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

 

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12 Mar

 

Week 11  Day 71 Flag Today  61°/34°                             Wind 8 mph Gusts - mph

Active Fire: 667 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 971 miles away

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine High Pollen count

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

Daily Observations

Alfred Hitchock Day Link Girl Scout Birthday Day Link National Skin Barrier Day Link

Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered Day Working Moms Day World Kidney Day

Today’s Quotes                                                                 

Today’s Memes

Today’s Thoughts

It feels more like a spring day than a winter day. Nice!

I got a needed pedicure this morning. My feet feel great now.

I wish that the current administration took more time to analyze the information from Iran. Just like all Christians do not have the same beliefs, the Muslim world have several denominations. The Shi’a are leading Iran, while Egypt and others are Sunnie. Lumping them together as ‘Muslim’ is the same as lumping LDS, Roman Catholic, and Jehovah Witnesses as the same ‘Christians’. I would add that the leaders of Iran are zealots and must be worked with as such. These zealots are not afraid to die, because they believe they will be greeted in the afterlife as martyrs. If one believes life is precious, it is very difficult to work with someone who does not believe that. When I was in high school learning about WWII, I never really understood Kamikaze pilots for that very reason. 

Common Saying’s Origin

Dead ringer

A "dead ringer" originated in 19th-century American horse racing, when a horse racing under a fake name was called a ringer, and dead meant exact. Today a dead ringer is an exact copy or resemblance.

Up the river

To go "up the river" means to go to prison. It originally referred to prisoners sent to Sing-Sing Prison, about 30 miles up the Hudson River from New York City. 

Try Rebus

Wheel Wheel        drive Wheel Wheel

horobod

Historic Events

 March in History

 

REBUS ANSWERS

4 wheel drive

Robin Hood

Birthdays

Andrew Young (94 years old), American politician (US ambassador to UN, 1977-79); Mayor of Atlanta (D), 1982-90), born in New Orleans, Louisiana φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Barbara Feldon (92 years old), American actress (Agent 99 in "Get Smart"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Ratko Mladić (84 years old) Bosnian Serb general during the Bosnian War (found guilty of war crimes 2017), born in Božanovići, Croatia φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Liza Minnelli (80 years old) American Tony, Oscar, and Emmy Award-winning singer and actress (The Sterile Cuckoo; Cabaret), born in Hollywood, California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Mitt Romney (79 years old) American politician (Senator-R-Utah 2019-, 70th Governor of Massachusetts 2003-07, 2012 presidential candidate), born in Detroit, Michigan φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ James Taylor (78 years old) American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Fire And Rain"; "You've Got A Friend"; "Shower The People"), born in Boston, Massachusetts φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Darryl Strawberry (64 years old) American baseball right fielder (8 x MLB All Star; World Series 1986 NY Mets, 96, 99 NY Yankees; NL Rookie of the Year 1983), born in Los Angeles, California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Tammy Duckworth (59 years old) Thai-American politician (US Senator from Illinois (D), 2017-; US Representarive from Illinois, 2013-17), and, former US National Guard Lieutenant Colonel, born in Bangkok, Thailand φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Jake Tapper (57 years old), American journalist and Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent for CNN, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Jaimie Alexander(42 years old) American actress (Blindspot; Lady Sif-Thor), born in Greenville, South Carolina φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

Richard Steele (1672-1729; @58) Irish writer, playwright (The Conscious Lovers) and Whig politician who co-founded "The Spectator" magazine, born in Dublin, Ireland φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Thomas Arne (1710-1778; @67) British composer (Rule Britannia; A-Hunting We Will Go), born in London, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Clement Studebaker, American manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles and later made early automobiles, born in East Berlin, Pennsylvania (d. 1901; @70) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Charles Boycott, Irish estate manager (whose workers refused to work for him amid Irish rent and land issues, origin of the term "boycott"), born in Burgh St. Peter, England (d. 1897; @65) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (Oklahoma!; Carousel), born in East Orange, New Jersey (d. 1986; @64, cancer) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Jack Kerouac (1922-1969; @47, internal hemorrhage) American novelist and poet of the Beat Generation (On the Road, Mexico Blues), born in Lowell, Massachusetts φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Walter "Wally" Schirra Jr, American US Navy Captain and NASA astronaut (Mercury 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7), born in Hackensack, New Jersey (d. 2007; @84) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Edward Albee (1928-2016; @88) American playwright (Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?), born in Virginia [1] φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Al Jarreau, American jazz singer ("Breaking Away"; "We're In This Love Together"; "Moonlighting"), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2017; @76,  respiratory failure) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

 

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