18 Sep

 

Week 38 Day 262 Flag Today  69°/43° Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 13 mph Gusts 8 mph Gentle Breeze Active Fire: 311 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 236 miles away Sept. Averages: Temps: 72°\44° Moisture:  5 Days

Weekly Observations

14-20   National Neonatal Nurses Week Link 15-20 Be A Mench Week National Medicare Education Week Link National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link 15-21  Balance Awareness Week Link    Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Link  International Clean Hands Week International Women's E-Commerce Days National Construction Appreciation Week National Farm & Ranch Safety-Health Week National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week National Indoor Plant Week National Rehabilitation Awareness Week National Security Officer Appreciation Week National Singles Week Prostate Cancer Awareness Week  16-20  National Love Your Files Week Link  16-22 Fall Astronomy Week International Go-Kart Week Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Link Pollution Prevention Week  Link 17-21 Body Painting Week  Link 17-23 Constitution Week

18-22  National Guitar Flat-Picking Days Link

Daily Observations

Air Force Birthday Cheeseburger Day Chiropractic Founders Day  Link Hug A Greeting Card Writer Day International Equal Pay Day  Link IT Professionals Day National Ask An Atheist Day  Link   National Ceiling Fan Day

National Cheeseburger Day   Link Link National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day National Rehabilitation Day National School Backpack Awareness Day National Respect Day  Link Read An Ebook Day  Link Rice Krispies Treat Day World Water Monitoring Day  Link Link

Today’s Quote                                                       

 

Little by little, one travels far. J.R.R. Tolkien

 

Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

Another windy day.

Note to self: One side blaming the violence on the other side is wrong. It’s both sides and both sides need to stop.

An new form of attack in Lebanon: Pagers. Hezbollah is blaming Israel for the deaths of two after their pagers exploded. They claim the pagers were hacked, had explosive device placed inside and reprogramed to explode upon command. That is very creepy. If anyone can do this to pagers, they can or soon will be able to do the same for phones.

 Riddles

What is the end of everything?

Slang Words…

Red pill and blue pill

- Pop culture reference point: "The Matrix" (1999)

In Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski's seminal 1999 sci-fi film "The Matrix," protagonist Neo (Keanu Reeves) is offered a choice by resistance leader Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne): Take the red pill and see the simulation he's been imprisoned in his entire life for what it is, or take the blue pill and forget he ever learned that anything was amiss in his digital world.

While this idea of enlightenment can be traced back to philosopher Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," the "red pill, blue pill" terminology has since been appropriated by conspiracy theorists who oppose things like vaccines and feminism.

Historic Events

·         1797 – The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol was laid by George Washington.

·         1809 – The Royal Opera House in London opened.

·         1851 – The New York Times (The New-York Daily Times) was first published.

·         1947 – The United States Air Force was established.

Riddles Answer

Answer: The letter “G.”

Birthdays

Aidan Gallagher, 21 TV Actor Jackson Robert Scott, 16 Movie Actor Jada Pinkett Smith, 53 Movie Actress James Marsden, 51 Movie Actor Jason Sudeikis, 49 Movie Actor Dan Povenmire, 61 TV Producer Brooke Adee, 26 Pop Singer Patrick Schwarzenegger, 31 Model Ben Carson, 73 Doctor Aisha Tyler, 54 TV Actress

@85 – Jack Warden [John Warden Lebzelter Jr.], American actor (d. 2006) @84 – Greta Garbo [Greta Lovisa Gustafsson], Swedish-American actress (d. 1990) @75 – Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer, and poet (d. 1784) @65 – George Read, American lawyer, and politician (died in 1798; heart attack) @51 – James Gandolfini, American actor, and producer (d. 2013; heart attack) @39 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963; shot by Oswald)

 

…The End for today…

        

17 Sep

 

Week 38 Day 261 Flag Today  68°/43° Wind 6 mph Gusts 17 Strong Breeze Active Fire: 57 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 104 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Windy Sept. Averages: Temps: 72°\44° Moisture:  5 Days

Weekly Observations

14-20   National Neonatal Nurses Week Link 15-20 Be A Mench Week National Medicare Education Week Link National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link 15-21  Balance Awareness Week Link    Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Link  International Clean Hands Week International Women's E-Commerce Days National Construction Appreciation Week National Farm & Ranch Safety-Health Week National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week National Indoor Plant Week National Rehabilitation Awareness Week National Security Officer Appreciation Week National Singles Week Prostate Cancer Awareness Week  16-20  National Love Your Files Week Link  16-22 Fall Astronomy Week International Go-Kart Week Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Link Pollution Prevention Week  Link

17-21 Body Painting Week  Link 17-23 Constitution Week

Daily Observations

Apple Dumpling Day Citizenship Day Constitution Day International Country Music Day  Link International NYC Day  Link IT Professionals Day National Monte Cristo Day  Link

Nat’l Professional House Cleaners Day    Link Link Link Link National Table Shuffleboard Day National Voter Registration Day  Link  Responsible Dog Ownership Day  Link  Time's Up Day   Link VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day World Patient Safety Day

Today’s Quote                                                       

 

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt

 

Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

Another windy day…it always happens as the seasons change.

It’s drying out our forest.

On Sunday, the Cards beat the Rams, but the Broncos lost to the Steelers.

There was another assassination attempt on Trump. I am appalled that my country has fallen so far from our ideals. The guy set up around 2am and wasn't discovered until after noon. WOW?! I still believe our President is selected on Election Day by the people. Political violence has been increasing in this country in the last decade. Very little has been done to prevent it. Both sides have been involved and both sides continue to say it.

Until we elected statesmen/stateswomen to various Federal offices this will continue. Statespeople look at the big picture for the good of the country; whereas politicians only look to the next election.

 Riddles

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Random Thoughts…

To be called inconsistent, you have to be consistently inconsistent. Making you consistent.

There might be particles that do move faster than the speed of light, but we just wouldn’t be able to see them. #science

Slang Words…

Regifting

- Pop culture reference point: "Seinfeld" (1995)

 

Have you ever passed off an unwanted present to someone else? Turns out, you have "Seinfeld" to thank for giving the practice an official name. The phrase "regifting" showed up in Season 6 episode "The Label Maker," in which a pair of Super Bowl tickets are repeatedly gifted from one character to another.

Historic Events

• 1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts was founded.
• 1787 – Representatives voted to approve the United States Constitution.
• 1914 The VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Women’s Auxiliary was organized.
• 1916 – Manfred von Richthofen (“The Red Baron”), a flying ace of the German Air Force, won his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
• 1954 – The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding was published.
• 2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
• 2013 – Grand Theft Auto V earned more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.

Riddles Answer

Answer: Mount Everest, it just wasn’t discovered yet.

 

Birthdays

Patrick Mahomes, 29 Football Player Narendra Modi, 74 Politician Bobby Lee, 53 TV Actor Mena Massoud, 33 Movie Actor Kyle Chandler, 59 TV Actor Danielle Brooks, 35 TV Actress

@87 – Warren E. Burger, American lawyer, and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)   @84 – J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation (d. 1985) @73 – Anne Bancroft [Anna Maria Louisa Italiano], American actress (d. 2005; cancer) @70 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (d. 1998; lung cancer) @29 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 1953; alcohol)

 

…The End for today…