May 4

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May 4, 2019 Week: 18 \ Day: 124

86004:   H 66° \ L 30° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Nearest wildfire:  587mi. Nearest lightning:  161mi

Wind:   5mph\Gusts:  12mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 88°[1947]   Record Low: 18°[1915]

Mar Averages: 68°\34° (3 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

-- Samuel Butler

Random Tidbits

Butterflies are one of nature's most beautiful and delicate creations. Unfortunately, like many species, the survival of several varieties of butterfly are threatened by pollution, the destruction of habitat and other factors.

It is estimated that there will be as many as 22 million fewer monarch butterflies this year.

More Observances This Month

Celiac Awareness Month Link
Chip Your Pet Month Link  Link
Clean Air Month
Creative Beginnings Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month Link
Drum Month 
EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Awareness Month Link
Family Reunion Month  (Between Mother's Day and Father's Day)
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Food Allergy Action Month
Freedom Shrine Month Link

Observances This Week

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW): thru 5/4  Link
International Coaching Week: thru 5/5 Link
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week) : thru 5/5 Link

Choose Privacy Week: 1-7  Link
(World) Dystonia Awareness Week: 3-11 Link
Toad Suck Daze: 4-5 

Observances for Today

Bird Day  Link
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day Link 
Bombshell's Day   (Victoria's Secret)
Free Comic Book Day Link
Herb Day Link 
Intergalactic Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You!) Link
International Firefighters Day Link  Link
International Respect for Chickens Day  Link
International Sauvignon Blanc Day  Link  
Join Hands Day Link
Kentucky Derby Day
Learn To Ride A Bike Day 
Mariachi Day 
National Auctioneers Day

National Fitness Day 
National Hoagie Day

National Candied Orange Peel Day
National Homebrew Day Link  
National Life Insurance Day Link
National Scrapbooking Day  Link
National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Link
Petite and Proud Day

Renewal Day
Star Wars Day

Start Seeing Monarchs Day Link 
World Give Day
World Naked Gardening Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

It’s been a busy few days. I finally got my mouth guard from the dentist. Still awaiting the arrival of my crown. I was surprised to see two other patients getting mouth guards. I’m beginning to think that one of two things happened: My dentist went to some seminar on mouth guards and decided most of his patients needed one or some company is offering a kickback to him for getting mouth guards from their company. The mouth guard is working just fine, but the thing came with no case. I picked one up at Wally World this morning for $2.97. For the price of the guard, I can’t believe the dentist didn’t include something to hold it in…especially since it is clear plastic that blends in with my nightstand.

I had lunch with our retirement group yesterday. We met downtown and I had a great Rueben sandwich and salad. One has two choices when parking downtown: pay $1/hr or park about 4 blocks from downtown. I opted for the pay. You park your car, walk to a small kiosk, punch in your license plate number, insert your credit card, punch in how long you want to park, and get a printed receipt. I didn’t get a receipt, but it is on my CC so all was good. Not nearly as convenient as the old parking meters.  But I guess nice for the city.

I am always a little leery about shopping at Wally World. Sometimes it’s the only place in town with what I need. Today I brought in my two reusable bags and had to stop to pick up some shaving cream. It’s in a small area with one entrance/exit that doesn’t really have room for carts, so I parked my cart right by the entrance to the area. I got the shaving cream and returned to find someone had taken my cart and my two bags. I looked around has I headed for the three items I needed, but no luck. So, I had to buy 2 new reusable bags. Live and learn I guess.

PUZZLE OF THE DAY

Answer at the bottom of this page

You and eight of your team members are trying to escape the Temple of Doom. You are running through a tunnel away from a deadly smoke and end up in a large hall. There are four paths ahead, and exactly one of them leads to the exit. It takes 20 minutes to explore any of the four paths one way, and your group has only 60 minutes until the deadly smoke suffocates you. The problem is that two of your friends are known to be delirious and it is possible that they do not tell the truth, but nobody knows which ones they are. How should you split the group and explore the tunnels, so that you have enough time to figure out which is the correct path and escape the temple?

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1800’s

1846 US state Michigan ends death penalty

1847 NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration

1886 Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen

1896 Grease fire ignites half ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek, Colorado

1900’s

1904 Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal

1927 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Illinois)

1932 Al Capone enters Atlanta Penitentiary convicted of income tax evasion

1942 Battle of Coral Sea begins (1st naval battle fought solely in air) between Japanese, US and Australian navies and air forces

1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Nazi SS officer in the Netherlands Hans Rauter of Crimes against Humanity (executed 24 March 1949)

1953 Pulitzer Prize for Literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway for "The Old Man & The Sea"

1957 Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam

1970 National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio

1973 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine

1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)

1989 NASA launches Magellan mission to Venus from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida

1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David slept with Mick Jagger

1998 A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

2000’s

2007 Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7m wide EF-5 tornado

2013 Harper Lee files a lawsuit against a literary agent over the copyright of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

2018 California overtakes Great Britain to become the worlds fifth largest economy

Birthdays Today

0’s

1796 Horace Mann,

(d. 1859: @63)

American educator, author and editor who pioneered public schools,

born in Franklin, Massachusetts

1929 Audrey Hepburn,

(d. 1993: @63: cancer)

British actress (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady),

born in Brussels, Belgium

1958 Keith Haring,

(d. 1990: @31: AIDS)

American graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Review) and social activist,

born in Reading, Pennsylvania

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91- Hosni Mubarak,

Egyptian president (1981-2011),

 born in Kafr-El Meselha, Egypt

89- Katherine Jackson

[Kattie B Screws],

American matriarch of the Jackson family,

born in Clayton, Alabama

78- George Will,

American political analyst (Night Line),

born in Champaign, Illinois

66- Pia Zadora,

American actress and singer,

born in Hoboken, New Jersey

60- Randy Travis,

Grammy award singer

49- Will Arnett,

Canadian-American actor,

born in Toronto, Ontario

1972 Mike Dirnt

[Michael Ryan Pritchard],

American musician (Green Day),

born in Berkeley, California

Historical Obits Today

0’s

1970- 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard

@77-1975 Moe Howard

[Moses Horowitz],

American actor and comedian (The 3 Stooges),

dies from lung cancer

@75-2009 Dom Deluise,

American comedian, actor,

dies from kidney failure

@70-1984 Bob Clampett,

American cartoonist (Looney Tunes)

Puzzle answer:

You explore the first path. You send two of your teammates to explore the second path. You send the remaining six teammates in groups of three to explore each of the two remaining paths. If your path leads to the exit, then everything is good. Otherwise, you ask the two groups of three whether their paths lead to the exit. If in both groups everyone answers consistently, then nobody is lying, and you will escape. If in both groups there is a person whose answer is different from the others in the group, then the majority in both groups says the truth. Once again, you will know which path leads to the exit. Finally, if in exactly one of the groups everyone answers consistently, you ask the group of two. If the team members there answer consistently with each other, then they say the truth. You will have two groups which tell the truth and will know which path leads to the exit. If the answers of the teammates in the group of two differ, then in the inconsistent group of three the majority will be saying the truth. Again, you will be able to deduce which path leads to the exit.