8 Apr

Week 15  Day 99 Flag Today  57°/19° Wind 4mph Gusts 8mph Active Fire:  997 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate  Nearest Lightning: 949 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Apr. Averages: Temps: 60°\27° Moisture:  3 Days

Monthly Observations

National Lawn Care Month National Licorice Month National Minority Health Month Link National Multiple Birth Awareness Month Link National 9-1-1 Education Month

National Occupational Health Professionals Recognition Month Link National Occupational Therapy Month National Parkinson's Awareness Month Link  National Pecan Month Link National Pest Management Month

Weekly Observations

11-4/8 Ramadan 2-8  International Dark Sky Week Link 3-10 Explore Your Career Options Week 4-10 Hate Week National Dental Hygienest Week  Link Link 6-12 Week of The Young Child

6-14 National Robotics Week Link 7-13 Bat Appreciation Week National Dog Bite Prevention Week Link  National Library Week Link 7-13 National Public Health Week  National Window Safety Week  7-14  National Occupational Health Nursing Week Link

Daily Observations

Buddha Day (Historical Birth Date)   Link D.A.R.E. Day  Link Dog Fighting Awareness Day Draw A Bird Day   Link Empanada Day International Roma Day

Milk in Glass Bottles Day National Dog Fighting Awareness Day Right To Read Day Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day  Link Zoo Lover’s Day

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking." — Rick Steves

Today’s Thoughts

A cool spring day. Hoping for some warmer weather this week.

Many politicians have it wrong about abortion. They NEED a sucker born every minute.

Mexico has cut ties with Ecuador after police stormed the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest the former Ecuadorian Vice President. Sad to hear after my great cruise on the Amazon that started in Quito.

Terms with origins in rural America

Loaded for bear

To be "loaded for bear" is to be extremely well armed and prepared for conflict. It stems from U.S. hunters of brown bears. The species is extremely dangerous, and hunters use more powerful rifles than they would in other types of hunting.

Did you Know?

 

Native Cultures

Indigenous People Did Not Become Citizens At The First Thanksgiving

The story of the Pilgrims enjoying what became known as a Thanksgiving meal with the Wampanoag people in the year 1621 makes it seem as if Native Americans became U.S. citizens in the 17th century. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The granting of citizenship was truthfully not even made available to Native Americans until more than 300 years later.

The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 allowed all Native Americans that were born in the United States to be considered citizens regardless of their specific tribal affiliation. This did not necessarily give them equal rights, but it also did not modify the ability for Native American tribes to remain sovereign nations.

Historic Events

Þ    1820 – Created nearly 2,000 years earlier, the Venus de Milo statue was discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.

Þ    1974 – Henry Aaron hit his 715th Home Run, beating Babe Ruth’s record of 714.

Þ    2005 – Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph agreed to plead guilty.

Þ    A security guard named Richard Jewell was initially considered the prime suspect in the case.

Birthdays with some quotes

80 – Douglas Trumbull, American special effects artist 77 – Steve Howe, English guitarist/songwriter 75 – Brenda Russell, African-American-Canadian singer/songwriter 64 – John Schneider, American actor 61 – Julian Lennon, English singer-songwriter “Nothing changes, until you change. Everything changes, once you change.” 58 – Biz Markie, American rapper “They say I look and sound ugly but I don’t be carin’.” 58 – Robin Wright, American actress 56 – Patricia Arquette, French-Canadian Russian/Polish Jewish-American actress 51 – Emma Caulfield, American actress 44 – Katee Sackhoff, American actress 40 – Ezra Koenig, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 40 – Taran Noah Smith, American actor

@97 – Shecky Greene, American comedic actor (d. 2023) @93 – Betty Ford (Elizabeth Bloomer), 40th American First Lady (. 2011) @87 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress and producer, co-founded United Artists (. 1979) “Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it…If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.” @84 – Yip Harburg, American composer (. 1981) @74 – Carmen McRae, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 1994; stroke) “Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread–without it, it’s flat.” @57 – Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress (. 1969; leukemia) “The world never puts a price on you higher than the one you put on yourself.” @27 – Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter, 27 club (. 2017; suicide)

 

…The End for today…