Apr 16

 

 

 

Apr 16, 2021   Week: 16    Day: 106       

Visibility: 10 miles	Ave. Sky Cover: 5%
Local: H 56°\ L 26°	Nearest Lightning: 252mi.
Wind:  11mph/ Gusts:  21mph	High Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  281mi
Record: 91°[2012]  Record: 22°[1981]	Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

~Benjamin Franklin

Random Tidbits

The IRS sends out 8 billion pages of forms and instructions each year. Laid end to end, they would stretch 28 times around the earth.

Nearly 300,000 trees are cut down yearly to produce the paper for all the IRS forms and instructions. The total number of computers thrown out the window, or kicked with a frustrated foot is unknown.

True Things

Driving Under the Influence of Whipped Cream?

A woman was charged with driving under the influence after consuming whipped cream. Police said that 28-year-old Anna Thomas of Franklin, Tennessee, used cans of aerosol whipped cream to get high. She was charged with driving under the influence after crashing her car. When police arrived, Thomas was disoriented. Officers found 13 cans of whipped cream scattered inside the vehicle. Almost all of the bottles were empty. No pie was discovered.

Weekly Observations

 

Money Smart Week Link	10-17
Week of The Young Child Link	10-16
Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week Link  National Dog Bite Prevention Week Link   National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week  National Occupational Health Nursing Week Link Pan American Week	11-17
National Student Employment Week     Link	12-18
National Youth Violence Prevention Week Link	12-16
Ramadan	Thru 5/11
Global Youth Service Days	16-18
National Dance Week Link	16-25

 

Today’s Observations

Emancipation Day (DC holiday that affects Tax Day) Link

Foursquare Day  Link
Mushroom Day

National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day
National Bean Counter Day Link
National Donate Life (Blue and Green) Day Link
National Eggs Benedict Day

National Health Care Decisions Day Link
National Librarian Day

National Stress Awareness Day 

National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day Link
National Orchid Day Link
Save the Elephant Day

World Voice Day  Link

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A little cooler today and very windy. Not a day to be walking outside.

I talked to Mary and we are going to start our weekly lunches again soon. She went to visit her family in Portland and is back. Mary said downtown Portland is a mess with homeless people living on every street, sidewalk, and under every bridge. One of her older brothers is in the hospital with terminal cancer, but she got there before he was admitted, so they all got to spend time together. Sad for sure.

I am again counting my blessings as Biden put more sanctions on Russia. Our Focus trip from Moscow to Beijing was just in time.

The trial goes to the jury on Monday and both sides have rested their case.

As protesters continue to march over the latest killing, I have to wonder who are the protesters? While it has been peaceful until dark, then bottles and bricks are thrown. Turns out many of the after dark protesters are not from the area, or even the state. I hope this gets worked out soon.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

64. What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?

Historical Events

 

73 AD – Masada, a Jewish fortress, fell to the Romans after several months of siege.

1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, gunslinger Bat Masterson fought his last gun battle. He paid an $8 fine and retired.

1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument was established in Utah.

1912 – American aviator Harriet Quimby became the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel. She was also the first US licensed female pilot.

1943 – Albert Hoffmann accidentally discovered the psychedelic effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

1947 – Bernard Baruch, in a speech given during the unveiling of his portrait in the South Carolina House of Representatives, coined the term ‘Cold War to describe relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

1990 – ‘Doctor Death’, Jack Kevorkian, participated in his first assisted suicide. Janet Adkins was the patient, in Detroit, Michigan.

1995 – Governor George W. Bush named April 16 as Selena Day in Texas, after the singer was killed two weeks earlier.

2007 – Virginia Tech massacre: Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and injured 17 before committing suicide.

2012 – The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, and it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.

2020 New study claims a multi-decade megadrought is already under way in the western US, published in journal "Science"

2020 Nationwide State of Emergency declared in Japan till 6 May due to the worsening COVID-19 outbreak

 

Birthdays Today

94 – Pope Benedict XIV

@89 – Barry Nelson, American character actor (d. 2007)

@88 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, composer (d. 1977)

86 – Bobby Vinton, American singer

@82 – Peter Ustinov, English actor (d. 2004)

@70 – Henry Mancini, composer, conductor (d. 1994; pancreatic cancer)

74 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player

67 – Ellen Barkin, American actress

@63 – Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011; liver failure)

@59 – Dusty Springfield, English singer (d. 1999; breast cancer)

56 – Jon Cryer, American actor

Puzzle Answer

A fence