9 Jul

 

Week 28 Day 191 Flag Today  88°/50° Wind 7 mph Gusts 14 mph Moderate Breeze Active Fire:  146 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 306 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Jul Averages: Temps: 82°\52° Moisture:  8 Days

Monthly Observations

National Vacation Rental Month National Watermelon Month National Wheelchair Beautification Month

Sandwich Generation Month Sarcoma Awareness Month Self Care Month  Link

Weekly Observations

4-10 Freedom Week National Marijuana Facts Week 7-13  Be Nice To New Jersey Week National Cancer Survivor Sibling Week National Farriers Week National Theraputic Recreation Week Operation Safe Driver Week 7-14 Running of The Bulls (Spain) Nude Recreation Weekend

6/29-7/21 Tour de France  Link

Daily Observations

Bald is In Day   Link Be a Kid Again Day Black Women's Equal Pay Day  Link Cow Appreciation Day   Link Dead Head Day  (Grateful Dead fans) Fashion Day International Town Criers Day Martyrdom of The Bab Math 2.0 Day

National No Bra Day National Dimples Day  Link National Don’t Put all your Eggs in One Omelet Day National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day National Sugar Cookie Day  SCUD Day aka Savor the Comic Unplug the Drama Day

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

"The summer night is like a perfection of thought." — Wallace Stevens

Today’s Thoughts

Another hot day. The breeze is helping.

I had my 6-month checkup with my Kidney Specialist this morning. All is good. No numbers changed from the last one. That’s a good report.

Anyone who watches the news has to realize that Biden is not the man of 4 years ago. It is sad that the White House and the President have not recognized his loss of numerous physical and mental changes. I keep thinking that Obama had no white hair when he entered office and had a lot of white hair when he left office 8 years later. It is part of the aging process we have encountered or will encounter in our lives. It seems to me that a lot of people should have encouraged Biden not to run but chose to remain silent. Now our country is in a crisis due to their silence. So sad. 

 1968 was 56 years ago…

1)   Prague Spring The Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia and arrests President Dubcek

2)   Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Leader of Negro Civil Rights Movement

3)   U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, also known as Bobby Kennedy or RFK, was assassinated

4)   Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations turn violent during March in London, England

5)   The Intel Corporation is created by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce.

6)   NASA’s Apollo 8 space mission was launched on December 21st.

7)   800,000 teachers, workers and student protesters marched through the French capital during a one-day general strike

8)   North Vietnam and Viet Cong troops launch the Tet offensive

9)   Dutch Elm Disease continues to increase with tens of thousands of trees now destroyed

10)                The Redwood National Park is created in California to protect the Giant Redwoods.

Patriotic Songs to Remember in these Troubled Times

 

National Anthem in Navajo

https://youtu.be/EKc3w1Y17XQ?si=Y5aTfsteN8IO-oUJ

 

Origin of common phrases

Upper hand

The phrase "upper hand" comes from determining which team bats first in playground baseball games. Opposing team captains would grasp a bat, starting at the bottom, and alternate their hands until reaching the top. The player holding the bat at the top had the upper hand.

False Facts about religions

Jesus Was Born on December 25

The most popular (and celebrated) misconception about Christianity is that Jesus was born on December 25th. The Bible never specifies his birth date, though. The Times of India explains that June is the more feasible month for Jesus’ birth and that December was chosen because it was more convenient to celebrate alongside Roman pagan winter festivals.

Historic Events

1762 – Catherine the Great became Empress of Russia

1868 – 14^th  Amendment to the Constitution (regarding voting rights) passed.

1893 – The first open-heart surgery performed by Dr. Daniel Hale, in Chicago.

1958 – A 1,700-foot tsunami struck Lituya Bay, Alaska.

Birthdays with some quotes

79 – Dean Koontz, American author and screenwriter “Writing isn’t a source of pain. It’s psychic chemotherapy. It reduces your psychological tumors and relieves your pain.” 72 – John Tesh, American pianist, composer and television host 69 – Lindsey Graham, American politician 69 – Jimmy Smits, American actor 68 – Tom Hanks, American actor “We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?” 67 – Kelly McGillis, American actress 60 – Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter and actress “I’ve discreetly dated a lot of people – I once dated a billionaire, mostly because it was fun to say, “I’m dating a billionaire,” but we did not have the same taste in music, and it was doomed.” 49 – Jack White, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 48 – Fred Savage, American actor, director, and producer 33 – Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer 24 – Claire Corlett, American voice actress

@95 – Ed Ames (Edmund Dantes Urick), American singer and actor (d. 2023) @88 – Donald Rumsfeld, American politician (d. 2021) “There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” @81 – Brian Dennehy, American actor (d. 2020) @81 – Richard Roundtree, American actor (d. 2023) @78 – Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007; cancer) @76 – O.J. Simpson, American football player, felon, actor (d. 2024; cancer) “I don’t know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I’ll continue to do that.” @67 – Vince Edwards (Vincent Edward Zoine), American actor, singer, director (d. 1996; cancer) @58 – Ann Ward, English author, poet (d. 1823; pneumonia) @48 – Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine (d. 1867; blood clot)

 

…The End for today…