Jul 22,
2021 Week: 30 Day: 203
Ave. Sky Cover: 60%\Visibility:
10 miles
Local Temp: 81°\ 58° Wind: 2mph\ Gusts: 5mph
Low risk of fire Active fire: 70mi. \
Lightning: 6mi.
Jul Averages: 82°\51° (9 days
w/moisture)
Today’s Quote
Random Tidbits
There are several types
of vegetarians. The strictest type is vegans. Vegans avoid not only meat but
also all animal products. There is a debate within the vegan community about
whether honey is appropriate for a vegan diet. For example, the Vegan Society
and the American Vegan Society do not consider honey appropriate because it
comes from an animal.
True Things
-- Vincent Vinny Marks,
27, of Plaquemine, Louisiana, picked the wrong guy to pull over as he
impersonated a police officer on June 10. Law & Crime reported that an
off-duty sheriff's deputy was driving that day when the vehicle behind him
began "flashing his headlights continuously." The deputy pulled into
a convenience store parking lot, followed by Marks, who approached his car,
presented a badge and "represented himself as being a police
officer." Unfortunately, the off-duty officer recognized Marks from a
domestic incident that he had responded to earlier in the year. The Assumption
Parish Sheriff's Office launched an investigation, and Marks was arrested on
June 28 for false personation of a peace officer. [Law & Crime, 6/30/2021]
Idioms Origins
White
Elephant
A seemly great, but
an ultimately useless gift. The phrase started from the historic practice of
the King of Siam (now Thailand) giving rare albino elephants to lessor patrons
and frenemies who had displeased him so that they might be financially ruined
by the animals’ upkeep costs.
Weekly Observations
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Hemp History Week Link National Moth Week Link |
17-23 |
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Captive Nations Week |
18-24 |
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Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
Education & Awareness Week |
18-25 |
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International
Lace Week Link |
19-23 |
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National
Baby Food Week Link |
21-24 |
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Comic
Con International |
22-25 |
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Hemingway
Look-Alike Days Link |
22-24 |
Today’s Observations
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Casual Pi Day (22/7) Mango day National Refreshment Day Link Spooners (Spoonerism) Day Summer Leisure Day |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Another day with Monsoon rain. Lightning is already close. Hoping
for no flooding from the burn areas. TV just announced flash flooding imminent in
a small part of Flagstaff. Scary.
Politics: Nancy Pelosi has vetoed two Republicans from the
committee to investigate January 6. There is lots of backlash as this is the
first time in American history that this has happened. As a voting citizen, I
just want to know who screwed up on Jan. 6th to allow the protesters
to do it. I don’t care if they claim to be Republican, Independent, Democrat,
or Martian. I just want trueful answers. I know it is 2021 and that is
virtually impossible, but that is what I want.
I read yesterday that the huge fires in Oregon are creating their
own weather. Scary for sure.
The Suns lost to the Bucks last night. The last time the Bucks were
Champions, Kareem was playing on their team…way back in 1971. I know the Suns
will be back. Also the Buck’s coach is from Holbrook AZ.
The Havana Syndrome was identified when State Dept. officials on
duty at the US Embassy in Havana began having issues with headaches and nausea.
Now that syndrome moves to other embassies, we still don’t know how it occurs. Now
there is an ‘incident’ at the US embassy in Vienna. Hope there is a solution
soon.
2 New Puzzles Everyday
Answer: bottom of the page
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Comm ¢¢
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SELL BUY |
Historical Events
1796 – Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company named an area in Ohio
“Cleveland” after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying
party.
1893 – Katharine Lee Bates wrote America The Beautiful after
admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1933 – Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the
world, traveling 15,596 miles (25,099 km) in seven days, 18 hours, and 45
minutes.
1934 – In front of Chicago’s Biograph Theater, “Public Enemy No. 1”
John Dillinger was shot and killed by FBI agents.
1962 – Mariner 1 spacecraft flew off course several minutes after
launch and had to be destroyed by remote control.
1996- The Daily Show premiered on Comedy Central
2011 – Norway was the location of twin terror attacks, the first being
a bomb blast that targeted government buildings in central Oslo(killing 8 and
injuring 209), the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of
Utøya, killing 69 and injuring 110.
2015 'Oldest' Qur'an fragments discovered in collection of Birmingham
University, radiocarbon testing dates to AD568 - AD645
2019 US President Donald Trump says US could win war in Afghanistan in
a week "I just don't want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win
that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth"
Birthdays Today
@104 – Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist (died in 1995)
98 – Bob Dole, American soldier and politician
@91 – Orson Bean [Dallas Frederick
Burrows], American
actor (d. 2020)
89 – Tom Robbins, American novelist
@82 – Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer
(d. 2014)
@80 – Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host (d. 2020)
78 – Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter
75 – Danny Glover, American actor
74 – Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and
screenwriter
@66 – Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d. 1974; fall from 2nd
floor)
66 – Willem Dafoe, American actor
57 – John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor
57 – David Spade, American actor
49 – Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor
29 – Selena Gomez, American singer and actress
Puzzles Answer
Common sense Buy
low; sell high
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