23 Aug

 

Week 34 Day 236 Flag Today  78°/56° Wind 4 mph Gusts 6 mph Light Breeze   Active Fire:  331 miles away Risk of fire: Low  Nearest Lightning: 8 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Mostly 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

Black Ribbon Day  Link Cuban Sandwich Day  Link Festival of Vulcan—no longer observed   International Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition

Find Your Inner Nerd Day  Link Ride The Wind Day  Link (Hang Gliding) Sponge cake Day Valentino Day

Today’s Quote                                                       

 

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. Confucius

 

Today’s Meme

 

Today’s Thoughts

There was rain most of the night…a gentle female rain. Welcome change.

I had a nice lunch with Mary and Mike. Good food, good conversation.

Bill Clinton had a great line last night: Don’t count the lies; count the ‘I’s.

Tonight the DNC ends its convention. Hoping for a great speech.

 

 Riddles

What gets wetter the more it dries?

Random Thoughts…

“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” – Harry S Truman

 

Hedy Lamarr – Real Name: Hedwig Kiesler

 

Lilo means “lost” in Hawaiian, so the movie title “Lilo and Stitch” can be interpreted as “lost and pulled together”.

 

Garrison Keillor – Real Name: Gary Edward Keillor

 

The only difference between a dream and a nightmare is whether or not you enjoyed it.

 

Historic Events

• 79 – Mount Vesuvious the volcano erupted and buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under a thick carpet of volcanic ash.
• 1991 – The World Wide Web was available to the public.
• 2006 – Pluto was demoted from full planet status to “dwarf planet”.

Riddles Answer

The more a towel dries you off, the more water it must absorb and the wetter it gets. This riddle relies on the multiple meanings of the word "dries," which is a technique many riddles employ to trick people trying to solve them.

Birthdays

Seth Curry, 33 Basketball Player Gretchen Whitmer, 52 Politician Rick Springfield, 74 Rock Singer Barbara Eden, 92 TV Actress

@76 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist, Nancy comic strip (died in 1982; Parkinson’s Disease) @83 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (died in 1996) @68 – Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams, American singer-songwriter (died in 1985; cancer) @32 – Keith Moon, English drummer, The Who (died in 1978; OD) @23 – River Phoenix, American actor (died in 1993; OD) @41 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (died in 2020; plane crash)

 

…The End for today…