25 Aug

 

Week 35 Day 237 Flag Today  77°/52° Wind 8 mph Gusts 19 mph Fresh Breeze    Active Fire:  332 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 241 miles away Air Quality: Fair Moderate Sunshine Partly Mostly Cloudy Overcast Snowy Smoky Red Flag Warning 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 24-25 International Bat Night

25-31 World Water Week 25-29  Link Be Kind To Humankind Week Brake Safety Week 25-31 Link World Princess Week

Daily Observations

Banana Split Day Go Topless Day  Link  Kiss and Make Up Day Park Service Founders Day

National Second-hand Wardrobe Day National Whiskey Sour Day   Pony Express Day

Today’s Quote                                                       

 

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau

 

Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

Finished the readings for our discussion group. These international treaties to protect our oceans and therefore our planet are extremely complicated. Every nation seems more and more determined to keep their power, rather than saving the oceans. It should be a good discussion.

Yesterday afternoon I headed to the west side of town for a little shopping. When I finished, I got onto I-40 to get home quickly. About halfway home my dashboard went crazy and alarms. I had a low tire. I pulled over to check it. It was a little low and still had 23lbs. I drove the mile to Little America Truck Stop for air. In that short time, I now had 10lbs of pressure. I could see the nail in the tread of the tire. I pumped the tire to 40lbs and continued toward Discount Tire, another mile away. At Discount tire I was back to 10lbs. I’ve been a customer of Discount for decades, but these were the vehicle’s original tires. It took about an hour, but they pulled out the nail, put a plug in the hole and sealed the tire. And now for the best part, no charge. That is loyal customer service.

 Riddles

David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and who?

Riddles Answer

The people who have the three sons are David's parents, so David himself is the first son, and Snap and Crackle are the two others. The wording on this one can be a little tricky if you aren't paying attention from the very beginning, but that's what riddles are all about.

Birthdays

Blake Lively, 37 TV Actress Tim Burton, 66 Director Billy Ray Cyrus, 63 Country Singer Kel Mitchell, 46 TV Actor Iñaki Godoy, 21 TV Actor Rachel Bilson, 43 TV Actress Gene Simmons, 75 Rock Singer Alexander Skarsgård, 48 TV Actor Rachael Ray, 56 Chef

@53 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (died in 1584; stroke) @53 – Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective, and spy (died in 1884; gangrene) @60 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator, and animator, Pogo (died in 1973; diabetes complications) @92 – Van Johnson, American actor (died in 2008) @72 – Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died in 1990; heart attack)

 

…The End for today…