May 23,
2021 Week: 22 Day: 143
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Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 80% |
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Local: H 56°\ L 23° |
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Wind: 15mph/ Gusts: 30mph EXTREME Risk of Fire:
Active fire: 131mi Nearest Lightning: 211mi. |
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May Averages: 68°/34° (3 days w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
We do not need magic to
transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.
We have the power to imagine better.
~J. K. Rowling,
Random Tidbits
Washington Irving used
the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon when he published The Sketch-Book, a collection
of short stories and essays, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
and "Rip Van Winkle."
Humor
How do you know when you’re staying in a Mississippi hotel? When you
call the front desk and say, “I’ve gotta leak in my sink,” and the person at
the front desk says, “Go ahead.”
Real Cities
Whynot, North Carolina
is an unincorporated
community in Randolph County, North Carolina, and is included in the Piedmont
Triad metropolitan
region. Whynot is located on NC 705, also known as the "North Carolina
Pottery Highway", contains over 100 potteries and galleries in a 15-square-mile
(39 km2) region surrounding Seagrove. Whynot was first settled in the 18th century
by German and English
people, along with the
nearby communities of Erect, Hemp, Lonely, Steeds, and Sophia. The community was
originally spelled with two separate words, "Why Not".[7] The origin
of town's name came from residents debating a title for their community. A man
finally remarked: "Why not name the town Why Not and let's go home?"
True Things
Inexplicable
A motorist in Delray
Beach, Florida, stopped to investigate the screaming she heard on March 23 and
found a naked woman trapped in a storm drain 8 feet below street level. The
Washington Post reported first responders pulled the unnamed 43-year-old woman
to safety and took her to a hospital as investigators discovered she had been
reported missing by her boyfriend three weeks earlier, Palm Beach County
sheriff's officials said. The woman told officers she had been swimming in a
canal when she noticed a door leading to a tunnel, which she entered, and then
became lost, wandering for weeks in the tunnel system and surviving on a bottle
of ginger ale she found. Ted White, a spokesman for the Delray police, was
skeptical: "Was she actually down there the whole time?" Health
officials think she might have been in the tunnels just a few days, he said.
[Washington Post, 3/24/2021]
Weekly Observations
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National Playground Safety Week
Link |
Thru
30 |
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17-23 |
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Health Information
Professionals Week Link |
18-24 |
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Fleet Week (NY) |
20-26 |
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National African Violet Week |
23-29 |
Today’s Observations
Declaration
of the Bab Day
Drinking With Chickens Day Link
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Lucky Penny Day
National Best Friend-in-Law Day
Neighbor Day
National Taffy Day Link
Pentecost
Scavenger Hunt
Day
WhitSunday
World
Turtle Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Today is much calmer, but still windy. The wind changed the clear blue
sky into almost totally overcast in about an hour. Yesterday social media had
lots of pics of fallen trees and branches around our town. Even had some with
trees that fell on vehicles. Then there were the power outages around the city.
I was fortunate that I didn’t lose power during that windstorm and no trees
fell in our compound.
The company that was hacked and stopped the flow of gas to the East
Coast now admits it paid the $4millon ransom. That had to be a tough call.
The various school boards in the Phoenix area have had their public
meetings disrupted by ‘professional disruptors’…people with no children in the
district…whenever boards meet to discuss ‘mask wearing’ in the district. These
people want all mask mandates removed. Several districts have returned to
virtual board meetings to keep these disruptors from preventing a civil
conversation.
Now that the cease-fire is still holding in Israel/Gaza, with both
sides claiming victory, the violence has moved to US cities. Several large
cities are seeing unprovoked attack on Jews at Pro-Jewish rallies or on Jews
simply leaving a Jewish market. What is wrong with these people?
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat
and 2/4 goat?
Historical Events
1701 – Scottish-born sea captain William Kidd was hanged on the banks
of the Thames after being found guilty of piracy and murder.
1911 – The New York Public Library was dedicated.
1920 – Joan of Arc was canonized by Pope Benedict XV.
1934 – Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde were shot to death in a stolen
Ford Deluxe near Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
1960 (Tsunami) Caused by yesterday’s earthquake off the coast of
Chile, a tsunami traveled across the Pacific Ocean and killed 61 people in
Hilo, Hawaii.
2005 – Tom Cruise famously jumped around on Oprah Winfrey’s couch,
proclaiming his love for Katie Holmes
2014 Russia and China veto the U.N. Security Council resolution to
establish an International Criminal Court for war crimes in Syria
2016 Chinese archaeologists announce findings of earliest use of
barley in China to make beer, Shaanxi province 3400-2900 BC
2018 Hamburg, Germany, becomes the first city to ban diesel cars on
some roads
2019 Six migrant children have now died in US custody in eight months
prompting calls for an investigation
2019 The last slave ship to smuggle slaves to America from Africa, the
Clotilda (sunk 1860), is found in Mobile river, Alabama
2019 Prototype of new high-speed train that will float above the
track, capable of travelling 600km an hour (370 mph), unveiled by Chinese
Railway Rolling Stock Corporation in Qingdao
Birthdays Today
88 – Joan Collins, English actress
@76 – [Benjamin Sherman] ‘Scatman
Crothers’, actor, comedian (d. 1986; cancer)
@74 – Rosemary Clooney, singer, actress (d. 2002; cancer)
63 – Drew Carey, American comedic actor and game show host
56 – Melissa McBride, American actress
47 – Jewel Kilcher, American singer-songwriter
Puzzle Answer
Chicago
