May 30

 

 

 

May 30, 2021   Week: 22    Day: 150

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 20%

Local: H 75°\ L 39°

Wind:  8mph/ Gusts:  16mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  157mi Nearest Lightning: 360mi.

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

 

Today’s Quote

 

A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.

Spike Milligan

Random Tidbits

 

When a male penguin falls in love with female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.

New Zealand will deny people residency visa’s if they too high of a BMI and there are cases where people have been rejected because of their weight.

 

Humor

 

As you know, the bear hunting season in New Jersey is a little bit different. First, they shoot the bear and then they bury it in a construction site. —Late Show with David Letterman

 

Real Cities

 

Woonsocket Rhode Island is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island. The population was 41,186 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state. Being Rhode Island’s northernmost city, Woonsocket lies directly south of the Massachusetts state line.

Possible derivations of the name include several Nipmuc geographic names from nearby Massachusetts. These include Woonksechocksett, from Worcester County meaning "fox country", and Wannashowatuckqut, also from Worcester County, meaning "at the fork of the river"

 

True Things

 

-- Raffaela Spone, 50, was arrested in early March in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, after prosecutors say she created "deepfake" videos and photographs of at least three girls on her daughter's cheerleading squad in an apparent attempt to embarrass them and force them off the team. Prosecutors said Spone allegedly sent the manipulated images to the girls -- shown drinking, smoking and naked -- anonymously and suggested they kill themselves, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Parents of one of recipients contacted police, and detectives traced the IP address where the messages originated to Spone's home. Investigators believe Spone's daughter was unaware of what her mother was doing. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/12/2021]

Weekly Observations

 

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

Thru 30  

Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Link
International Learn To Swim Week
Link
National Fragrance Week
Link

24-30  

Mule Days  Link   (Moved from April)
Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories:

 

25-31

Fleet Week (NY)

26-31

Mudbug Madness Days

28-30     

 Black Single Parents Week

28-6/3

National Polka Weekend Link

Old-Time Player Piano Weekend Cancelled until 2022

29-31 

INVICTUS GAMES Link  cancelled

29-6/5  

National African Violet Week

30-6/5

 

Today’s Observations

 

 

Bay to Breakers Race Link  Note: Oldest Footrace in America!  Cancelled
Indianapolis 500 Anniversary
Loomis Day

Macaroon Day
Memorial Day (Traditional)
My Bucket's Got a Hole Day
National Creativity Day  Link
National Mint Julep Day

National Polka Day: Thru 30  Link 
Water a Flower Day

World MS Day (Multiple Sclerosis) Link 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A nice warm day for a good walk in the neighborhood, between loads of laundry and drying said laundry.

Bagdad, AZ is a copper mining community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, in the western part of the state. It is one of only two remaining company towns in Arizona. The population was 1,876. Most of the town had to be evacuated due to a wildfire yesterday.

Gov. Ducey [R-AZ] vetoed 22 bills from his Republican legislature because they have not provided him with a budget. He says he won’t sign any bills until he has a state budget. It seems the recount fiasco took so much time in preparing they couldn’t find time to pass a budget to run our state.

Last evening an out-of-state tow-truck driver in downtown Flagstaff ran a red light and killed one and hospitalized six bicyclists. They were getting ready for the Bike Strike for Zero Emissions, a rally held in Flagstaff today. A local restaurant and sponsor is donating 100% of sales and tips today to the family of the victims.

 

Daily Riddle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?

 

Historical Events

 

1431 – At Rouen, Normandy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy.

 

1631 – Gazette de France, the first French newspaper, began publication.

 

1806 – Future US President Andrew Jackson participated in a duel, killing Charles Dickinson. Dickinson shot first, wounding Jackson, but Jackson’s shot at Dickinson was fatal. Most of Andrew Jackson’s duels were for the questioned honor of his wife, Rachel.

1883 – A stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge in NYC killed twelve people.

 

1911 – The inaugural Indianapolis 500 was run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana.

1922 – The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington DC.

1958 – The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, were buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

1966 – Launch of Surveyor 1, the first US spacecraft to land on an extraterrestrial body (the Moon).

 

2019 Narendra Modi sworn in for a second term as Indian Prime Minister in New Delhi with 8,000 guests at largest-ever gathering at the Presidential Palace

2019 Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signs new anti-abortion, making it the fifth southern US state to ban abortion when fetal heartbeat detected

2020 Record number of COVID-10 cases reported worldwide 134,064, driven by hot spots in Brazil, Peru, Egypt, South Africa and Bangladesh

2020 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station. First private company to launch astronauts into space.

 

Birthdays Today

 

@81 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)

@67 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh character actor (d. 1980; unwell)

57 – Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter

46 – CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter

Puzzle Answer

 

An egg

 

 

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