Sep 1

 

Sep 1, 2021 Week: 36 Day: 244
Ave. Sky Cover:  80%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:  68°\ 53° Wind: 5mph\ Gusts: 2mph
Low risk of fire Active fire: 38mi. \ Lightning: 4mi.
Sep Averages: 74°\32° (5 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote



Monthly Observations

 

 

AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month   Link
All American Breakfast Month 
Link
Attendance Awareness Month 
Link

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Baby Safety Month 
Link
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month 
Link
Bourbon Heritage Month 
Link

September is Ripening of the Late Crops, Bini’ant’aatsoh in Navajo

 

Weekly Observations

 

Paralympic Games

24-9/5

US Open Tennis Championships

30-9/12

International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week 
(UNICEF-India) Link
Self-University Week 
Link

 

1-7  

  

Daily Observations

 

 

Cherry Popover Day

Emma Nutt Day

Gyro Day

No Rhyme or Reason Day

 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 



 

 


 

 

A quick smile!

 

 

What ship has 2 mates but no captain?

A relation-ship

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

 

Last evening there was just enough monsoon rain to dirty the windshield on my vehicle. Today is much better as it has been an hour+ female rain. Nice! I spoke too soon. Soon after typing this the clouds broke open for a male rain.

I headed out early for a needed haircut. I called and made an appointment yesterday. I arrived at 8:50 about 10 minutes before they opened. I tried the door, and it was open. I went in and my stylist said ‘we open at 9a’. I sat down, one lady was ahead of me. She checked in the first lady, then asked for my name. I gave it to her, and she said ‘Are you a walk-in?’ After explaining she said she has a 9am appointment but would take me now. She did, gave me another great haircut. As I was leaving at 9:10, a lady came in…and she was the 9am appointment.  Worked out quite well for all concerned.

So glad I don’t live in Ida’s path. Quite a lot of damage and it looks like no electricity for a couple of months for many. The US can expect energy costs to rise due Ida.

Now there is a huge fire near Lake Tahoe. It is something like 17,500 acres. Lots of evacuations. Tough on the tourist industry as well as the residents.

Rachael Maddow taught me some history last night about Afghanistan. The British invaded Afghanistan in 1839, pulled out years later, invaded again in 1878, pulled out again. Then when they invaded in 1919, they gave Afghanistan its independence. The USSR invaded in 1979 and pulled out in 1969. The US invaded in 2001 and pulled out in 2021. It looks to me that Afghanistan has a way of winning against the most powerful invaders.  Lesson learned?

The Dept. of Education has cancelled some $9billion in student loans since Biden took over. This is after 4 years of stalling by Betsy DeVos. This has helped 563,000 students who owed money to now defunct scam Universities. Great!

 

  

Historical Events

 

1939 In the "scoop of the century," Telegraph journalist Clare Hollingworth becomes the first to report the outbreak of World War II

1983 – Korean Airlines flight 007 was shot down over the Soviet Union with 269 onboard.

1982 The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.1985 – The Titanic was discovered about 350 miles southeast on Newfoundland, Canada

1999 – The German government moved from Bonn to Berlin

2004 – The Beslan school siege began with armed terrorists taking schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia. Three days later more than 385 people, including many of the children, were killed.

2008 Spring Temple Buddha statue of Vairocana Buddha, then the world's tallest statue at 128 meters (420 ft), completed in Zhaocun township, Henan, China

2015 Pope Francis tells priests to pardon women who have had an abortion, in a letter released by the Vatican

2018 Memorial service for Senator John McCain at Washington National Cathedral with his daughter Meghan McCain, Barack Obama and George W. Bush speaking

2019 Exhibition on Christian Dior sets new attendance record of almost 595,000 in seven months on closing at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

2020 Rare protests in Mongolia against moves to teach school subjects in Mandarin instead of Mongolian

 

Birthdays Today

 

83 – Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer, and author

82 – Lily Tomlin, comedian

@74 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (d. 1950; heart attack)

75 – Barry Gibb, English singer-songwriter

71 – ‘Doctor Phil’ McGraw, American psychologist, author, talk show host

64 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter

@59 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 1993; aneurism)

@45 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969; private plane crash)

25 – Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, American actress

 

 

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