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Oct
3, 2020 Week: 40 Day: 277 |
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Local: H 77° \ L 33° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 10mph\Gusts: 12mph |
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Nearest
lightning: 1562mi.; active fire: 59mi |
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Exreme Risk of Fire
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Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 83°[1980] Record: 21°[1902] |
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Sep
Averages: 63°\32° (4
days with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Your
living is determined not so much by what life brings to you
as
by the attitude you bring to life;
not
so much by what happens to you
as
by the way your mind looks at what happens.
Khalil
Gibran
Random Tidbits
Trader
Joe's 2002 Charles Shaw Shiraz beat out 2,300 other wines to win a prestigious
double gold medal at the 28th Annual International Eastern Wine Competition.
You can major in wine at Cornell University.
Technically it's a degree in "Viticulture
and Enology" (a.k.a. the cultivation of grapes and the science of
winemaking).
That's approximately 2.6 pounds, if you're
wondering how much "fruit" you get when you uncork your favorite red.
A little humor
Why does a dentist seem moody?
Because he always looks down in the mouth.
True Things
The correct name for ‘#’
is neither hashtag nor pound? Octothrope with the octo referring to the 8
points.
Movie trailers started in
1912 and played at the end of the feature film.
Observations This Month
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Employee Ownership
Month Link |
German-American
Heritage Month |
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Energy Management is
a Family Affair-Improve Your Home Month (10/1-3/31/13) |
Global Diversity
Awareness Month Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham |
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Eye Injury
Prevention Month Link |
Go Sober For
October Link |
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Fair Trade Month
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Halloween Safety
Month |
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Financial Planning
Month Link |
Head Start Awareness
Month Link |
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Feral Hog Month or
Hog Out Month Link |
Health Literacy
Month |
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Gay & Lesbian
History Month |
Home Eye Safety
Month |
Observations This Week
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3-11 |
Albuquerque Internat’l Balloon Fiesta: Link Cancelled due
to COVID-19 |
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Sea Otter Awareness
Week:Link |
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2-4 |
National
Storytelling Weekend |
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World Hearing Aid
Awareness Week |
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3-10 |
No Salt Week: |
1-5 |
Trichotillomania,
Skin Picking & Related BFRB
Awareness Week |
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3-9 |
Sukkot: |
1-7 |
National Walk Your
Dog Week: |
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1-7 |
Universal Children's
Week |
Observations for Today
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Bed & Breakfast Inn Mascot Day |
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
Day Link |
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Chowder Days |
National Play Outside Day Link |
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Cephalopod Awareness Day |
Techies Day Link |
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Frugal Fun Day |
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Inter-American Water Day Link |
Walk A Mile In Her
Shoes Day Link |
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World Card Making
Day |
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My Rambling Thoughts
Friday
is another nice day. Glad I shopped earlier this week and was able to take a
nice walk around the neighborhood.
Glad
to see the Broncos won last night.
A
former colleague from Red Lake passed away recently. I just found out today
that Aila passed on July 28. She was teaching in Montana when she became a
founding representative of AISIS, an American Indian Science Professional Organization.
I hired her at Red Lake, and she did a great job. She became our first
certified Gifted Teacher at the school. She met her husband while teaching at
Red Lake. After their marriage, they both transferred to DOD teaching positions
and taught in Japan for about a decade. We stayed in FB contact over the years.
She lost her husband about 8 years ago. She retired about 9 years ago. She had
a stroke about 5 years ago. She was only 67 years old when she passed. She will
be missed.
I
am concerned for the Trump family as we learned that he and the First Lady have
tested positive for COVID. This is hard on his family. It is also hard on the
country with the campaigning and election so close. Just as many are thinking
this year is as crazy as it can get, the WH announces this. Latest news is that
he is taking a non-approved new drug and is being taken to Walter Reed. Scary. Be safe, wear a mask, and social
distance.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
What is the first
number to contain the letter ‘A’ when spelled out?
What is the first
number with the letter ‘B’ when spelled out?
Historical Events
1863
– The last Thursday in November was declared as Thanksgiving Day by US
President Abraham Lincoln.
1872
– The Bloomingdale brothers opened their 1st store at 938 3rd Avenue, NYC
1888
Explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his team complete first known crossing of
Greenland interior, arriving in Godthaab
1908
Pravda newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and
other Russian exiles in Vienna
1913
US Federal income tax signed into law (at 1%) by President Woodrow Wilson
1949
– WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opened in
Atlanta. WERD was at 860 AM and is now WAEC.
1952
– The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuted
1955
– Captain Kangaroo premiered on CBS
1955
– The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on ABC
1957
– The California State Superior Court ruled that Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and
Other Poems was not obscene.
1960
– The Andy Griffith Show premiered on CBS
1961
– The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered on CBS
1977 Indira Gandhi arrested
1992-
Singer Sinead O’Conner stirred up controversy when she ripped up a picture of
Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live
1993
Battle at TV station Ostankino, Moscow townhall, about 25 killed…Boris Yeltsin
declares state of emergency in Moscow
1995
– More than 150 million people tuned in for the announcement of the verdict in
the O.J. Simpson trial. The not-guilty verdict was met with both praise and
criticism. So many people (100 million+) were watching/listening to the O.J.
Simpson verdict that it cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.
2008
The $700 billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed by
President George W. Bush
2013
Chinese President Xi Jinping announces plans for a "21st Century Maritime
Silk Road", linking China to Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean (Belt
and Road Initiative / One Belt One Road) while in Indonesia
Birthdays Today
@86 – Gore Vidal, American novelist,
screenwriter, and critic (d. 2012)
79 – Chubby Checker, American
singer-songwriter
71 – Lindsey Buckingham, American
singer-songwriter [Fleetwood Mac]
@68 – Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist [Mad;
Playboy] (d. 1993; cancer)
66 – Al Sharpton, American minister, and
political activist
58 – Tommy Lee, Greek-American
singer-songwriter, drummer [Motley Creu]
51 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter
47 – Neve Campbell, movie actor
Puzzle Answer
A: One thousand; B: one billion
