☼☼☼
FYI: Any
Blue text is a link. Click to check it out!
Sep 22, 2020 Week: 39 Day:266 Local: H 79° \ L 45° \ Average Sky Cover: 80%
Wind: 1
mph\Gusts: 3mph Nearest
lightning: 6.1mi.; active fire: 59mi.
high Risk of Fire Visibility: 10mi
Record: 83°[1949] Record: 29°[1912]
Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)
☼☼☼
Today’s Quote
"I
would rather die of passion than of boredom."
-Vincent van Gogh
☼☼☼
Random
Tidbits
Under the weather
Originally,
sailors used the phrase “under the weather bow,” referring to the side of the
ship that would get the brunt of the wind during storms. To avoid getting
seasick when the waves got rough, they’d bunker down in their cabins—literally
under that bad weather—to let the storm pass.
☼☼☼
A little
humor
From Actual Medical Records
The patient is a 79-year-old
widow who no longer lives with her husband.
The patient refused an autopsy.
Many years ago the patient had
frostbite of the right shoe.
☼☼☼
True Things
Prosecutors
said an alleged carjacker in Chicago contacted the vehicle's owner and offered
to sell the 1998 Chevy Malibu back to her for $50. Assistant State's Attorney
Erin Antonietti said Jereh Brown, 24, received a ride in the victim's car from
a friend of the owner and he forced the woman out of the driver's seat while
the car was stopped. Antonietti told a hearing Brown contacted the owner of the
car, a 19-year-old woman, and offered to sell the 1998 Chevy Malibu back to her
for $50. The woman arranged to meet with Brown and contacted police to
accompany her to the chosen location, the prosecutor said. Police found Brown
hiding in a closet in a home at the location of the arranged meeting just
before 10 p.m. and he was arrested. Investigators found a key to the car inside
the home where Brown was arrested. Brown was charged with vehicular hijacking
and possession of a stolen vehicle. He was released on electronic monitoring.
☼☼☼
Observations
This Week
|
Constitution
Week: 17-23 |
National
Singles Week: 20-26 |
|
National
Ballroom Dance Week: 18-27 Link |
National
Rehabilitation Awareness Week: 20-26 |
|
Farm
Animal Awareness Week: 19-25 |
National
Indoor Plant Week: 20-26 |
|
Build A
Better Image Week: 20-26 |
Nat’l
Historically Black Colleges/Univ.Week: 20-26 |
|
Child
Passenger Safety Week: 20-26 Link |
National
Farm & Ranch Safety/Health Week: 20-26 |
|
Deaf
Dog Awareness Week: 20-26 Link |
Prostate
Cancer Awareness Week: 20-26 |
|
International
Clean Hands Week: 20-26 |
Tolkien
Week: 20-26 |
|
Internat’l
Interpreters and Translators Week: 20-26 |
World
Reflexology Week: 20-26 |
|
International
Women's E-Commerce Days: 20-26 |
National
Bike to Work Week: 21-27 Link Moved from
May due to COVID-19 |
|
National
Love Your Files Week: 21-25 Link |
|
|
National
Employ Older Workers Week: 20-26 Link |
Pollution
Prevention Week: 21-27 Link |
☼☼☼
Observations
for Today
|
American
Business Women's Day |
National Bike to Work Day: Link Moved from May due to COVID-19 |
|
Autumnnal Equinox 9:31AM EDT |
National
Centenarian's Day |
|
National
Girls' Night In Link |
|
|
Car
Free Day Link |
National
Ice Cream Cone Day |
|
Chainmail
Day |
National
Leg Wear Day Link |
|
Dear
Diary Day |
National
On-line Recovery Day Link |
|
National
Voter Registration Day Link |
|
|
National
Walk n' Roll Dog Day |
|
|
Ice
Cream Cone Day |
National
White Chocolate Day Link |
|
International
Day of Radiant Peace |
National Woman Road Warrior
Day |
|
Mabon (On Autumn Equinox) |
Remote Employee
Appreciation Day |
☼☼☼
My
Rambling Thoughts
Another week begins. Still wearing masks, still avoiding crowds,
still waiting for the election. Weather is still nice, cloudy but still warm
and nice.
A couple of days ago I mentioned Nielson Powless, the Oneida who
was in the Tour de France. He finished 9th in his bracket…Young Rider.
Great news for Native athletes.
I updated the Focus Travel Club site. Check out the new adventure
to Nova Scotia in June 2021. Looks exciting. The website has the latest
information on all the upcoming trips.
A crazy lady sent an envelope with the poison Risen to the White
House. The letter was stopped at a warehouse before getting anywhere near the
White House. Authorities say she was arrested trying to return to the US from
Canada. How anyone can be uneducated enough to believe that letter would ever
get to the President, or White House staff unopened is a special kind of dumb.
In another update, the massive death of elephants in Rwanda has
now been linked to a bacteria in the water at waterholes. Due to the drought,
water levels are low and elephants are the only mammal that goes deep into the
water to get its drink. The bacteria live near the bottom of the waterholes. It
is sad so many elephants have been lost, but now they know why and have to
figure out how to fix it.
☼☼☼
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
Alive without breath, as cold as death;
never thirsty, ever drinking, all in mail,
never clinking.
What am I?
☼☼☼
Historical
Events
1776 – Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy for the
colonies during the Revolutionary War. In fairness to the British, this war
hero was spying on them.
1789 – The U.S. Post Office was established by congress.
1911 – Pitcher Cy Young beat Pittsburgh 1-0 for his final career
victory – number 511.
1920 – A Chicago Grand Jury convened to investigate charges that 8
White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series. They did.
1964 – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. premiered on NBC.
1985 – Farm Aid wast first broadcast, on TNN and in syndication
2011 – CERN scientists announced their discovery of neutrinos
breaking the speed of light. There were reasonably sure that the experiment
would not cause a black hole that would suck up the entire planet. So far, so
good.
☼☼☼
Birthdays
Today
64 – Debby Boone,
American singer
62 – Andrea
Bocelli, Italian singer
62 – Joan Jett,
American singer-songwriter
60 – Scott Baio,
American actor
@55 – Eric Baker,
English activist, co-founded Amnesty International (d.1976)
☼☼☼
Puzzle
Answer
Fish
☼☼☼
