16 May

 

Week 20  Day 137 Flag Today  65°/39° Wind Amph Gusts Amph Active Fire:  192 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 15 miles away Air Quality: Moderate Mostly Cloudy May Averages: Temps: 68°\34° Moisture:  3 Days

Monthly Observations

Older Americans Month Pediatric Feeding Disorder Awareness Month  Link Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month  Link Personal History Month Link

Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month Preeclampsia Awareness Month Link Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month (5/11-6/15)

Weekly Observations

10-16  Universal Family Week 11-18 National Public Gardens Week  Link  12-17 Display Week  Link 12-18  Food Allergy Awareness Week Link National Hospital Week Link National Nursing Home Week National Police Week National Return To Work Week   National Stuttering Awareness Week National Tick Awareness Week National Transportation Week National Women's Health Week

12-18 cont. Reading is Fundamental Week  Link  Salute to Moms 40+ Week  Salvation Army Week  Work At Home Moms Week  13-19  American Craft Beer Week Link  Hoarding Awareness Week Link International Coaching Week Link National Bike to Work Week Link    National Etiquette Week National Stationery Week Link PGA Championships Link Teacher Appreciation Week 14-25 Cannes Film Festival 16-21 National Foul Ball Week

Daily Observations

Biographer's Day Coquilles St. Jacques Day GAAD Day (Global Accessibility Awareness Day)  Link   Honor Our LGBT Elders' Day   Link International Day of Light   Link

International Day of Living in Peace   Link Mimosa Day  (Drink) National BBQ Day  Link National Piercing Day National Sea Monkey Day

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

"Lead from the heart, not the head." — Princess Diana

Today’s Thoughts

Another overcast day. Moisture is always appreciated.

The painters arrived to paint the back wood facia. All good and finished by noon.

The CPAP guy came to do the yearly check of my Oxygen concentrator. All good. I picked up my CPAP supplies yesterday…they were a week late. I asked about the concentrator check as it should have been done in October. He came this morning. Thanks to my iPhone I have a calendar set to remind me of such things. It is nice to have recurring events show up with a couple of clicks.

Both major candidates have agreed to 2 debates. Maybe mics will be turned off when it is not their turn. Also, maybe no audience. Right now it’s CNN and ABC that will each carry one debate. Interesting since other presidential debates were set up by a non-partisan group. I guess the times are really changing.

Did you Know?

 

 Interesting Facts

 

Fact: It takes a drop of water 90 days to travel the entire Mississippi River

Spanning 2,340 miles, the Mississippi River is the third-largest watershed in the world. That’s one long stretch of water. So long, in fact, that it takes one drop of water approximately 90 days to travel its entire length.

 

Historic Events

 

Ë 1866 – The United States Congress established the 5-cent nickel.

Ë 1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense.

It was repealed on December 13, 1920.

Ë 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights began, between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London.

Birthdays with some quotes

80 – Danny Trejo, American actor 73 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer 71 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor 58 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter “I don’t believe in luck. It’s persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.” 56 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist 55 – David Boreanaz, American actor 51 – Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality “Everybody knows there is no such thing as normal. There is no black-and-white definition of normal. Normal is subjective. There’s only a messy, inconsistent, silly, hopeful version of how we feel most at home in our lives.” 38 – Megan Fox, American actress “Just be you. I’ve learned the hard way and in the end, some people are just so full of hate that no matter what you say or do, they’ll always have something to say.” 34 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor

@78 – Yvonne Craig, American actress (d. 2015; cancer) “Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is.” @77 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982; heart disease) @71 – William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872) @67 – Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (d. 1987; HIV) “Years ago when I started doing TV and making appearances in big arenas, the place would put security guys up there and I said, “Please don’t do that. It’s very distracting to see ten cops in front of the stage. Everybody’s looking at the officers instead of me. I don’t want that.” I also found that people will dare to break a barricade. If they have a barricade, somebody will always try to jump over it. I’ve found that the more open I am, the better.” @45 – Osgood Perkins, American character actor (d. 1937; heart attack)

 

…The End for today…