Oct 3


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Oct. 3, 2019 Week: 40  Day: 276
86004:   H 67° \ L 34° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Nearest active fire:  82mi.  Nearest lightning:  527mi
Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  10mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 83°[1980]   Record Low: 21°[1902]
Oct. Averages: 63°\32° ( 4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Just because something doesn't
do what you planned it to do
doesn't mean it's useless.

Thomas A. Edison

Random Tidbits

Officially, the longest war in history was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, which lasted from 1651 to 1986. There were no casualties.

The Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 is the shortest war on record lasting an exhausting 38 minutes.

Observances This Month

AIDS Awareness Month (President Reagan)  Link
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month Link
Black Speculative Fiction Month  Link
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Church Library Month
Co-op Awareness Month
Energy Management: a Family Affair;Improve Your Home Month
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month  Link
Halloween Safety Month
Intergeneration Month
National AIDS Awareness Month  Link
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Field Trip Month
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month  Link
National Roller Skating Month
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month Link
Polish American Heritage Month
Squirrel Awareness Month Link
Workplace Politics Awareness Month_

Observances This Week

1-5
Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week  Link
National Chimney Safety Week
National Fall Foliage Week  Link 

1-6
International Sand Sculpting Championships  Link

1-7
National Walk Your Dog Week Link   Link
Universal Children's Week

World Dairy Expo

3-5
Great American Beer Festival Link

3-10
No Salt Week

Observances for Today

Bring Your Bible To School Day  Link
National Soft Taco Day
Techies Day  Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Nice, lazy fall day. Took a short walk after it warmed up.

For the record: I do not want a moat around the border fence, I don’t want human beings trying to cross the border shot, or separated from their children. I do want a President who holds a joint press conference with another world leader and talk only about their meeting, I don’t want one leader taking over the press conference to rant.

I saw an interesting study today on the internet machine:
AZ is the 27th richest state, CO is the 11th richest state.
29.7% of AZ residents have a BA; 41.7% of CO have one.
14% of AZ residents live in poverty; 9.6% of CO residents.
AZ median income: $53,244; CO median income $71,933.

Sure hope Bernie recovers quickly after getting 2 stents. I got one stent decades ago and I’m still good.

I’m sure many who have not work in the Federal Government know little about the Inspector Generals. Basically they are the top lawyer of the Agency or Department. They work with a huge staff of other lawyers. There are Deputy IG’s, Assistant IG’s, and staff. BIA, in the Dept. of Interior, had an IG + Deputies + staff and they reported to the Dept. of Interior IG. Over the years I was aware of several IG issues with schools where I worked. When the Agency calls and the IG staff will be visiting the school, it is a very big deal. I never knew why they were coming, until they arrived. They interviewed me, as acting principal, then interviewed whatever employees they wished to. Then they left. Months later they sent their findings down through the channels to the Superintendent who then shared what s/he could to the principal. No others ever heard from management what was discovered, but could see local school personnel changes when they occurred. With all the news about various IG’s work, this is a really big deal.  

Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of this page

This thing all things devours,
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers,
Gnaws iron, bites steel,
Grinds hard stones to meal,
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.

Historical Events

1863 - The last Thursday in November was declared as Thanksgiving Day by US President Abraham Lincoln.

1872 - The Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, in New York City.

1949 - WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opened in Atlanta. WERD was at 860 AM, and is now WAEC.

1955 - Captain Kangaroo premiered on CBS

1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on ABC

1957 - The California State Superior Court ruled that Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems was not obscene.

1960 - The Andy Griffith Show premiered on CBS

1961 - The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered on CBS

1985 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its first flight.

1988 - Turner Network Television (TNT) began on cable, with Gone With The Wind

1992- Singer Sinead O'Conner stirred up controversy when she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live

1995 - More than 150 million people tuned in for the announcement of the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial. The not guilty verdict was met with both praise and criticism. So many people (100 million+) were watching/listening to the O.J. Simpson verdict that it cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.

1998 - #1 Hit: Monica - The First Night

2004 - Desperate Housewives premiered on ABC

2015 - #1 Hit: The Weeknd - The Hills

Birthdays Today

Chubby Checker, R&R singer, dancer (78)

Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac lead guitar (70)

Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights activist, S. Baptist (65)

Tommy Lee, Motley Crue drummer (57)

Gwen Stefani, pop singer (50)

India Arie, R&B singer (44)

Stevie Ray Vaughn, Blues guitarist
(d. 1990 @35; helicopter crash)

Ashlee Eddie Cochran, singer Summertime Blues
(d. 1960 @21; car accident)

Ashlee Simpson, singer (35)

Puzzle answer:

Time…if you live on the Rez…Wind!


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