Jul 12

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Jul 12, 2020 Week: 29 Day: 194

86004:   H 90° \ L 54° \ Average Sky Cover: 70%

Wind:   8mph\Gusts:  16mph  Visibility:  10mi

Nearest lightning:  3.9mi.; Nearest active fire:  68mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire          

Record High: 94°[2002]   Record Low: 39°[1952]

Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 days with rain)

 

Today’s  Quote

"You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any direction you choose."

-Dr. Seuss

 

Random Tidbits

General Tso’s Chicken

While there’s some debate over where this popular “Chinese” dish was invented, one thing is for certain: It wasn’t invented in China. A Taiwanese man named Peng Chang-kuei claimed to have invented the sweet and savory dish in the 1950s when serving U.S. military leaders. He then brought the recipe to his New York restaurant where it became a favorite of politicians like Henry Kissinger. Kissinger was supposedly one of the first persons ever to try General Tso’s chicken, and he helped boost its popularity nationwide.

It might have been named after a Chinese military leader, but that’s the extent of the dish’s link to China.

 

Remember these movie quotes?

#26     "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"

Mae West     She Done Him Wrong         1933

 

Observations This Week

Tour de France: 27-7/19  Link  Moved to August due to COVID-19
Nude Recreation Weekend: 5-12 
Creative Maladjustment Week: 7-14 Link 
National Vodka Week: 12-18  Link
Operation Safe Driver Week: 12-18  Link
Sports Cliché Week: 12-18 Link   Cancelled due to COVID-19 cancelling the Major League Baseball Games.

 

Observations for Today

Different Colored Eyes Day

National Pecan Pie Day

Night of Nights (Maritime Radio)  Link
Simplicity Day Link

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Heat wave has done hit us. It was 92 just before noon. I broke down and set up my portable swamp cooler in the living room. Gotta keep semi-cool somehow. The clouds are dark, so hoping for an afternoon and/or evening monsoon.

Not surprised, just disappointed, that Trump helped another ‘good buddy’ just before he was headed to prison. Roger is grateful I’m sure.

I sure hope that someone, anyone in the administration will step up and do something about our country’s response to Covid. More testing is needed. More on what Covid does to the body. More action, less talking. It is not a picnic living in the hottest spot for the virus…

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

It’s 7:00 AM. You are asleep and there is a sudden knock on the door.

Behind the door are your parents who came to have breakfast. In your fridge are bread, milk, juice, and a jar of jam.

What will you open first?

 

Historical Events

927 - Æthelstan, King of England, secured a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter would not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain. This is considered by most historians to the closest thing that England has to a foundation date.

1543 - King Henry VIII of England married his sixth (and last) wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

1862 - The Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress. In 1990, Congress designated March 25 annually as "National Medal of Honor Day."

1894 - Eight units for the measurement of electrical magnitudes were adopted in US law when President Grover Cleveland signed an Act of Congress “to define and establish the units of electrical measure” for the ohm, ampere, volt, coulomb, farad, joule, watt and the henry. #standards

1920 - The Panama Canal was formally dedicated, although it had the first ship pass through several years earlier.

1954 President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system

1960 Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence

1962 - The Rolling Stones performed their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom.

1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic Ocean on the raft Ra II, arrives in Barbados from Morocco after 57 days

1990 - Norther Exposure debuted on CBS

1998 South African President Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach drive through the streets of London

1997 - Oz premiered on HBO

2002 - Monk premiered on the USA Network

2013 Malala Yousafzai addresses the United Nations and calls for worldwide access to education

2017 World's largest iceberg (later christened A68) breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6,000 sq km in length

 

Birthdays Today

@93 - Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002)

@85 - Herbert Zim, American naturalist, author, and educator (died in 1994)

83 - Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian and felon

@83 - Joe 'Curly Joe' DeRita, American actor, #6 of the 3 Stooges (d. 1993)

@77 - George Eastman, businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)

@73 - Louis B. Mayer [Lazar Meir], Russian-American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (d. 1957; cancer)

72 - Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer

69 - Cheryl Ladd, American actress

@65 - Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (d. 1960; cancer)

62 - J. D. Hayworth, American politician, radio host

@55 - Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (d. 44 BC; stabbed)

@44 - Henry David Thoreau, essayist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1862, TB)

42 - Topher Grace, American actor

 

Puzzle Answer

The door

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