Jun 8

 

 

 

Jun 8, 2021   Week: 24    Day: 159

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 40%

Local: H 79°\ L 43°

Wind:  9mph/ Gusts:  15mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  133mi Nearest Lightning: 376mi.

Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin

 

Random Tidbits

 

Only 2% of Earth population naturally has green eyes.

Having bridesmaids in a wedding wasn’t originally for moral support. They were intended to confuse evil spirits or those who wished to harm the bride.

 

Humor

 

A tough old Badlands rancher once told his grandson that the secret to long life was to sprinkle a little gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning. The grandson did this religiously, and he lived to be 93. When he died, he left 14 children, 28 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren … and a 15-foot hole in the wall of the crematorium.

 

Real Cities

 

Booger Hole, West Virginia is an unincorporated community in northern Clay County, West Virginia. It is in the Rush Fork Valley, near the town of Ivydale.

In 1917, the community was subjected to "about a dozen" murders during a short period of time. A special grand jury was convened to investigate the incidents, and the community itself formed what they referred to as a "mob", posting notices threatening to "get bloodhounds and detectives and run [the murderer] to the ends of the earth." Although folklore has it that the community's name derived from this violence – "booger" being a local usage for the "boogieman" – a contemporary press account clearly shows that the community was already called "Booger Hole" at the time of the murders.

 

True Things

 

Oops!

Federal Judge Jesse M. Furman ruled in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Feb. 16 that Citigroup could not expect to receive repayment of nearly $500 million of the $900 million it mistakenly wired to a group of lenders last year after a contractor checked the wrong box on a digital payment form. Intending to make only an interest payment to the lenders on behalf of its client Revlon, Citi instead wired payment in full for the entire loan, and after realizing its error, asked for the money back, but some of the lenders refused, according to The New York Times. Judge Furman found that the lenders were justified in assuming the payment had been intentional. "To believe that Citibank, one of the most sophisticated financial institutions in the world, had made a mistake ... to the tune of nearly $1 billion, would have been borderline irrational," he said in his ruling. Citi vowed to appeal. [New York Times, 2/16/2021]

 

Weekly Observations

 

National Marina Days Link	5/31-6/9
International Clothesline Week	5-12
National Lemonade Days Link	5-13
Bedbug Awareness Week Link Black Single Parents Week End Mountain Top Removal Week Link    National Automotive Service Professionals Week National Business Etiquette Week  National Headache Awareness Week Link   Pet Appreciation Week Link	6-12

 

Today’s Observations

 

Best Friends DayCall Your Doctor Day Link   Chicken Tetrazzini Day Ghostbusters Day Link Name Your Poison Day National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Link National Jelly-filled Doughnut Day Upsy Daisy Day World APS Day Link World Ocean Day Link World Pet Memorial Day

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Cloudy with no hint of moisture in the whole week. Sad. The FBI has assisted in recovering the millions that Colonial Pipeline paid to stop the ransomware issue. Good for them. Great news to start the week. Now it’s time for the far-right to acknowledge this. It sure would be nice if gas prices would go down now. I had a quick appointment with the eye doc to talk about my field of vision test a few months ago. All good. Yeah! Mary is returning to Oregon this week for the memorial service for her brother who passed a few weeks ago. No lunch with our retiree group this week. News I didn’t know: There is an Aluminum shortage to make AZ license plates. Those who ordered new plates or specialty plates after May 20th will start receiving said plates after June 14th. In the meantime, they will get paperwork to keep in their vehicle to show they have ordered correct plates.

Daily Riddle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat and didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

 

Historical Events

 

1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments (Bill of Rights) to the United States Constitution in Congress.

1905 US President Theodore Roosevelt sends identical notes to Japan and Russia urging them to negotiate and end hostilities, offering his personal services

1912 – Universal Pictures was founded by Carl Laemmle.

1937 World's largest flower blooms in NY Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily

1938 Gert Terblanche, a local school boy, discovers fossils of an unknown 'robust-type' human ancestor, later named Paranthropus robustus by Robert Broom, at Kromdraai, Blaauwbank River Valley in South Africa1949 – George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was published.

1953 – The United States Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.

1960 Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann

1996 Revival of the legendary procession of Lady Godiva (Godgifu) naked through Coventry, England

2017 Ex-FBI chief James Comey testifies to a US Senate committee that US President Donald Trump told "lies plain and simple"

2018 World's most powerful supercomputer, Summit, can process 200,000 trillion calculations per second, launched at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, by IBM and NVidia

2020 Former astronaut Kathy Sullivan is the first woman to reach deepest point of the ocean - Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench. Formerly the first American woman to spacewalk.

