19 Mar

 

Week 12  Day 78 Flag Today  72°/47°                             Wind 13 mph Gusts 23 mph

Active Fire: 192 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme   Nearest Lightning: 2061 miles away

Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine Breezy

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

Weekly Observations

10-20 Native American Awareness Week Link 12-21 World Police and Fire Games Link 15-21 American Chocolate Week  National Agriculture Week National Animal Poison Prevention Week  Link  Link National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week  Link  National Poison Prevention Week Link World Folktales & Fables Week 16-20 Healthcare HR Week Link

16-22 Act Happy Week International Teach Music Week International Brain Awareness Week Link LGBT Health Awareness Week Link National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week National Fix A Leak Week Link National Fragrance Week Link Wellderly Week 18-21 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week Link 19-22 AKC Agility Championships Link

Daily Observations

Absolutely Incredible Kid Day Client's Day Link Certified Nurses Day Link Eid-Al-Fitr Goddess of Fertility Day  International Digital Learning Day  Link International Read To Me Day Link National Backyard Day Link

National Certified Nurses Day  Link  Link National Chocolate Caramel Day Link National Farm Rescuer Day Link  National Poultry Day Link National Spray Tanning Day Link  Operation Iraqi Freedom Day Raspberry Day Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day

Today’s Quotes                                                                 

Today’s Memes

Today’s Thoughts

The weather guy says we will have record warmth for the next few days. Just wish that also brought some moisture to our parched forest.

It’s been in the news for a couple of months…Iran had funded two different attempts on Trump’s life. Now the question is: Do those attempts cause Trump to be retaliating by bombing all of Iran into submission?  I get that he is mad, but what about the innocent civilians living under that tyrannical ruler?

Gas prices continue to rise. When does the winning begin? 

Real Hoaxes

Piltdown Man

For decades, a supposed “missing link” fossil shaped conversations about human evolution. It looked believable enough that many people treated it like a major scientific breakthrough. Later, it was revealed as a carefully assembled fake that embarrassed a lot of confident experts.

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The Cottingley Fairies

Two girls produced photographs that appeared to show fairies hanging around the English countryside. Plenty of adults, including some very respectable ones, fell for it because the images were so persuasive. The story lasted far longer than you’d expect because even adults like the idea of magic being real. 

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T R O U B L E

ENTURY

Historic Events

 March in History

 

REBUS ANSWERS

You are in trouble Are you in trouble?

LONG TIME, NO SEE

Birthdays

Ursula Andress (90 years old), Swiss model, actress and sex symbol (Dr. No, Casino Royale, She, Sensuous Nurse), born in Ostermundigen, Switzerland φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Sirhan Sirhan (82 years old) 1944 Palestinian-born assassin of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Glenn Close (79 years old) 1947 American actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction), born in Greenwich, Connecticut φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Harvey Weinstein (74 years old) 1952 American film producer (Miramax Films) and convicted sex offender whose actions helped spark the #MeToo movement, born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Bruce Willis (71 years old) 1955 American actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard), born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

David Livingstone (1813-1873; @60, malaria) Scottish explorer who was famously found by Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890; @69, heart attack) English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights), born in Torquay, Devon φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Wyatt Earp (1848-1929; @80) American frontiersman and marshal who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral, born in Monmouth, Illinois φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925; @65, apolplexy) American orator and statesman known as "The Great Commoner", born in Salem, Illinois φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Earl Warren (1891-1974; @83) Governor of California and 14th US Supreme Court Chief Justice (1953-69), born in Los Angeles, California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Jackie Moms Mabley, American comedian and actress (The Merv Griffin Show), born in Brevard, South Carolina (d. 1975; @78, heart failure) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ John Sirica (1904-1992; @88) American federal judge (Watergate hearings), born in Waterbury, Connecticut φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962; @56, executed by hanging) German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmbannführer, Holocaust organizer), born in Solingen, German Empire φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Tige Andrews, American character actor (The Mod Squad, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007; @86) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), born in Queens, New York (d. 2009; @80) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Paul Atkinson, British rock guitarist (The Zombies - "She's Not There"; "Time Of The Season"), and record company executive, born in Cuffley, Hertfordshire (d. 2004; @58, liver disease after 2 transplants) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

 

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18 Mar

 

Week 12  Day 77 Flag Today  67°/43°                             Wind 13 mph Gusts 22 mph

Active Fire: 417 miles away Risk of fire: High           Nearest Lightning: 1283 miles away

Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine Windy

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

Weekly Observations

10-20 Native American Awareness Week Link 12-21 World Police and Fire Games Link 15-21 American Chocolate Week  National Agriculture Week National Animal Poison Prevention Week  Link  Link National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week  Link  National Poison Prevention Week Link World Folktales & Fables Week

16-20 Healthcare HR Week Link 16-22 Act Happy Week International Teach Music Week International Brain Awareness Week Link LGBT Health Awareness Week Link National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week National Fix A Leak Week Link National Fragrance Week Link Wellderly Week

Daily Observations

3-D Day Link  (The 3rd day of the 3rd week of the 3rd month) Awkward Moments Day Forgive Mom and Dad Day Link Global Recycling Day Link Kiss Your Fiancé Day

National Biodiesel Day National Public Defense Day Link National Sloppy Joe Day  Link Transit Driver Appreciation Day  Link Small Business Development Day Link

Today’s Quotes                                                                 

Today’s Memes

Today’s Thoughts

Ok, I guess spring came early this year. Record warm temps expected the rest of the week. I just want some major moisture.

