10 Oct

 

Week 41 Day 284 Flag Today  73°/52° Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Overcast Wind 2 mph Gusts 6 mph Active Fire: 34 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 826 miles away Oct. Averages: Temps: 64°\32° Moisture:  3 Days

Monthly Observations

National Kitchen & Bath Month Link National Liver Awareness Month National Medical Librarians Month National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month  Link National Orthodontic Health Month

National Pescatarian Month National Physical Therapy Month National Polish-American Heritage Month National Popcorn Poppin' Month National Pork Month Link

Weekly Observations

3-10 No Salt Week 4-10 World Space Week Link 4-12 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link  5-11 Fire Prevention Week Link  International Post Card Week Link  4-H Week Link  Death Penalty Focus Week Great Books Week Kids' Goal Setting Week Industrial Water Week Mental Illness Awareness Week Mystery Series Week National Health Care Food Service Week Link  National Metric Week National Midwifery Week 5-11  Link National Work From Home Week Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week  Primary Care Physicians Week Link

6-10 Customer Service Week Link Drive Safely Work Week Link    National Heimlich Heroes Week Pediatric Nurses Week Link 6-12 Financial Planning Week  National Physicians Assistant Week Pet Obesity Week Link Spinning & Weaving Week Link  6-13 Sukkot [Jewish] 7-12 World Karaoke Championships Link World Dairy Expo 9-11 Great American Beer Festival Link  10-12 Apple Butter Days 10-17 Take Your Medicine Americans Week

Daily Observations

Angel Food Cake Day Cake Decorating Day Handbag Day Hug A Drummer Day    Link International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction International Newspaper Carrier Day International Stage Management Day  Link Little League Incorporated Day   Link Motorsports Memorial Day

National Cake Decorating Day National Family Bowling Day Link  National Handbag Day   Link National Metric Day  Link Squid & Cuttlefish Day  Link US Naval Academy Day World Egg Day  Link  World Day Against The Death Penalty  Link  World Homeless Day  Link World Mental Health Day

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Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

I got my last vaccine today, the RSV one. All good. Ready for my trip next week to Mexico.

Bob Woodard’s new book says that Trump sent Covid test kits to Putin, at the height of the pandemic when there was a need for these test kits here. I’m not surprised by this revelation.

I’m looking forward to this break in Mexico…no politics, no computer challenges. Just warm weather, great conversations, a beautiful scenery.

 Riddles

A man goes out in heavy rain with nothing to protect him from it. His hair doesn’t get wet. How does he do that?

Random Thoughts…

Clarence Nash was not only the voice of Donald Duck for 50 years but also performed the role when the cartoons were dubbed into other languages.

An alpaca’s gestation period lasts almost one year (~350 days).

During the filming of “Conan The Barbarian”, Arnold Schwarzenegger had to cut down his workout routine because his arm and chest muscles were so big that he couldn’t wield a sword properly.

Goldfish can live beyond 20 years if you take good care of them. The oldest goldfish on record was 43 years.

The pizza was first mentioned over 1000 years ago in a Latin text written in southern Italy in 997 AD.

Native American Facts…

The Ghost Dance Movement Sought to Revitalize Native American Cultures

In the late 19th century, the Ghost Dance movement emerged among Native American tribes as a response to the devastating impact of colonization and forced assimilation. The spiritual movement, which originated with the Paiute prophet Wovoka, promised a return to traditional ways of life and the restoration of Native lands.

Participants in the Ghost Dance believed that performing the sacred dance would bring about a new era of peace, prosperity, and unity for Native American people. The movement spread rapidly across the West; alarming U.S. authorities who feared it would lead to an uprising.

Tragically, the Ghost Dance movement came to a violent end with the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, where U.S. soldiers killed over 250 Lakota men, women, and children. Despite its suppression, the Ghost Dance remains a powerful symbol of Native American resistance and cultural revitalization.

Historic Events

1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 killed 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean.

1845 – The Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opened with 50 students in Annapolis, Maryland.

1886 – Griswold Lorollaerd created the first Tuxedo.

1973 – Vice President of the US Spiro Agnew resigned, after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

Riddles Answer

Answer: He’s bald.

Birthdays

Mario Lopez, 51; TV Show Host Brett Favre, 55; Football Player Dale Earnhardt Jr., 50; Race Car Driver Mya, 45; R&B Singer Gavin Newsom, 57; Politician David Lee Roth, 70; Rock Singer

@92 – Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993) @86 – Jon Locke, American character actor (d. 2013) @73 – John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020; Covid) @64 – Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist, and composer (d. 1982; stroke) @54 – Ed Wood, American actor, director, producer screenwriter (d. 1978; heart attack) @35 – Jay Sebring, American hair stylist, businessman (d. 1969; stabbed by Manson Family)

…The End for today…