Apr. 4

 

Happy Easter!

 

Apr 4, 2021   Week: 15    Day: 94                            

Visibility: 10 miles

Ave. Sky Cover: 5%

Local: H 71°\ L 38°

Nearest Lightning: 1009mi.        

Wind:  7mph/ Gusts:  4mph

High Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  189mi

Record: 74°[1961]  Record:[1977] 

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

 

Today’s Quote

The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

~Alfred Whitney Griswold

Random Tidbits

The origin of the Easter Bunny can be traced back to 13th-century, pre-Christian Germany. The Teutonic deity Eostra was the goddess of spring and fertility, and feasts were held in her honor on the Vernal Equinox. Her symbol was the rabbit because of the animal's high reproduction rate.

These legends were brought to America in the 1700s, when German immigrants settled in Pennsylvania Dutch country.

In Medieval Europe, churchgoers would take a walk after Easter Mass, led by a crucifix or the Easter candle. Today these walks endure as Easter Parades. People show off their spring finery, including lovely bonnets decorated for spring.

A Little Something to Think About

They paint the Eiffel Tower every few years, in 2018, they used 60 Tons of paint.

At 986 feet, the Eiffel Tower was nearly double the height of the world’s previous tallest structure, the 555-foot Washington Monument.

Common Words: New Meanings

Negligent  (Adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

Lymph  (V.), to walk with a lisp.

True Things

Man bitten by deadly pet snake

Doctors in North Carolina said they used four vials of antivenin to treat a man who was bitten by his unusual pet: a deadly green mamba snake. The University of North Carolina Rex Healthcare in Raleigh contacted the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, S.C., after a man came in reporting that he was bitten by his pet green mamba, a venomous species native to Africa. "[If] you get bitten by a green mamba without antivenin, your chances of survival are very low," Sean Foley, curator of herpetology said. "It's a neurotoxic venom, so it's going to affect your breathing." A cooler packed with 10 vials of antivenin was flown via helicopter to UNC Rex, where doctors used four vials to treat the man. Foley said the incident highlights the dangers of keeping venomous pets. "They are out there as pets. I don't know how common it is. It's not something I would ever want to have as a pet," he said. "They are not particularly aggressive, but they are really fast, and they can be difficult for an untrained person to work with. It's not something I would personally want to have at home, that's for sure."

Monthly Observations

 

Informed Women Month
International Black Women's History Month 
Link
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Guitar Month 
Link
International Twit Award Month
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month 
Link
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful 

Library Snapshot Month

 

Weekly Observations

Passover [Jewish]

Thru 4/4

National Cherry Blossom Festival Link

Thru 4/10

APAWS Pooper Scooper  Week
Golden Rule Week
Laugh at Work Week
Medication Safety Week
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week 
(aka Get A Grip Day!)  Link

 

 

1-7

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

 

Today’s Observations

 

 

Chocolate Milk Powder Day

Cordon Bleu Day

Dictionary Day  Link
Easter Sunday 

Geologists Day Link 
Hug a Newsman Day

International Carrot Day

International Day for Mine Awareness& Assistance in Mine Action
Jeep 4x4 Day  
Link
National Cordon Bleu Day

National Move More Day Link
Pascha
Plum Pudding Day 
Link 
School Librarian Day

Tell a Lie Day

Victims of Violence Wholly Day
Vitamin C Day
Walk Around Things Day

World Rat Day Link

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It’s a very nice day outside. Had a walk around the neighborhood.  Doing one load of laundry. Gotta be outside.

My phone alerted me to a sale at Best Buy. A computer I had been looking at was available at a $50 discount…basically the taxes I pay. I headed over there as they only had one at that price and bought it. I was going to put it on a monthly payment, but you have to get the Best Buy VISA card and it was too much hassle. Since so much of tech is now ‘on-line’ software, I won’t set it up until tomorrow. Probably no post tomorrow…as I expect it to take quite some time to set up.

Thanks to all who sent me an Easter Card and thanks to all those who sent me a reply for getting the one I sent. The site makes it so easy to send and receive cards and replies and it is very reasonably priced. If I missed sending you one and you would like one, let me know and I will add you to my list.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

What letter comes next in the following sequence? D R M F S L T_

Historical Events

 

561 – Warring UFOs were reported flying over Nuremberg, Germany

1850 – Los Angeles, California was incorporated as a city.

1871 – Mary Florence Potts of Ottumwa, Iowa Patented (#113,448) the “Mrs. Potts’ sad iron” – a set of three irons with a detachable handle, so two irons could be heating up while you were using the other.

1877 -A pianist performed in Philadelphia, and an audience heard the performance in New York, via the telephone.

1932 – Professor C. Glen King, of the Univ. of Pittsburgh, discovered vitamin C.

1964 – The Beatles occupied all of the top five positions on the Billboard singles chart in the United States, with Can’t Buy Me Love, Twist and Shout, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, and Please Please Me.

1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis Tennessee.

1969 – CBS abruptly canceled The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and replaced it with Hee Haw.

1973 – The World Trade Center in New York was officially dedicated.

1975 – Microsoft was founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico

2013 – Famed movie critic Roger Ebert died.

2013 Poecilotheria rajaei, a giant tarantula with a 20cm [7.8”] leg span, is discovered in Sri Lanka

2014 President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, claims that climate change will lead to battles over water and food within the next five to ten years

2017 Alibaba becomes the world's largest retailer according to US Securities and Exchange Commission

2019 US Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pledges to roll back anti-LGBT policies, including not baptizing children of gay parents

Birthdays Today

@86 – Maya Angelou [Marguerite Annie Johnson], American poet (d. 2014)

65 – David E. Kelley, American screenwriter, producer

@60 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992; AIDS)

58 – Graham Norton, Irish actor, talk show host

57 – David Cross, American actor, screenwriter

56 – Robert Downey Jr., American actor

48 – David Blaine, American magician

@28 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008; accidental OD)

Puzzle Answer

D – each letter represents one note in the diatonic musical scale: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do

 

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