Aug 25

 

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Aug 25, 2020  Week: 35  Day: 238                 Local:   H 89° \ L 55° \ Average Sky Cover: 40%

Wind:   2mph\Gusts:  7mph                            Nearest lightning:  12mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire                                        Visibility:  10mi

Record: 88°[1985]   Record: 36°[2002 ]                Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

-Theodore Roosevelt

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A little humor

Why are cowboys’ hats turned up on the sides? So that three people can fit in the pickup.

Bonus

Man walks into a bar, orders a Corona and 2 hurricanes. Bartender says that will be $20.20.

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State Name Origins

One account maintain the Michigan name is based on a Native American Chippewa word, "meicigama," meaning "great water." Another version of the name claims the state gets its name from Lake Michigan and that Michigan is a French conversion of the Ojibwa word misshikama, which means "big lake," "large lake," or "large water."

As we move west, many of the state names are derived from Native American place names or language. Minnesota is one of them. The name "Minnesota" comes from the Dakota Sioux word "Mnisota," the Native American name for the Minnesota River, which means "cloudy water" or "sky-tinted water."

The name "Mississippi" comes from the word "Messipi" - the French version for either the Ojibwe or Algonquin name for the river, "Misi-ziibi," meaning "great river."

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Observations This Week

World Water Week: 23-29  Link
National Composites Week: 24-28  
Link
National Safe at Home Week: 24-28 

Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31

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Observations for Today

Chinese Valentine's Day/Daughter's Day - 7th day of 7th Kiss and Make up Day
Lunar Month

National Banana Split Day

National Park Service Day
National Second-hand Wardrobe Day
National Whiskey Sour Day

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My Rambling Thoughts

It is still hazy from the CA and CO fires. Monsoon has returned. Clouds are moving in. I hear thunder in the distance. Nice monsoon late yesterday afternoon.

Whenever something new enters the marketplace, there are always a few glitches. With the iPhone, I figured out not to buy the latest model when it comes out…give it six months so Apple can fix the glitches. Covid is basically the same. Someone needs to fix the glitches before anyone gets all excited. Any new vaccine or treatment protocol must pass large rigorous tests. I am tired to our game show President proclaiming a new way to stop the virus. I have now learned how snake oil salesmen made their money.

The video of a young black man being shot 7 times in the back at point blank range is very disturbing. Police are saying ‘don’t jump to conclusions’. That is hard not to since the police aren’t saying anything.

The Republican Convention is off and running. I have watched some already today, and will watch more during prime time, from a distance. Not happy that there are no masks or social distancing. Bigger news is that Kelly Ann is leaving after August to spend time with her family. I have not been a big fan, but she lasted a long time and never waivered from her support of this administration. No one can question her loyalty to Trump.

My in-law family in Chicago posted pics of the first day of school. Sky is entering 8th grade in person, Chase started last week as a Junior online. Wish them well.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Tear one off and scratch my head.

What once was red is black instead.

What am I?

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Historical Events

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FYI: Any Blue text is a link. Click to check it out!

Aug 25, 2020  Week: 35  Day: 238                 Local:   H 89° \ L 55° \ Average Sky Cover: 40%

Wind:   2mph\Gusts:  7mph                            Nearest lightning:  12mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire                                        Visibility:  10mi

Record: 88°[1985]   Record: 36°[2002 ]                Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

-Theodore Roosevelt

☼☼☼

A little humor

Why are cowboys’ hats turned up on the sides? So that three people can fit in the pickup.

Bonus

Man walks into a bar, orders a Corona and 2 hurricanes. Bartender says that will be $20.20.

☼☼☼

State Name Origins

One account maintain the Michigan name is based on a Native American Chippewa word, "meicigama," meaning "great water." Another version of the name claims the state gets its name from Lake Michigan and that Michigan is a French conversion of the Ojibwa word misshikama, which means "big lake," "large lake," or "large water."

