May 6

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May 6, 2020 Week: 19 Day: 127

86004: H 73° \ L 39° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind: 4mph\Gusts: 8mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 711mi.; Nearest active fire: 540mi.

Record High: 82°[1947] Record Low: 14°[1975]

May Averages: 68°\34° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"Traveling — it leaves you speechless,

then turns you into a storyteller."

— Ibn Battuta

Random Tidbits

Most Deadly Animal

Mosquitoes: 725,000 deaths per year. It would take about 1.2 million bites to drain all the blood from your body.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

Q. What happens when a frog's car dies? He needs a jump.

A.  If that doesn't work he has to get it toad. 

I ate my exam papers... which means

pretty soon I'll pass the test.

Observations This Month

National Meditation Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month Link
National Mental Health Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month Link  Link
National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
National Photo Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
National Physiotherapy Month Link
National Preservation Month
National Read To Your Baby Bump Month
National Recommitment Month  Link
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month (The Sauce)
National Service Dog Eye Examination Month  Link
National Smile Month Link  (May 18-June 18)
National Syringomyelia Awareness Month  Link  
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
National Tuberous Sclerosis Month LinkNational Water Safety Month Link
National Water Quality Month  Link  (also in August.)
National Vinegar Month
National Youth Traffic Safety Month Link
Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month Link

Observations This Week

National Sun Safety Week: 4-10 Link
National WildflowerWeek: 4-10 
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week: 4-10 Link
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week: 4-8 
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week): 4-10 Link Teacher Appreciation Week: 4-8 Link 
National Nurses Day and Week: 6-12 Link  Link

Observations for Today

Beverage Day

Great American Grump Out:
International Management Accounting Day
Joseph Brackett DayNational Crepe Suzette Day

National (Deaf) Interpreter Day Link
National Skilled Trades Day: Link
No Diet Day

National Golf Day Link
National Tourist Appreciation Day

No Homework Day
Nurses Day/National RN Recognition Day Link Link
Russell Stover Candies Day
School Nurse Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Nice day for a long walk...so I did it.

I live alone. Since March 13 I have had no visitors at my place. So yesterday afternoon I did my laundry. Two loads of clothes. As I was putting the clean and folded laundry away, I discovered I was missing a sock. I checked the washer, dryer, and the trail I took from the laundry room to the bedroom upstairs. Sock is still missing. I haven't gone anywhere that I took my socks off...and even if I had, one would think I would have noticed that a sock was missing. The mystery continues.

The administration announced, in a private meeting, that the Task Force will be shutting down soon. They didn't even tell the Task Force members before it was released. Also no one knows why Fauci will testify before the Republican Senate Oversite committee but will not testify before the House Committee...first he was 'too busy', now the committee is a 'set up'. Tired of the every day changes.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Everyone in the world needs it, but they usually give it without taking it. What is it?

Historical Events

1851 - Linus Yale, Jr. was granted a patent (#8,071) for the invention of his "Self-Detaching and Attaching Key-Lock" as "a new and Improved Safety-Lock for Banks, Safes, Vaults, Stores."

1851 - President Benjamin Harrison had the first electric lights installed in the White House.

1889 - The Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

1937 - The Hindenburg exploded over Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crew members.

1940 - John Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

1954 - Roger Bannister broke four-minute mile (3:59.4) at the Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England

1984 - Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer, collectively called Spinal Tap, performed at CBGB's in NYC.

2001 - During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II became the first pope to enter a mosque.

2010 - The US stock market lost and regained over $1 trillion in value, within about 20 minutes. The Dow swung by over 1,000 points and many stocks declined to one cent per share before rising again. There are many theories but no conclusive reason for the crash.

2013 - Michelle Knight, Amada Berry and Gina DeJesus were freed after being held for years in the home of Ariel Castro.

2013 Wal-Mart becomes the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list

2013 The US Senate passes a bill enabling taxing of online sales

2019 One million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction according to a major new UN report

Birthdays Today

89-Baseball star, Willie Mays

75-Singer, Bob Seger

@70-Actor, director, Orson Welles (d.1985; heart attack)

67-British Politician Tony Blair

65-Game show host, Tom Bergeron

59-Actor, George Clooney

51- 1^st Lady, Melania Knauss Trump

@31-Actor, Rudolph Valentino (d.1926' peritonitis)

Puzzle Answer:

Advice