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Weekly Observations
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1-30 National
Lemonade Days Link Lightning
Safety Awareness Week Link National
Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness |
27-30 Watermelon
Thump Seed Spitting Week Link National
Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance Tour de France Link |
Daily Observations
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Almond
Butter Crunch Day |
National
Haskap Berry Day |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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"In summer, the song sings itself." — William Carlos Williams |
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Today’s Thoughts
Hoping for the
monsoon to return today.
Last night’s debate
is NOT what I had expected. It was NOT what I hoped for. It was diametrically opposed
to expectations and hopes.
For the first time
in this election cycle, I was wondering if VP Kamala Harris would be President.
Biden looks much better today. That does not even begin to erase the images
from last night. I was a tad surprised as to how many times Trump told a lie
with no hesitation. I now understand why there are so many undecided voters and
also understand those who dislike both candidates. I’m deflated and confused.
1964 was 60 years ago…
§ Sidney Poitier
becomes the first black actor to win the "best actor" Oscar
§ "Hello
Dolly," "Funny Girl," and "Fiddler on the Roof"
premier on Broadway in New York.
§ The Rolling Stones
release debut album, "The Rolling Stones"
§ The Beatles make
their first appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show.
§ The Beatles have 13
singles Billboard's Hot 100 at the same time
§ The first pirate
radio station, Radio Caroline, is established
§ The Beatles hold the
top five positions in the Billboard Top 40 singles in America
§ Bob Dylan releases
"The Times They Are a-Changin" many consider a 1960s classic as it
captured the changes hapening in society
§ BBC2 starts
broadcasting in the UK.
§ Pablo Picasso
painted his fourth Head of a Bearded Man
§ The Sun Newspaper is
first published in the United Kingdom
§ Hasbro launch G.I.
Joe an action figure for boys to join the Barbie Doll For Girls.
§ Buffalo Wings ( deep
fried chicken wings coated with hot sauce ) are made at the Anchor Bar in
Buffalo, New York
§ Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory is published written by Roald Dahl
§ Elizabeth Taylor
marries Richard Burton for the first time
Popular Films
§ The Carpetbaggers
§ It's a Mad, Mad,
Mad, Mad World
§ The Unsinkable Molly
Brown
§ My Fair Lady
§ Mary Poppins
Popular Musicians
§ The Beatles
§ Roy Orbison
§ Ella Fitzgerald
§ Simon and Garfunkel
Origin of common phrases
Living in high cotton
To be "living in high
cotton" means to be living well. It originated in the American South,
where cotton was a source of wealth. "We're living in high cotton."
Rode hard and put up wet
Looking "rode hard and put up wet" means looking worn out, bedraggled, or tired. At a ranch or stable, a horse that has run a lot works up a sweat and needs to be walked and cooled down to dry off.
Historic Events
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1613 – The Globe
Theatre in London burned to the ground.
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1956 – The
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was signed, officially creating the United
States Interstate Highway System.
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1974 – Mikhail
Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the
Kirov Ballet.
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1975 – Steve Wozniak
tested his first prototype of the Apple I computer.
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2007 – The Apple
iPhone (1st generation) was released.
Birthdays with some quotes
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A D Q 80 –
Gary Busey, American actor “Fear
is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.” 63 –
Sharon Lawrence, American actress “Go
out there and see where the world needs your touch. That kind of meaning not
only makes you feel more connected to your environment on a local scale but
also to yourself – whether you can operate from something beyond the
definition that others might place on you.” 56 –
Melora Hardin, American actress 48 –
Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedic actor, musician and songwriter “I
don’t know, man. Look at me. I’ve changed. I’ve grown up. I’ve got a job, got
a career… I drink coffee now.” 42 -
Colin Jost, SNL 46 –
Charlamagne the God, comedian |
@65
– Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967; stroke) “Let’s
have the music that will open the door to millions of people… the kind of
music that will not make people think only of the song or even of the singer…
not music that is confined to the merely personal.” @64
– Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857) @64
– Slim Pickens (Louis Burton Lindley Jr.), American actor and rodeo performer
(d. 1983; brain tumor) @59
– Frank Loesser, American composer conductor (d. 1969; cancer) @59
– Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd), American singer (d. 2003; cancer) |
…The End for today…
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