Sep 22

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Sep. 22, 2019 Week: 39  Day: 265

86004:   H 69° \ L 38° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Nearest wildfire:  19mi.  Nearest lightning:  480mi

Wind:   12mph\Gusts:  22mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 83°[1949]   Record Low: 20°[1912]

Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

Economics is extremely useful

as a form of employment for economists.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Random Tidbits

Did you know that it rains diamonds on Uranus and Neptune? Recently scientists have been able to recreate the extreme pressures that exist at the bottom of the hydrocarbon-rich oceans of slush on these gas giants.

Researchers were able to produce this "diamond rain" using carbon polystyrene and high-powered lasers. The diamonds are only nanometers in length, but the experiment proves what the environmental extremes on these planets can produce

Observances This Week

16-22

National Love Your Files Week Link 
National Postdoc Appreciation Week Link

17-23

Constitution Week

18-22

National Guitar Flat-Picking Days Link
Hummingbird Celebration: Link

20-29

National Ballroom Dance Week  Link
Farm Animal Awareness Week  

22-28

Banned Books Week
Deaf Dog Awareness Week Link 
International Interpreters and Translators Week
National Dog Week  Link and  Link
National Employ Older Workers Week Link 
National Keep Kids Creative Week
Remember to Register to Vote Week
Sea Otter Awareness Week Link   
Tolkien Week 
World Hearing Aid Awareness Week   Link 
World Reflexology Week 

Observances for Today

Clean Up The World Weekend-thru 22 Link 

American Business Women's Day
Car Free Day Link
Chainmail Day
 Dear Diary Day
Elephant Appreciation Day
Great Gorilla Run Day Link
Hobbit Day
Ice Cream Cone Day
International Day of Radiant Peace
National Centenarian's Day
National Girls' Night In Link
National Leg Wear Day Link
National Rock n' Roll Dog Day
National White Chocolate Day  Link
Remote Employee Appreciation Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Mary got back from Phx, so we did our weekly lunch yesterday at a nice little neighborhood sandwich shop. Great menu, great sandwiches, great conversation. Somehow our conversation lasted a good 2-1/2 hours. All good.

Our mountain town joined in the Climate Change Protest yesterday with several hundred protesters at City Hall. Many young for sure, but some old-er people too. After visiting numerous rain forest around the world I have heard stories from locals how the currently brown rivers used to run blue, how the lumber industry has decimated thousands of acres of primeval forest, it is not a big leap to believe that man’s belief that ‘man can control nature’ is harming this planet. Traditional Native belief is that ‘man should live in harmony with mother earth’. Makes more sense to me.

I couldn’t wait for the equinox, so this morning I cleaned out my cooler and stored it until next summer. This was a warm summer. Normally I use it for a couple of days in July. This year I was using it almost daily, early July until about a 2 weeks ago. I’m far from ready for snow, but the cooler temps are nice. The weather map says that it will be in the 60’s next week with some rain showers Monday thru Wednesday. Always welcome rain showers.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

When young, I am sweet in the sun.

When middle-aged, I make you smile.

When old, I am valued more than ever.

What am I?

Historical Events

1776 - Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy for the colonies during the Revolutionary War. In fairness to the British, this war hero was spying on them.

1789 - The U.S. Post Office was established by congress.

1862- The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by the president of the United States

1911 - Pitcher Cy Young beat Pittsburgh 1-0 for his final career victory - number 511.

1920 - A Chicago Grand Jury convened to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series. They did.

1938 - Broadway Show - Hellzapoppin (Review) opened

1964 - Broadway Show - Fiddler on the Roof (Musical) opened

1964 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. premiered on NBC.

1973 - #1 Hit: Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn

1984 - #1 Hit: John Waite - Missing You

1985 - Farm Aid was first broadcast, on TNN and in syndication

1986 - ALF debuted on NBC

1987 - Full House premiered on ABC

1989 - ABC debuted TGIF (Thank Goodness It's Friday) from 8:00pm to 10:00pm, a new programming block for Friday Nights with four shows (Full House, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers, and Just the Ten of Us)

1994 - Friends premiered on NBC

2004 - Lost premiered on ABC

2009 - The Good Wife premiered on CBS

2011 - CERN scientists announced their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light. There were reasonably sure that the experiment would not cause a black hole that would suck up the entire planet. So far, so good.

2013 Angela Merkel and the Christian Democrats win a third term with their best result since 1990 in German Federal elections

2014 NASA's MAVEN space probe successfully arrives in orbit over Mars

2015 Pope Francis is greeted by President Obama and Vice President Biden as he arrives for his 6 day tour of the US

2015 Volkswagen admits that 11 million cars have been wrongly programmed to appear to emit lesser emissions than they are

2015 Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Seattle to start his first state visit to the US

2015 Palangkaraya in Indonesian Borneo records the highest air pollutant index (API) value ever recorded of 1,986 due to haze caused by forest fires deliberately lit to clear land for palm oil plantations

Birthdays Today

John Houseman, actor, producer

(d. 1988 @86)

Toni Basil

[Antonia Christina Basilotta],

singer, dancer, choreographer (76)

Paul Muni

[Frederich Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund],

stage and movie actor

(d. 1967 @71; heart attack)

Debby Boone, singer (63)

Andrea Bocelli, opera singer (61)

Joan Jett, rock singer (61)

Scott Baio, TV actor (59)

Bonnie Hunt, comedic actor (58)

Mystikal [Michael Lawrence Tyler], rapper  (48)

Tom Felton, actor [Harry Potter movies] (32)

Puzzle answer:

WINE