Apr 25

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Apr. 25, 2020 Week: 17 Day: 116

86004: H 70° \ L 39° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind: 4mph\Gusts: 9mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 556mi.; Nearest active fire: 243mi.

Record High: 78°[1996] Record Low: 13°[1961]

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

Today’s Quote

The two most common elements in the
universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
– Harlan Ellison

Random Tidbits

Humans can outrun almost every other animal on earth over long distances.

The fastest marathon runner in the world is Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya who ran the 2018 Berlin marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute and 39 seconds. He beat the previous record-holder, Kenyan Dennis Kimetto, who ran the marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes, 57 seconds in Berlin in 2014.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

A Romanian woman claims to be the
world's oldest mother at 66...
That’s rubbish, my Mum's 85!

Observations This Week

National Dance Week: 17-26 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19.
National Park Week: 18-26  Link
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: 19-25 Link
National Coin Week: 19-25
National Crime Victims Rights Week: 19-25 Link
National Infertility Awareness Week: 19-25 Link
National Library Week: 19-25
National 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
National Stationery Week: 20-26 Link
International Mariachi Week: 22-29 Link
Fiddler's Frolic: 23-26
Gathering of the Nations Powwow: 23-25 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
AFRMA (Fancy Rat & Mouse) Days: 24-26 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Ramadan: 23-5/23

Interstate Mullet Toss:  24-26
National Dream Hotline:  24-26
National & Global Youth Service Days: 24-26
National Scoop The Poop Week: 24-30
Ramadan: 24-5/23
World Immunization Week: 24-30

Observations for Today

Bob Wills Day
DNA Day

Hug A Plumber Day or Plumbers Day
Independent Bookstore Day
International Marconi Day

National Dissertation Day
National Go Birding Day
National Herb Day

National Prepare-A-Thon Day
National Rebuilding Day
National Take Back Day

National Zucchini Bread Day

Malaria Awareness Day
Parental Alienation Day

World Healing Day
World Penguin Day

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Another great spring day. Made a quick run to Sam's Club, then took a nice leisurely walk. I ran out of plastic disposable gloves, so now I'm using gloves used for dishwashing. I wash them after each use. They happen to be bright red, the only ones I could find. They sure stand out. Haha.

Now that I'm only going to stores one day a week, all the days just sort of run together. I didn't realize it was Friday until I got a phone call and my phone showed me the day. This is getting really crazy.

I know it is still to early to plant flowers, but I sure would like to have some on my deck. But I'm sure another cold spell or two are on the horizon.

I'm looking forward to a nice, warm weekend. I'll be able to take a nice hike after driving to a trailhead.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A truck is stuck under a bridge and the driver cannot get it out. A man walks by and stops to help. He easily gets the truck unstuck. How did he do it?

Historical Events

1644 - The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, committed suicide during a peasant rebellion.

1719 - Daniel Defoe's The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was published.

1792 - Highwayman (thief) Nicolas J. Pelletier became the first person executed by guillotine in Paris, France.

1859 - Ground was broken for opened the Suez Canal by British and French engineers. The 100 mile canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Seas opened ten years later, on November 17, 1869.

1901 - New York became the first US state to require automobile license plates.

1944 - The United Negro College Fund was incorporated.

1947 - President Harry Truman opened the two lane White House bowling alley.

1953 - Francis Crick and James D. Watson published Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid describing the double helix structure of DNA.

1954 - The first practical solar cell was demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

1961 - The integrated circuit was Patented (#2,981,877) by Robert Noyce.

1982 - Israel completed the withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.

1983 - Pioneer 10 traveled beyond ex-planet Pluto's orbit.

1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in space from the Space Shuttle Discovery to an orbit 381 miles above Earth.

1994 14" of snow in Southern California

2013 The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia after 22 years

2019 Former US Vice President Joe Biden announces his campaign for president via video

Birthdays Today

80-Actor, Al Pacino

@79-Musician, Ella Fitzgerald (d.1996)

74-Actress, Talia Shire

@63-Radio inventor, Guglielmo Marconi (d. 1937; heart attacks)

@57-Newscaster, Edward R Murrow (d. 1965; lung cancer)

56-Actor, Hank Azaria

51-Actress, Renee Zellweger

Puzzle Answer:

He let the air out of the tires.