Oct 1

 

Week: 40 Day: 274
Ave. Sky Cover:  25%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   58°\ 36° Wind: 6mph\ Gusts: 14mph
Low risk of fire Active fire: 365mi. \ Lightning: 1+8mi.
Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

 

 

Adopt A Dog Month Link   Link
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month 
AIDS Awareness Month (President Reagan)  
Link  
American Pharmacists Month 
Link
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month 
Link
Apple Month 
Link
Bat Appreciation Month
Black Speculative Fiction Month  
Link
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Bullying Prevention Month 
Link
(World) Blindness Awareness Month 
Link


 

Weekly Observations

 

Minimally Invasive Surgery Week Link 

22-10/21  

International Sand Sculpting Championships Link

24-10/3 

Banned Books Week
International Week of the Deaf 
Link 
National Chimney Safety Week
National Fall Foliage Week
National Keep Kids Creative Week
Remember to Register to Vote Week
Sea Otter Awareness Week

World Hearing Aid Awareness Week

 

 

 

26-10/2 

Satchmo Days Link 

30-10/2  

National Walk Your Dog Week Link   Link

Universal Children's Week

1-7 

Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week Link

1-5  

 

Daily Observations

 

 

 


 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 





 

 



 

 

A quick smile!

 

 

Why did the farmer start a rock band?

Because he was tired of haulin oats (Hall & Oates).

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

 

Fall continues. Cool and windy today.

Mary and I met for an outdoor lunch. We were protected from the wind and had great food and good conversation.

We need to required Civics classes in schools. Units in Elementary and Middle School and full-blown Civics in High School. The last couple of generations have had no such training…and it shows. For example: the Bill of Rights is an addition to the to the Constitution. These documents lay out the powers of the states and the powers of the Federal Government. It is not about the  powers of individual non-government corporations or businesses. Social Media can make its own rules about what can be part of their business model because they are private. For example, a dating site might decide it will only allow people 18-25 to become members. No problem…except they are limiting their business model. When a site kicks off a member for violating its rules, it usually has little to do with the Constitution or Bill of Rights. There might be a case if it can be proven in court that they only are kicking off members who are not Brown. A jewelry store might only allow customers into the store who are wearing at last 2 carats of diamonds. Not a problem. If a Black lady was denied entrance, even though she had the required diamonds would be a problem. I wish more people knew the difference.

 

 

 

Historical Events

 

 

1867 Karl Marx' "Das Kapital" published

1868 "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott is published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston

1891 Stanford University, California opens its doors after being founded by Leland Stanford and his wife Jane with a $40M donation (1891 dollars), in memory of their son. Among its first graduation class, future US President Herbert Hoover.

1932 – Babe Ruth’s ‘Called Shot” in the 5th inning of game three in the 1932 World Series

1947 – Levittown, Long Island, New York opened.

1961 – Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record with HR #61 in a single season.

1994 South African President Nelson Mandela visits US

2019 Law allowing teachers to carry guns in schools comes into effect in US state of Florida

 

 

Birthdays Today

 

 

97 – Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

@87 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)

86 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer

@83 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)

@80 – William Rehnquist, US Supreme Court Justice (d. 2005)

@79 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000; heart disease)

@65 – George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994; lung cancer)

@72 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002; pneumonia)

65 – Teresa May, British politician

52 -- Zach Galifianakis, actor

@41 – Ted Healy, comedic actor, 3 Stooges founder (d. 1937; heart attack)

32 – Brie Larson, American actress

 

 

 

Sep 30

 

Week: 40 Day: 273
Ave. Sky Cover:  40%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   59°\ 40° Wind: 5mph\ Gusts: 10mph
Low risk of fire Active fire: 276mi. \ Lightning: 157mi.
Sep Averages: 74°\32° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

Minimally Invasive Surgery Week Link 

22-10/21  

International Sand Sculpting Championships Link

24-10/3 

Banned Books Week
International Week of the Deaf 
Link 
National Chimney Safety Week
National Fall Foliage Week
National Keep Kids Creative Week
Remember to Register to Vote Week
Sea Otter Awareness Week

World Hearing Aid Awareness Week

 

 

 

26-10/2 

Satchmo Days: Link 

30-10/2  

 

Daily Observations

 

 


 

 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 




 

 



 

 

A quick smile!

 

 

 

What do Germans call spoiled children?

Bratwurst

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

 

Typical fall day. Headed out to Sam’s for some needed necessities.

Mary called. She and her family went to see Hamilton in Phoenix. She said it was great. Her four pre-teen grandkids enjoyed it. After it started, a 30ish man in the row behind them refused to put on his mask. The ushers had to drag him out, while he was screaming the ‘F’ word at the top of his lungs. It made quite an impression on the grandkids. After they got back to her son’s house, Mary, the teacher, asked the grandkids: What was the best part of the play? They all agreed it was the scary crazy guy who cussed a lot…Kids!

The first all-Black American team will be trying to conquer Mount Everest next year. Cool.

Joy Harjo of Oklahoma, the first Native American woman to serve as the nation’s poet laureate, has begun her third term – an honor previously bestowed only once. Very cool.

For years I get an email from MDV to renew my vehicle plate. I realized on the 15th that I hadn’t gotten one. I went on line and renewed and made sure I checked the box to get next years notice. The little tag came in the mail yesterday, so I’m all good. Either I’m living right or I got very lucky.

Congress is busy doing very little…again.  I’ve seen this movie too many times. They will either find a solution now or the government will shut down for a few days, then they will find a solution. I don’t like being played. The politicians are to blame, and the media enjoys feeding the fire of worst-case scenario.

 

 

 

Historical Events

 

 

1452 – Johann Gutenberg published his first edition of The Bible.

It was completed by 1456.

1641 – America’s first “Annual fair” was held in New Netherlands (Now New Jersey/New York area).

1867 Midway Islands formally declared a US possession

1927 – Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season, a record that stood until 1961.

2019 315 billion-tonne iceberg named D28 calves from Amery ice shelf, Antarctica

 

Birthdays Today

 

 

90 – Angie Dickinson, American actress

86 – Johnny Mathis, American singer

64 – Fran Drescher, American comedic actress

60 – Eric Stoltz, American actor,

@59 – Truman Capote, novelist, playwright, screenwriter (d. 1984; liver disease)

50 – Jenna Elfman, American actress

 

 

 

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.