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Jul 12, 2020 Week: 29 Day: 194
86004:
H 90° \ L 54° \ Average Sky Cover: 70%
Wind:
8mph\Gusts: 16mph Visibility:
10mi
Nearest lightning: 3.9mi.; Nearest active fire: 68mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 94°[2002]
Record Low: 39°[1952]
Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 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
General Tso’s Chicken
While there’s some debate
over where this popular “Chinese” dish was invented, one thing is for certain:
It wasn’t invented in China. A Taiwanese man named Peng Chang-kuei claimed to
have invented the sweet and savory dish in the 1950s when serving U.S. military
leaders. He then brought the recipe to his New York restaurant where it became
a favorite of politicians like Henry Kissinger. Kissinger was supposedly one of
the first persons ever to try General Tso’s chicken, and he helped boost its
popularity nationwide.
It might have been named
after a Chinese military leader, but that’s the extent of the dish’s link to
China.
Remember these movie quotes?
#26 "Why
don't you come up sometime and see me?"
Mae West She Done Him
Wrong 1933
Observations This Week
Tour de
France: 27-7/19 Link Moved to August due to COVID-19
Nude Recreation Weekend: 5-12
Creative Maladjustment Week: 7-14 Link
National Vodka Week: 12-18 Link
Operation Safe Driver
Week: 12-18 Link
Sports Cliché Week: 12-18 Link Cancelled
due to COVID-19 cancelling the Major League Baseball Games.
Observations
for Today
Night
of Nights (Maritime Radio) Link
Simplicity
Day Link
My Rambling Thoughts
Heat wave has done hit us. It was 92 just before noon.
I broke down and set up my portable swamp cooler in the living room. Gotta keep
semi-cool somehow. The clouds are dark, so hoping for an afternoon and/or
evening monsoon.
Not surprised, just disappointed, that Trump helped
another ‘good buddy’ just before he was headed to prison. Roger is grateful I’m
sure.
I sure hope that someone, anyone in the administration
will step up and do something about our country’s response to Covid. More
testing is needed. More on what Covid does to the body. More action, less
talking. It is not a picnic living in the hottest spot for the virus…
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
It’s 7:00 AM. You are
asleep and there is a sudden knock on the door.
Behind the door are your
parents who came to have breakfast. In your fridge are bread, milk, juice, and
a jar of jam.
What will you open first?
Historical Events
927 - Æthelstan, King of England, secured a pledge
from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter would not ally with Viking
kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain. This is considered by
most historians to the closest thing that England has to a foundation date.
1543 - King Henry VIII of England married his sixth
(and last) wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
1862 - The Medal of Honor was authorized by the United
States Congress. In 1990, Congress designated March 25 annually as
"National Medal of Honor Day."
1894 - Eight units for the measurement of electrical
magnitudes were adopted in US law when President Grover Cleveland signed an Act
of Congress “to define and establish the units of electrical measure” for the
ohm, ampere, volt, coulomb, farad, joule, watt and the henry. #standards
1920 - The Panama Canal was formally dedicated,
although it had the first ship pass through several years earlier.
1954 President
Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system
1960 Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare
independence
1962 - The Rolling Stones performed their first
concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom.
1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic Ocean on the
raft Ra II, arrives in Barbados from Morocco after 57 days
1990 - Norther Exposure debuted on CBS
1998 South
African President Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach
drive through the streets of London
1997 - Oz premiered on HBO
2002 - Monk premiered on the USA Network
2013 Malala Yousafzai addresses the United Nations and
calls for worldwide access to education
2017 World's largest iceberg (later christened A68)
breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6,000 sq km in length
Birthdays Today
@93 -
Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002)
@85 -
Herbert Zim, American naturalist, author, and educator (died in 1994)
83 -
Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian and felon
@83 -
Joe 'Curly Joe' DeRita, American actor, #6 of the 3 Stooges (d. 1993)
@77 -
George Eastman, businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)
@73 -
Louis B. Mayer [Lazar Meir],
Russian-American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (d. 1957; cancer)
72 -
Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer
69 -
Cheryl Ladd, American actress
@65 -
Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (d. 1960;
cancer)
62 -
J. D. Hayworth, American politician, radio host
@55 -
Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (d. 44 BC; stabbed)
@44 -
Henry David Thoreau, essayist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1862, TB)
42 -
Topher Grace, American actor
Puzzle Answer
The door
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