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Week 33 Day 226 Flag Today 82°/54° Wind 7 mph Gusts mph Gentle Breeze Active Fire: 331 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 20 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Mostly Cloudy Aug Averages: Temps: 79°\50° Moisture: 9 Days |
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Daily Observations
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Filet Mignon Day |
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Today’s Quote
That’s one
small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong
Today’s Meme
Today’s Thoughts
Looks like the monsoon will be around
most of this week. No complaints.
NFL is back. Cards lost their first
pre-season game. Broncos won theirs. I hope both my teams have great seasons.
I’m glad I watched the closing ceremony
last night. I enjoyed most of the festivities. It is always nice to see all the
athletes on the stage at once. I was not impressed after the Olympic Flag was
handed over to LA. Guess I’m too old for the corniness. We all saw Snoop Dog in
Paris, then suddenly he was on Long Beach. Not even the Concorde can fly that
fast. I did like the President of the Olympic Committee saying that Paris began
a new era of equality to the Olympics. I’ll wait and see if I attend the ’28 festivities.
I really enjoyed my ’84 first week Olympic visit. I was a tad younger back
then.
1976 was 48 years ago…
Popular Films
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest All the President's Men
The Omen Taxi Driver
The Outlaw Josey Wales Rocky
Popular Musicians and songs
Bay City Rollers Barry Manilow
Diana Ross Paul Simon
The Four Seasons Paul McCartney and
Wings
Elton John Rod Stewart
Queen ABBA
Popular TV Programs
The Six Million Dollar Man Kojak
The Jeffersons All in the Family
Maude Good
Times
M*A*S*H The Carol Burnett Show
Random Thoughts…
William McKinley was on the $500 bill
I wonder how many item features I
don’t know about because I have never read an instruction manual for anything.
No word in the English language rhymes
with plankton.
Searching for Bigfoot should be
outlawed because at this point it’s clear he values his privacy and that should
be respected.
American History…
Who created the
original American flag?
Incorrect: Betsy Ross Correct: Francis Hopkinson (maybe)
Betsy Ross was never credited with the creation of the flag at any
point during her lifetime. In fact, it wasn't until nearly a century later, in
1870—two decades after her death, by the way—that anyone thought to give her
credit. William J. Canby presented a paper on the matter to the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Ross was quickly established in
American legend as the creator of the flag. (Not for nothing: Canby was
Ross' grandson.)
However, historians aren't 100-percent sure Ross deserves the credit.
Accounts differ on who the creator might have been, but some historians believe
the honor belongs to Francis Hopkinson, a member of the Continental
Congress—namely because he made the claim while he was still alive. And,
according to The Life and Works of Francis
Hopkinson, he just asked for one thing as payment: A quarter of one cask of wine,
which he never received.
Birthdays
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Sebastian
Stan, 41 Movie Actor DeMarcus Cousins, 33 Basketball Player
Debi Mazar, 60, American actress Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 42, American political, Gov of Arkansas |
@66 – Annie Oakley, American target shooter (died in
1926; anemia) @57 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented a
television (died in 1946; stroke) @72 – Bert Lahr, (Irving Lahrheim) American actor (died in 1967; pheumonia) @80 – Alfred Hitchcock, British director and cameo
performer (died in 1980) @94 – Buddy Rogers, American actor, and musician
(died in 1999) @84 – Ben Hogan, American golfer, and
sportscaster (died in 1997) @90 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary, and
politician, 15th President of Cuba (died in 2016) @76 – Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player
(died in 2007; heart failure) @56 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter
(died in 2007; cancer) |
…The End for today…
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