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Today 58°/32° Wind 23 mph Gusts 43 mph
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Fire: 377 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 373 miles away
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Quality: Fair Sunshine Mostly Cloudy Very Windy
April
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Today’s Thoughts
It’s spring so our town has a wind
advisory. Maybe some moisture ahead.
I watch Smerconish every Saturday
morning on CNN. He posed an interesting question: Does Trump act on analysis or
gut instinct? It took less than a second to click on gut instinct. Most agreed
with me. Then I watched his program. Now I am not so sure. Smerconish reminded
us of Bill Maher’s commentary after Bill and Donald had a dinner at the White
House. Maher found Trump to be friendly, cordial, and nothing like his Media
Persona. The conclusion of Smerconish is that we have 2 Presidents…the Media
President, and the Sitting President. The NYT had an article about how it went
in the Situation Room before starting the Iran War. No screaming, no throwing
things, just every military and administration member simply stating the pros
and cons of bombing Iran. Sounded very normal. After long discussions, Donald
decided to bomb. That sound like any sitting President. Then Media Donald went out
and made his crazy announcements. I’m now wondering if Sitting President Donald
believes that Media Donald is simply an act that he must do. President Trump
has made some very controversial decisions that I do not agree with. I do not
support Media Donald, but I have some hope that Sitting President Donald is not
all bad.
The Pakistan Peace Conference concluded
after a 21-hour marathon discussion ended when the American Delegation,
including VP Vance, left Pakistan. Now What?
Just before the discussion, Vance was
in Hungary to support Orban and made a speech to Orban’s supporters. At the
time I found this disturbing. Then, this morning Orban admitted defeat and vowed
to support the new President. WOW! Now what?
Strange Historical Facts
Ancient Egyptians Used Moldy Bread as Medicine
Long before penicillin, Egyptians applied moldy
bread to infected wounds. They had no idea why it worked, but they observed
that it did.
Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin
was technically a rediscovery of something humans had stumbled on thousands of
years earlier. The Egyptians, Serbians, and various Chinese traditions all had
some version of this practice.
Oxford University Is Older Than the Aztec Empire
Teaching at Oxford began around 1096 AD and
developed rapidly after 1167. The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan wasn’t founded
until 1325.
When Europeans arrived in the Americas and encountered the Aztec civilization, they were already dealing with a university that had been running for centuries. It’s a useful reminder that “old” and “new” mean very different things depending on where you’re standing.
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Native American Phrases That Subtly
Shaped American English
Give Thanks for the Day
Many Native traditions begin and end the day
with gratitude for life, nature, and community. “Give thanks for the day” is a
daily practice of mindfulness and appreciation, rooted in ceremony and prayer.
People use the phrase as a gentle reminder to
appreciate the present. Its Indigenous origin infuses it with a sense of ritual
and connection to the cycles of life.
Honor Your Elders
Respect for elders remains a cornerstone of many
Native American cultures, where older generations are seen as carriers of
wisdom and tradition. “Honor your elders” is both an instruction and a value
passed down through teachings.
The saying is often used to encourage respect
for experience and history, whether in families, communities, or workplaces.
Its continued use reflects a cultural debt to Indigenous respect-based values.
Historic Events
Rebus Answers
Two left feet piano
in tune
Birthdays Today
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Edward Fox [89
years old], British actor (The Day of the Jackal; Gandhi), born in Chelsea,
London ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Billy Kidd [82
years old],, American alpine skier (World C'ship gold combined 1970; Olympic
silver slalom 1964), born in Burlington, Vermont ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American
soul singer ("Let's
Stay Together"; "Love And Happiness"), born in Forest City,
Arkansas ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ 1950 American actor (Quest
for Fire, Beauty & the Beast), born in The Bronx, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ 1963 Russian chess player (world
champion 1985-93), born in Baku, Azerbaijan ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Caroline Rhea [61
years old],, Canadian comedian and actress (Sabrina the Teenage Witch,
Phineas and Ferb), born in Westmount, Québec ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
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Gone but not forgotten Guy Fawkes (1570-1606; @35;
executed) English Catholic
conspirator who was convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up
the British Parliament, born in York, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Frederick North (1732-1792; @60) Lord North, Prime
Minister of Great Britain (Tory: 1770-82), "who lost America", born
in London ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826; @83) 3rd President of the United
States (1801-09), born in Albemarle County, Virginia ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Eli Terry,
American clockmaker whose manufacturing techniques turned clocks into
everyday objects, born in East Windsor, Connecticut (d. 1852; @79) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Alexander
Mitchell, Irish engineer (inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse), born in
Dublin (d. 1868; @88) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Josephine Butler
(née Grey), British feminist and social reformer (campaigned against the
slave trade and Contagious Diseases Acts), born in Milfield, Northumberland,
England (d. 1906; @78) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Frank
Winfield Woolworth (1852-1919; @66, septic shock) American businessman, retail
pioneer (Five-and-Dimes; self-service display cases) and founder of F. W.
Woolworth Co, born in Rodman, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Butch Cassidy Robert
LeRoy Parker (1866-1908; @42, gun shot) American desperado
(Wild Bunch Passage), born in Beaver, Utah ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Robert Watson-Watt
(1892-1973; @81) Scottish physicist and
developer of the radar and radio direction finding in WWII, born in Brechin,
Scotland ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Samuel Beckett (1906-1989; @83) Irish novelist and playwright (Waiting
for Godot, Nobel 1969), born in Foxrock, Ireland ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Eudora Welty,
American novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973), born in Jackson,
Mississippi (d. 2001; @92) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Stanislaw Ulam (1909-1984; @75,
heart attack) Polish-American mathematician and
nuclear physicist (Manhattan
Project, H-bomb), born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Edna Lewis 'the
Mother of Soul Food', American chef and author (elevated Southern cooking),
born in Freetown, Virginia (d. 2006; @89) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Madalyn Murray
O'Hair, American atheist who opposed prayer in school and was murdered in
1995, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1995; @76, murdered) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ [Harold] Howard
Keel, American actor, singer (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Kiss Me Kate),
and president of the Screen Actors Guild (1958-59), born in Gillespie,
Illinois (d. 2004; @85) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American comedian and Emmy
Award-winning actor (Get
Smart; Tennessee Tuxedo; The Bill Dana Show), born in New York City ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Ben Nighthorse
Campbell, Cheyenne-American politician (Sen-D-Colorado 1993-2005), born in
Auburn, California (d. 2025; @92) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Lyle Waggoner,
American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Wonder Woman), born in Kansas City,
Kansas (d. 2020; @84) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Seamus Heaney (1939-2013; @74,
short illness) Irish poet and playwright
(Nobel Prize in Literature 1995), born in Castledawson, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Jonathan Brandis (1976-2003; @27,
suicide) American actor (seaQuest DSV -
"Lucas Wolenczak"), born in Danbury, Connecticut ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
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