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May
8, 2020 Week: 19
Day: 130
86004:
H
77° \ L
40° \
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:
6mph\Gusts: 11mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest
lightning: 302mi.; Nearest active fire: 280mi.
Record
High: 81°[1934]
Record Low:
14°[1930]
May
Averages: 68°\34°
(3 days with moisture)
Today’s
Quote
"Why
do you go away?
So
that you can come back."
—
Terry
Pratchett
Random
Tidbits
Teachers
first; then fame
“Hamilton”
creator Lin-Manuel Miranda was working as a substitute at his alma
mater, Hunter College High School in New York when the school offered
him a permanent job
Future
president Lyndon Johnson taught speech at a high school in Houston,
where he drilled relentlessly, putting the debate team through dozens
of practice competitions.
Have
a smile
A
friend sent these to me
Question:What
is the best time to go to the dentist?
Answer: Tooth Hurty (2:30)
Answer: Tooth Hurty (2:30)
I believe the finest shoes are made of smooth leather.
My opinion will never be suede. (Swayed)
Observations
This Week
Ramadan:
23-5/23
Be
Kind To Animals Week: 3-9
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week: 3-9 Link
Drinking Water Week: 3-9 Link
Flexible Work Arrangement Week: 3-9
Goodwill Industries Week: 3-9
Hurricane Preparedness Week: 3-9 Link
International Clitoris Awareness Week: 3-9
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: 3-9
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week: 3-9
National Correctional Officer's Week:3-9
National Family Week: 3-9
National Hug Holiday Week: 3-9
National Raisin Week: 3-9 Link
National Root Canal Appreciation Week: 3-9 Link
National Tourism Week: 3-9 Link
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week: 3-9 Link
Public Service Recognition Week: 3-9 Link
National Pet Week: 3-9 Link
National Small Business Week: 3-9 Link
Update Your References Week: 3-9
(World) Dystonia Awareness Week: 3-11 Link
Children's Book Week: 4-10
Economic Development Week: 4-9 Link
International Coaching Week: 4-10 Link
National Sun Safety Week: 4-10 Link
National WildflowerWeek: 4-10
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week: 4-10 Link
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week): 4-10 Link
National Nurses Day and Week: 6-12 Link Link
National Public Gardens Week: 8-17 Link
INVICTUS GAMES: 9-16 Link
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week: 3-9 Link
Drinking Water Week: 3-9 Link
Flexible Work Arrangement Week: 3-9
Goodwill Industries Week: 3-9
Hurricane Preparedness Week: 3-9 Link
International Clitoris Awareness Week: 3-9
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: 3-9
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week: 3-9
National Correctional Officer's Week:3-9
National Family Week: 3-9
National Hug Holiday Week: 3-9
National Raisin Week: 3-9 Link
National Root Canal Appreciation Week: 3-9 Link
National Tourism Week: 3-9 Link
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week: 3-9 Link
Public Service Recognition Week: 3-9 Link
National Pet Week: 3-9 Link
National Small Business Week: 3-9 Link
Update Your References Week: 3-9
(World) Dystonia Awareness Week: 3-11 Link
Children's Book Week: 4-10
Economic Development Week: 4-9 Link
International Coaching Week: 4-10 Link
National Sun Safety Week: 4-10 Link
National WildflowerWeek: 4-10
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week: 4-10 Link
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week): 4-10 Link
National Nurses Day and Week: 6-12 Link Link
National Public Gardens Week: 8-17 Link
INVICTUS GAMES: 9-16 Link
Observations for Today
Cornelia
de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day Link
International Migratory Bird Day Link
Letter Carrier's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
Lost Sock Memorial Day
International Migratory Bird Day Link
Letter Carrier's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
Lost Sock Memorial Day
Mother
Ocean Day National
Archery Day Link Cancelled
due to COVID-19
National Babysitters Day National Dog Mom's Day
National Foodies Day
National Babysitters Day National Dog Mom's Day
National Foodies Day
Stay
Up All Night
Time of Remembrance & Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During The Second World War
Time of Remembrance & Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During The Second World War
World
Belly Dance Day
World Fair Trade Day
World Fair Trade Day
My
Rambling Thoughts
A
great spring day for a nice walk in the forest. Done!
