Mar 3, 2021 Week: 9 Day: 62 Visibility:
10 miles
Local: H 52°\ L 24°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5 % Wind: 9mph/
Gusts: 14mph
Nearest Lightning: 1129mi. Moderate Risk of
Fire: Active fire: 249mi
Record: 66°[1910] Record:
-9°[1915] Mar.
Averages: 53°/23° (6 days with moisture)
Today’s Quote
I believe that every
human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
~Thomas Jefferson
Random Tidbits
Unless you're a real
science geek, chances are you never knew these elements even existed.
Nonetheless, many of them form the foundations of modern life.
Beryllium (Be)
Beryllium is recognized
as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. In another
form, however, beryllium is highly desirable, even priceless. When combined
with trace amounts of chromium, beryllium takes on a beautiful green hue as the
gemstone commonly known as the emerald.
A Little Humor
Why did the lettuce get arrested?
For disturbing the peas!
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I was camping last weekend...it was intense.
Monthly Observations
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International Black Women in Jazz & The
Arts Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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Lent [Christian] |
Thru 4/3 |
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National Pasty Week Cancelled |
Thru 3/6 |
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National School Breakfast Week: 1-5 |
1-5 |
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Hearing Awareness
Week Link Telecommuter Appreciation Week Universal Human
Beings Week Link |
1-7 |
Today’s Observations
I Want You to be Happy Day
If Pets Had Thumbs Day
International Ear Care Day
National Anthem Day[US]
National Mulled Wine Day Link
Peach Blossom Day
Princess Day Link
Simplify Your Life Day
Soup It Forward Day Link Cancelled
What If
Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs? Day
World Birth Defects Day
World Hearing Awareness Day Link
World Math Day Link
World Wildlife Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Warming up nicely and was able to take a walk through the neighborhood.
The Senate hearing with the FBI director was not very encouraging…He
pointed out the quite real threat of domestic terrorists. So unbelievable and
so disturbing.
I texted my brother last night, it seems that he gets a little better
each day. That’s good.
This is far from new news but I’m tired of politicians and executives
who seem to believe that their position gives them certain sexual privileges.
Disgusted. Do your job and nothing more.
Six Dr. Seuss books will not be printed anymore by his foundation
because they have negative racial stereotypes. Educators have known for decades
that children’s thinking is influenced by books. Growing up in a white world as
a white child/man, I didn’t notice the negative stereotypes in his books. What
is more saddening is that Asian and African American children probably didn’t
notice them either, but those images did influence their lives. Racial
stereotypes are wrong and everyone needs to become more aware of them. The Dr.
Seuss Foundation is doing the right thing.
Thank you to the California traffic court judge who stopped a virtual
court procedure because the defendant was performing an operation, in a
hospital operating room while attempting to get out of his ticket. I hope the AMA takes note and the doctor is
punished by them.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
Jack is looking at Anne. Anne is
looking at George. Jack is married, George is not, and we don’t know if Anne is
married. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?
Historical Events
1873 – US Congress passed the ‘Comstock Law’, making it illegal to
send any “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” books through the mail.
1885 – American Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of American Bell.
1901 – The office of Standards, Weights and Measures was created by an
act of the US Congress.
1915 – Birth of a Nation made its east coast debut in NYC.
1915 – NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), the
predecessor of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), was
founded.
1919 -The first US international airmail service began, between
Seattle, Washington and Victoria, B.C., Canada.
1923 – Time magazine published the first issue.
1931 –
President Herbert Hoover made Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner”
the official national anthem of the United States.
1951 – Watch Mr. Wizard debuted on NBC.
1952 – In a 6-3 decision, the US Supreme Court upheld a New York state
law that prohibited communists from teaching in public schools.
1991 – Rodney King was severely beaten by police officers in Los
Angeles, CA. The footage was filmed by observers and then broadcast on
television in the U.S. The incident led to massive riots by African-Americans
in the city of Los Angeles.
2005 – After 67 hours, the first solo non-stop and fastest flight
around the world without refueling ended when Steve Fossett landed at the
Salina Municipal Airport, which he had left on February 28, 2005.
2015 "Under the Dome" a documentary on pollution in China by
Chai Jing has been viewed over 150 million times in 3 days on Tencent.
2019 SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully docks with the International
Space Station during its demonstration run.
2020 US Federal Reserve makes its largest rate cut in a decade,
short-term interest rates by 0.5% to protect economy against COVID-19
Birthdays Today
@85 – James Doohan,
Canadian-American actor [Star Trek Scotty] (d. 2005)
@75 – Alexander Graham Bell, American
inventor (d. 1922)
@66 – George Pullman, engineer and
businessman (d. 1897; heart attack)
@66 – Charles Ponzi, Italian
businessman (d. 1949)
62 – Ira Glass, American radio host
47 – David Faustino, American actor
@42 – Dorothy Dandridge,
African-American film and radio actress (d. 1987; OD)
39 – Jessica Biel, American actress
`, American actress (d.
1937; kidney failure)
Puzzle Answer
Yes. If Anne
is married, then she is married and looking at George, who is unmarried. If
Anne is unmarried, then Jack, who is married, is looking at her. Either way,
the statement is correct.
