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Jun 14, 2021 Week: 25
Day: 165 |
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Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Local: H 86°\ L 48° |
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Wind: 7mph/ Gusts: 16+mph |
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EXTREME Risk of Fire:
Active fire: 23mi Nearest Lightning: 367mi. |
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Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
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Art is the most intense mode of
individualism that the world has known. Oscar Wilde |
Random Tidbits
Though many females in a
wolf pack are able to have pups, only a few will actually mate and bear pups.
Often, only the alpha female and male will mate, which serves to produce the
strongest cubs and helps limit the number of cubs the pack must care for.
Biologists have found
that wolves will respond to humans imitating their howls.
Wolves howl to contact
separated members of their group, to rally the group before hunting, or to warn
rival wolf packs to keep away. Lone wolves will howl to attract mates or just
because they are alone.
Humor
Sven notices his neighbor has a sign in his yard: ”Boat for Sale.”
“Ole,” he says, “you don’t own a boat. All you got is your old tractor
and your combine.”
“Yup,” said Ole. “And they’re boat for sale.”
True Things
What
Could Go Wrong?
Alexandr
Kudlay, 33, and Viktoria Pustovitova, 28, of Kharkiv, Ukraine, are
experimenting with a new way to preserve their on-and-off relationship: On
Valentine's Day, they handcuffed themselves together and have vowed to stay
that way for three months. "We used to break up once or twice a
week," Kudlay told Reuters, but now when they disagree, "we simply
stop talking instead of packing up our things and walking away." They take
turns taking showers and give each other privacy in the bathroom by standing
outside with one hand inside. [Reuters, 3/11/2021]
Weekly Observations
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National Flag Week National Pet Wedding Week Link National Right of Way Professionals
Week Link National Waste & Recycling
Workers Week Link |
13-19 |
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National Hermit Week |
13-20 |
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Bartender of The Year Week Link |
14-17 |
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Meet A Mate Week |
14-20 |
Today’s Observations
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Army's
Birthday Family
History Day Hydranencephaly
Awareness Day Link National
Bourbon Day Link Pause for
the Pledge Day |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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Very warm for June here. I don’t
remember temps this hot in June since forever. It looks to me like the Phx
Suns really want to win in these playoff games…and it appears Denver has no
such desire. I was hoping for a good 6 or 7 games. Biden is certainly a statesman.
His first trip abroad as President seems to be going well while he meets with
our allies. I’m much happier with a President that is a statesman and
diplomat. Ever heard pf ‘progressiphobia?
Bill Maher says it is the inability to see the progress that has been made. America
is far from perfect. However, this country has made great strides in many
areas. Could we travel faster…of course. Does this country still have race
issues…yes. But look back. We don’t have slaves anymore, we aren’t lynching
anymore, we don’t have separate drinking fountains, we have progressed. We
just need to pick up a little speed. When I was in college, I
learned that the US was heading toward a country where ‘whites’ would not be the
majority…the total number of ‘whites’ would be smaller than all the
minorities combined. It is now called ‘majority-minority’. Several large
cities, including Philadelphia…where our country began, are now
majority-minority cities. This has led to fear by many that will mean that ‘whites’
will be treated as a minority. That alone says a lot about race. If
minorities are seen as equals, why is it a problem? It is a problem because
minorities are not treated as equals in many ways. Just look at the ‘one-drop
rule’. That says that if a non-white is in your bloodline in the last 5 generations,
you are not white. It means that if you have Black in your last 5
generations, you are Black…no matter the color of your skin. If you have any indigenous blood relative in
the last 5 generations, you are indigenous. This certainly complicates the
study of ‘race’ in a social context. |
2 New Puzzles Everyday
Answer: bottom of the page
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HEAD HEEL HEEL HEEL |
SKATING ICE |
Historical Events
1158 – Munich (in what is now Germany) was founded by Henry the Lion
on the banks of the river Isar.
1777 – The Stars and Stripes was adopted by Congress as the
Flag of the United States. Today, June 14 is the official ‘Flag Day’ in the
United States.
1789 – Whiskey
distilled from maize was first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah
Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
1834 – The first sandpaper was patented (#X08244, #X08245, #X08246,
#X08247) and issued to Isaac Fisher, Jr., of Springfield, Vermont
1872 – Trade unions were legalized in Canada.
1884 – New York was the first state in the US to enact legislation
requiring the burying of utility wires.
1938 – Dr. Benjamin Gruskin of Philadelphia, Pa. patented (#2,120,667)
chlorophyll as a “therapeutic agent for the use in the treatment of infection”
of the bloodstream, infected parts, and for open cuts and wounds.
1951 – The Univac1
was unveiled in Washington, DC, and dedicated as the world’s first commercial
computer.
1954 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill that
placed the words ‘under God’ into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
1959 – Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail
system in the Western Hemisphere, opened to the public in Anaheim, California.
1962 – The European Space Research Organization (now European Space
Agency) was established in Paris.
1966 – The Vatican
announced the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (“Index of
Prohibited Books”), which was originally instituted in 1557.
1967 – The People’s Republic of China tested its first hydrogen bomb.
1972– The
insecticide DDT was banned from use in the US.
1973 US President Richard Nixon administration imposes 60-day
economy-wide price freeze, superseding Special Rule No. 1 for oil companies
1993 Ruth Bader
Ginsburg is nominated to the United States Supreme Court by President Bill
Clinton
2013 The US government charges NSA leaker Edward Snowden with
violating the Espionage Act and theft of government property
2019 Swiss women hold a national strike over the country's slow pace
towards equality
2019 Petition to create world's first "time free zone" on
Sommaroy island which has complete daylight for 2 months, delivered to the
Norwegian parliament
Birthdays Today
@85 – Harriet
Beecher Stowe, American author, activist (d. 1896)
75 – Donald Trump, 45th President
60 – Boy George [George Alan
O'Dowd ], English
singer-songwriter
52 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
@51 – Alois
Alzheimer, German psychiatrist, neuropathologist (d. 1915; rheumatic fever)
@39 – Ernesto “Che”
Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban guerrilla leader (d, 1967; shot after being captured
to avoid a trial)
33 – Kevin McHale, American actor, radio personality
32 – Lucy Hale, American actress
Puzzles Answer
Head over heels Skating
on thin ice