This
is my new shopping day. Yesterday I broke a key on my keyboard, so
made an extra stop for a new one. After groceries and Sam's, I
stopped at Best Buy. Customers need a appointment to enter the store.
Thankfully they have a clerk who looks up what you want on their
phone, then goes inside and get it for you. It's a fast system, and
easy.
One
of the craziest things about this stay-at-home thing is that every
store that is open has a different protocol for shopping. When a
customer arrives at a given store, they have no idea what the
protocol is. Some stores, you just walk in and shop. Others, you have
to have a mask. Some stores hand out wipes, others don't. Many have
main aisles marked to you know if you are 6' apart, others have
arrows for one-way traffic in the aisle. Instead to each store or
chain store making its own policy, it seems the CDC professionals
should set up clear, concise guidelines for all open stores to
follow.
Back
in the day, Frontier Airlines was a great way to get from Flag to
Denver. I used them often, until they left our airport. The only bad
part was that on occasion, I had to do a puddle-jumper flight that
had lots of landings and take-offs. Years later, I took a Frontier
flight from Phoenix. Checked Bags were $25 and there were no
carryons. At the gate, a carryon was taken and you were charged $125.
I learned the hard way. Well they just found another way to gouge
their customers...for an extra $40 fee you are guaranteed and empty
middle seat on your flight. Hmm.
Today
is Cheryl's birthday. Our retirement group can't do lunch because of
the virus. I had a nice talk with her. We all really miss our weekly
lunches. She and her family are doing well during this mess. She too
is tired of staying home and not being able to travel to California
to see her son and his family. But we all agreed that this can't last
forever.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer
at the bottom of the page
Can
you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Historical
Events
1662
- Famous puppet Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in
England.
1865 - The patent (#47,631) was issued to Richard Jordan Gatling for the Gatling gun, which was the first to successfully combine reliability, high firing rate and ease of loading into a single device.
1882 - William F. Ford was issued a patent (#257,487) for his stethoscope.
1887 - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opened in London, England.
1893 - The first motion picture exhibition was presented by Thomas Edison in Brooklyn, New York to an audience of 400 people at the Dept of Physics, Brooklyn Institute, Brooklyn, NY using his Kinetograph.
1914 - Although referred to since the late 1800s, US President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Mother's Day holiday on this date.
1926
- Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made the first flight over the North
Pole.
1950 - L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald Hubbard) published Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.
1955 - West Germany joined NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
1958 - Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
1960 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the world's first commercially produced birth-control bill: Enovid-10.
1961 - Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, referred to television as the "vast wasteland"
1992 - The Golden Girls aired their series finale.
1992
Salem Village Witchcraft Victims' Memorial dedicated in Danvers
(formally Salem Village) to mark 300 year anniversary of trials
1997
1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
2005
Liberal commentary website The Huffington Post is launched
2012
United States President Barack Obama officially states his support
for same-sex marriage
2016
Boris Johnson resigns as Mayor of London, succeeded by Sadiq Khan
2017
US President Donald Trump dismisses FBI Director James Comey
2017
Fossil of Chinese feathered baby dinosaur formally identified as
Beibeilong sinensis (baby dragon in Chinese)
2018
India's Supreme Court criticises the country’s archaeological
conservation body for failing to protect the Taj Mahal from
discoloration and green slime
2018
Iranians and their president Hassan Rouhani react angrily to
President Trump pulling the US out the Iran Nuclear deal
2019
Pope Francis introduces new rules on reporting sexual abuse in the
Catholic Church, criticized for not going far enough
2019
Archaeologists hail Anglo-Saxon tomb found 2003 in Prittlewell,
England, as Britain’s equivalent of Tutankhamun’s tomb as full
report of its contents published
Birthdays
Today
@82-Actor
Albert
Finney (d. 2019)
80-Director James L Brooks
71-Singer
Billy
Joel
59-Actor, Singer John Corbett
59-Actor, Singer John Corbett
41-Singer, actor Rosario Dawson
29-Actor Mitchel Musso
Puzzle
Answer:
Yesterday,
Today, Tomorrow
