Oct 7

 

Week: 40 Day: 280 Ave. Sky Cover:  15%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   64°\ 36° Wind: 6mph\ Gusts: 9mph Low risk of fire Active fire: 253mi. \ Lightning: 336mi. Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

 

National Field Trip Month National "Gain The Inside Advantage" Month National Go On A Field Trip Month National Kitchen & Bath Month Link National Liver Awareness Month National Medical Librarian Month National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month  National Orthodontic Health Month National Physical Therapy Month National Polish-American Heritage Month National Popcorn Poppin' Month National Pork Month Link National Protect Your Hearing Month National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month National Reading Group Month National Retirement Security Month National Roller Skating Month National RSV Awareness Month National Sarcastic Awareness Month National Seafood Month Link National Spina Bifida Awareness Month National Stamp Collecting Month National Stop Bullying Month National Substance Abuse Prevention Month National Toilet Tank Repair Month National Window Covering Safety Month National Work and Family Month National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month

 

Weekly Observations

 

Minimally Invasive Surgery Week Link	22-10/21
National Walk Your Dog Week Link   Link Universal Children's Week	1-7
National Storytelling Weekend: 1-3 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link	2-10
Fire Prevention Week   Link International Post Card Week Link   4-H Week  Link  Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week Great Books Week Kids' Goal Setting Week International Post Card Week Link    Mental Illness Awareness Week   Mystery Series Week  National Carry A Tune Week Link   National Health Care Food Service Week Link  National Midwifery Week Link National Work From Home Week   Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week	3-9
No Salt Week	3-10
World Goat Days Link	3-8
Customer Service Week:   Link Drive Safely Work Week  Link    Financial Planning Week   Industrial Water Week  National Heimlich Heroes Week	4-8
Spinning & Weaving Week  Link   World Space Week Link	4-11
Primary Care Physicians Week Link	5-8
World Dairy Expo	5-10
National Physicians Assistant Week	6-12

 

Daily Observations

 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

Trivia

 

The top of the Washington Monument is capped with an 8.9-inch aluminum pyramid. The aluminum cap initially served as the apex of the monument's lightning rod. Around the United States, aluminum is recycled 50 percent of the time compared to glass and plastic, which are reprocessed less than 25 percent. In a mere 60 days, an aluminum can is recycled, turned into a new can, and back on a store shelf.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A nice fall day, leaves around my place are just now turning. Nice! Headed out for my Covid Booster. The hardest part was the 15-minute wait in the Dr. waiting room to be sure I didn’t have a reaction. Card filled out. Ready for whatever comes. Before yesterday, the only time I heard a tornado warning on the radio was when I was working in South Dakota. I was driving from Rapid City to Sturgis on a Saturday. The radio gave the warning, but I had no idea what county I was in. I turned around and went back to my hotel. When I pulled in, everyone was in the basement. We waited there about 30 minutes before leaving. No tornado hit. Yesterday, there was a warning for our county. It was mostly for the more rural areas on several forest roads around Flagstaff. No tornado this time either. I was listening to Andrew Yang last night. He is starting a new 3rd party called the Forward Party. Their primaries will be open to all eligible voters, the primaries will have ranked winners, and there will be an 18-year term limit for any candidate that wins the general for Congressional members. If it flies, it will certainly shake up the way we elect our leaders.

 

 

Historical Events

 

1492 Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course 1691 – The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay was issued. 1916 – Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game of all time. 1959 Far side of Moon seen for the 1st time, courtesy of USSR's Luna 3 space probe 1993 Nobel prize for literature awarded to American writer Toni Morrison 2020 Hurricane Delta makes landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, with 100-mph winds, the 25th named storm for 2020

 

Birthdays Today

 

90 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop, activist, Nobel Prize laureate 79 – Joy Behar, American talk show host, television personality 78 – Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author @77 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) 70 – John ‘Cougar’ Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter 69 -- Vladimir Putin, Russian leader 66 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist 62 – Simon Cowell, English businessman and music producer