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If it bleeds it leads 🩸🩹
My finger is a bloody mess after I cut it after opening a can of pumpkin to mix with oatmeal for a bedtime snack last night. It’s starting to heal though not quickly enough.
Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Sunny and 33 degrees in Delmar. 🌞 There is a north-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃.
It was a nice evening last night at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸 after I got my bicycle 🚲 back on the road and went out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center. Did some reading 📖, went for a walk 🚶. Need to charge the bike headlight though as it was basically dead for the ride home. Maybe I’ll leave it charging today.
Cut my finger 🩹🩸 opening a can of pumpkin 🎃 last night as a bedtime 🛏 snack and oh did it bleed. I had to look around to find a bandage but I had some in the medicine cabinet. Still sore this morning. The pumpkin and shredded oatmeal was good 😋 as was the johnny cakes topped with mashed kidney beans. Good dinner and it was a pleasant evening 🌃.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 60 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 17th. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 62 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1990. 0.3 inches of snow fell back in 1993.❄
Back to riding to work today. 🚲 The bus was fine and I actually kind of enjoyed the walk from the Plaza to Menands but I still rather bike it in. I should call the bike mechanic 🛠 about getting Blackie 🚵 tunned up before the gear ⚙ jumping gets worse. Probably won’t be able to get an appointment until June at this point. Best to schedule it now though.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 61.1° from the due south horizon (-9.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:12 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (283°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (290°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:50 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 4 seconds with dusk around 8:20 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:58 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 57 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 13 hours and 57 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 37 seconds over yesterday.
After catching a ton of mice earlier in the week 🐭 with the electric mouse zapper, I haven’t seen or heard any mice since yesterday. Those electric mouse zappers are great, they just need to be dumped out when full but almost never need new batteries 🔋 or bait. 🪤 There easy to empty and set unlike spring traps are easy to use.
Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 35 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 11th. Light and variable wind. In 2023, we had light rain in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 40 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1963.
I am continuing to read A Field Guide to American Houses e-book by Virginia McAlester. I am trying to learn as much as possible about the history and the pros-and-cons of different building structures, should I decide to buy or build a house. 🛖🏠️
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 64 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 25th. South wind 5 to 11 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 62 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1962. There was a dusting of snow in 2020.❄
Sounds like a pretty nice weekend, 😀 it’s kind of unfortunate that I went out of town last weekend. ⛺ It would have been much warmer and nicer then last weekend. Maybe next weekend though I’ll get out of town, or maybe it will be Mother’s Day Weekend.
Looking ahead to Sunday, a slight chance of showers. 🌦️ Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Maximum dew point of 57 at 6pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 65 degrees.
Next week is May. Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until Average High is 70 🐮 when the sun will be setting at 8:07 pm with dusk at 8:37 pm. On that day in 2023, we had sunny and temperatures between 77 and 39 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 1970.
Before I running UPDATE. I always check the WHERE clause first with a SELECT.
And I say to myself, “Always identify your target and what is beyond it.”
Midwest Love songs 😍 🚜
That was the name of the trashy audio book I’ve been listening to that has a distinct taste of silage and smallest town life. It’s a story about several small town people, a rock and roll star and a family living on a dairy in Wisconsin, you know bonfires, working the land, etc. I’m just tired of the crowded east coast and the values of the eastern establishment and those who play to their values in the most scummy of ways, I’m probably talking about myself or maybe Bob Moses.
Good morning! Happy Thursday. Sunny and 31 degrees in Bethlehem, NY. 🌞 There is a north breeze at 7 mph. 🍃.
Taking the bus to work today as I found another small, slow leak in my bike tube. 🚍 Apparently whatever I ran over put several small wire shards through the tube. I should get some fix a leak — next time I go to the store and fill both of my tires with it, and pick up an extra tube just so I have it in reserve so I’m not waiting for a patch to dry, unsuccessfully. I think I let that rear tire go too long before rotating it, and I concede even now I’ve rotated the tires, I need to get new tires soon.
Going to get off at the Empire Plaza and walk North Pearl Street🚶 to work as I did yesterday. I think this route is a bit longer then walking along Broadway, but I like the change and I think this route is a bit more interesting then Broadway with better views of the cliffs above. It’s a nice walk to work but I’m hoping my second tire patch, on another hole in the tube holds and I’m back riding tonight. Or maybe I can get another tube at the local bike shop if this one just ain’t going to hold air.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 54 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 5th. North wind 6 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 54 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 2009. 0.3 inches of snow fell back in 1928.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 60.8° from the due south horizon (-10.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:10 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (283°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (289°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:49 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 4 seconds with dusk around 8:19 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:56 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 51 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 54 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 37 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 28 degrees at 5am. 13 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 23rd. Northwest wind around 5 mph. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 30 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1972.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. South wind 5 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Maximum dew point of 36 at 9pm. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Maximum dew point of 56 at 4pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 65 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 10 weeks until Independence Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:10 pm. On that day in 2023, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 84 and 54 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 83 degrees. We hit a record high of 104 back in 1911.
Daily High Temperatures – Week of April 24, 2024
He had a long chain on… 🐕🦺
It’s pretty amazing to think that Jimmy Driftwood would pen 6,000 songs in his lifetime, including several hit records. Not bad for a High School principal from Arkansas.
Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Clouds with rain showers around and a fairly comfortable 48 degrees at the Exit 23 – Albany (I-787). ☔ There is a south breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 2 am. ☃️ Might need to close my windows this evening it would seem.
I got a flat tire yesterday on my bicycle 🚲 so I did not ride to work yesterday and ended up driving in yesterday 🛻 as it was too late to catch the express downtown. I hate motoring to work, especially if I’m not heading out of town but it was the best option and I needed to get groceries and supplies at Wally World 🛒 at any rate later in the week. That said, I really don’t enjoy driving to work, and because the patch didn’t seem to hold air last night, I am taking the bus in and will walk from the Plaza down to work.
Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 61 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 19th. Maximum dew point of 47 at 12pm. South wind 8 to 18 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 56 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2001. 1.2 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 60.4° from the due south horizon (-10.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:09 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (282°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (289°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:48 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 4 seconds with dusk around 8:17 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:55 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 49 degrees. Breezy, 16 mph breeze ⛅ from the north-northwest. Today will have 13 hours and 52 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 39 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear ☁, with a low of 29 degrees at 4am. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 26th. North wind 7 to 15 mph. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 23 occurred back in 1965.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 62. Maximum dew point of 40 at 5pm. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Maximum dew point of 58 at 5pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 65 degrees.
As previously noted, next Wednesday is May 🕊 when the sun will be setting at 7:57 pm with dusk at 8:26 pm. On that day in 2023, we had rain and temperatures between 59 and 45 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 66 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 2001.
I like to share both far left and far right opinions on the blog
I like to share both far left and far right opinions on the blog. I think people outside of the mainstream often have very valuable criticism of the system that can be only seen from the outside.