Sep 30

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Sep. 30, 2019 Week: 40  Day: 273

86004:   H 64° \ L 42° \ Average Sky Cover: 15% 

Nearest active fire:  21mi.  Nearest lightning:  382mi

Wind:   11mph\Gusts:  24mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Wind warning: expect 45-55mph gusts until 8p

Record High: 83°[2010]   Record Low: 24°[1907]

Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

Success seems to be largely a matter of

hanging on after others have let go.

William Feather

Random Tidbits

While the September equinox usually occurs on September 22 or 23, it can very rarely fall on September 21 or September 24. A September 21 equinox has not happened for several millennia. However, in the 21st century, it will happen twice  in 2092 and 2096. The last September 24 equinox occurred in 1931, the next one will take place in 2303.

The equinox dates vary because of the difference between how the Gregorian calendar defines a year (365 days) and the time it actually takes for Earth to complete its orbit around the Sun (about 365 and 1/4 days).

Observances This Week

27-10/6

International Sand Sculpting Championships  Link

29-10/5

National Chimney Safety Week

National Fall Foliage Week  Link 

Observances for Today

Ask A Stupid Question Day Link 
Blasphemy Day  Link
International Podcast Day Link
International Translation Day Link
National Love People Day Link
National Mulled Cider Day Link
Recovery Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Another windy day. The only thing nice about wind here is that the air is not filled with fine red sand, like it is on the Rez. Still don’t enjoy it as it plays havoc, somehow, with my DSL and my cable TV.

I headed out early to get some groceries when I realized I was out of my morning juice. Discovered my new phone didn’t transfer my Fry’s Food Card, so had to pick up another one. Thankfully I got back home before the wind go going too bad. Still 25mph wind is no fun to carry 2 arms full of groceries.

I did watch most of my Sunday morning news shows. It is so strange to live in our current world. When a Republican is on a news show, everything is fine, and the Dems will be sorry for the lies. Then a Dem comes on and our country is in a Constitutional Crisis that is getting worse every day and they want the Republicans to wake up. My advice, Voters need to get out and vote to end the careers of all politicians who have caused this mess. And it’s time to demand term limits on all in Congress, to stop ‘dark’ money in politics, and to repair their retirement system.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

Riddled and Dismembered

The following is a riddle. Do not solve the riddle. Instead, explain the title.

My top is tilted to the light,

A trumpet, almost, in its form.

You court a woman? There I am.

I please, palliate, perfume and mourn.

Your grief I lament. Slay me and

I will you last amen adorn.

Hint: Find the flower parts in each statement

Historical Events

587 (Earthquake) Atioch (now Turkey)

1452 - Johann Guttenberg's Bible was published.

1888 - "Jack the Ripper" killed two women, Liz Stride & Kate Eddowes.

1911 - The first movie stuntman was hired as a stand-in for The Military Scout.

1946 - 22 Nazi leaders were found guilty of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials.

1947 - The first World Series game was watched by an estimated 3.9 million people, television's first mass audience event.

1949 - The Berlin Airlift came to an end.

1951 - The Red Skelton Show debuted on NBC.

1954 - The Nautilus, the first atomic-powered submarine, was commissioned by the US Navy.

1960- The Flintstones debuted on ABC during primetime.

1961 - The bill for Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) was paid by Mayor Snyder of Portland who wrote a check (to 'Great Britain') for $196, the total cost of all tea lost, but with no interest. This factoid has been seen on several online websites, but we have been unable to verify it.

1975 - The Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier title fight from the Philippines ("Thrilla in Manila") was sent via satellite to the U. S. and shown on HBO

1978 - #1: Exile - Kiss You All Over

1982 - Cheers premiered on NBC

1984 - Murder She Wrote debuted on CBS

1985 - MacGyver debuted on ABC

1995 - #1 Hit: Mariah Carey - Fantasy

2003- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 was released

2004 The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo

2005 The Parliament of Catalonia passes with 120 plus votes and 15 against, the Project of New Catalan Statute of Autonomy, proclaiming in its article 1, "Catalonia is a nation".

2005 The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

2014 A case of Ebola Virus reaches Dallas, Texas

2018 Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki's work "Juin-Octobre 1985" sells for $65 million in Hong Kong, in one of the most expensive art auctions ever in Asia

Birthdays Today

Angie Dickinson, TV actor (88)

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust activist

(d. 2016 @87)

Johnny Mathis, singer, songwriter (84)

Barry Williams, TV actor (Brady Bunch) (64)

Fran Dresher, TV actor (62)

Eric Stoltz, actor (58)

Truman Capote, novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor

(d. 1984 @57; liver disease)

Jenna Elfman, actor (48)

Frankie Lymon, Rock & Roll/R&B singer

(d. 1968 @25; heroin OD)

Puzzle answer:

The riddle is about a (dismembered) flower. Its different parts are hidden within the words of the riddle:

My top is tilted to the light, -> pistil

A trumpet, almost in its form. -> petal

You court a woman? There I am. -> anther

I please, palliate, perfume and mourn. -> sepal

Your grief I lament. Slay me and -> filament

I will your last amen adorn. -> stamen