Mar 29

 

 

 

Mar 29, 2021   Week: 14    Day: 88                        

Visibility: 10 miles	Ave. Sky Cover: %
Local: H 60°\ L 32°	Nearest Lightning: 1456mi.
Wind:  3mph/ Gusts:  10mph	High Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  558mi
Record: 70°[1934]  Record: 10°[1944]	Mar. Averages: 53°/23° (6 days with moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

~Herodotus

Random Tidbits

Beer (in part because it contains antimicrobial ethanol) was a healthier drink than polluted Nile river water.

You might have known that fact if you were a beer expert, or cerevisaphile - a word derived from the Latin name of the Roman goddess of agriculture, Ceres, and vis, meaning strength.

A Little Something to Think About

If people ring a bell today and rang a bell yesterday, why don’t we say that they flange a ball?

If they wrote a letter, perhaps they also bot their tongue. If a teacher taught, why isn’t it also true that the preacher paught?

True Things

Free-diver swims 394 feet under ice

A French free-diver plunged into a frigid lake in Finland to swim 394 feet under the ice and break a world record. Arthur Guerin-Boeri, 36, a five-time world champion free-diver, plunged into the lake while wearing a wet suit, but no gloves or flippers. Guerin-Boeri swam 394 feet under the ice, spending about three minutes submerged. The free-diver's feat came just one month after Czech free-diver David Vencl swam 265 feet under the ice of a quarry northwest of Prague while wearing only his bathing suit. Evidence from Guerin-Boeri's swim is now being submitted to Guinness World Records.

Weekly Observations

Lent [Christian] Passover [Jewish]	Thru 4/3 Thru 4/4
Passiontide	21-4/3
National Cherry Blossom Festival Link	20-4/10
National Physicians Week  Link	25-31
Holy Week International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week National Cleaning Week	24-4/3

 

Today’s Observations

Knights of Columbus Founders Day
National Chiffon Cake Day

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

National Vietnam War Veterans Day Link
Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day
Smoke and Mirrors Day Link
Texas Loves The Children Day
Vietnam War Veteran’s Day

World Piano Day Link 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice spring day. Good day for a walk in the forest. Which is exactly what I did.

Over the past year there have been many cyberattacks on hospitals. The hackers freeze all data and charge thousands to get the data back. It is estimated that hospitals in the US have paid over $500 million to get data back…DURING THE PANDEMIC. I hope that law enforcement identifies these hackers, gather evidence, and prosecute them. If they are found guilty, they will spend decades in prison with no internet access.

I checked the Women’s NCAA bracket…Arizona has made it to the Elite 8. Very well done. Now is the time for the NCAA to treat female teams the exact same way they treat male teams. I am shocked at the many disparities. Back in the 80’s when I was an Athletic Director/Supervisor at Tonalea our league was very aware of Title IX and did our best to treat all teams equally. I just assumed that the NCAA was doing the same. Guess that old saying about assuming is correct.

I still have Myanmar on my bucket list. It is still not the time. Yesterday the army, under the direction of the new coup leaders, slaughtered over 100 of its own citizens, some were children. This has to stop.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

What rocks but does not roll?

Historical Events

1638 – Swedish colonists established the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.

1867 – Queen Victoria gave Royal Assent to the British North America Act which established the Dominion of Canada, effective on July 1.

1871 – The Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria.

1882 – The ‘Knights of Columbus’ was established.

1886 – John Pemberton brewed the first batch of Coca-Cola in Atlanta.

1908 – Long-running comic strip Mutt and Jeff debuted.

1951 – Broadway Show – The King and I (Musical) March 29, 1951

1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

1998 – BBC America made its debut on digital cable.

2009 – In a very unusual political/business situation, Rick Wagoner, the chairman, and chief executive of General Motors, resigned at the request of President Obama’s administration.

2006 – Queen Elizabeth II pronounced the singer ‘Sir’ Tom Jones a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

2017 – Prime Minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union, beginning the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.

2020 Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari orders a lockdown in the cities of Lagos and Abuja after the country records 97 COVID-19 cases and one death

Birthdays Today

@71 – John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862; stroke)

@88 – Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)

@72 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990; Arteriosclerosis)

@74 – Sam Walton, founded Walmart and Sam’s Club (died in 1992)

78 – Eric Idle, English comedic actor; member of Monty Python

57 – Elle Macpherson, Australian model

53 – Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress

Puzzle Answer

A rocking chair