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May 30, 2019 Week: 22 \ Day: 150
86004: H 55° \ L 33° \ Average
Sky Cover: 80%
Nearest wildfire: 530mi. Nearest lightning: 327mi
Wind: 5mph\Gusts: 9mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 88°[2002] Record
Low: 18°[1918]
May Averages: 68°\34° (3 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
A sure cure for seasickness is to sit
under a tree.
Spike Milligan
Random Tidbits
The
moon is never really full. The disk of the moon can only appear 100 percent
sunlit from Earth when it is diametrically opposite to the sun in the sky. But
that, of course, is impossible because at that moment the moon would be
positioned in the middle of the Earth's shadow and in total lunar eclipse. In
fact, in any month where there is no eclipse, there should be an ever-so-slight
sliver of darkness visible somewhere on the lunar limb throughout those hours
when the moon is passing through "full" phase; close inspection will
usually reveal that moon is not fully illuminated, but is indeed gibbous or
slightly out of roundness.
Observances This Week
Ramadan 5/5-6/4
National African Violet Week: 26-6/2
Black Single Parents Week: 28-6/3
Scripps National Spelling Bee: 28-31
Observances for Today
Indianapolis 500 Anniversary
Loomis Day=-0987656*/Memorial Day (Traditional)
Mint Julep Day Link
My Bucket's Got a Hole Day
Loomis Day=-0987656*/Memorial Day (Traditional)
Mint Julep Day Link
My Bucket's Got a Hole Day
My Rambling Thoughts
Cloudy
and rain again today. Not complaining.
Today
reminded me of my 9th grade Civics teacher, Ruth Steinmeier. She
taught us about how the government works. I have always known it is up to Congress.
That means that it is up to the American people. Now is the time for every
American to get involved. I was a working adult during the two impeachments. I
let them do their job and I voted. Nixon saw the handwriting on the wall and
simply resigned. But it took a very long time. Clinton kept right on working
during his impeachment, and he remained in office. That too, took a long time.
I worked for the government and while both these impeachments were going on,
nothing was ever said by any administrator. We all let Congress do its job. Both
were long processes and America survived. Now is the time for the House to do
its job so the Senate can do its job. It is time to get this out of politics
and into the elected representative’s hands. Let the chips fall where they may.
I
saw a FB post that one of my friends from my early days in the BIA was very
close to one of the tornados in Kansas. She and her husband are safe, but she
said it was very scary. They were hiding in an interior closet for several
hours with no power. Glad they are OK.
PUZZLE OF THE DAY
Answer at the bottom of this page
Two very short friends, John and Jack, were
living together in an apartment. Since they used to lose their apartment key
very often, they decided to leave it on top of the door frame when they leave
home. I
n order to reach the key, John was climbing on
Jack’s shoulders and thus taking it down from the frame. However, John was the
taller and the heavier guy of the two. Why didn’t Jack climb on his shoulders
instead?
Today’s Significant Historical Events
1400’s
1431 Hundred Years' War: 19 year old Joan of
Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal in Rouen, France
1500’s
1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded
1539 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovers
Florida
1800’s
1806 Future US President Andrew Jackson kills
Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson's wife of bigamy
1821 James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
1848 William G Young patents ice cream freezer
1848 Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New
Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in
return for $15 million
1900’s
1908 1st federal workmen's compensation law
approved
1922 Completed Lincoln Memorial dedicated by
US Chief Justice William H. Taft in front of 50,000
1937 Memorial Day Massacre: Chicago Police
Department shoot and kill 10 unarmed demonstrators during the "Little
Steel Strike" in the United States
1948 A dike along the flooding Columbia River
breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and
tens of thousands are left homeless.
1954 Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K
(13:57.2)
1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II
& Korean War buried in Arlington
1967 Robert "Evel" Knievel's
motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles in Gardena, California
1979 Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller
skate from LA to NYC
2000’s
012 A number of nations including Germany,
Turkey and Canada, expel Syrian diplomats following the Houla massacre
Birthdays Today
1908 Mel Blanc,
(d. 1989: @81)
American voice actor, comedian best known for
his Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd &
Porky Pig),
born in San Francisco, California
1909 Benny Goodman,
(d. 1986: @77: heart attack)
clarinetist and bandleader (King of Swing),
born in Chicago, Illinois
85- Alexey Leonov,
Russian cosmonaut (Voskhod 2, first man to
walk in space),
born in Listvyanka, Soviet Union
80’s
80- Michael J Pollard,
actor (Bonny & Clyde, Roxanne),
born in Passaic, New Jersey
70’s
79- David Ackroyd,
actor (I Come in Peace, Memories of Me),
born in Orange, New Jersey
50’s
55- Wynonna,
[Christina Judd],
singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
born in Ashland Ky
40’s
45- Cee-Lo Green
[Thomas Callaway],
American Grammy winning singer-songwriter
(Crazy, F*** You), reality TV judge (The Voice), record producer, and actor,
born in Atlanta, Georgia
Historical Obits Today
80’s
@83-1778 Voltaire
[Francois-Marie Arouet],
French writer, philosopher and playwright
(Candide)
70’s
@70-1960 Boris Pasternak,
Russian poet and novelist (Doctor Zhivago)
(Nobel Prize 1958),
dies from lung cancer
60’s
@62-1640 Peter Paul Rubens,
Flemish Baroque painter,
dies from gout
50’s
@56-1744 Alexander Pope,
English poet (The Rape of the Lock),
dies after long illness
40’s
@47-2015 Joseph [Beau] Biden III,
American politician and son of Vice President
Joe Biden,
dies of cancer
20’s
@29-1593 Christopher Marlowe,
English dramatist and poet (Tamburlaine the
Great),
stabbed to death in a pub brawl in Deptford
@24-1975 Steve Prefontaine,
American runner (5K 1972 Olympic 4th),
dies in a car accident
Teen’s
@19-1431 Joan of Arc,
Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of
France (legendary date),
executed and burnt at the stake
Puzzle answer:
The reason is that as being taller, John also
had longer arms. If Jack climbed on John’s shoulders, he wouldn’t have reached
the key.
