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Jun 2, 2020 Week: 23 Day: 154
86004: H 82° \ L 46° \ Average Sky Cover: %
Wind: 11mph\Gusts: 14mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest lightning: 66mi.; Nearest active fire: 76mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 86°[1977] Record Low: 22°[1955]
Jun Averages: 80°\43° (3 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose."
-Dr. Seuss
Random Tidbits
President Lyndon B. Johnson conducted White House meetings on the toilet
The former president actually had a telephone installed in the bathroom so he could take calls while using the restroom. He conducted meetings with aides while sitting on the toilet because of his insistence on keeping the conversation going. While the president considered his odd methods productive, many of his aides struggled to hear him speak due to running water.
Have a smile
True conversations while flying
Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Observations This Month
Dairy Alternatives Month
Dairy Month Link
Dementia
Care Professionals Month
Effective Communications
Month
Entrepreneurs
"Do It Yourself" Marketing Month
Fashion
in Colonial Virginia Month
Fireworks Safety Month
Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month Link
Georgia
Blueberry Month
Give A Bunch of Balloons Month Link
Great
Outdoors Month
Hydranencephaly Awareness Month Link
International
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
International Men's
Month
International Surf Music Month Link
Observations This Week
Black
Single Parents Week: 28-6/3
Hemp
History Week: 1-7 Link
Observations
for Today
National
Gun Violence Awareness Day
National
Rocky Road Day
National
Rotisserie Chicken Day Link
St.
Erasmus Day
Yell
"Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day
My Rambling Thoughts
Another warm day...doors and windows open so I get a nice breeze.
Sad news from Tuba. A colleague, Norman, who taught me most of what I know about computers and the internet lost his middle daughter to cancer back in March. After he retired we kinda lost touch. He's been in Tucson for most of the year caring for his daughter and staying with his ex. I just got his number so will call a little later.
There is some backlash over the city's vehicle graduation last week. Turns out they have turned down all 'large crowd gatherings' through the summer, but let this one happen. Lots of people were on the street, with and without masks, during the parade. The council did not give permits for the Farmer's Market or the 4th of July parade. The Farmer's Market is especially miffed, since they provide food to the community.
To add to AZ troubles, the Phoenix area had one of its famous dust storms over the weekend, where there was zero visibility in many area, including I-17 and I-10. And our 'great' governor clarified the curfew. It has so many exceptions, it basically is stopping large (more than 10) people gathering from 8pm to 5am this week. A strange curfew order for sure. Besides, all of the state has to follow but only the Phoenix area is having problems. Williams and Holbrook governments have said they have no problems and will not follow the curfew as long as there are no problems. It gives us all another understanding of the protests...being punished when you did nothing wrong.
In the good news, I saw several city's video where officers blocking the protesters actually either took a knee with them or talked to and then hugged protesters. Nice to see the humanity in all this chaos.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
A wealthy woman goes into a bank to ask for a $10,000 loan before her month long vacation. The bank had no problem loaning the money as long as the woman would put up some collateral. So the woman offers to let them hold on to her $200,000 luxury automobile.
The bank happily agrees, loans the woman $10,000 and takes possession of the vehicle. Upon returning from vacation the woman goes back to the bank to repay the loan and collect her vehicle. The bank manager laughs and ask the woman why if she is so rich did she go through so much trouble.
What was the woman’s reply to bank manager?
Historical Events
455 - The Sack of Rome: Vandals entered Rome, and plundered the city for several weeks.
1098
- First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ended as Crusader forces
take the city. The crusades were a result of Muslim conquests of the
Christian holy lands.
1835
- P. T. Barnum and his circus began touring the United States.
1858
- The Donati Comet was first seen and named after its discoverer,
Giovanni Battista Donati, in Florence.
1865 - Confederate
General Edmund Kirby Smith, a commander of Confederate forces, signed
the surrender terms offered by Union negotiators, ending the US civil
war.
1924 President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act, declaring all Native Americans to be American citizens
1928
- Kraft's Velveeta Cheese was made avaiable.
1953
- The coronation of the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II.
1959
Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid", San
Francisco
1966 - Surveyor 1 landed in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon.
1979
John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a Communist country (Poland)
1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy
2004 - Ken Jennings began his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy.
2015 US Congress passes new legislation to reform National Security Agency procedures, restricting gathering of phone records
2017 "Wonder Woman" directed by Patty Jenkins released, earns over $100 million in North American in its opening weekend - domestic record for a female director
Birthdays Today
@79-Olympian/Actor Johnny Weissmuller (d. 1984)
@75-Marquis de Sade [Donatien Alphonse François ](d. 1814)
75-Film Producer Jon Peters
71-Actor Jerry Mathers
@70 -First First Lady Martha Washington (d. 1802)
65-Comedian Dana Carvey
51-TV
Host Andy Cohen
48-Actor Wentworth Miller
48-Actor
Wayne
Brady
41-Actor
Justin Long
Puzzle Answer
The small amount of interest on the loan was much less than parking and insurance for the vehicle would have cost.
