April 19

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Apr. 19, 2020 Week: 17 Day: 110

86004: H 61° \ L 30° \ Average Sky Cover: 65%

Wind: 7mph\Gusts: 9mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 225mi.; Nearest active fire: 346mi.

Record High: 77°[1989] Record Low: 10°[1917]

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

Today’s Quote

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize

how close they were to success when they gave up."

-Thomas A. Edison

Random Tidbits

Most Chinese Food. All across America, Chinese buffets offer endless arrays of beautiful, deep-fried, grease-soaked food. General Tso's chicken, chop suey, egg rolls, chow mein, fortune cookies.

What do all these dishes have in common? They were all invented in America. Chinese people typically eat rice with vegetables and maybe a little meat. And it's not battered or fried, and it's certainly not filled with cheese. That's all American.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

Question: What did the fisherman say to the magician?
Answer: Pick a Cod any Cod 

Observations This Week

Oral, Head, Neck Cancer Awareness Week: 13-19 Link
Global Youth Service Days: 17-19 
National Dance Week: 17-26 LinkCANCELLED due to COVID-19.
Cleaning For A Reason Week: 18-24
Consumer Awareness Week: 18-23
Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting: 18-19  Link
National Park Week: 18-26  Link
Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week: 18-23
Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week: 19-25 Link 
Bedbug Awareness Week: 19-25
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week: 19-25
Festival of Ridvan: 19-5/1
Fibroid Awareness Week: 19-25
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week: 19-25Link
National Coin Week: 19-25
National Crime Victims Rights Week: 19-25 Link
National Infertility Awareness Week: 19-25 Link
National Library Week: 19-25National Paperboard Packaging Week: 19-25
National Pet ID Week: 19-25 Link  Link
National Princess Week: 19-25 Link
National Volunteer Week: 19-25
Sky Awareness Week: 19-25
Spring Astronomy Week: 19-25 

Observations for Today

Bicycle Day Link
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day  Link
John Parker Day
National Garlic Day Link
National Hanging Out Day
National Poker Day  Link
National Rice Ball Day

Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day

My Rambling Thoughts

A little cloudy, just took a short walk. Hoping for moisture.

I read an article about H2N2 work visas. People working on an H2N2 can only work for the company that hired them. That way, say Microsoft finds a programmer in India and hires them, Microsoft gets the H2N2 visa and the person can't get here and then go to work for Apple. Now during the pandemic, turns out many medical personnel are also here on H2N2 visas. There is no legal way for these people to go to an area where there expertise is most needed. Congress needs to fix this. And turns out many EMT's and other medical people do not get any medical insurance coverage or paid sick leave from their employer.

While protesters have been blocking traffic to stop some governor's stay-at-home orders, Trump said yesterday the protesters seem 'very responsible'. And then tweeted to free those states. What is going on?

My traveling buddy from Focus sent me a great video of George W Bush warning America of a pandemic that was possible during his administration. It had good guidelines as to what we should do before and during a pandemic. Too bad many Americans, including our President, don't recall his great advice.

I have noticed that I have been preparing a lot of comfort food from my youth. In the last two weeks I have made Mom's Beef and Noodles, Dad's chili; and today it's Mom's meatloaf. I'll do chocolate chip cookies but have to get some stuff the next time I shop.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

If you wrote all of the numbers from 300 to 400 on a piece of paper, how many times would you have written the number 3?

Historical Events

1775 - The American Revolution began in Lexington, Massachusetts.

1892 -The first Duryea automobile was operated by pioneer manufacturer Charles E. Duryea in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1897 - The first Boston Marathon was held.

1919 - Leslie Irvin made the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump using a self-contained parachute.

1927 - Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex in New York. She served eight days with two days off for good behavior.

1956 - American actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.

1975 - India's first satellite, Aryabhata, was launched.

1982 - NASA announced that the first black astronaut would be Guion S. Bluford, Jr., and the first woman astronaut would be Sally K. Ride.

1985 - Two hundred ATF and FBI agents laid siege to the compound of the neo-Nazi survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas.

1993 - At Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas, the FBI launched a tear-gas assault on the Branch Davidian compound, ending with a fire that killed 81 members, including 22 children.

1994 Rodney King awarded $3,800,000 compensation for his police beating

1995 - A massive truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people.

2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.

2011 Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of holding the title.

2018 Miguel Diaz-Canel is elected Cuba's new president after former president Raúl Castro steps down

Birthdays Today

@91-Actor, Hugh O'Brian (d. 2016)

74-Actor, Tim Curry

@74-Boxer, Mohammad Ali [Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.] (d.2006)

@66-Actor, Dudley Moore (d.2002; pneumonia)

@54-FBI Agent, Eliot Ness (d. 1957; heart attack)

42-Actor, James Franco (1978)

41-Actress, Kate Hudson (1979)

39-Actor, Hayden Christensen (1981)

@34-Actress, Jayne Mansfield (d.1967; auto accident)

33-Tennis player, Maria Sharapova (1987)

Puzzle Answer:

120 (100 threes in the hundreds place + 10 threes in the tens place + 10 threes in the ones place)