Jul 7

 

 

 

Jul  7, 2021 Week: 28 Day: 188

Ave. Sky Cover: 45%\Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:  89°\ 53°

Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 10mph

EXTREME risk of fire

Active fire: 84mi. \ Lightning: 146mi.

Jul Averages: 82°\51° (9 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

 

 

Random Tidbits

 

Body language is the means by which humans (and some other animals) convey information through conscious or subconscious body movements or facial expressions. This includes emotions, intentions and social hierarchy like submission and dominance.

Research suggests that assuming a "power pose" makes people feel more powerful and actually changes testosterone and cortisol levels in the body. Practicing "power poses" before an important meeting for 2-3 minutes will help you feel more powerful.

 

True Things

 

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

A Volvo manufacturing plant in western Virginia got a surprise visitor on June 4: A young bear had somehow climbed up into the rafters of the building, 20 feet high and far from stairs or a ladder then become stuck. The state's Department of Wildlife Resources was called in, Fox News reported, and workers immobilized the bear with a chemical dart, then removed it from the ceiling using a forklift. "Given the location of the bear, odds were low that it would soon safely leave on its own," said DWR officials. Workers were directed to stay in the business's cafeteria during the extraction. The bear was safely taken to a "suitable site for release." [Fox News, 6/10/2021]

 

Idioms Origins

 

Frenemy

The first use of the word word ‘Frenemy” was in the 1953 article titled Howz about calling the Russians our Frienemies? by gossip columnist Walter Winchell in the Nevada State Journal. In social and business circles anyone who can both help you, or hinder your success can be a Frenemy.

 

Weekly Observations

 

Tour de France Link	Thru 7/18
Running of The Bulls (Spain)	6-14
National Unassisted Homebirth Week	1-7
Freedom Week Be Nice To New Jersey Week Nude Recreation Weekend Punxsutawney Groundhog Days	4-10
Creative Maladjustment Week Link	7-14

 

Today’s Observations

 

Chocolate Day Link Father Daughter Take a Walk Together Day Global Forgiveness Day, also called "World" or "National" National Dive Bar Day National Macaroni Day National Strawberry Sundae Day Tell the Truth Day Victims of The Dallas, Texas Attack Day  Link World Chocolate Day World Forgiveness Day Link

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Cloudy and hoping for more rain. Our forest needs all it can get. The rain has allowed the Forest Service to reopen Coconino Forest with restrictions. That is good news.

I saw an interview with Jimmy and Roslyn Carter. It was their first in quite a while. They were talking about their 75 year marriage. That alone is amazing. Jimmy said they get their news from their preferred source: PBS NewsHour…and are not fans of Fox, CNN, or MSNBC. I enjoy NewsHour but would add CNBC’s Shepard Smith.

Tonight is the first game between the Suns and Hawks for the NBA National Championship. I’ll be watching.

Mark your calendars: The My Pillow Guy says that Trump will be reinstated as President on August 13, 2021. For the superstitious…that is on a Friday. He didn’t give a date for the end of the world…yet.

 

2 Ne.w. Puzzles Everyday

Answer: bottom of the page

 

herring

1. Wheel 2. Wheel  3. Wheel

 

 

Historical Events

 

1456 – A retrial verdict acquitted Joan of Arc of heresy, authorized by Pope Callixtus III, 25 years after her death.

1520 – Spanish conquistadores defeated a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.

1898 – US President William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Ziegfeld Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.

1928 – Sliced bread was sold for the first time, by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.

1930 – The construction of the Hoover Dam began. It was completed/dedicated on September 30, 1935

1946 – Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized by the Catholic Church.

1946 – Howard Hughes crashed his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.

1947 – The Roswell Incident was reported in newspapers, about a reported crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico.

1954 – Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his recording for Sun Records, That’s All Right.

1962 – #1 Hit July 7, 1962 – July 13, 1962: David Rose – The Stripper

1981 – US President Ronald Reagan (R) appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to

2007 – The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.

2006 – Psych premiered on the USA Network

2020 India surpasses Russia to become the world's third-worst affected country, daily COVID-19 cases exceeding 20,000 and total cases over 700,000

 

Birthdays Today

 

93 – [Carl Hilding]’Doc’ Severinsen, American trumpet player, conductor

81 – Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, Beatles’ drummer, and actor

@75 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player, coach (d. 1982; heart attack)

72 – Shelley Duvall, American actress

@71 – Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread (d. 1960)

@63 – Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (d. 2007; metastatic cancer)

55 – Jim Gaffigan, American comedian

 

Puzzles Answer

 

Red Herring                                                             Third Wheel