Jun 27

 

 

 

Jun 27, 2021   Week: 27    Day: 178

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 35%

Local: H 77°\ L 52°

Wind:  4mph/ Gusts:  9mph

High Risk of Fire: 

Active fire:  22mi Nearest Lightning: 105mi.

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

 

Today’s Quote

 

Don't forget to love yourself.

Soren Kierkegaard

 

Random Tidbits

 

Astronomers and scientists use the date of the June Solstice to mark the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. For meteorologists, on the other hand, summer began almost three weeks ago, on June 1.

The 'dog days of summer' refer to the weeks between July 3 and August 11 and are named after the Dog Star (Sirius) in the Canis Major constellation. The ancient Greeks blamed Sirius for the hot temperatures, drought, discomfort, and sickness that occurred during the summer.

 

True Things

 

Cliche Come to Life

Wendi Dale Hird, 56, was arrested at her home in Largo, Florida, late on Feb. 28 after throwing her cat in her 73-year-old male roommate's face, causing the cat to scratch him, according to arrest records. Police say she then struck the man in the face. Hird was charged with domestic battery on a person over the age of 65, reported The Smoking Gun. (Bonus: Hird was arrested in 2018 for allegedly battering the same man, described in court documents as a platonic roommate, but was not prosecuted.) [The Smoking Gun, 3/2/2021]

 

Weekly Observations

 

National Insect Week
National Pollinator Week
Link 

21-27  

American Library Week

24-29

Watermelon Thump Seed Spitting Week Link

24-27 

Water Ski Days

25-27

Tour de France Link

26- 7/18

National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness

27 -7/4

Windjammer Days Link

27-7/3 

 

Today’s Observations

 

America's Kids Day 
Celebrate Joy Day Link
Decide To Be Married Day
Descendants Day 
Fast of Tammuz  Link
"Happy Birthday To You" Day
Helen Keller Day

Industrial Workers of The World Day
Log Cabin Day 
Micro-, Small-, And Medium-Sized Enterprises Day
National HIV Testing Day 
Link
National Onion Day Link
National Orange Blossom Day

National Sun Glasses Day Link
PTSD Awareness Day 
Link

 

 

Idioms Origins

 

Bombshell

Before 1933, the term was used strictly a wartime exclusive. Jean Harlow was in a 1931 film, Platinum Blonde, where she picked up the nickname Bombshell, then starred in a movie called Bombshell in 1933. Jean Harlow was the first Bombshell sex symbol.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Hoping for more moisture today after our 15-minute shower yesterday. Looks like a decent chance. It is also very pleasant outside.

UFA’s [unidentified aerial phenomena] …UFOs for most of us…have been in the news a lot lately. Many are claiming they have been around a long time, but the stigma of reporting such led to people thinking the person was bonkers. The military didn’t help as they have kept any reports sealed. Now the military is releasing more and more reports. In the most recent release of sightings in the last few months…of the 145 incidents only one was explained as a deflating balloon. While the other 144 have no detectable means of propulsion, no identifying markings, and basically a belief that they are not by the US or                                 our allies or our adversaries. They are also not seen as hostile. These new reports are leading to many theories of their origin. Some say ‘outer space’, others say ‘under the sea’, others say ‘from inside the earth’, and still others believe they are from ‘other planets within our solar system’. A few weeks ago those of us in Flagstaff looked into the sky and saw a grouping of lights move slowly across the night sky. These UFAs turned out to be one of the many space objects orbiting the earth. We need scientists to really study these phenomena with no judgement about the viewers mental health.

The experts are saying that the condo collapse in Florida had ‘moved’ during a study in the 1990s. No one knows if that was the cause, but it seems that the engineers that are telling us this should also mention what other buildings they studied during that time and how much those buildings moved. It is hard to believe they only studied one building and then that one building collapsed years later.

Interesting…the FBI no-fly list is only for terrorists. There is not a list for misbehaving passengers who verbally or physically assault flight crews. Each airline can ban an unruly passenger from flying their airline. The unruly passenger just books a flight on another airline. I realize that every incident is different, but why isn’t there a board that reviews every incident and determines if the passenger should be banned for a specific period of time from one flight to no more flights ever that covers all airlines? Personally, when I start traveling again, I would feel better about the flight if I knew that unruly passengers knew they could be banned from flying on any airline if they misbehave.  

 

2 New Puzzles Everyday

Answer: bottom of the page

 

 

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Historical Events

 

91792 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn is coined as the first person to use the term “Canadian”, in an attempt to break up a fight between a group of English and French settlers at a polling station.

1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Mormons, and his brother Hyrum Smith were murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.

1895 – The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first American passenger train to use electric locomotives.

1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe was completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.

1949 – The first sci-fi TV show, Captain Video and His Video Rangers debuted.

1954 – The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union’s first nuclear power station, began operation in Obninsk, near Moscow.

1976 – Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) was hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.

1985 – US Route 66 was officially removed from the United States Highway System.

1990 Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims

1998 Opening of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia.

2001 Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv, western Ukraine during his first visit to this country.

2003 The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.

2016 US Supreme Court strikes down Texas law restricting abortion 5-3

2017 Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook has reached 2 billion monthly users

2018 Democrat Representative Joseph Crowley is defeated in New York Primary election by liberal challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

2019 US Supreme Court rules 2020 census cannot contain a question about citizenship in a 5-4 ruling

2019 US Supreme Court rules the Constitution doesn't prohibit partisan gerrymandering, allowing a ruling party to redraw electoral boundaries

 

Birthdays Today

 

@89 – Ross Perot, American businessman, politician (d. 2019)

@87 – Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968)

@83 – John McIntire, American character actor[Wagom Train] (d. 1991)

72 – Vera Wang, American fashion designer

55 – J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter

46 – Tobey Maguire, American actor

 

Puzzles Answer

 

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