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Jun 20, 2020
Week: 25 Day: 172
86004: H 81° \ L 42° \ Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind: 5mph\Gusts:
1-mph Visibility: 10mi
Nearest
lightning: 361mi.; Nearest active
fire: 89mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 92°[1936]
Record Low: 25°[1972]
Jun Averages: 80°\43° (3 days with
rain)
Today’s Quote
"Many of life's failures are people
who did not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up."
-Thomas A. Edison
Random
Tidbits
Picasso was not just a painter--he was also a
sculptor, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, playwright, and print writer.
Picasso
would often carry around a pistol loaded with blanks. He would fire it at
people he found boring or anyone who insulted Cezanne.
Picasso
is one of the world's most prolific painters. During his 78-year career, he
created over 13,500 paintings or designs, 100,000 prints or engravings, 34,000
book illustrations, and 300 sculptures or ceramics--totaling over 147,800 works
of art.
By the
time he died, Picasso was the richest artist in history.
Have
a smile
Thanks to one
of my readers
Question:
How come ants never get sick?
Because
of their anty bodies!
I finally finished writing a book on penguins!
In hindsight it would have been easier to do it on
paper....
Observations
This Week
National Hermit Week: 13-20
Animal Rights Awareness Week: 14-20 Link Link
Greencare For Troops Week: 14-20
National Little
League Week: 14-20 Link Canceled due to COVID-19
National Play Catch Week: 14-20
National Pet Wedding Week:14-20 Link
National Right of
Way Professionals Week: 14-20 Link
National Flag Week: 14-20
National Waste
& Recycling Workers Week: 14-20 Link
Meet A Mate Week:
15-21
Men's Health
Week: 15-21 Link Link
US Open Golf
Championship: 15-21 Note: Canceled due to the COVID19
Royal Ascot:
16-20 Link Canceled due to COVID-19
National Week of Making: 17-23 Link
National Nursing Assistants Week: 18-25 Link
Observations
for Today
American Eagle Day Link
Belmont Stakes Link
(without spectators/Covid 19)
Dollars Against Diabetes Day(s): Thru 21 Link
Finally
Summer Day / Summer Solstice
Flitch of Bacon Day Link Link
Ice Cream Soda Day
International Surfing Day Link
Lambrusco
Day Link
Litha/ Midsummer
Mermaid Day
National Bald Eagle Day
National Hike With A Geek Day Link
National Hollerin' Contest Day
National Kouign Amann Day Link
National Library Legislative Day-25 Link Canceled due to COVID-19
National Nystagmus Awareness Day Link
National Vanilla
Milkshake Day
Polar Bear Swim
(Nome,AK) Link
Record Store Day
World Productivity Day
World Refugee Day
World Juggling Day Link
Ann & Samantha Day Link
My
Rambling Thoughts
I
had a root canal at 8a this morning. It was decay under a crown…probably caused
by CPAP machine causing dry mouth at night. Hmm. It went well and he told me before
starting that he might not be able to save the tooth or that he might have to
send me to an oral surgeon. Luckily neither was necessary. He had a ‘new’
assistant and she was one of my 8th grade students @ Tuba way back.
We had a good conversation before the dentist came in. Small world.
Our
mayor issued a proclamation that masks will be required in all public places with
just a few exceptions. No end date was given. It was the right move, and of
course a few are giving her sh*t about it. The vast majority are not
complaining. I don’t like having to wear one, but I also want to stay healthy ‘for
a man of my age.’
While
I won’t be attending or watching the indoor Trump Tulsa Rally, I will be
watching the expected spike in two weeks. People are already line up, more than
24 hours before the rally.
Covid
has made this a spring to remember for a long time. As we move into summer, I
can only wonder if we will still be wearing masks as summer becomes fall.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer
at the bottom of the page
Two men find an old
gold coin and want to have a coin toss with it to decide who gets to keep it.
The only problem is the coin is heavier on one side so it comes up heads more
than tails.
What is a fair way
for the men to toss the coin and decide who gets to keep it?
Historical
Events
1214
- The University of Oxford received its Royal charter.
1782 -
Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States, with the Bald Eagle
clutching both an olive branch and thirteen arrows.
1837
- Queen Victoria, age 18, ascended the British throne following the death of
her uncle, King William IV. She ruled for 63 years to 1901.
1840
- Samuel Morse received the patent (#1647) for the telegraph.
1893 - Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
1945 - The United States Secretary of
State approved the transfer of Werner von Braun (and other Nazi rocket
scientists) to America.
1963
- The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to establish a "hot
line" communication system between the two nations.
1975
- Hollywood's first major summer 'must see' blockbuster, Jaws, opened in
theaters.
1990 Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to
begin a tour of US
2011 Betty Dukes v. Walmart class action lawsuit on alleged
employee gender discrimination in pay and promotion policies is decided in a
5-4 decision, ruling that the class should not be certified in its current form
2017 US toymaker Mattel releases 15 new body types for their Ken
doll, including one with a man bun
2018 US President Donald Trump signs Executive Order ending family
separation at the border for illegal immigrants
2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang,
the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years
Birthdays
Today
@77-Musician Chet Atkins (d. 2001;
colon cancer)
71-Musician Lionel
Ritchie
68-Actor John Goodman
53-Actor Nicole Kidman
@50-Actor Errol
Flynn (d. 1959; heart attack)
31-Actor Christohper
Mintz-Plasse
Puzzle Answer
They toss the coin
twice. Each man picks heads or tails on
the first coin toss and on the second coin toss they switch. So, if you picked heads on the first coin
toss you would have tails for the second coin toss. In this way no one has an advantage over the
other.
