Jun 25

 

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Jun 25, 2020 Week: 26 Day: 177

86004:   H 90° \ L 51° \ Average Sky Cover: 15%

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  15mph  Visibility:  10mi

Nearest lightning:  190mi.; Nearest active fire:  91mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire          

Record High: 92°[1936]   Record Low: 25°[1972]

Jun Averages: 80°\43° (3 days with rain)

Today’s  Quote

"Life is never fair,

and perhaps it is a good thing

for most of us that it is not."

-Oscar Wilde

Random Tidbits

 While bananas are known for being rich in potassium, avocados have even more. A single avocado has 975 milligrams, while a banana only has 487 milligrams.

Approximately 75% of an avocado's energy comes from fat.

Have a smile

Thanks to one of my readers

"I wish I were dumber so I could be more certain about my opinions. It looks fun.”– Scott Adams

N E W--Remember these movie quotes?

25 "Show me the money!"from Jerry Maguire 1996 Spoken by Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Observations This Week

National Nursing Assistants Week: 18-25  Link 

Carpenter Ant Awareness Week: 21-27 
Fish Are Friends, Not Food! Week: 21-27 Link  
Lightning Safety Awareness Week: 21-27 Link   
Nat'l Craft Spirits Week: 21-27 Link Canceled due to COVID-19
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week: 21-27 Link
Universal Father's Week: 21-27  
Windjammer Days: 21-27 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
National Insect Week: 22-28
National Pollinator Week: 22-28  Link 
Old Time Fiddlers Week: 22-27 (3rd Week)  Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
American Library Week: 25-30
Watermelon Thump Seed Spitting Week: 25-28 Link  Cancelled COVID-19

Observations for Today

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival

Color TV Day (CBS)
Day of The Seafarer Link
Global Beatles Day Link
Global Smurfs Day Link
Leon Day  Link
Log Cabin Day

National Bomb Pop Day Link
National Catfish Day

National Hand Shake Day 
National Catfish Day Link
National Strawberry Parfait Day

Please Take my Children to Work Day

School Prayer Banned Anniversary

Victory Day (Battle of Little Big Horn)

My Rambling Thoughts

By ten this morning it was already 89. It’s going to be very hot. I did a couple of loads of laundry much earlier.

I had good conversations with both Mary and Cheryl this week. We are all doing well and are tired of this virus and all the precautions. None of us are ready for a restaurant lunch but may do a delivered lunch on Mary’s back patio in the not to distant future. AZ us still reporting high cases and we want to remain safe.

The EU is considering a ban on travel from the US due to our bad numbers. That is not happy news for the travelers who are already suffering from cabin fever. Watch that closely.

From what I understand the Appeals Court has stopped the prosecution of Flynn for his lying to the FBI. Hmmm

I use Imodium every so often. I went to the drug store and tried to buy a bottle. Turns out they are only available in blister packs. I thought it must be a Covid shortage, but I checked with the pharmacist. Turns out it is the Opioid Crisis. Those who are addicted use large doses when they can’t get the opioid of choice, so the FDA ruled that Imodium has to be sold in individual blister packs. The other way to get a bottle is with a script from a doctor for the generic version. So it’s blister packs until I can call the doctor.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Mark went to a restaurant for dinner last night.  When he received his check, he paid with a hundred dollar bill.

When the waiter returned his change, Mark received one of every denomination of common currency under one hundred dollars.

What was the total cost of Mark’s meal?

Historical Events

1867 - Barbed wire was patented (#66,182) by Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio.

1876 - Native American forces, led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, defeated the US Army troops lead by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a battle near southern Montana's Little Bighorn River.
1910 - The US Congress passed the Mann Act, which prohibited interstate transport of females for "immoral purposes."

1910 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird premiered in Paris

1947 - The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) was published.
1949 - The cartoon classic, Long-Haired Hare starring Bugs Bunny, was released in theaters.

1967 - The special Our World was the first live worldwide "via satellite" TV broadcast, transmitting to 30 countries via the BBC. The Beatles closed the show ith All You Need Is Love. Performers include Mick Jagger, opera singer Maria Callas, Vienna Boys' Choir, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Graham Nash, and others. The show lasted 2 and a half hours.

1978 - The rainbow flag, representing gay pride, was flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.

1996 - The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia killed 19 US servicemen.

1998 - Microsoft Windows 98 was released.

2009 - Michael Jackson died after suffering from cardiac arrest caused by a fatal combination of drugs given to him by his personal doctor, Conrad Murray.

2015 Obamacare subsidies in The Affordable Care Act preserved by US Supreme Court Ruling in King v Burwell 6-3

2018 Californian Governor Jerry Brown declares State of Emergency for wildfire spread over 8,200 acres in Lake County

2018 Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson announces it plans to move some production abroad in response to EU retaliatory tariffs

Birthdays Today

@77-Cartoonist-Alex Toth (d. 2006; heart attack)[Fantastic Four and others]
@61- Chef Anthony Bourdain (d.2018; suicide)

59-Comedian Ricky Gervais

@53-Singer George Michael [ Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou] (d. 2016; heart problems)
@46-Novelist George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] (d. 1950; burst artery)

Puzzle Answer

$13.59, the waiter returned to him a $50 bill, a $20 bill, a $10 bill, a $5 bill, a $1 bill, a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a cent.