May 21

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May 21, 2020 Week: 20 Day: 142

86004: H 59° \ L 29° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind: 1mph\Gusts: 4mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 183mi.; Nearest active fire: 346mi.

High Risk of Fire

Record High: 82°[2002] Record Low: 21°[1974]

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

Today’s Quote

"Do not go where the path may lead,

go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Random Tidbits

What is the capital of Switzerland?

Since the United Nations' European headquarters are in Geneva, most people assume that it must be the capital of Switzerland. Or, they guess Zürich, the most populated city in the country.

But the honor instead belongs to the city of Bern. Bern is located on the Aare River. It's the fifth-largest city in the country and offers just as much beauty as the rest of Switzerland.

The quaint, European village-style buildings that most people think of when they dream of Switzerland can be found throughout Bern. Consider visiting in the winter, when Bern looks like a Christmas village in the North Pole itself.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

Question: What's the fastest liquid on earth?

Milk. It's pasteurized (Past Your Eyes) before you see it.

Observations This Week

Ramadan: 23-5/23

Cannes Film Festival: 12-23 Cancelled due to COVID-19
National Foul Ball Week: 16-21
National Safe Boating Week: 16-22 
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week: 17-23  Link
International Heritage Breeds Week: 17-23 Link  
National Eosinophil Awareness Week: 17-23  Link  
National Medical Transcription Week: 17-23  Link
International New Friends, Old Friends Week: 17-23
National Unicycle Week: 17-23
World Trade Week: 17-23 
National Bike to Work Week: 18-22 Link Moved to September 21-27 due to COVID-19
National Tire Safety Week:  18-24 Link  
Fleet Week (NY): 20-26

Observations for Today

American Red Cross Founder's DayEat More Fruits & Vegetables Day
EMSC (Emergency Medical Services) Day Link
End of the World or Rapture Party Day (Prediction) Link
I Need A Patch For That DayNational Memo Day

National Strawberries and Cream Day

National Waiters and Waitresses Day

Sister Maria Hummel Day
Stop The Bleed Day Link
Talk Like Yoda Day

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development

My Rambling Thoughts

All that wind yesterday brought in a much cooler day. Keep waiting for it to warm up so I can walk, but it ain't happening. For the past week + I've been in shorts and T-shirts. Today it's long pants and a long sleeved shirt. This too will pass.

Flagstaff had a ½ acre wildfire in town, pushed by our high winds yesterday. FFD had it quickly under control...thank goodness.

Latest news:

The trikini will be hot this season...it it a bikini with matching facial mask.

Mark your calendar: Octembuary 54 will be the last day you have to wear mask when you are out and about.

Weather plays havoc:

A dam failed and sent 9'of water into the Michigan town. Evacuations were made difficult due to the stay-at-home orders. Dthe midwestern US is expecting more flooding. So sad

Trump is ending the Emergency National Guard deployment on June 24. Sounds like good news, until we learn that June 24 is the 89^th day of the deployment. Turns out, on day 90 of an Emergency Deployment, National Guard troops become eligible for higher retirement benefits and education benefits. So sad, and so sleazy.

For the first time in over 40 years, the unveiling of the new Presidential Portrait is not on the White House Calendar of Events. Obama's portrait is ready, but the Trump administration has yet to set a date for it's unveiling. So petty.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

There is an apple tree on a cliff.

If the wind is blowing 10mph East, where would the apple fall?

Historical Events

1863 - Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.

1955 - George B. Hansburg of Walker Valley, N.Y. was issued a patent (#2,793,036) for his invention of an improved pogo stick.

1975 - Carol Burnett was added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter declared a state of emergency at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York - a toxic dumping site for Hooker Chemicals and Plastics.

1992 - Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show for the last time.

1999- All My Children actress Susan Lucci finally received an Emmy award for her role as Erica Kane. She had been previously nominated a record 18 times with no win.

2005 - The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opened at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.

2014 Russian President Putin signs agreements with China in Beijing in relation to trade and infrastructure

2017 Barnum & Bailey Circus performs for the last time at the Nassau Coliseum in NYC after 146 years

2018 US Justice Department says it is expanding its internal investigation into whether FBI infiltrated Donald Trump's 2016 campaign

2019 Protests across American cities defending abortion rights after several US states pass new abortion laws

Birthdays Today

@93-Actor Shalom Sam Jaffe (d. 1984)

@73-Actor Raymond Burr (d.1993; renal cancer)

68-Actor Mr T [Lawrence Tureaud]

63-Actor Judge Reinhold

61-Actor/Director Nick Cassavetes

@39-Musician Thomas Wright Fats Waller (d. 1943; pneumonia)

Puzzle Answer:

Down