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Jul 3, 2020 Week: 27 Day: 185
86004:
H 81° \ L 53° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:
10mph\Gusts: 18mph Visibility:
10mi
Nearest lightning: 242mi.; Nearest active fire: 79mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 93°[2007]
Record Low: 34°[1997]
Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."
-Hans Christian Andersen
Random Tidbits
Eggs contain the highest
quality food protein known. All parts of an egg are edible, including the shell
which has a high calcium content.
A story came out recently
which claims that the right amount of stress can actually increase our
productivity.
Have a smile
Thanks to one of my readers
Question:
Why are horses no fun?
Because
they are neigh-sayers
You're never going to believe this- but my doctor just
told me I've got a protein deficiency. No whey!
Remember these movie quotes?
76 "Hasta la vista, baby." Arnold Schwarzenegger
Terminator 2: Judgment
Day 1991
Observations This Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
Juvenille Arthritis Awareness Month Link
National Baked Beans Month Link
National Black Family Month
National Blueberries Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Month Link
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention
Month Link
National Contract Sewing Month Link
National Cord Blood Awareness Month Link
National Culinary Arts Month
National "Doghouse Repairs" Month
National Grilling Month
National HIV Awareness Month Link
National Ice Cream Month
National Horseradish Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Make A Difference to Children Month
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
National Parks & Recreation Month
National Picnic Month
National Roadside Traffic Safety Awareness Month
National Vacation Rental Month
National Watermelon Month
National Wheelchair Beautification Month
Observations This Week
National
Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness: 27 -7/4
Tour de France: 27-7/19 Link
Moved to August due to COVID-19
Punxsutawney Groundhog Days: 28-7/5 Link
Bean and Bacon Days: 1-5 Link Cancelled due to
COVID-19
Beer Pong Days:
1-4 (Moved from June) Link
National Tom Sawyer Days: 1-5 Link (aka
Fence Painting Days)
National Unassisted Homebirth Week: 1-7
Roswell UFO Days: 3-6 Link Cancelled due to
COVID-19
Observations
for Today
Drop A Rock Day Link (aka Rock Painting)
Eat Beans Day
International Plastic Bag Free Day Link
National Chocolate Wafer Day
Stay out of the
Sun Day
Superman Day Link
My Rambling Thoughts
Nice
summer day. Awaiting the first monsoon. Should arrive soon.
Talked
to Mary this morning. She lives in a residential area that is near the forest,
just like me. She belongs to a Neighborhood watch group that posts local goings
on her phone. She walks her two small dogs daily on her street and one other
short street. Yesterday, after returning from her walk she got a notice. It
said that earlier in the morning, forest service employees had tranquilized a juvenile
bear on the street she walks on. She had stopped going into the forest because
of bear reports in the area. Now she isn’t sure where she will walk the dogs.
Andy
and Faith are down in Phoenix for the holiday. I am watering their trees and
flowers for them.
My
CPAP supplies finally came in and I was told they were only doing curbside
pickup. Fine. I drove over there; their front door was open. I just walked in,
with my mask, and picked them up. It
took over a week to get the supplies, and the main shop in Cottonwood has no
idea what is going on in Flagstaff. Crazy.
I listened
to an interesting podcast last night. Part of it was a 30 something lady
talking to her father. She used the word ‘slave’. Her dad corrected her and
said ‘Please use enslaved people when talking about your ancestors’. If that
term were used, instead of slaves, in literature, in conversation, in
education, and everywhere else it would recognize their humanity and make it
more difficult to dismiss.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
Homophones are words that
share the same pronunciation, no matter how they are spelled. If they are
spelled differently then, they are called heterographs.
What heterographs mean:
FIBBER and ANCIENT GREEK INSTRUMENT
Historical Events
1035
- William the Conqueror became the Duke of Normandy.
1819
- The Bank of Savings in New York City, an early savings bank in the United
States, opened. Many think it was the oldest, but the Philadelphia Saving Fund
Society (PSFS), was founded on December 4, 1816 and headquartered in
Philadelphia, PA.
1852
- Congress established the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
1884
- Dow Jones and Company published its first stock average. The company was
founded by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles
Bergstresser.
1886
- The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine,
eliminating typesetting by hand.
1890
- Idaho was admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1952
- The Constitution of Puerto Rico was approved by the Congress of the United
States.
1952 –
Mr. Peepers, starring Wally Cox, debuted on NBC
1969
- Rolling Stone member Brian Jones dies in an accidental drowning (aged 27)
1969
- Lulu the elephant went off script on live BBC television's 'Blue Peter,'
making the first on-air animal "blooper" we could find.
1971
- Doors front man Jim Morrison died of an accidental drug overdose (aged 27)
1979
- President Jimmy Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the
opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul, Afghanistan.
1985
- Back to the Future was released, featuring the now famous 1981 DeLorean
DMC-12- time machine/automobile.
1988
- The USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf,
killing all 290 people aboard.
2013
- President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi was overthrown by the Egyptian military.
2019 - More than a million people ordered to evacuate
Japanese island of Kyushu amid warnings of mudslides after 1,000mm (39in) of
rainfall
Birthdays Today
@84 -
George M. Cohan, American songwriter, actor, singer, dancer (d. 1942)
79 - Gloria Allred, American lawyer and activist
72 - Dave Barry, American comedic journalist and author
@69 - William Henry Davies, Welsh poet and writer (d.1940)
@65 -
George Sanders, Russian-born British actor (d. 1972; OD)
62 - Aaron Tippin, American singer-songwriter
58 - Tom Cruise, American actor
58 - Thomas Gibson, Actor
@52 -
Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004; aneurysm)
49 -
Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher, activist, founded WikiLeaks
@40 -
Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian author (d. 1924; TB)
Puzzle Answer
Liar/lyre.
