Mar 19, 2021 Week: 12 Day: 78 Visibility: 10 miles
Local: H 56°\
L 27° Ave.
Sky Cover: 10%
Wind: 4mph/ Gusts:
10mph Nearest
Lightning: 1522mi.
Moderate Risk of Fire: Active fire: 418mi
Record: 71°[1907] Record: 1°[1963] Mar. Averages: 53°/23° (6 daysw/moisture)
Today’s Quote
A
kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.
~Cyrano de Bergerac
Random Tidbits
While European chivalry
has its roots in feudalism in France and Spain, some scholars believe it is
nothing more than the continuation of al-furusiyya al-arabia, or Arabian
chivalry, which was imported to Europe during the early Crusades. The
knight-errantry, the riding on horseback to find adventure, the rescue of a
maiden in need, the nobility of women, and the connection of honorable conduct
with the horse rider are all traceable to Arabia.
The term
"chivalry" is from the Latin word caballus, meaning "nag,
pack-horse," and is related to the word "cavalier."
A Little Something to Think About
If a weightlifter lifts weights, what does a shoplifter lift?
If a cow is unable to produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder
failure?
Weekly Observations
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Lent [Christian] |
Thru 4/3 |
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Campfire USA
Birthday Week Teen Tech Week |
14-20 |
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Native American
Awareness Week Link |
15-19 |
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Act Happy Week |
15-21 |
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International
Listening Association Week |
17-20 |
Today’s Observations
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
Chocolate Carmel Day
Client's Day Link
Goddess of Fertility Day
Let's Laugh Day
National
Certified Nurses Day Link
National Chocolate Caramel Day Link
National Day of Action Against
Bullying and Violence Link
National Farm Rescuer Day Link
National Poultry Day Link
Oatmeal Cookie Day
Operation Iraqi
Freedom Day
Poultry Day
Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
World Sleep Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
My old computer is working today. I got my second Moderna vaccine about
9:30. It almost 1pm and no reaction. I thank FEMA and Coconino County for an
extremely easy procedure. It took longer to drive to the fairgrounds than to do
the shot. I’m very happy I have internet access as that was the only way to get
an appointment. There are lots of people in the county who don’t have internet.
The Rez people are getting their vaccine through Indian Health Service [even the
Non-Natives], but others in rural areas are having difficulty setting up
appointments. The digital divide has been around for decades now and still has
not been solved. That should be unacceptable.
The AZ-GOP will not accept the election. The state party filed a
lawsuit against Maricopa County (Phx area) over not counting ballots properly.
The court threw out the case and is making the party pay $18,500 to the county
for court expenses.
It looks like the CDC is ready to cut the distance from 6’ to 3’ to
avoid the virus. That is certainly good news as schools are opening. The 6’
rule made it almost impossible to open classrooms. The 3’ rule will be a doable
challenge.
I am saddened by the deaths of 8 Asian Americans. I am angry that a
couple of US elected Reps and some of the top cops in that county don’t find it
as something that needs to be fixed. Everyone I know has a bad day, every so
often. That includes me. No one I know has decided to kill 8 people to make the
day better. This, like so many other cases, involves mental health. Way back,
the answer was the insane asylum. They have been closed on humanitarian grounds.
While closing them was a popular idea, the idea that mental health still needed
to be addressed was not on the radar. I wonder when the time will come to face
mental health as a crisis. I truly believe that no person chooses to be mentally
ill. I also believe that the vast majority of those with mental illness did not
cause it and did not choose to be mentally ill. The many stigmas need to be
removed so the mentally ill will seek help.
When I arrived in Shonto, AZ in 1971 on the Navajo Reservation, iIt
was about 5 miles from the junction of US160 and AZ98. Then there was 8 miles
of dirt road to get to the school. Today I saw the drawings of a new motel that
will be built at the junction of 160 & 98. It will be a La Quinta Inn &
Suites. Groundbreaking is set for April. It will be virtual on FB, due to Covid.
WOW!
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
What word in the English language does the following: the first two
letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first
four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman.
What is the word?
This is hard because it gets you thinking about gender and the ways
they are different. You must think of one word that holds the others. It’s easy
when you think about it!
Historical Events
1649 – The House of Commons
of England abolished the House of Lords, declaring it ‘useless and dangerous to
the people of England’.
1842 – French writer
Honore de Balzac’s play Les Ressources de Quinola opened to an empty house due
to a publicity stunt. He had earlier announced that the show had sold out, so
nobody actually bought any tickets.
1918 – Congress
established time zones and approved daylight saving time.
1931 – The Nevada state
legislature voted to legalize gambling
1957 – Graceland was on
13.8-acre estate, and sold for $102,500 to Elvis Presley.
1962 – Bob Dylan released
his first album, Bob Dylan.
1979 – C-Span was
launched.
1983 – First Lady Nancy
Reagan made an appearance on an episode of Diff’rent Strokes, beginning her
Just Say No anti-drug campaign.
1987 – Televangelist Jim
Bakker resigned as the host of The PTL Club after involvement in a sex scandal.
1994 Largest omelet
(1,383sq ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan
2003 Airstrikes by an
American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the invasion of
Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion.
2019
"Superbloom" of poppies in Walker Canyon, southern California visible
from space, after high rainfall
Birthdays Today
85 – Ursula Andress,
Swiss model and actress
@81 – Moms Mabley [Loretta Mary Aiken], comedian
and singer (d. 1975)
@83 – Earl Warren, American jurist, US
Chief Justice (d. 1974)
@80 – Patrick McGoohan,
Irish-American actor (d. 2009)
@80 – David Livingstone, Scottish
missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
@80 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer
(died in 1929)
@65 – William Jennings
Bryan, American lawyer, politician (d. 1925; apoplexy)
74 – Glenn Close,
American actress
66 – Bruce Willis,
German-American actor
Puzzle Answer
Heroine
