Mar 7

 

 

Mar 7, 2021    Week: 19    Day: 66                 Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 57°\ L 26°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%         Wind:  6mph/ Gusts:  12mph

Nearest Lightning: 1959mi.                                Moderate Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  441mi

Record: 66°[1972]  Record: -1°[1945]               Mar. Averages: 53°/23° (6 days with moisture)            

Today’s Quote

Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.

~Khalil Gibran

Random Tidbits

The Great Seal of the United States

In his 1988 campy horror film 'They Live' John Carpenter revealed the subliminal message written on every dollar bill: 'This is your God'. While that movie was a not so subtle jab at consumerism, the truth remains that the mighty greenback has dominated the global economy for decades, but have you ever really looked at the design of the ubiquitous U.S. dollar? There are some odd things going on there. But what does it mean?

A Little Humor

A baseball walks into Wimbledon. The announcer yells Hey- we don't serve your kind here.

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Knock, knock----Who's There?----Butter----Butter who?

I butter not tell you----it's a secret!

Weekly Observations

Lent [Christian]	Thru 4/3
Hearing Awareness Week Link LGBT Health Awareness Week Link National Cheerleading Week Nat’l Write A Letter of Appreciation Week National Ghostwriters Week National Invest in a Veteran Week  Link National Pet Sitters Week Link Return the Borrowed Books Week Telecommuter Appreciation Week Universal Human Beings Week Link Will Eisner Week   Link World Hearing Awareness Week Link	1-7
International Festival of Owls Week	5-7
Celebrate Your Name Week Girl Scout Week Link  National Dental Assistants Recognition Week Link National Procrastination Week National Schools Social Work Week Link  National Words Matter Week No More Week Link Read an E-Book Week Link Save Your Vision Week Link Termite Awareness Week Women in Construction Week  Link  Words Matter Week	7-13
Women of Aviation Worldwide Week	7-14

 

Today’s Observations

Alexander Graham Bell Day

Daughters' and Sons' Day  
Girl Scout Sunday Link
Namesake Day 

National Be Heard Day
National Cereal Day Link
National Crown Roast of Pork Day

National Flapjacks Day  Link

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice warm spring day so I took a nice walk in the forest.

AZ has joined the growing group of states that are lessening restrictions. Our governor is dropping limited occupancy rules. I hope this works out well.

The relief package finally passed the Senate, so now it goes back to the House to approve the changes. I am really confused…again. The Republicans in both chambers said it was too expensive and unnecessary. According to the news the Dems changed so things to make it more agreeable. The news is still saying it is a $1.9 trillion bill. If the Dems gave in on things like the length of the unemployment extra pay, then why didn’t the total cost of the bill go down. I understand that everyone, including elected people and reporters have trouble understanding really big numbers. It just seems to me that really big number should be reported as a smaller really big number.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

You are at a fork in the road in which one direction leads to the City of Lies (where everyone always lies) and the other to the City of Truth (where everyone always tells the truth). There’s a person at the fork who lives in one of the cities, but you’re not sure which one. What question could you ask the person to find out which road leads to the City of Truth?

Historical Events

1897 – Dr. John Kellogg served the world’s first cornflakes to his patients at a mental hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan.

1911 – Willis S. Farnsworth Patented (#985,990) the first coin-operated locker.

1933 The board game Monopoly was created and trademarked by Charles Darrow in Atlantic City.

1955 – Phyllis Diller made her comedy stand-up debut at the Purple Onion in San Francisco, CA.

March 7, 1955 – Peter Pan aired live as part of NBC’s Producer’s Showcase.

1983 – TNN (The Nashville Network) began broadcasting.

1987 – Mike Tyson defeated James “Bonecrusher” Smith to unify the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles.

2009 – The Kepler space observatory was launched.

2011 – Charlie Sheen was officially fired from Two and a Half Men.

2013 UN Security Council approves further North Korean sanctions for its nuclear testing.

2017 Malta's famous landmark the Azure Window collapses into the sea after a storm.

Birthdays Today

87 – Willard Scott, American television personality

83 – Janet Guthrie, American professional race car driver

80 – Michael Eisner, American businessman

@79 – John Herschel, English mathematician, astronomer (d. 1871)

69 – Lynn Swann, American football player

65 – Bryan Cranston, American actor

@62 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d.1937; tumor)

57 – Wanda Sykes, American comedian and actress

51 – Rachel Weisz, English-American actress

47 – Jenna Fischer, American actress

41 – Laura Prepon, American actress

Puzzle Answer

“Which direction do you live?” Someone from the City of Lies will lie and point to the City of Truth; someone from the City of Truth would tell the truth and also point to the City of Truth.