Friday, November 20th. Day 325 of 2020
It’s Absurdity Day. I’m afraid one day won’t cover the absurdity in 2020
Happy Name Your PC Day ! Can’t repeat what I’ve called mine, not sure I can even spell it
1789: New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights
1945: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, President Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation
1982: Maybe the most insane moment in College Football History as California beats Stanford with “The Play” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfebpLfAt8g
1990: Saddam Hussein orders 250,000 Iraqi troops into Kuwait
In the News: County COVID-19 numbers alarmingly high in latest repeat….Travel continues to be a concern with long list of closed roadways…Taylorsville man arrested overnight…Statesville man charged in Alexander County…Conover man given prison time for heroin trafficking…Hickory man re-arrested for church break-in
Weather: Sunshine warms us into mid-60’s
Sports: Tonight would have been Round II of the State High School Football Playoffs…Don’t foget to get your ticket for the Alexander Central Athletic Boosters Draw-Down Dinner, somebody will win $5,000…Seahawks down Cards…Panther gear for the Motor City Kitties…Pack gets chance to knock off an undefeated team…Big showdown game for App on Saturday
Happy Birthday: Estelle Parsons, Dick Smothers, Norman Greenbaum, Veronica Hamel, Joe Walsh, Richard Masur, Bo Derek, Sean Young, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner
COVID-19 has made some jobs disappear https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/11/19/jobs-near-me-hiring-these-10-jobs-could-fall-long-term-due-covid/6340433002/
It’s the 50th anniversary of José Feliciano’s Christmas Classic https://apnews.com/article/music-jason-mraz-christmas-lin-manuel-miranda-7b382ac7f273ae5c1fb1a6ea8f4a7399
Obsession is something that’s readily revealed on Social Media. Some people sing the same song every day, every post, every time
Quote of the Day: “A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it”…
Alistair Cooke (Born this day in 1908)