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Jun 5, 2021 Week: 23
Day: 156 |
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Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 30% |
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Local: H 81°\ L 50° |
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Wind: 2mph/ Gusts: 5mph |
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EXTREME Risk of Fire:
Active fire: 150mi Nearest Lightning: 141mi. |
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Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
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The greater our
knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds. John F. Kennedy |
Random Tidbits
Butterflies are a
long-standing part of the earth's environmental fabric, with butterfly fossils
dating back as far as 40-50 million years ago.
Butterflies are sensitive
to pesticides and habitat loss, both of which have been driving a decline in
butterfly populations. Some of the most successful butterflies eat agricultural
products that man has modified.
Humor
Howard dies and waits in line for judgment. He notices that some souls
go right into heaven, while Satan throws others into a burning pit. But every
so often, instead of hurling a poor soul into the fire, the devil tosses him
aside. Curious, Howard asks Satan,” Excuse me, but why are you tossing them aside
instead of flinging them into hell with the others?”
“They’re from Oregon,” Satan replies. “They’re too wet to burn.”
Real Cities
Mosquitoville, Vermont s a populated place located
within the Town of Barnet, a minor civil division (MCD) of Caledonia County.
The elevation of Mosquitoville is 1,004 feet.
Mosquitoville appears on the Peacham U.S. Geological Survey Map.
True Things
Least Competent Criminals
-- Robert Radek, 29, of
Marlboro, New York, scored a hat trick on March 7 when he was arrested three
times in one day, the Daily Freeman reported. First stopped that morning in the
city of Newburgh, driving a Jeep Cherokee, Radek was found by the trooper to
have a suspended license and crack cocaine with him, for which he was charged
with a misdemeanor and released, according to authorities. At 2:30 p.m., police
said, the same trooper stopped him again, this time in a Honda Civic, and again
found him in possession of crack cocaine, along with heroin. His final arrest
came at 5:45 p.m., when Radek was stopped driving the Cherokee again and
detained after the trooper determined he appeared to be under the influence of
drugs, said police. Radek was released with tickets on all three violations and
ordered to appear in court in April. [Daily Freeman, 3/17/2021]
Monthly Observations
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Oral Health Month Link Outdoor Marketing Month Perennial Gardening Month Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month Link Potty Training Awareness Month Link Professional Wellness Month PTSD Awareness Month Link Rainbow Book Month Rebuild Your Life Month |
Weekly Observations
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INVICTUS GAMES Link Cancelled |
5/29-6/5 |
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National
African Violet Week |
5/30-6/5 |
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National
Marina Days Link |
5/31-6/9 |
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Horseradish Days Link |
4-6 |
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International Clothesline Week |
5-12 |
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National Lemonade Days Link |
5-13 |
Today’s Observations
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Apple II Day National
Black Bear Day Link National
Moonshine Day National
Veggie Burgers Day Link |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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Warm, calm, a great Friday. I really enjoy the Olympics. I
think there is a real chance that they will be postponed again. Japan is not
vaccinating very quickly. Spectators will be few and far between. Vendors,
hotels, restaurants will loose money. If they decide to go hold them, I hope
these young athletes are vaccinated and that they are kept safe. The NBA finals continue…now it’s
Denver v Phoenix. I am torn as to which team I want to win. I guess I’ll watch
and yell for both teams. I washed my vehicle this morning,
hoping that a clean vehicle will bring us some much needed rain. |
Daily Riddle
Answer: bottom of the page
There is a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow
walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
Historical Events
1837 – Houston was incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
1851 – Harriet
Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (or Life Among the
Lowly) began a ten-month run in the National Era, an abolitionist newspaper.
1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express left Paris.
1916 – Louis Brandeis was sworn in as a Justice of the United States
Supreme Court, the first American Jew to hold the position.
1933 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the United States off the
“Gold Standard”, a result of the Great Depression. President Nixon, in 1971,
completed the transition when he announced that the United States would no
longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, $35 an ounce at that time.
1956 – Elvis Presley introduced his new single, Hound Dog, on The
Milton Berle Show
1966 – The Beatles had a taped appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,
debuting music videos for Rain and Paperback Writer.
1968 – Robert F.
Kennedy was shot and killed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Sirhan
Sirhan, a Palestinian.
1977 – The Apple II went in sale.
1981 – The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention reported that five people in Los Angeles,
California, had a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened
immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
1989 – The Tiananmen
Square protests ended violently in Beijing by the People’s Liberation Army,
with at least 241 dead. Many western journalists had errantly speculated that
the army would not fight against the people.
1990 South African troops plunder Nelson Mandela's home
1991 Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
2013 The first article based on NSA leaked documents by Edward Snowden
are published by the Guardian Newspaper in the UK
2018 US President Donald Trump administration's policy of separating
immigrant children from their families violates international law according to
the UN
2019 Average person ingests 50,000 pieces of microplastic a year and
breathes in similar amount according to first-ever such study published in
journal "Environmental Science and Technology"
Birthdays Today
@77 – William Boyd,
American actor, producer (d. 1972; Parkinson’s)
70 – Suze Orman, financial adviser, author, television host
65 – Kenny G, American saxophonist
@62 – John Maynard
Keynes, British economist (d. 1946; heart attacks)
@57 – Pat Garrett,
American sheriff (d. 1908; gunshot)
50 – Mark Wahlberg, American actor, (aka rapper Marky Mark)
42 – Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter and bass player
@26 -- Breonna
Taylor, EMT (d. 2020; mistakenly shot by police)
Puzzle Answer
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
