Aug 28

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Aug 28, 2018 Week: 35\ Day: 240

86004 Today: H 75° \ L 46° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Nearest Lightning:  459 miles away

Wind ave.:   5mph\Gusts:  21mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 89°[1948]   Record Low: 33°[1920]

Aug Averages: 80°\49°

Today’s Quote

 I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

 Oscar Wilde

Observances This Week

25-31

Be Kind To Humankind Week
World Water Week Link

Observances for Today

National Bow Tie Day  Link
Pony Express Day
Race Your Mouse Around  the Icons Day
Radio Commercials Day
Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day (lost pets) Link
Crackers Over The Keyboard Day

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1700’s                                         

1789 William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus

1800’s                                         

1845 Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue

1859 A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan.

1900’s                                         

1907 United Parcel Service is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.

1937 Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.

1939 Journalist Care Hollingworth observes the “large numbers of troops, literally hundreds of tanks, armored cars and field guns” Germany had aligned along the Polish border. Three days later, Hitler invades Poland and WWII begins.

1957 US Senator James Thurmond (Rep, SC) begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill

1963 200,000 march and demonstrate for African American civil and economic rights in Washington, D.C.

1963 Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream speech" addressing civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

1965 1st Subway sandwich shop opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut

1968 Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Democratic National Convention

1973 Bobby "Boris" Pickett's song "Monster Mash" goes gold

1973 "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold

1981 John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to assassinate President Reagan

2000’s                                         

2017 Kenya brings in world's toughest ban on plastic bags with possible US$38,000 fine and four years in jail

My Rambling Thoughts

Petty little man, 45, does not keep the flag at half-mast for John McCain. Amazing that 45 has been a non-invited person to so many events: Barbara Bush’s funeral, British wedding, and now John McCain’s funeral. And so far today, he ignored 4 questions from reporters on McCain. Suddenly, the flag is at half-mast over the White House again. Craziness reigns. As I drove to my hand Dr. appointment, every flag I saw on businesses and schools were at half-mast.

Met with the PA at my hand doc and she said I needed to have the large plate removed. Everything is healing just fine, but the plate is affecting the tendon to my thumb. Hmmm. It won’t happen until mid-Sept as I must wait at least 4 months after the surgery to do it. Not happy, but understand now, so I’m OK with it. Still must go to the hospital for the 15-minute procedure because of my age and my blood issues. As I was leaving the Dr. stopped me in the hall, checked the tendon and said ‘yep, that plate needs to come out.’ As I was waiting to see the surgery scheduler, I made a comment to the PA about how hard it was to call their office. One must go thru a couple of people before reaching voice mail. She said she had talked to ‘them’ but they just don’t do anything. Then the Dr. turned the corner and asked me if I had a few minutes. I said yes, and he went and go the head tech guy for phones. He listened to my complaint and said he would work on it. I told him I was very happy with the staff I dealt with, just hated the phone system. I’ll see if that helps.

Still disappointed that the Pope didn’t do anything but apologize for the abuse. Somehow allowing those abusers to remain in the church hierarchy needs so much more than an apology.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@82►Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German social philosopher (Faust), born in Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1832)

70’s

@76►Jack Kirby, American cartoonist (X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk, Capt America), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994) heart failure

75 David Soul, Actor (Starsky & Hutch)

60’s

61►Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and activist (Sunflower Seeds, Remembering), born in Beijing, China

50’s

@57►Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady of the United States (1877-81), born in Chillicothe, Ohio (d. 1889) stroke

53►Shania Twain, country singer     

40’s

49►Jack Black, actor, comedian

@46►Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975), born in NYC, New York (d. 1821)

30’s

36►LeAnn Rimes, country singer

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@81-1903 Frederick Law Olmsted, American writer and landscape architect (designed Central Park)

@80-2007 Arthur Jones, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines

Teen’s

@14-1955 Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

☼☼☼☼…And That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼

Aug 27

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Aug 27, 2018 Week: 35\ Day: 232

86004 Today: H 75° \ L 51° \ Average Sky Cover: 45% 

Nearest Lightning:  21.5 miles away

Wind ave.:   8mph\Gusts:  15mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 88°[1944]   Record Low: 36°[1978]

Aug Averages: 80°\49°

Today’s Quote

  Our shared values define us more than our

  differences. And acknowledging those shared

  values can see us through our challenges today

  if we have the wisdom to trust in them again.

  John McCain

Observances This Week

25-31

Be Kind To Humankind Week
World Water Week Link

Observances for Today

Just Because Day

Global Forgiveness Day

The Duchess Who Wasn't Day

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1800’s                                         

1828 Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talks

1900’s                                         

1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes "Tarzan of the Apes"

1939 Erich Warsitz in a Heinkel He-178 makes the 1st manned jet-propelled flight

1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist

1955 "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published

1984 US President Ronald Reagan announces 'Teacher in Space' project

1995 Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days

2000’s                                         

2008 Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States

2012 First interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity

2015 "The Shepherd's Crown" by Terry Pratchett published by Doubleday, 5 months after the author's death, last book in the Discworld series

My Rambling Thoughts

I got a call yesterday from a friend who had a broken-down vehicle about 8 miles from my place. Two trips to the wrecking yard and another two trips to an auto parts store and the vehicle was up and running. My mechanical knowledge of vehicles is where to put in the gas and how to drive to the dealership. Fortunately, I was only needed for my driving ability.  It took most of the morning but was worth the experience.

Just as I was getting ready to write this post our little mountain community was hit with a loud thunderstorm. It lasted about 2-1/2 hours and when it was finally finished, I was too lazy to sit at the computer.

