Oct 20

 

Week: 43 Day: 293 Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   52°\ 29° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 15mph Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 132mi. \ Lightning: 965mi. Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

12-20	Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week Link
17-24	Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week
17-23	Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: Freedom From Bullies Week  International Infection Prevention Week Link National Business Women's Week   Link National Character Counts Week   National Chemistry Week  National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Link  National Forest Products Week  National Friends of Libraries Week:17-23  National Pharmacy Week  Link   National School Bus Safety Week  National Teen Drivers Safety Week Link  Rodent Awareness Week  Spiritual Care Week  Veterinary Technicians Week Link
18-22	Medical Assistants Recognition Week Link National Health Education Week Link National Nuclear Science Week
18-23	YWCA Week Without Violence Link
18-24	Career in Energy Week Freedom of Speech Week Link    Mediation Week Link
20-23	International Dyslexia Association Reading Week
20-27	Sukkot (Jewish)

 

Daily Observations

 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Did my weekly run to Sam’s Club. Picked up what I needed, didn’t look around much. Lots of people there. Fall weather prevails. The Haiti gang that kidnapped the missionaries, including children, wants a $17million ransom. There have been over 620 kidnappings by this group sine January. Most have been Haitians. Tough call for sure. A 900-year-old Crusader’s sword has been found in the waters off Israel. WOW! Today is my brother’s 70th birthday. I’ll call him to wish him a happy one. Our HOA has designated an area around the parking lot as a ‘commons area’. It is trees and weeks with a drainage area. Many residents let their pets ‘use’ the area for their business. Not everyone picks up the solid waste left by the pets. Yesterday we all got a note from the HOA telling us to pick up after the pets or face a stiff fine including a fee per pet on the HOA bill. Months ago, they put up several poles with small bags to pick up the mess. They added that unleashed pets would also pay a fine. I get that it is a problem. Anyone who has lived here know they can’t enforce it. To be honest, I don’t walk in the commons area, as I see how many dogs and cats urinate on the dirt. I’m tempted to dig up some of the soil and have it analyzed, but that would only hurt the pet owners.

 

 

Historical Events

 

1786 Harvard University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in US 1822 1st edition of London Sunday Times 1955 – The Return of The King, the third book of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, was released.1973 – Australia’s Sydney Opera House opened. 1982 – 340 fans were killed at a game between the Soviet and Dutch soccer teams. Details were not released until years later 1990 Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 US cities (US-Iraq) 2020 Vietnam suffers its worst floods in decades with over 100 people killed according to the Red Cross

 

Birthdays Today

 

1882 – Margaret Dumont, American actress (died in 1965) @73 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (d, 1956; heart attack) @82 – Art Buchwald, American journalist (d. 2007) @85 – Joyce Brothers, American psychologist and author (d. 2013) @63 – Mickey Mantle, Baseball star (d. 1995; cancer) @69 – Jerry Orbach, American actor, and singer (d. 2004; cancer) @66 – Tom Petty, singer-songwriter (d. 2017; OD) 57 – Kamala Harris, VP 63 – Viggo Mortensen, American-Danish actor 50 – Snoop Dogg [Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.], American rapper 42 – John Krasinski, American actor