May 15,
2021 Week: 19 Day: 135
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Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Local: H 73°\ L 40° |
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Wind: 9mph/ Gusts: 11mph EXTREME Risk of Fire:
Active fire: 213mi Nearest Lightning: 244mi. |
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May Averages: 68°/34° (3 days w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
If you do not think about
your future, you cannot have one.
~John Galsworthy
Random Tidbits
Plant life began on the
Earth's landforms about 430 million years ago. The first plants were likely single-celled
organisms distantly related to algae.
Humor
What do a jackknifed semi in Ohio, a guy getting a divorce in Alabama,
and a tornado in Kansas have in common? They’re all fixin’ to lose a trailer.
Real Cities
Big Sag, Montana Big Sag is an unincorporated community
in Chouteau County, in Montana. It is located off Montana Secondary Highway
228. It is near the Big Sag Waterfowl Production Area.
The community took its name from the nearby Big Sag
valley.
True Things
Neighbors in Northampton,
England, have been annoyed by a swan that has been knocking on their doors,
sometimes for hours at a time, for five years, Fox News reported on March 24.
"He starts by rattling the letterbox then bashes the metal with its beak
quite loudly," said resident Stephen Legg. "The racket reverberates
through the whole house." The bird targets houses only on one particular
block, according to local media, but no one seems to know why. [Fox News,
3/24/2021]
Weekly Observations
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International
Wildlife Film Week Link |
Thru
5/15 |
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National Playground Safety Week
Link |
Thru
30 |
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National Public Gardens Week Link |
7-16 |
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Economic Development Week Link |
9-15 |
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Reading is Fun Week Link |
9-16 |
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American Craft Beer Week Link |
10-16 |
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Cannes
Film Festival |
11-22 |
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Peripheral
Neuropathy Awareness Week Link |
12-16 |
Today’s Observations
Day of Family
Do Dah
Day Link
Hyperemisis Gravidarum Awareness Day
International Day of Families
International Learn To Swim Day
International MPS Awareness Day Link
Morel Mushroom Day
Nakba Day
National Chocolate Chip Day Link
National Slider Day (Food)
Nylon Stockings Day
National Tuberous Sclerosis Day Link
Over the Rainbow Day
Pizza Party
Day
Preakness
Spring Astronomy Day
Straw Hat
Day Link
World Fiddle Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Yesterday became a busy day. Shopping and lunch took longer than
expected. I had a good lunch and discussion with Mary from our retirement group.
We went to a favorite local and a great lunch on the patio. Weather was amazing.
But alas, no time for this blog.
Fire season is here and yesterday there were 2 small wildfires very
close to Flagstaff. One was on US89…the main road to the Rez and Page, AZ. Any
alternate route adds about 2 hours. The 2-acre fire closed 89 for more than 4
hours. The other was a 1-acre fire started by transients.
I tried to understand the new CDC guidelines on masks. The headline of
course was vaccinated means no masks…except…on public transportation, medical
facilities, nursing homes, or if a store says wear a mask. To be honest, I don’t
enjoy masking up when I am shopping or seeing a doctor. My only problem with
the new guidelines, is that I will now probably leave my mask in my vehicle,
get to the store, and find out they are still requiring masks. A small issue I
know, but I prefer consistency in my life.
That gas line is running again after they probably paid $5million in
ransom. No matter what happens, gas prices will continue to rise…blaming the
rise on necessary technology security or something.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Historical Events
1501 – Ottaviano Petrucci opened the first modern-style music
publishing house, by producing the first book of music made from movable type,
in Venice.
1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stood trial in London on charges
of treason, adultery and incest. Found guilty, she was executed a few days
later, May 19.
1793 – Diego Marín Aguilera flew a glider for approximately 1,000 feet
during one of the first attempted manned flights, in Spain.
1800 – President John Adams ordered the new US federal government to
leave Philadelphia and move to the nation’s new capital in Washington DC.
1858 – Royal Opera House opened in Covent Garden, London with a
performance of Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots.
1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill into law creating the United
States Bureau of Agriculture, later renamed the United States Department of
Agriculture.
1869 – Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National
Woman Suffrage Association, in New York.
1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premiered in his first
(silent) cartoon, Plane Crazy. 1929’s Steamboat Willie had sound. Plane Crazy
was re-released with sound later in 1929.
1932 – Japanese insurgents plotted to kill Charlie Chaplin in addition
to their own Prime Minister to provoke war with the US and incite “restoration”
in the name of the Emperor.
1935 – Albert Einstein was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal for his
outstanding fundamental contributions to theoretical physics, especially his
relativity theory, at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA.
1940 – Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United
States.
1940 – Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their hamburger restaurant
in San Bernardino, California.
1942 – Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAACs) was formed, granting women
official US military status.
2010 – Jessica Watson became, at age 16, the youngest person to sail,
non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
2017 1st US prosecution under federal Hate Crimes Act of violence
against transgender person, murder of Mercedes Williamson
2018 Controversial Kerch bridge linking Russia and annexed Crimea
opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin. At 19km the longest bridge in
Europe.
2019 Five of world's biggest tech companies pledge to tackle extremist
material at "The Christchurch Call" initiative in Paris hosted by
Jacinda Ardern and Emmanuel Macron
2019 Mexico City declares an environmental emergency after air
pollution reaches dangerous levels
2019 US birthrate in 2018 the lowest for 32 years (total fertility
rate 1,728 births per 1,000 women), with record lows for teen births
Birthdays Today
81 – Lainie Kazan, American actress
@77 – Roger
Ailes, American broadcaster (d. 2017; fall at home; blood clot)
@74 –
Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d.
1976; heart attack)
@62 – L. Frank Baum, American novelist (D.1919; stroke)
Puzzle Answer
A piano
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