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Daily Bread for 12.12.11

Good morning. Monday will be a mild day for Whitewater, with a high temperature of forty-one. In New Haven, CT today, about the same temperature: sunny and forty-four. It’s an afternoon of public meetings for Whitewater: the CDA meets at 4:30 PM, the Planning Commission at 6 PM, and the Library Board at 6:30 PM. If you’re surfing the…

Daily Bread for 12.9.11

Good morning. Our week in the Whippet City ends, and the weekend begins, with a sunny and cold day, and a high temperature of twenty-three. That’s not much different from the forecast for Santa Fe, New Mexico: thirty-five and sunny. Warmer, but only a bit above freezing. NASA has a video explaining lunar eclipses, of…

Daily Bread for 12.8.11

Good morning. Here in Whitewater it’s a Thursday with mostly sunny skies and a high temperature of thirty-one.  It Burlington, VT it’s about the same: mostly sunny with a high temp of thirty-eight. In the City of Whitewater this evening, there’s a meeting about a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Schedule and Milwaukee Street Reconstruction Design.  A key feature…

Daily Bread for 12.7.11

Good morning, Whitewater’s Wednesday will be an increasingly cloudy one, with a high temperature of thirty degrees.  In Charlotte, it’s a rainy day ahead with a high temperature of sixty-four. There’s a Landmarks Commission meeting in Whitewater today at 5 PM. December 7th, like 9.11, will always be a memorable day.  Pearl Harbor survivor and…

Daily Bread for 12.6.11

Good morning. Whitewater’s forecast calls for a mostly cloudy day with a high temperature of thirty-two.  That’s only half as warm as El Segundo, where residents will enjoy a sixty-four-degree day with sunny skies. In the City of Whitewater today, there’ll be a meeting of the Alcohol Licensing Commitee at 6 PM, and a Common Council meeting…

Daily Bread for 12.5.11

Good morning. Flurries (and perhaps thereafter freezing rain) await Whitewater, with a high temperature today of thirty-six. On Manhattan’s Lower East Side, it will be a day of showers with a high of fifty-three. Today marks the anniversary of the day in 1933 when Prohibition ended. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that decades earlier, in…

Daily Bread for 12.2.11

Good morning. Whitewater’s Christmas parade is tonight at 6 PM, and the day beforehand will be sunny with a high temperature of thirty-six. The Wisconsin Historical Society remembers one of Wisconsin’s lowest moments: 1954 – McCarthy Censured by Senate On December 2, 1954, the United States Senate voted to censure Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. Declaring his…

Daily Bread for 12.1.11

Good morning. A new months ends an old year. There’s a chance of snow in Whitewater today with a high temperature of forty, but a greater chance overnight tonight.  There’s no chance of snow for San Francisco today, but instead a likelihood of breezy skies with a high of sixty-six. For a while — where…

Daily Bread for 11.30.11

Good morning. Wednesday: It’s a cloudy day with a high temperature of thirty-nine ahead for Whitewater, a sunny day with a high of seventy-five for Los Angeles, and a mostly sunny day with a high of fifty-four in New York. If you’ve ever wanted to help identify whale sounds, then Whale.fm is just the website…

Daily Bread for 11.29.11

Good morning. It’s a windy day with a high-temperature of thirty-eight ahead for Whitewater, with similar conditions for both Madison and Milwaukee. Listing the weather that way leads with a tail wagging a dog: most would expect the bigger cities to appear first in the order.  That’s something along the lines of the joke about…

Daily Bread for 11.28.11

Good morning. It’s a cloudy Monday ahead for Whitewater, with a high of thirty-five. Most of the state, including Madison and Milwaukee, looks to be about the same. If you’re near Whitewater, it’s only a few days until Whitewater’s Christmas parade on Friday evening at 6 PM.  There’s still time for individuals and groups to…

Daily Bread for 11.25.11

Good morning. I hope that your Black Friday (which is now expanding into a Black Thursday, Black Friday deals week, etc.) is a good one. The poll and comment forum will be on hiatus this week, recognizing that readers will likely be out and about.  If the year has been good to you (and I…

Daily Bread for 11.23.11

Good morning. Whitewater’s Wednesday looks to be mostly sunny, with a high temperature of forty-six. Margarine’s not just a butter (but not better) substitute — it was once a serious crime in America’s Dairyland, as the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls: 1909 – Janesville Man Convicted for Selling Oleo On this date A.E. Graham of Janesville…

Daily Bread for 11.22.11

Good morning. It’s drizzle and a high temperature of forty-one ahead for Whitewater today. About a half-century later, America naturally still recalls the assassination of Pres. Kennedy on this day in 1963, and also remains transfixed by Abraham Zapruder’s 8mm film from that day.  Memorable, but for tragedy. Here’s Google’s puzzle for today: “You’re standing…