Sep 17

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Sep. 17, 2019 Week: 38  Day: 260

86004:   H 70° \ L 50° \ Average Sky Cover: 90% 

Nearest wildfire:  80mi.  Nearest lightning:  2mi

Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  17mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 88°[1956]   Record Low: 27°[1903]

Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

The best and most beautiful things in the world

cannot be seen or even touched –

they must be felt with the heart.

 Helen Keller

Random Tidbits

Research on DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) has largely shown it to be ineffective, and in some cases it has increased the use of drugs at schools.

Observances This Week

10-19

Palindrome Week 9-10-19…9-19-19

14-17

World Goat Days  Link 

15-21

Balance Awareness Week Link   
Build A Better Image Week 
Child Passenger Safety Week Link  
International Clean Hands Week
Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Link
National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week
National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week
National Indoor Plant Week 
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week 
National Security Officer Appreciation Week  
National Singles Week 
Pollution Prevention Week Link
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week  

16-22

National Love Your Files Week Link 
National Postdoc Appreciation Week Link

17-23

Constitution Week

Observances for Today

Citizenship Day
Constitution Day Link
Get Ready Day Link  
International Country Music Day Link
IT Professionals Day (Third Tuesday)
National Apple Dumpling Day

National Monte Cristo Day Link
National Professional House Cleaners Day
Time's Up Day
VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day

My Rambling Thoughts

There was a nice 30-minute hard rain this morning. NICE! I had returned from shopping just as it started. The smell of fresh rain permeated that atmosphere!

UAW is striking for better pay. But the President said when he cut taxes the magnanimous corporations would have their increase profits trickle down to the workers.  Surprise, they never have and never will.

Lots of rumbling that gas prices will be going up, due to the Saudi oil field fires. I’m not concerned, the President said many times, in many speeches and tweets, that we are finally Energy Independent. Hope he is correct.  

PBS is running a series, County Music. I watched the first episode last night. It is awesome. The first 2-hour segment was on County Music prior to the 1930’s. This documentary is a must see for music lovers, history buffs, and anyone who just enjoys country music. And it’s 2 hour segments have NO commercials. Way to go Ken Burns & PBS.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?

Highlight the black box for a hint

Some riddles work by getting your brain to go through a series of associations so you get locked in and can’t think of alternatives. Be careful with this riddle. Is the question really connected to that color you were asked to think about? Most folks say that cows drink milk because they’re fixated on the color white.

Historical Events

1303 (Earthquake) China

1849 - Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in Maryland.

1859 - Joshua Norton declared himself "Emperor of these United States" and subsequently "Protector of Mexico", renaming himself Norton !

1895 - The second U.S. battleship, but first named after a state, the USS Maine was commissioned.

1908 - Thomas Selfridge, a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, became the first airplane fatality when the craft crashed.

1947 - Jackie Robinson was named Rookie of Year by The Sporting News.

1964 - Bewitched premiered on ABC.

1965 - The Wild, Wild West and Hogan’s Heroes premiered on CBS.

1967 - Mission Impossible premiered on CBS.

1967 - The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and perform "Light My Fire". Sullivan had requested that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show, but Jim Morrison performed it the way it was written. The Doors never appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show again.

1972 - The first episode of M.A.S.H. aired on CBS.

1976 - NASA publicly unveiled the space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, California.

1978 - Battlestar Galactica premiered on ABC

1980 Polish workers under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa found the Solidarity movement at the Gdańsk Shipyard

1981 Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season

1983 - Vanessa Williams was crowned Miss America 1984.

1987 Pope John Paul II arrives in San Francisco, meets with AIDS patients, and embraces an AIDS infected child    

1996- The O.J. Simpson civil trial began

2005 - #1 Hit: Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

2009 - Archer premiered on FX

2011 - #1 Hit: Adele - Someone Like You

2011 - The Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City

2012 Panasonic suspends operations at its three factories in China

2018 US border control agent confesses to the murder of four women and assault of another in Laredo, Texas

2018 Hurricane Florence has caused 900 people to be rescued from flooding, death toll at 23, city of Wilmington isolated officials announce

Birthdays Today

Roddy McDowall, actor, director, photographer

(d. 1928 @70; lung cancer)

Anne Bancroft

[Anna Maria Louisa Italiano], actor, director

(d. 2005 @73; uterine cancer)

Cassandra 'Elvira' Peterson, actor (68)

Rita Rudner, comedian (66)

Baz Luhrmann, writer, director (Moulin Rouge!) (57)

Bryan Singer, director, producer, writer (54)

John Ritter, Comedian, actor

 (d. 2003 @54; ruptured heart vessel)

Nick Berkus, designer, TV host (48)

Hank Williams, country singer

(d. 1953 @29; hemorrhages)

Puzzle answer:

Water

Sep 16

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Sep. 16, 2019 Week: 38  Day: 259

86004:   H 75° \ L 49° \ Average Sky Cover: 20% 

Nearest wildfire:  80mi.  Nearest lightning:  377mi

Wind:   12mph\Gusts:  23mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 88°[2000]   Record Low: 28°[1971]

Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

Nobody made a greater mistake than

he who did nothing because

he could do only a little.

