May 16,
2021 Week: 20 Day: 136
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Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Local: H 75°\ L 37° |
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Wind: 14mph/ Gusts: 22mph EXTREME Risk of Fire:
Active fire: 581mi Nearest Lightning: 205mi. |
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May Averages: 68°/34° (3 days w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Fall seven times, stand
up eight.
Japanese Proverb
Random Tidbits
The first reptiles began
life 300 million years ago, and modern mammals appeared roughly 75 million
years ago.
Humor
How do you know the toothbrush was invented in Kentucky?
If it’d been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a
teethbrush.
Real Cities
Worms, Nebraska Worms is an unincorporated community in Merrick
County, Nebraska. Worms had a post office between 1897 and 1902. The community
was likely named after Worms, Germany
True Things
Overreaction
Thomas McCann, 49, of
Stockport, England, was sentenced to prison for life on March 30 for the brutal
murder of his wife, Yvonne, 46, in May 2020, following an argument over a bag
of French fries left out of the freezer, according to court documents. The
Guardian reported McCann strangled his wife in the bathroom, then dismembered
her body and disposed of some of the parts in Reddish Vale Country Park, where
dog walkers discovered her remains; other parts were taken to a recycling
center. During this time, McCann texted their children, saying Yvonne had
walked out on him. He was later spotted on video footage carrying trash bags to
his car and while walking toward the park and confessed the killing to police.
[The Guardian, 3/30/2021]
Weekly Observations
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National Playground Safety Week
Link |
Thru
30 |
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National Public Gardens Week Link |
7-16 |
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Reading is Fun Week Link |
9-16 |
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American Craft Beer Week Link |
10-16 |
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Cannes
Film Festival |
11-22 |
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Peripheral
Neuropathy Awareness Week Link |
12-16 |
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EMS (Emergency Medical
Services) Week Link National
Medical Transcription Week Link |
16-22 |
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National Foul Ball Week |
16-21 |
Today’s Observations
Biographer's
Day
Honor Our LGBT Elders' Day Link
International Day of Light Link
Love a Tree Day
Mimosa
Day (Drink)
National BBQ Day Link
National Piercing Day
National Sea
Monkey Day
Pack Rat Day
Ride A Unicycle Day
Rural Life Sunday
Shavuot (Sundown)
Take Your Parents To The Playground (Park) Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A nice day, except for the wind. The positive is that there is no
sand.
It’s a lazy day as I stayed up watching Netflix. Looking to just kick
back today.
The news from the Israeli-Palestine unrest in the Gaza is really
heating up. A news bureau was bombed, killing journalists. Seriously, the
Israeli government says it’s not that bad, since they gave a one-hour notice. So
difficult to understand this religious conflict as innocent dead are still dead.
Gas prices in AZ have gone up 10cents since the pipeline was shut
down. This seems strange since we get no gas from that pipeline. They say it is
just an example of ‘trickle down’ economics. I believe it is more about ‘free’
profit for the hack.
My neighbor needs a ride to the Rez tomorrow. He’s paying for gas and
a free meal, so I’ll be traveling tomorrow. He is picking up his vehicle after
lending it to his sister.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?
Historical Events
1866 – Root Beer was invented by Charles Elmer Hires in Philadelphia,
PA.
1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opened in
Frankfurt, Germany.
1920 – Pope Benedict XV canonized Joan of Arc.
1946 – The first magnetic tape recorder was demonstrated by Jack
Mullin.
1966 – The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde
were both released.
1983 – The concert special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever was
broadcast by NBC; Michael Jackson performed his ‘moonwalk’ dance for the first
time on television.
1988 – Nicotine was declared to be addictive in ways similar to heroin
and cocaine, in a report released by US Surgeon-General C. Everett Koop.
1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint
session of the United States Congress.
1996 – 12 million people tuned in for the series finale of Murder, She
Wrote on CBS. The show was the longest-running American Murder-Mystery drama.
2014 – Broadcast journalist and TV personality Barbara Walters retired
from ABC News and from the daytime program The View.
2019 British people get drunk more than any other nation, 51 times
year according to the Global Drug survey, with English-speaking countries
drinking the most
2019 South African Saray Khumalo is the first black African woman to
climb Mt Everest
2019 New DNA research showing bedbugs are older than humans - 115
million years old and outlived dinosaurs, published in "Current
Biology"
2019 US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency over IT
threats, banning US companies from using foreign technology without a license
Birthdays Today
@77 – Henry
Fonda, American actor (d. 1982; heart failure)
77 – Danny Trejo, American actor
@71 –
William H. Seward, lawyer, politician, Secretary of State (d. 1872)
70 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
68 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor
@67 – [Władziu Valentino]Liberace, American pianist, entertainer (d.1987;
AIDS)
55 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter
52 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist
52 – David Boreanaz, American actor
48 – Tori Spelling, American actress and reality television
personality
35 – Megan Fox, American actress
31 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
Puzzle Answer
A deck of cards
