Monday, March 13th. Day 72 of 2023
Happy Fill Your Stapler Day ! Really ?
It’s Napping Day ! Always on the day after we go to Daylight Savings Time. It was so gloomy on Sunday, I started a day early
1693: Harvard University was named for clergyman John Harvard
1884: Standard time was adopted throughout the U.S.
1974: The Senate voted 54-33 to restore the death penalty
1991: Exxon paid $1 billion in fines and for the clean-up of the Alaskan oil spill
2012: After 244 years of publication, Encyclopædia Britannica announced it would discontinue its print edition
2020: President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency
2020: Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality
2022: After a 40-day retirement, quarterback Tom Brady announced he will play at least one more season in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In the News: Hickory man facing child-sex charges in Alexander County…Fire on Sunday in Northern Alexander County…Alexander County Board of Education meets today…Taylorsville Town Board meets this afternoon…Taylorsville man held without bond…Statesville Back robbed on Friday…Newton Police nab suspected drug trafficker
Weather: Clouds early, Sunshine returns but cool and windy
Sports: Cougar Baseball falls Saturday at Davie County…Field is set for NCAA…Tar Heels say no to NIT…Panthers make a deal and take control of Draft…Canes lose 2nd straight…Scheffler back to World #1…Byron wins again
Happy Birthday: Neil Sedaka, William H. Macy, Dana Delany, Adam Clayton, Danny Masterson, Emile Hirsch, Coco Gauff
March Madness is the perfect time for a snip https://www.wsj.com/articles/march-madness-vasectomies-are-an-unlikely-pairing-filling-urology-offices-66ad7f84
Word of the Day: fastidious [ fa-stid-ee-uhs,] …excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater. Requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking
Quote of the Day: “If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?… Will Rogers