6 Sep

 

Week 36 Day 250 Flag Today  79°/49° Wind 6 mph Gusts 11 mph Gentle Breeze Active Fire:  142 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 285 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Sept. Averages: Temps: 72°\44° Moisture:  5 Days

Monthly Observations

National Child Awareness Month Link Nat’l Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Link   National Chiari Awareness Month   Link National Coupon Month National Disease Literacy Month Link

Nationall DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Month National Food Safety Education Month  Link National Family Meals Month Link National Fruit and Veggies Month  National Guide Dog Month Link Link

Weekly Observations

1-7 International Enthusiasm Week National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link Self-University Week Link National Waffle Week 2-6 National Payroll Week

3-7 Play Days 5-7 Popcorn Days Link 6-8 National Days of Prayer & Remembrance

Daily Observations

Bring Your Manners To Work Day   Coffee Ice Cream Day Fight Procrastination Day National Lazy Mom's Day

National Chianti Day   Link    National Dog Walker Appreciation Day National Food Bank Day   Link   Read a Book Day Stand Up To Cancer Day  Link

Today’s Quote                                                       

 

It always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela

 

Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

Another very nice September day.

Flagstaff weather: Jun-Aug average temperatures set at record @ 68.4°. The previous record was 66.6° set in 1981.

 I’m enjoying the events at the Paralympics in Paris. It is still difficult to find them on live TV, but highlights are great.

 Riddles

What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?

Random Thoughts…

Whole and hole are pronounced identically but mean the opposite.

A nanosecond is how long it takes light to travel 0.98357106 feet

The Beatles helped end racially segregated concerts by refusing to play at segregated events.

After I drink a glass of water, I use more water to wash it than the original amount I drank from it

Slang Words…

Ribbit

- Pop culture reference point: "Gilligan's Island" (1965)

The term "ribbit" is typically used to imitate the characteristic croaking sound that a frog makes. Many argue the phrase originated in a 1965 episode of "Gilligan's Island," in which actor Mel Blanc voices a character called Ribbit the Frog. Others claim it was first used in the eighth episode of the "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in 1967.

Historic Events

• 1628 – Puritans settled in Salem which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 1916 – The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
• 1991 – The Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, were recognized as independent by the Soviet government.
  Other countries recognized them on September 2.
• 1995 – Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles played in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
  The final record was set in 1998 by him, with 2,632 games. 

Riddles Answer

Answer: An umbrella.

Birthdays

Asher Angel, 22 TV Actor Idris Elba, 52 TV Actor Christian Yu, 34 Director Roger Waters, 81 Rock Singer Rosie Perez, 60 Movie Actress

@77 – Catharine Beecher, American educator, and activist (d 1878) @74 – Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d 1935; heart attack) @56 – Max Schreck, German actor (d 1936; heart attack) @81 – Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman, and diplomat (d 1969) @106 – Julie Gibson, American actress ()3 Stooges movies) (d 2019) @50 – Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter (d 1976; respiratory failure) @41 – Sylvester (Sylvester James Jr. ), American singer-songwriter (d 1988; AIDS) @46 – Dolores O’Riordan, Irish singer-songwriter, Cranberries (d 2018; OD)

 

…The End for today…