Apr 10

 

 

 

Apr 10, 2021   Week: 15    Day: 100       

Visibility: 10 miles

Ave. Sky Cover: %

Local: H 66°\ L 22°

Nearest Lightning: 916mi.          

Wind: 5 mph/ Gusts:  12mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  167mi

Record: 86°[1992]  Record:[1974] 

Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

Julia Child

Random Tidbits

The origin of the doughnut is unknown, though different nationalities have had their own version of the treat throughout history. A type of doughnut is even mentioned in the Bible. Specifically, Chapter 7 and verse 12 of Leviticus says that a thanksgiving to God should be made of "cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried."

A Little Something to Think About

The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners:

3.  Cashtration  (N.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially

impotent for an indefinite period.

4.  Giraffiti  (N): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

5.  Sarchasm  (N): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

Weekly Observations

National Cherry Blossom Festival Link

Thru 4/10

National Robotics Week Link 

3-11

Bat Appreciation Week 
National Dental Hygienest Week
 Link
National Library Week
Hate Week

National Blue Ribbon Week
Link  (Child Abuse)
National Public Health Week
National Window Safety Week

 

 

 

4-10

International Dark Sky Week   Link 
Mule Days
The Masters Tournament

 

5-11

Satchmo Days: Link  Moved to September 30 due to COVID

8-11  

Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer & Fasting Link

10-11

Money Smart Week Link

10-17

Week of The Young Child Link

10-16

 

Today’s Observations

ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Day  Link
Baby Massage Day 
Link 
Encourage a Young Writer Day

Farm Animals Day

Golfer's Day 

National Catch and Release Day 
National Cinnamon Crescent Day

National Farm Animals Day

National Siblings Day Link
Salvation Army Founder's Day
Safety Pin Day

Slow Art Day Link  
World Circus Day 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another warm day with lots of sunshine. The weekend may get a little windy.

I gathered up my tax documents…from various places around my house. Then I dropped them off with the tax guy. Now just wait a few days for the results.

Prince Phillip led a long and fruitful life. RIP

The gun debate is back in full swing. Both sides, sadly, give bad information about guns. To find the facts about guns, gun manufacturers, current gun law, and the NRA would take lots of time. Since most people don’t want to take the time for that research, the media becomes our go to. Before making any decisions about guns, I must do a lot of research. In my opinion, The US has always been a ‘gun’ country. It’s even in the Constitution. In the time since the Constitution, guns have made a lot of changes. No person living at the time of the Constitution could have imagined most of the firearms available today. It is time to have laws that respect the Constitution and limit the kind of firearms a citizen can own.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

55.  What is unusual about the following words:

revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

 

Historical Events

1710 – The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, was enacted in Great Britain.

1790 – The US Patent office was approved by George Washington.

1815 (Volcano Eruption) Mount Tambora (Year Without A Summer). The eruption lasted 3 months, killing 10,000 people directly and 80,000 more via disease and famine.

1849 – The first US Patent (#6,281) for a safety pin was issued to Walter Hunt of New York City.

1906 – O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi was published.

1916 – The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) was founded in New York City.

1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published.

1970 – Paul McCartney announced the breakup of the Beatles

1971 – The People’s Republic of China hosted the US table tennis team for a week-long visit.

2014 – Kathleen Sebelius resigned as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, after the faulty rollout of HealthCare.gov.

2016 – The price of US postage decreased for the first time (from 49 to 47 cents) in almost 100 years.

2016 Hong Kong pro-democracy political party Demosistō established by Nathan Law, Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow

2017 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley resigns over relationship with an aide and possible misuse of state funds to cover it up

2018 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins testifying before US Congress about data use and security

2019 First-ever photo of a black hole announced, taken by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in 2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of earth, 55 million light-years away

2019 New species of human announced named Homo luzonensis, 3ft tall, remains dated 50-60,000 years old found in cave on island of Luzon, Philippines

2019 New York declares a public health emergency and compulsory vaccinations after a measles outbreak in Brooklyn with 285 cases

Birthdays Today

@96 – Harry Morgan [Harry Bratsberg], American actor (d. 2011)

85 – John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

@83 – Omar Sharif [Michel Dimitri Chalhoub], Egyptian actor (d. 2015)

@71 – Chuck Connors, American baseball player, actor (d. 1992; lung cancer)

69 – Steven Seagal, American actor and martial artist

@64 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, (d.1911)

@63 – (Commodore) Matthew Perry, American naval officer (d. 1858; rheumatic fever)

41 – Charlie Hunnam, English actor

37 – Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress

33 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor

 

Puzzle Answer

Take the first letter of each word and place it at the end. It will spell the same word backwards.

 

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