23 Mar

 

Week 13  Day 82 Flag Today  74°/40°                             Wind 5 mph Gusts 5 mph

Active Fire: 263 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme   Nearest Lightning: 1074 miles away

Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine Mostly Cloudy

Mar. Averages: Temps: 54°\24° Moisture: 12 days

Weekly Observations

22-28 International Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination Consider Christianity Week National Protocol Officer's Week International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week National Cleaning Week Link

3/22-4/4 Passiontide 22-28 Passion Week World Optometry Week Link  Link Link   23-29 Shakespeare Week Link

Daily Observations

Atheist Day Link National Puppy Day  Link  Link National Chia Day Link National Tamale Day

Near Miss Day OK Day Link World Meteorological Day Link  Link Link  Link Link World Optometry Day    Link  Link  Link Link Link Link

Today’s Quotes                                                                 

Today’s Memes

Today’s Thoughts

I wish all those high clouds were bringing moisture to our parched desert. Sadly, they aren’t. Even with the clouds, it is a nice day for a walk through the neighborhood.

Israel continues to bomb Lebanon border. These strikes are killing many civilians. Over 110 children have been killed in the last week. One thing war has taught us is that killing children will always lead to more hatred. Pete Seager had it right when he wrote ‘Where Have All The Flowers Gone?’ 

Real Hoaxes

The Tasaday “Stone Age Tribe” Story

In the 1970s, a group in the Philippines was presented to the world as an isolated community living like it were the distant past. Media attention exploded because the story felt like a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. Later, the same group was discovered by journalists wearing modern clothing, revealing that the whole thing was probably a hoax, and then tribesmen were actually farmers persuaded to act as cavemen.  

 

The Kinderhook Plates

In the 1840s, supposed ancient plates appeared that promised dramatic historical revelations. People rushed to interpret them as evidence of lost civilizations and secret histories. They turned out to be a local fabrication. 

Try Rebus

WINEEE

Stand Try 2

Historic Events

 March in History

 

REBUS ANSWERS

Win with ease

Try to understand

Birthdays

Hayes Jenkins (93 years old), American figure skater (Olympic gold singles 1956; World C'ship gold 1953-56), born in Akron, Ohio φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Robert Gallo (99 years old), American physician who co-discovered the AIDS virus and pioneered the HIV blood test, born in Waterbury, Connecticut  φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Rex Tillerson(74 years old) American businessman (ExxonMobil) and US Secretary of State (2017-18), born in Wichita Falls, Texas φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Chaka Khan (73 years old) American singer and songwriter (Rufus; "I Am Every Woman"), born in Chicago, Illinois φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Jason Kidd (54 years old), American Basketball HOF point guard (Olympic gold 2000, 08; NBA C'ship 2011 Dallas Mavericks; 10×NBA All-Star; 5×All-NBA First Team) and coach (Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Dallas Mavs), born in San Francisco, California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Randall Park (52 years old), American comedian, writer, and actor (Fresh Off the Boat), born in Los Angeles, California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Keri Russell (50 years old) American actress (Felicity, The Americans), born in Fountain Valley, California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Perez Hilton (48 years old) 1978 American television personality and blogger, born in Miami, Florida φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

Margaret of Anjou(1430-1482) Queen consort of England by marriage to King Henry VI, major figure during the War of the Roses, born in Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, France φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ James Bradley(1693-1762) English astronomer, 3rd Astronomer Royal, discovered Earth's nutation motion, born in Shelborne, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ 1733 Josiah Spode, English potter and founder of Spode pottery works, born in Stoke-on-Trent, England (d. 1797) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ 1823 Schuyler Colfax, American politician (17th US Vice President 1869-73), born in New York City (d. 1885) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ 1857 Fannie Farmer, American culinary pioneer who revolutionized modern cooking through the introduction of precise measurements (Boston Cooking-School Cook Book), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1915) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ 1900 Erich Fromm, German psychologist and psychoanalyst (Sane Society), born in Frankfurt Germany (d. 1980) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Joan Crawford(1905-1977) American actress (Mildred Pierce), born in San Antonio, Texas φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Wernher von Braun(1912-1977) German-American rocket scientist (Germany - V1 and V2, US -Saturn V, NASA), and Disney space consultant, born in Wirsitz, Kingdom of Prussia (now Wyrzysk, Poland) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ 1922 Marty Allen, American comedian (Allen & Rossi "Hello Dere"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2018) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ 1924 Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (liquid paper), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1980) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Roger Bannister(1929-2018) English athlete (first sub-4-minute mile, 3:59.4 at Iffley Road Track, Oxford 1954), born in Harrow, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Craig Breedlove(1937-2023) American auto racer (5 x world land speed record holder; first to reach 500mph (800km/h) and 600mph (970km/h), born in Los Angeles, California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Moses Malone(1955-2015) Basketball Hall of Fame center (NBA MVP 1979, 82-83; NBA Finals MVP 1983; 12 x NBA All Star; Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers), born in Petersburg, Virginia, φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

 

…The End for today…