5 Mar

 

Week 10  Day 64 Flag Today  55°/36°                             Wind 7 mph Gusts - mph

Active Fire: 66 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 985 miles away

Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine

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

Monthly Observations

National Hockey Month Link National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month National Kidney Month National Kite Month (3/28-5/3) National Ladder Safety Month

National March Into Literacy Month National Noodle Month Link National Nutrition Month National On-Hold Month National Peanut Month

Weekly Observations

1-7 Hearing Awareness Week Link National Cheerleading Week National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week National Ghostwriters Week National Invest in a Veteran Week  Link National 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 National Consumer Protection Week  Link  Celebrate Your Name Week Consumer Protection Week National 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

Hockey Volunteer Appreciation Day  Link Mars Day Nametag Day National Absinthe Day Link National Cheetos Day Link National Hospitalist Day Link

National Pasty Day  Link National Poutine Day Saint Piran's Day Slam The Scam Day  Link  World Book Day Link

Today’s Quote                                                                  

Today’s Meme

Today’s Thoughts

Another nice winter day. I’m sure glad it has been a mild winter.

Sam’s Club has had the cheapest gas for quite a while. It has been between $3.03 and $3.08 for weeks on end. Today it was $3.13. I’m expecting more price increases with each fill-up for the foreseeable future. Sad.

With the demise of the penny, I have been wondering how prices will change…will they round up to the nearest nickel or round down? Our state legislature has introduced a bill to answer that question. If the total bill, including taxes, ends in 1. 2,6, or 7 it will be rounded down. If the total bill, including taxes, ends in 3, 4, 8, or 9, it will be rounded up. It is not sure if this bill will pass. 

Common Saying’s Origin

Flew the coop

"Flew the coop" usually refers to escaping, such as from jail or confinement. It dates to early 20th-century America, and it refers to barnyard chickens fleeing their enclosure.

Fly off the handle

To "fly off the handle" means to lose control or lose one's temper. It comes from the dangerous way the head of an axe can come loose from the handle and can be traced to American pioneer days when axes were handmade and ill-fitting heads would come off.

10 miles of dirt road

To look like "10 miles of dirt road" is to look pretty bad. It's a popular phrase in Wyoming, where there's plenty of dirt roads. 

Try Rebus

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Historic Events

 March in History

 

REBUS ANSWERS

Travel the 7 seas

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Birthdays

Bernard Arnault (77 years old) 1949 French businessman (LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton), born in Roubaix, France φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Penn Jillette (71 years old) 1955 American magician (Penn & Teller) and author (God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales), born in Greenfield, Massachusetts φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Eva Mendes (52 years old) 1974 American actress (Training Day, 2 Fast 2 Furious), born in Miami, Florida φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Kevin Connolly (52 years old) 1974 American actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Rocky V, Angus), born in Patchogue, New York φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

Elisha Harris, American physician (founded American Public Health Association, sanitary reform), born in Westminster, Vermont (d. 1884; @69) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Zhou Enlai (1898-1976; @77, bladder cancer) Premier of the People's Republic of China, born in Huai'an, China φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Rex Harrison (1908-1990; @82) English actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle), born in Huyton, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Momofuku Ando (1910-2007; @96) Taiwanese-Japanese inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles, born in Wu Baifu, Chiayi County, Taiwan φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ James B. Sikking, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Lt. Howard Hunter"; Doogie Howser, M.D. - "David Howser"; Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2024; @90) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Dean Stockwell, American stage and screen actor (The Werewolf of Washington; Blue Velvet; Quantum Leap), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021; @85) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Andy Gibb (1958-1988; @30, myocarditis) British singer-songwriter, stage performer, and teen idol ("I Just Want to Be Your Everything"), born in Stretford, Lancashire, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ

 

…The End for today…