Jul 5,
2021 Week: 28 Day: 186
Ave. Sky Cover: 40%\Visibility:
10 miles
Local Temp: 82°\ 58°
Wind: 6mph\ Gusts: 10mph
High risk
of fire
Active fire: 23mi. \
Lightning: 113mi.
Jul Averages: 82°\51° (9 days
w/moisture)
Today’s Quote
Random Tidbits
The most popular holidays
for barbecuing are, in order, July 4th (71 percent), Memorial Day (57 percent),
and Labor Day (55 percent).
Technically, to barbecue
means to slow-cook meat at a low temperature for a long time over wood or
charcoal. What most people do in their back yards is more commonly referred to
as grilling.
There is no definitive
history about how the word "barbecue" originated - or why it's
sometimes used as a noun, verb, or adjective. Some say the Spaniards get the
credit for the word, derived from their "barbacoa" which is an
American-Indian word for the framework of green wood on which foods were placed
for cooking over hot coals. Others think the French were responsible, offering
the explanation that when the Caribbean pirates arrived on our Southern shores,
they cooked animals on a spit-like devise that ran from "whiskers to
tail" or "de barbe a' queue."
True Things
Compelling Explanation
A man caught for two days
in a sticky situation had a clever, if false, explanation. In Santa Rosa,
California, on June 8, a man was discovered trapped in the shaft of a vineyard
fan. He told police that he likes to take pictures of engines used in old farm
equipment, but there was more to his story, NBC Bay Area reported. The Sonoma
County Sheriff's Office commented, "After a thorough investigation, which
revealed the farm equipment wasn't antique and the man had far more
methamphetamine than camera equipment, the motivation to climb into the fan
shaft remains a total mystery." The "photographer" did require
medical attention but wasn't seriously injured. Sheriff's officers will
recommend several charges. [NBC Bay Area, 6/9/2021]
Idioms Origins
Cromulent
Cromulent is
perfectly acceptable to use as a descriptor.
See ‘Embiggens’ below
Embiggens
The Simpsons;
Jebediah Springfield said that “A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man”.
The word embiggens is
self-descriptive – we know what it means, even though we never heard it before.
As the second grade
teacher, Ms. Hoover says, it’s a perfectly cromulent word.
Monthly Observations
|
Sandwich Generation Month |
Weekly Observations
|
Tour de
France Link |
Thru 7/18 |
|
Bean
and Bacon Days: Link National Tom Sawyer Days Link (aka
Fence Painting Days) |
1-5 |
|
National Unassisted Homebirth
Week |
1-7 |
|
Freedom Week Be Nice To New Jersey Week Nude Recreation Weekend Punxsutawney Groundhog Days |
4-10 |
Today’s Observations
|
Mechanical
Pencil Day National Bikini Day…1946 Spam (food) Day…since
intro in 1937 Work Without Your Hands
Day Li`nk (SpongeBob
Squarepants) |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Just after putting up the American Flag, I got a video-call from my
brother in Mexico. We had a nice conversation. They have some African Bees on
their outer property, so they have a guy to make them go away. Then Laura is
off to Dallas to meet with a client, and my brother is off to San Miguel to
work on their stuff their. They are always busy.
It looks like a rain shower is moving in. Hope is dumps a lot.
I-70 in Glenwood Canyon has closed due to mudslides. That is/was a beautiful
area I drove many times when coming or
going from Denver to the Rez. I assume it is from a previous fire and lots of
rain. Sad.
I was busy cleaning both bathrooms this morning. A job I hate, but
someone has to do it.
Some friends from the Rez are stopping by this afternoon, so I have
some chili prepared. Hopefully I can get some authentic Navajo Fry Bread while
they are here.
New Puzzles Everyday
Answer: bottom of the page
Rephrase each as a pair of rhyming words.
A CHILD DETECTIVE
A HYPOTHESIS THAT GIVES YOU THE CREEPS
Historical Events
1687 – Isaac Newton published Mathematical Principles of Natural
Philosophy. (Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica)
1841 – Thomas Cook organized the first package excursion (planned
vacation tour), from Leicester to Loughborough.
1865 – William Booth and his wife Catherine establish the Christian
Mission, later known as the Salvation Army (1878).
1921 – Chicago White Sox players were accused of “throwing” (lose
intentionally) the World Series.
1935 – The National Labor Relations Act was signed into law by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1937 – Spam (the luncheon meat, not the internet junk) was introduced
into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
1946 – French designer Louis Reard introduced the Bikini in Paris. He
could not find a “respectable” Model to wear his creation so he had to hire a
local Nude Dancer.
1950 – The Knesset passed the Law of Return which grants all Jews the
right to immigrate to Israel.
1954 – The BBC broadcasted its first television news bulletin.
1971 – The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States
Constitution, lowering the American voting age from 21 to 18 years, was
formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
1996 – Dolly the sheep was born – the first mammal cloned from an
adult cell (she actually had three monthers)
2012 – The Shard in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in
Europe, with a height of 1,020 ft.
2017 Volvo Cars announces all new models by 2019 will be either
hybrids or battery powered, 1st automaker to do so
Birthdays Today
@80 – P.T. ‘Phineas Taylor’ Barnum, co-founded Ringling
Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1891)
@74 – Jean Cocteau, French novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1963)
71 – Huey Lewis, musician
@61 – Thomas Hooker, English-born founder of the Colony of
Connecticut (d. 1647; "epidemical sickness")
58 – Edie Falco, American actress
56 – Kathryn Erbe, American actress
53 – Nardwuar the Human Serviette [John Ruskin], Canadian
singer-songwriter
52 – RZA [Robert Fitzgerald Diggs], American rapper
Puzzles Answer
Youth sleuth
Eerie theory
