Sep 26

 

Week: 40 Ave. Sky Cover:  25%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   72°\ 66° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 13mph Low risk of fire Active fire: 377mi. \ Lightning: 95mi. Sep Averages: 74°\32° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

National Ballroom Dance Week Link	17-26
National Go-Kart Week Link	20-26
Minimally Invasive Surgery Week Link	22-10/21
International Sand Sculpting Championships Link	24-10/3
Banned Books Week International Week of the Deaf Link  National Chimney Safety Week National Fall Foliage Week National Keep Kids Creative Week Remember to Register to Vote Week Sea Otter Awareness Week	26-10/2

 

Daily Observations

 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

A quick smile!

 

What is round on both ends & hi in the middle? Ohio - The two 'o's are round with 'hi' in the middle.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Got my Covid test this morning, should have the results Monday. I am so much better I flipped the mattress and laundered the linens. Good deal! Since I had a career with the Federal Government, I as used to government shutdowns October 1. It is Congress way of saying: our ideas are more important than a functioning government. The shutdowns are usually when there is a Republican President, but not always. The government sends all the workers home for a few days, they finally vote, the employees return. Employees always get paid. That means that for however long the Feds are shut down, no daily work gets done…and employees are paid anyway. There are exceptions for ‘essential workers’. In my Bureau that was the Principal and the Superintendent only. This is one of the craziest practices I have ever seen. Time will tell if the Gov’t shuts down on Oct. 1. I am pleased that so many of my friends keep calling and checking to be sure I don’t need anything. I don’t, but it sure is a good feeling.

 

 

Historical Events

 

1665 Height of the Great Plague of London as 7,165 people die throughout the previous week 1580 – Francis Drake completed his circumnavigation of the Earth. 1789 – George Washington appointed Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State. 1957 – West Side Story debuted on Broadway 1960 Cuban leader Fidel Castro delivers a 4 hour and 29 minute long speech at the United Nations 1960 – The first televised Presidential Debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. 1969 – Abbey Road, the last album by The Beatles, was released. 1984 – President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa 2020 – 108 pilot whales survive, while 350 die in Australia's largest mass stranding at Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania

 

Birthdays Today

 

@96 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011) @76 – [Thomas Stearns]T.S. Eliot, English poet, playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965; emphysema) 72 – Olivia Newton John, pop singer @70 – Johnny Appleseed, American gardener, environmentalist (d. 1845) 65 – Linda Hamilton, American actress 59 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress 53 – Jim Caviezel, American actor 40 – Serena Williams, tennis @38 – George Gershwin, American pianist, and composer (d.1937; brain tumor)