May 18

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May 18, 2020 Week: 20 Day: 139

86004: H 77° \ L 42° \ Average Sky Cover: 10%

Wind: 8mph\Gusts: 17mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 694mi.; Nearest active fire: 458mi.

Extreme Risk of Fire

Record High: 82°[1970] Record Low: 21°[1977]

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

Today’s Quote

"Tell me and I forget.

Teach me and I remember.

Involve me and I learn."

-Benjamin Franklin

Random Tidbits

What is the capital of Canada?

Toronto? Nope. Montreal? Try again. Vancouver? Still not correct. Canada's capital is Ottawa, which is close to the border with New York. It houses a bilingual parliament and has its own rich traditions, even if it isn't the top-spot to visit on a trip up north.

Home to the Rideau Canal, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ottawa boasts year-round celebrations and festivals, offers a cosmopolitan vibe, and can easily be traversed by foot. Many visitors enjoy the historic ByWard Market, which is lined with markets and cute shops.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

Why was the mushroom happy?

Because he was a fungi.

Observations This Week

Ramadan: 23-5/23

Cannes Film Festival: 12-23 Cancelled due to COVID-19
World Schizophrenia Awareness Week: 13-19  Link
National Foul Ball Week: 16-21
National Safe Boating Week: 16-22 
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week: 17-23  Link
International Heritage Breeds Week: 17-23 Link  
National Eosinophil Awareness Week: 17-23  Link  
National Medical Transcription Week: 17-23  Link
International New Friends, Old Friends Week: 17-23 
National Unicycle Week: 17-23
World Trade Week: 17-23 
National Bike to Work Week: 18-22 Link Moved to September 21-27 due to COVID-19
National Tire Safety Week:  18-24 Link

Observations for Today

Buy A Musical Instrument Day Link  (Honor of The Music Man Creator)
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day LinkI Love Reeses Day Link  Link
International Museum Day Link
Mother Whistler Day

No Dirty Dishes Day
National Cheese Souffle Day

Supply Chain Professional DayVictoria Day(Canada)

Visit Your Relatives Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Sunday is a good day for a nice long walk in the fresh air.

Every day more Focus People are getting a partial refund on our Tahiti adventure. Looks like each of us with refunds will be getting several checks from various companies involved in the trip. I'm hopeful my first one will come soon.

I watched the special on Graduate Together 2020. Articulate seniors from around the country introduced the speakers and the entertainment. All did well. Obama gave a nice graduating speech. So nice to hear a speech given in complete sentences, with paragraphs that have a topic sentence, and each paragraph relates to the previous one. He was also able to pronounce every single word, almost like he had written them himself.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

You use it from your head to your toes,

the more it works the thinner it grows.

Historical Events

1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet.

1926 - In one of the first Media Frenzy's of Popular Culture, Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared while visiting a Venice, California beach.

1946 - A UFO, with living creatures inside, was reported by Gosta Carlsson, in Sweden.

1952 - Professor Willard F. Libby determined the age of Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, England, at 1848 BC, give or take 275 years.

1980 (Volcano Eruption) Mount St. Helens in Washington erupted with a 5.1 magnitude, causing a massive avalanche and killed 57 people. David Johnson was a volcanologist studying Mt. St. Helens from 6 miles away when it erupted. He made a transmission stating: "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" as the volcano erupted. The transmission went dead at this point, and his body was never recovered.

1998 - Murphy Brown TV series ended on CBS.

2006 The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country

2018 All of Chile's 34 Roman Catholic bishops offer their resignation to Pope Francis in wake of child sex scandal

Birthdays Today

@94-Film Director Frank Capra (d. 1991)

@88-Singer Perry Como [Pierino Ronald Como] (d. 2001)

@84-Pope John Paul II [Karol Józef Wojtyła] (d. 2005)

68-Country singer George Strait

65- Actor Chow Yun-Fat

50-Comedian Tina Fey

@50-Tsar Nicholas II (d. 18918; assasinated)

Puzzle Answer:

A bar of soap