Halloween

 

Week: 45 Day: 304 Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   64°\ 33° Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 15mph High risk of fire Active fire: 119mi. \ Lightning: 1044mi. Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

23-31	Red Ribbon Week Link
24-30	Asexuality Week: Disarmament Week Give Wildlife a Brake! Week  Link Kids Care Week National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Link   National Massage Therapy Week Link   National Respiratory Care Week Link  Pastoral Care Week Link  Pro Bono Week Link
24-31	Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week
25-11/11	World Origami Days
25-31	International Magic Week

 

Daily Observations

 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

Trivia

 

Number of copies sold 5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling: 107 million copies sold The British name of this popular novel is actually Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The U.S. editor for this book thought that "Philosopher's Stone" didn't convey magic overtly enough. 6. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie: 100 million copies sold In this legendary mystery novel, each murder relates to a line in an old nursery rhyme.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A little windy but bearable. Cleaning around the house. Still amazed how much clutter accumulate. I live alone and have very few visitors since Covid began. Yet the clutter multiplies. Biden is staying busy in Europe…mending fence, looking on the bright side. Virginia governor race is close. A Dem win will help Biden, guess we just wait and see. When I first moved here about 12 years ago, Halloween brought around lots of kids. I decorated outside and even played spooky music and had a bubbling caldron. Over the years less and less kids came into the complex. Only some units gave out candy and less and less decorated outside. Then Covid hit. This year only one house has outside decorations. I’m not doing anything but will keep my eye out to see if many kids are running around. I miss the fun and the children, but too lazy to decorate for less than 10 kids. The Colorado Buffaloes were playing on my TV. That never happens. I guess I know why… they are losing to Oregon at halftime. Still nice to watch.

 

 

Historical Events

 

Halloween is the oldest holiday still celebrated. 1517 – Martin Luthor nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg’s Castle Church, according to tradition. 1918 Spanish flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week 1941 Mount Rushmore Monument is completed in South Dakota, designed by Gutzon Borglum 1950 – Earl Lloyd became the first black player in the NBA 1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh at her home in New Delhi 2011 The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations 2018 World's biggest statue, the Statue of Unity at 182m is unveiled of Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat state

 

Birthdays Today

 

90 @90 @88 @87   @54 54 @25 21

Dan Rather, American journalist Michael Collins, American general, pilot, astronaut (d. 2021) Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter actress (d. 2001) Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d.1975) Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer (d.1991; cancer) Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, real estate investor John Keats, English poet (d. 1821; TB) Willow Smith, American singer, actress

 

 

Oct 30

 

Week: 44 Day: 303 Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   60°\ 30° Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 6mph High risk of fire Active fire: 233mi. \ Lightning: 1176mi. Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

23-31	Red Ribbon Week Link
24-30	Asexuality Week: Disarmament Week Give Wildlife a Brake! Week  Link Kids Care Week National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Link   National Massage Therapy Week Link   National Respiratory Care Week Link  Pastoral Care Week Link  Pro Bono Week Link
24-31	Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week
25-11/11	World Origami Days
25-31	International Magic Week

 

Daily Observations

 

 

Favorite Memes

 

	I was Principal when the new school opened in 1985.

 

Trivia

 

Number of copies sold 3. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien: 150 million copies sold Although we know The Lord of the Rings as a trilogy, it originally was published as one massive book. 4. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery: 142 million copies sold Astronomers named an actual asteroid after the one the little prince lives on in this novel.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Nice fall day. I did a quick grocery run this morning. Sheriff Joe Arpaio was an ultra-conservative sheriff in Maricopa County…Phoenix. Lots of lawsuits, mostly on racial profiling, were filed during his tenure that ended in 2016. Arizona has just paid out $100million to settle most of the lawsuits. My AZ tax dollars at work. The AZ Cards lost to the Packers in a close game last night. They are still NFL leaders in wins at 7-1. Biden and the Pope met today, and the photo op had smiling faces. The Pope also met with Obama and Trump during their administrations. For readers who have DST, turn back you clocks Sat. night. So nice to live in a place that doesn’t change time. I’ve been waking up to darkness the last few weeks, and it is dark before 6pm. Just a nature intended.

 

 

Historical Events

 

1831 – Nat Turner was arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in US history. 1873 P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth", debuts (New York City) 1894 Daniel Cooper patents time clock1925 – John Logie Baird created Britain’s first television transmitter. 1938 – Orson Wells premiered his radio drama War of the Worlds. 1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signed a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the major league baseball color line. 1973 The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time 2018 WWF conservation group says "exploding human consumption" has caused a 60% decline in all wildlife between 1970 and 2014 2020 New DNA study of dogs suggests they were human's first domesticated animal, 11,000 years ago at end of the Bronze Age

 

Birthdays Today

 

@90 @88 @80 82 76 40 25

John Adams, 2nd President of the US (d. 1826)  Ruth Gordon, American actress (d. 1985) Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (d. 1972)  Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter  Henry Winkler, American actor  Ivanka Trump, American model, businesswoman  Devin Booker, NBA