Thursday, January 28th
Happy Blueberry Pancake Day ! Yum
It’s Kazoo Day. We all can play one
It’s Lego Day ! The patent was filed this day in 1958. They’re great but have ever stepped on one ?
1813: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is first published
1915: Congress creates the United States Coast Guard
1956: Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance. “State Show” was hosted by Tommy Dorsey on CBS. His first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in September of the same year
1960: The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board
1999: Ford Motor Company announced the purchase of Sweden’s Volvo AB for $6.45 billion
In the News: Alexander County Schools on two-hour delay this morning…35 news cases of COVID-19 reported Wednesday in Alexander County…Taylorsville Police nab man on drug and stolen property counts…Woman from Hiddenite arrested for fraud…Vehicle and foot chase ends with arrest in Lenoir
Weather: Some showers early, might be mixed with some snow. Clearing but Very Cold later this morning
Sports: Lady Cougars rout Watauga…Pack end slide with win over Wake…Hornets fall behind, can’t catch up…Canes return to the ice after virus hiatus tonight…A new coach at Rocky Top
Happy Birthday: Alan Alda, Gregg Popovich, Barbi Benton, Sarah McLachlan, Amy Coney Barrett, Elijah Wood
We’ve lost Cloris https://apnews.com/article/academy-awards-mel-brooks-california-cloris-leachman-mary-tyler-moore-7b9eb2aa8de5a62e8502ca94cff89e83
Elephants vrs Humans, which is fatter ? https://www.studyfinds.org/humans-fatter-than-an-elephant/
More from the land of fruits and nuts https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/Washington-and-Lincoln-are-out-S-F-school-board-15900963.php
Going to retire my old alarm clock after around 20 years. Might go Back to the Future with an actual clock that goes tick-tock…maybe not
Quote of the Day: “Everything I like is either illegal, immoral, or fattening”…Alexander Woollcott