Jun 17

 

 

 

Jun 17, 2021   Week: 25    Day: 168

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 40%

Local: H 93°\ L 57°

Wind:  7mph/ Gusts:  4mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire: 

Active fire:  22mi Nearest Lightning: 10mi.

Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

I have a Father's Day every day.

Dennis Banks

 

Random Tidbits

 

When howling together, no two wolves will howl on the same note, instead, they harmonize to create the illusion that there are more of them than there actually are.

Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.

Humor: Robots

 

You get a dollhouse! And you get a dollhouse!

We’ve all heard of humorous incidents where kids have used their friendly Amazon Echo or Google Home to order up whatever their heart desired. Another such run-of-the-mill incident occurred in Dallas, when a six-year-old ordered a dollhouse (and four pounds of cookies, for a snack!). What was not run-of-the-mill was what happened a few days later when the local news reported the whimsical moment. When the news anchor stated, “I love the little girl saying, ‘Alexa ordered me a dollhouse,'” many viewers (and Echo owners) found that their own Echo devices had set about ordering dollhouses for them.

 

True Things

 

Sign of the Times

After many months of postponement, voting in the 74th Annual Tony Awards is underway, and the statues are scheduled to be presented with the reopening of Broadway this spring. In an unusual twist, reported The New York Times, actor Aaron Tveit, star of "Moulin Rouge!" is competing for recognition as leading actor in a musical against ... only himself. And even though there are no other nominees, Tveit could still wind up losing, as the rules require 60% of the vote to win. [New York Times, 10/15/2020]

 

Weekly Observations

 

 

National Flag Week

National Pet Wedding Week Link

National Right of Way Professionals Week Link

National Waste & Recycling Workers Week Link 

 

 

 

13-19

National Hermit Week

13-20

Bartender of The Year Week Link

14-17

Meet A Mate Week
Men's Health Week  Link   Link 
US Open Golf Championship

 

14-20

Royal Ascot Link

15-19 

Community Health Improvement Week (CHI) Link

16-18  

National Week of Making Link
National Nursing Assistants Week
Link

Waste and Recycling Workers Week Link

 

 

17-23

 

Today’s Observations

 

 

Bartender Day  Link 
Dump The Pump Day Link 
Eat Your Vegetables Day

National Apple Strudel Day

National Cherry Tart Day

National Garbage Man Day Link
National Career Nursing Assistants Day 
Link 
Nursing Assistants Day

Recess At Work Day 
Stewarts Root Beer Day
World Day To Combat Desertification and Drought
World Tapas Day 
Link 
World Tessellation Day  
 Link

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Many across the country are suffering from this heat wave. I realize Flag is not the only one suffering. We, like many others have broken long standing records for high temps and high low temps. Somebody, somewhere needs to turn on that big fan in the sky and cool all of us off a little.

This past winter TX lost electricity due to the cold…now they are losing power due to the heat. They just can’t win.  About 1300 people in Flag lost power for about six hours yesterday. The initial cause in ‘probably heat-related ’ at a transformer.

21 GOP House members voted against honoring the January 6 capitol heroes. Something about the exact wording of the resolution. So Sad.

I watched both Putin and then Biden Press Conferences. An interesting cultural point: At least a half-dozen times Putin said he had to stop as Biden was waiting, yet each time he took more questions. It reminded me of a Chapter Meeting on the Rez. Of course, past of it was Putin showing his power over Biden by delaying Biden’s press briefing for almost an hour.

 

2 New Puzzles Everyday

Answer: bottom of the page

 

 

Chawho/whorge

 

 

 

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Historical Events

 

1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempted to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia, in Romania.

1631 – Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, spent the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

1837 – Charles Goodyear obtained his first rubber-processing patent (#240). The success of his company came after he died in 1860.

1852 – W.H. Fancher and C.M. French of Waterloo, N.Y. received a patent (#35,600) for a combined plow and gun. Yes, you read that correctly.

1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps was established.

1944 – Iceland declared independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.

1963 – The US Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp, against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord’s Prayer in public schools.

1994 – All major networks provided live coverage of the O.J. Simpson low-speed car chase in the White Bronco. The chase concluded with Simpson’s surrender to authorities in front of his mansion in Brentwood, CA.

2015 9 people are shot and killed inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a 21 year old gunman

2015 US Treasury announced that the image of Alexander Hamilton will be replaced from the US $10 bill by an image of a woman

2019 Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, Kate Gallego apologies for local police threatening to shoot African American family after their four-year shoplifted a doll

2019 Activist Joshua Wong calls on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to resign after leaving prison amid street protests the day before of over 2 million people.

2020 Former police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta charged with his murder and aggravated assault

2020 First major breakthrough in treating COVID-19 using steroid dexamethasone announced by Oxford University

 

Birthdays Today

 

78 – Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician

78 – Barry Manilow, singer

@73 – M.C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (d. 1972)

70 – Joe Piscopo, American actor

58 – Greg Kinnear, American actor

55 – Jason Patric, American actor

51 – Will Forte, American comedic actor

41 – Venus Williams, American tennis player

39 – Jodie Whittaker, English actress, The Thirteenth Doctor

34 – Kendrick Lamar, American rapper

 

Puzzles Answer

 

Who is in charge?                                                              Touchdown

 

 

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