27 Aug

 

Week 35 Day 240 Flag Today  82°/45° Wind 6 mph Gusts 10 mph Light Breeze   Active Fire:  350 miles away Risk of fire High  Nearest Lightning: 221 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  25-31 World Water Week 25-29  Link Be Kind To Humankind Week Brake Safety Week 25-31 Link World Princess Week

26-30   National Composites Week Link National Safe at Home Week

Daily Observations

Banana Lovers Day The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day Just Because Day National Cinema Day  Link  Link

Petroleum Day  Link Pots du Creme Day The Duchess Who Wasn't Day World Rock Scissors Paper Day  Link

Today’s Quote                                                       

 

Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi

 

Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

A nice summer day is a perfect time to walk around the neighborhood.

Upon return I did 2 loads of laundry.

I enjoy preseason NFL, because I get to watch the Broncos live. Broncos played well against the Cards. Decent football.

Trump may be changing his mind about silenced mics during the next debate.  Anything for headlines.

 Riddles

What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

Historic Events

• 1776 – In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeated Americans under General George Washington in The Revolutionary War’s Battle of Long Island..
• 1859 – Petroleum was discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
• 2003 – The initial six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

Riddles Answer

The standard 52-card deck has four suits, including hearts, of which there are 13. Spades, clubs, and diamonds aren't other organs, so there's your answer. So far, science has not yet discovered any octopodes or earthworms that fit the bill (although both do have a lot of hearts).

Birthdays

Aaron Paul, 45 TV Actor Alexa PenaVega, 36 Movie Actress Blake Jenner, 32 TV Actor Breanna Stewart, 30 Basketball Player Patrick J. Adams, 43 TV Actor Chandra Wilson, 55 TV Actress Tom Ford, 63 Fashion Designer Colt Ford, 54 Country Singer

@32 – Charles Rolls, English engineer, and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (died in 1910; air crash) @86 – Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), American-French photographer, and painter (died in 1976) @64 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American politician, 36th President (died in 1973; heart attack) @78 – Martha Raye, American actress, and comedian (died in 1994; pneumonia) @78 – Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, songwriter (died in 2007; heart attack)

 

…The End for today…