Mar 3

 

 

Mar 3, 2021 Week: 9    Day: 62                Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 52°\ L 24°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5 %   Wind:  9mph/ Gusts:  14mph

Nearest Lightning: 1129mi.                 Moderate Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  249mi

Record: 66°[1910]  Record: -9°[1915]      Mar. Averages: 53°/23° (6 days with moisture)            

Today’s Quote

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

~Thomas Jefferson

Random Tidbits

Unless you're a real science geek, chances are you never knew these elements even existed. Nonetheless, many of them form the foundations of modern life.

Beryllium (Be)

Beryllium is recognized as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. In another form, however, beryllium is highly desirable, even priceless. When combined with trace amounts of chromium, beryllium takes on a beautiful green hue as the gemstone commonly known as the emerald.

A Little Humor

Why did the lettuce get arrested?

For disturbing the peas!

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I was camping last weekend...it was intense.

Monthly Observations

 

International Black Women in Jazz & The Arts Month Link International Ideas Month International Listening Awareness Month International Mirth Month Irish-American Heritage Month Mad for Plaid Month Malignant Hypertension Awareness & Training Month Music In Our Schools Month Link

 

Weekly Observations

Lent [Christian]	Thru 4/3
National Pasty Week Cancelled	Thru 3/6
National School Breakfast Week: 1-5	1-5
Hearing Awareness Week Link LGBT Health Awareness Week Link National Cheerleading Week Nat’l Write A Letter of Appreciation Week National Ghostwriters Week National Invest in a Veteran Week  Link National Pet Sitters Week Link Return the Borrowed Books Week Telecommuter Appreciation Week Universal Human Beings Week Link Will Eisner Week   Link World Hearing Awareness Week Link	1-7

 

Today’s Observations

Caregiver Appreciation Day

I Want You to be Happy Day
If Pets Had Thumbs Day  

International Ear Care Day
National Anthem Day[US]

National Cold Cuts Day

National Moscow Mule Day

National Mulled Wine Day  Link
Peach Blossom Day

Princess Day Link
Simplify Your Life Day
Soup It Forward Day Link Cancelled
What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs? Day
World Birth Defects Day
World Hearing Awareness Day  Link
World Math Day Link
World Wildlife Day Link 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Warming up nicely and was able to take a walk through the neighborhood.

The Senate hearing with the FBI director was not very encouraging…He pointed out the quite real threat of domestic terrorists. So unbelievable and so disturbing.

I texted my brother last night, it seems that he gets a little better each day. That’s good.

This is far from new news but I’m tired of politicians and executives who seem to believe that their position gives them certain sexual privileges. Disgusted. Do your job and nothing more.

Six Dr. Seuss books will not be printed anymore by his foundation because they have negative racial stereotypes. Educators have known for decades that children’s thinking is influenced by books. Growing up in a white world as a white child/man, I didn’t notice the negative stereotypes in his books. What is more saddening is that Asian and African American children probably didn’t notice them either, but those images did influence their lives. Racial stereotypes are wrong and everyone needs to become more aware of them. The Dr. Seuss Foundation is doing the right thing.

Thank you to the California traffic court judge who stopped a virtual court procedure because the defendant was performing an operation, in a hospital operating room while attempting to get out of his ticket.  I hope the AMA takes note and the doctor is punished by them.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

Jack is looking at Anne. Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, George is not, and we don’t know if Anne is married. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?

Historical Events

1873 – US Congress passed the ‘Comstock Law’, making it illegal to send any “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” books through the mail.

1885 – American Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Bell.

1901 – The office of Standards, Weights and Measures was created by an act of the US Congress.

1915 – Birth of a Nation made its east coast debut in NYC.

1915 – NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), the predecessor of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), was founded.

1919 -The first US international airmail service began, between Seattle, Washington and Victoria, B.C., Canada.

1923 – Time magazine published the first issue.

1931 – President Herbert Hoover made Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States.

1951 – Watch Mr. Wizard debuted on NBC.

1952 – In a 6-3 decision, the US Supreme Court upheld a New York state law that prohibited communists from teaching in public schools.

1991 – Rodney King was severely beaten by police officers in Los Angeles, CA. The footage was filmed by observers and then broadcast on television in the U.S. The incident led to massive riots by African-Americans in the city of Los Angeles.

2005 – After 67 hours, the first solo non-stop and fastest flight around the world without refueling ended when Steve Fossett landed at the Salina Municipal Airport, which he had left on February 28, 2005.

2015 "Under the Dome" a documentary on pollution in China by Chai Jing has been viewed over 150 million times in 3 days on Tencent.

2019 SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully docks with the International Space Station during its demonstration run.

2020 US Federal Reserve makes its largest rate cut in a decade, short-term interest rates by 0.5% to protect economy against COVID-19

Birthdays Today

@85 – James Doohan, Canadian-American actor [Star Trek Scotty] (d. 2005)

@75 – Alexander Graham Bell, American inventor (d. 1922)

@66 – George Pullman, engineer and businessman (d. 1897; heart attack)

@66 – Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman (d. 1949)

62 – Ira Glass, American radio host

47 – David Faustino, American actor

@42 – Dorothy Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress (d. 1987; OD)

39 – Jessica Biel, American actress

`, American actress (d. 1937; kidney failure)

Puzzle Answer

Yes. If Anne is married, then she is married and looking at George, who is unmarried. If Anne is unmarried, then Jack, who is married, is looking at her. Either way, the statement is correct.