Aug 31

 

Aug 31, 2021 Week: 36 Day: 243
Ave. Sky Cover:  50%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   84°\ 53° Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 12mph
Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 38mi. \ Lightning: 6mi.
Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

Paralympic Games	24-9/5
Be Kind To Humankind Week	25-31
US Open Tennis Championships	30-9/12

 

Daily Oberservations

 

Diatomaceous Earth Day Eat Outside Day Matchmaker Day South Carolina Day Trail Mix Day

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

A quick smile!

 

What is the best way to paint the ocean? With watercolors.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

No monsoon yesterday. Today is looks very promising.

Phone visit with my PCP. He is as confused as everyone about the CPAP issue. He did send a fax to the sleep center so I can call and make an appointment. He also said that his office is doing Moderna booster and I am eligible to get a booster. And I can get my annual flu shot at the same time. They will call as they need a list of 15 who can come in the same day. Each vial has 15 shot and only lasts for 12 hours after the first shot. He said it will probably be next week. Nice!

Afghan neighbors of the weekend drone bombing are saying the guy was a contractor, working for the US and that he and several of his young kids were killed as the drone blew up his vehicle as he pulled into his driveway. Sad. If true, heads need to roll for that.

Ida is causing lots of problems for many. In today’s world it is so difficult to live without electricity in your city. It seems the Louisiana rebuilding after Katrina made it less damaging. Good for them.

 

Historical Events

 

1745 Jacobite Rising 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle, Scotland

1837 Ralph Waldo Emerson gives his famous "The American Scholar" speech to Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, declares American literary independence from Europe

1888 – Mary Ann Nichols was murdered; the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.

1910 Theodore Roosevelt makes a speech in Kansas advocating a 'square deal': property shall be 'the servant and not the master of the commonwealth'

1957 Federation of Malaya gains independence from Great Britain

1962 – Trinidad and Tobago became independent, within the British Commonwealth.

1980 – The Solidarity Movement began in Poland against the Soviet Union. It was led by Lech Walesa.

1997 – Princess Diana was killed in a car crash, involving photographers chasing her and alcohol in the system of her driver.

2006 Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream" is recovered from a raid by Norwegian police. The painting was said to be in a better-than-expected condition.

2015 President Obama officially re-designates Alaska’s Mt. McKinley as Denali, its native American name

2019 India removes citizenship status from 1.9 million people in state of Assam, leaving them off its new National Register of Citizens

 

Birthdays Today

 

@81 – Maria Montessori, Italian physician, and educator (d. 1952)

@79 – Arthur Godfrey, radio, television host (d.1983; lung cancer)

@78 – Buddy Hackett, comedic actor (d. 2003; heart failure)

@74 – James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002; heart attack)

72 – Richard Gere, actor

@70 – Richard Basehart, actor (d. 1984; strokes)

51 – Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter

50 – Chris Tucker, American comedian, and actor

@28 – Caligula, Roman emperor (d. 41 AD; assassinated)

 

 

Aug 30

 

Aug 30, 2021 Week: 36 Day: 242
Ave. Sky Cover:  15%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   84°\ 52° Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 6mph
High risk of fire Active fire: 293mi. \ Lightning: 92mi.
Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

Paralympic Games	24-9/5
Be Kind To Humankind Week	25-31
International Bat Night North American Organic Brewers Days Link	28-29
US Open Tennis Championships	30-9/12

 

Daily Oberservations

 

Beach Day Frankenstein Day Grief Awareness Day Marshmallow Toasting Day Toasted Marshmallow Day

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

A quick smile!

 

What is the opposite of a croissant? A happy uncle

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A warm day with hopes the monsoon comes back later today. Yesterday’s shower was very nice

Last night’s discussion group went very well. Lots of participation made it much easier to present. The plan to arbitrarily draw country boundaries by the British at the height of their empire show that no matter how good the intentions, it just didn’t work. Fighting groups are still fighting based on a history of tribal like disagreements, many based on religion. So difficult to comprehend.

The National Religious Broadcasters, an evangelical nonprofit, has fired its Senior VP of Communications. The issue is that he went on CNN and encouraged people to get the vaccine. I guess he is lucky that he wasn’t stoned to death or burned at the stake as a heretic. I guess that is progress.

I watched the solemn moment when the 13 military coffins returned to the US. So very sad.

