Jun 28

 

 

 

Jun 28, 2021   Week: 27    Day: 179

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 5%

Local: H 78°\ L 50°

Wind:  9mph/ Gusts:  15mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  22mi Nearest Lightning: 170mi.

Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Random Tidbits

 

June's full Moon - typically the last full Moon of spring or the first of summer - is traditionally called the Strawberry Moon.

This name has been used by Algonquin, Ojibwe, Dakota, and Lakota peoples, among others, to mark the ripening of "June-bearing" strawberries that are ready to be gathered.

 

True Things

 

Weird Fashion

-- Crocs went on sale less than 20 years ago, but they're already experiencing a "renaissance," according to The Independent. And for the Spring 2022 season, Crocs are getting a crossover boost from luxury fashion house Balenciaga: New models feature a stiletto heel (which looks more like a Lego piece) under the traditional green or black perforated upper. The new model may cost as much as $1,000, but social media isn't on board. One tweet called them "an actual nightmare," and another commenter said she is "irrationally angry." [The Independent, 6/9/2021]

 

Idioms Origins

 

Bucket List

Bucket List actually originated with the 2007 movie, Bucket List. Two terminally ill strangers meet to fulfill each other list of things they want to do before they “Kick The Bucket”. The phrase ‘Bucket List’ is newer than the iPhone!

 

Weekly Observations

 

American Library Week	24-29
Tour de France Link	26- 7/18
National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness	27 -7/4
Windjammer Days Link	27-7/3
National Tire Safety Week Link	28-7/4

 

Today’s Observations

 

Ceviche Day Insurance Awareness Day International Body Piercing Day International Lightning Safety Day National Logistics Day Link Paul Bunyan Day Please Take My Children To Work Day   Tau Day  Link

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Clear sky with a nice breeze. No complaints.

The Sun’s game last night was close throughout the last quarter…right up to the final buzzer. They pulled it off.

Cleared off my deck of all the pinecones and needles today. I like the shade from the huge, old evergreen just past my deck. However, there are a lot of dead branches that need to be trimmed by a professional. I just wish it didn’t have so many falling cones and needles. The trimming won’t help the needle-pinecone problems but will prevent dead branches from falling on my deck, the neighbor’s deck, and the back neighbors’ yards.

It looks like weeks and more probably months to figure out what happened to the Condo building in Florida. I hope they figure it out quickly to avoid future devastation. Tall buildings don’t just crumble in the US in 2021 with no explanation.

 

2 New Puzzles Everyday

Answer: bottom of the page

 

Ice3	Wrong                      Wrong  ≠ Right

 

 

Historical Events

 

1832 – The first American case of a cholera epidemic was reported in New York City.

1846 – Adolphe Sax patented the saxophone.

1895 – The US Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’ claim to Barony of Arizona is “wholly fictitious and fraudulent.”

1914 – World War One (originally ‘The Great War’) began with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo.

1926 – Mercedes-Benz was formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

1964 – Malcolm X formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

1969 – Stonewall Riots began in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.

1997 – Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield’s ear in the third round of their heavyweight rematch, earning a disqualification.

2009 – Stephen Hawking threw a party for time-travelers. He announced the party the day after it happened, and according to Hawking, no one came.

2011 Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st women to be elected head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

2018 Power company uncovers Neolithic wooden trackway 2,300 years old in Suffolk, England. One of the largest archaeological digs in Europe at 16,000 square meters

2019 3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the Mittani Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir

2020 50th anniversary of 1st Gay Pride march in New York City marked around the world

 

Birthdays Today

 

95 – Mel Brooks, director

@87 – John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (d. 1791)

@77 – Richard Rodgers, American playwright, composer (d. 1979; jaw cancer)

73 – Kathy Bates, American actress

@73 – Pat Morita, Japanese-American character actor (died in 2005)

@62 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter, diplomat (d. 1640; heart failure)

61 – John Elway, Bronco

55 – John Cusack, American actor

50 – Elon Musk, South African-born American businessman

@42 – Gilda Radner, American comedic actress (d. 1989; ovarian cancer)

35 – Kellie Pickler, American singer-songwriter

 

Puzzles Answer

 

Ice cube                                                                    two wrongs don’t make a right