5 Jun

 

Week 23  Day 157 Flag Today  85°/48° Wind 5 mph Gusts 9 mph Active Fire:  107 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 740 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Cloudy Jun Averages: Temps: 80°\43° Moisture:  1 Day

Monthly Observations

Dairy Month Link June is Lane Courtesy Month Link June is Perennial Gardening Month June is Turkey Lovers Month Link Men’s Health Education & Awareness Month

Migraine & Headache Awareness Month National Accordion Awareness Month Link National Aphasia Awareness Month

Weekly Observations

1-30  National Lemonade Days Link 2-8 International Clothesline Week Black Single Parents Week  End Mountain Top Removal Week Link    National Business Etiquette Week  National Dog Bite Prevention Week (Post Office) Link

2-8 National Headache Awareness Week Link   National Trailer Safety Week Link Theater Understudy Appreciation Week 2-9 Bedbug Awareness Week Link  3-8 Zoot Suit Week

Daily Observations

Apple II Day Baby Boomers Recognition Day Bartender Day  Link  Link Link  (The Day They Crown The Winner of Bartender  of The Year)  Festival of Popular Delusions Day  Link Doughnut Day Gingerbread Day HIV Long Term Survivors Awareness Day

Hot Air Balloon Day International Day for The Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Global Running Day  Link  Link  National Tailors Day    National Moonshine Day   Link National Veggie Burgers Day   Link World Environment Day

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. --Peter Drucker

Today’s Thoughts

The clouds are slowing the heat wave. Happy camper.

There was a 6-acre forest fire near the airport. Crews took about 5 hours before calling it contained.

Trump claiming his campaign has raised $200 million since his conviction. Supporters are saying they are sick and tired of being sick and tired. I am too, but for different reasons.

Biden issued an executive order this morning regarding immigration. He made it clear that he only did this because Congress was not dealing with the problem. His conditions appear more humane than similar orders from the Trump administration. Far left and Far right are upset. The far left says it goes too far, the far right says he should have done it years ago. Everyone expects a deluge of lawsuits from this action.

Indigenous People to Know

Sacheen Littlefeather

Sacheen Littlefeather made history at the 1973 Academy Awards when she accepted the award for Best Actor on behalf of Marlon Brando. Littlefeather's speech, which protested the film industry's treatment of Indigenous people, may have caught the audience off guard, but she is proud to be the first Indigenous woman to have used the Academy Awards as a platform. In August, when the Academy apologized to Littlefeather nearly 50 years later, she told The Hollywood Reporter, "I was stunned. I never thought I'd live to see the day I would be hearing this, experiencing this." She added, "As my friends in the Native community said, it's long overdue."

Born to a father of Apache and Yaqui heritage, Littlefeather dedicated herself to advocating for the rights of Indigenous people across film, TV, and sports. As an elder, she mentored members of her community, sharing her knowledge with future generations. Just a few months after the Academy's apology, Littlefeather died at 75 on Oct. 2, 2022. A cause of death was not announced, but she had been living with metastasized breast cancer after being diagnosed in 2018.

Origin of common phrases

Heard it through the grapevine

"Heard it through the grapevine" means learning something through gossip or rumor. One theory dates it to the informal way of communication through what was called a grapevine telegraph for people who were enslaved. Another theory ascribes the phrase to the early telegraph system in the 19th century that used miles of wire strung from poles that resembled grapevine trellises.

 

Historic Events

·         1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin began publication.

·         1967 – The Six-Day War, between Israel and its Neighboring countries June 5-11

·         1981 – The AIDS virus was first noted.

Birthdays with some quotes

77 – Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter “Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better. “ 73 – Suze Orman, American financial adviser, author, and television host “Live below your means but within your needs.” 68 – Kenny G, American saxophonist 62 – Jeff Garlin, American comedic actor 57 – Ron Livingston, American actor 55 – Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter “It doesn’t matter the genre or type of art, if it’s authentic there’s an apparent beauty to it and as an artist, that’s very inspiring.” 53 – Mark Wahlberg, American actor, (aka rapper Marky Mark) “I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That’s why I’ve been successful and that is when I feel good about myself. If I do my damnedest and don’t succeed, I feel good about the effort.” 47 – Liza Weil, American actress 45 – Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter and bass player “Just because today is a terrible day doesn’t mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there.”

@77 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (d. 1972; Parkinson’s) @62 – John Maynard Keynes, British economist (d. 1946; heart attack) “It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.” @57 – Pat Garrett, American sheriff (d. 1908; shot) @26 – Breonna Taylor, EMT (d. 2020; killed by police)

 

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