Mar 29

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Mar. 29, 2020 Week: 14 Day: 89

86004: H 50° \ L 26° \ Average Sky Cover: 15%

Wind: 0mph\Gusts: 7mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 910mi.; Nearest active fire: 131mi.

Record High: 70°[1934] Record Low: 10°[1944]

Mar. Averages: 53°\19° (6 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

-John Lennon

Random Tidbits

A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile!

A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!

A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!

Observations This Week

Orthodox Lent: 2-4/10National Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/12 Link  

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week: 24-30
National Physicians Week: 25-31  Link
NanoDays: 28-4/5 Link
National Money Show: 28-30Consider Christianity Week: 29 to 4/4
Passion Week: 29-4/4
Passiontide: 29-4/11

Observations for Today

Knights of Columbus Founders DayNational Chiffon Cake Day

National Mom & Pop Business Owner's Day
National Vietnam War Veterans Day    Link
Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day
Smoke & Mirrors Day    Link
Texas Loves The Children Day

My Rambling Thoughts

A nice day for a long walk in the forest. Entered the forest about a block away. Spent about an hour just wandering around in the fresh air. Feel much better about the lockdown.

A few days ago I started my vacation at my home. Moving from room to room for different views. While this has been a challenge, I must say the maid service on my vacation resort is not up to my expectations. I still have to do my own laundry, change my own linens, make my own bed, clean and vacuum each room. And to top it off, I have to do all the cooking and clean up after. Some vacation! And to add to all this, I had another angio-edema just before I went to bed last night. Big lip, meds, then woke up with a still swollen lip. After about an hour it returned to normal. Now I'm rethinking my Easter plans.

Another doctor's office called to update me. They moved my next annual appointment to 6 months from now unless I have a sudden change. They are only seeing emergencies.

Phoenix is having strange weather. Flash flooding during heavy rain isn't unusual. Now they are having 'areal flooding' warnings almost every day. One just was issued. Thanks Duck, Duck, Go for helping me find out what it is. It is like flash flooding, but is caused when the ground is saturated and more rain comes in a steady rain, not a sudden hard rain. Flash flooding is when the rain comes hard and faster than the dry earth can't absorb it fast enough. Good to know, I guess.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A boy is walking down the road with a doctor. While the boy is the doctor’s son, the doctor is not the boy’s father. Then who is the doctor?

Historical Events

1638 - Swedish colonists established the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.

1867 - Queen Victoria gave Royal Assent to the British North America Act which established the Dominion of Canada, effective on July 1.

1871 - The Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria.

1882 - The 'Knights of Columbus' was established.

1951 - Broadway Show - The King and I (Musical) opened

1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

2006 - Queen Elizabeth II pronounced the singer 'Sir' Tom Jones a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

2009 - In a very unusual political/business situation, Rick Wagoner, the chairman and chief executive of General Motors, resigned at the request of President Obama's administration.

2010 - Fox Reality Channel was replaced with Nat Geo Wild on cable television.

2017 Ivanka Trump assumes an unpaid position as Advisor to the President, Donald Trump

2017 UK Prime Minister Theresa May sends a letter to the EU invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, formally triggering Brexit

2019 Joe Biden accused of an inappropriate kiss by fellow Democrat Lucy Flores

Birthdays Today

77-Eric Idle, comedian (Monty Python)

@74-Sam Walton, founder of WalMart/Sam's Club (d. 1992, cancer)

@71-John Tyler, 4^th US President (d. 1862)

@72-Pearl Bailey (d. 1992; coronary disease)

56-Elle Macpherson, Australian model

59-Amy Sedaris actor

52-Lucy Lawless, actor

Puzzle Answer:

The doctor is the boy’s mother.