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Aug.
12, 2019 Week: 33 Day: 224
86004: H 78° \ L 52° \ Average Sky
Cover: 40%
Nearest
wildfire: 99mi. Nearest lightning: 87mi
Wind: 8mph\Gusts:
8mph
Visibility:
10 mi
Record
High: 91°[1980] Record Low: 36°[1900]
Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 day with rain)
Today’s Quote
Act
as if what you do makes a difference.
It
does.
William
James
Random Tidbits
Kate Middleton is
an eighth cousin seven times removed to the first U.S. President George
Washington and a thirteenth cousin once removed from American World War II hero
General George Patton.
"England
Swings (Like a Pendulum Do)" is a 1965 country music song written and
performed by Roger Miller. The title refers to Swinging London, a popular term
for the progressive youth-centric cultural scene in London at the time.
Observances This Week
9-13
Perseid Meteor Showers
11-17
National Motorcycle Week Link
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week Link Link
National Resurrect Romance Week
Weird Contest Week
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week Link Link
National Resurrect Romance Week
Weird Contest Week
Observances for Today
Home Sewing Machine Day
IBM PC Day
International Youth Day
Middle Child Day
International Youth Day
Middle Child Day
My Rambling Thoughts
Yesterday I spent
the afternoon with a friend and former boss who is recovering from femur/hip
replacement surgery. He broke his femur about 3 years ago and it never healed
well and he had lots of pain. This should fix the pain, eventually. Andy retired
a few years ago and lives here in Flag. His family said he always liked
visitors at the rehab hospital. When I arrived his aunt, uncle, son, wife, and
nephew were already there. Then two nieces arrived. The best part of the visit,
other than that he was doing fine, was sharing stories with his family. It so
reminded me of my many years on Navajo. Lots of jokes, laughing, silence, more
jokes, for 3+ hours. His aunt even brought some Navajo herbal medicine to heal
him. I’m sure they all stayed longer, but I told him I would come back Monday,
when everyone was working. That even brought some laughs. Great day!
On Friday I
called the HOA about the pine needles…again. No answer yet. I did spend part of
the morning on my deck, reading the Sunday paper + ads. Always disappointed to
read about a place I have visited, today it is the mess in Hong Kong. Focus had
a great time there, and seeing the demonstrations at the air terminal is
difficult to see. It’s a nice day and I enjoyed just sitting there, reading the
paper and listening to my music on my new ear buds.
I wish our
lawmakers would do something to stop the gun violence. Background checks will
help. Stopping assault weapons sales will help. No one in this great nation
should fear going to a concert, a theater, a mall, or a nightclub, and most of
all a school and thinking they might get shot or killed.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of this page
Every night I’m
told what to do,
and each morning
I do what I’m told.
But I still don’t
escape your scold.
Historical Events
30 BC - Cleopatra
VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, committed
suicide, by means of an asp bite.
1851 - Isaac
Singer was granted a patent (#8,294) for his sewing machine.
1877 - Asaph Hall
discovered the Mars moon Deimos.
1883 - The last
quagga, a kind of zebra, died at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam,
Netherlands. In 1984, the quagga was the first extinct animal to have its DNA
analyzed.
1901 - The
Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened.
1960 - Echo 1A,
NASA's first successful communications satellite, was launched.
1977 - The first
free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
1978 - #1 Hit
August 12, 1978 - August 25, 1978: Commodores - Three Times a Lady
1981 - The IBM
Personal Computer was released.
1985 - Japan
Airlines Flight 123 crashed into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan,
killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster.
1989 - #1 Hit
August 12, 1989 - September 1, 1989: Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
1990 - Sue, the
largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, was
discovered by paleontologist Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
1994 - Major
League Baseball players went on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994
World Series.
2000 - #1 Hit
August 12, 2000 - August 25, 2000: Sisq - Incomplete
Birthdays Today
Cantinflas,
[Mario
Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes],
Mexican film
actor (1993 @81)
George Hamilton,
tanned actor (80)
Joe Besser,
character actor (d. 1988 @80)
Cecil B. DeMille
(1959 @77: heart attacks)
Mark Knopfler,
British songwriter, singer (Dire Straits) (70)
Peter Krause,
actor (Six Feet Under) (54)
Miss Cleo
[Youree
Dell Harris],
Telephone psychic
(d. 2016 @53 colon cancer)
Pete Sampras,
Tennis star (48)
Yvette Nicole
Brown, actress (48)
Casey Affleck,
actor, director (44)
Puzzle answer:
This answer is
ALARM CLOCK.