As we move west, many of the state names are derived from Native American place names or language. Minnesota is one of them. The name "Minnesota" comes from the Dakota Sioux word "Mnisota," the Native American name for the Minnesota River, which means "cloudy water" or "sky-tinted water."

The name "Mississippi" comes from the word "Messipi" - the French version for either the Ojibwe or Algonquin name for the river, "Misi-ziibi," meaning "great river."

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Observations This Week

World Water Week: 23-29  Link
National Composites Week: 24-28  
Link
National Safe at Home Week: 24-28 

Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31

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Observations for Today

Chinese Valentine's Day/Daughter's Day - 7th day of 7th Kiss and Make up Day
Lunar Month

National Banana Split Day

National Park Service Day
National Second-hand Wardrobe Day
National Whiskey Sour Day

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My Rambling Thoughts

It is still hazy from the CA and CO fires. Monsoon has returned. Clouds are moving in. I hear thunder in the distance. Nice monsoon late yesterday afternoon.

Whenever something new enters the marketplace, there are always a few glitches. With the iPhone, I figured out not to buy the latest model when it comes out…give it six months so Apple can fix the glitches. Covid is basically the same. Someone needs to fix the glitches before anyone gets all excited. Any new vaccine or treatment protocol must pass large rigorous tests. I am tired to our game show President proclaiming a new way to stop the virus. I have now learned how snake oil salesmen made their money.

The video of a young black man being shot 7 times in the back at point blank range is very disturbing. Police are saying ‘don’t jump to conclusions’. That is hard not to since the police aren’t saying anything.

The Republican Convention is off and running. I have watched some already today, and will watch more during prime time, from a distance. Not happy that there are no masks or social distancing. Bigger news is that Kelly Ann is leaving after August to spend time with her family. I have not been a big fan, but she lasted a long time and never waivered from her support of this administration. No one can question her loyalty to Trump.

My in-law family in Chicago posted pics of the first day of school. Sky is entering 8th grade in person, Chase started last week as a Junior online. Wish them well.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Tear one off and scratch my head.

What once was red is black instead.

What am I?

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Historical Events

1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

1835 – The New York Sun perpetrated the Great Moon Hoax a six-part article falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel, one of the best-known astronomers of his time.

1916 – The United States National Park Service was created.

1944 – Paris was liberated by the Allies.

1950 – President Harry Truman ordered the US Army to seize control of the country’s railroads to avert a strike.

1958 Momofuku Ando markets the first package of precooked instant noodles (Chikin Ramen)

2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft entered interstellar space beyond our solar system becoming the first man-made object to do so.

2017 President Donald Trump grants presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling

2019 NASA investigates possibly the 1st crime in space over astronaut Anne McClain illegally accessing bank account from space

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Birthdays Today

90 Sean Connery, actor

@88  Regis Philbin, American talk & game show host (d. 2020)

@79  George Wallace, American politician (Gov-D-Ala) and presidential candidate, (d. 1998)

71 Gene Simmons, musician

66 Elvis Costello, musican

62 Tim Burton, director

59 Billy Ray Cyrus, musician

54 Michael Cohen, American lawyer to Donald Trump

52 Rachel Ray, TV chef

33 Blake Lively, actor

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Puzzle Answer

A match

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2017 President Donald Trump grants presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling

2019 NASA investigates possibly the 1st crime in space over astronaut Anne McClain illegally accessing bank account from space

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Birthdays Today

90 Sean Connery, actor

@88  Regis Philbin, American talk & game show host (d. 2020)

@79  George Wallace, American politician (Gov-D-Ala) and presidential candidate, (d. 1998)

71 Gene Simmons, musician

66 Elvis Costello, musican

62 Tim Burton, director

59 Billy Ray Cyrus, musician

54 Michael Cohen, American lawyer to Donald Trump

52 Rachel Ray, TV chef

33 Blake Lively, actor

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Puzzle Answer

A match

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