Apr 27

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Apr. 27, 2020 Week: 18 Day: 118

86004: H 75° \ L 41° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind: 10mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 314mi.; Nearest active fire: 412mi.

Record High: 77°[2000] Record Low: 10°[1984]

Apr. Averages: 60°\27° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"The way to get started is

to quit talking

and begin doing."

-Walt Disney

Random Tidbits

Recreational running didn't become mainstream until the late 1960's. In 1958, the Chicago Tribune announced a strange new fitness fad: jogging.

In the 1960's, running for exercise was so unusual that some people were stopped by police. People would try to run in the morning because police became suspicious if they saw a grown man running at night.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

Giraffes can grow up to 14 feet
However most just have 4

Observations This Week

Festival of Ridvan: 19-5/1
International Mariachi Week: 22-29 Link
Ramadan: 23-5/23

National Scoop The Poop Week: 24-30
Ramadan: 24-5/23
World Immunization Week: 24-30
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW): 26-5/3 Link
Preservation Week:26-5/2  Link (re: Libraries)Stewardship Week: 26-5/3 
National Playground Safety Week: 27-5/1 Link

Observations for Today

Babe Ruth Day
Mantanzas Mule Day
Morse Code Day 
National Devil Dog Cakes Day  Link
National Little Pampered Dog Day  Link  Link
National Prime Rib Day

Tell a Story Day

World Tapir Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Nice spring day. Great walk in the forest. Angioedema struck last night...to my lower lip. Took pill, went to sleep about 10pm, woke up and lip till slightly swollen. Swelling went down in about an hour after getting up. It is not anything to be concerned about, but it is a pain to deal with. On the bright side, didn't have to be concerned that someone would stop by and see me, or that I had to go out anyplace.

I knew I had a neighbor who played the flute but didn't know I had another neighbor who played acoustic guitar. This morning about 11a the flute player was playing on her front porch. Then the guitar player came out and they played something together...each on their own porches. Don't know what they played, but it was interesting and enjoyable.

Saddened to hear the 2015 Miss Navajo Nation passed away at 28 from Covid-19. She leaves behind her parents and a 6-mo old baby.

President Woodrow Wilson, during his term, set up a committee of reporters to be in charge of the seating arrangements at his press conferences. He didn't want to be accused of favoring certain reporters or blocking others. It has been that way ever since...until Friday. The Secret Service attempted to move a CNN reporter from the front row and place her in a farther back row and to move a different reporter into her seat. Both reporters refused to move. Then the Press Briefing started. The briefing lasted a mere 22 minutes and Trump only took 2 questions. (Lately, the briefings have been at least 90 minutes). Then yesterday, the President said he would be curtailing the briefings as they take too much of his time. Looks like the Corona Virus Task Force will not longer be holding daily briefings. Really!

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

When can you add 'two' to 'eleven' and get 'one' as the correct answer?

Historical Events

4977 BC - The Universe was created, according to Johannes Kepler.

1667 - Blind writer John Milton sold his copyright to Paradise Lost for 10 pounds. He needed the money because he was penniless at the time.

1871 -The American Museum of Natural History opened in New York City.

1887 - George Thomas Morton performed the first US operation to remove an appendix, called an appendectomy.

1936 - The United Auto Workers (UAW) gained autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.

1956 - Rocky Marciano retired as world heavyweight boxing champion.

1967 - Expo 67 officially opened in Montreal, Canada
1992 - Betty Boothroyd became the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.

2002 - The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972.

2003 - The Apple iPOd (3rd generation) was released.

2014 - Popes John XXIII and John Paul II were declared saints by the Catholic Church.

2018 Historic Korean summit, the North's Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in of South Korea agree to officially end Korean war and rid peninsula of nuclear weapons

2018 German leader Angela Merkel has a 1-day trip to Washington meeting US President Donald Trump

2019 Pope Francis donates $500,000 for migrants stranded in Mexico trying to reach the US

Birthdays Today

@94-Animator, Walter Lantz (d. 1994)

@90-Actor, Jack Klugman (d. 2012)

@82-Radio host, Casey Kasem (d. 2014)

@80-Inventor, Samuel Morse (d. 1872)

@78-Civil rights leader, Coretta Scott King (d. 2006; ovarian cancer)

69-Musician, Paul Daniel 'Ace' Frehley

@63-18th U.S. President, Ulysses S. Grant (d. 1855; throat cancer)

61-Musician, Sheena Easton (1959)

Puzzle Answer:

When you add two hours to eleven o’clock, you get one o’clock.