May 2

 

 

 

May 2, 2021   Week: 18    Day:  122       

Visibility: 10 miles

Ave. Sky Cover: 65%

Local: H 74°\ L 43°

Nearest Lightning: 857mi.          

Wind:  9mph/ Gusts: 19 mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  26mi

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

 

Today’s Quote

 

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

William Blake

 

Humor

 

An Alaskan was on trial in Anchorage. The prosecutor leaned menacingly toward him and asked, “Where were you on the night of October to April?”

 

It’s so hot in Arizona, cows are giving evaporated milk and the trees are whistling for dogs.

 

The people who are afraid of the vaccine are the same people tell us the election was a fraud, all immigrants are dangerous, windmills and electric cars are dangerous, and voting by mail along with universal healthcare and face masks are destroying our country.

 

Real Cities

 

Bean Blossom. Indiana is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The town was named for the nearby Beanblossom Creek, which was in turn named for a person whose surname was Beanblossom

 

True Things

 

Causing a Stink

Police in Phoenix are searching for whoever dumped hundreds of carp and gizzard shad along a road on the north side of the city on April 4, KPHO-TV reported. Arizona Game and Fish said the estimated 1,000 pounds of fish were dumped along with trash left over from a spearfishing tournament at nearby Lake Pleasant. "It's pretty gross," said motorist Karen Rowe. "I mean fish in the middle of the desert, so it's quite shocking." Authorities said those responsible could be charged with criminal littering. [AZFamily.com, 4/6/2021]

 

Monthly Observations

 

ALS Awareness Month  Link (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease) 
American Cheese Month  
Link (Moved from October in  2019)
America's Wetlands Month  
Link
Apraxia Awareness Month   
Link
APS Awareness Month Link
Aramanth Month 
Link
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asthma Awareness Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month

 

Weekly Observations

 

Ramadan

Thru 5/11

International Wildlife Film Week Link

Thru 5/15  

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) Link

Stewardship Week

Thru 5/2 

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

Thru 30  

Toad Suck Daze:

1-2 

Choose Privacy Week: Link

1-7  

 

Today’s Observations

 

Baby Day

Brothers and Sisters Day  

Herb Day

International Bereaved Mothers' Day Link
Lemonade Day 
Link  
Lie Insurance Day

Motorcycle Mass & Blessing of The Bikes Day
National Chocolate Truffle Day

National Infertility Survival Day
Pascha
Roberts Rule of Order Day
Rural Life Sunday
Truffles Day

World Laughter Day Link  Link  
World Tuna Day

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

In Navajo, May is called T’aatsoh, Growth of Bigger Leaf Plants

 

A nice warm day with lots of high clouds, but no moisture expected.

Yesterday too longer than I expected. I did need the phlebotomy, but the hospital was very busy…especially the ultra sound team. I got there at 11:30 but told no one could do it until 2pm. I talked to the head guy at the welcome area, and they don’t do appointments…ever. I left and came back a little before 2pm and was in by 2:15. It took two pokes as the first vein quit giving blood. The nurse and her assistant had to listen to my broken wrist travel story and the blood slowly dripped into the bag.

On Thursday I learned about a new phone scam. About 3:30 I got a call from some lady asking why I had called her. I said I didn’t and she said it was my caller ID that showed up. She said the call was about an arrest warrant issued for her. We both agreed it was a scam but didn’t know how my caller ID showed up. I called Verizon and no one can talk to a human, so I had to chat. The chat said they would answer within one minute. I waited 5 and with no answer headed to the Verizon store. It took a couple of times for the manager to realize I needed answers…not about the scam…but about my number showed up with my name. He had me call the Fraud Alert line at Verizon. The lady said it was a scam, with a little twist. The lady who called WAS the scammer. Her job was to upset me. And it worked. The fraud dept. said to not answer calls with no name attached and if it is real, they can leave a message and I could call back. By answering and interacting, my number goes into their data base for more calls. Sure enough, I got a call on Friday that left a partial message about an arrest warrant for me. The most interesting part of the conversation with fraud was that Verizon provides me with a phone and a network to use. They do not have anyway to know if I want a call or not…other than a ‘scam alert’ on the call. It is really my problem if I choose to answer it. Talk about double talk.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

How can a man who shaves several times a day still sport a long beard?

 

Historical Events

 

1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason, and witchcraft.

1670 – Hudson’s Bay Company was chartered by King Charles II of England.

1775 – Benjamin Franklin completed the first scientific study and chart of the Gulf Stream.

1918 – General Motors acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company.

1952 – A De Havilland Comet made the first jetliner flight (with fare-paying passengers) from London to Johannesburg.

1960 – Dick Clark concluded his second day of testimony in the Payola scandal, saving his career. “Believe me this is not as unusual as it may seem. I think the crime I have committed, if any, is that I made a great deal of money in a short time on little investment. But that is the record business.”

1965 – The Rolling Stones made their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departed on her maiden voyage to New York City.

1986 – The Citizens of Chernobyl were evacuated six days after the disaster

1982 – The Weather Channel began broadcasting in the US

1988 Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000

2000 President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military

2011 Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan

2012 A pastel version of "The Scream", by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch sells at auction for $119,922,500

2019 Facebook bans Alex Jones (InfoWars), Milo Yiannopoulos (ex-Breitbart), Louis Farrakhan (Nation of Islam), Paul Nehlen and Laura Loomer for hate speech

2019 Second-only sketch known of Leonardo da Vinci from Queen Elizabeth's collection revealed on the 500th anniversary of the artist's death

2019 A clean-up on Mt Everest has removed three metric tons (6,613 pounds) of rubbish and four bodies in just two weeks

 

Birthdays Today

 

@94 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician, and author (d.1998)

@80 – Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry], actress and gossip columnist (d. 1966)

@85 – Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host (d. 1993)

69 – Christine Baranski, actor

@68 – Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015; lung cancer)

@67 – Catherine the Great of Russia (d. 1796; stroke)

66 – Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer

49 – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, American-Canadian wrestler and actor

46 – David Beckman, soccer star

 

Puzzle Answer

 

He’s a barber

 

 

 

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