Good 29º morning. YEAH! Maggie's water isn't frozen!
(from Jim Forbus, former LASD, ret Washoe Co SD)
It was so cold this morning..... I actually saw a Democrat with his hands
in his own pockets!
Here is a big beef with me as far as those "OH MY GOD" emails that go
around and around. The Muslim stamp is going around again. Please please if you
get an email that has been forwarded and forwarded and has questionable
information (which most do) check with www.truthorfiction.com or www.snopes.com for
what is true and what isn't. AND if you are going to forward emails, PLEASE
DELETE THE EMAIL ADDRESSES that are on the header!
When
visitors first enter the museum, they will hear a sound like wind chimes coming
from above them and their attention will be drawn upward 24 feet to the ceiling
of the two-story high atrium.
Dog
tags of the more than 58,000 service men and women who died in the Vietnam War
hang from the ceiling of the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago on
Veterans Day, November 11, 2010. The 10-by-40-foot sculpture, entitled Above
& Beyond, was designed by Ned Broderick and Richard Steinbock. The tens of
thousands of metal dog tags are suspended 24 feet in the air, 1 inch apart, from
fine lines that allow them to move and chime with shifting air currents. Museum
employees using a kiosk and laser pointer help visitors locate the exact dog tag
with the imprinted name of their lost
Historically this date....
2003 – The Space Shuttle
Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final
one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
And births this date include...
Speaking of football... this clip is hilarious! Laura (Vincent) Virant,
former Temple City neighbor sent this to me. Thanks Laura, too funny!!!
Yesterday late afternoon the RR Gang met at the Double R in town for Taco
Tuesday and to celebrate PatC's birthday (that was on the 10th). Hard tacos,
soft tacos .. beef, chicken, fish. All good and cheap! They do pour a real
decent glass of wine for $4 too.
Tim Debbie Tom Dave me PJ PatC
All I know. Happy Hump Day. Nuff said. Ciao
xo Sue Mom Bobo
January 16th
When: Always January 16th. This is simply a day for nothing.
This date is an "un-event". The expectation is that we do not create or
otherwise promote this day. In other words, we do nothing. And to say anything
more would contradict the purpose of this day.
Celebrate this day by doing ... nothing. Of course, that assumes that doing
nothing is ok with your boss.
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Origin of this day.... it was created in 1973 by newspaperman Harold
Pullman Coffin. Other than that, we found nothing about this day.