Apr 6


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Apr. 6, 2020 Week: 15 Day: 97
86004: H 60° \ L 33° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 8mph\Gusts: 21mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest lightning: 594mi.; Nearest active fire: 655mi.

Record High: 75°[1989] Record Low:[1922]
Apr. Averages: 60°\27° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn."
-Benjamin Franklin

Random Tidbits

The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
Clinophobia is the fear of beds!
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!

Observations This Week

Passiontide: 29-4/11
National Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/12 
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APAWS Pooper Scooper  Week: 1-7
Golden Rule Week: 1-7
Laugh at Work Week: 1-7
Medication Safety Week: 1-7
Mule Day: 1-7
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week: 1-7 
(aka Get A Grip Day!) Link
National Dental Hygienest Week:
4-10 Link
Hate Week: 4-10
National Robotics Week: 4-12 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Money Smart Week: 4-11 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Bat Appreciation Week: 5-11 
(First Full Week)Holy Week: 5-11
National Blue Ribbon Week:  5-11 Link  (Child Abuse)National Public Health Week: 5-11
National Window Safety Week: 5-11
Undergraduate Research Week: 5-11 Link
World Irish Dancing Week: 5-12
American Indian Awareness Week:  6-10  Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Explore Your Career Options: 6-10
The Masters Tournament: 6-12

Observations for Today

Charlie the Tuna Day  Link
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
Hostess Twinkie Day
Internat'l Day of Sport for Development & Peace
National Caramel Popcorn Day
National Student Athlete Day Link
National Tartan Day
New Beers Eve  Link
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Tartan Day  Link
Tater Day ( It's Sweet Potatoes)   Link
Teflon Day

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Got my walk in before the wind started.

Got some sad news from Tuba this morining. A cook from the boarding school cafeteria passed due to Covid19. Delbert worked there for 28 years. He and his loving wife raised 5 kids + the many he fed at the school. I remember him as a friendly jokester that was appreciated by all the students.

John Oliver, the comedian, can be brutal. He says the reason Trump wants to open the churches on Easter is that Jesus didn't stay in the tomb, and neither should Americans.

Finally NAU, our local university, is stepping up for the students. Students are offered a 25% credit for next semester to all dorm students at the time of the shutdown, and on active meal tickets at the time of the shutdown.

I've been limiting my time away from home for over 3 weeks. While I do try to do daily walks, and only shop during senior hours...early in the morning...I am starting to get bored. Texting and talking to friends is good, but sure miss human contact. I'll survive, but wish this could end sooner than later. I just keep reminding myself I'm not alone in this and everyone has the same issues I do.


Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page

A man wanted to work, but he could not log in to his computer terminal successfully. He tried twice, but still his password did not work. He suddenly remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So, he called his boss and said, “Hey boss, my password is out of date.”
His boss replied, “Yes, that’s right. The password is different. Listen carefully. I am sure, you can figure out the new one. The new one has the same amount of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the same.””Thanks boss.”With that, the man could correctly log into his station. What are both the new and old passwords?


Historical Events

648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.

1748 - Excavations began at Pompeii, covered by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

1830 - The Mormon Church was founded in Fayette Township, New York, by Joseph Smith.

1852 - Edward Sabine announced that the 11 year sunspot cycle was "absolutely identical" with Earth's geomagnetic cycle.

1895 - Oscar Wilde was arrested, and later found guilty of being a homosexual, and sentenced to two years of hard labor.

1896 - In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

1930 - Hostess Twinkies snack cakes were invented by James 'Jimmy' A. Dewar, at the Continental Baking Company in Chicago

1938 - Roy J. Plunkett and Jack Rebok accidentally discovered the chemical compound polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), later marketed as Teflon by DuPont.

1947 - The first Tony Awards were presented for theatrical achievement.

1957 -Trolley cars in ended service in New York City.

1965 - Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit via NASA by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company.

1966 - Hundred of children and their teachers reported seeing a UFO over Melbourne, Australia.

1992 - Microsoft Windows 3.1 was released.

1994 Rwandan Genocide begins with the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira with their plane being shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations. Those responsible have never been identified.
1998 - Travelers and Citicorp merged (the merger was completed on October 8) forming Citibank.

2016 US primary elections: Wisconsin won by Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican Ted Cruz
2016 Protests in Lima, Peru by 30,000 against presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori on 24th anniversary of her father Alberto Fujimori's coup
2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Florida for talks with US President Donald Trump


Birthdays Today

@89-Musician, Andre Previn (d. 2019)

83-Actor, Billy Dee Williams (1937)

@79-Musician, Merle Haggard (d. 2016; pneumonia)

@73-Cartoonist, Gil Kane DC & Marvel ( d.2000; lymphoma)

51-Actor, Paul Rudd (1969)

45-Actor, Zach Braff

44-Actress, Candance H Cameron Bure

Puzzle Answer:

The old one was “out of date.” The new one is “different.” Both passwords contain the letters d, f, e, and t.



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