Friday, January 29th
It’s Puzzle Day ! May all the pieces fit
Happy Curmudgeons Day ! Are curmudgeons happy by not acting happy ? https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/curmudgeons-day/
1845 “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe was first published
1936: The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced. They were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson
1963: The first members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame are named
1980: The Rubik’s Cube makes its international debut in London
2002: In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes “regimes that sponsor terror” as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea
In the News: Missing Stony Point man found thanks to technology…Alexander County has been promised some more COVID vaccines…NCDOT updates roadways impacted by November flooding…Taylorsville woman arrested for meth possession…Taylorsville man charged with felony drug counts this morning in Catawba County…No stranger to Alexander County jail, a man is behind bars again
Weather: Sunshine today but cold. High around 45.m We could get a wintry mix this weekend
Sports: Cougar Hoops has a Friday off…CVCC open Softball season today…Canes get back on the ice and get big win…Super Bowl is still a week away…ACC releases football schedules…What would it take to for Panthers to get DeShaun Watson?
Happy Birthday: Katharine Ross, Tom Selleck, Ann Jillian, Oprah Winfrey, Greg Louganis, Nicholas Turturro, Edward Burns, Heather Graham, Sara Gilbert, Adam Lambert
Another iconic actor has passed https://www.showbiz411.com/2021/01/28/rip-the-amazing-cicely-tyson-age-96-award-winning-actress-activist
Sometimes your luck changes https://apnews.com/article/man-hits-2-deer-wins-2m-lottery-fdb293407e168a44ddc4cd8aefe9a7e7
It looks like a cold, wintry weekend with the Super Bowl a week away, College Basketball is not very good right now, and you can’t go much of anywhere. I’d scream but so far it hasn’t helped
Quote of the Day: “Don’t worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live”… W. C. Fields (Born this day in 1880)