SUNDAY, FUNDAY
April 18, 2021
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THE WORLD WITHOUT COVID!!
What might be the same, what might be different? How will you react?
When it comes:
No masks
Free assembly
Church
Theater
Music
Athletic events
Shopping
Who will benefit???
US (people)
Stores / Churches/ Movies / Athletic events / more
What will Covid being over mean for
Employment
Taxes
Online shopping (Amazon for one)
The future of health, vaccination, public policy on health
What about international issues (like China)
(I don’t have answers, but thought it might be interesting to think about)
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GAMES AND PUZZLES
Logic Puzzle
There are four tourists: Ezekiel, JoAnne, Nathan, Serene; from four different states: Montana, Ohio, South Dakota, Vermont; they are four different ages: 20, 60, 61, and 76; and on their travels, they bought four things: figurine, kitchen magnet, postcard, and snow globe
Clues:
1. The tourist who bought the novelty kitchen magnet is older than the tourist who bought the novelty postcard.
2. The 76-year-old is Ezekiel.
3. Serena didn't buy a novelty figurine or kitchen magnet.
4. The 76-year-old lives in Ohio.
5. Of the tourist who bought the novelty snow globe, and Serena, one is 76 years old and the other lives in South Dakota.
6. The 76-year-old bought the novelty snow globe.
7. Either the tourist who bought the novelty kitchen magnet or the tourist who bought the novelty postcard is Nathan.
8. The 60-year-old is not Nathan.
9. Nathan is younger than the tourist who bought the novelty snow globe.
10. The 26-year-old didn't buy a novelty figurine.
11. JoAnne didn't buy a novelty postcard and does not live in Montana
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STORY
I HATE PORRIDGE!!! Every day, day after day, always - porridge. Never anything different. Never.
And, while I’m complaining - I HATE BEING CALLED BABY BEAR. I’m NOT a baby!! I read I write, I ride my bicycle, I play bridge, and I solve calculus problems. I am NOT a BABY!!!
I hate when Papa Bear pats my head and says ‘What a good baby bear’. I hate it when I’m out in the woods and Mama Bear calls out “Oh Baby Bear, time to come for supper”. My friends laugh at me and taunt me “Oh baby bear, momma is calling you.” or “Baby bear, time to go home and eat your porridge”.
I’ve had enough Porridge, I’ve had enough being called a baby!!
So, yes, I have to tell you the real story.
My friend, Goldilocks, lives in a house two doors down from my (Little Red Riding Hood’s Grandma lives in between us, but that’s another story). We’re good buds!!!
One day, Goldi suggested that we play a prank on my folks. I was all ears.
She said to me, “Your mother thinks you love porridge, and that you are just a baby, and that’s not true.” And, she and I discussed what we could do to wake them up. I’m a real bear, not just a little, baby!!!
We schemed and schemed. I didn’t want to hurt them, but I did want to scare them.
We planned our escapade for a Wednesday morning.
Mama made porridge, as she always did, and, as always it was too hot. So, as always, we took a walk in the woods while it cooled. I suggested that our walk might go towards the three pigs' houses, or towards Hansel and Gretal’s house, and so we went in that direction. As soon as we were a little away, I stopped to tie my shoe and I waved at Goldi that the coast was clear.
I tried to get Papa Bear to talk as we walked - with things like “what is this tree called? Can we eat the leaves of this plant? Can we eat big juicy grubs?” But, he just grunted and kept walking. (I think he is an old sourpuss anyway).
Meanwhile, Goldi was working on the prank back at our house. She left the back door open when she was ready so I knew we could come back.
When we returned, Mama got the porridge and noticed a spoon in each and my bowl was empty and cleaned out. Goldi had flushed the porridge down the toilet.
Then we went to sit down and had to walk around my chair which was in pieces right in the middle of the room so you couldn’t miss it.
Then we went to the bedroom, and Goldi was in my bed pretending to be asleep. As Papa Bear said “There she is”, I jumped on the bed next to her and we sat together.
Goldi squeezed my hand and I had the nerve (finally) to say:
“I hate porridge, I hate being called Baby Bear!!. My name is BENITO!!!”
Mama and Papa laughed and laughed so hard they were bent over and even tears ran down their cheeks.
Baby Bear (whose real name was Benito) and Goldi looked at each other dumbfounded. What was going on?
Finally, Papa Bear stopped enough to explain. “Son, we’ve been waiting for this day for a looong time” (He emphasized long). “Your mother and I are sick of porridge too. We are ready for you to be a ‘real’ bear, that is, not just a baby bear!!!
He looked at Mama Bear, and they both started laughing again!! Mama Bear crossed to the bed and sat between Benito and Goldi and hugged them both, and cried happy tears!!!
Papa Bear went on the other side of Benito and hugged him and said, “Son, welcome to the family”.
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From that day onward, Benito was never called Baby Bear again (other than by great-grandma bear, and that was okay), and he almost never ate porridge again.
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HISTORICAL DAYS
April 15,1784 The first balloon was flown in Ireland.
April 16,1917 Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia to start the Bolshevik Revolution.
April 17,1492 Christopher Columbus signs a contract with Spain to find a western route to the Indies.
April 18,1775 American revolutionaries Paul Revere and William Dawes ride through the towns of Massachusetts warning that "the British are coming."
April 19,1993 The FBI ends a 51-day siege by storming the Branch Davidian religious cult headquarters in Waco, Texas.
April 20,1999 Two students enter Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and open fire with multiple firearms, killing 13 students and teachers, wounding 25, and eventually shooting themselves.
April 21, 1995, Federal authorities arrest Timothy McVeigh in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.
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Some Math (yes, I taught math years ago)
How do you tell if a number is divisible by three, or five, or nine, or two?
What is a prime number?
What numbers come next: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36,
What numbers come next: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, …
What numbers come next: -1, 1, 3, 5, 7, …
How is the square root of 3 and George Washington similar?
April 18 - National Animal Crackers Day
I think we all might be guilty of eating off the legs or heads of the animal crackers (does that mean we are cruel???)
April 20 - National Pineapple Upside Down Day
I’ve had upside-down pineapple dessert and I’m not why it gets its own day. How about you?
April 21 - National Kindergarten Day
I went half-day to kindergarten (mornings). I know some people who didn’t go to kindergarten, and I think the norm anymore is full-day kindergarten.
(And, I think the word “Kindergarten” is maybe one of the few German words in regular use - Kinder - children; Garten - garden)
For the past 50 years, we have had an Earth Day. I actually participated in the first Earth Day at West Grant High School. We picked up trash along some of the roads. This is our planet and sometimes we seem not to treat it so very well.
April 23rd, NATIONAL CHERRY CHEESECAKE DAY
I made my first (and so far only) Cherry Cheesecake for New Year’s Day. It came out quite nicely (okay, I’m biased), and I have a can of Cherry Pie Filling in my pantry - so maybe it will happen again soon!!! (
April 24th, NATIONAL PIGS-IN-A-BLANKET DAY
Whether it’s a plain hotdog or a fancy sausage wrapped in your favorite dough, gather your friends and share memories of the first time you were introduced to pigs in a blanket. (The link says that the traditional Betty Crocker cookbook introduced Pig-in-a-Blanket in 1957)
TAX THOUGHTS
Taxes are a necessary evil. The old adage is nothing is sure but death and taxes. We might complain about taxes, but we get roads, schools, police, and so many other benefits. We have an army and the “best politicians money can buy”.
I like that Texas doesn’t have an income tax - but the reality is that Texas (or Iowa or New York or California) all need funds to operate. Yes, property taxes are high - and there are a few states without property taxes, but they had income taxes.
A former governor of South Dakota said “The best tax is the tax I don’t pay”. So, please keep raising the tax on tobacco. Raise the tax on those that make over 20 million a year (since I never got that much)!!! Fortunately, (or unfortunately), this year with COVID, we’ve had an extension to Federal Tax Day. I used to tell my students “Get a great job - so you can pay into Social Security so I can retire in comfort!!!”
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I LOVE YOU ALL
LOVE WINS
HUGS
Karen
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