2020 Lockdowns for COVID-19 in Europe saved 3 million lives according to study by Imperial College London

 

Birthdays Today

 

@92 – Jerry Stiller, American comedic actor (d. 2020)

@92 – Barbara Bush, 1^st Lady (d. 2018)

@91 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)

85 – James Darren [James William Ercolani ], American actor, singer

@81 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)

81 – Nancy Sinatra, singer

70 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter

64 – Scott Adams, American author and illustrator, Dilbert creator

63 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director, screenwriter

44 – Kanye West, American rapper, producer

 

Puzzle Answer

 

He was bald.

 

 

Jun 7

 

 

 

Jun 7, 2021   Week: 24    Day: 158

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 10%

Local: H 80 \ L  45°

Wind:  4mph/ Gusts:  11mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  126mi Nearest Lightning: 229mi.

Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs. Charlotte Bronte

 

Random Tidbits

 

A bolt of lightning is six times hotter than the sun.

When a person cries and the first drop of tears come from the right eye, its happiness. if it from left eye, it’s pain.

 

Humor

 

While fishing off Myrtle Beach, a Yankee tourist capsized his boat. Petrified, he yelled to an old guy standing on the shore, “Are there any gators around here?!”

“Naw,” the man hollered back, “they ain’t been around for years!”

Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming toward shore. Halfway there, he asked the guy, “How’d you get rid of the gators?”

“We didn’t do anything,” the old guy said. “The sharks got ’em.”

 

Real Cities

 

Big Bottom, Washington is on the Cowlitz River, Packwood, WA

 

True Things

 

Quick Thinking

An unnamed maskless woman waiting in line at a Pick 'n' Pay supermarket in South Africa was caught on cellphone video being confronted by a store guard who demanded she put on a mask or be thrown out of the store. On the video, she is next seen reaching up under her dress, pulling out her underwear -- a black thong -- and placing it on her face, the New York Post reported. Witnesses were mixed in their reaction. "Good lord," one shopper was heard saying. "Brilliant," said another. [New York Post, 2/26/2021]

 

Weekly Observations

 

National Marina Days Link	5/31-6/9
International Clothesline Week	5-12
National Lemonade Days Link	5-13
Bedbug Awareness Week Link Black Single Parents Week End Mountain Top Removal Week Link    National Automotive Service Professionals Week National Business Etiquette Week  National Headache Awareness Week Link   Pet Appreciation Week Link	6-12

 

Today’s Observations

 

(Daniel) Boone Day National Chocolate Ice Cream Day National Thank God It's Monday Day  VCR Day

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Nice day…breeze is keeping it cool. What is going on?...An American Legion official had the speaker’s mic turn off when he talked about how Blacks spearheaded Memorial Day’s earliest beginnings, claiming it was not part of the approved speech. He admitted turning off the mic and resigned. Dreamers can enlist in the military branches and serve this country. Many would assume that after serving, they are given citizenship or at least move up in the line. That does not happen, but this does: Recently several former soldiers were convicted of a crime and had to serve jail time [marijuana possession or shoplifting]. Upon release from jail, they were deported.  They are returning to countries they have never lived in and usually don’t even speak the language. Things need to change.

Daily Riddle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

What goes up but never comes down?

 

Historical Events

 

1665 Great Plague of London: Samuel Pepys writes in his diary of houses marked with a red cross in London's Drury Lane, meaning somebody inside is infected with the plague and must be locked in for 40 days or until death

1753 British Museum founded by an Act of Parliament with royal assent from King George II (opens in 1759)

1769 Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass, State of Kentucky

1776 – Richard Henry Lee presented the “Lee Resolution” to the Continental Congress.

1862 – The United States and the United Kingdom agreed in the Lyons-Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.

1914 – The Alliance was the first vessel to pass through the Panama Canal.

1965 The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples

2012 16th century archaeology remains of the Curtain Theatre, where some of Shakespeare's plays first performed found under a pub in London

2020 Black Lives Matter Protests continue worldwide in large numbers, In Bristol England statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston pulled down

 

Birthdays Today

 

@85 – Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (died in 1994)

@83 – Gwendolyn Brooks, African-American poet (died in 2000)

81 – Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor

@78 – Dean Martin, American singer and actor (died in 1995)

69 – Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor

62 – Mike Pence, former VP

@61 – Beau Brummell, English fashion designer (d. 1840; syphilis)

@57 – Prince [Prince Rogers Nelson], American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, actor (d. 2016; OD)

@54 – Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (d. 1903; heart attack<?>)

33 – Michael Cera, Canadian actor

 

Puzzle Answer

 

Your age

 

 

Jun 6

 

 

 

Jun 6, 2021   Week: 24    Day: 157

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover:25 %

Local: H 82°\ L 49°

Wind:  4mph/ Gusts:  17mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  141mi Nearest Lightning: 118mi.

Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. Mark Twain

 

Random Tidbits

 

In addition to their physical beauty, butterflies act as one of nature's couriers. In the case of Monarch butterflies, which pollinate milkweed, they may transfer a pollen sac to the next plant on their legs or other body parts.

