May 22

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May 22, 2020 Week: 20 Day: 143

86004: H 68° \ L 32° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind: 5mph\Gusts: 6mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 734mi.; Nearest active fire: 212mi.

Extreme Risk of Fire

Record High: 85°[1984] Record Low: 21°[1972]

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

Today’s Quote

"Spread love everywhere you go.

Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." -Mother Teresa

Random Tidbits

Franklin Roosevelt used the IRS to harass newspaper publishers who were opposed to his plans for the New Deal. The former president also used the IRS on political rivals and prominent Republicans, including an IRS audit of illegal campaign contributions made by a government contractor to congressman and future president Lyndon B. Johnson.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

"My copywriter discovered virtual backgrounds on Zoom for the first time and spent the entire meeting virtually touring all around the world without realizing all of us were crazily distracted by his 'trip.'"

Observations This Week

Ramadan: 23-5/23

Cannes Film Festival: 12-23 Cancelled due to COVID-19
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  
Fleet Week (NY): 20-26
National Polka Weekend: 22-24 Cancelled due to COVID-19

Observations for Today

Buy a Musical Instrument Day

Canadian Immigrants Day
Don't Fry Day Link
Harvey Milk Day
International Day for Biological DiversityNational Cooler Day Link
National Craft Distillery Day Link
National Road Trip Day Link
National Title Track Day
National Maritime Day
National Wig Out DayNF2 Awareness Day Link
Sherlock Holmes Day Link
US Colored Troops DayNational Vanilla Pudding Day

World Goth Day Link
World Paloma Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Spring weather has returned and I was out for a nice walk.

NAU has announced big cuts due to an expected 25% decrease in enrollment this fall. The cuts will come to faculty and teaching staff. Interestingly, the University President blames the decrease on demographic changes, shifting attitudes about a college degree, declining number of high school grads and stated that COVID19 has only worsened the bad situation. There has also been a dramatic decrease in the number of foreign students coming to the US, and to NAU. It will be interesting to see if NAU now tries to build some cooperation with the city of Flagstaff.

While Trump warns against mail-in-voting, it should be noted that he voted by mail twice since becoming President, once in NY and once in FL. Hmmmm

While the Navajo Nation has been hit hard by COVID19, there has also been 1000 Navajo who have recovered. That is good news.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A group of campers have been on vacation so long, that they've forgotten the day of the week. The following conversation ensues.

Darryl: What's the day? I don't think it is Thursday, Friday or Saturday.

Tracy: Well that doesn't narrow it down much. Yesterday was Sunday.

Melissa: Yesterday wasn't Sunday, tomorrow is Sunday.

Ben: The day after tomorrow is Saturday.

Adrienne: The day before yesterday was Thursday.

Susie: Tomorrow is Saturday.

David: I know that the day after tomorrow is not Friday.

If only one person's statement is true, what day of the week is it?

Historical Events

1455 - England's War of the Roses began when the Yorkists defeated King Henry VI's Lancastrian forces at St. Albans.

1849 - Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent (#6,469) for "buoying boats over shoals".

1906 - Orville and Wilbur Wright were granted a patent (#821,393) for their system of flight control.

1960 (Earthquake) Magnitude 9.5 in Chile killed 5,000 and left 2,000,000 homeless.

1961 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle) opens

1964 LBJ presents "Great Society"

1977 Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (after 94 years)

1990 North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen

1990 - Microsoft Windows 3.0 was released.

1992 - Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show for the last time

2002 American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank

Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church

2010 Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus' remains are reburied in Frombork Cathedral, Poland after a 200 year search for his tomb

2016 US President Barack Obama arrives in Vietman for a 3 day tour

2019 Washington State becomes the 1st US state to legalize composting human bodies

Birthdays Today

@93-Actor Christopher Lee (d. 2015)

86-Conductor Peter Nero

@82-Actor Laurence Olivier (d. 1989)

@71-Author Arthur Conan Doyle (d. 1930)

70-Elton John collaborator Bernie Taupin

41-Actor Maggie Quigley

50-Model Naomi Campbell

Puzzle Answer:

It is Wednesday. If it was any other day of the week, more than one statement would be true. To solve the riddle, evaluate each person's statement and write down what day it could be according to the statement. David's statement indicates it could be any day of the week except for Wednesday. When you list the days that it could be according to everyone's statement, it turns out Wednesday is the day mentioned only one time. Darryl: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday Tracy: Monday Melissa: Saturday Ben: Thursday Adrienne: Saturday Susie: Friday David: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday