4 Mar

 

Week 10  Day 63 Flag Today  55°/32°                             Wind 9 mph Gusts 9 mph

Active Fire: 347 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 856 miles away

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine

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

Monthly Observations

Nat’l Breast Implant Awareness Month  Link Nat’l Caffeine Awareness Month Nat’l Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month Nat’l Clean Up Your IRS Act Month Nat’l Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Nat’l Craft Month Nat’l Ethics Awareness Month Nat’l Essential Tremor Awareness Month Link Nat’l Eye Donor Month Nat’l Frozen Food Month Link

Weekly Observations

1-7 Hearing Awareness Week Link Nat’l Cheerleading Week Nat’l Write A Letter of Appreciation Week Nat’l Ghostwriters Week Nat’l Invest in a Veteran Week  Link Nat’l Pet Sitters Week Link Return The Borrowed Books Week Termite Awareness Week Universal Human Beings Week Link Will Eisner Week Link World Hearing Awareness Week Telecommuter Appreciation Week Nat’l Consumer Protection Week  Link  Celebrate Your Name Week Consumer Protection Week Nat’l Dental Assistants Recognition Week Link  National Schools Social Work Week  Link  National Words Matter Week Read an E-Book Week  Link  Save Your Vision Week  Link   Termite Awareness Week  Words Matter Week

2-8 No More Week Link Women of Aviation Worldwide Week 2-6 Women in Construction Week  Link  National School Breakfast Week

Daily Observations

Benjamin Harrison Day Brain Injury Awareness Day Link  Courageous Follower Day Discover What Your Name Means Dayl Hockey Is For Everyone Day  Link Holy Experiment Day  Link  Link Hug A G.I. Day  Link International Scrapbooking Industry Day March Forth-Do Something Day

Marching Music Dayl  Link National Backcountry Ski Day National Grammar Day  Link National Sons Day Link Old Inauguration Dayl Toy Soldier Day Link World Engineering Day For Sustainable Development World Obesity Day Link

Today’s Quote                                                                  

Today’s Meme

Today’s Thoughts

No complaints, another nice winter day.

I did a quick blood draw this morning for an appointment on Thursday. It went well.

Stocks dipped today over the War in Iran. They recovered a little. I’m expecting lots of prices to rise because of the bombing of Iran. Travel throughout the Middle East is getting more difficult. Flights are being cancelled, airports have received some damage from both sides’ bombs. Staying safe in the entire region is becoming more difficult with each passing hour.

This conflict is looking more and more like Vietnam in the late 60’s: Then it was the vague ‘stop communism’ and this country really had no plan on how to do it. Vietnam never had a ‘day-after’ plan and it appears that neither does the Iran conflict. When will our leaders learn? 

Common Saying’s Origin

Bootleg

A "bootleg" is an illegal recording of music, movies, concerts, and other productions. The word stems from bootleggers, the makers of illicit alcohol during the U.S Prohibition era. Bootleg, in turn, had its origins in the practice of sneaking a flask of alcohol into the top of a tall boot.

Get a wiggle on

To "get a wiggle on" is a phrase heard in South Dakota. It means to hurry up.

At the drop of a hat

Meaning to do something on the spot or with little forethought, the phrase "at the drop of a hat" can be traced to the American West. The signal to start a duel or fight frequently would be someone gesturing or dropping a hat to the ground.

Pan out

To "pan out" means to succeed, and it comes from gold mining, when miners panned for gold in stream beds. They would put the water and gravel in a shallow pan and swirl it around, making the heavier gold sink to the bottom. 

Try Rebus

flubadence

Chair

Historic Events

 March in History

 

REBUS ANSWERS

Bad influence

High chair

Birthdays

Paula Prentiss [Ragusa] (88 years old), American actress (Parallax View, He & She), born in San Antonio, Texas φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Ray Mancini (65 years old) 1961 American boxer (WBA lightweight title 1982-84), born in Youngstown, Ohio φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Steven Weber (65 years old), American actor (Wings - "Brian Hackett"), born in Queens, New York φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Jason Newsted (63 years old) 1963 American heavy-metal bassist (Metallica - "Nothing Else Matters"), born in Battle Creek, Michigan φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Chaz Bono [Chastity Sun Bono] (57 years old), American actor (Sonny & Cher Show), and LGBTQ rights activist, born in Los Angeles, California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Mike Krieger(40 years old) BrazilianAmerican entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram, born in São Paulo, Brazil φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Draymond Green(36 years old) 1990 American basketball forward (NBA C'ship 2015, 17, 18, 22; 4 × NBA All-Star; NBA Defensive Player of the Year 2017; GS Warriors; Olympic gold 2016, 20), born in Saginaw, Michigan φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

Henry the Navigator, Portuguese Prince who sponsored Portuguese voyages of discovery, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1460; @66) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741; @63, infection) Baroque violin virtuoso and composer (The Four Seasons), born in Venice, Republic of Venice φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Benjamin Waterhouse, American physician, co-founder of Harvard Medical School, and smallpox vaccine pioneer, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1846; @92) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Muhammad ʿAlī of Egypt, Albanian-born Pasha and viceroy of Egypt (founder of modern Egypt), born in Kaval, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire (d. 1849; @80) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Theodore Judah (1826-1863; @37, yellow fever) American civil engineer (1st transcontinental railroad), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Napier Shaw, English meteorologist who introduced the tephigram and was the first to study smog, born in Birmingham (d. 1945; @91) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Knute Rockne, American College Football HOF coach, (National C'ships 1924, 29, 30 Notre Dame; record 105–12–5), born in Voss, Norway (d. 1931; @43, plane crash) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Paul Mauriat, French easy listening orchestra leader, composer, and arranger ("Love Is Blue"), born in Marseille, France (d. 2006; @81) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Richard DeVos (1926-2018; @92) American businessman who co-founded Amway, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Barbara McNair, American singer ("Till There Was You") and actress (They Call Me MR. Tibbs), born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 2007; @72, throat cancer) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

 

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