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Today’s Thoughts
Nice spring day. Another snow storm due tomorrow.
Gotta love Spring.
I headed to Sam’s for weekly purchases. All good.
I really enjoy technology when it works. About 2 weeks
ago my iWatch needed an update. I tried 3 times but the update wouldn’t load on
my iPhone. I gave up trying to load it. Yesterday there was another new update.
I tried to download the update and it only went about half-way then stopped
downloaing. After Sam’s I stopped at Best Buy for their Geek help. The tech guy
worked on it for an hour an half with me standing there. It finally downloaded
and everything is great again. I asked him how to avoid this. He showed me how
to do a full stop shutdown and said, that might help. He said both the phone
and the watch are tiny computers running 24/7 and sometimes they just glitch
and full stop shutdown is necessary. While I was there, 2 others came in with
the exact same problem.
I found it interesting, this all happened a day after
the huge Apple suit by the government.
Princess Kate announced she has cancer. She did a
great job of sharing the information.
Moscow just had a terrorist attack. Hope we learn more soon.
Terms with origins in rural America
Jump
on the bandwagon
To
"jump on the bandwagon," or to adopt an idea once it is successful or
popular, stems from early America when musicians rode in a wagon on their way
to a parade or rally, and people would rush to follow.
Influential Women
Harriet
Tubman (1820-1913). Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849 and became a
famous “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. Tubman risked her life to lead
hundreds of slaves to freedom using that secret network of safe houses.
(Recommended biography here.)
Historical Myths many believe…
The
Roman Empire Fell in 476 AD
In 476
AD, the Western Roman Empire officially collapsed after being overrun by
Germanic tribes from the north, but that was only half of the area occupied and
controlled by the Romans. The Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine
Empire, thrived for another thousand years until 1453.
Influential Native Americans…
Sharice
Davids
A
member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, Representative Sharice Davids was a
professional athlete, business owner, lawyer, and nonprofit executive before
she was elected to Congress in January 2019. As one of the two Indigenous
American women serving in Congress, Davids is dedicated to reducing poverty,
creating safe working conditions, and closing the pay gap for Indigenous women.
Historic Events
1857 – Elisha Otis’s
first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
1868 – The
University of California was founded in Oakland, California.
1919 – In Milan,
Italy, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement.
1933 – The Reichstag
passed the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
Birthdays with some quotes
@88 – Roger Bannister,
English runner and academic (d. 2018)
“Just because they
say it’s impossible doesn’t mean you can’t do it.”
@78 – John Bartram,
American botanist and explorer (d. 1777)
@75 – Ric Ocasek, American
singer-songwriter, guitarist producer (d. 2019; heart disease)
@72-ish – Joan Crawford (Lucille
Fay LeSueur), American film actress (d.
1977)
“Be afraid of
nothing.”
71 – Chaka Khan,
singer
70 – Kenneth Cole,
American fashion designer, founded Kenneth Cole Productions
“Success has less to
do with what we can get ourselves to do and more to do with keeping ourselves
from doing what we shouldn’t.”
@65 – Wernher von Braun,
German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977; cancer)
“Science does not
have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a
murderer, each will use it differently.”
48 – Keri Russell,
American actress
“Sometimes it’s the
smallest decisions that can change your life forever.”
35 – Ayesha Curry,
Canadian-American chef, author and television personality
…The End for today…
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