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Jun 29, 2021 Week: 27
Day: 180 |
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Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 35% |
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Local: H 78°\ L 53° |
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Wind: 6mph/ Gusts: 11mph |
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High Risk of Fire: Active fire: 20mi Nearest Lightning: mi. |
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Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
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Random Tidbits
Before the Civil War,
schools did not have summer vacation. In rural communities, kids had school off
during the spring planting and fall harvest while urban schools were
essentially year-round. The long summer holiday didn't come about until the
early 20th century.
True Things
-- If the high-heeled
Crocs aren't outré enough for you, look into this accessory: the Mundstuck,
made by MYL Berlin. "Mundstuck" means "mouthpiece"; this
high-style one fits over the bottom lip and decorates the chin, Oddity Central
reported on June 7. MYL Berlin calls it "structured, chic and daring. ...
It nestles perfectly on your lip without applying pressure or hindering your
mobility." The stainless steel Mundstuck comes in black, gold or silver
and in three different designs. Prices range from $75 to $140. [Oddity Central,
6/7/2021]
Idioms Origins
Cowabunga
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles started using the term, in their
comics, then in their 1980s cartoon. Bart Simpson copied them in the 90s, but
Chief Thunderthud, a character on the 1950s kids show, Howdy Doody, used it as
a FAKE Native American language.
Weekly Observations
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American Library Week |
24-29 |
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Tour de
France Link |
26- 7/18 |
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National
Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness |
27 -7/4 |
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Windjammer
Days Link |
27-7/3 |
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National
Tire Safety Week Link |
28-7/4 |
Today’s Observations
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International
Day Of The Tropics World Camera
Day Link |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Hopefully, those are rain clouds coming in. We need the rain to
slow the fires and nourish the forest.
Interesting: Annie Kunz, a Wheat Ridge High graduate, tore up in
her qualification for the Olympic Heptathlon. Her dad played football for the
Farmers back in the day. Due to boundary changes, my brother played against him
while attending Jefferson. The dad went on to play for the Raiders and has a
Super Bowl ring. Small world.
Pictures out of North Korea show Kim Jung Un has lost ‘mucho’ weight.
The government media noted his weight loss and showed his followers were
concerned. No word from the government yet on why he has lost so much weight. Most
governments, including ours, do not usually comment on changes like that.
2 New Puzzles Everyday
Answer: bottom of the page
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GET IT GET IT GET IT GET IT |
BLOOD WATER |
Historical Events
1613 – The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground.
1889 – Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be
annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and
second-largest in population.
1956 – The
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was signed, officially creating the United States
Interstate Highway System.
1967 – Actress Jayne Mansfield decapitated in a car crash on
Interstate 90, east of New Orleans, Louisiana.
1974 – Mikhail
Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the
Kirov Ballet.
1995 – STS-71 Mission; Atlantis Space Shuttle docked with the Russian
space station Mir for the first time.
2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL)
self-declared their caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
2017 Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces retake destroyed Great Mosque of
al-Nuri from Islamic State - symbolic site where their leader declared a
"caliphate"
2020 US Supreme Court rules 5-4 that abortion restrictions in
Louisiana unconstitutional, striking down a 2014 state law
Birthdays Today
77 – Gary Busey, American actor
@65 – Nelson Eddy,
American singer and actor (d. 1967; stroke)
@64 – Josef Ressel,
Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857)
@64 – Slim Pickens [Louis
Burton Lindley Jr.], actor, rodeo performer (d. 1983; brain tumor)
@59 – Little Eva [Eva
Narcissus Boyd], singer (d. 2003; cervical cancer)
Puzzles Answer
Forget it Blood
is thicker than water
