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Week 22 Day 150 Flag Today 80°/41° Wind 6 mph Gusts 12 mph Active Fire: 384 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 323 miles away Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine May Averages: Temps: 68°\34° Moisture: 3 Days |
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Weekly Observations
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20-6/2 National
Seat Belt Reinforcement Week Link Week of
Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories |
27-9/2 National
Marina Days Link Black Single
Parents Week Women's Golf
Day Link 28-30 Scripps
Spelling Bee Finals |
Daily Observations
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Ascension of Baha'U'llah |
National
Alligator Day |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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Doubt can motivation you, so don’t be
afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need
both. They balance each other out. --Barbra Streisand |
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Today’s Thoughts
Another nice day. I
headed out about 7am for my blood draw. Quick and easy.
After 5 weeks, the Trump
trial is in closing arguments. It has taken 5 weeks go get to this point. I
wonder how long the jury will take to reach a verdict. I am hoping for a quick
verdict so the country can move on.
On last Sunday, 60 Minutes
ran 2 shows back-to-back. I did the DVR for the second hour. Watching it last
night was very educational. They had stories on sperm whales, then on rhesus monkeys
and finally on the sloth. A great way to spend an hour.
While I am enjoying
some great weather, I have friends in parts of the country that are having
horrific weather. So far, everyone I know in those areas is good. I expect that
to remain the case.
Indigenous People to Know
Susan La
Flesche Picotte
Born on
Nebraska's Omaha reservation in 1865, Susan La Flesche Picotte was young when
she first saw a sick Indigenous community member suffer and die while waiting
for a white doctor. By pursuing a Euro-American education while honoring the
customs of her people, La Flesche Picotte battled backlash and became the first
Indigenous person to earn a medical degree. She defied the odds again in 1913
when she opened the Omaha reservation's first hospital. La Flesche Picotte died
in 1915, and she was commemorated on her deathbed for bridging the gap between
her Indigenous roots and her Euro-American medical education.
Origin of common phrases
All
hat, no cattle
"All hat, no cattle" refers to someone who talks
big but has no substance. It's an insult with Texas roots.
Historic Events
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1886 – John
Pemberton placed his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, in The Atlanta Journal.
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1919 – Albert
Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was tested (and later confirmed) by
Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
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1953 – Edmund
Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, became the first
explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which is at 29,035 feet above
sea level.
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2004 – The National
World War II Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
Birthdays with some quotes
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71 – Danny Elfman, American
singer-songwriter “… you hear the beginning
of a melody, you should kind of know it’s going to lead down this path. It
should start feeling like a friend, like familiar.” 69 – David Kirschner, American
animator, producer, and author 68 – LaToya Jackson,
singer 65 – Annette Bening, American actress 51 – Laverne Cox, actress 49 – Daniel Tosh, American
comedian “They say money doesn’t
buy happiness. That phrase should end with ‘just kidding’.” 49 – Mel B (Melanie Janine Brown), English singer-songwriter “You never can expect
what people’s reactions are going to be. You can only hope that everyone
feels the way that you do.” 35 – Riley Keough, American model |
@100
– Bob Hope, English-American actor,
singer, and producer (d. 2003) “No one party can fool
all of the people all of the time; that’s why we have two parties.” @71 –
Tenzig Norgay, Mountain climber (d. 1986) @63
– Patrick Henry, American lawyer and
politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (d. 1799; twisted intestine) “United we stand, divided
we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon
which our existence hangs.” @62
– G.K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet,
playwright (d. 1936) “A society is in decay,
final or transitional when common sense really becomes uncommon.” “The truth is that it is
only by believing in God that we can ever criticize the Government. Once
abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.” @46 –
John F. Kennedy, President (d. 1963;
assassinated) |
…The End for today…
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