May 16

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May 16, 2020 Week: 20 Day: 137

86004: H 74° \ L 36° \ Average Sky Cover: 25%

Wind: 7mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 353mi.; Nearest active fire: 175mi.

High Risk of Fire

Record High: 80°[1970] Record Low: 16°[1955]

May Averages: 68°\34° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap

but by the seeds that you plant."

-Robert Louis Stevenson

Random Tidbits

Before they were famous

Cheryl Crow the Grammy-winning singer worked as a music teacher at an elementary school in Missouri

Raymond Joseph Teller, taught Latin before he became the silent half of the magic-comedy duo Penn and Teller.

Before he was Wolverine, Hugh Jackman was a gym teacher in England.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

True stories from people using Zoom for teleconferencing

“One dog barked on a conference call and everyone else’s dogs barked back.”

“Day 1 of WFH for two weeks with my boyfriend (we work together). At his 9am meeting with 150 salespeople, one of the sales reps forgot to turn off his camera while the VP was speaking and took a very big hit off his vape pen that was very much not tobacco.”

"Zoom call with over half the company (100 people), the manager forgot he was sharing his screen, and he got a Slack message from another manager talking s*** about the CEO and how he loves to hear himself blabber on for hours."

Observations This Week

Ramadan: 23-5/23

National Public Gardens Week: 8-17  Link
INVICTUS GAMES: 9-16  Link 
Universal Family Week: 10-16
Food Allergy Awareness Week: 10-16 Link
National Hospital Week: 10-16 Link
National Nursing Home Week: 10-17
National Police Week:  10-16
National Return To Work Week:  10-17
National Transportation Week: 10-16 
National Women's Health Week: 10-16 Link  Link
Reading is Fun Week:  10-17 Link 
Salute to Moms 35+ Week: 10-16 
Salvation Army Week: 10-17 
Brain Injury Awareness Week: 11-17 Link
National Stuttering Awareness Week: 11-17
Work At Home Moms Week: 11-17 
American Craft Beer Week: 11-17 Link
Cannes Film Festival: 12-23 Cancelled due to COVID-19
World Schizophrenia Awareness Week: 13-19  Link
PGA Championship: 14-17 Moved to August due to COVID-19  Link
National Foul Ball Week: 16-21
National Safe Boating Week: 16-22 

Observations for Today

Armed Forces Day

Biographer's DayDo Dah Day Link
Honor Our LGBT Elders' Day  Link
International Day of Light  Link
Love a Tree Day

National Learn To Swim Day Link
Mimosa Day (Drink)National BBQ Day Link
National Piercing DayNational Sea Monkey Day

Preakness  Cancelled due to COVID-19
World Fiddle Day Link

Wear Purple for Peace Day

My Rambling Thoughts

I'm adjusting well to this once-a-week driving and shopping. I'm now using a coffee filter in my mask. That filter helps keep my mask dry from my breathing. Got everything I needed at Fry's and Sam's. Home fairly quickly. I'm also carrying one of those iPad pointer pens so I don't have to touch any credit card machines. This has become my new normal. Two months ago I never would have dreamed this would be 'normal', but it is working. I ain't complainin'.

I read an article about comparing the WWII experiences to our current situation. For those complaining about today, it has only been 2 months, not the years of WWII. We are not using ration books, we can still buy almost everything we need...it's just a tad more difficult. We don't have to wait weeks for a letter from a loved one overseas, and wondering if that person is still alive when we get the letter. People on the West Coast don't have to turn off their lights at night so the enemy can't drop bombs on houses. Our stay-at-home is changing. It's happening a little too fast for me, but it is happening. We have so much to be grateful for, and a few minor inconveniences to complain about. Stay home, stay safe, and stay positive.

My friend sent another cute video parody. Click on the blue text to enjoy: Billy Joel Parody

Our school district just announced that on May 29 there will be 3 'car parades' in East Flag one for each of the three high school grads. Locals are encouraged to park along the route, and honk for the seniors. Cool idea.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What do poor people have,

rich people need,

and if you eat it you will die?

Historical Events

1866 - Root Beer was invented by Charles Elmer Hires in Philadelphia, PA.

1946 - Broadway Show - Annie Get Your Gun 

(Musical) opened

1946 - The first magnetic tape recorder was demonstrated by Jack Mullin.

1983 - The concert special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever was broadcast by NBC; Michael Jackson performed his 'moonwalk' dance for the first time on television.

1988 - Nicotine was declared to be addictive in ways similar to heroin and cocaine, in a report released by US Surgeon-General C. Everett Koop.

1991 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of the United States Congress.

1996 - 12 million people tuned in for the series finale of Murder, She Wrote on CBS. The show was the longest running American Murder-Mystery drama.

2006 - The Apple MacBook was released.

2014 - Broadcast journalist and TV personality Barbara Walters retired from ABC News and from daytime program The View.

Birthdays Today

79-Actor Yvonne Craig (pioneer of female superheros)

@77-Actor Henry Fonda (d.1982; heart disease)

76-Actor, Danny Trejo

67-Actor Pierce Brosnan

@67-Pianist Liberace (d.1987; AIDS)

51-Actor David Boreanaz

54-Singer Janet Jackson

47-Actor Tori Spelling

34-Actor Megan Fox

Puzzle Answer:

Nothing