May 16

 

 

 

May 16, 2021   Week: 20    Day: 136                     

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 5%

Local: H 75°\ L 37°

Wind:  14mph/ Gusts:  22mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  581mi Nearest Lightning: 205mi.

May Averages: 68°/34° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Japanese Proverb

Random Tidbits

 

The first reptiles began life 300 million years ago, and modern mammals appeared roughly 75 million years ago.

 

Humor

 

How do you know the toothbrush was invented in Kentucky?

If it’d been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teethbrush.

 

Real Cities

 

Worms, Nebraska Worms is an unincorporated community in Merrick County, Nebraska. Worms had a post office between 1897 and 1902. The community was likely named after Worms, Germany

 

True Things

 

Overreaction

Thomas McCann, 49, of Stockport, England, was sentenced to prison for life on March 30 for the brutal murder of his wife, Yvonne, 46, in May 2020, following an argument over a bag of French fries left out of the freezer, according to court documents. The Guardian reported McCann strangled his wife in the bathroom, then dismembered her body and disposed of some of the parts in Reddish Vale Country Park, where dog walkers discovered her remains; other parts were taken to a recycling center. During this time, McCann texted their children, saying Yvonne had walked out on him. He was later spotted on video footage carrying trash bags to his car and while walking toward the park and confessed the killing to police. [The Guardian, 3/30/2021]

 

Weekly Observations

 

National Playground Safety Week Link
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week 
Link

Thru 30  

National Public Gardens Week  Link

7-16

Reading is Fun Week  Link  
Salute to Moms 35+ Week

Salvation Army Week
Work At Home Moms Week

 

 

9-16

American Craft Beer Week Link
National Stuttering Awareness Week
 
Tick Awareness Week 
Universal Family Week

 

 

10-16

Cannes Film Festival

11-22

Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week Link

12-16 

EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week  Link  
Health Information and Technology Week  
Link
International Heritage Breeds Week 
 Link  
International New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Eosinophil Awareness Week 
 Link  

National Medical Transcription Week  Link
National Transportation Week
National Unicycle Week
World Trade Week  

 

 

 

 

16-22  

National Foul Ball Week

16-21

 

Today’s Observations

 

Biographer's Day
Honor Our LGBT Elders' Day  Link
International Day of Light 
Link
Love a Tree Day

Mimosa Day (Drink)
National BBQ Day Link
National Piercing Day
National Sea Monkey Day

Pack Rat Day
Ride A Unicycle Day
Rural Life Sunday
Shavuot (Sundown)
Take Your Parents To The Playground (Park) Day Link 

Wear Purple for Peace Day

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A nice day, except for the wind. The positive is that there is no sand.

It’s a lazy day as I stayed up watching Netflix. Looking to just kick back today.

The news from the Israeli-Palestine unrest in the Gaza is really heating up. A news bureau was bombed, killing journalists. Seriously, the Israeli government says it’s not that bad, since they gave a one-hour notice. So difficult to understand this religious conflict as innocent dead are still dead.

Gas prices in AZ have gone up 10cents since the pipeline was shut down. This seems strange since we get no gas from that pipeline. They say it is just an example of ‘trickle down’ economics. I believe it is more about ‘free’ profit for the hack.

My neighbor needs a ride to the Rez tomorrow. He’s paying for gas and a free meal, so I’ll be traveling tomorrow. He is picking up his vehicle after lending it to his sister.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?

 

Historical Events

 

1866 – Root Beer was invented by Charles Elmer Hires in Philadelphia, PA.

1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opened in Frankfurt, Germany.

1920 – Pope Benedict XV canonized Joan of Arc.

1946 – The first magnetic tape recorder was demonstrated by Jack Mullin.

1966 – The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde were both released.

1983 – The concert special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever was broadcast by NBC; Michael Jackson performed his ‘moonwalk’ dance for the first time on television.

1988 – Nicotine was declared to be addictive in ways similar to heroin and cocaine, in a report released by US Surgeon-General C. Everett Koop.

1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of the United States Congress.

1996 – 12 million people tuned in for the series finale of Murder, She Wrote on CBS. The show was the longest-running American Murder-Mystery drama.

2014 – Broadcast journalist and TV personality Barbara Walters retired from ABC News and from the daytime program The View.

2019 British people get drunk more than any other nation, 51 times year according to the Global Drug survey, with English-speaking countries drinking the most

2019 South African Saray Khumalo is the first black African woman to climb Mt Everest

2019 New DNA research showing bedbugs are older than humans - 115 million years old and outlived dinosaurs, published in "Current Biology"

2019 US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency over IT threats, banning US companies from using foreign technology without a license

 

Birthdays Today

 

@77 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982; heart failure)

77 – Danny Trejo, American actor

@71 – William H. Seward, lawyer, politician, Secretary of State (d. 1872)

70 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer

68 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor

@67 – [Władziu Valentino]Liberace, American pianist, entertainer (d.1987; AIDS)

55 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter

52 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist

52 – David Boreanaz, American actor

48 – Tori Spelling, American actress and reality television personality

35 – Megan Fox, American actress

31 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor

 

Puzzle Answer

 

A deck of cards

 

 

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