Edmund Burke

Random Tidbits

There are approximately 33 million elementary school children in the U.S, 17 million kids attending high school, and 8.8 little ones in nursery schools and kindergartens. All told, including college students, and about 78 million kids head back to school every fall.

Schools that ditch schoolyard rules are actually seeing a drop in bullying, serious injuries and vandalism, while concentration levels in class are increasing. Turns out giving children too many rules hurts their development.

Observances This Week

10-19

Palindrome Week 9-10-19…9-19-19

14-17

World Goat Days  Link 

15-21

Balance Awareness Week Link   
Build A Better Image Week 
Child Passenger Safety Week Link  
International Clean Hands Week
Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Link
National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week
National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week
National Indoor Plant Week 
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week 
National Security Officer Appreciation Week  
National Singles Week 
Pollution Prevention Week Link
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week  

16-22

National Love Your Files Week Link 
National Postdoc Appreciation Week Link

Observances for Today

American Legion Day

Anne Dudley Bradstreet Day
Collect Rocks Day

Guacamole Day

Internat’l Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Mayflower Day

Mexican Independence Day
 National Play Doh Day

National Stepfamily Day  Link
National Tattoo Story Day  (Originator is NBC's "Blindspot")
Respect for The Aged Day  Link
Stay Away From Seattle Day Link
Stepfamily Day Link
Trail of Tears Commemoration Day

Working Parents Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Nice day outside. I got 2 loads of laundry done and put away and stripped and waxed the tile floors downstairs. The upstairs is ready for the fall cleaning.

Having an older vehicle I don’t have to pay a huge registration each year. So I was surprised when this year’s registration was higher than last year.  The $25+ increase was because of a “Public Safety Fee.’ I put the new sticker on my license plate and headed to the internet machine to learn more about this new fee. The story is not pretty. Years ago the AZ voters passed a law that any increase in taxes had to be approved by a 2/3 vote in the legislature. The legislature tried to raise the registration fee on vehicles to give more money to the Highway Patrol and for road repair. It didn’t pass. So it turns out, fees are not considered tax so the new fee was added to everyone registering a vehicle…sounds like a tax to me. I’m all for improving our roads and helping the Highway Patrol improve. This is just a sneaky way to do it.

The only football game I’m interested in on TV is the Cards v Ravens. They are playing in Baltimore. Cards are hanging in, but can’t pull off the win. Broncos are playing the Bears in Denver, but Flagstaff TV is not carrying the game. Guess I’ll follow it on the internet machine. Broncos leading at end of 1^st Q, the Bears score at beginning of second. Looks like a good game.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.

The key to this riddle to think of anything else but an actual object. Use your critical thinking skills to get conceptual on this one.

Historical Events

1620 - The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England with 102 Pilgrims.

1630 - The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.

1908 - William C. Durant founded General Motors.

1953 - 20th Century-Fox released The Robe, using its new wide-screen stereophonic film process.

1964 - Shindig (a pop music show) premiered on ABC.

1972 - #1 Hit: Three Dog Night - Black and White

1972 - The Bob Newhart Show debuted on CBS

1974 - President Ford announced conditional amnesty for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders.

1984 - E/R premiered on CBS

1989 - #1 Hit: Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You

1992 - FCC voted to allow competition for local phone service.

1996- The jackpot wedge appeared for the first time on Wheel of Fortune

2000 - #1 Hit: Madonna - Music

2016 - The Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were released.

Birthdays Today

B. B. King, musician  (d. 2015 @89)

Lauren Bacall, actor (d. 2014 @89)

Allen Funt, TV producer, director, personality (d. 1999 @84)

Peter Falk, actor [Colombo] (d. 2011 @83)

Charlie Byrd, jazz guitarist (d. 1999 @74; lung cancer)

David Copperfield, magician (63)

Jennifer Tilly, actor (61)

Molly Shannon, actor, comedian (55)

Marc Anthony, singer (51)

Amy Poehler, TV actor (48)

Alexis Bledel, actor [Gilmore Girls] (38)

Nick Jonas, singer (27)

Puzzle answer:

Your name.