14 Apr

 

Week 16  Day 105 Flag Today  66°/32° Wind 6mph Gusts 18mph Active Fire:  220 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 831 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Apr. Averages: Temps: 60°\27° Moisture:  3 Days

Weekly Observations

6-14 National Robotics Week Link 7-14  National Occupational Health Nursing Week Link 11-14 The Masters Tournament 11-17 Black Maternal Health Week

14-20 Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week Link  National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week National Student Employment Week Link Pan American Week Spring Astronomy Week Medical Laboratory Professionals Week Link

Daily Observations

Be Kind to Lawyers Day Children with Alopecia Day Dolphin Day Ex-Spouse Day Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse  Link  Internat’l Moment of Laughter Day Look up the Sky Day Moment of Laughter Day National Dolphin Day

National Ex-Spouse Day   Link National Gardening Day  Link National Pecan Day  Link National Perfume Day  Link  Pan American Day Pathologists' Assistant Day  Link Pecan Day Reach as High as You Can Day Tannat Day  Link World Chagas Day

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." — Aristotle

Today’s Thoughts

Looking like a great weekend weather-wise.

I was a day behind on yesterday’s post, I realized it was Saturday after I posted it. Oops.

AZ returns to 1864 for its Abortion law. In that year the age for consent of a marriage was 10 years old. I guess the Frontier pilot who told us set our watches back 20 years as we landed in Phx in 1977 was right.

Most countries are waiting with bated breath to see when Iran will retaliate against Israel over the bombing that killed its citizens.  I sure hope for the best for the world and that region.

Did you Know?

 

Native Cultures

New Mexico was named after the Aztec god Mertili while the state of Ohio comes from the Iroquois word "Oheo" which means "beautiful." There are many other state names with Native American origins as well - including Hawaii, Connecticut, Michigan, South and North Dakota, and Tennessee.

Historic Events

·         1561 – A ‘celestial phenomenon’ is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial UFO battle.

·         1828 – Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language.

·         1865 – President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

·         1933 – Jack Mackay and his wife reported seeing the Loch Ness Monster- and that got the whole modern lake monster thing started.

Birthdays with some quotes

84 – Julie Christie, English actress 83 – Pete Rose, American baseball player 66 – Peter Capaldi, Scottish character actor, The Twelfth Doctor 63 – Robert Carlyle, Scottish character actor 56 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor 47 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress 47 – Rob McElhenney, American actor and producer 28 – Abigail Breslin, American actress “Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.” – Anne Sullivan Macy  “You can be good in a good movie, you can be good in a bad movie, you can be bad in a bad movie, but never, ever, be bad in a good movie.” – John Gielgud “In the long run, you make your own luck – good, bad, or indifferent.” – Loretta Lynn  “You’d be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.” – Pete Rose  “Real heroes are all around us and uncelebrated.” – Peter Capaldi  “A true friend is someone who says nice things behind your back.” – Anthony Michael Hall

@96 – Sir John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2000 @92 – Audrey Long, American character actress (d. 2014) @90 – Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter (d. 2022) @70 – Anne Sullivan, American educator (d. 1936; heart attack) @77 – Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002; pneumonia) @58 – Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one-time owner of Stonehenge (d. 1934; heart disease)

 

…The End for today…