Oct 20

 

 

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Oct 20, 2020  Week: 43 Day: 294	Local:  H 75°\ L 32°\Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   4mph\Gusts:  7mph	Nearest lightning:  984mi.; active fire:  59mi
EXTREME Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: °[. ]   Record: °[. ]	Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

We cannot change our past.

We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way.

We can not change the inevitable.

The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have,

and that is our attitude.

Charles R. Swindoll

 

Random Tidbits

 Enacted in 1906, the American Antiquities Act established the protection of "natural and cultural resources" in the United States, paving the way for national monuments and parks. President Theodore Roosevelt wasted no time and proclaimed four national monuments in that same year. The first of those was Devils Tower in Wyoming. This massive column of igneous rock attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors per year.

 

A little humor

If you think nobody cares whether you're alive, try missing a couple of payments.

 

True Things

 What bonehead thought of this? The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology was forced to move its annual conference online this year due to COVID-19 — but the conference facilitator’s filter of swear words soon proved problematic for the scientists, as it banned the word “ bone. ” Other blocked words included ball, crack, hell, beaver, pubic and wang, despite the latter being a common surname. Conference attendees had to get creative to describe their work, but were eventually able to get the organizers to unblock individual terms. 

 

Observations This Week

Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week: 12-20 Link	National Pharmacy Week: 18-24   Link
Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week: 17-24	National School Bus Safety Week: 18-24
Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: 18-24	National Teen Drivers Safety Week: 18-24 Link
Freedom From Bullies Week:  18-24	Rodent Awareness Week: 18-24
International Infection Prevention Week: 18-24 Link	Spiritual Care Week: 18-24
National Business Women's Week: 18-24 Link	YWCA Week Without Violence: 18-24 Link
National Character Counts Week: 18-24	Freedom of Speech Week: 19-25  Link
National Chemistry Week: 18-24	Medical Assistants Recognition Week: 19-23 Link
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week:18-24 Link	Mediation Week: 19-23 Link
National Forest Products Week: 18-24	National Health Education Week: 19-23  Link
National Friends of Libraries Week:18-24	National Nuclear Science Week: 19-23

 

Observations for Today

International Chefs Day Link	National Pharmacy Technician Day Link
International Sloth Day	Pay Back A Friend Day Link
Miss American Rose Day	Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity Link
National Brandied Fruit Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Starting the new week by getting out some fall decorations I had packed away. I also had to wear long pants and a light jacket for my morning walk. Warmed up quickly though. Temperatures feel like summer, but the calendar sez fall.

This is my brother’s birthday. He turns 69. Hope he has a great birthday. Giving him a call.

If anyone is interested…I’m sick of all the political ads on TV. Many have already voted and don’t need to hear them. I find it hard to believe that there are that many voters who have not already decided and need to hear all the babble. Living in a ‘swing state’ it is not uncommon to see a Trump ad, followed immediately by a Biden act. Then a short commercial for something, then a Kelly commercial and a McSally ad back to back. Guess that’s why they call it commercial TV.

Hoping for a good outcome in the Cards game tonight.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

David’s Father Has Three Sons: Snap, Crackle, And ________?

 

Historical Events

1720 – Caribbean pirate Calico Jack Rackham, one of the first pirates to use the “Jolly Roger”, was captured by the Royal Navy.

1803 – The United States Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

1818 – The Convention of 1818 was signed between the US and the UK which settled the Canada/United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.

1873 – Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities drafted the (American) Football rules.

1962 – #1 Hit October 20, 1962 – November 2, 1962: Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers – Monster Mash

1968 – Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

1981 – Two police officers and a Brinks armored car guard are killed during an armed $1.6 million robbery in Rockland County, New York, carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.

2001 – Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes was broadcast on VH1 and other networks. It raised funds for the families of those killed by the September 11 terrorist attacks.

2011 The former leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Moatassem Gaddafi are killed shortly after the battle of Sirte (2011) while in the custody of NTC fighters.

2018 President Trump threatens to pull the US out of an arms control agreement with Russia because Russia has violated its terms

 

Birthdays Today

@85 – Joyce Brothers, American psychologist and author (d. 2013)

@81 – Art Buchwald, American journalist (died in 2007)

@73 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (d. 1956; heart attack)

@63 – Mickey Mantle, Baseball star (d. 1995; failed liver)

@69 – Jerry Orbach, American actor, and singer (d. 2004; cancer)

@66 – Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter (d. 2017; heart attack)

62 – Viggo Mortensen, American-Danish actor

56 – Kamala Harris, VP candidate

@50 – Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1941)

49 – Snoop Dogg, American rapper

 

Puzzle Answer

David