Oct 27

 

 

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Oct 27, 2020  Week: 44 Day: 301	Local:  H 32°\ L 17°\Average Sky Cover: 35%
Wind:   5mph\Gusts:  10mph	Nearest lightning:  809mi.; active fire:  59mi
Low Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: 75°[2008]   Record: 10°[1970]	Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

Our first teacher is our heart.

Cheyenne proverb

 

Random Tidbits

Cholesterol is a type of lipid (fat) that is essential for all animal life--in the right amounts. It performs three essential functions: 1) Helps make the outer coating of cells, 2) Makes up the bile acids that work to digest food in the intestine, and 3) Allows the body to make Vitamin D and hormones, such as testosterone in men and estrogen in women.

In most people, 60-70 percent of their cholesterol is carried in LDL particles, which are considered "bad" cholesterol. LDL particles are not all "bad," however, because they act as ferries, taking cholesterol to parts of the body that need it. LDL cholesterol becomes "bad" if there is too much in the body in which case, it starts depositing cholesterol into the blood stream.

 

A little humor

The reason Mayberry was so peaceful and quiet was because nobody was married.  Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd, Howard, Goober, Gomer, Sam, Earnest T Bass, Helen, Thelma Lou, Clara, and, of course, Opie were all single. The only married person was Otis, & he was a drunk.

 

Observations This Week

Red Ribbon Week: 23-31  Link	Kids Care Week: 25-31
Disarmament Week: 24-30	National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: 25-31 Link
Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week: 24-31	National Massage Therapy Week: 25-31 Link
World Origami Days: 24-11/11	National Respiratory Care Week: 25-31 Link
Asexuality Week: 25-31 Link	Pastoral Care Week: 25-31 Link
International Magic Week: 25-31	Pro Bono Week: 25-31  Link
Give Wildlife a Brake! Week: 25-31  Link

 

Observations for Today

American Beer Day

Black Cat Day Link
Cranky Co-workers Day
Navy Day Link
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Link

National Potato Day

National Tell a Story Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Last night brought rain, lightning, and cold. There was just enough snow to cover the windshield and make my vehicle need a bath. I had a dr. appointment and had to scrape the windshield at 9:30. I’m home and all is good.

I didn’t get to watch the Broncos, but something must have gone terribly wrong. Then the Cards played last night and it was an OT nail-biter. They won by a last second field goal in the 1^st OT. The OT was amazing.

I’ve heard a couple of interviews with Matthew McConaughey about his new book Greenlights. He has a very positive attitude about life, believing that even the Yellow and Red lights in our lives lead us to more green lights.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

 

Historical Events

312 – Constantine the Great saw the Vision of the Cross. “In this sign, you shall conquer”

1275 – Amsterdam, in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was founded.

1904 – The first underground New York City Subway line opened.

1955 – Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean was released. It premiered the night before, at the Astor Theater in New York.

1961 – NASA tested the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.

1964 – Ronald Reagan delivered his “A Time for Choosing” speech on behalf of Republican presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater.

1966 – It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown aired for the first time (on CBS)

1969 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader's Raiders

2019 California Governor Gavin Newson declares state of emergency with multiple fires across the state, including Sonomoa County's Kincade Fire burning over 30,000 acres

 

Birthdays Today

@97 – Nanette Fabray, American actress, and singer (d. 2018)

@91 – Ruby Dee, American actress (d. 2014)

81 – John Cleese, English comedic actor, Monty Python

78 – Lee Greenwood, American singer-songwriter

@73 – Roy Lichtenstein, American painter, and sculptor (d. 1997; pneumonia)

70 – Fran Lebowitz, American author

@63 – Isaac Singer, American actor, and businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (died in 1875)

@60 – Theodore Roosevelt, American politician, 26th President Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)

@61 – John Gotti, American mob boss (d. 2002; throat cancer)

@39 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet, and playwright (d. 1953; alcoholism)

36 – Kelly Osbourne, English television personality

 

Puzzle Answer

Incorrectly