Daylight Saving Time: Sunday, November 6th. Fall Back, so you get an extra hour. Smartphones should adjust to the time automatically, but you’ll need to manually change clocks on your car radio, oven, alarm clock and the other standalone clocks around your home. In March, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent across the country starting in 2023. It is called The Sunshine Protection Act. But we tried this for two years in 1974, and people hated it. According to the History News Network, Congress voted on December 14, 1973, to put the US on daylight saving time for two years. President Nixon signed the bill the next day. The US had gone to permanent daylight-saving time before, during World War II. Then, too, the measure was enacted to save fuel. Permanent DST wasn’t close to the wackiest idea about time floating around—Paul Mullinax, a geographer who worked at the Pentagon, came up with the idea of putting the continental US on a single time zone. “USA Time” would apply from Bangor to Barstow, eliminate jet lag, and standardize TV schedules. His idea even got traction in Congress, via a bill from US Representative Patsy Mink of Hawaii. “The human being is a very adaptive animal,” he said. “There is no reason we have to be a slave to the sun.”
Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.
San Antonio police arrested a 33-year-old woman who they were told was mishandling a gun at a Halloween party, causing it to fire and wound an 18-month-old baby, then she left the scene. The baby was unconscious and suffering from a chest wound when he was brought to the hospital (why didn’t they call 911 for EMS), being told that the child was injured by a cell phone that exploded while he was holding it. Hmmm. Technically that was right, but police say the child actually was hit by the bullet when it went through the cell phone he was holding. Our world is actually getting stupider by the moment, and we are allowing it to happen. Whoever owns the gun should be charged too. You know, the very ‘responsible’ gun owners. Humans are so messy now.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. Max DePree
A couple were walking their dog in Idaho and spotted something in the bushes. It was a 3.5-foot alligator. Now in Texas, that’s no big deal, but in Idaho possession of an alligator without appropriate permission is prohibited, as is the discharge of captive crocodilians into the wild. Idaho Fish and Game are investigating where the alligator may have come from, and anyone with information is asked to contact the Southwest Regional Office during normal business hours, or the Citizens Against Poaching hotline. They take their alligator possession pretty seriously in Idaho. It’s just a baby, but it will be euthanized or given to a licensed facility unless an owner is located.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix
Brazoria County Dream Center has the Dream Pantry and Backpack Buddies to help alleviate some daily anxieties faced by local families. BCDC distributes around 25,000 pounds of food weekly. Backpacks are provided to children identified as food insecure by local teachers and counselors in 31 schools within six Southern Brazoria County school districts. During the 2021-22 school year it benefited 534 children every week. To continue serving our neighbors, your help is necessary. Please make a donation to operating costs. The need is great right now. www.BCDreamCenter.org or 979-388-0280
RECENT BIRTHDAYS: Actor Sally Field is 76. Former news correspondent Maria Shriver is 67. Actor Ethan Hawke is 52. Model-actor Rebecca Romijn is 50. Singer Johnny Rivers is 80. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 79. Actor Christopher Knight of The Brady Bunch is 65. Guitarist Tommy Thayer of Kiss is 62. Singer Bonnie Bramlett is 78. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 73. Former Playboy CEO Christie Hefner is 70. Former Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart is 72. Singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones is 68. Singer-actor Leif Garrett is 61. TV chef Gordon Ramsay is 56. Actor Courtney Thorne-Smith is 55. Actor Parker Posey is 54. Actor Lou Ferrigno of The Incredible Hulk is 71. Rapper Pepa of Salt-N-Pepa is 58. Musician Susan Tedeschi is 52. Singer Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees is 49. Blues singer Bobby Rush is 88. Lyricist Tim Rice is 78. Actor Jack Scalia is 72. Actor-comedian Sinbad is 66.
Actor Mackenzie Foy of Twilight is 22. Renesmee Cullen. Guitarist Vince Martell of Vanilla Fudge is 77. Singer-keyboardist Paul Cowsill of The Cowsills is 71. Actor Stanley Tucci is 62. Actor Demi Moore is 59. Actor Calista Flockhart of Ally McBeal is 58. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is 48. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste is 36. Singer Brian Hyland is 79. Best known for Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. Keyboardist Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and the MG’s is 78. Singer Neil Young is 77. Guitarist Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult is 75. Country singer Barbara Fairchild is 72. Actor Megan Mullally of Will and Grace is 64. Actor Anne Hathaway is 40. Actor Barry Newman is 84. Actor Mackenzie Phillips of One Day at a Time is 63.
Hannah Pick-Goslar, who died at age 93, was a childhood friend of Anne Frank who recalled how they had met again in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly before Anne Frank’s death. Hannah recalled Anne as “a spicy girl” who was proud of her pretty hair, collected pictures of the Dutch and British families and always wanted to be in the middle of things. “My mother, who was very religious, once described Anne with a sentence, ‘God knows everything. But Anne knows everything better.’”
