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Week 21 Day 146 Flag Today 73°/36° Wind A mph Gusts A mph Active Fire: 34 miles away Risk of fire Extreme Nearest Lightning: 1045 miles away Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine Breezy May Averages: Temps: 68°\34° Moisture: 3 Days |
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Weekly Observations
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14-25 Cannes Film
Festival EMS
Week Link Link Link National
Eosinophil Awareness Week Link |
20-6/2 National
Seat Belt Reinforcement Week Link 22-28 Fleet Week Mule Days Link Old-Time
Player Piano Weekend
Link Mudbug
Madness Days National
Polka Weekend Link Week of
Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories |
Daily Observations
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Amateur
Radio Military Appreciation Day (ARMAD) Link |
National
Wine Day Link |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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If you don’t like
something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. |
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Today’s Thoughts
Enjoying a nice day
and looking forward to the Memorial Day Weekend.
I headed out this
morning for a needed pedicure. My favorite older pedicure lady was there and
gave me a great pedicure. I’m remembered
I went a few years after retirement before I ever had a pedicure. My brother,
his wife, and I were in Chicago for Christmas. They decided to get a pedicure.
We went into a place close to where we were staying. Laura walked in, turned
around and told us, not this one. We went to another one a few miles away. This
new one was great. After that great pedicure, I have been doing them ever
since. So glad I discovered how pleasant they are, and my toenails and feet have
never felt better.
Both local public high
schools are having graduation at the local University today. That is just adding
to the heavy traffic around the town. I sure hope all these out-of-town
visitors support our local economy. Our local ski area is staying open until
June 1, the latest they have ever been open. The slopes got about 285” of snow
this ski season. Nice!
The NCAA and the Large
Conferences are going to let schools pay student-athletes. This is a big deal
and will change college sports. I hope it works. I wonder if this will raise tuition
costs even higher than they already are. I also wonder how this affect the
athletes when it comes to graduation.
Did you Know?
Origin of common phrases
Ballpark
figure
The phrase "ballpark figure" stems from commentators who guessed the size of
country crowds by estimating the number of spectators. It's believed to have
started with sizing up baseball fans.
Historic Events
240 BC – First
recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet.
It will next appear
in mid-2061.
1925 – John T.
Scopes was indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
1977 – 1977 – Star
Wars (now Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) opened Memorial Day weekend,
marking the biggest entertainment juggernaut in modern popular culture, now
second only to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Birthdays with some quotes
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85 -Ian Mckellen, actor 81 – Leslie Uggams, American actress and singer 80 – Frank Oz, English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker, and
actor “I don’t look back, I
just go forward. I’m just proud of the fact that my parents were immigrants
and we had nearly nothing, and all of the sudden, with the help of a lot of
people and my parents as a model, I amounted to something.” 60 -Mike Meyers, movie actor @53 – Anne Heche, American actress 54 – Jamie Kennedy, American actor, producer, and screenwriter 51 – Molly Sims, American model 48- Cillian Murphy, actor 30 – Aly Raisman, American gymnast 25 – Brec Bassinger, American actress |
@94
– Kitty Kallen,
American singer (d. 2016) @81
– Padre Pio,
Italian priest and saint (d. 1968) “The root of all evil is
‘I’, ‘Me’, ‘Mine’.” @78
– Ralph Waldo Emerson,
American poet and philosopher (d. 1882) “To be yourself in a
world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest
accomplishment.” “This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow
the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when
spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being,
faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know
yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.” @78
– Beverly Sills ( Belle Miriam Silverman),
American soprano and actress (d. 2007; lung cancer) “You may be disappointed
if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” @71
– Bill Robinson (Mr. Bojangles),
American actor and dancer (d. 1949) |
…The End for today…
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