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Week
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Day 122 Flag Today 59°/38° Wind 3 mph Gusts 3 mph
Active
Fire: 214 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 244 miles away
Air
Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Cloudy
May
Averages: Temps: 70°\37° 8
days with rain
Monthly Observations
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Better Sleep Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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21-5/2 Sky Awareness Week Festival of Ridvan National Apprenticeship Week Link Stewardship Week Barbed Wire Days: 1-3 Spring Astronomy Week: 2-9 |
Daily Observations
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Bladder Cancer Awareness Day Link |
Today’s Quote
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Pay close attention to those who don’t
clap when you win. ~Leonardo DiCaprio |
Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
I’m not sure why yesterday’s blog was not posted. I got an email that it
didn’t meet ‘community standards’. I reviewed it and saw nothing unusual. I
read through all their rules and found nothing I had broken. I’ll try again
today.
In the news, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, 80 years-old, has been moved from prison,
where she has been since to 2021, to House Arrest. It’s a small step of her
heroic story.
Gas prices keep going up as the administration says they are going
down. I wonder when this craziness will
stop.
Interesting Trivia
Random
Flex, But OK
George
Washington personally owned a flock of
between 600-1,000 Hog Island sheep, a rare breed only found in Virginia. Today,
curators at his Mount Vernon estate breed and care for their descendants.
Fishy
Fact
Once
a year, in the Honduran city of Yoro, it rains fish. It's aptly named the Lluvia
de Peces (or Rain of Fish). In May or June every year, like clockwork,
a torrential rainstorm rolls through town. In its wake, a mass of living fish
can be found in the streets. The phenomenon was confirmed by a National
Geographic team in the 1970s...
...but
whether or not the fish are literally raining from the sky is still
unknown. Some scientists believe the fish could be carried into town by
waterspouts or water tornadoes, which drop their strange parcels over land when
they run out of steam. Whatever the explanation, we hope the residents of Yoro
like seafood.
Rebus returns
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Native American Courage in History
The Trail Of Tears And The Defiance Of
Forced Removal
The
Cherokee Nation’s resistance against forced relocation culminated in the 1832
Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia. Despite the Court’s ruling in their
favor, the Cherokee were still forcibly removed from their ancestral lands.
This tragic event remains a symbol of Indigenous resistance to U.S. policies of
displacement.
The Wounded Knee Massacre And The Final
Clash Of Cultures
In
December 1890, the U.S. army massacred over 150 Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee,
effectively marking the end of organized Native American resistance. The
horrific event not only led to the loss of lives but also represented the final
clash between indigenous culture and the overwhelming forces of American
colonization.
Historic Events
Rebus Answers
Round of applause Jump through hoops
Birthdays Today
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Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], (90 years old) British pop singer ("Release Me"; "After The
Loving"), born in Madras, British India ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Bianca Jagger [Blanca Pérez-Mora MacÃas], (81 years old) Nicaraguan model and socialite who married Mike Jagger, born in
Managua, Nicaragua ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ James Dyson, (79 years old)British inventor, industrial designer, and
entrepreneur (bagless vacuum cleaner; bladeless fan), born in Cromer,
Norfolk, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Christine Baranski, (73 years old) American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen (Rumors; The Good
Wife; Cybill - "Maryann"; The Birdcage), born in Buffalo, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Donatella Versace, (71 years old) Italian fashion designer, born in Reggio di Calabria, Italy ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American pro wrestler known as "The Rock" (WCW
C'ship x 2; WWE C'ship x 8; Royal Rumble 2000), actor, and producer
(Baywatch, Jumanji), born in Hayward, California ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ English soccer midfielder (115 caps [58 as captain]; Man Utd, Real
Madrid, AC Milan, Paris SG, LA Galaxy) and owner (Inter Miami CF, Salford
City), born in London, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ English singer-songwriter ("It's
Not Me, It's You") and TV presenter (Lily Allen and Friends), born in
London ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
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Gone but not
forgotten Abraham
Gesner (1797-1864; @66) Canadian geologist (inventor
of kerosene), born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Canadian-American inventor of
African descent, notable for his 57 US patents (lubrication of steam
engines), born in Colchester, Ontario ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Theodor Herzl (1860-1904; @44, cardiac sclerosis) Austrian journalist and
father of modern political Zionism (World Zionist Organization), born in
Budapest, Austria-Hungary ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry], (d. 1966; @80) American gossip columnist, born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ The Red Baron (Manfred
Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen) (1892-1918; @25, during air fight) German World War I fighter ace, born in
WrocÅ‚aw, Poland ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Lorenz Hart (1895-1943; @48, pneumonia after heavy drinking) American lyricist ("I
Could Write A Book"; "My Funny Valentine") and half of the
Broadway musical team Rodgers and Hart, born in Harlem, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Benjamin
Spock (1903-1998; @94) American pediatrician and
writer (Common Sense Book of Baby Care), born in New Haven, Connecticut ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Pinky Lee (Pincus Leff), (d. 1993; @85) American children's show host (Pinky Lee Show), born in Saint Paul,
Minnesota ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Lesley Gore [Goldstein], (d. 2015; @68, lung cancer) American pop singer ("It's My Party"; "You Don't Own
Me"), born in Brooklyn, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
…The End for today…
