Apr 2

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Apr. 2, 2020 Week: 14 Day: 93

86004: H 68° \ L 38° \ Average Sky Cover: 50%

Wind: 5mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 1687mi.; Nearest active fire: 420mi.

Record High: 72°[1966] Record Low: -2°[1975]

Apr. Averages: 60°\27° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"Always remember that you are absolutely unique.

Just like everyone else."

-Margaret Mead

Random Tidbits

Most lipstick contains fish scales!

Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing!

One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!

Observations This Week

NanoDays: 28-4/5 Link
Consider Christianity Week: 29 to 4/4
Passion Week: 29-4/4
Mule Week: 30-4/5

Passiontide: 29-4/11
National Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/12 Link

APAWS Pooper Scooper  Week: 1-7
Golden Rule Week: 1-7
Laugh at Work Week: 1-7
Medication Safety Week: 1-7
Mule Day: 1-7
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week: 1-7 (aka Get A Grip Day!)  Link

Observations for Today

Children's Book Day

International Children's Book DayMule Day: 2-5 Link  CANCELLED due to CORVID-19
National Ferret Day  Link
National Burrito Day:
National Love Your Produce Manager Day

National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day Link
Reconciliation Day

World Autism Day Link
World Autism Acceptance Day Link

World Party Day

My Rambling Thoughts

The news about this pandemic just keeps getting less positive. Just keep believing we will get through this. Remember, you are not stuck at home, you are safe at home!

Before the virus, I would wake up and put on my 'outside' clothes. When I returned from being out and knowing I was staying home, I would wear sweats. During the virus, I know I'm not going out, but I still get dressed in my 'outside' clothes everyday. After almost 3 weeks, I'm now asking myself...why?

I stole this from another high school classmate on FB: “This too shall pass. It might pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass.”

AZ has never been seen as liberal. Our governor issued guidelines regarding the virus. In his decree, the golf clubs, and liquor stores are considered 'essential', while barbershops and hair salons are closed. So I'm sure the golf clubs will have some very 'interesting' players. One of my ultra-right high school classmates posted a picture showing him and his friend playing golf yesterday in Scottsdale. Crazy.

Over the past few years there has been a movement to raise the minimum wage to $15/hr. Flag's city council did just that. Then the AZ governor sued to stop it. It is still in the courts. Now during the pandemic, it is many of the minimum wage people who are keeping us going...grocery clerks, take-out services, hospital janitors, security, and many more. I'm sure this will be revisited after this ends.

As I read other far-right posts on Facebook, it seems that some of them believe this whole crisis is due to the lefties. While many governors are closing churches and stop even small crowds from gathering in public, these crazies say that we are losing our constitutional rights of freedom of religion and freedom of assembly. They believe guns will be next.

Two religious leaders, one in FL and one in LA have been arrested for having church services in their churches after the respective governor issued an order to not hold them. Guess they believe that their God will protect them. And on Navajo, a church service held for many has resulted in about 30 cases of Covid-19 and two deaths. Crazy times.

I decided not to shop during old people's shopping day on the first Wednesday of the month at my local grocery store. I could have saved 10% on everything, but decided staying safe was more important.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What has a mouth, but cannot eat; moves, but has no legs; and has a bank, but cannot put money in it?

Historical Events

1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed near what is now called St. Augustine, Florida and declared the land for Spain.

1792 - The Coinage Act was passed, establishing the United States Mint.

1827 - Lead pencils were began being manufactured by Joseph Dixon, who built his factory in Salem, Massachusetts

1882 - Tombstone reads, "Jesse W. James, Died April 3, 1882, Aged 34 years, 6 months, 28 days, Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here." Jesse James was shot and killed by frenemy Robert Ford for the reward money. There was a $5,000 bounty on the bank-robber, but they gave Ford $500, and then arrested him.

1902 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opened in Los Angeles.

1917 - The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin, takes her seat as a representative from Montana.

1953 - The journal Nature published a paper with this date from Francis Crick and James Watson, titled Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, in which they described a double helix structure for DNA.

1956 - Elvis Presley sang Heartbreak Hotel on the Milton Berle Show, with an estimated 25% of the United States population viewing.

1973 - The first portable cell phone call was placed in New York City.

1973 - Launch of the LexisNexis legal research service.

1978 - Dallas premiered on CBS.

1978 - Velcro, the hook-and-loop fastener patent, expired. Velcro comes from “vel” or velvet and “cro” from the French word crochet which means hook.

1992 - In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.

1992 - Pope John Paul II died.

1996 - Suspected 'Unabomber' Theodore Kaczynski was arrested at his Montana cabin.

2013 The UN General Assembly approves the first Arms Trade Treaty

2019 Canada is warming at twice the speed of the rest of the world, according to a federal report, increasing 2.3% in northern Canada

2019 NASA states it wants to send astronauts to Mars by 2033, and land on the Moon again in 2024

Birthdays Today

1st Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne (742)
Writer/lover, Giacomo Casanova (1725)
Author, Hans Christian Andersen (1805)
Car company founder, Walter Chrysler (1875)
Actor, Buddy Ebsen (1908, d.2003)
Actor, Alec Guinness (1914, d.2000)
Actor, Jack Webb (1920, d.1982)
Actor, Brian Glover (1934)
Musician, Marvin Gaye ( d.1984)
Actress, Penelope Keith (1940)
Musician, Leon Russell (1941)
Radio personality, Dr. Demento (1941)
Actress, Linda Hunt (1945)
Musician, Emmylou Harris (1947)
Actress, Pamela Reed (1949)
Actor, Ron Palilo (1954)
Actor, Christopher Meloni (1961)
Actor, Adam Rodriguez (1975)

Puzzle Answer:

River