Good morning.
There’s a slight chance of rain or snow in Whitewater today, with a high of forty-degrees. In Nashville, there’s also a chance of showers, but with a high temperature of sixty-one.
In 1879, a day of particular, industrial tragedy for Wisconsin, as the Wiscosnin Historical Society recalls:
1879 – Fire Destroys Phillip Brewing Company
On this date fire destroyed the Phillip Brewing Company’s malthouse, grain elevators and office building in Milwaukee. [Source: American Breweriana Association]
We’ve managed to carry on, just fine.
Each year, the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas brings a few blockbuster, big-budget films. Fans learn of these offerings long beforehand, and eagerly await their arrival. Perhaps Tintin is one of those films this year. It seems the perfect adventure for a holiday film:
Google’s puzzle for today is straightforward: “Which is longer, the largest cruise ship now in service or the largest aircraft carrier now in service?”
Setting aside the answer, wouldn’t one want a world where the cruise ship was larger? Wouldn’t one prefer a world where one wouldn’t need aircraft carriers at all? That’s not the world we have, but wouldn’t it be the world for which one would hope?