28 Aug

 

Week 35 Day 241 Flag Today  83°/48° Wind 1 mph Gusts 11 mph Gentle Breeze Active Fire:  389 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 74 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine 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

Bow Tie Day Cherry Turnovers Day Crackers Over The Keyboard Day   Link National Bow Tie Day   Link National Power Rangers Day  Link National Sport Sampling Day  Link Link  National Thoughtful Day  Link

National Weed Out Hate Day Power Rangers Day Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day   Link Radio Commercials Day Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day  (lost pets) Link Read Comics in Public Day  Link Red Wine Day

Today’s Quote                                                       

 

Peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa

 

Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

It’s another great day here in Flag. Gotta love Summer in the Pines.

It looks like everyone agrees that the Sept. debate will have muted mikes. Of course, Trump threw in some strange comments about ABC’s bias he perceives. Typical.

Andy and Faith are back in Flag for a medical appointment. Hope we get to do lunch in the short time they are here.

One hostage saved by Israel while he was in a tunnel. Good move.

 Riddles

What is full of holes but still holds water?

Random Thoughts…

Pocahontas is the only Disney princess with a tattoo.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France and we just left it outside like old lawn furniture.

 

The length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you are on.

 

If you lose one shoe, you’ve really lost two shoes.

 

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” – Lucille Ball

Historic Events

• 1922 – The first radio ad took place on WEAF in NYC. It was a real estate commercial paid for by the Queensboro Realty Corporation.
• 1955 – 14-year-old Emmett Till was beaten and killed for a reputed flirtatious comment to a white girl, in Money, Mississippi.
• 1963 – The March on Washington was attended by 250,000 people and where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I Have a Dream” speech.

Riddles Answer

Sponges are created by mixing cellulose and hemp fibers with sodium sulfate crystals. This combination creates the perfect hole and pore structure that can absorb any liquid — quite the opposite of what you think would happen if something with holes gets wet.

Birthdays

Jack Black, 55 Movie Actor Shania Twain, 59 Country Singer LeAnn Rimes, 42 Country Singer Florence Welch, 38 Rock Singer Armie Hammer, 38 Movie Actor Jason Priestley, 55 TV Actor

@46 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun, and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (died in 1821) @78 – Charles Boyer, French-American actor (died in 1978; suicide) @69 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (died in 1991; cancer) @80 – Peggy Ryan, American character actress (died in 2004) @66 – Roxie Roker, American actress (died in 1995; breast cancer) @81 – Biagio Anthony "Ben" Gazzara, American actor (died in 2012)

 

…The End for today…