Aug 3

 

Aug 3, 2021 Week: 32 Day: 215

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

Local Temp:   81°\ 53° Wind: 5mph\ Gusts: 7mph

 Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 361mi. \ Lightning: 88mi.

Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote

  

 

Month Long Observations

 

Neurosurgery Outreach Month Psoriasis Action Month Link Read-A-Romance Month Rye Month Link Tomboy Tools Month Link What Will Be Your Legacy Month World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month  Link

 

Weekly Observations

 

XXXII Olympic Games (postponed from 2020):	7/23-8/8
Gallop International Tribal Indian Powwow	7/31-8/9
Gold Panning Week:  Link  Cancelled	2-7
National Bargain Hunting Week Single Working Women's Week Link	2-8
National Environmental Services Week: Link	2-20

 

Daily Oberservations

 

Champagne Day Georgia Day Grab Some Nuts Day Watermelon Day

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Starting another monsoon day. Clouds are coming in and I’m hoping for more female rain today.

I’m still enjoying the Olympics. I don’t follow most of the Olympic sports, but sure enjoy watching these top athletes doing their sport. This morning I was watching Kayak singles and doubles. Impressive to see their agility in the kayak. I learned about the long cool down after a race. I’m also impressed by the athlete’s endurance in the high humidity-high heat of Tokyo’s outdoor events. True Olympic spirit with the high jumpers who tied and decided to share the gold rather than have a jump off.

The Tuba Boarding opening saga continues: Today is the first day of school for ½ the student body. This morning they announced that lunches would be delivered by bus to those at home at 9a. That means that 3 days a week students get a sack lunch, and two days a week they go to the cafeteria for lunch. TGIR

I’m seeing lots of videos of ‘Bear Sun’ as he walks across Navajoland. He is a man in a life-size costume walking across the US to emphasize a variety of human causes. Here is his story.

The media is trying to raise the vaccination rates with stories about people who didn’t get vaccinated. They also show parents who will not vaccinate their eligible children. It is obvious these parents care about their children, but don’t want to understand the science. Sad.

 

Historical Events

 

1492 – Christopher Columbus sailed from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

1852 – In the first American intercollegiate athletic event, Harvard University won the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard.

1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opened in Santa Claus, Indiana.

1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike; US President Ronald Reagan offers ultimatum to workers: 'if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated'

2004 The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001, attacks

 

Birthdays Today

 

95 – Tony Bennett, singer

@94 – P. D. James, English author (died in 2014)

81 – Martin Sheen, American actor

80 – Martha Stewart, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

71 – John Landis, American director, producer and screenwriter

@70 – John T. Scopes, American educator (d. 1970; cancer)

44 – Tom Brady, NFL

37 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer