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55°/34° Wind 28 mph Gusts 38 mph
Active
Fire: 357 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest
Lightning: 756 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine Partly
Cloudy Windy
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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Monthly Observations
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D.E.A.R. (Drop
Everything And Read) Month |
Fair Housing
Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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3/22-4/4 Passiontide APAWS Pooper
Scooper Week |
1-8 Explore Your Career
Options Week Pesach or Passover 3-6 World Axe Throwing Championships Link |
Daily Observations
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Don't Go To Work
Unless It's Fun Day Link |
Pony Express Day |
Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
Another windy spring day.
Andy, Faith and I had a good lunch at
Chili’s. Andy is working on getting an assisted living place for his sister. He
is hoping for a place here in Flag. They
are just waiting for an opening. His sister has to move out of her current
place by the 8th, so time is an issue. They also invited me to Easter
Dinner…nice!
I went to my kidney doctor yesterday.
Nothing but good news. Numbers are great, kidney function hasn’t changed, she
finally has a PA that I will be seeing in the future. My next appointment is in
6 months…much better than every 4 months like I have been doing. She is the doctor
who discovered my lymph node issues so I am very grateful.
Trump finally fired Pam Bondi. I hope
we get a better Attorney General, she has not helped America.
Real Hoaxes
The BBC
Spaghetti Tree Hoax (1957)
On April
Fools Day 1957, the BBC aired a Panorama segment showing Swiss families
harvesting spaghetti from trees. The calm narration and authoritative
presentation made the scene feel plausible to some viewers.
After the
broadcast, thousands contacted the network asking how to grow spaghetti at
home.
The hoax
worked because the format signaled trust and because pasta was less familiar in
Britain at the time. The visuals were simple, tidy, and free of overt
absurdity, allowing viewers to suspend disbelief.
It became
one of television’s classic pranks and a case study in media literacy.
Today,
the segment is still replayed as a gentle reminder to question context,
especially on reputable platforms. Even trusted institutions occasionally play
with expectations.
Before
accepting a surprising claim, check the date, seek corroborating sources, and
look for expert commentary. Humor has its place, but clarity matters when
audiences rely on you for facts.
Responsible skepticism keeps curiosity fun instead of confusing.
Rare Native American Facts
Iroquois Confederacy
Influenced the U.S. Constitution
The
Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the Haudenosaunee) was a powerful alliance
of six Native American nations and was a kind of government system that was
created long before European contact. It included a democratic council where
each nation had a voice and founding Fathers like Benjamin Franklin &
Thomas Jefferson studied the Confederacy’s Great Law of Peace. It's where they
got their ideas for federalism, checks and balances and representative
government!
Historic Events
Birthdays
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Tony Orlando
[Cassavitis] (82 years old), American pop singer (& Dawn - "Tie A
Yellow Ribbon"; "Knock Three Times"), and television
personality, born in New York City ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ 1958 American
Emmy Award-winning actor (Knots
Landing; Beetlejuice; Glengarry Glen Ross; SNL; 30 Rock), born in Amityville,
New York ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ David Hyde Pierce (67
years old), American actor (Niles Crane-Fraiser), born in Saratoga Springs,
New York ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American comedian
and actor (SNL,
1980-84; 48 Hours; Beverly Hills Cop; Raw; Pluto Nash), born in Brooklyn, New
York ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American
businesswoman (Chairman of Dreamworks Animation), born in Chicago, Illinois ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Picabo Street (55
years old), American skier (Olympic gold 1994), born in Triumph, Idaho ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American actress (Kelly
Taylor-Beverly Hills 90210), born in Champaign, Illinois ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ |
Washington
Irving (1783-1859; @76, heart attack) American author (Legend
of Sleepy Hollow), born in New York City ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ William
Magear "Boss" Tweed (1823-1878;
@55, heart attack in jail) American politician and corrupt New York fraudster, born in New York
City ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ John Burroughs, American writer and nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal
namesake), born in Delaware County, New York (d. 1921; @83) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ George Jessel, American stage and screen actor, singer, producer and
host known as "The Toastmaster General", born in New York City (d.
1981; @83) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Iron Eyes Cody [Espera Oscar de Corti], Italian-American actor (Keep
America Beautiful, Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma…no native blood (d. 1999; @94) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American singer ("Sentimental
Journey"; "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"), actress (Pillow
Talk; The Man Who Knew Too Much), animal welfare and AIDS activist, known as
the "girl next door", born in Cincinnati, Ohio ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Marlon Brando (1924-2004; @80) American actor (The
Godfather, A Streetcar Named Desire; On the Waterfront), born in Omaha,
Nebraska ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ (Virgil) "Gus" Grissom, US Air Force test pilot and NASA
astronaut (Mercury-Redstone 4; Gemini 3; Apollo 1), born in Mitchell, Indiana
(d. 1967; @40, fire in space capsule Apollo 1) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ German
chancellor (West Germany, 1982-90, unified Germany, 1990-98), born
in Ludwigshafen, Weimar Republic ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ British primatologist, anthropologist,
and writer (Through a Window: My Thirty Years With the Chimpanzees of Gombe),
born in Hampstead, London ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Ray Combs, American comedian and TV host (Family Feud, 1988-94), born
in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 1996; @40, suicide) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ |
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