November 21st
Good Saturday to all. I don't have too much time this morning. My dear friend is taking me to lunch for some early birthday fun. She will be in Kentucky for Thanksgiving and my birthday. Just having some time with her will be great. I didn't get over to see her and the twins this past week because of this cold. I don't think that I am contagious any longer.
I had one of those periods of sleeplessness last night and about 1:40 I heard gunshots. Techie was still up and heard them too. He later saw police cars patrolling the street. We do not live in a crime plagued area at all so I do not know what might have been going on. I suspect some kind of domestic disturbance and not a home invasion. Yikes. I am so glad that didn't happen while Techie was away in Arkansas.
Sorry that you are not feeling well, Marty. How are others doing? Sometimes we can feel lousy without any real symptoms. I am beginning to think that is just part of these so-called "golden years". The body is telling us, "Ha, so you thought it would be a smooth ride; well, NO". Is that a bit fanciful? I think y'all understand, though.
Oh, I just made a new friend on Eons who at 63 thinks she is too young for the group. She has retired in Turkey, but she and her husband lived in Ireland. I just find that so neat. They can fly home easily to see family too. Do any here know people who have retired outside the USA? Well, of course, that is if you or they lived in the United States at any time.
Take care, and I hope everyone has something to smile about today.
I had one of those periods of sleeplessness last night and about 1:40 I heard gunshots. Techie was still up and heard them too. He later saw police cars patrolling the street. We do not live in a crime plagued area at all so I do not know what might have been going on. I suspect some kind of domestic disturbance and not a home invasion. Yikes. I am so glad that didn't happen while Techie was away in Arkansas.
Sorry that you are not feeling well, Marty. How are others doing? Sometimes we can feel lousy without any real symptoms. I am beginning to think that is just part of these so-called "golden years". The body is telling us, "Ha, so you thought it would be a smooth ride; well, NO". Is that a bit fanciful? I think y'all understand, though.
Oh, I just made a new friend on Eons who at 63 thinks she is too young for the group. She has retired in Turkey, but she and her husband lived in Ireland. I just find that so neat. They can fly home easily to see family too. Do any here know people who have retired outside the USA? Well, of course, that is if you or they lived in the United States at any time.
Take care, and I hope everyone has something to smile about today.
Those born on this date include:
- French author Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, in 1694
- William Beaumont, pioneer U.S. Army surgeon, in 1785
- British steamship company founder Samuel Cunard in 1787
- Jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins in 1904
- Dancer/actress Eleanor Powell in 1912
- St. Louis Cardinals batting champion Stan Musial in 1920 (age 89)
- Actor Laurence Luckinbill in 1934 (age 75)
- Actress Juliet Mills in 1941 (age 67)
- Actress Marlo Thomas in 1937 (age 71)
- Actress Goldie Hawn in 1945 (age 64)
- Actress Lorna Luft in 1952 (age 57)
- Actress Nicollette Sheridan ( Desperate Housewives ) in 1963 (age 46)
- Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman in 1966 (age 43)
1783, in Paris, Jean de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes made the first free-flight ascent in a balloon.
1877, Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph.
1938, Nazi forces occupied western Czechoslovakia and declared its people German citizens.
1974, The U.S. Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act over U.S. President Gerald Ford's veto.
1985, Jonathan Jay Pollard, a civilian U.S. Navy intelligence analyst and Jewish American, was arrested on charges of illegally passing classified U.S. security information about Arab nations to Israel.
1985, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ended a summit in Switzerland. They promised acceleration of arms-reduction talks.
1991, U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed the Civil Rights Act of 1991, making it easier for workers to sue in job discrimination cases.
1995, China jailed well-known dissident Wei Jing-sheng and charged him with trying to overthrow the government.
2001, a 94-year-old Connecticut woman became the nation's fifth anthrax victim, a death that mystified authorities since she rarely left home. Later it was discovered a family living a mile away had received a letter with anthrax residue on it.
I had wondered if they ever found out how this woman contracted it. Now, why was that other family targeted is my next question.
2007, University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists reported they had reprogrammed human skin cells to behave as embryonic stem cells. The procedure bypasses ethical controversies caused by destroying embryos or cloning for stem cell research.
