Life Just Gets Gooder: 10 Sep

Week 37 Day 254 Flag Today 79°/46°

Wind 4 mph Gusts 7 mph Light Breeze

Active Fire: 268 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 11 miles away

Air Quality: Fair Mostly Cloudy

Sept. Averages: Temps: 72°\44° Moisture: 5 Days

Monthly Observations

National Wilderness Month
One-on-One Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Link
Pain Awareness Month Link
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month Link

Pet Health Insurance Month  Link
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month  Link
Save The Koala Month Link
Save Your Photos Month  Link

Weekly Observations

8-14

Celebrate Community Link
Direct Support Professional Recognition Week Link
International Housekeepers Week Link
National Assisted Living Week
National Chef Appreciation Week Link
National Security Officer Appreciation Week
Suicide Prevention Week

9-14

Line Dance Week
9-15

Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week

International Air Ambulance Week Link

Daily Observations

Ants On A Log Day Link
National Port Wine Day Link
National TV Dinner Day Link

Sewing Machine Day
Swap Ideas Day
(World) Suicide Prevention Day Link

Today’s Quote

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi

Today’s Meme

Thoughts for the day

I started the week off with a trip to Walgreen’s for my latest COVID shot. I had to drive across town as that was the only one doing COVID vaccines. No problem. In & Out fairly quickly. The longest wait was the line to sign in. The guy who gave me the shot had been at My Walgreens but got promoted and moved to the west side store. He is a friendly guy with massive colorful sleeve tattoos on both arms, blue hair, and earrings in both ears…the kind that go into a large hole in the earlobe.

The Cardinals lost to the Bills and Denver lost to the Seahawks. Not the greatest day for my football teams on Sunday.

Riddles

What question can you never say yes to?

Random Thoughts…

The hardest clue to guess while playing charades would be “playing charades.”

The Universe is only 13.7 billion years old, but it’s expected to last trillions of years if not forever. We basically live at the beginning of time.

Maybe King Arthur was able to lift Excalibur because he lifted with his legs, not his back.

There’s a big difference between “the news” and what’s actually happening around the world.

Slang Words…

Jumping the shark

- Pop culture reference point: "Happy Days" (1977)

When something has "jumped the shark," it has entered a period of declining quality and popularity. The idiom's origins started with a 1977 episode of the sitcom "Happy Days," in which the character Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over a shark while water-skiing. Many agreed it was a moment that marked the show's turn for the worse.

However, the modern phrase was ultimately coined in 1987 when Jon Hein and his roommates at University of Michigan were discussing the moments when their favorite shows went downhill. Hein eventually started the website jumptheshark.com and still tracks television's downhill moments.

Historic Events

1846 – Elias Howe was granted a patent for the sewing machine.
2002 – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, became a full member of the United Nations.
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN was powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

Riddles Answer

Answer: “Are you asleep?”

Birthdays

Ian Gunther, 25 Gymnast

Misty Copeland, 42 Dancer

Colin Firth, 64 Movie Actor

Ryan Phillippe, 50 Movie Actor

Jack Ma, 60 Entrepreneur, Amazon & Alibaba

@91 – Robert Wise, American director, producer (d. 2005)

@85 – Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer, and photographer (d. 2019)

@80 – Mamie Dillard, African American educator, and suffragist (d. 1954)

@79 – Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)