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Today 55°/39° Wind 5 mph Gusts - mph
Active
Fire: 377 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 708 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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Weekly Observations
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11-17 Black Maternal Health Week Animal Control Officer Appreciation
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
It was a very nice spring day. No complaints.
During my 30+ year career, I was very familiar
with the LDS church’s visits. In my first years at Shonto, the last hour of every
Monday was when the various churches came into classrooms to spread the word.
Over the intercom students were sent to various classrooms for this
instruction. When I went to Red Lake, there was no religious instruction, but I
had several LDS staff and at home I was visited by a slew of missionaries. One
of my teachers was an LDS Bishop. I finally told him to please stop the missionaries
at my home. It worked. Then I returned to Tuba and the missionaries started
ringing my home doorbell. I finally talked to an LDS staff member and the visits
thankfully ceased. Flash forward to yesterday. My Hopi neighbors are visited weekly
by LDS missionaries. Today, after their visit, they rang my doorbell to enlighten
me on ‘the real Jesus Christ.’ I was polite and simply said I’m not interested.
They left. I hope the missionary visits don’t start up again.
I now understand why congressional staff
don’t report harassment by their representatives. Each congress person hires
their own staff and each one works at the pleasure of that representative.
There is no HR, there is really no one in the workplace to report concerns to except
the representative. Reporting it to police who lead to immediate dismissal. This
looks a lot like ‘the swamp’.
Strange Historical Facts
Ancient
Greeks Thought the Brain Was for Cooling Blood
Aristotle, one of the most influential
thinkers in history, believed the brain was essentially a radiator. He thought
thinking happened in the heart, and the brain’s job was to cool the blood
flowing up from it.
Egyptian embalmers, working from the
same assumption, removed the brain through the nose and discarded it when
preparing mummies. They preserved the heart carefully.
Being very smart and being exactly right
are not always the same thing.
The
Eiffel Tower Was Supposed to Be Demolished
When Gustave Eiffel built the tower for
the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the plan was always to tear it down after 20
years. Many Parisians hated it — artists and writers signed petitions calling
it an eyesore.
What saved it was the radio. Engineers
realized the tower made an excellent antenna, and its practical value
outweighed the aesthetic objections.
The world’s most visited monument survived because of telecommunications.
Rebus returns
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Historic Events
Rebus Answers
Sick in bed Forgive
and forget
Birthdays Today
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Bobby Vinton [91
years old], American pop singer, known as "The Polish Prince"
("Roses Are Red (My Love)"; "Blue Velvet"; "My
Melody Of Love"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Queen of Denmark
(1972-2023), born in Copenhagen, Denmark ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar (79 years old) American
Basketball Hall of Fame center (6 x NBA champion;
NBA Finals MVP 1971, 1985; 6 × NBA MVP; 19 × NBA All-Star), born in New York
City ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American football coach with
the most Super Bowl wins (New England Patriots: 2002, 04, 05, 14, 17, 18)
and NFL Coach of
the Year (2003, 07, 10), born in Nashville, Tennessee ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Ellen Barkin [72 years old],
American actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love), born in The Bronx, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American
government official and US Secretary
of State (2021-25), born in Yonkers, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American actor (Alan in
"Two and a Half Men"; Pretty in Pink, Superman IV), born in New
York City ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Martin Lawrence (61
years old) American comedian (Martin),
born in Frankfurt, Germany ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Conchita Martínez (54
years old) Spanish tennis player (Wimbledon
1994; Federation Cup 1991, 93, 94, 95, 98) and coach (Garbiñe Muguruza,
Karolína Plíšková), born in Monzón, Huesca, Spain ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Senegalese
American singer-songwriter and
producer ("Trouble"; "Lonely"; "Smack That"),
born in St. Louis, Missouri ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Lukas Haas [50 years
old], American actor (Witness; Inception), and musician, born in Los Angeles,
California ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ 1984 English actress (The
Crown), born in Stockport, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Anya Taylor-Joy (30
years old) 1996 British-Argentine actress (Emma, The
Queen's Gambit, Peaky Blinders), born in Miami, Florida ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
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Gone but not forgotten Anatole France
[Jacques Anatole Thibault], French writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel
1921), born in Paris (d. 1924; @80) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Wilbur Wright (1867-1912;
@45, typhoid fever) American aviator (Wright
Brothers), born in Millville, Indiana ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977; @88) British actor and comedian (City
Lights, Gold Rush), born in London, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Barry Nelson,
American actor, first actor to play James Bond, born in San Francisco,
California (d. 2007; @89) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Peter Ustinov (1921-2004; @82) British actor, author, journalist,
comedian and broadcaster (Death on the Nile; Logan's Run; Billy Budd), born
in London, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Henry Mancini (1924-1994; @70 pancreatic cancer) American Grammy
and Academy Award-winning film and television composer (Breakfast
at Tiffany's; Peter Gunn; Pink Panther films), arranger, and conductor,
born in Cleveland, Ohio ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ German
Catholic Pope (2005-13),
born in Marktl, Bavaria, Germany ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Edie Adams [Edith
Enke], American businesswoman, singer, actress and comedian (Murial Cigar),
born in Kingston, Pennsylvania (d. 2008; @81) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Herbie Mann,
American jazz flutist ("Hijack"; Push Push; Memphis Underground),
born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2003; @73, prostate cancer) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Dusty Springfield
[Mary O'Brien], British pop vocalist ("I Only Want To Be With You";
"Son Of A Preacher Man"), born in West Hampstead, London (d. 1999;
@59, breast cancer) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Gerry Rafferty,
Scottish guitarist and vocalist (Stealers Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle
With You"; solo -"Baker
Street"), born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (d. 2011; @63,
liver failure) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
…The End for today…
