Mar 15

 

 

Mar 15, 2021     Week: 12    Day: 74                         Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 47°\ L 20°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%                   Wind:  15mph/ Gusts:  25mph

Nearest Lightning: 564mi.                                           Low Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  545mi

Record: 72°[2007]  Record: -3°[1962]            Mar. Averages: 53°/23° (6 days with moisture)            

Today’s Quote

I will preach with my brush.

~Henry Ossawa Tanner

Random Tidbits

Houses can host many common dream symbols, but the building as a whole represents your inner psyche. Each room or floor can symbolize different emotions, memories, and interpretations of meaningful events.

A Little Something to Think About

If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of boot be beeth?

If the plural of goose is geese, shouldn’t the plural of moose be meese?

If he plural of index is indices, shouldn’t the plural of Kleenex be Kleenicies?

True Things

Nicholas Carretta, 47, of Oakland, claims in court papers that the company sent him "multiple unsolicited, obscene and harmful packages" over the course of 18 months.

Starting as far back as 2019 Carretta has received a chocolate penis, a spring-loaded glitter bomb that blew up in his face, and a packaged addressed to "Fat Midget" that contained chocolate imitation feces, the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit alleges assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress, negligence and conspiracy. Carretta is seeking damages of $75,000, along with court fees and post-judgment interest.

Weekly Observations

Lent [Christian]	Thru 4/3
Women of Aviation Worldwide Week	7-14
Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign	11-17
World Rattlesnake Roundup	12-14
Campfire USA Birthday Week Teen Tech Week	14-20
Native American Awareness Week   Link	15-19
Act Happy Week  International Brain Awareness Week Link International Teach Music Week National Fix A Leak Week Link Shakespeare Week Link	15-21

 

Today’s Observations

Brutus Day
Buzzards Day Link

Dumbstruck Day

Everything You Think is Wrong Day

Fill Our Staplers Day
Ides of March

International Day of Action Against Canadian Seal Slaughter Link
Napping Day
National VO Day
National Peanut Lovers’ Day

National Shoe The World Day
True Confessions Day
Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day
World Consumer Rights Day  Link 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The day started off very windy…gusts up to 35mph. and the wind was very chilly. Not a day for a walk. It looks like our snowstorm has left the area. Seeing all the pictures from the Denver area, I am glad it is not hitting here that hard.

Burger King launched a new campaign to get more female chefs. The full-page ad stated: A woman’s place is in the kitchen! It did not go over very well. Had people read the smaller print they would have learned a whole lot.

We all know the downside of this horrific pandemic. But for some, there has been an upside: Statistics show the top 10% are currently living their best lives. Jeff Bezos of Amazon made $34million in the month of January 2021. Over the past year, Amazon stock price has risen 70% as most of us needed on-line delivery options. I don’t think I am the only one who feels that the top 10% need to pay some of that forward.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

This one could also fall in the lying/truth category. A man is caught on the king’s property. He is brought before the king to be punished. The king says, “You must give me a statement. If it is true, you will be killed by lions. If it is false, you will be killed by trampling of wild buffalo. If I can’t figure it out, I’ll have to let you go.” Sure enough, the man was released. What was the man’s statement?

Historical Events

1545 – First meeting of the Council of Trent, the ‘Counter-Reformation’.

1806 – A chondrite meteorite, carrying carbon-based, organic chemicals, was identified for the first time. Found outside Alais, France, the organic chemicals it carried suggested the possibility of life on whatever body was the source, somewhere out in space.

1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited was incorporated.

1956 – My Fair Lady debuted on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.

1922 – Fuad I became King of Egypt.

1928 Benito Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)

1939 Adolf Hitler summons Czech President Emil Hácha to a meeting in Berlin and informs him of the impending attack by Germany; Hácha suffers a heart attack and later capitulates.

1939 Reneging on his pledge in the Munich Agreement, Adolf Hitler and Germany occupy and annex Czechoslovakia.

1940 Hermann Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest.

1946 British Prime Minister Clement Attlee agrees with India's right to independence.

1960 National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated.

1928 Benito Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)

1939 Adolf Hitler summons Czech President Emil Hácha to a meeting in Berlin and informs him of the impending attack by Germany; Hácha suffers a heart attack and later capitulates.

1939 Reneging on his pledge in the Munich Agreement, Adolf Hitler and Germany occupy and annex Czechoslovakia.

1940 Hermann Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest.

1946 British Prime Minister Clement Attlee agrees with India's right to independence.

1960 National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated

1968 US Mint stops buying & selling gold

1971 Chatrooms make their debut on ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet

1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days.

1984 Tanzania adopts constitution.

1985 The first Internet domain name, symbolics.com is registered.

1989 US Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position.

2017 French fashion house Givenchy appoints it first female designer, Englishwoman Clare Waight Keller

2018 Toy chain Toys R Us announces it will close all its stores after filing for bankruptcy.

2019 Climate change strikes held by school children take place around the world inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg.

2020 US Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to near zero to support the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Birthdays Today

@87 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge (d. 2020)

@86 – Marjorie Merriweather Post, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded General Foods (d. 1973)

86 – Judd Hirsch, American actor

80 – Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician, Beach Boys

@78 – Andrew Jackson, American general and politician, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)

78 – Sly Stone [Sylvester Stewart], American singer-songwriter, musician

@73 – Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (d. 343)

46 – Eva Longoria, American actress

45 – will.i.am, American rapper and producer

Puzzle Answer

“I will be killed by trampling of wild buffalo.” This stumped the king because if it’s true, he’ll be killed by lions, which would render the statement not true. If it’s a lie, he’d be killed by wild buffalo, which would make it a truth. Since the king had no solution, he had to let the man go.