Jun 3

 

 

 

Jun 3, 2021   Week: 23    Day: 154

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 60%

Local: H81 °\ L 49°

Wind:  3mph/ Gusts:  11mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  152mi Nearest Lightning: 275mi.

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

 

Today’s Quote

 

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Khalil Gibran

 

Random Tidbits

 

Brown eyes are blue underneath, and you can actually get a surgery to turn brown eyes blue.

When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

 

Humor

 

What’s a seven-course meal in North Dakota? A hamburger and a six-pack.

How do you know you’re from Ohio? You own only three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.

 

Real Cities

 

Ding Dong, Texas in Central Texas. It is situated on the Lampasas River, eight miles south of Killeen in southwestern Bell County.[2]

In the early 1930s a man named Zulius Bell and his nephew Bert Bell operated a country store along the Lampasas River in central Texas. They hired the artist C.C. Hoover to make a sign for it. The finished sign had two bells on it with the Zulius in one and Bert in the other. In addition to the bells, Hoover lettered the words Ding Dong. As the community grew around the country store, it took on the name 'Ding Dong’.

 

True Things

 

Blessing or Curse?

Work had begun on the small bungalow retired banker Charles Pole, 81, of Wiveliscombe, England, was building for himself on his property when excavators unearthed the remains of a 13th-century bishop's palace, simultaneously solving a local mystery and bringing construction to a halt. Historians had been looking for the site, once home to bishops of Bath and Wells, for 200 years, and a spokesperson for the South-West Heritage Trust described it to the Somerset County Gazette in early March as a "significant find." In the meantime, though, Pole is stuck with the bill. "The cost of the investigation is going to cost me around ($26,000)," he said. Building will continue after the site is protected and covered over again. [Somerset County Gazette, 3/11/2021]

 

Monthly Observations

 

 

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month Link
Georgia Blueberry Month
Give A Bunch of Balloons Month 
Link
Great Outdoors Month
Hydranencephaly Awareness Month  
Link
International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
International Men's Month
International Surf Music Month 
Link
Dairy Month 
Link
June is Lane Courtesy
Month Link
June is Perennial Gardening Month
June is Turkey Lovers Month 
Link
Mens Health Education and Awareness Month
Migraine Awareness Month

National Accordion Awareness Month

 

 

Weekly Observations

 

 Black Single Parents Week

5/28-6/3

INVICTUS GAMES Link Cancelled 

5/29-6/5  

National African Violet Week

5/30-6/5

National Marina Days Link

5/31-6/9  

 

Today’s Observations

 

 

Chimborazo Day
National Chocolate Macaroon Day

National Egg Day

National Stuffed Shrimp Scholars Day Link
Repeat Day (I said "Repeat Day")

Wonder Woman Day Link
World Bicycle Day  Link
World Clubfoot Day 
Link

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A cloudy day, no precipitation in the forecast. I made a run to Sam’s for gas. Gas is down to $2.98. The gas lines were long. The guy in front of me had a huge RV with a car being towed. That meant he took up both pumps while he was filling two huge tanks. After filling the first tank, the machine cut him off, so I had to wait while he put in all his cards again to fill the second huge tank. I’m glad I didn’t have anything else to do.

JB’s meat got hacked. That is the company that bought out the place where my dad worked. Meat prices will surely rise, whether there is a shortage or not. First fuel, then meat…what do the Russians doing next? I don’t want to think about it.

The Coconino County Fair will be an in-person event this year, during the Labor Day Weekend. Yeah!

Less than a month after launch, From the Desk of Donald Trump blog has permanently shut down. Another first for the former President.

Good news from the Supreme Court. They ruled unanimously that tribal police can hold non-tribal members for offences on the reservation. Prior to this ruling the tribal police could only hold a non-tribal member for a federal offence…murder, kidnapping, etc. Now they can hold for any crime that threatens tribal security.

Now Biden has put VP Harris in charge of protecting voter’s rights. It’s a good move, but she is also in charge of immigration issues. I hope she can make great strides in both areas.

 

Daily Riddle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

What question can you never answer yes to?

 

Historical Events

 

1083 Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St Peter's Cathedral

1539 Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain

1937 – The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson.

1940 – The Battle of Dunkirk ended with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.

1943 A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots

1968 American radical feminist Valerie Solanas attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times. She is later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and pleads guilty to "reckless assault with intent to harm", serving a 3-year sentence.

1976 US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta

1989 – The government of China sent troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after almost 2 months of occupation.

2014 President Obama announces his plan for a $1 billion fund to increase deployment of US troops to Europe

2017 The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum opens in Springfield, Massachusetts

 

Birthdays Today

 

@87 – Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (died in 2017)

@85 – Tony Curtis [Bernard Schwartz], American actor (d. 2010)

@70 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997; liver cancer)

70 – Jill Biden, First Lady

@68 – Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, dancer, French Resistance operative (d. 1975; stroke)

54 – Anderson Cooper, American journalist

35 – Rafael Nadal, tennis star

 

Puzzle Answer

 

Are you asleep yet?

 

 

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