Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Good Morning! Tuesday February 8, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. The sky is still pale pink, announcing a clear sunny day. The forecast says starting partly cloudy, but at least out my window the clouds have blown away. Today will be upper 40s and windy.
Yesterday: It was one of the shortest "clinic" days we've had. Even morning traffic wasn't "too" awful; and everyone was running on time. We were on our way home by noon, so had time in the afternoon to get some errands taken care of. We stopped to eat a very early dinner; and except for one load of laundry, both of us pretty much "crashed" for the evening! :)
Today: Today is a work day. This is another "Monday/Friday" week (another appointment Thursday). I hope I have some energy left over by tonight ... though since I'm not starting the day with any, I don't know where it'll come from! LOL!

Today is "Boy Scouts Day" ... "Laugh and Get Rich Day" ... "Extraterrestrial Culture Day (New Mexico)" ... "Culture Day (Slovenia)" ... "Needle Mass (Ha-ri-ku-yo - Japan)".

Quotes of the Day:
"For every action there is an equal and opposite government program."
-- Bob Wells

"Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves. "
-- Germaine Greer

"You create your opportunities by asking for them."
-- Patty Hansen

Today in history:
In 1693, The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia was granted a charter.

In 1910, the United States became the 12th nation to join the international scouting movement.

In 1915, film director D.W. Griffith premiered "The Birth of a Nation" in Los Angeles.

In 1992, the Winter Olympics opened in Albertville, France.

In 2002, the Olympic Winter Games opened in Salt Lake City.

In 2004, Beyonce was a five-time winner at the Grammy Awards, tying the record for most Grammys by a female artist.

Today's birthdays include
- Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in 1820
- Pioneer science fiction writer Jules Verne in 1828
- Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, who devised the periodic table, in 1834
- Actor Charles Ruggles in 1886
- Actor Edith Evans in 1888
- Film director King Vidor in 1894
- Chester Carlson, inventor of the Xerox copying process, in 1906
- Actor Lana Turner in 1921
- Actor Jack Lemmon in 1925
- Actor Audrey Meadows in 1926
- Actor James Dean in 1931
- Composer/conductor John Williams in 1932
- Television journalist Ted Koppel in 1940
- Actor Nick Nolte in 1941
- Comedian Robert Klein in 1942
- Actor Brooke Adams in 1949
- Actor Mary Steenburgen in 1953
- Author John Grisham in 1955
- Actor Gary Coleman in 1968
- Actor Seth Green in 1974

Everyone have a Great Tuesday!

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