28 Sep

 

 

Week 39 Day 272 Flag Today  81°/44° Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 2 mph Gusts 5A mph Light Breeze Active Fire: 11 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 1232 miles away Sept. Averages: Temps: 72°\44° Moisture:  5 Days

Weekly Observations

20-28  International Women's Commerce Days Link 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 25-28   Minimally Invasive Surgery Week Link 27-10/6  International Sand Sculpting Championships  Link

Daily Observations

Ask a Stupid Question Day Confucius Day Drink Beer Day Family Health and Fitness Day USA Fish Amnesty Day   Fish Tank Floorshow Night   Link Good Neighbor Day International Day for Universal Access To Information International Lace Day  Link  International Rabbit Day  Link  International Right To Know Day  Link

National Drink Beer Day  Link National Ghost Hunting Day    Link National Good Neighbor Day   National Hunting and Fishing Day   National Public Lands Day  Link  Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play  Link  R.E.A.D. in America Day Save Your Photos Day  Link   Strawberry Cream Pie Day World Rabies Day

Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

Happy to report that Andy is doing well, still a little sore. He usually sleeps on the injured side, so sleep was difficult, but he is up and moving around and eating so he is well on to full recovery.

I’m hoping that Camille and Wes are surviving the hurricane with no big problems. They are in different parts of the state and I can’t tell from the maps on the TV.

I didn’t realize that the US Secret Service also protects foreign dignitaries who come to speak at the UN. That includes those who are opening against the US. I’m sure that makes the job more difficult.

 Riddles

The person who makes it has no need for it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

Random Thoughts…

During the filming of The Passion of the Christ, both Jim Caviezel (who played Christ) and assistant director Jan Michelini got hit by lightning. Michelini got hit twice.

The sound of Krakatoa erupting was so loud that it circled the Earth four times!

If you only swat the slowest mosquitoes, the fastest will survive and they will get faster with every generation.

Draco was an Ancient Greek legislator who wrote the first code of law in Athens. Over time his laws were seen as increasingly harsh and punitive, which is why we say a law is “draconian” when the punishment is too extreme for the crime.

If you ever feel like you don’t have any good ideas, know that someone is living in a mansion right now because of dino-shaped chicken nuggets.

Slang Words…

I gotta put me first

- Pop culture reference point: "Empire" (2019)

In a memorable scene from the TV drama "Empire," protagonist Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) affirms her self-performance, shouting multiple times, "I gotta put me first!" The dramatic scene has become a popular meme on TikTok as users lip-sync to an audio clip of the moment to joke about moments in which they were hyperbolically selfish or self-centered in various situations.

Historic Events

• 1066 – William the Conqueror landed in England, beginning the Norman conquest.
• 1941 – Ted Williams achieved a .406 batting average for the season, and was the last MLB player to bat .400 or better.
• 1951 – CBS unsuccessfully launched their own color televisions; a different system became popular later.

Riddles Answer

Answer: A coffin. 

Birthdays

Hilary Duff, 37 TV Actress Frankie Jonas, 24 TV Actor Maria Canals Barrera, 58 TV Actress Ranbir Kapoor, 42 Movie Actor Naomi Watts, 56 Movie Actress Brigitte Bardot, 90 Movie Actress Mira Sorvino, 57 Movie Actress Jeffrey Jones, 73 Movie Actor

@89 – William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (d  1990) @76 – Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter (d  2015) @73 – Ed Sullivan, American television host (d  1974; cancer) @71-ish – Confucius, Chinese teacher, and philosopher (d  479 BC) @70 – Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin), American author, and illustrator (d  1979; emphysema) @66 – Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author, educator (d  1923; pneumonia)

 

…The End for today…