Apr 8

 

 

 

Apr 8, 2021   Week: 15    Day: 98                            

Visibility: 10 miles	Ave. Sky Cover: 5%
Local: H 67°\ L 41°	Nearest Lightning: 928mi.
Wind:  6mph/ Gusts: 10 mph	EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  640mi
Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.

~Sitting Bull

Random Tidbits

The Sun counts for 99.86% of the mass in our Solar System.

We are taught ‘the pen is stronger than the sword’ but also that ‘sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.’ Which one is it?

Walking a mile in another person’s shoes only takes like 20, 30 minutes, tops. Is that really enough time to get to understand someone?

Common Words: New Meanings

14.  Oyster  (N.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15.  Frisbeetarianism  (N.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16.  Circumvent  (N.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

Monthly Observations

 

Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month Pet First Aid Awareness Month Physical Wellness Month Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month Link Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month  Link  Link Rosacea Awareness Month School Library Media Month Soy Foods Month Straw Hat Month Stress Awareness Month  Link Testicular Cancer Awareness Month Tulip Month Women's Empowering Month Link Women's Eye Health & Safety Month Women Helping Women Heal Month Link Workplace Conflict Awareness Month World Habitat Awareness Month World Landscape Architecture Month Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month

 

Weekly Observations

 

National Cherry Blossom Festival Link	Thru 4/10
National Robotics Week Link	3-11
Bat Appreciation Week  National Dental Hygienest Week Link National Library Week Hate Week National Blue Ribbon Week Link  (Child Abuse) National Public Health Week National Window Safety Week	4-10
American Indian Awareness Week  Link CANCELLED Explore Your Career Options	5-9
International Dark Sky Week   Link  Mule Days The Masters Tournament	5-11
National Catholic Educational Association Week	6-8
Satchmo Days: Link  Moved to September 30 due to COVID	8-11

 

Today’s Observations

 

All is Ours Day Buddha Day (Historical Birth Date)  Link Draw a Picture of a Bird Day International Roma Day Milk in glass bottles Day National Alcohol Screening Day

National Dog Fighting Awareness Day National Empanada Day Trading Cards for Grownups Day Link Virtual Advocacy Day Link Zoo Lover's Day

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Mid-week and another great day here at 7000 feet. I’m enjoying this great spring weather.  There was a tiny earthquake about 4 miles from my place…3.3 for those who know what that means and about 5 miles down. It happened at 2am and I didn’t know about it until I read it when I got up.

I read a couple of articles about Jack Hanna today. He is the zoologist who has several TV shows on the weekend. He has been diagnosed with dementia and is no longer making public appearances. Very sad.

The Jul 13 MLB All Star Game have moved from Atlanta to Denver Coors Field. Coors is a great field with very few, if any, bad seats. Too bad Covid will limit crowds and vendors.

The US is ‘talking to Allies’ about a possible boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. I am a fan of the Olympics and we have lived through several boycotted Olympics. I am disappointed that the Olympic Committee chose Beijing due to their human rights issues. The Olympic Athletes will not change any policies. These young athletes have worked for years to make the various teams. Most have a very small window to participate. Boycotts only hurt the athletes, vendors, and the citizens of the country. I hope the ‘talks’ don’t turn into action.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

53. I have no eyes, no legs, or ears, and I help move the earth. What am I?

Historical Events

1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, was dedicated.

1820 – The Venus de Milo statue was discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.

1873 – The first commercially successful margarine manufacturing process was Patented (No. 137,564) by Alfred Paraf of New York.

1879 – Echo Farms Dairy Co. of New York sold milk in glass bottles for the first time in the US.

1911 – Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity.

1952 – US President Harry Truman announced the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.

1953 – Man in the Dark, the first 3D motion picture produced and released by a major company, opened at the Globe Theater in New York City.

1959 – A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper met to discuss the creation of a new programming language, leading to COBOL.

1964 – Gemini 1, an unmanned test flight, was launched.

1992 – Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he had AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.

1994 – Lead Singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain was found dead, having committed suicide three days earlier.

2000- Nineteen US Marines are killed when a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona

2004 -U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 Commission

2019 -600 million birds die each year in the US after striking tall buildings with Chicago the worst city, according to Cornell Lab of Ornithology

2020 -World Trade organization predicts a drop in global trade greater than the 2008 financial crisis, between 13% and 32% for 2020

 

Birthdays Today

@93 – Betty Ford (Elizabeth Bloomer), 40th American First Lady (d. 2011)

@87 – Mary Pickford [Gladys Marie Smith], Canadian-American actress and producer, co-founded United Artists (d. 1979)

61 – John Schneider, American actor

58 – Julian Lennon, English singer-songwriter

@57 – Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater, actress (d. 1969; leukemia)

53 – Patricia Arquette, French-Canadian Russian/Polish Jewish-American actress

Puzzle Answer

An earthworm