Mar 8, 2021 Week: 19 Day: 67 Visibility:
10 miles
Local: H 63°\ L 35°\Ave. Sky Cover: 209% Wind:
9mph/ Gusts: 10mph
Nearest Lightning: 1376mi. High Risk of Fire: Active
fire: 428mi
Record: 67°[1989] Record: -4°[1969] Mar. Averages: 53°/23° (6 days with moisture)
Today’s Quote
With color one obtains an
energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
~Henri Matisse
Random Tidbits
The two circular drawings
on the reverse of the dollar bill are actually parts of the two-sided Great
Seal of the United States. Although we don't see the entire seal outside of our
wallets too often, the notion of having a great seal is actually as old as the
country itself. The Continental Congress passed a resolution on July 4, 1776,
to create a committee to design a great seal for the fledgling nation.
A Little Humor
What does a golfer do on his day off?
Putter around!
Weekly Observations
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Lent [Christian] |
Thru 4/3 |
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Celebrate Your Name Week Read an E-Book Week Link Save Your Vision
Week Link Termite Awareness
Week Women in
Construction Week Link |
7-13 |
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Women of Aviation Worldwide Week |
7-14 |
Today’s Observations
Fun Facts About
Names Day Link
Day for Women's Rights & International Peace
Girls Write Now Day
International (Working) Women's Day
International Working Women's Day
National Proofreading Day
National Peanut Cluster Day
National Retro Video Game Day Link
Proofreading Day
Volunteers of
America Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
It looks like it will be cloudy and windy for the next few days. I
took a walk around the neighborhood before the wind picked up. After getting
home I did two loads of laundry. I’ll put them away when the 2nd
drier load finishes.
I watched some of the Sunday morning talk shows. Some guests said the
Covid relief bill will save America from ruin, while others say this is the
beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Not real helpful. Guess
time will tell.
Looking forward to an uneventful week ahead.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
A girl meets a lion and unicorn in the forest. The lion lies every
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the other days he speaks the truth. The
unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and the other days of the
week he speaks the truth. “Yesterday I was lying,” the lion told the girl. “So
was I,” said the unicorn. What day is it?
Historical Events
1618 – Johannes Kepler formulated his Third Law of Planetary Motion.
1669 – Mount Etna, on the island of Sicily, began erupting and over
the next several weeks killed over 20,000 people.
1755 – Thomas Paine, published African Slavery in America – the first
article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the
abolition of slavery.
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange was founded.
1950 – The ‘Volkswagen Type 2’, known as the VW Bus, was produced for
the first time.
1971 – Muhammad Ali lost to Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier in the
“Fight of the Century” at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1978 – The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, was broadcast.
1983 – President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an ‘evil
empire.’
2020 America registers 521 cases of COVID-19 with 21 deaths across 33
states
Birthdays Today
@93 – Oliver Wendell
Holmes Jr., American lawyer and
jurist (d. 1935)
76 – Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter and actor
74 – Randy Meisner, singer-songwriter and bass player [Eagles]
@67 – Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress, singer (d. 2010; breast cancer)
61 -- Lester Holt, journalist
45 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor
44 – James Van Der Beek, American actor
Puzzle Answer
Thursday. The only day they
both tell the truth is Sunday; but today can’t be Sunday because the lion also
tells the truth on Saturday (yesterday). Going day by day, the only day one of
them is lying and one of them is telling the truth with those two statements is
Thursday.
