Sep 25

 

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Sep 25, 2020  Week: 39 Day: 269                    Local:   H 80° \ L 45° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   4mph\Gusts:  7mph                              Nearest lightning:  559mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

high Risk of Fire                                               Visibility:  10mi

Record: 85°[1947]   Record: 25°[1918]                  Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"If you look at what you have in life,

you'll always have more.

If you look at what you don't have in life,

you'll never have enough."

-Oprah Winfrey

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Random Tidbits

The seven-year itch

Before the phrase became associated with Marilyn Monroe’s iconic skirt, the “seven-year itch” felt much worse than a playful subway breeze. The term originally referred to scabies, an itchy infection caused by mites burrowing underneath a person’s skin. Its “seven-year” moniker referred to how long the bugs could linger. Yuck!

 Gadzooks!

“Zounds!” “Egad!” “Cripes!” These silly exclamations, called minced oaths, were originally Bible-friendly alternatives to swearing. The idea was that if you shouted “Gadzooks!” instead of “God’s hooks!”—a reference to the nails from the Crucifixion—you could stub your toe without running afoul of the third commandment. Other minced oaths: gosh (“God”) and jeepers (“Jesus”). Christians have been shouting “gadzooks” since the 1690s.

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A little humor

What did Al Gore say when he went to the dentist?
“I have an Inconvenient Tooth.”

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Observations This Week

National Comic Book Day	Nat’l Farm & Ranch Safety/Health Week: 20-26
National Ballroom Dance Week: 18-27  Link	National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week: 20-26
Farm Animal Awareness Week: 19-25	National Indoor Plant Week: 20-26
Build A Better Image Week: 20-26	National Rehabilitation Awareness Week: 20-26
Child Passenger Safety Week: 20-26 Link	National Singles Week: 20-26
Deaf Dog Awareness Week: 20-26 Link	Prostate Cancer Awareness Week: 20-26
International Clean Hands Week: 20-26	Tolkien Week: 20-26
International Interpreters and Translators Week: 20-26	World Reflexology Week: 20-26
International Women's E-Commerce Days: 20-26	National Bike to Work Week: 21-27  Link  Moved from May due to COVID-19
National Dog Week: 20-26 Link   Link  Link	National Love Your Files Week: 21-25   Link
National Employ Older Workers Week: 20-26  Link	Pollution Prevention Week: 21-27 Link
	International Sand Sculpting Championships : 25-10/4 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19

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Observations for Today

Hug A Vegetarian Day	Nat’l Research Administrators Day Link
Math Story Telling Day	National Tune-up Day  Link
National Comic Book Day	Native American Day  Link
National Doodle Day  Link	Save The Koala Day   Link
National Food Service Workers Day	Support Purple for Platelets Day  Link
National Lobster Day Link	Vegan Baking Day
National One-Hit Wonder Day	(World) Ataxia Awareness Day Link
National Psychotherapy Day Link	World Lung Day Link
National Quesadilla Day Link	World Pharmacists Day Link

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My Rambling Thoughts

A nice fall day…great day for a long walk…so I did.

Flagstaff Unified School District had a marathon 6+hour board meeting last night. The main topics were opening the schools for in-person classes and what to do about sports. News reports say the district, and me, are in an area with ‘substantial community spread’. Most of the time was taken up be the sports decision. The end came when the board voted to begin a phased in in-person classes at the beginning of the 2Q [Oct. 11] and allow sports practices until then. Those interested in sports had a difficult or impossible time understanding the difference between sports practices at the school and a game with another team at the school. So sad.

Breonna Taylor’s family is upset over the Grand Jury decision that no officer was responsible for her death, but also asked for only peaceful demonstrations. Two cops were shot last night. It is another discouraging state of affairs for our country.

I fully understand that Trump makes outrageous statement, sometimes just for press coverage. I guess nothing is sacrosanct in his head. He suggestion that he couldn’t promise a peaceful transition if he loses the election was one of those statements. As one Congressman said: Sometimes Trump says crazy things. Trump cannot blame his statement on Dems, or radicals, or extremists, or Antifa. But I am sure he will try. For me, questioning election protocol is not cool.

An Anglo friend from the Rez just posted that her niece was just released from the hospital. Her bill for Covid stay was $1,500,000; her niece's husband was also in the hospital with Covid. His bill hasn’t arrived yet.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Guess the next three letters in the series.

GTNTL …….

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Historical Events

1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge: English army under King Harold II defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother Tostig, who were both killed

1789 US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights

1804 Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, becomes effective

1919 US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a breakdown in Colorado, his health never recovers

1926 Henry Ford announces an 8 hour, 5-day work week

1933 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia

1957 – United States Troops were called to escort nine Black students to the all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

1980 – Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham died from alcohol-induced asphyxiation. (Chocked on his own vomit)

1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

2015 Singapore closes schools due to hazardous levels of air pollution from fires in Indonesia

2018 US fashion company Michael Kors buys Italian brand Versace for $2.1 billion

2018 US President Donald Trump criticizes Globalism and Iran speaking at the UN General Assembly

2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping opens Beijing's new Daxing International Airport designed by Zaha Hadid

2019 Oaxaca becomes the second Mexican state to decriminalize abortion, during the first 12 weeks

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Birthdays Today

91 – Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer and author

76 – Michael Douglas, American actor

73 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model

69 – Mark Hamill, American actor

@68 – Shel Silverstein, author, poet, illustrator, songwriter (d.1999; heart attack)

@64 – William Faulkner, novelist, short-story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962; heart attack)

59 – Heather Locklear, American actress

55 – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player, and sportscaster

@52 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, and activist (d. 2004)

52 – Will Smith, American actor

52 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress

@28 – Fletcher Christian, English sailor (d. 1793; shot)

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Puzzle Answer

I, T, S — the first letter of every word in the sentence.

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