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Oct 24, 2020  Week: 43 Day: 298    

Local:  H 68°\ L 39°\Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  16mph                       

Nearest lightning:  952mi.; active fire:  59mi

Extreme Risk of Fire          

Visibility:  10mi

Record: 79°[1959]   Record:[1975]              

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

 

Today’s  Quote

What is pride?

A rocket that emulates the stars.

William Wordsworth

 

Random Tidbits

 Because of Christmas's roots as an ancient pagan holiday, the early American Puritans didn't originally take too kindly to it. They believed that religion should be very solemn, so the carol-singing, booze-drinking Christmas celebrations didn't sit well with them. The Parliament of England, largely composed of Puritans, made the holiday illegal in the 1600s, and the North American Puritans in New England followed suit.

The law stuck as the New England colonies evolved into the United States. The first state to actively legalize Christmas was Alabama, and it wasn't until 1836! Christmas became a federal holiday in 1870, but it was still illegal in some states. It wasn't until 1907 that Christmas was legal the United States over.

 

A little humor

Relationships are a lot like algebra. Have you ever looked at your X and wondered Y?

Money talks ... but all mine ever says is good-bye.

 

True Things

 You might associate St. Patrick’s Day with wearing green and drinking so much you think you actually see leprechauns. However, until 1961, there were laws in Ireland that banned bars to be open on March 17. Since the holiday falls during the period of Lent in the heavily Catholic country, the idea of binge drinking seemed a bit immoral.

 

Observations This Week

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  

Internat’l Dyslexia Association Reading Week: 21-24

National Chemistry Week: 18-24 

Red Ribbon Week: 23-31  Link  

National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week:18-24 Link 

Disarmament Week: 24-30

National Forest Products Week: 18-24 

Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week: 24-31

National Friends of Libraries Week:18-24 

World Origami Days: 24-11/11

National Pharmacy Week: 18-24   Link  

 

National School Bus Safety Week: 18-24 

 

 

 

Observations for Today

Bologna Day

Pit Bull Awareness Day Link  

Feast of Good & Plenty Food Day Link

Take back your time day

Kiwanis One Day Link 

Recycle Your Mercury Thermostat Day

Make a Difference Day

United Nations Day

Nat’l Prescription Drug Take-Back Day  Link

World Development Info. Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

A nice fall day, another day below 70 degrees, getting ready for a big drop late Sunday or Monday.

Technology is truly incomprehensible at times. Yesterday I couldn’t shut down my very slow machine using the normal start button. I finally reached my frustration level and simply pushed and held down the power button until it shut off. When I started it this morning, whatever was using up my memory and slowing my computer had disappeared and everything was working again. A miracle or something.

I watched the last debate. I learned a couple of things. Trump is excellent at taking things out of context. Trump was great ‘candidate’ but did not talk like the incumbent. Trump thinks that separating over 500 children from their parents is OK because they are being well treated. I am pleased that both guys were civil. I doubt any minds were changed. I am now answering all those political polls and focus group crap with ‘I voted early, please do not call again.’ It is a lie, but I hope it works.

The Colorado fires are difficult to watch. I’ve always been a bit envious of those who live in or near one of the Colorado forests. So hard to watch the devastation. Check a map to see how many of those forests are managed by the BLM or US Forest Service. Where are the Feds when Colorado needs them?

I am not Catholic, but it was good to see the Pope remind Christians that every human is one of God’s children, and that Gays/Lesbians deserve civil unions. He has been advocating that since he was a mere bishop, but his latest comment was noticeably clear.

Our discussion group is meeting tomorrow afternoon. It’s the first time since March. We will be meeting outside, wearing masks, with distancing and discussing ‘Red Sea Security’. Should be an new and interesting experiment. I have a lot of reading to do before tomorrow at noon.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A Red House Is Made From Red Bricks.

A Blue House Is Made From Blue Bricks.

A Yellow House Is Made From Yellow Bricks.

What Is A Green House Made From?

 

Historical Events

1881-  Levi P Morton, US ambassador to France drives first rivet in Statue of Liberty

1901 – Annie Edson Taylor, at age 63, became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

1911 Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years.

1926 – Harry Houdini’s last performance took place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.

1929 – Stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange: “Black Thursday”

1931 – Over the Hudson River, and connecting the Washington Heights, Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey, the George Washington Bridge opened to public traffic.

1945 Charter of United Nations comes into effect

1946 – A camera onboard the V-2 No. 13 rocket took the first photograph of earth from outer space.

1947 – Walt Disney testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet ships approach but stop short of the US blockade of Cuba

2006 MESSENGER spacecraft performs a Venus flyby

2008 – Presidential candidate Barack Obama aired a 30-minute infomercial on CBS, NBC, Fox, BET, Univision, MSNBC, and TV One.

2008 – Many of the world’s stock exchanges experienced their worst declines in history – “Bloody Friday”

2017 Crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman vows to return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam after announcing 500bn independent economic zone

2017 Albert Einstein's "Theory of Happiness", written as a note for a bellboy instead of a tip in Tokyo in 1922 sells for $1.56 million

 

Birthdays Today

@83 – Bob Kane, American comic book author and illustrator, co-created Batman (d. 1998)

84 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter and bass player, The Rolling Stones

73 – Kevin Kline, American actor

60 – [Bradley Darryl ]BD Wong, American actor

34 – Drake [Aubrey Drake Graham], Canadian rapper and actor

 

Puzzle Answer

Glass

 

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