6 Jul

 

Week 27 Day 188 Flag Today  84°/60° Wind 10 mph Gusts 13 mph Moderate Breeze Active Fire:  209 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 372 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Jul Averages: Temps: 82°\52° Moisture:  8 Days

Monthly Observations

National Child-Centered Divorce Month Link National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month Link National Contract Sewing Month Link

National Cord Blood Awareness Month Link National Culinary Arts Month National Deli Salad Month

Weekly Observations

1-6 International Lace Week   Link   1-7 National Independent Living Week National Unassisted Homebirth Week 4-10Freedom Week National Marijuana Facts Week 5-7  Roswell UFO Days Link

6/30-7/6 National Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance 6/29-7/21 Tour de France  Link

Daily Observations

Fried Chicken Day  Link Hand Roll Day  Link (Food) Hop A Park Day   International Day of Cooperatives   Internat’l Cherry Pit Spitting Day   Internat’l Kissing Day or World Kiss Day   Islamic New Year National Air Traffic Control Day

National Corn Hole Day  Link   National Fried Chicken Day National Independent Beer Run Day   Link  National Play Outside Day  Link  Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day  Link Umbrella Cover Day Virtually Hug a Virtual Assistant Day

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

"Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June." — Al Bernstein

Today’s Thoughts

It’s another dry hot day. Evap cooler working fine.

PBS News Hour had a great story on the massive amount of electricity and cold clean water needed to run the many AI farms around the US and the world. It was a very frightening report for Independence Day.

Then came the PBS Salute to the Fourth. What a great annual program. It put me in a very patriotic mood so I added a new column to this post. I hope you enjoy it.

I headed to Sam’s this morning for some essntials. In the parking lot I saw this cute bumper sticker: The Difference between try and triumph is just a little ‘umph’. That makes sense to me.

 1967 was 57 years ago…

·         Six Day War Arab Forces attack Israel beginning the Yom Kippur War

·         Corporation for Public Broadcasting Created

·         Following the publication of Ralph Nader's book "unsafe at any speed" puts pressure on the government and the automobile industry to improve safety in cars.

·         The first successful human to human heart transplant Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the operation

·         Loving v. Virginia case were argued at the US Supreme Court

·         Thurgood Marshall became the first black justice on the Supreme Court.

·         Prior to the introduction of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act twenty-one pirate radio stations were broadcasting

·         The SS Torrey Canyon supertanker ran aground off the South of England causing a large oil spill and ecological disaster.

·         Gibraltar holds referendum on staying with Britain or joining Spain

·         The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of rock's most acclaimed albums.

·         I graduated from high school.

Patriotic Songs to Remember in these Troubled Times

 

God Bless America: Bessie Smith’s first radio performance of this iconic song 

https://youtu.be/SvUxPIoZf4g?si=cE2TDTVPadxUNPCC

 

Origin of common phrases

Full of beans

Meaning energetic, "full of beans" is thought to come from late-1800s horse racing, when horses would be fed beans to make them gassy in the belief that they would run faster.

False Facts about religions

Muslims Worship a Different God

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are called Abrahamic religions for a reason: They all originate from Abraham’s faith and covenant with the same God. ‘Allah’ is only an Arabic term for God, just like ‘YHWH (Yahweh)’ is the Hebrew word for God. Islam also emphasizes the same prophetic lineage as Christianity, with the addition of Mohammed.

Historic Events

·         1919 – The British dirigible R34 landed in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.

·         1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Chicago’s Comiskey Park.

·         1942 – Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the “Secret Annexe” near central Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

·         1953 – Name That Tune debuted on CBS.

Birthdays with some quotes

89 – Dali Lama, religious leader 87 – Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter 79 – Burt Ward, American actor 78 – George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States 78 – Fred Dryer, American football player and actor 78 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter 73 – John Byrne, English-American comic book author, illustrator 73 – Allyce Beasley, American actress 49 – 50 Cent, American rapper, 45 – Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor “Life is too short to worry about what others say about you. Have fun and give them something to talk about.”44 – Eva Green, French actress and model 38 – David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr 36 – Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, actress

@97 – Marc Chagall (Moishe Shagal), Belarusian-French painter, poet (d. 1985) “If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.” – Marc Chagall @94 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016) @86 – Della Reese, American actress and singer (d. 2017) “My mother was a personal friend of God’s. They had ongoing conversations.” @83 – Ned Beatty, American actor (d. 2021) @82 – Merv Griffin, American actor, talk show host, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007) @69 – Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded W/WWE (d. 1984’ cancer) @59 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (d. 1977; stroke) @55 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981; heart attack) “I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody.” @50 – Will James, American author, illustrator (d. 1942; alcoholism) @47 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954; blood clot) “At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”@45 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792; kidney disease) “I have not yet begun to fight!”@45 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995; OD)

 

 

…The End for today…