The passing of John McCain is a great loss for AZ, and the rest of the nation. While I seldom agreed with his politics, he was a man of integrity, a statesman, and a war hero. After 45’s disgraceful comment about war heroes not captured, 45 will not be invited to attend the service. In my opinion, 45’s bland tweet about McCain’s passing, showed me that even after death, 45 holds a grudge. So not Presidential. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

Over the past two weeks our neighborhood has had no less than 4 new families move in. All were greeted by a HOA rep telling them to have someone posted at the vehicle while it is unloaded to avoid being towed. Really?!? Welcome to the neighborhood.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@85►Charles Gates Dawes, (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925)(d. 1951)

@81►Hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1861-65) (d. 1891)

70’s

@77►Ed Gein, American serial killer (inspired Psycho & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), born in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, (d. 1984)lung cancer in mental hospital

60’s

69►Edmund Weiner, English lexicographer (Oxford English Dictionary), born in Oxford, England

66►Paul Rubens, comic, (Pee Wee’s Playhouse)

@64►Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US President (Democrat: 1963-69), born in Stonewall, Texas (d. 1973) heart attack

50’s

57► Tom Ford, fashion designer

30’s

@32►Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) (d.1910) air crash when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off during a flying display

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@90-1723 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa and naturalist (Philosophical Transactions)

80’s

@86-1995 Evelyn Wood, speed reading guru

@82-1937 Andrew Mellon, American banker (Mellon Bank), industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury (1921-32)

70’s

@78-2005 Robert Denning, American interior designer, heart attack

@72-1974 Charles Lindbergh, US aviator, lymphoma

60’s

@68-1910 William James, American psychologist and philosopher (Pragmatism)

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

☼☼☼☼…And That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼

Aug 25

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Aug 25, 2018 Week: 34\ Day: 237

86004 Today: H 75° \ L 53° \ Average Sky Cover: 75% 

Nearest Lightning:  2.9 miles away

Wind ave.:   5mph\Gusts:  15mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 88°[1985]   Record Low: 36°[2002]

Aug Averages: 80°\49°

Today’s Quote

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

  Marcus Aurelius

Harper’s Index

 1

  Rank of Disneyland among the happiest places on Earth,

  according to Disneyland

  56

  Percentage of Disneyland employees who worry about

  being evicted from their homes

Observances This Week

16-26  Little League World Series

23-26

North American Organic Brewers Week

25-31

Be Kind To Humankind Week
World Water Week Link

Observances for Today

Brother's Day  Link 
International Bat Night 
Kiss and Make Up Day

National Park Service Day
National Second-hand Wardrobe Day
National Whiskey Sour Day  
Sand Castle Day Link
Franchise Appreciation Day 

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1600’s                                         

1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers

1900’s                                         

1910 Yellow Cab is founded.

1916 US Department of Interior forms National Park Service

1936 Odorless cornstarch is patented in the US by Ralph W Kerr

1944 General Charles de Gaulle walks the Champs Elysees in Paris after the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation

1952 Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth

1958 Momofuku Ando markets the first package of precooked instant noodles (Chikin Ramen)

1989 After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune & its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps

1991 Linux was born when Linus Torvalds sent off the email announcing his project to create a new operating system

2000’s                                         

2003 The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).

2007 1st Women's Snow Polo World Championship takes place in Bariloche, Argentina

2017 President Donald Trump grants presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling

2017 Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong jailed for 5 years for corruption in South Korea

My Rambling Thoughts

Had lunch with Mary yesterday. Turned into a long lunch as she caught me up on her 3 weeks at her Oregon Beach House. Fun times for all that were there.

Looks like there are only a couple more days of our annual monsoon. Cloudy and lightning. We will take all the moisture we can get, spread over a few hours.

Sad news for AZ, and America as Senator John McCain stops further medical treatment. Didn’t always agree with his politics, but he continues to be a war hero and a statesman.

So, Rep. Hunter (R-CA) has thrown his wife under the bus. “She had my power of attorney and was my campaign manager”. What a cheap shot.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@96► Monty Hall, Canadian►American TV game show host (Let's Make a Deal), born in Winnipeg Canada (d. 2017)

80’s

88► Sean Connery, actor 007

87► Regis Philbin, American talk & game show host (Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee), born in The Bronx, New York

70’s

@79► George Wallace, American politician (Gov►D►Ala) and presidential candidate, born in Clio, Alabama (d. 1998) septic shock

60’s

69► Gene Simmons, singer (KISS)

64► Elvis Costello, singer

@60► Walt Kelly, American cartoonist and animator (Pogo), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1973) long illness

50’s

57► Billy Ray Cyrus, singer

@53► Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible], 1st tsar of Russia (1533►84), born in Kolomenskoye, Russia (d. 1584) stroke

50► Rachael Ray, Food host

40’s

42►Alexander Skarsgard, actor (True Blood)

30’s

31► Blake Lively, actress (Gossip Girl)

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@83-1822 William Herschel, German-British astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 83

@83-1819 James Watt, Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist (steam engine), dies at 83

@82-2012 Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, 1^st to walk on moon

70’s

@77-2009 Edward [Ted] M. Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts brain cancer

@75-1867 Michael Faraday, English scientist who discovered principle of electric motor

50’s

@59-1984 Truman Capote, American author (In Cold Blood), liver cancer

@55-1908 Henri Becquerel, French physicist who discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903), radiation?

@55-1900 Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and philologist (Übermensch and the doctrine of eternal return), brain tumor? Syphilis?

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

☼☼☼☼…And That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