Oct 3

 

 

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Oct 3, 2020  Week: 40 Day: 277		Local:   H 77° \ L 33° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   10mph\Gusts:  12mph		Nearest lightning:  1562mi.; active fire:  59mi
Exreme Risk of Fire		Visibility:  10mi
Record: 83°[1980]   Record: 21°[1902]		Sep Averages: 63°\32° (4 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you

as by the attitude you bring to life;

not so much by what happens to you

as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Khalil Gibran

 

Random Tidbits

 Trader Joe's 2002 Charles Shaw Shiraz beat out 2,300 other wines to win a prestigious double gold medal at the 28th Annual International Eastern Wine Competition.

You can major in wine at Cornell University.

Technically it's a degree in "Viticulture and Enology" (a.k.a. the cultivation of grapes and the science of winemaking).

That's approximately 2.6 pounds, if you're wondering how much "fruit" you get when you uncork your favorite red.

 

A little humor

Why does a dentist seem moody?

Because he always looks down in the mouth.

 

True Things

The correct name for ‘#’ is neither hashtag nor pound? Octothrope with the octo referring to the 8 points.

Movie trailers started in 1912 and played at the end of the feature film.

 

Observations This Month

Employee Ownership Month Link	German-American Heritage Month
Energy Management is a Family Affair-Improve Your Home Month (10/1-3/31/13)	Global Diversity Awareness Month Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham
Eye Injury Prevention Month  Link	Go Sober For October Link
Fair Trade Month	Halloween Safety Month
Financial Planning Month Link	Head Start Awareness Month Link
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month  Link	Health Literacy Month
Gay & Lesbian History Month	Home Eye Safety Month

 

Observations This Week

3-11	Albuquerque Internat’l Balloon Fiesta: Link  Cancelled due to COVID-19		Sea Otter Awareness Week:Link
2-4	National Storytelling Weekend		World Hearing Aid Awareness Week
3-10	No Salt Week:	1-5	Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week Link
3-9	Sukkot:	1-7	National Walk Your Dog Week: Link   Link
		1-7	Universal Children's Week

 

Observations for Today

Bed & Breakfast Inn Mascot Day	National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day Link
Chowder Days	National Play Outside Day  Link
Cephalopod Awareness Day	Techies Day  Link
Frugal Fun Day	Virus Appreciation Day
Inter-American Water Day  Link	Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Day Link
International Frugal Fun Day	World Card Making Day
National Boyfriends Day	World Card Making Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Friday is another nice day. Glad I shopped earlier this week and was able to take a nice walk around the neighborhood.

Glad to see the Broncos won last night.

A former colleague from Red Lake passed away recently. I just found out today that Aila passed on July 28. She was teaching in Montana when she became a founding representative of AISIS, an American Indian Science Professional Organization. I hired her at Red Lake, and she did a great job. She became our first certified Gifted Teacher at the school. She met her husband while teaching at Red Lake. After their marriage, they both transferred to DOD teaching positions and taught in Japan for about a decade. We stayed in FB contact over the years. She lost her husband about 8 years ago. She retired about 9 years ago. She had a stroke about 5 years ago. She was only 67 years old when she passed. She will be missed.

I am concerned for the Trump family as we learned that he and the First Lady have tested positive for COVID. This is hard on his family. It is also hard on the country with the campaigning and election so close. Just as many are thinking this year is as crazy as it can get, the WH announces this. Latest news is that he is taking a non-approved new drug and is being taken to Walter Reed. Scary. Be safe, wear a mask, and social distance.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What is the first number to contain the letter ‘A’ when spelled out?

What is the first number with the letter ‘B’ when spelled out?

 

Historical Events

1863 – The last Thursday in November was declared as Thanksgiving Day by US President Abraham Lincoln.

1872 – The Bloomingdale brothers opened their 1st store at 938 3rd Avenue, NYC

1888 Explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his team complete first known crossing of Greenland interior, arriving in Godthaab

1908 Pravda newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna

1913 US Federal income tax signed into law (at 1%) by President Woodrow Wilson

1949 – WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opened in Atlanta. WERD was at 860 AM and is now WAEC.

1952 – The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuted

1955 – Captain Kangaroo premiered on CBS

1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on ABC

1957 – The California State Superior Court ruled that Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems was not obscene.

1960 – The Andy Griffith Show premiered on CBS

1961 – The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered on CBS

1977 Indira Gandhi arrested

1992- Singer Sinead O’Conner stirred up controversy when she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live

1993 Battle at TV station Ostankino, Moscow townhall, about 25 killed…Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow

1995 – More than 150 million people tuned in for the announcement of the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial. The not-guilty verdict was met with both praise and criticism. So many people (100 million+) were watching/listening to the O.J. Simpson verdict that it cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.

2008 The $700 billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed by President George W. Bush

2013 Chinese President Xi Jinping announces plans for a "21st Century Maritime Silk Road", linking China to Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean (Belt and Road Initiative / One Belt One Road) while in Indonesia

 

Birthdays Today

@86 – Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2012)

79 – Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter

71 – Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter [Fleetwood Mac]

@68 – Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist [Mad; Playboy] (d. 1993; cancer)

66 – Al Sharpton, American minister, and political activist

58 – Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer [Motley Creu]

51 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter

47 – Neve Campbell, movie actor

 

Puzzle Answer

A:  One thousand;  B: one billion