14 Mar

 

Week 11  Day 73 Flag Today  63°/38°                             Wind 3 mph Gusts - mph

Active Fire: 27 miles away Risk of fire: High          Nearest Lightning: 1068 miles away

Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine

Mar. Averages: Temps: 54°\24° Moisture: 12 days

Weekly Observations

8-14 Campfire USA Birthday Week Girl Scout Week Link ) National Procrastination Week Teen Tech Week National Patient Safety Awareness Week 10-20 Native American Awareness Week Link

11-17 Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign 12-21 World Police and Fire Games Link 13-15 World Rattlesnake Roundup

Daily Observations

International Ask A Question Day International Day of Action for Rivers Link International Day of Mathematics  Link International Fanny Pack Day Link   MOTH-ER Day National Urban Ballroom Dancing Day

Potato Chip Day Pi Day (as in the math pie = 3.14159265 etc.) Link Professional Speakers Celebration Save a Spider Day Link Write Your Story Day

Today’s Quotes                                                                 

Today’s Memes

Today’s Thoughts

It’s hard to believe it is still winter. Weather is great.

It continues to appear that this administration did not fully analyze the pros and cons of dropping bombs in Iran. Yesterday it was announced that Iran had begun a cyberattack against us. A medical tech company that works on government grants said that all of their company issued smartphones had been erased back to their original factory settings. This is why highly specialized government employees who protect us should not have been fired. Without many of them, we are unprotected. 

Real Hoaxes

In 2009, Americans watched live TV coverage of a silver balloon drifting across the skies of Colorado, fearing that a six-year-old boy was trapped inside. The story gripped the nation for hours.

When the balloon finally landed empty, police discovered the child hiding safely at home. His parents later admitted it was a publicity stunt gone wrong.

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In 1842, showman P. T. Barnum unveiled a marvel: a preserved "mermaid" supposedly from the South Seas. Crowds lined up to see the half-fish, half-woman curiosity.

The truth was stranger still. It was the upper body of a monkey sewn onto a fish tail and covered in papier-mâché. 

Try Rebus

T O U C H

STO N E

Historic Events

 March in History

 

REBUS ANSWERS

Touchdown

Cornerstone

Birthdays

Michael Caine (93 years old) 1933 English actor (Alfie), born in London, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Billy Crystal (78 years old) 1948 American Emmy and Tony Award-winning comic, actor, writer, and producer (Soap - "Jodie"; SNL, 1984-85; When Harry Met Sally...,; City Slickers; Monster, Inc.), born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Jerry Greenfield (75 years old), American businessman and co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, born in Brooklyn, New York φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Martin Dempsey (74 years old) 1952 American General, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011-), born in Jersey City, New Jersey φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Stephen Curry (38 years old) 1988 American basketball guard (NBA career 3-point record holder; NBA MVP 2015-16; Golden State Warriors), born in Akron, Ohio φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Simone Biles (29 years old) 1997 American gymnast (Olympic gold team, vault, all-round 2016, 24; floor 2016), born in Columbus, Ohio φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (discovered canals of Mars), born in Savigliano, Italy (d. 1910; @75) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Paul Ehrlich, German bacteriologist and physician (Chemotherapy, Nobel Prize 1908), born in Strehlen, Lower Silesia, German Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1915; @61, heart attack) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ John) "Casey" Jones, American railroad engineer who was immortalized in ("Ballad of Casey Jones"), born in southeastern Missouri (d. 1900; @36, train crash) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Albert Einstein (1879-1955; @76, internal bleeding) German theoretical physicist famous for his theory of relativity and E = mc2 (1921 Nobel Prize for Physics), born in Ulm, German Empire φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Les Brown, American big band bandleader (His Band of Renown - "Sentimental Journey"), born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania (d. 2001; @88) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Horton Foote, American screenwriter (To Kill a Mockingbird; Tender Mercies), and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (The Young Man from Atlanta), born in Wharton, Texas (d. 2009; @92) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (Dennis the Menace), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2001; @81) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Frank Borman (1928-2023; @95) American USAF colonel, NASA astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8) and CEO of Eastern Air Lines (1975-86), born in Gary, Indiana φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Quincy Jones Jr (1933-2024; @91) American jazz trumpeter. composer, arranger, record producer (Michael Jackson; Frank Sinatra; "We Are The World"), and film producer (The Color Purple), born in Chicago, Illinois φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Wolfgang Petersen, German director, screenwriter and producer (Das Boot; Air Force One; The Perfect Storm), born in Emden, Germany (d. 2022; @81) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

