We made it to another Friday which means a 10K, no wait and 30k Giveaway. We got enough entries to do the drawing. Listen to find out who won. I am finishing off my pound of Silver Bullet Blend today, which has been great all week. Today I chat about the upcoming 500th episode, my thoughts on Mewe, Kori noticed a pattern on social media, maybe, and more. I went a little off the rails at the end of The Perfect Cup Question “What is one thing that you are curious or passionate about and want to learn more about?” and flew through LOTS of History prepared by Pip at Ducktioncups. (full notes below)
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LOTS of History
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August 18th
Happy Friday humans! We have made it to the 230th day of 2023, and those last 135 days will go by quick.
Betting on Bitcoin – Pip’s guess at 3:39pm of what the price of Bitcoin will be, come Friday morning… $28,390.42 ! It’s on sale! (even more on sale at show time $26,463.70)
- 1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
The event occurred between 21:15 and 21:30 on 18 August 1783, a clear, dry night.
Analysis of observations has indicated that the meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere over the North Sea, before passing over the east coast of Scotland and England and the English Channel; it finally broke up, after a passage within the atmosphere of around a thousand miles (around 1600 km), over south-western France or northern Italy
Pip’s wandering thought – woah… what if that meteor was suppose to be a ‘life-ending’ event that ‘should’ have hit earth, and the next evolution of th dominant species would be up to bat….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1783_Great_Meteor
- 1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States.
Originally, the expedition was under the command Commodore Jones, but he resigned in November 1837, frustrated with all of the procrastination. Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett, in April 1838, then assigned command to Wilkes, after more senior officers refused the command.
Wilkes had a reputation for hydrography, geodesy, and magnetism. Additionally, Wilkes had received mathematics training from Nathaniel Bowditch, triangulation methods from Ferdinand Hassler, and geomagnetism from James Renwick.
Pip’s notes – How do they name a place ‘Roads’ in 1800’s Antartica? I mean…
(Pip keeps reading)
The body of water known as Hampton Roads is one of the world’s largest natural harbors (more accurately a roadstead or “roads”).
Oooooooohhh….. got it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Exploring_Expedition
- 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
P. Janssen and Lockyer observed independently a yellow line in the solar spectrum that did not match any other element. However, only Lockyer made the correct conclusion that it was due to a new element.
Years later after the isolation of argon on Earth, Ramsay, Cleve, and Langlet observed independently helium trapped in cleveite.
Pip’s notes – The invention that was not mentioned – the rapid white flag deployment device.
The helium baloon was designed to raise the surrender flag, quicker.
That’s absolutely not true… anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Janssen
- 1937 – A lightning strike starts the Blackwater Fire of 1937 in Shoshone National Forest, prompting the United States Forest Service to develop their smokejumper program.
The fire quickly spread into dense forest, creating spot fires that trapped some of the firefighters in a firestorm.
Nine firefighters died during the fire and six more died shortly thereafter from severe burns and respiratory complications.
Another 38 firefighters were injured. The fire killed more professional wildland firefighters in the U.S. than any other in the 103 years between the Great Fire of 1910 and the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013.
Investigations and analysis of the event led the USFS to develop better ways to provide a more immediate response to combat fires; one of them was the development of the smokejumper program in 1939.
Additionally, the Ten Standard Firefighting Orders, a standardized set of wildland firefighting principles, were developed in 1957. A year after the tragedy, survivors and their fellow employees constructed several memorials at the scene of the incident.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Fire_of_1937
- 1976 – The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.
the killing of two US Army officers, Captain Arthur Bonifas and First Lieutenant Mark Barrett, by North Korean soldiers on August 18, 1976, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The US Army officers had been part of a work party cutting down a poplar tree in the JSA.
Three days later, American and South Korean forces launched Operation Paul Bunyan, an operation that cut down the tree with a show of force to intimidate North Korea into backing down, which occurred. North Korea then accepted responsibility for the earlier killings.
The North Koreans said that the tree had been planted by their leader, Kim Il Sung.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_axe_murder_incident
- 2005 – A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java; affecting almost 100 million people, it is one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
A transmission line between Cilegon and Saguling, both in West Java, failed at 10:23 am local time; this led to a cascading failure that shut down two units of the Paiton Power Station in East Java and six units of the Suralaya Power Station in West Java
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Java%E2%80%93Bali_blackout
Happy Birthdays
- 1774 – Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician (d. 1809)
Lewis was a Freemason, initiated, passed and raised in the “Door To Virtue Lodge No. 44” in Albemarle, Virginia, between 1796 and 1797.[25] On August 2, 1808, Lewis and several of his acquaintances submitted a petition to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania requesting dispensation to establish a lodge in St. Louis. Lewis was nominated and recommended to serve as the first Master of the proposed Lodge, which was warranted as Lodge No. 111 on September 16, 1808
Pip’s notes – If you recall, William Clark’s Birthday was July 1st, 1813
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriwether_Lewis
- 1834 – Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field’s (d. 1906)
an American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago-based department stores. His business was renowned for its then-exceptional level of quality and customer service.
Field is also known for some of his philanthropic donations, providing funding for the Field Museum of Natural History and donating land for the campus of the University of Chicago.
Pip’s notes – We crack jokes about the American founding fathers who would roll over in their graves, if they saw what has happened to the U.S.
