1 May

 

Week 18  Day 122 Flag Today  72°/33° Wind 5mph Gusts 13mph Active Fire:  132 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 798 miles away Air Quality: Fair Breezy May Averages: Temps: 68°\34° Moisture:  3 Days

Monthly Observations

Adopt A Horse Month ALS Awareness Month  Link (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease)  American Cheese Month  Link

America's Wetlands Month  Link Apraxia Awareness Month   Link APS Month Link

Weekly Observations

21-5/2 Festival of Ridvan 26-5/4 World Hurricane Preparedness Week 28-5/2  Stewardship Week  28-5/4 National Small Business Week  Link Orthodox Holy Week Preservation Week Link (re Libraries)

May 1-5   International Mariachi Week Link 1-7 National Hug Holiday Week

Daily Observations

Amtrak Day Batman Day Beltane  Link CSS Reboot Day Discuss Your Wage Day Executive Coaching Day Global Love Day  Link Great American Grump Out Hug Your Cat Day Internat’l Doodle Dog Day  Link International Guerilla Sunflower Gardening Day  Link International Workers Day Link  Link Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day Law Day Lei Day Loyalty Day May Day May One Day Mother Goose Day

National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day National Bubba Day National Day to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy  Link  Nat’l (Deaf) Interpreter Day Link    Nat’l Heatstroke Prevention Day Nat’l High Potassium Awareness Day National Purebred Dog Day  Link National Skilled Trades Day  Link  New Homeowner's Day Project ACES Day Religious Brothers Day  Link School Principals' Day Silver Star Banner Day  Link Skyscraper Day Stepmother's Day

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

"The next choice is the most important choice." — George Wells

Today’s Thoughts

A nice spring day.

I headed out this morning this morning to get some monthly supplies. All went well.

I got a call last night from a hunting friend. He is back in the hospital as his dialysis isn’t working right. He is in Tuba; they were trying to find a hospital to fly him out. Scary for sure.

I took my vehicle to the car wash to get the latest road grime off. I wanted to have a wash and wax but there was no attendant, and my sticker automatically gives me just a quick wash. Not sure how to hide the window sticker so I can pay for a single wash and wax deluxe. I’ll figure it out, or just go to a full-service wash and wax next time.

Campus unrest continues…today in Chapel Hill, NC, students took down the American flag and tried to raise the Palestinian flag. At Columbia the protesters took over a building. WOW!

Did you Know?

 

 Interesting Facts

Fact: The cornea is one of only two parts of the human body without blood vessels

The cornea is the clear part of the eye that covers the pupil and other parts of the eye. Cartilage and the cornea are the only types tissue in the human body that do not contain blood vessels, according to scientists at the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology’s Schepens Eye Research Institute. Your eye also has some other bizarre features you probably didn’t know about. Next, find out which is the rarest eye color in the world.

Historic Events

Ë 1707 – The Act of Union joined the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Ë 1759 – Josiah Wedgwood founded the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.

Ë 1849 – The telegraph register was patented (#6,420) by Samuel F. B.Morse.

Ë 1888 – Nikola Tesla was issued several patents (#381,968, #381,969, #381,970; #382,279, #381,980, #381,981, #381,982) relating to the induction magnetic motor, alternating current (AC) sychronous motor, AC transmission and electricity distribution.

Ë 1899 – Bayer introduced aspirin in powder form, in Germany. The pill came about in 1915.

Ë 1931 – The Empire State Building in New York City was dedicated by President Hoover from the White House in Washington DC.

Ë 1958 – The discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts that surround Earth by James Van allen was published in the Washington Evening Star.

Ë 1960 – American U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union.

Ë 1964 – The BASIC computer program was used for the first time at Dartmouth University by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. The name is an acronym for ‘Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code’.

Ë 1989 – Disney/MGM Studios opened at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

Ë 2011 – Osama bin Laden was reported killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan.

Birthdays with some quotes

85 – Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter “I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.” 79 – Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter “Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it’s too late.” 57 – Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter “We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” 52 – Julie Benz, American actress 20 – Charli D’Amelio, American social media influencer

@93 – Mary ‘Mother Jones’, Irish-American labor leader (d. 1930) @92 – Louis Nye, American comedic actor (d. 2005) @90 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (d. 2006) @85 – Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host (d. 2004) “Looking back, my life so far seems like one long obstacle race, with me as its chief obstacle.” @79 – Kate Smith, American singer and actress (d. 1986; respiratory arrest) “It has been said that genius is only the power of making continuous effort. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it. We are told that there is no failure, except in no longer trying – no defeat, except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own weakness of purpose.” @51 – Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary), American frontierswoman and professional scout (d. 1903; pneumonia)

 

…The End for today…