 

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13 Mar

 

Week 11  Day 72 Flag Today  61°/34°                             Wind 4 mph Gusts - mph

Active Fire: 417 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 979 miles away

Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine

Mar. Averages: Temps: 54°\24° Moisture: 12 days

Weekly Observations

8-14 Campfire USA Birthday Week Girl Scout Week Link ) National Procrastination Week Teen Tech Week National Patient Safety Awareness Week 10-20 Native American Awareness Week Link

11-17 Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign 12-21 World Police and Fire Games Link 13-15 World Rattlesnake Roundup

Daily Observations

Donald Duck Day Earmuffs Day Good Samaritan Involvement Day International Riesling Day Link Itra-Uterine Growth Awareness Restriction (IUGAR) Day K-9 Veterans Day  Link Ken Day (Doll)

L. Ron Hubbard Day National Jewelry Day Link National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day Purim Shabbat Across America and Canada Smart & Sexy Day World Sleep Day Link

Today’s Quotes                                                                 

Today’s Memes

Today’s Thoughts

I’m really enjoying this early spring weather.  Even on Friday the 13th.

The new FBI training will now include working with MMA [mixed martial arts] fighters. I see this as an odd decision, but time will tell if the expense will be worth it. The MMA fighters we might on TV have a long list of moves that are prohibited as they can cause long-term medical issues. I wonder if those same rules will apply while the recruits learn MMA.

Another shooting…this time a synagogue at Old Dominion University. There is too much hate in this country.

Iran has warned that the world should get ready for $200/barrel oil in the near future. That would sure change our world.

Real Hoaxes

In 1869, workers digging a well in Cardiff, New York, uncovered what appeared to be a 10-foot-tall petrified man. Locals rushed to see the "giant," paying admission to witness history in the soil.

But, as it turned out, it wasn’t ancient at all. A man named George Hull had buried the statue as a prank and made some quick money from the curious crowd.

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This very famous hoax took place on the eve of Halloween 1938. Orson Welles’s radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds aired as if it were breaking news. Many listeners tuning in late thought Martians had really landed in New Jersey.

Some packed up their cars or called the police in panic. Though no invasion occurred, the broadcast became a legend in media history.

Try Rebus

Camping night

Apple

Historic Events

 March in History

 

REBUS ANSWERS

Overnight camping

Apple pie

Birthdays

William H. Macy (76 years old) 1950 American actor (Homicide, Water Engine, Shameless), born in Miami, Florida φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Jamie Dimon (70 years old)  American business executive and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Adam Clayton (65 years old) English-Irish musician and rock bassist (U2 -"I Will Follow"), born in Chinnor, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Danny Masterson (50 years old), American actor (That '70s Show - "Hyde"), and convicted sex offender, born on Long Island, New York φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Emile Hirsch (41 years old) 1985 American actor (Into the Wild, Speed Racer), born in Topanga, California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Kaya Scodelario (34 years old) 1992 British actress (The Maze Runner, Skins, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Ozuna (34 years old) 1992 Puerto Rican singer (Odisea), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499-1543; 46ish, gangrene) Portuguese-Spanish conquistador who conquered Central America and later discovered California [birthdate is approximate], born in either Montalegre, Kingdom of Portugal or Palma del Río, Kingdom of Castile φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Percival Lowell (1855-1916; @61, stroke) American astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) and founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, born in Boston, Massachusetts φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Paul Fix, American actor (Rifleman), born in Dobbs Ferry, New York (d. 1983; @82) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ L. Ron Hubbard, American sci-fi writer (Death Quest; Dianetics) and founder of Church of Scientology, born in Tilden, Nebraska (d. 1986; @74, stroke) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ William J. Casey (1913-1987; @74, brain tumor) American CIA Director during the Iran-contra scandal (1981-87), born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Al Jaffee, American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (MAD Magazine, 1955-2020), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 2023; @102)  φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Peter Breck, American actor (Black Saddle; Big Valley; Benji), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2012; @82) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Neil Sedaka, American pianist, pop singer, and songwriter ("Calendar Girl"; Breaking Up is Hard to Do"; "Love Will Keep Us Together"), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2026; @86)  φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

 

…The End for today…