31 Aug
Weather
Expectations
Week 38 Day 243 Flag
Today 80°/55°
Wind 15 mph
Gusts 25 mph
Risk of fire: Very Low Active
Fire: 96 miles away
Nearest Lightning: 17 miles
away Humidity: 45%
Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Very Breezy
July Averages: Temps: 82°\51° 9
days with rain
Today’s Observances:
International
Day for The People of African Decent
International Overdose Awareness Day Link
Love Litigating Lawyers Day Link
National Diatomaceous Earth Day Link
National Matchmaker Day Link
Trail Mix Day Link
Weekly Observances:
Drive
Sober or Get Pulled Over: 12-9/7 Link
Be
Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31
World Science Fiction Days: 27-31
National Championship Chuckwagon Races: 29-9/6
US Open Tennis Championships: 30-9/13
Fresh Quotation:
Today’s Reflection:
A nice summer day again. No complaints.
I’ve been watching the Jeopardy Masters multi-day tourney. It is
very good.
I was ready to head out to Walmart to see why my app wouldn’t work
for deliveries, but tried one more time. It worked fine…gotta love technology.
I grew up with orange juice and a multi-vitamin at breakfast. Later
in life I added pineapple or grapefruit juice to my regiment. For over a year, I haven’t been able to drink
grapefruit juice as it interacted with the med that was cleaning my CLL. I
finished the pills last week, and can now return to grapefruit juice in the morning.
Happy camper here.
With all the talk on the news about the upcoming midterms, it sounds
like the media believes that the we are in a period of change and that this
election will be generational. The voters are saying it is time for younger
politicians to sit in Congress and in state government. I sure hope that is
true. I get that older politicians have more experience but I must ask if those
politicians nearing 80-years-old or even older should remain in law-making roles
until they pass away. On the other hand, is voting in younger politicians only
going to further divide our country? I
am ready to find out. As an elder, I hope those older politicians find that retirement
is wonderful and that they did their best, and now it is time for others. I worked hard for many, many years before
retiring at 59. It was the best decision I ever made.
Historical events
31 Aug History
Video
Cool to know:
29. What did Queen Anne die of?
Answer: A stroke.
30. Groups of lions are known as what?
Answer: Prides.
31. How many pairs of wings does a bee have?
Answer: Two.
Colorado Wildlife:
The bald eagle – so named because of its white head – is found only
in North America and is one of the continent’s largest birds of prey. Here in
the United States, the bald eagle is recognized as the country’s national
symbol, a distinction it has held unofficially since 1782 but not legally
designated until 2024. Young bald eagles are dark brown in color when they
fledge the nest at about 12 weeks of age. Their head and tail feathers turn
predominantly white in the fourth or fifth year.
Picture of the Day:
The odds of getting a royal flush are exactly 1 in 649,740.
Poker fiends have a slightly better chance of laying down a
straight flush: Try 72,192 to 1. Out of the 7,462 distinct five-card poker
hands, you have a 42% chance of getting a single pair though.
Great Life Magazine Photos:
Faye Dunaway (seated) and director Norman Frederick Jewison on the
set of ‘The Thomas Crown Affair,’ 1967.
Bill Ray/Life Picture Collection/Shutterstock
Harper’s Index from Funny Times:
September 2026 • Source: Inside
Higher Ed (Washington)
Average number of seconds
allotted per question on the SAT in 1926, the year of the test’s introduction : 18
September 2026 • Source: Pew
Research Center
Today : 82
September 2026 • Source: Pew
Research Center
Estimated number of NIH grants
canceled as a result of federal efforts to combat anti-Semitism : 668
Today’s Birthdays:
Chris Tucker Movie Actor
55 years old
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Richard Gere Movie Actor
77 years old
Birthplace Philadelphia, PA
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Mohammad bin Salman Prince 41
years old
Birthplace Saudi Arabia
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Debbie Gibson Pop Singer
56 years old
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Larry Hankin TV Actor 86
years old
Birthplace New York City, NY
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That’s
All for Now
