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Sep. 14, 2019
Week: 37 Day: 257
86004: H 77° \ L 46° \ Average Sky
Cover: 5%
Nearest
wildfire: 19mi. Nearest lightning: 209mi
Wind: 7mph\Gusts:
7mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 88°[2000] Record Low: 29°[1988]
Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
If you
can't convince them, confuse them.
Harry S
Truman
Random Tidbits
Did you know that the banana is the
most popular fruit in the United States? "The banana is by far the most
popular fruit worldwide. We consume about 25 pounds of bananas per person per
year," explains Dan Koeppel, author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That
Changed the World.
Bananas were never really heard of
until 1880. However, by 1910, they were so popular that cities had a problem
disposing of used banana peels. Back then, there was no urban sanitation and
people were literally slipping on banana peels and hurting themselves.
Observances This Week
7-15
8-14
Dating and
Life Coach Recognition Week
International Housekeepers Week Link
National Assisted Living Week
Suicide Prevention Week
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link
International Housekeepers Week Link
National Assisted Living Week
Suicide Prevention Week
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link
9-15
10-19
Palindrome
Week 9-10-19…9-19-19
14-17
Observances for Today
National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day
National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children Link
National Hollerin' Day Link
National Iguana Awareness Day Link
National Kreme Filled Donut Day Link and Link
National Sober Day Link
Prairie Day
National Hollerin' Day Link
National Iguana Awareness Day Link
National Kreme Filled Donut Day Link and Link
National Sober Day Link
Prairie Day
My Rambling Thoughts
As expected, it has warmed up again
today. Fall is always a tad bipolar. Yesterday was a little warmer, but today
is more like July.
Our retirement group met yesterday. We
had good food, good service, and great conversation. We spent a long time
talking about our first few years of teaching, when we were young, naive, and
ready to change the world. We had some great ‘learning’ stories. My favorite
was from Mary. She was teaching 4th grade in an inner-city Black
school in Virginia. She asked all the kids individually for their home address.
After several gave her blank stares, one of the teenagers in her class (they
had no Special Ed, so kids stayed in a grade until they could pass or dropped
out) said “Aks them where they stayin’”. She did and everyone knew that.
I’m getting old-er and/or lazier.
Twice a year I shampoo my carpets. It used to be one day the downstairs,
another day the upstairs. This morning I vacuumed the downstairs to prepare. I
got everything ready, moved the furniture, and did the living room. I then
decided I could do the hall and back room another day. Hopefully that will be tomorrow.
If not, Sunday for sure. The upstairs…sometime next week. Never want to do too
much in one day.
Our big and scary summer fire finally
has a cause. It is believed that an excavator hit a rock, produced a spark that
sat in underbrush for several hours before igniting the forest. The excavator
was doing necessary thinning work and followed all the guidelines. I’m not a
lumberjack, except as an alum of our local University, but it seems to me that
better guidelines need to be written. This fire caused several million to put
out, several families were evacuated, a few thousand people lived under
pre-evacuation for over a week, and many businesses and homes still have sand
bags and Jersey barriers around their property. Seems to me someone, other than
taxpayers, should have to pay at least some of the costs. Our town is very
grateful for all the work that was done by so many to protect our town, our
homes, and our property.
I had a nice conversation with Ellie,
the leader of Focus Travel Club, this morning. She is busy packing for the
upcoming Wales trip. Should be a great trip.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer
at the bottom of
this page
A is the brother of B. B is the
brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
Highlight the black box to see the
hint.
Riddles
try to send your train of thought off in scattered directions. Try to stay
clear and just follow the logic. Using letters as placeholders for names like
“Uncle Bob” or “Aunt Linda” makes straightforward relationships seem difficult.
Historical Events
1752 - Yesterday was September 2nd, in
Great Britain and the American Colonies, but with the switchover from the
Julian to Gregorian calendar, it became September 14 in all of western
civilization.
1814 - Francis Scott Key wrote The
Star Spangled Banner which later became the US national anthem.
1868 - Tom Morris, at Prestwick's 8th
hole, was credited with Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one.
1901 - The first bodybuilding contest
was held in Royal Albert Hall, London.
1940 - Congress passed the Selective
Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in United States' history.
Unofficially, they were prepping for joining WW II.
1957 - #1: Paul Anka - Diana
1965 - My Mother The Car debuted on
NBC. It was the first universally panned "bad" TV show.
1975 - Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley
Seton (1774-1821) was canonized by Pope Paul VI. The first American saint, she
founded the U.S. branch of the Sisters of Charity in 1809.
1974 - #1 Hit: Eric Clapton - I Shot the
Sheriff
1977 - A tube top-clad woman named
Yolanda Bowsley was called into Contestant's Row on The Price is Right, and
while running down her breast popped out of her shirt.
1978 - Mork and Mindy premiered on ABC
1981- Entertainment Tonight debuted.
1984 - Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd
hosted the first VMAs (Video Music Awards) on MTV. Younger visitors may be
interested to know that at one time, MTV was a 24-hour music video channel.
1985 - The Golden Girls premiered on
NBC
1987 - Cal Ripken's streak of playing
MLB Baseball for 8,243 consecutive innings (over 900 games) ended. The record
still stands today.
1991 - #1 Hit: Paula Abdul - The Promise of
a New Day
1994 - MLB Acting commissioner Bud
Selig announced the cancellation of the 1994 baseball season on the 34th day of
a strike by players. Some say Baseball still hasn't recovered from this lost
season.
2000 - Microsoft Windows Millennium
Edition (ME) was released.
2013 - #1 Hit: Katy Perry - Roar
Birthdays Today
Clayton Moore, actor [Lone Ranger]
(d. 1999 @85)
Walter Koenig, actor [Chekov…Star
Trek] (83)
Sam Neill, actor (Hunt for Red
October) (72)
Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank (67)
Tyler Perry,
[Emmitt Perry Jr.] comic, actor (51)
Kimberly Williams, actor [Nashville] (48)
Nas [Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones], rapper
(46)
Amy Winehouse, soul singer
(d. 2001 @ 27, OD)
Puzzle answer:
A is D’s aunt.
