23 Sep

 

 

Week 39 Day 267 Flag Today  68°/37° Air Quality: Fair Moderate Sunshine Partly Mostly Cloudy Overcast Snowy Smoky Red Flag Warning Wind 5 mph Gusts 10 mph Light Breeze Active Fire: 59 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 592 miles away Sept. Averages: Temps: 72°\44° Moisture:  5 Days

Weekly Observations

17-23 Constitution Week 20-26  International Week of the Deaf Link National Ballroom Dance Week 20-28 Link International Women's Commerce Days 21-27 Clean Up The World Weekend Farm Animal Awareness Week 22-28  Banned Books Week Link   International Interpreters and Translators Week Deaf Dog Awareness Week Link   National Dog Week  Link  Link National Employ Older Workers Week Link   National Keep Kids Creative Week   Remember to Register to Vote Week   Sea Otter Awareness Week   Tolkien Week World Hearing Aid Awareness Week   World Reflexology Week

23-27  Ally Week Link

Daily Observations

Celebrate Bi-sexuality Day Checkers Day or Dogs in Politics Day  Link Chocolate Day Family Day Innergize Day International Day of Sign Languages

Key Lime Pie Day National Great American Pot Pie Day   Link National Snack Stick Day   Link Restless Legs Awareness Day   Teal Talk Day   Link Za'atar Day (N. Africa spice)  Link

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Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

A nice fall day. Nights are getting much cooler.

As the season’s change, time to flip my mattress, wash the pad, and get a new toothbrush. All done with ease.

CNN has a new comedy show with Roy Wood, Jr. I’ve watched 2 episodes with one more waiting in the DVR cache. Have I Got News for You has potential, some funny jokes during the hour, but needs some revamping to make it…at least that is my opinion.

 Riddles

Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?

Random Thoughts…

Freddie Mercury – Real Name: Frederick Bulsara

There was a time when the word ‘newfangled’ was newfangled.

A group of Thrush is called a Mutation.

All of Disney’s Aladdin was a story told by the merchant to get us to buy a worthless lamp.

Slang Words…

Fetch

- Pop culture reference point: "Mean Girls" (2004)

In the beloved 2004 comedy "Mean Girls," high school queen bee Regina George's (Rachel McAdams) sidekick Gretchen Wieners (Lacey Chabert) unsuccessfully attempts to make the term "fetch"—used to describe something cool and alluring—popular, prompting Regina to shout: "Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It's not going to happen."

The term might not have caught on in the "Mean Girls" universe, but it's become a well-known movie slang term nonetheless.

Historic Events

• 1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, was founded in New York.
• 1846 – The planet Neptune was discovered by Johann Galle.
• 1952 – Richard Nixon gave his ‘Checkers Speech’.
• 1962 – NYC’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened.

Riddles Answer

Answer: The letter “R.”

Birthdays

Bruce Springsteen, 75 Rock Singer Anthony Mackie, 46 Movie Actor Molly Carlson, 26 Diver Jermaine Dupri, 52 Rapper Jason Alexander, 65 TV Actor Julio Iglesias, 81 World Music Singer

@93 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, and singer (d. 2014)   @87 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor, and singer (d. 1984) @73 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004; liver failure) @40 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist, and composer (d. 1967; liver cancer)

 

…The End for today…