Millions of Monarch butterflies, which reside in the Northeast in the summer, make a 2,000-mile migration down to Mexico for the winter months. After congregating there, they'll mate and new generations will make the return trip back north in the warmer months.

Monarchs are toxic and in fact, some butterfly species such as the Viceroy play on that feature by mimicking the signature bright orange and black coloring of Monarchs to discourage birds from eating them.

 

Humor

 

What do you call an Amish guy with his hand in a horse’s mouth? A mechanic.

Welcome to Rhode Island! Enjoy it because it ends in 40 feet.

 

Real Cities

 

Bland, Virginia is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Bland County, Virginia, United States. Bland was originally known as Bland Court House.   The population as of the 2010 Census was 409.

 

True Things

 

-- Volusia County (Florida) Sheriff's deputies responding to a fire at Myers Marine Service in Deland on March 13 were met by witnesses who said they saw Sean Sword running out of the building saying, "I lit a tow rope on fire." Sword, who was severely burned, told deputies conflicting stories about his motives, according to court papers, but after being interviewed at the hospital, he admitted he was looking for a vehicle to steal, but "it didn't work out," so he set a tow rope on fire and the flames spread, adding that he hoped to be in jail for a long time. Boats and equipment valued at nearly $100,000 were damaged, records show, and Sword faces arson and burglary charges. [ClickOrlando.com, 3/15/2021]

 

Monthly Observations

 

Scleroderma Awareness Month Link Skyscraper Month Sorghum Month Link Sports America Kids Month Student Safety Month Vision Research Month Link World Naked Bike Ride Month (Northern Hemisphere) Link Link Women's Golf Month Link   Link World Infertility Month World Roller Coaster Appreciation Month

 

Weekly Observations

 

National Marina Days Link	5/31-6/9
Horseradish Days Link	4-6
International Clothesline Week	5-12
National Lemonade Days Link	5-13
Bedbug Awareness Week Link Black Single Parents Week End Mountain Top Removal Week Link    National Automotive Service Professionals Week National Business Etiquette Week  National Headache Awareness Week Link   Pet Appreciation Week Link	6-12

 

Today’s Observations

 

Artichoke Days: 5-6  Link   Atheists Pride Day Link Children's Awareness Memorial Day   D-Day, WWII Drive-In Movie Day National Eyewear Day Link National Animal Rights Day Link National Cancer Survivors Day Link  National Frozen Yogurt Day National Gardening Exercise Day National Gingerbread Day National Higher Education Day  National Yo-Yo Day Link Russian Language Day Link YMCA Day (Organization, not the song.)

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice day. Yesterday my plan worked. I washed my vehicle and in the late afternoon we had a big thunder/lightning storm. Rain was bouncing about 2” of the pavement. It lasted about 20 minutes, then a nice gentle rain another 20 minutes. It wasn’t in the forecast but greatly appreciated. Hopefully today will bring the same. I learned that Nepal is a real hot spot for Covid. Lots of cases, lots of deaths, and no vaccine available. Sad. Hong Kong banned any demonstrations on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square’s military takeover. This is the first year since the killings that any demonstration has been banned. It is getting harder and harder to recognize Hong Kong as a separate entity. Sad. One of the yesterday’s warmest US cities was BISMARK, NORTH DAKOTA, at 106. Record shattering. WOW! President Biden has stated that Ransomware attacks on US companies are now considered a National Security Issue. That opens many new pathways to prevent future attacks. I sure hope this works.

Daily Riddle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

 

Historical Events

 

1816 10" of snowfall in New England, part of a "year without a summer" which followed the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia

1822 Alexis St. Martin shot in the stomach and treated by physician William Beaumont on Mackinac Island. Leads Beaumont to conduct digestion experiments through hole in St. Martin's stomach.

1912 The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century

1916 The death of Yuan Shikai, ruler of much of China since 1912, causes the central government to virtually collapse in the face of warlords, including Sun Yat-sen

1933– America’s first drive-in opened near Camden, New Jersey, opened.

1942 – The United States Navy’s victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway.

1944 – D-Day: The Normandy Landings

1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza during second day of the Six-Day War

1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night

1983 – Reading Rainbow premiered on PBS

2018 Iraqi parliament orders manual recount of legislative elections in May after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi claims evidence of irregularities

2019 On 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, New York City’s police commissioner James O’Neill apologizes for his department's actions during the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn

 

Birthdays Today

 

74 – Robert Englund, American actor

65 – Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player

60 -- Carole Baskin, animal rights activist

@59 – Sam Simon, American director, producer, screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons (d. 2015; cancer)

54 – Paul Giamatti, American actor

@21 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (d. 1776; hanged)

 

Puzzle Answer

 

A promise