 

Historical Events

 

70 – Titus ended the siege of Jerusalem after destroying The Second Temple.

1363 Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty

1850 Honolulu, Hawaii, becomes a city

1890 President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products

1967 – Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

1984 – The Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41-D) takes off on its maiden voyage.

1993 150,000,000th visitor to Eiffel Tower

2020 India reports world's highest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases at 78,761

 

Birthdays Today

 

@53 – Mary Shelley, English novelist, and playwright, Frankenstein (d, 1851; brain tumor?)

@94 – Shirley Booth [Marjory Ford], American actress (d. 1992)

91 – Warren Buffett, American businessman, philanthropist

@83 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (d.1991)

@83 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)

@80 – Geoffrey Beene [Samuel Albert Bozeman Jr.], fashion designer (d.  2004)

@72 – Peggy Lipton, model, actress [Mod Squad] (d. 2019; cancer)

73 – Lewis Black, American comedian, and author

@65 – John Phillips, singer-songwriter [Mamas & Papas] (d. 2001; heart failure)

58 – Michael Chiklis, actor

49 – Cameron Diaz, actress

48 – Lisa Ling, journalist, author

 

 

Aug 29

 

Aug 29, 2021 Week: 36 Day: 240
Ave. Sky Cover:  65%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   79°\ 51° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 18mph
High risk of fire Active fire: 294mi. \ Lightning: 1mi.
Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

National Little League Week Link	19-29
Paralympic Games	24-9/5
Be Kind To Humankind Week	25-31
International Bat Night North American Organic Brewers Days Link	28-29

 

Daily Oberservations

 

According to Hoyle Day In 1751, Edmond Hoyle published “A Short Trait on the Game of Prague,” which described rules for showing, winning, and losing certain hands dealt. Doyle’s “short treatise, game, and whist” not only contained rules but also gave many insights into the winning possibilities. When there was a dispute over the rules of a deck of cards, it was often referred to as the last resort. Hoyle’s book became so popular that rules for cards, table and board games became known as Hoyle books. Finally, in 1761, he published “Easy to make a game of chess, easy to learn when you know the moves, only and with the help of a master”. Chop Suey Day Lemon Juice Day More Herbs Less Salt Day Whiskey Sour Day

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

A quick smile!

 

Why did the suspenders go to jail? They held up a pair of pants ***BONUS*** Me at the auto parts store... Me: I need headlights Salesperson: What's it for? Me: So I can drive at night

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

As promised, the monsoon has returned. It cooled things off nicely.

Our discussion group meets tonight. I will be leading a discussion on India & Pakistan Today. Lots of reading and some good updates. I learned a lot about the role of Pakistan in the Afghan mess. Should be a good evening.

AZ just passed the one million mark in Covid cases and mask mandates are still illegal. With a population of about 35 million, the is brilliant decisions in action…NOT!

I learned two new things about Afghanistan: 1:  when we closed the Bagram Air Base last month, there were 5000 detainees in prison there. Now they are all free. 2: In order to help with evacuations, the Taliban are being given names and locations of those trying to escape. How can this be a good move?

 

Historical Events

 

29 – The martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist at the order of King Herod.

1839 – The ship Amistad was seized by abducted African slaves. After capture and imprisonment, they were declared free by the United States Supreme Court on March 9, 1841.

1883 Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion

1967 – The Fugitive finale, on ABC, starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, was the most-watched program of all time, until the 1980 series Dallas “who shot J.R.?” episode aired.

1991 – The Soviet Communist Party suspended all activities.

2005 – Hurricane Latrina struck the Gulf Coast, damaging over 90,000 acres, costing $200 Billion in damages, and the loss of thousands of people.

2018 John McCain is only the third person to lie in state at the Arizona state capital rotunda in Phoenix

 

Birthdays Today

 

@90 – Richard Attenborough, English actor, director (d. 2014)

@81 – John McCain, American soldier, and politician (d. 2018)

83 – Elliott Gould, American actor

77 – Robin Leach, English journalist, television host (died in 2018)

@67 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d.1982; breast cancer)

@50 – Michael Jackson, entertainer (d. 2009; )

35 – Lea Michele, American actress

@34 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist, composer (d. 1955; cirrhosis)

28 – Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter