Friday, February 2. Day 33 of 2024
It’s Groundhog Day. I’m sorry but a rodent, Phil included, knows nothing about the weather
Happy Work Naked Day !!!
Happy Work Naked Day. I writing this without clothes
1848: The Mexican War was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty turned
over portions of land to the U.S., including Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. Texas had entered in 1845
1863: Samuel Langhorne Clemens used a pseudonym Mark Twain for the first time
1887: In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed
1943: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last German troops in the city. More than 2 million people were killed. The city is now called Volgograd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad
1963: Pebbles is born to Fred and Wilma Flinstone in the city of Bedrock. By the way, she kicked Bam Bam to the curb when they were teens. Bam Bam ended up a badly beaten MMA Fighter
2004: Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men’s singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks
In the New: Hiddenite man killed when driver of stolen vehicle crashes into his SUV on Thursday south of Taylorsville…A homeless count scheduled for this morning in Taylorsville…Statesville man arrested on felony drug charges by Alexander County Sheriff’s Office…Hickory juvenile shot according to Police
Weather: Tons of Sun. High around 62 !
Sports: Cougar Basketball hosts Ashe County this evening…App wins again…North Carolina and Duke will resume rivalry Saturday night…New Panther Coach and GM has presser on Thursday. Tepper stayed in background…Quinn named new Commander coach…Vegas still has 49ers favored by 2 points in next Sunday’s Super Bowl
Happy Birthday: Graham Nash, Christie Brinkley, Pebbles Flinstone, Kim Zimmer, Shakira
Darius Rucker arrested in Tennessee https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/darius-rucker-arrested-in-tenn-for-minor-drug-misdemeanor-released-on-bond/ar-BB1hDJUW?OCID=ansmsnnews11
We’ll be sparred according to the experts https://apnews.com/article/asteroid-earth-close-approach-65e3f1c026922394b616435a2ac78763
Word of the Day: eristic [ e-ris-tik ] Pertaining to controversy or disputation;controversial. A person who engages in disputation; controversialist. The art of disputation.
Quote of the Day: “The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think”… Farrah Fawcett (Born this day in 1947)