May ,
2021 Week: 22 Day: 148
Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 30% |
Local: H 74°\ L 37° |
Wind: 6mph/ Gusts: 10mph EXTREME Risk of Fire: Active fire: 374mi Nearest Lightning: 722mi. |
May Averages: 68°/34° (3 days w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Unless we remember we
cannot understand.
E. M. Forster
Humor
Las Vegas: All the amenities of modern society in a habitat unfit to
grow a tomato.—Jason Love
Real Cities
Boring, Oregon is an unincorporated community in Clackamas
County, Oregon. It is located along Oregon Route 212 in the foothills of the Cascade
Mountain range, approximately twelve miles southeast of downtown Portland, and
fourteen miles northeast of Oregon City. A bedroom community. Boring is named
after William Harrison Boring, a Union soldier and pioneer whose family built a
farm in the area in 1856, before Oregon had received statehood.
True Things
Perspective
In March, Einstein Cafe,
an upscale dessert chain with outlets across the Gulf Arab states, started a
fad by selling its thick, milky drinks in plastic baby bottles, complete with
nipples. The Associated Press reported the cafe was inspired by photos of
trendy bottles on social media, and the idea was an instant hit. People lined
up at Einstein stores, they "took photos, they had fun, they remembered
their childhood," said Younes Molla, CEO of the chain, but others
"were so angry they said horrible things." In Dubai, Kuwait and
Bahrain, the government cracked down on the new cafe offerings, saying the
bottles violate the countries' customs and traditions; in Oman, citizens were
asked to report sightings of the baby bottle confections to a consumer
protection hotline. [Associated Press, 3/16/2021]
Weekly Observations
National Playground Safety Week
Link |
Thru
30 |
National African Violet Week |
23-29 |
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Link |
|
Undergraduate Research Week Link |
24-28 |
Mule
Days Link (Moved
from April) |
25-31 |
Fleet Week (NY) |
26-31 |
Mudbug Madness Days |
28-30 |
Black
Single Parents Week |
28-6/3 |
Today’s Observations
Amnesty International Founders
Day
Ascension of Baha'U'llah
Don't Fry Friday
Heat Awareness Day Link
Menstrual Hygiene Day Link
National Brisket Day Link
National Cooler Day Link
National Hamburger Day
National
Polka Day: Thru 30 Link
National Road Trip Day Link
National Title Track Day
National Wig Out Day
Sierra Club Day Link
Slugs Return From Capistrano Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Nice warm day, no wind, lots of sunshine. Great!
I did some weekly shopping at Sam’s Club. I was going to get gas…$2.95/gal…but
the wait was very long. I saw a friend from Tuba at Sam’s. I would have missed
her, due to her mask, but she recognized me. They had queen size pillows on
sale, so I got some new ones. I am really rough on pillows.
I watched the BBC news on PBS last night. They reported that there
have been 230 mass shootings in the US since Jan. 1st. Yesterday was
only day 147. Congress doesn’t seem to be able to do anything, our citizens don’t
seem to be able to do anything. So disappointing.
Brian Sicknick’s mother wants to meet with GOP Senators before the
vote on the commission. Only 6of the 50 agreed to meet with her. Several more
had her meet with their staff. Thirteen refused her invitation outright. Her
son died following the attack on the Capitol. It seems strange to me that
listening to her is impossible because of their schedules.
Lenny and Eleanor, my brother’s half-brother and his wife, made it
back to Fort Collins. After visiting Flagstaff, they stopped at Winslow to see
the statue of Standing on the Corner, then went to visit friends in Santa
Fe, then back home. Very cool.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always
smile back. What am I?
Historical Events
585 BC – A solar eclipse occurred, as predicted by the Greek
philosopher and scientist Thales. Knowing this exact date helped historians
find other exact and near-exact historical dates.
1892 – In
San Francisco, California, John Muir organized the Sierra Club.
1897 – Jell-o was introduced.
1902 – Owen Wister’s The Virginian was published by Macmillan Press.
The book made the American Cowboy an icon.
1928 – The Dodge Brothers, Inc. and the Chrysler Corporation merged.
1935 – John
Steinbeck’s first successful novel, Tortilla Flat, was published.
1937 – Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH,
later renamed Volkswagenwerk, or Volkswagon was founded.
1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco was officially opened to
vehicles
1964 – The
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed.
1987 – Matthias Rust, a 19-year-old amateur pilot from West Germany,
took off from Helsinki, Finland, in his Cessna, and landed in Red Square, the
heart of the Soviet Union.
1998 – Former Saturday Night Live actor and comedian Phil Hartman was
shot and killed by his wife Brynn, in a murder/suicide.
1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo
da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper was put back on display. It is bigger
than most people think – it is life-size, almost 29 feet wide.
2002 – The last steel girder was removed from the original World Trade
Center site, officially ending the cleanup with closing ceremonies at Ground
Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
2008 The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally
declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
2016 Harambe, a gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo, is shot after dragging a 3
year old boy who had slipped into its enclosure (Cincinnati, Ohio)
2018 Coco-Cola launches its first alcoholic drink - Lemon-Do on island
of Kyushu, Japan
2020 Minnesota Governor Tim Walz declares State of Emergency in
Minneapolis and activates the Minnesota National Guard after protests over the
death of George Floyd in police custody
Birthdays Today
77 – Gladys Knight, singer
77 – Rudy Giuliani, lawyer, politician
@65 – Jim
Thorpe [(Sac
and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"], Olympic decathlete, football
player, coach (d. 1953; heart failure)
@56 – Ian
Fleming, English journalist,author (d. 1964; heart attack)
50 – Marco Rubio, politician
44 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host, author
43 – Jake Johnson, American actor
38 – Roman Atwood, American YouTuber
@20 –
Cameron Boyce, American actor (d. 2019, seizure)
Puzzle Answer
A mirror