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Weekly Observations
Tour de
France: 5-27 Link
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
National Moth Week: 19-27 RAGBRAI: 19-26
Captive Nations Week: 20-26 Everybody Deserves A Massage Week:
20-26 Link
National Independent Retailers Week: 20-26 Link National Zoo Keeper Week:
20-26 Link
Women in Baseball Week: 20-26 World
Forest Week: 21-25 Link
Daily Observations
Be A Good Teammate Day National
Vanilla Ice Cream Day
Casual Pi Day (22/7) Peanut
Butter and Chocolate Day
Gorgeous Grandma Day Rat-catchers
Day
Hot Enough For Ya Day Spooners
(Spoonerism) Day
Fragile X Awareness Day Sprinkle
Day
National Be A Good Teammate Day Yada,
Yada, Yada Day
National Mango Day Link
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Thoughts for the day
My blood treatment yesterday was very successful. I now only do the treatment
once a month.
It is great weather; I hope to spend some time walking in this beauty
later today.
My father was born today in 1914. He lived to 80 years old. He is still
missed.
Congress is taking an early break before the 4th. They hope
that this will quell the Epstein controversary. I sure hope that strategy doesn’t
work. I am very tired of all the speculation…it is time to see the documents.
What happened to Trump’s promise of getting rid of the ‘swamp’.
History Facts Americans Commonly Get
Wrong
The Pilgrims Did Not Land on
Plymouth Rock ©wikimedia
The story goes that the
Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620, but historians have long debunked
this tidy tale. There is no mention of Plymouth Rock in any original Pilgrim
writings.
The first reference to the rock appeared more than a century later, in 1741,
when Elder Thomas Faunce, then 94, identified it as the landing site. By then,
it was mostly legend.
Archaeologists and historians now agree the Pilgrims landed somewhere along the
Massachusetts coast, but the exact spot remains unknown. The rock itself has
become a powerful symbol, yet it’s unlikely the Pilgrims ever set foot on it.
Despite the tourism and tradition, the story is mostly a case of myth-making.
Americans love a good origin tale, even if it isn’t quite true.
Literary Legends…
Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty’s short
stories and novels capture the richness and complexity of Southern life
through masterful storytelling and keen observation. Her evocative prose and
sense of place have earned her a cherished spot among American literary greats.
Welty’s legacy is preserved and explored at the Eudora Welty House and
Garden, highlighting her significant influence on both regional and
national fiction.
Random Thoughts…
Clarke’s Law of
Revolutionary Ideas: Every revolutionary idea – in Science, Politics, Art or
Whatever – evokes three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the three
phrases: > 1. “It is completely impossible – don’t waste my time.” 2. “It is
possible, but it is not worth doing.” 3. “I said it was a good idea all along.”
Biggest film of
1953: Peter Pan (Action/Adventure) earned ~ $87,000,000
If a thief uses 1234 as a PIN number, they could access funds in almost 1 out
of every 9 wallets they steal.
William Penn is one of eight people to have been granted “Honorary Citizenship” by the United States
Historic Events
Click here for 23 July
history
Birthdays
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78 – David Essex, English singer-songwriter 63 – Eriq La Salle, American actor 54 – Alison Krauss, American singer-songwriter, fiddler 45 – Michelle Williams, American singer-songwriter 36 – Daniel Radcliffe, English actor 29 – Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian |
@83 – Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (d. 1975)
@70 – Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist, screenwriter
(d. 1959; uremia)
@46 – Philip Seymour Hoffman,
American actor (d. 2014; OD) |
…The End for today…