Jerry Lee Lewis, rock n’ roll pioneer, died at 87 with funerals being held in Desoto, County, Mississippi and Ferriday, Louisiana, and will be live streamed. He was known for such hits as Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On and was one of the last of a generation of performers which included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Buddy Holly, and Little Richard. He is survived by his 7th wife.
Julie Powell, author of her bestselling hit memoir Julie & Julia died at 49. Her book Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously released in 2005, was based on a series of her blog posts and chronicled a yearlong journey in which she cooked all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s classic cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. We were all hooked, then the 2009 movie starred Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams as Powell. Powell was also presented with an honorary degree from Le Cordon Blue in Paris, the school that Julia Child attended in 1950. A special friend gave me a very old copy of Julia Child’s cookbook and I will always cherish it… but I won’t cook all 524 recipes.
We all remember the late Marilyn Monroe sparkly gown (designed just for the performance of “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” in 1962), that Kim Kardashian borrowed for the May Met Gala. Some people are unamused. Now…this Halloween, her daughter North dressed up like Michael Jackson from his 1988 music video for Smooth Criminal, along with his original white fedora which was purchased for North by her mom at a 2019 auction. Some thoughts are that the Jackson hat is too precious to be worn by a kid as a costume. Kardashian also bought North a velvet jacket Michael Jackson wore to Elizabeth Taylor’s 65th birthday party in 1997. Kardashian reportedly paid $65,625 for the item then had the jacket altered to accommodate her 9-year-old daughter’s coming growth spurts. Quit IT! I guess this gives new meaning to thrifting for your Halloween costume.
Speaking of Halloween, my new neighbor and her daughter, and granddaughters who just love Halloween, dressed up beautifully like Hocus Pocus ladies. It was so much fun. If there was one, they would receive the best neighbor award. We all agreed that in our neighborhood, the prize (if there actually was a prize) for the best children’s costume, would go to the cute girl dressed like a chicken, where they had to air up the head. But all the kids were cute, especially the little ones. A very fun evening. Even more fun than in the past, when I still sat at my sewing machine at the last minute, finishing a costume for one of my two kiddos. I like the fact they both do their own costumes now.
David DePape, 42-year-old Richmond man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, husband of House speaker Nancy Pelosi, pleaded not guilty. He planned to break her kneecaps, but couldn’t find her so he used a hammer on her husband instead. I stand by my earlier words; our world is getting stupider by the moment.
In 1990, Sheila Keen (Warren) is alleged to have dressed up as a clown in orange wig, red nose, and white face paint, right before shooting her employer’s wife in the face. That day as Marlene (Warren) answered the front door of her upscale South Florida home, the Clown handed her carnations and balloons right before she shot her. Now, if you find it unusual that both ladies have the same last name, it’s because the clown married the dead woman’s husband a few years later. The clown has pleaded not guilty. Detectives said in 2017, advances in DNA technology combined with evidence gathered decades ago, showed Keen-Warren was the killer. Just as they were ready to go to trial last week, a 25-page ‘clown sighting file’ which has names, addresses, and phone numbers of 40 credible leads, was disclosed. The trial is delayed, but Keen-Warren will remain behind bars as she awaits a new date.
People accustomed to the hum of a passing electric car are in for a surprise when a new electric vehicle hits the streets. Dodge, famous for gas-powered muscle cars like the Charger and Challenger, says it plans to roll out the electric Charger Daytona in 2024, featuring exhaust pipes that make noise and a transmission that shifts gears. Of course, the whole point of an electric car is that it doesn’t have an exhaust system, so you will have to make vroom-vroom noises while waiting for the light to change. I wonder if they will also offer a squealing tire noise for an additional charge. I think Mattel and Hasbro make a more affordable model. 😊 Just kidding.
Starbucks announced a partnership with Delta Air Lines that will award 1 mile for every $1 spent at the coffee chain. Hmmm. Oscar winner Hillary Swank (48), and her husband Philip Schneider, are having twins. The movie Rust plans to restart filming since the settlement over the fatal set shooting. Thank-you to Culligan Water for coming out and replacing our water filters. We love clean filtered water. Maury Povich just ended his show after 31 years on the air. Remember when his show was one of just a very few ridiculous shows on TV? Not anymore. 300,000 rainbow colored fentanyl pills were found inside a Bronx apartment building which makes it the largest fentanyl seizure in New York City history with a street value of about $9 million. Tropical storm LISA is expected to have hurricane category 2 conditions possible along with a life-threatening storm surge as it crosses the coast of Belize and southern portions of the Yucatan Peninsula. Have a great wet weekend, enjoy your extra hour, and be happy Lisa isn’t in south Texas.
LISA
PS – Just in case you don’t have anything else to worry about, astronomers have detected three asteroids previously undetected due to the glare and brightness of the sun, which are now in close proximity to Earth, two of which pose a potential threat as planet killers because of their size. One is almost a mile long, but NASA experts said not to worry for now, but they could possibly cross paths with Earth in the distant future. Sure.
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