Friday, February 18, 2011

Good Morning! Friday February 18, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning! There are a few clouds, and maybe a few sprinkles this morning; but there's also a lot of blue, and the clouds will blow over. We might have a record high today, mid 70s, sunny and breezy. It's hard to keep remembering that we *can* have snow in March!
Yesterday: Another day spent mostly waiting ... and I had a longer wait than "usual" because someone didn't bother to relay a message. Oh well. Sometimes it's quite true that "no news is good news". Everything is fine, or at least reasonably so! :) At least I got home earlier, so got a really good night's sleep.
Today: I'm going to tackle some over due chores around here this morning. I'll wait until later in the day to go to Durham; I might stay over tonight, haven't quite decided yet. I'm not much use to anyone if I'm over tired and feeling crumpled! LOL! But as long as everything is going well, and visiting is so limited (someone else planning to go this afternoon), then waiting until this evening makes better sense. :)

Today is "Great Backyard Bird Count (Feb. 18-21)" ... "Perigean Spring Tides" ... "Pluto Day" ... "Snow Moon" ... "Anniversary - Cow Milked While Flying" ... "Independence Day (Gambia)" ... "National Democracy Day (Nepal)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary."
-- Julius Rosenwald

"Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?"
-- Peter McWilliams

"It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
-- John Andrew Holmes

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
-- Martin Luther King Jr.,

Today in history:
In 1884, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain was published.

In 1930, Pluto, once identified as the ninth planet of the solar system, was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.

In 1954, the Church of Scientology was established in Los Angeles.

In 1979, Snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first known time.

Today's birthdays include
- Stained glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany in 1848
- Italian automaker Enzo Ferrari in 1898
- Actor Merle Oberon in 1911
- Actor Jack Palance in 1919
- Actor George Kennedy in 1925
- Game show host Bill Cullen in 1920
- Author and magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown in 1922
- Novelist Len Deighton in 1929
- Novelist Toni Morrison in 1931
- Cartoonist Johnny Hart in 1931
- Filmmaker Milos Forman in 1932
- Yoko Ono, wife of John Lennon, in 1933
- Actor Cybill Shepherd in 1950
- Actor John Travolta in 1954
- Film director John Hughes in 1950
- Game show icon Vanna White in 1957
- Actor Greta Scacchi in 1960
- Actor Matt Dillon in 1964
- Actor Molly Ringwald in 1968
- Rapper and record producer Dr. Dre (Andre Romelle Young) in 1965

Everyone have a Great Friday!

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