22 Aug

 

Week 34 Day 235 Flag Today  85°/56° Wind 8 mph Gusts 13 mph Gentle Breeze Active Fire:  410 miles away Risk of fire: Very Low  Nearest Lightning: 14 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Cloudy Aug Averages: Temps: 79°\50° Moisture:  9 Days

Weekly Observations

14-9/2  Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link  14-25   Little League World Series Link Link

18-24 Minority Enterprise Development Week National Aviation Week 19-22 Democratic Convention

Daily Observations

Bao Day (China food) Link Be An Angel Day Internat’l Day Commemorating Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief National Surgical Oncologist Day  Link National Tooth Fairy Day   Link   Link

Never Bean Better Day  Link National Bring Your Cat To The Vet Day Pecan Torte Day World Plant Milk Day  Link Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day   Link Surgical Oncologist Day Tooth Fairy Day

Today’s Quote                                                       

 

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan

 

Today’s Meme

 

Today’s Thoughts

It looks like there may be some moisture this afternoon as the monsoon returns.

The Dem Convention was rocking last night. Michelle and Barack really showed passion in their speeches. They sure brought back the joy and hope of this country.

My friend Julius, from Tuba, is heading out for his archery deer hunt today. This will be his first hunt without his nephew, in Navajo way his son, who passed in July. I know it will be tough for him.

I had a nice talk with my brother this morning. Overall, his life is going well, with just a few bumps.

 Riddles

What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?

Random Thoughts…

In the event of an apocalypse, I would spend the first ten minutes wondering why the internet doesn’t work.

A group of Cosmologists is called a Galaxy.

 

The oldest person to have ever lived, Jeanne Calment attributed her longevity to a diet of olive oil, port wine, and 2 pounds of chocolate every week.

American History…

When was George Washington's birthday?

Incorrect: Feb. 22, 1732 Correct: Feb. 11, 1731… depending on your calendar

Technically, George Washington was born in Virginia on Feb. 11, 1731, at least according to the then-used Julian calendar. The date shifted in 1792, when Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, moving Washington's birthday a year and 11 days from what was originally recorded.

 

Historic Events

• 1851 – The first America’s Cup was won by the yacht ‘America’. America’s Cup is the oldest international sporting trophy.
• 1864 – Twelve nations signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
• 1945 – The Vietnam Conflict began.
• 1989 – Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts. He retired with 5,714 strikeouts.

Riddles Answer

Conscientious," "fluorescent," and "hygiene" are definitely tricky to spell, but dictionaries usually have them right. That’s the dictionary’s job, after all. The only word they all spell “incorrectly” is "incorrectly."

Birthdays

James Corden, 45 Comedian Ty Burrell, 56 TV Actor Raphael Alejandro, 16 TV Actor Kristen Wiig, 50 Movie Actress Giada De Laurentiis, 53 Chef

@56 – Claude Debussy, French pianist, and composer (died in 1918) @63 – George Herriman, American cartoonist, Krazy Kat (died in 1944) @73 – Dorothy Parker, American poet, critic, and satirist (died in 1967; heart attack) @87 – Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (died in 1990) @88 – John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2001) @91 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer, and screenwriter (died in 2012) @94 – Honor Blackman, English actress and republican (died in 2020) @78 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general (died in 2012; pneumonia) @73 – Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2010; cancer) @80 – Valerie Harper, American actress (died in 2019)

 

…The End for today…