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Weekly Observations
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Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A nice day.
Today is
Lynn Burnette’s services. I had a nice conversation with Lori this morning,
apologizing for not being there. She has her sister and lots of his family
around. We will get together in Loveland when things are not so hectic.
The Federal
Gov’t and the CDC are not helping a much as they could with this virus. After
all this time dealing with the virus there are no guidelines as to when to
students and staff to be in class. As a result, each school district must make
their own guidelines. There are over 67,000 Elementary districts and over
30,000 Secondary districts in the US. This is not a suggestion that the CDC
issue a blanket policy for the districts. It is suggesting that they set
guidelines for safe in-class instruction. If the school in a district tests all
students and find an infection rate below 1%, do this. If the infection rate is
over 5% do this, over 10%, virtual learning only. Without such guidance, the individual
boards make decisions and have no way to get scientific data to use to make the
decision.
The stories
of the problems with virtual learning are harming our youth. Children are
experiencing an increase in anxiety due to the lack of the in-class opportunities
of working with classmates. Wearing a ‘good’ mask for the school day is
bothersome for most students. In my recent travel, I was in different airports
for over 7 hours. I made way too many trips to a public restroom to be in a
stall so I could take off my mask. Thinking of students, it is only worse.
Wendy Rogers,
AZ state senator and Trump supporter, has introduced a bill that will stop all
mail-in voting in AZ. Flagstaff has had mail-in voting for off year local low turnout
elections for several years. They found that it was less expensive to send
ballots to all registered voters than to open numerous polling places for the
day. We also have several drive-thru drop off places as well as mail in option.
This bill would stop all of that. When will the insanity end?
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
Why did
Shakespeare only write using pens?
Because pencils confused him. 2B or not 2B.
Trivia
1. What was Superman’s birth name?
2. What does DC in DC Comics stand for?
3. How many films did Sean Connery play
James Bond in?
ANSWERS:
Answer 1:
Kal-El
Answer 2: Detective
Comics
Answer 3:
Seven
Historical Events
Ø 1910 – Lee De Forest performed the first
public radio broadcast in New York City.
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1966 –
Robert C. Weaver was appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, becoming the first African American Cabinet member.
Ø 1968 – Johnny Cash performed at Folsom
Prison in Folsom, California.
Birthdays Today
§ @84
– Robert Stack [Charles Langford Modini Stack,], American actor (d.
2003)
§ @80
– Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress (d. 1966)
79 – Richard Moll,
American actor (Night Court)
@65 – Salmon P.
Chase, American senator, abolitionist (d. 1873; stroke)
61 – Julia
Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
60 – Trace Atkins,
American singer/songwiter
56 – Patrick
Dempsey, actor
§ @48
– Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter, producer (d. 1997; Hodgkin lymphoma)
45 – Orlando Bloom,
English actor
44 – Nate Silver,
American journalist and statistician
32 – Liam
Hemsworth, Australian actor