Imagine what dude’s who donated plots of land to a university, to find out they now teach bi-fluid-trans-arobic yoga mat studies…. for $80,000 on loan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Field
- 1902 – Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)[28]
a naturalist, writer, adventurer, and conservationist. Dubbed the “Grandmother of the Conservation Movement” by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, she helped in the passage of the Wilderness Act, and was instrumental in creating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
She was the recipient of the Audubon Medal, the John Muir Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor awarded by the United States.
Pip’s notes – It was the picture that brought me. An older couple, aged, and I almost could see my own grandparents in the photo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Murie
- 1904 – Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996)[29]
Max Factor specialized in movie make-up. Until its 1973 sale for US$500 million (approximately $3.5 billion in 2017 dollars), Max Factor & Company was owned by several generations of the family, becoming an international company during that time. Procter & Gamble purchased it in 1991.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Factor_Jr.
- 1911 – Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (d. 1963)
a Hungarian-American mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist, noted as one of the first computer programmers.
She was the first woman to execute modern-style code on a computer.
Klára made significant contributions to the world of programming, including work on the Monte Carlo method, ENIAC, and MANIAC I.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kl%C3%A1ra_D%C3%A1n_von_Neumann
- 1932 – Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)
a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
He worked as a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and as a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Montagnier
- 1936 – Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
Appearing on stage in the late 1950s, Redford’s television career began in 1960, including an appearance on The Twilight Zone in 1962. He earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont (1962).
Pip’s notes – I thought ‘Spy Games’ wsa a good movie. ‘The Natural’ was good…
Oh! How about Jermiah Johnson..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford
- 1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (d. 2009)
an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter known for playing distinctive lead roles, particularly romantic, tough, and comedic characters.
Pip’s notes – Because Roadhouse. or Point Break..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Swayze
- 1956 – Jon Schwartz, American drummer and producer
a drummer best known for working with the singer-songwriter “Weird Al” Yankovic. The two met while recording “Another One Rides the Bus” at the Dr. Demento show on September 14, 1980.
Pip’s notes – I thought about making a cover song of “Come on Elieen”, but it’s Covid 19″.. yeah, it’s on the list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schwartz_(drummer)
- 1957 – Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
an American actor, comedian and producer. Born in Massachusetts, Leary first came to prominence as a stand-up comedian, especially through appearances on MTV (including the comedic song “Asshole”) and through the stand-up specials No Cure for Cancer (1993) and Lock ‘n Load (1997).
Pip’s notes – “I drive really slow, in the ultra-fast lane, while people behind me are going insane… I’m an assholllleeeeeeoooo”
Yeah, think there’s gonna be some comedy audio at work on Friday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Leary
- 1969 – Everlast, American singer, rapper, and musician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlast
- 1969 – Edward Norton, American actor
He is discreet about his personal life and has expressed no interest in being a celebrity.
Besides acting and filmmaking, he is an environmental activist and social entrepreneur.
He is a trustee of Enterprise Community Partners, a non-profit organization that advocates for affordable housing, and serves as president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust.
He is also the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity.
In March 2022, on the day of another sentencing of Russian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny, Norton became the first celebrity sponsor of the international Anti-Corruption Foundation.
Pip’s notes – because Fight Club
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Norton
(Pip snickers in Polish)
- 1987 – Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish mixed martial artist
After discovering Muay Thai as a teenager, Jędrzejczyk went on to earn six medals (five gold) at the IFMA World Muaythai Championships and held several different championship titles with promotions such as World Kickboxing Network and World Muaythai Council. Switching to mixed martial arts (MMA) in May 2012, Jędrzejczyk went undefeated in her first nine fights and won the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship in March 2015 after defeating Carla Esparza at UFC 185.
Pip’s notes – How do those letters form any possible word?! I mean 2 Z’s also?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_J%C4%99drzejczyk
Passings
- 440 – Pope Sixtus III
- 1276 – Pope Adrian V (b. 1220)
- 1503 – Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)
- 1559 – Pope Paul IV (b. 1476)
- 1886 – Eli Whitney Blake (b. 1795)
an American inventor, best known for his mortise lock and stone-crushing machine, the latter of which earned him a place into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney_Blake
- 1940 – Walter Chrysler (b. 1875)
an American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry, American automotive industry executive and the founder and namesake of American Chrysler Corporation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Chrysler
- 1990 – B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and philosopher, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904)
Considering free will to be an illusion, Skinner saw human action as dependent on consequences of previous actions, a theory he would articulate as the principle of reinforcement: If the consequences to an action are bad, there is a high chance the action will not be repeated; if the consequences are good, the probability of the action being repeated becomes stronger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner
- 2001 – David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931)
an internationally recognised toxicologist. His research into the effects of DDE and DDT on eggshells contributed to the ban on DDT in the United States. He proved that the chemicals caused thinning of eggshells, leading to a reduction in the population of various bird species. He also pioneered research on the effects of PCBs on birds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Peakall
Holidays
- Arbor Day (Pakistan)
- Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)
- Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)
- Residents of Roanoke Island celebrate Virginia Dare’s birthday each year with an Elizabethan Renaissance fair. A statue of Virginia as a grown woman, nude and wrapped in a fishnet,[26][27] is on display in the Elizabethan Gardens on the island.
Pip’s notes – Hold off on thinking about fishnets just yet, in 1590 John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. (Another rabbit hole)
- Constitution Day (Indonesia)
- Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans’ Day (Australia)
- National Science Day (Thailand)
Go out and have a decent day that ends in the letter Y… why? because some S has to GD.
Cheers & happy weekend, and buy the bitcoins.
Pip, from Ducktion Cups reminding you to… uh… something… hey! there’s my lighter, lets go to the salad bar… (wanders off)