May 4

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May 4, 2020 Week: 19 Day: 125

86004: H 74° \ L 38° \ Average Sky Cover: 10%

Wind: 11mph\Gusts: 22mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 125mi.; Nearest active fire: 92mi.

Record High: 88°[1947] Record Low: 18°[1915]

May Averages: 68°\34° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"When you reach the end of your rope,

tie a knot in it and hang on."

-Franklin D. Roosevelt

Random Tidbits

Deadly Animals

Roundworms: 2,500 deaths per year. Roundworms can reach 20 inches long.

Tsetse flies, Assassin Bugs, Freshwater Snails: 10,000 deaths per year each.

Dogs: 25,000 deaths per year. Rabid dogs account for a vast amount of these deaths.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

I used to be addicted to the hokey pokey.
But I turned myself around.
#ThatsWhatItsAllAbout

Why do nurses always bring red crayons to work? 

In case they need to draw blood

Observations This Month

International Audit Month Link
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Civility Awareness Month
International Mediterranean Diet Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
Lupus Awareness Month Link
Maytag Month Link
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month
Mental Health Month
Military Appreciation Month Link
Motorcycle Safety Month
Mystery Month

Observations This Week

Ramadan: 23-5/23

Choose Privacy Week: 1-7 Link
Be Kind To Animals Week: 3-9
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week: 3-9 Link 
Drinking Water Week: 3-9 Link 
Flexible Work Arrangement Week: 3-9
Goodwill Industries Week: 3-9 
Hurricane Preparedness Week: 3-9 Link
International Clitoris Awareness Week: 3-9
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: 3-9
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week: 3-9
National Correctional Officer's Week:3-9
National Family Week: 3-9
National Hug Holiday Week: 3-9
National Raisin Week: 3-9 Link
National Root Canal Appreciation Week: 3-9  Link
National Tourism Week: 3-9 Link  
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week: 3-9 Link
Public Service Recognition Week: 3-9 Link
National Pet Week: 3-9 Link 
National Small Business Week: 3-9 Link
Update Your References Week: 3-9 
(World) Dystonia Awareness Week: 3-11 Link
Air Quality Awareness Week: 4-8  Link 
Children's Book Week: 4-10 
Economic Development Week: 4-9  Link
International Coaching Week: 4-10  Link
National Safety Stand Down Week (Constuction Falls): 4-8 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
National Sun Safety Week: 4-10 Link
National WildflowerWeek: 4-10 
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week: 4-10 Link
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week: 4-8 
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week): 4-10 Link
Teacher Appreciation Week: 4-8 Link 

Observations for Today

Bird Day Link
Intergalactic Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You!) Link
International Firefighters Day Link  Link
International Respect for Chickens Day Link
International Sauvignon Blanc Day  Link
Melanoma MondayNational Candied Orange Peel Day

National Homebrew Day

National Hoagie Day

Petite and Proud DayRenewal Day

Star Wars Day

World Give Day

My Rambling Thoughts

A great Sunday to sit on the deck and read the Sunday paper....on my tablet. It is not the same as a hard copy, but works for now.

To all the Star War Fans: May the fourth be with you!

A local veterinarian was locked out of his building by the landlord for not paying rent. In less than 9 hours a Go-Fund-Me page raised the $22,000 to reopen the vet's office. Landlord claims he didn't pay rent for 2 months. Vet is saying he was moving out. Courts will decide if lock-out is legal during the Covid-19 thing. Always at least 2 sides to every story.

I hope the medical community is looking at the down-side of the major push for hand washing, hand sanitizer, and disinfectant wipes. Humans have a fairly powerful immune system. If the immune system has no bacteria, virus, etc. to kill, it loses some of its strength. Before this pandemic, I washed my hands a couple of times a day...usually after using the restroom or when cooking. I read an article several years ago not to overuse hand sanitizer as it can harm the natural immune system I already have. I do want businesses to keep their carts sanitized. However, I keep in mind that overusing hand sanitizer and too much hand washing can hurt my immune system. While I don't want Covid—19 to invade my body, most other virus and bacteria that have been around forever are OK. I know...a very fine line.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What is always coming but never arrives?

Historical Events

1626 - Dutch explorer Peter Minuit (~1594-1638), director-general of New Netherlands, bought Manhattan Island for 60 guilders (about $24 in 1839 dollars) worth of cloth and buttons.

1886 - A labor protest in Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois resulted in 100 wounded and 8 police officers killed.

1904 - The United States began construction of the Panama Canal.

1933 - The discovery of radio waves from the center of the Milky Way galaxy was announced by Karl Jansky.

1948 - Norman Mailer's first novel The Naked and the Dead was published.

1953 - Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

1970 - Jeffrey Glenn Miller, Allison B. Krause, William Knox Schroeder and Sandra Lee Scheuer were killed by National Guard troops at Ohio's Kent state campus.

1972 - The Don't Make A Wave Committee, an environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to the Greenpeace Foundation.

1989 - The space probe Magellan was carried in the cargo bay Space Shuttle Atlantis, and released to travel arounf the planet Venus.

1990 - Jesse Tafero was executed in Florida after his electric chair malfunctioned three times, causing his hair & head to catch fire.

1998 A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

2001 The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.

2007 The Scottish National Party wins the Scottish general election and becomes the largest party in the Scottish Parliament for the first time ever

2013 Harper Lee files a lawsuit against a literary agent over the copyright of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

2018 California overtakes Great Britain to become the worlds fifth largest economy

Birthdays Today

67-actor, Pia Zadora [Pia Alfreda Schipani]

@63-Audery Hepburn [Audrey Kathleen Ruston] (d. 1993; cancer)

49-actor, Will Arnett

48- bassist, Mike Dirnt [Green Day]

41-singer, dancer, Lance Bass (1979)

Puzzle Answer:

Tomorrow