Week: 43
Day: 290
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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10-17 |
Take
Your Medicine Americans Week |
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12-20 |
Bone
and Joint Health National Awareness Week Link |
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13-17 |
National
Police Week Link |
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15-17 |
Apple
Butter Stirrin' Week |
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17-24 |
Food & Drug
Interactions and Awareness Week |
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17-23 |
Bullying Bystanders Unite
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Daily Observations
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Favorite Memes
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Trivia
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An estimated 1
million spiders live in one acre of land. The number might be closer to 3
million in the tropics. It is estimated that a human is never more than 10
feet away from a spider--ever. Spiders are
vital to a healthy ecosystem. They eat harmful insects, pollinate plants, and
recycle dead animals and plants back into the earth. They are also a valuable
food source for many small mammals, birds, and fish. The silk in a
spider's web is five times stronger than a strand of steel that is the same
thickness. A web made of strands of spider silk as thick as pencil could stop
a Boeing 747 jumbo jet in flight. Scientists still cannot replicate the
strength and elasticity of a spider's silk. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded
Thoughts
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Another
windy fall day. Only in
AZ: Ron Watkins, possibly ‘Q’ of QAnon fame announced yesterday that he is
running for Congress in my district. WTH? Our Democrat Rep is doing a fine
job. Spending
most of the day doing laundry and cleaning my place. Taking a well-earned break
to write this. I need
to get a blood draw on Monday, and I misplaced one of the forms I need…thus
serious cleaning. Guess I’ll get another one from the Dr. I have a special
place I keep those forms, since I get them 4 months before I need them. I
guess the special place isn’t so special after all. COVID
has played a huge role in how America functions and how Americans live. The Heroes
of the early pandemic are now being treated horribly by many in the country. Some
no longer trust professional medical personnel. Every retail store is having
problems finding and/or keeping employees…partially by wages, partially by COVID
rules. As if retailers aren’t having enough problems, now there is a huge
supply chain breakdown. Since we are
so dependent on foreign goods they can’t dock and distribute their goods. The
goods are sitting just offshore. The
entire country is suffering a teacher shortage and bus driver shortage at
every school. Some workers have found other ways to make money, so they are
not returning to low paying jobs. I must admit, when the pandemic was first
announced, I never expected the problems we would face every day. The pandemic
is partially responsible for the high gas prices and the expected high
heating costs this winter. Since retailers can’t get stock to fill the
shelves, they raise the prices on the goods they do have to stay in business.
Media hasn’t helped much either. Their reporting makes is sound simple to get
a COVID test, it isn’t. In the beginning one needed a computer to get the
vaccine or get a test. Then there is the ‘wear a mask’ confusion…again, thanks
to the media. Then there are those of us who enjoy international travel. My
last trip was July 2020 on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. It now seems like
that trip was at least a decade ago. My next trip is March 2022 to Bora, Bora
and Tahiti…assuming there are no more surprises. I wish I
had answers, but I don’t. I do have advice…remain calm, roll with the
changes, and look forward to life after COVID. |
Historical Events
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1904 Bank of Italy
(Bank of America) opens its doors in San Francisco, founded by Amadeo
Giannini 1957 French author
Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1961 NY Museum of
Modern Art hangs Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down It wasn't
corrected until December 3rd 1979 Mother Teresa of
Calcutta awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1989 A 7.1 earthquake
shook the San Francisco area, killing 67 people. 2006 – The 300 millionth
living American citizen was born. 2007 The Dalai Lama
receives the United States Congressional Gold Medal 2020 Chicago declared
the 'rattiest city' in America for the sixth year in a row by pest control
service Orkin |
Birthdays Today
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@89 – Arthur Miller,
American playwright, screenwriter (d. 2005) @68 – Rita Hayworth,
American actress (d. 1987; Alzheimer's) @61 – Norm Macdonald,
Canadian actor, comedian (d. 2021; leukemia) 53 – Ziggy Marley,
Jamaican singer-songwriter 49 – Eminem [Marshall Bruce Mathers
III], American rapper |
