Apr 6
2021 Week: 15 Day: 96
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Visibility: 10 miles |
Ave. Sky Cover: 5% |
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Local:
H70 °\ L 38° |
Extreme Risk of Fire: Active fire: 102mi |
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Wind:
7mph/ Gusts: 14mph |
Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture) |
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Nearest Lightning: 689mi. |
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Today’s Quote
There is always room at
the top.
~Daniel Webster
Random Tidbits
During sleep, the brain
"consolidates" memories and skills, meaning that the brain
strengthens, reorganizes, and restructures memories during sleep.
REM atonia, or sleep
paralysis, occurs in the typical sleeper every night to prevent people from
acting out their dreams. Only a few muscles have the ability to move during REM
sleep, such as the eye muscles, the auditory muscles, and the diaphragm for respiration.
A Little Something to Think About
The Eiffel Tower held the
title until the 1,046-foot Chrysler Building was built in New York in 1930.
The lights on the tower
were put up in 1985, and they are copyrighted.
Common Words: New Meanings
Gargoyle (N.), olive-flavored
mouthwash.
Flatulence (N.) emergency
vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
Balderdash (N.), a rapidly
receding hairline.
True Things
A Georgia teenager eased
his pandemic lockdown boredom by building a roller coaster in his family's back
yard.
Ben Tolliday said the
lack of activity amid the COVID-19 pandemic left him feeling bored, so he spent
three weeks constructing a roller coaster from wooden beams, PVC pipe, cinder
blocks and sandbags in the back yard of his family's Sandy Springs home.
Tolliday said he was
confident in his work, but his first ride on the completed coaster was tense.
"I was absolutely
terrified. But I guess because I built it, I knew how sturdy it was. So, I was
pretty confident I'd be OK, but I was screaming my head off. It was
crazy," Tolliday said.
Tolliday's mother, who
took a ride on the coaster in a video the teen posted to TikTok, said she
enjoyed the ride, but she'll be happy when it's gone.
"I'm looking forward
to getting my yard back. I've got some plants trying to grow underneath. Yes,
this is not going to be a permanent fixture in my yard, I can tell you
that," Katherine Tolliday said.
The teenager, who will
begin college in the fall, said he is now considering a career in the roller
coaster business.
"That would be my
dream job, to build stuff like this for people and then see their reaction when
they go down it for the first time. Yeah, I had so much fun building it,"
he said.
Monthly Observations
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Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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National Cherry Blossom
Festival Link |
Thru
4/10 |
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APAWS Pooper Scooper Week |
1-7 |
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National Robotics Week Link |
3-11 |
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Bat Appreciation Week |
4-10 |
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American
Indian Awareness Week Link CANCELLED |
5-9 |
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International
Dark Sky Week Link |
5-11 |
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National Catholic Educational
Association Week |
6-8 |
Today’s Observations
Army Day Link
California Poppy Day
Charlie the Tuna Day Link
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
Fresh Tomato Day
Hostess Twinkie Day Link
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Link
International
Carbonara Day
National Library
Workers Day
National Library Day Link
National Sexual Assault Awareness Day of
Action (SAAM) Link
National Student Athlete Day Link
National Tartan Day
New Beer's Eve
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Siamese Cat Day
Student-Athlete Day
Tartan Day Link
Teflon Day
The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Another very nice day…a walk around the neighborhood is in order.
New computer brings a learning curve. I’m having trouble getting my
email onto my new computer, so am not checking it every day. My computer desk
is not wide enough to have both computers set up at the same time. I have a
work around, but it takes a little time.
That being said, I like the new computer. It is fast, it has a camera
and mic, the screen is huge, it has plenty of RAM and hard drive storage.
The more this trial is on the TV, the happier I am that I am not a juror
and that I don’t have to sit through all of this.
Easter was nice here in Flag. A couple of neighbors set up a feast in
the commons section and had lots of kids searching for eggs and then eating and
playing games. First time I’ve seen this on Easter.
I guess the big question on many minds is now that I’ve been
vaccinated, how long does it last and when will I need a booster. Then, will
the booster vaccine be easier than what we just went through. I sure it lasts long
enough for everyone to get vaccinated. I also hope it will be easier to get.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
51. You are in a place called Wally’s World and there is only one law.
There is a mirror, but no reflection. There is pizza with cheese, but not
sausage. There is pepper, but no salt. There is a door, yet no entrance or
exit. What is the law?
Historical Events
648 BC – Earliest solar
eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
1748 – Excavations began
at Pompeii, covered by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
1830 – The Mormon Church
was founded in Fayette Township, New York, by Joseph Smith.
1852 – Edward Sabine
announced that the 11-year sunspot cycle was “absolutely identical” with
Earth’s geomagnetic cycle.
1895 – Oscar Wilde was
arrested, and later found guilty of being a homosexual, and sentenced to two
years of hard labor.
1909 – The North Pole was
discovered by Robert E. Byrd and his team.
1930 – Hostess Twinkies
snack cakes were invented by James ‘Jimmy’ A. Dewar, at the Continental Baking
Company in Chicago
1938 – Roy J. Plunkett
and Jack Rebok accidentally discovered the chemical compound
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), later marketed as Teflon by DuPont.
1947 – The first Tony
Awards were presented for theatrical achievement.
1956 – The Capitol Records Building opened in Los Angeles. The
light on top blinks out “Hollywood” in Morse Cose at night.
1957 -Trolley cars in ended
service in New York City.
1973 – The American
League of Major League Baseball began using the designated hitter.
1998 – Travelers and
Citicorp merged (the merger was completed on October 8) forming Citibank.
2016 Protests in Lima,
Peru by 30,000 against presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori on 24th
anniversary of her father Alberto Fujimori's coup
2017 Chinese President Xi
Jinping arrives in Florida for talks with US President Donald Trump
2020 Nadia, a tiger at
the Bronx Zoo (New York City), tests positive for COVID-19, 1st known case of
human-to-cat transmission
Birthdays Today
@89 – André Previn [Andreas Ludwig
Priwin],
American pianist, composer, conductor (d. 2019)
83 – Billy Dee Williams,
American actor
@79 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016; lung
cancer)
74 – John Ratzenberger,
American actor and voice actor
69 – Marilu Henner,
Greek-Polish American actress
46 – Zach Braff, American
actor
@37 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520; short
illness)
23 – Peyton List, American
actress and model
Puzzle Answer
Each word in Wally’s World must contain double letters.
