Jul 6

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Jul 6, 2020 Week: 28 Day: 188

86004:   H 91° \ L 51° \ Average Sky Cover: 50%

Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  16mph  Visibility:  10mi

Nearest lightning:  258mi.; Nearest active fire:  79mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire          

Record High: 96°[1989]   Record Low: 35°[1978]

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

 

Today’s  Quote

"Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved."

-D. H. Lawrence

 

Random Tidbits

People who ate the most fiber were less likely to die of any cause during a recent study of nearly one million people.

The finding might be explained by fiber's potential to lower the risk of chronic diseases including heart disease, stroke, diabetes and several types of cancer, researchers say.

Dietary fiber (roughage) is an essential nutrient required for proper digestion of foods, proper functioning of the digestive tract at large, and for helping you feel full. A deficiency of fiber can lead to constipation, hemorrhoids, and elevated levels of cholesterol and sugar in the blood. Conversely, an excess of fiber can lead to a bowel obstruction, diarrhea, or even dehydration. Individuals who increase their intake of fiber should also increase their intake of water.

 

Have a smile

Thanks to one of my readers

You know what I love about world history? ... It's a long story

Did you hear about the guy that stole a calendar?

He got 12 months ...I'll see myself out

 

Remember these movie quotes?

#75  "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

Vivien Leigh            A Streetcar Named Desire          1951

 

Observations This Week

Tour de France: 27-7/19  Link  Moved to August due to COVID-19
National Unassisted Homebirth Week: 1-7
Roswell UFO Days: 3-6 Link  Cancelled due to COVID-19
Freedom Week: 4-10
Be Nice To New Jersey Week: 5-11 
National Farriers Week: 5-11 
National Theraputic Recreation Week: 5-11  Link  
Nude Recreation Weekend: 5-12 

 

Observations for Today

Fried Chicken Day Link
International Kissing Day or World Kissing Day
Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Nice day…hoping the clouds will bring some needed rain.

I watched the PBS 4^th of July Special. I’ve been watching it for decades, and this one was very different due to Covid. It was still very enjoyable. And it will be a reminder for decades of how our world has changed due to this virus.

I was cleaning out under my kitchen sink and found a cleaner for headlights I had purchased long, long ago. I decided to see if it still worked. It took about 30 minutes of work, but my vehicle headlights look truly clear. I had been using toothpaste, which took about 15 minutes, but if this treatment lasts, it is much better. The package sez it will last for months.

Protests are a part of our history. Weird how some peaceful protesters are shot with rubber bullets and/or tear gassed and/or arrested yet others are allowed to protest while holding assault rifles with no consequences. I must wonder why the difference. What am I missing?

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Each of the three lines of letters below spells the names of types of music, but the letters have been mixed up. Four letters from the first word are now in the third line, four letters from the third word are in the second line and four letters from the second word are in the first line. The remaining letters are in their original places. What are the words?

 

B O R K E R I H O Y

R R C C A B T L L L

O A B H E S S R A P

 

Historical Events

1189 - Richard I "the Lionheart" acceded to the English throne.

1348 - Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull (rule) protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.

1535 - Sir (& Catholic Saint) Thomas More was executed for treason against King Henry VIII.

1854 - The first convention of the United States Republican Party was held in Jackson, Michigan.

1865 - The first issue of The Nation magazine was published.

1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

1919 - The British dirigible R34 landed in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.

1942 - Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annex" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

1947 - The AK-47 assault rifle went into production in the Soviet Union.

1957 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.

1960 Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC

1965 Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms

2006 The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years

2016 Pokémon Go, the real-world mobile game by Niantic, is first released

2018 Paraguay has eliminated malaria in announcement by the World Health organization

 

Birthdays Today

@97 - Marc Chagall [Moïche Zakharovitch Chagalov], Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)

@94 - Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady (d. 2016)

@86 - Della Reese, American actress and singer (d. 2017)

85 – 14^th Dali Lama[Lhamo Dhondup]

@82 - Merv Griffin, American actor, talk show host, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)

75 - Burt Ward, American actor

74 - George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States

74 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter

65 - Allyce Beasley, American actress

@59 - Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (d. 1977; stroke)

@55 - Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981; heart attack)

@47 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954; pneunomia)

@45 - John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792; kidney disease)

45 - 50 Cent, American rapper,

41 - Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor

 

Puzzle Answer

Barbershop, rockabilly, orchestral.

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