May 12

 

 

 

May 12, 2021   Week: 19    Day: 132                     

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 15%

Local: H 73°\ L 35°

Wind:  6mph/ Gusts:  13mph EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  92mi Nearest Lightning: 684mi.

May Averages: 68°/34° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

Georgia O'Keeffe

 

Random Tidbits

 

Life is broadly defined as the condition of an organism that exhibits growth through metabolism, reproduction, and adaptation to its environment. These characteristics separate living organisms from inanimate objects.

The cell is the basic unit of life, and an organism must be composed of at least one cell to qualify as a living thing.

 

Humor

 

What is the difference between Indiana sports fans and puppies? Eventually, the puppies will grow up and stop whining so much.

 

Real Cities

 

Possumneck, Mississippi is located in Attala County. I’m told that Granny Clampett’s favorite restaurant is located there.

 

True Things

 

Unexpected Diagnosis

Kent Ryan Tomao, 25, of Kidapawan City, Philippines, has experienced pain in his chest during cold weather ever since he was stabbed by some teenagers on his way home from work in January 2020. Inquirer.net reported on March 24 that a recent X-ray taken as part of Tomao's application for a mining job revealed the source: a 4-inch knife blade buried in his chest, just inches from his lungs. Tomao told local media he had "no idea there is a knife in my chest" and now "I am just seeking help so it can be removed." [Inquirer.net, 3/24/2021]

 

Weekly Observations

 

International Wildlife Film Week Link	Thru 5/15
National Playground Safety Week Link National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Link	Thru 30
National Nurses Day and Week Link  Link	6-12
National Public Gardens Week  Link	7-16
Economic Development Week Link Food Allergy Awareness Week Link Hurricane Preparedness Week Link National Hospital Week: 9-15 Link National Nursing Home Week National Return To Work Week National Women's Health Week Link  Link	9-15
Reading is Fun Week  Link   Salute to Moms 35+ Week Salvation Army Week Work At Home Moms Week	9-16
National Etiquette Week	10-14
American Craft Beer Week Link National Stuttering Awareness Week  Tick Awareness Week  Universal Family Week	10-16
Cannes Film Festival	11-22
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week Link	12-16

 

Today’s Observations

 

Donate A Day's Wages To Charity  
Eid-Al-Fitr 
Fatigue Syndrome Day

International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases  Link
International Nurses Day Link   Link
Limerick Day
Migratory Bird Day

Native American Rights Day
National Golf Day thru 12 Link
National Night Shift Workers Day  
National Nutty Fudge Day

National Receptionist Day 

National School Nurse Day
National Third Shift Workers Day  
National Nutty Fudge Day Link
Odometer Day
Receptionists Day  

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Enjoying the warm day with a nice walk.

Welcome to Crazy AZ…the Cyber Ninjas, the ones re-re-re-counting the ballots in Maricopa County now say part of their ‘examination’ includes taking ballots door-to-door to verify with voters. The AG considers this voter intimidation and has released several PSA’s that you do not have to answer any of their questions.

Good news: the vaccine is now approved for emergency use for children as young as 12. We are turning the corner.

Watching the news from Jerusalem…it’s the end of Ramadan and bombings have started up again. I just can’t believe that any ‘all-seeing God’ would allow so many people to kill each other who are really fighting about who believes in the true prophet from God.

Prescribed burn on Mars Hill, IN Flagstaff, is producing lots and lots of smoke. This is near the observatory where Pluto was discovered back in the day.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

91. What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?

 

Historical Events

 

1215 English barons serve ultimatum on King John which eventually leads to the creation and signing of the Magna Carta

1551 – The National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, was founded in Lima, Peru.

1789 William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice

1928 Benito Mussolini announces moves to end women's suffrage in a speech to the Senate in Italy

1932 – The body of the Lindbergh baby was found less than a mile from the Lindbergh home in Hopewell, New Jersey.

1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in USA (Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India)

1963 – Bob Dylan walked out on The Ed Sullivan Show before his planned appearance over the lyrics to the song he would perform his song Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues.

1965 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashed on the Moon.

1984 South African prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife Winnie Mandela for the 1st time in 22 years

2002 – Former US President Jimmy Carter arrived in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro.

2020 Russia's confirmed cases of COVID-19 reach 232,000, 2nd highest in the world, a day after President Vladimir Putin eased the country's lockdown

 

Birthdays Today

 

@96 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)

92 – Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer

@90 – Lawrence Peter Yogi Berra, baseball player, coach, manager (d. 2015)

@90 – Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer (d. 1910)

@75 – Edward Lear, English limerickist (d. 1888; heart disease)

@74 – Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian politician (d. 1924; stroke)

@71 – George Carlin, comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008; heart failure)

62 – Irving Rameses Ving Rhames, American actor

59 – Emilio Estevez, American actor

53 – Tony Hawk, American skateboarder

40 – Rami Malek, American actor

 

Puzzle Answer

 

A blackboard

 

 

May 11

 

 

 

May 11, 2021   Week: 19    Day: 131                     

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 10%

Local: H 71°\ L 34

Wind:  9mph/ Gusts:  10mph EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  91mi Nearest Lightning: 395mi.

