Apr 15,
2021 Week: 16 Day: 105
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Visibility: 10 miles |
Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Local:
H 64°\ L 35° |
Nearest Lightning: 293mi. |
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Wind:
8mph/ Gusts: 25mph |
EXTREME Risk of Fire: Active fire: 254mi |
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Record: 86°[2003] Record: 21°[1940] |
Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Innovation distinguishes
between a leader and a follower.
~Steve Jobs
Random Tidbits
Outside of New England
o.k. really didn't become famous until the presidential candidacy of Martin Van
Buren in 1840 and the invention of the telegraph. The first was important
because Van Buren acquired the nickname "Old Kinderhook" after his
hometown in Upstate New York: "OK now could have a double meaning: Old
Kinderhook was all correct."
Then, the invention of
the telegraph made the use of OK as shorthand for "all correct"
commonplace.
True Things
His diapers fit like a
glove
Doctors say a child in
Iraq is the first to be born with three penises. The unidentified child, from
Duhok city, Iraq, has a rare condition called triphallia and it was only
diagnosed after three months when his parents discovered swelling in his
scrotum and "two skin projections". Stunned doctors later realized
that those skin projections were actually penises – 2cm and 1cm in length –
with only one of the extra two having a head. Doctors first diagnosed
supernumerary penises over 400 years ago after a baby was born with two. The
condition is said to affect one in every five to six million births, with both
penises working in some cases. But experts say this boy's rare condition is the
first case ever reported in the world.
Weekly Observations
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Money
Smart Week Link |
10-17 |
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Week of The Young Child Link |
10-16 |
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Animal Control Officer
Appreciation Week Link |
11-17 |
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National Student Employment
Week Link |
12-18 |
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National Youth Violence
Prevention Week Link |
12-16 |
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Ramadan |
Thru 5/11 |
Today’s Observations
Get to Know Your Customers Day
High Five Day Link
Income Taxes Due
(again, not this year)
Jackie Robinson Day Link
Laundry Day
McDonald's Day
National Ask An Atheist Day Link
National ASL Day (American Sign Language) Link
National D.A.R.E. Day Link
National Glazed Ham Day
One Boston Day Link
Purple Up! Day Link
Rubber Eraser Day Link
Take a Wild Guess Day
World Art Day (DaVinci's
Birthday) Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Clear sky but a bit too windy for my enjoyment. It is spring and no
surprise.
Our local paper has been around since the 1890’s. It has gone through many
changes in that time. The latest change is that the paper will no longer be
printed in Flagstaff. It will be printed in Phoenix and brought by truck to
Flagstaff. I quit having the paper delivered over a year ago due to the very
high cost. I’ve been getting the paper on the internet machine. I miss the actual
paper, but things are always changing, and I must adjust.
The one-dose J&J vaccine has been put on hold, due to a few who
got the vaccine also developed blood clots. Many are downplaying this. The one-shot
v two-shots was so promising, I hope they figure this out quickly. I was
vaccinated with the two-shot Moderna, so I am not personally involved.
In my local travels for items I want or need…I am so happy to see that
all the schools are open and functioning. It is nice to see school busses
dropping off and picking up children on a daily basis. It will be quite a while
before I get frustrated by the 15mph speed limit or the waiting behind a bus as
it loads and unloads.
AZ has passed a bill that will allow gambling for professional and intercollegiate
sports. It includes allowing Native Casinos to do the same. I’m not a big
gambler and only bet on sports occasionally. I don’t plan on changing my habit.
The state believes this will add $100million to the general fund annually. WOW
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
Brothers and sisters I have none but this man’s father is my father’s
son. Who is the man?
Historical Events
1755 – Samuel Johnson’s A
Dictionary of the English Language was published in London.
1817 – The Erie Canal was
authorized, to link between Buffalo on Lake Erie and the Hudson River at Albany
New York,
1892 – The Edison General
Electric Company (General Electric Company) was formed.
1912 – Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, near Newfoundland
& Nova Scotia, Canada, after hitting an iceberg the night before.
1912 – The fourth
dimension was referred to ‘as Time’ by Albert Einstein.
1923 – Insulin became
available for use by people with diabetes.
1924 – Rand McNally published its first road atlas.
1952 – First flight of
the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
1955 – McDonald’s opened
its first franchised restaurant, owned by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1983 – Tokyo Disneyland
opened to the public.
1984 – The inaugural
World Youth Day was held in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City.
2013 – At approximately 2:50 PM (EDT), in a terrorist attack, two
explosions around Copley Square were caught live on camera during the telecast
of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring 260.
2019 – The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France was seriously
damaged by a large fire
2020 US's deadliest day during
COVID-19 pandemic with 2,752 deaths reported
Birthdays Today
@82 – Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader
of North Korea (d. 1994)
74 – Linda
Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter, producer
@67 -- Leonardo da Vinci, painter…
63 – Emma Thompson,
English actress
@64 – Hans Conried, American voice actor (d. 1982; heart attack)
@62 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995; colon cancer)
@43 – Bessie Smith, African-American singer, actress (d.1937; auto
crash)
39 – Seth Rogen,
Canadian-American actor, director, producer, screenwriter
31 – Emma Watson, English
actress
Puzzle Answer
The man is my son
