May 2,
2021 Week: 18 Day: 122
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Visibility: 10 miles |
Ave. Sky Cover: 65% |
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Local:
H 74°\ L 43° |
Nearest Lightning: 857mi. |
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Wind:
9mph/ Gusts: 19 mph |
EXTREME Risk of Fire: Active fire: 26mi |
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May Averages: 68°/34° (3 days w/moisture) |
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Today’s Quote
Think
in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
William
Blake
Humor
An Alaskan was on trial
in Anchorage. The prosecutor leaned menacingly toward him and asked, “Where
were you on the night of October to April?”
It’s so hot in Arizona,
cows are giving evaporated milk and the trees are whistling for dogs.
The people who are afraid
of the vaccine are the same people tell us the election was a fraud, all
immigrants are dangerous, windmills and electric cars are dangerous, and voting
by mail along with universal healthcare and face masks are destroying our
country.
Real Cities
Bean Blossom. Indiana is
an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Brown County, in the U.S.
state of Indiana. The town was named for the nearby Beanblossom Creek, which
was in turn named for a person whose surname was Beanblossom
True Things
Causing
a Stink
Police
in Phoenix are searching for whoever dumped hundreds of carp and gizzard shad
along a road on the north side of the city on April 4, KPHO-TV reported.
Arizona Game and Fish said the estimated 1,000 pounds of fish were dumped along
with trash left over from a spearfishing tournament at nearby Lake Pleasant.
"It's pretty gross," said motorist Karen Rowe. "I mean fish in
the middle of the desert, so it's quite shocking." Authorities said those
responsible could be charged with criminal littering. [AZFamily.com, 4/6/2021]
Monthly Observations
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ALS Awareness Month Link (Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease) |
Weekly Observations
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Ramadan |
Thru 5/11 |
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International
Wildlife Film Week Link |
Thru
5/15 |
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National Infant Immunization
Week (NIIW) Link Stewardship Week |
Thru 5/2 |
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National Playground Safety Week
Link |
Thru 30 |
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Toad Suck Daze: |
1-2 |
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Choose Privacy Week: Link |
1-7 |
Today’s Observations
Herb Day
International Bereaved Mothers'
Day Link
Lemonade Day Link
Lie Insurance Day
Motorcycle Mass &
Blessing of The Bikes Day
National Chocolate Truffle Day
National Infertility Survival Day
Pascha
Roberts Rule of Order
Day
Rural Life Sunday
Truffles Day
World Laughter Day Link Link
World Tuna Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded
Thoughts
In Navajo, May is called
T’aatsoh, Growth of Bigger Leaf Plants
A nice warm day with lots
of high clouds, but no moisture expected.
Yesterday too longer than
I expected. I did need the phlebotomy, but the hospital was very busy…especially
the ultra sound team. I got there at 11:30 but told no one could do it until
2pm. I talked to the head guy at the welcome area, and they don’t do appointments…ever.
I left and came back a little before 2pm and was in by 2:15. It took two pokes
as the first vein quit giving blood. The nurse and her assistant had to listen
to my broken wrist travel story and the blood slowly dripped into the bag.
On Thursday I learned
about a new phone scam. About 3:30 I got a call from some lady asking why I had
called her. I said I didn’t and she said it was my caller ID that showed up. She
said the call was about an arrest warrant issued for her. We both agreed it was
a scam but didn’t know how my caller ID showed up. I called Verizon and no one
can talk to a human, so I had to chat. The chat said they would answer within
one minute. I waited 5 and with no answer headed to the Verizon store. It took
a couple of times for the manager to realize I needed answers…not about the
scam…but about my number showed up with my name. He had me call the Fraud Alert
line at Verizon. The lady said it was a scam, with a little twist. The lady who
called WAS the scammer. Her job was to upset me. And it worked. The fraud dept.
said to not answer calls with no name attached and if it is real, they can
leave a message and I could call back. By answering and interacting, my number
goes into their data base for more calls. Sure enough, I got a call on Friday
that left a partial message about an arrest warrant for me. The most
interesting part of the conversation with fraud was that Verizon provides me
with a phone and a network to use. They do not have anyway to know if I want a
call or not…other than a ‘scam alert’ on the call. It is really my problem if I
choose to answer it. Talk about double talk.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
How can a man who shaves
several times a day still sport a long beard?
Historical Events
1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen
of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest,
treason, and witchcraft.
1670 – Hudson’s Bay
Company was chartered by King Charles II of England.
1775 – Benjamin Franklin completed
the first scientific study and chart of the Gulf Stream.
1918 – General Motors
acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company.
1952 – A De Havilland
Comet made the first jetliner flight (with fare-paying passengers) from London
to Johannesburg.
1960 – Dick Clark concluded his second day of testimony in the
Payola scandal, saving his career. “Believe me this is not as unusual as it may
seem. I think the crime I have committed, if any, is that I made a great deal
of money in a short time on little investment. But that is the record
business.”
1965 – The Rolling Stones
made their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1969 – The British ocean
liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departed on her maiden voyage to New York City.
1986 – The Citizens of
Chernobyl were evacuated six days after the disaster
1982 – The Weather
Channel began broadcasting in the US
1988 Jackson Pollock's
"Search" sold for $4,800,000
2000 President Bill
Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the
United States military
2011 Osama bin Laden, the
suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted
man is killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan
2012 A pastel version of
"The Scream", by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch sells at auction for
$119,922,500
2019 Facebook bans Alex
Jones (InfoWars), Milo Yiannopoulos (ex-Breitbart), Louis Farrakhan (Nation of
Islam), Paul Nehlen and Laura Loomer for hate speech
2019 Second-only sketch
known of Leonardo da Vinci from Queen Elizabeth's collection revealed on the
500th anniversary of the artist's death
2019 A clean-up on Mt Everest has removed three metric tons (6,613
pounds) of rubbish and four bodies in just two weeks
Birthdays Today
@94 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician, and author (d.1998)
@80 – Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry], actress and gossip columnist (d. 1966)
@85 – Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host (d. 1993)
69 – Christine Baranski,
actor
@68 – Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015; lung cancer)
@67 – Catherine the Great of Russia (d. 1796; stroke)
66 – Donatella Versace,
Italian fashion designer
49 – Dwayne ‘The Rock’
Johnson, American-Canadian wrestler and actor
46 – David Beckman, soccer
star
Puzzle Answer
He’s a barber