I guess the MAGA crowd is really wondering why our ‘allies’ aren’t joining us in the American aggression in Iran. When Trump says NATO never helped us…review the history of 9/11, they helped us by joining us in the Afghan mess. Our allies were never informed of our plan to bomb, Trump has never liked NATO and has made his opinion very public. Why would NATO help us in a war we started? 

Real Hoaxes

The Great Moon Hoax

In 1835, a New York newspaper ran sensational articles claiming scientists had spotted life on the Moon. Readers were served “details” like lunar animals and strange civilizations, and the story spread because it sounded exciting and scientific. It was made up, but it sold papers and sparked public frenzy.

The Cardiff Giant

In 1869, workers “discovered” a ten-foot petrified man in New York, and crowds paid to gawk at it. The spectacle got so big that competing versions appeared, because capitalism never misses a chance. It was a carved creation, not a prehistoric body, but a lot of visitors really wanted it to be real. 

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H O 😊 R

I FELL I FELL I FELL I FELL I FELL I FELL

Historic Events

 March in History

 

REBUS ANSWERS

Happy Hour

Eifel Tower

Birthdays

John Kander (99 years old) American musical theater and film composer, with Fred Ebb (Cabaret; Chicago; New York, New York; Funny Lady), born in Kansas City, Missouri φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Joy Fielding (80 years old), Canadian novelist (See Jane Run, Still Life), born in Toronto, Ontario φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Vanessa Williams (63 years old) American singer, actress and 1st African American Miss America (1983), born in The Bronx, New York φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Bonnie Blair (62 years old) American speed skater (Olympic 5 gold/bronze 1988, 92, 94), born in Champaign, Illinois φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Queen Latifah (56 years old) American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning rapper ("Ladies First"; "Unity"), actress (Chicago; Bessie: Beauty Shop), and TV personality (THe Queen Latifah Show), born in Newark, New Jersey φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

John C. Calhoun (1782-1850; @68, TB) US Vice President (1825-32), born in Abbeville, South Carolina φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Grover Cleveland (1837-1908; @71, heart attack) 22nd and 24th US President (1885-89, 1893-97), born in Caldwell, New Jersey φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913; @55, ,murder or suicide?) French-born German engineer who invented the diesel engine, born in Paris φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940; @71, bowel cancer) British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1937-40), born in Birmingham, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Cluny MacPherson (1879-1966; @87) Canadian doctor and inventor of the gas mask, born in St. John's, Newfoundland φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ William H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (Flowers; Training for War), born in Florence, South Carolina (d. 1970; @69, hemorrhaged pancreas) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Robert Donat (1905-1958; @53, brain tumor) English actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel), born in Manchester, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Ernest Gallo, American winemaker and co-founder of E&J Gallo Winery in Modesto, California, born in Jackson, California (d. 2007; @97)  φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ (Lester) "Smiley" Burnette [Burnett], American country music performer, singer-songwriter ("Ridin' Down the Canyon (To Watch the Sun Go Down)"), and actor (Petticoat Junction - "Charlie"), born in Summum, Illinois (d. 1967; @55, leukemia) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur (CEO STP automotive products; innovative Lotus four-wheel drive car 1969 Indy 500 winner), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2013; @90) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Peter Graves [Aurness], American actor (Mission Impossible, Airplane!, Stalag 17), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2010; @83) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ George Plimpton, American sports writer (Paper Lion), and participatory journalist, born in New York City (d. 2003; @76, heart attack) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Lillian Vernon, founder and CEO of the Lillian Vernon Corporation (first company listed on US stock exchange started by a woman), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2015; @88) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ F. W. de Klerk (1932-2021; @85) South African President (1989-94) and winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ John Updike, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (Rabbit' Run; Rabbit is Rich; Rabbit at Rest), and poet, born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 2009; @76, lung cancer) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Charley Pride, American country singer (Sweet Country), born in Sledge, Mississippi (d. 2020; @86)  φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Wilson Pickett (1941-2006; @64. heart attack) American R&B singer ("In The Midnight Hour"; "Funky Broadway"), born in Prattville, Alabama φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Michael Reagan, American conservative talk show host and adopted son of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2026; @80)  φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Barry Wilson, British rock drummer (Procol Harum - "Whiter Shade of Pale"), born in Edmonton, London (d. 1990; @43, pneumonia/ drug overdose) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Irene Cara [Escalera], American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Fame"; "Flashdance...What A Feeling"), and actress (Fame; D.C. Cab), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2022; @63,  arteriosclerosis) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

 

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