Last night ... between watching Dancing and singing ... I got 2 loads of laundry done, dinner cooked and kitchen cleaned, and a bit of sewing done. :)
Today: This is a "regular" clinic day, which means all day long just sitting and waiting. I've already done on-line pre-check in; but it's still waiting. In theory, first appointment is 10:00 ... but that's only for getting vitals. The doctors don't even show up until 1:00, and there's another appointment at 2:00. Hmmm ... this could be interesting! LOL!

Today is "Mozart Day" ... "Thomas Crapper Day" ... "UN International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust" ... "Anniversary - Auschwitz Liberated" ... "Day of Remembrance for Victims of Nazism (Germany)" ... "Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present."
-- English Proverb

"The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does."
-- Hugh Macleod

"The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time."
-- Willem de Kooning

Today in history:
In 1785, the first public university in the United States was founded as the University of Georgia.

In 1880, Thomas Edison was granted a patent for an electric incandescent lamp.

In 1888, The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington.

In 1926, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird launched a revolution in communication and entertainment with the first public demonstration of a true television system in London.

Today's birthdays include
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1756
- Author Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) in 1832
- Labor organizer Samuel Gompers in 1850
- Composer Jerome Kern in 1885
- U.S. Navy Adm. Hyman Rickover, father of the nuclear Navy, in 1900
- Art Rooney, founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, in 1901
- U.S. newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, Jr. in 1908
- Musician Elmore James in 1918
- Musician Skitch Henderson in 1918
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan in 1944
- Cable news commentator Keith Olbermann in 1959
- Former NFL player Cris Collingsworth in 1959
- Actress Donna Reed in 1921
- Actor Troy Donahue in 1936
- Actor James Cromwell in 1940
- Actress Mimi Rogers in 1956
- Actress Bridget Fonda in 1964
- Actor Alan Cumming in 1965

Everyone have a Great Thursday!

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