Jul 8

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Jul 8, 2020 Week: 28 Day: 190

86004:   H 85° \ L 51° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

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

Nearest lightning:  357mi.; Nearest active fire:  68mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire          

Record High: 92°[2002]   Record Low: 32°[1955]

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

 

Today’s  Quote

"Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing

and there's so much to smile about."

-Marilyn Monroe

 

Random Tidbits

The hybrid 'Pepper X' was created by Ed Currie in 2017. At over 3 million Scoville heat units it is the hottest pepper in the world and is judged to be too dangerous for human consumption in its pure form.

Carolina Reaper. The second-hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper clocks in at an astonishing 2.2 million Scoville heat units.

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion briefly held the world record in 2012, before being replaced by the Carolina Reaper. People who've dared to eat it say the heat doesn't seem so bad at first, but mounts fast and keeps on climbing.

 

Have a smile

Thanks to one of my readers

Whenever someone calls me ugly

I get super sad and hug them,

because I know how tough life

is for the visually impaired.

Will Ferrell

 

Remember these movie quotes?

#71     "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!"

  Al Jolson                       The Jazz Singer         1927

 

Observations This Week

Tour de France: 27-7/19  Link  Moved to August 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 
Creative Maladjustment Week: 7-14 Link 

 

Observations for Today

Body Painting Day

Coca Cola Day  Link
Fast of Tammuz 
Math 2.0 Day (Founding Day)  Link
National Blueberry Day

National Chocolate with Almonds Day

National Freezer Pop Day  Link
National Video Games Day Link
SCUD Day (Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama)

 

My Rambling Thoughts

The wind last night woke me a couple of times as gusts rushed through my bedroom. It’s warm and a little windy today.

Just learned that Seattle Washington has a 16foot bronze statue of Lenin on a street corner. It was made by Polish sculptor who brought it there during the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989.

The Small Business Administration has released $7.3 billion of forgivable loans to various religious organizations. No surprise that the largest amounts went to those who support Trump.

Some have started decrying the violence in our largest cities and it is certainly something to be concerned about. Statistics show Black on Black crime is lower than White on White crime. In the US it is more likely to be robbed or shot by a person of your own race than by a person of another race.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Delete one letter from JAIL ARCH POCKET and fall into a trap.

 

Historical Events

1776 - The Liberty Bell rang at Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, inviting citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.

1800 - Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gave the smallpox vaccination to his son, Daniel. It was performed in the US, using cowpox serum to prevent smallpox.

1876 - White supremacists killed five Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina.

1889 - The first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published.

1932 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.

1947 - Newspapers begin reporting on a UFO crash in Roswell, NM that had happened one day earlier.

1948 - The United States Air Force accepted its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).

1994 - Kim Jong-il assumed supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.

1990 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)

1999 "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" the 3rd book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published by Bloomsbury in the UK

2000 "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", the 4th book in the series by J. K. Rowling is published in the UK (Bloomsbury) and the US (Scholastic)

2017 Unesco declares Asmara, capital of Eritrea, a world heritage site for its Art Deco buildings

2018 Four boys are the first to be rescued after 16 days, from Tham Luang cave, Thailand, by Thai and international rescue team

2019 US financier Jeffrey Epstein indicted on further charges of sex trafficking of minors

 

Birthdays Today

@97 - John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company (d. 1937)

85 - Steve Lawrence [Sidney Liebowitz], American actor and singer

@81 - Craig Stevens, American actor (d. 2000)

@78 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (d. 1917)

75 - Jeffrey Tambor, American actor

71 - Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef and restaurateur

@70 - Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st US-VP (d. 1979; heart attack)

68 - Anjelica Huston, American actress

@63 - Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (d. 1948; tooth abscess)

62 -  Kevin Bacon, American Actor

@59 - Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (d. 1898; cancer)

59 - Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter

@57 - John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888; stomach cancer)

@48 - Marty Feldman, English actor (d. 1982; heart attack)

22 - Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper

 

Puzzle Answer

Delete H and find Practical Joke

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