|
Week 19 Day 130 Flag Today 69°/40° Wind 7mph Gusts 9mph Active Fire: 17 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 890 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine May Averages: Temps: 68°\34° Moisture: 3 Days |
 |
Monthly Observations
|
Mystery Month |
Nat’l Barbeque Month |
Weekly Observations
|
3-11 (World)
Dystonia Awareness Week Link Be Kind To
Animals Week |
6-10
Air Quality
Awareness Week Link Economic
Development Week National
Safety Stand Down Week (Constuction Falls) Link North
American Occupational Safety & Health Week Link PTA Teacher
Appreciation Week 6-12 Children's
Book Week Link |
Daily Observations
|
Alphabet Magnet Day Link |
Lost Sock Memorial Day National Moscato Day Peter Pan Day |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
|
"The most wasted of days is one
without laughter." — E. E. Cummings |
 |
Today’s Thoughts
A nice spring day….finally.
There are prescribed
burns in our area today…some 4600 acres. This means smoke is visible in several
directions. So far, it hasn’t settled into our area.
While I was shopping
at Sam’s, I ran into a former colleague from Tuba. We had a nice visit in
catching up and agreeing that retirement was a good choice for both of us. I always
enjoy these encounters so that we all see there is a good life after BIA.
I’m having trouble
with MS Word today. It won’t let me save and every document opens in read-only
mode. It’s crazy. All help icons say they aren’t working.
Did you Know?
Interesting Facts
Fact: Wally Amos is responsible for making more than just cookies famous
You may be familiar with Wally
“Famous” Amos, thanks to his packaged chocolate chip cookies. But before he
worked his magic on the sweet treats, he was in the business of making people
famous, Biography reports. He discovered and signed folk duo
Simon & Garfunkel and was a talent rep for acts like Diana Ross, Sam Cooke,
and Marvin Gaye.
Historic Events
1662 – The precursor
to Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England.
1955 – West Germany
joined NATO.
1961 – FCC Chairman
Newton N. Minow gave his Television is a Vast Wasteland Speech.
1974 – The United
States House Committee on the Judiciary opened impeachment hearings against
President Richard Nixon.
Birthdays with some quotes
|
84 – James L. Brooks, American
director, producer, and screenwriter “Dagwood Bumstead was a
great unrecognized hero of American literature. He showed up every day, he
got knocked down every day, he never got to eat his sandwich every day, the
dog jumped on him every day, his wife was giving him a hard time and he
showed up every day.” 78 – Candice Bergen, American actress 75 – Billy Joel, American
singer-songwriter and pianist 63 – John Corbett, American actor “I’ve done some
low-budget movies and I’ve done some big-budget movies, and the big-budget
movies were always kind of disorganized.” 45 – Rosario Dawson, American actress |
@93
– Mike Wallace, American journalist and
media personality ( d. 2012) @82
– Albert Finney, English actor ( d. 2019) “You’ll come to see that
a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit
great wisdom. Not least of which is how much more enjoyable it is to win. Its
inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it.” @77
– J.M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and
playwright ( d. 1937; pneumonia) “The secret of happiness
is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” @64
– Howard Carter, English archaeologist and
historian ( d. 1939; Hodgkin's disease) @59
– John Brown, American activist ( d. 1859;
hanged) “Be mild with the mild,
shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a
thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own
dignity.” |
…The End for today…
No comments:
Post a Comment