Oct 19

 

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Oct 19, 2020  Week: 43 Day:293     

Local:  H 75°\ L 32°\Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  15mph                       

Nearest lightning:  1097mi.; active fire:  59mi

EXTREME Risk of Fire          

Visibility:  10mi

Record: 77°[2003]   Record:[1971]              

Sep Averages: 63°\32° (4 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

Character is the result of two things:

mental attitude and

the way we spend our time.

Elbert Hubbard

 

Random Tidbits

 Do you know the oldest city in the United States? It's not a city from the original 13 colonies. It's not Boston, Philadelphia, or even Jamestown, Virginia. The oldest city in the United States is Saint Augustine, Florida.

The Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles established a settlement there in 1565. de Aviles reached shore on August 28, the feast day of St. Augustine, and decided to name the city accordingly. To be fair, though, it was controlled by the Spanish, and then the British, and then the Spanish again, before it was technically American. The United States acquired the region by treaty in 1821.

 

A little humor

My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that!

I think my neighbor is stalking me as she's been Googling my name on her computer. I saw it through my telescope last night.

 

True Things

 Pointers to help well-meaning folks avoid being unknowingly impolite to Indigenous people:

Don't ask a Native person if they get money from the casino....

Don't ask "did you make your: (insert item here)"....

Avoid the 'who looks more Indian' stuff....

Don't touch or pick up personal belongings without asking....

Refer to Indigenous traditional clothing as regalia, not a 'costume'....

Avoid the 'how much Indian are you' questions....

Refrain from saying that your Great Great Grandparent was:

a Cherokee Princess, an Indian 'Chief', Squanto, or Pocahontas....

Avoid interrupting, especially with Elders..

 

Observations This Week

Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week: 12-20 Link

National Pharmacy Week: 18-24   Link  

Apple Butter Stirrin' Week: 16-18

National School Bus Safety Week: 18-24 

Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week: 17-24

National Teen Drivers Safety Week: 18-24 Link 

Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: 18-24 

Rodent Awareness Week: 18-24 

Freedom From Bullies Week: 18-24 

Spiritual Care Week: 18-24 

International Infection Prevention Week: 18-24 Link

YWCA Week Without Violence: 18-24 Link 

National Business Women's Week: 18-24 Link

Freedom of Speech Week: 19-25  Link  

National Character Counts Week: 18-24  

Medical Assistants Recognition Week: 19-23 Link

National Chemistry Week: 18-24 

Mediation Week: 19-23 Link 

National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week:18-24 Link 

National Health Education Week: 19-23  Link

National Forest Products Week: 18-24 

National Nuclear Science Week: 19-23 

National Friends of Libraries Week:18-24 

 

 

Observations for Today

Evaluate Your Life Day

 

National Clean Out Your Virtual Desktop Day

LGBT Center Awareness Day

 

National Seafood Bisque Day

Lung Health Day

 

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Late night with Netflix last night, so I’m just lazy today. It is nice outside and I took a short walk in the neighborhood.

An NAU Homecoming tradition weakened by Covid. Tequila Sunrise has been a tradition since the 1970’s. Bars near the University open at 6a. Lots of drinking, some arrests, some bad behavior. Many in Flag have tried, with little success to curb the tradition. Well, it is 2020 so everything changes. This year the bars will not open until noon. There is no football game for homecoming. No parade. One can only hope that Tequila Sunrise finally ends.

While the Trump administration is working to keep their boss in power, they are busy behind the news coverage changing America. They have cut public comment to 30 days…it has been 60 days for decades. The Labor Dept. is changing regulatory rules that will affect all workers. Homeland, EPA, and Transportation are burning the midnight oil to get regulations dropped or watered down. No matter the results of the election, they will change our country for decades to come. And to add more fire…at his rallies they are chanting ‘Lock her up’ has returned with no facts to back it up.

Broncos beat the Pats after the postponed games. Good for them. I could only watch it on the internet since our cable company didn’t have the game. The Cards and Cowboys play tomorrow night.  

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

How Can 8 + 8 = 4 ?

 

Historical Events

1512 – Martin Luther earned a Doctor of Theology.

1781 British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 pm, ending the US Revolutionary War

1798 – Chief Justice John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

1976 US President Gerald Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909

1983 US Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday

1987 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22% (508 points), named Black Monday.

2003 – Mother Teresa was beatified (step before sainthood) by Pope John Paul II.

2012 – Built in 1952, Big Tex, a 52-foot statue and icon in Dallas was destroyed by fire in the 2012 State Fair of Texas.

 

Birthdays Today

@83 – Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)

83 – Peter Max, German-American pop artist

75 – John Lithgow, American actor

68 – Floyd Mayweather, Sr., boxer

64 – Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform

@59 – Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992; colon cancer/HIV)

56 – Ty Pennington, American carpenter, and television host

@42 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 1987; shot by robbers)

 

Puzzle Answer

Thinking in terms of time, 8 AM plus 8 hours equals 4 PM.

  

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