May Averages: 68°/34° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Lydia M. Child

 

Random Tidbits

 

While Tequila holds a long and storied place in Mexican and Mexican-American celebratory traditions, the margarita didn't even exist in 1862! While tequila, ice, lime, and sugar all existed in 1862, they weren't brought together in the form of a margarita until about 1930.

 

Humor

 

This is how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, “Gee, I’m enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn’t cold enough.” —Richard Jeni

 

Real Cities

 

Castle Danger Minnesota is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Lake County, Minnesota,  on the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Castle Danger is located 11 miles northeast of the city of Two Harbors. Gooseberry Falls State Park is nearby.

True Things

 

Don't Eat That!

Among the treasures discovered at Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk, England, is a 121-year-old chocolate bar, still in its tin, commissioned by Queen Victoria for troops fighting in the Second Boer War in South Africa, Reuters reported on March 31. Oxburgh was the ancestral home of the Bedingfeld family for 500 years, and one of them, Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld, fought in that war; the chocolate bar was discovered in his helmet case. "Although you wouldn't want it as your Easter treat," mused Anna Forrest, cultural heritage curator at Britain's National Trust, "it is still complete and a remarkable find." On the lid, a message is inscribed in Queen Victoria's handwriting: "I wish you a happy new year." [Reuters, 3/31/2021]

 

Weekly Observations

 

Ramadan	Thru 5/11
International Wildlife Film Week Link	Thru 5/15
National Playground Safety Week Link National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Link	Thru 30
(World) Dystonia Awareness Week Link	3-11
National Nurses Day and Week Link  Link	6-12
National Public Gardens Week  Link	7-16
Economic Development Week Link Food Allergy Awareness Week Link Hurricane Preparedness Week Link National Hospital Week: 9-15 Link National Nursing Home Week National Return To Work Week National Women's Health Week Link  Link	9-15
Reading is Fun Week  Link   Salute to Moms 35+ Week Salvation Army Week Work At Home Moms Week	9-16
National Etiquette Week	10-14
American Craft Beer Week Link National Stuttering Awareness Week  Tick Awareness Week  Universal Family Week	10-16
Cannes Film Festival	11-22

 

Today’s Observations

 

Eat What You Want Day
Free Cone Day (Haagen-Dazs) Cancelled
Hostess Cupcake Day Link
Mocha Torte Day

National Foam Rolling Day Link (Massage)
National Golf Day thru 12 Link
Root Canal Appreciation Day 

Twilight Zone Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

It’s a nice warm, slightly breezy, great day to start the week. Doors and windows open wide today!

It was nice to watch the Kentucky Derby and much of the pomp a couple of weeks ago. Things seemed to be getting back to normal. Then the news that the winning horse is being investigated for doping. The owner and the trainer say it is a mistake, but Donald had to post ‘junky’ on his blog in talking about the incident. He wants ‘innocent until proven guilty’ for himself and his somewhat sleezy friends but won’t allow that for the horse. Typical.

Last night I watched the CNN special on Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On’. He recorded that 50 years ago and much is still pertinent today. It is a good history lesson, much of which I don’t think I knew back then.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

89. Where does today come before yesterday?

 

Historical Events

 

868 – The first known dated printed book was the Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture. A citation included: “printed on 11 May 868, by Wang Chieh, for free general distribution”.

1811 – The famous Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, were born of Chinese parents in Siam (now Thailand).

1910 -Glacier National Park was established in Montana.

1942 – Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner, was published

1947 – B.F. Goodrich Co. announced the development of tubeless tires.

1949 – The first Polaroid cameras were sold for $89.95.

1980 – Bob Marley died from lung cancer

1985 – Fifty-six spectators died and more than 200 were injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.

1997 – IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue defeated chess champion, Garry Kasparov.

2002 Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man with Two Hats monument in Ottawa and Apeldoorn (May 2), 2000, symbolically linking both the Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout the Second World War.

2009 An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Bagdhad leaving 5 other US soldiers dead and 3 soldiers wounded

2015 Record price for a work of art at auction: Picasso's The Women of Algiers (Version ‘O’) sells for US$179.3 million at Christies in New York

2019 Carbon dioxide levels in the earth's atmosphere hit levels not seen for 3 million years at 415 parts per million, according to the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii

2020 World Health Organization warns “extreme vigilance” needed as many countries begin easing lockdowns

 

Birthdays Today

 

@101 – Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)

88 – Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader

@84 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (d. 1989)

79 – Eric Burdon, English musician

@74 – Phil Silvers, American comedic actor (d. 1985)

@31 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor [Glee], singer (d. 2013; OD)

 

Puzzle Answer

 

The dictionary