13 Sept
Weather
Expectations Week 38 Day 256 Today 75°/55°
Wind 1mph Gusts 15
mph Air Quality: Low Sunshine Breezy
Risk of fire:
Moderate Active Fire: 295 miles away
Nearest Lightning:
81 miles away Humidity: 57%
Sept Averages:
Temps: 74°\43° 8 days with rain
Today’s
Observances:
9x13 Day
Bald Is Beautiful Day Link Link
Grandparent's Day
International Chocolate Day Link
International Programmers Day Link
Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day Link
National
Celiac Awareness Day
National Peanut Day Link
National Hug Your Hound Day:13
National Pet Memorial Day Link
Roald Dahl Day
Scooby-Doo Day
Uncle Sam Day Link
Weekly
Observances:
International Air Ambulance Week: 7-13 Link
National Days of Prayer & Remembrance: 11-13
Mushroom Days: 12-13 Link
National Neonatal Nurses Week: 12-18 Link
Balance Awareness Week: 13-19 Link
Be A Mench Week: 13-19
Build A Better Image Week: 13-19
International Housekeepers Week: 13-19 Link
International Women's E-Commerce Days: 13-19
National Assisted Living Week: 13-19
National Ballroom Dance Week: 13-19 Link
National Construction Appreciation Week: 13-19
National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week:13-19
National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week: 13-19
National
Indoor Plant Week: 13-19
National
Rehabilitation Awareness Week: 13-19
National Security Officer Appreciation Week: 13-19
National
Singles Week: 13-19
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week: 13-19 Link
Nephrology Nurses Week: 13-19 Link
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week: 13-19
Fresh Quotation:
Today’s
Reflection:
Air quality is low today. Not a good sign. Everything else is
great.
My CPAP supplies finally arrived at the store. I picked them up and
also got a 7’ nose piece, in case their delivery is very late again.
This has always had me confused: Primary Elections. Every election cycle
the major parties hold a primary to decide who will be on the ballot. Only a
few states have ‘open’ primaries where every registered voter is allowed to
vote. Most states have ‘closed’ primaries where only registered voters from
the party can vote. So…who is paying for these elections…the printing of
ballots, the mail-in votes, the use of public facilities as polling places,
paying a small amount to the workers at the poll sites. It turns out that it is
the taxpayers who are paying. This makes no sense. Why are my tax dollars
paying for another party? It seems to me each party should be paying all the
cost of a ‘closed’ primary. I’m OK if open primaries are paid for with
tax-payer money because any registered voter can vote.
Historical events
Cool to know:
About 700 grapes go into
one bottle of wine.
That's approximately 2.6 pounds,
if you're wondering how much "fruit" you get when you uncork your
favorite red.
Colorado Wildlife:
The Canada goose is one
of the most visible and well-known waterfowl. In some parts of the United
States, they have become a nuisance species because of large numbers of geese
congregating in city parks and golf courses. They are highly adaptable to human
presence. Their honking can be heard before being sighted in a V-formation,
confirming the change in seasons.
The Canada goose has a
brown-gray body with a long black neck, black head and black bill. The males
and females are similar in appearance. They have white throat patches that
extend to the cheeks with a brown-white breast and belly. They also exhibit a white
under tail. Weights can range from eight to13 pounds. Adult males are somewhat
larger than adult females. They are the largest of the wild geese but their
size diminishes as you travel northward. Length is 22 to 40 inches.
Range
This goose lives
throughout North America. While many geese have become year-round residents in
Colorado, Canada geese that do migrate through the state can fly as far north
as Alaska and Canada in the summer, and as far south as Texas, southern
California and sometimes parts of Mexico in the winter.
Great Photos:
1991. Camels among a
backdrop of burning oil fields in Kuwait during the Gulf War.
Harper’s Index
from Funny Times:
Chance that an American adult thinks one or both of their parents’
regrets having had them: 1 in 6
Percentage
of opposite-sex American couples to which the man is at lest two yeasr older
than his partner: 50
In
which the woman is at least 2 years older: 15
Today’s Birthdays:
Tyler Perry TV Producer
57 years old
Birthplace New Orleans, LA
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Roald Dahl Children's
Author [1916-1990] @74, rare cancer
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Chris Hansen Journalist
67 years old
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Fiona Apple Rock Singer
49 years old
Birthplace New York City, NY
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Ben Savage TV Actor 46
years old
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Jean Smart TV Actress
75 years old
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Richard Kiel Movie Actor
[1939-2014] @74, heart disease
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