Oct 27

 

Week: 40 Day 270
Ave. Sky Cover:  90%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   55°\ 45° Wind: 2mph\ Gusts: 6mph
Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 397mi. \ Lightning: 239mi.
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

 

 

 

26-10/2 

 

Daily Observations

 



 
 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 





 

 




 

 

A quick smile!

 

 

What do you call a beaten-up Batman?

A Bruised Wayne

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Wole up to a Fall morning. Cool, cloudy, and now a light rain. Doors and windows closed for the first time in forever.

Happy to report that my Covid test was NEGATIVE. Now to talk to my PCP to find out what was going on.

CU lost to AZ State yesterday 35-13, and UNC beat NAU 17-10. Good day for Colorado, not for my two alma maters. Cardinals beat the Jags. Broncos are beating the Jets on my internet machine as I post this.

I got a call from a cousin yesterday. My mom was an only child, and my dad had one sister. She had 3 kids around my age. My dad and his sister were close. The rest of us were not. I haven’t talked to Carol in a couple of years, and Bob for even longer. Eddie had Downs Syndrome, so I never talked to him after moving away. Eddie lived in an institution from 5-21. Then he lived in group homes. Anyway, Carol lost her husband to lung disease in April and Eddie passed in July from dementia. Bob and Carol haven’t talked for years. Carol has an in-law in Tucson and is thinking about driving down. She has not and will not get vaccinated. I told her I might have Covid so she should put the brakes on seeing me. None of my cousins are bad people, they just live very different lifestyles than I do. Bob graduated from School of Mines and was one of the first to develop a working laser back in the day. I could talk to him for 15 minutes and not understand what his job was really about. Carol married in high school, for the obvious reason, and then divorced, married a couple of times, and had 3 kids. Now her kids live with her. She was a local haul trucker and lives on a horse ranch.

 

 

 

Historical Events

 

 

1822 French scholar Jean-François Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics using the Rosetta Stone

1888 – The first letter from Jack The Ripper was received by London’s Central News Agency.

1903 – The Wreck of the Old 97, a real-life American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular dirge.

1962 – Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was published.

1964 – The Warren Report, regarding the assassination of JFK was released.

2017 Researchers confirm existence of giant tree rat "Vika" in the Solomon Islands that can crack open coconuts

 

 

Birthdays Today

 

 

@85 – Wilford Brimley, American actor (d. 2020)

@81 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher, and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)

73 – Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter

63 – Shaun Cassidy, American actor

49 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress

39 – Lil Wayne, American rapper

37 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter

 

 

 

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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.