Oct 30

 

Week: 44 Day: 303
Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   60°\ 30° Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 6mph
High risk of fire Active fire: 233mi. \ Lightning: 1176mi.
Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

23-31

Red Ribbon Week Link  

24-30 

Asexuality Week:
Disarmament Week
Give Wildlife a Brake! Week  
Link
Kids Care Week

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Link  
National Massage Therapy Week
 Link  
National Respiratory Care Week
Link 
Pastoral Care Week
Link 
Pro Bono Week
Link

24-31

Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week

25-11/11

World Origami Days

25-31

International Magic Week

 

Daily Observations

 

 


 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 




 

 



 I was Principal when the new school opened in 1985.

 

Trivia

 

 

Number of copies sold

3. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien: 150 million copies sold

Although we know The Lord of the Rings as a trilogy, it originally was published as one massive book.

4. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery: 142 million copies sold

Astronomers named an actual asteroid after the one the little prince lives on in this novel.

 

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

 

Nice fall day. I did a quick grocery run this morning.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio was an ultra-conservative sheriff in Maricopa County…Phoenix. Lots of lawsuits, mostly on racial profiling, were filed during his tenure that ended in 2016. Arizona has just paid out $100million to settle most of the lawsuits. My AZ tax dollars at work.

The AZ Cards lost to the Packers in a close game last night. They are still NFL leaders in wins at 7-1.

Biden and the Pope met today, and the photo op had smiling faces. The Pope also met with Obama and Trump during their administrations.

For readers who have DST, turn back you clocks Sat. night. So nice to live in a place that doesn’t change time. I’ve been waking up to darkness the last few weeks, and it is dark before 6pm. Just a nature intended.

 

 

 

Historical Events

 

 

1831 – Nat Turner was arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in US history.

1873 P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth", debuts (New York City)

1894 Daniel Cooper patents time clock1925 – John Logie Baird created Britain’s first television transmitter.

1938 – Orson Wells premiered his radio drama War of the Worlds.

1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signed a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the major league baseball color line.

1973 The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time

2018 WWF conservation group says "exploding human consumption" has caused a 60% decline in all wildlife between 1970 and 2014

2020 New DNA study of dogs suggests they were human's first domesticated animal, 11,000 years ago at end of the Bronze Age

 

 

Birthdays Today

 

 

@90

@88

@80

82

76

40

25

 

 

 John Adams, 2nd President of the US (d. 1826)

 Ruth Gordon, American actress (d. 1985)

Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (d. 1972)

 Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter

 Henry Winkler, American actor

 Ivanka Trump, American model, businesswoman

 Devin Booker, NBA

 

 

 

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