Apr 4


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Apr. 4, 2020 Week: 14 Day: 95
86004: H 61° \ L 30° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 7mph\Gusts: 8mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest lightning: 70mi.; Nearest active fire: 441mi.

Record High: 74°[1961] Record Low:[1977]
Apr. Averages: 60°\27° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Random Tidbits

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!
There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!

Observations This Week

NanoDays: 28-4/5 Link
Consider Christianity Week: 29 to 4/4
Passion Week: 29-4/4
Mule Week: 30-4/5
Passiontide: 29-4/11
National Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/12 
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APAWS Pooper Scooper  Week: 1-7
Golden Rule Week: 1-7
Laugh at Work Week: 1-7
Medication Safety Week: 1-7
Mule Day: 1-7
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week: 1-7 
(aka Get A Grip Day!) Link
National Dental Hygienest Week:
4-10 Link
Hate Week: 4-10
National Robotics Week:4-12LinkCANCELLED due to COVID-19
Money Smart Week: 4-11 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19

Observations for Today

Every Day is Tag Day
Hug a Newsman Day CANCELLED due to COVID-19
International Carrot Day
National Play Outside Day
School Librarian Day
Slow Art Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Wind slowed down, nice day. Nice walk around the block. Didn't see another human. Nice.

Two groups having problems with on-line learning: Special Education students, students in various science labs. I'm sure innovation will soon step in to assist.

Then there is grading, promotion, and graduation. Give the grade at the time of the shutdown? Base grade on entire grading period? What about mandatory state testing? What about the ACT for seniors? What about students without internet access? Is the student doing the on-line assignments or is someone else helping and/or doing it for them? Lots of questions that need answering very quickly. And will the Feds step up and make nationwide rules or will each school, district, or state decide what to do? Sure glad I'm retired and don't have to deal with all this.

The best thing right now, is not to panic. For those who in the stock market, this is good advice. I've been seeing stories telling investors to drop cruise line stock, oil digging/fracking stock, airline stock, and many more. I'm not invested that much in the stock market...only thru a couple of long-term IRA-type investments, but selling the stock does not seem like a good idea. I'll let those who know more, make the decision for me.

H&R is awesome. My tax guy called, let me know that I was getting a nice chunk of change from the Feds, and a decent chunk from the state. And I can review it and pay for it on line so they will electronically send it for me. I can pick up my copies later. Very cool.


Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page

A man condemned to death has the option of picking one of the mentioned three rooms.
The first room is a furnace filled with flames.
The second has armed men with loaded guns, while
the third has lions starving for years.
Which one should the man choose?


Historical Events

1561 - UFOs were reported flying over Nuremberg, German

1841 - US President Harrison died of pneumonia after one month in office

1850 - Los Angeles, California was incorporated as a city.

1871 - Mary Florence Potts of Ottumwa, Iowa Patented (#113,448) the "Mrs. Potts' sad iron" - a set of three irons with a detachable handle, so two irons could be heating up while you were using the other.

1877 -A pianist performed in Philadelphia, and an audience heard the performance in New York, via the telephone.

1932 - Professor C. Glen King, of the University of Pittsburgh, discovered vitamin C.

1949 - Twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

1964 - The Beatles occupied all of the top five positions on the Billboard singles chart in the United States, with Can't Buy Me LoveTwist and ShoutShe Loves YouI Want to Hold Your Hand, and Please Please Me.

1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis Tennessee.

1969 - CBS abruptly canceled The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and replaced it with Hee HawHee Haw episodes were ready to premiere in mid-June.

1973 - The World Trade Center in New York was officially dedicated.

1975 - Microsoft was founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico

1983 - Space Shuttle Challenger made its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).

2013 - Famed movie critic Roger Ebert died.


Birthdays Today

94-Actor, Cloris Leachman

@86-Poet/Actress, Maya Angelou (d. 2014)

@60-Actor, Anthony Perkins (d.1992; AIDS)

55-Actor, Robert Downey Jr.

47-Illusionist, David Blaine

@28-Actor, Heath Ledger (d.2008; OD)


Puzzle Answer:

The third room, because lions starving for years would be long dead!



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