day 303 - the last Monday of October v2023

 Today is the 2nd day of the 44nd week, the 30th day of the 10th month, the 303rd day of 2023, and:

  • Buy a Donut Day
  • Checklist Day
  • Create a Great Funeral Day
  • Haunted Refrigerator Night
  • Mischief Night [or Devil's Night] 
  • National Candy Corn Day
  • National Publicist Day
  • National Speak Up for Service Day
  • National Text Your Ex Day
  • National Wicked Day
  • Pumpkin Bread Day
  • Sugar Addiction Awareness Day
  • Thevar Jayanthi 
  • World Audio Drama Day
  • and Voyager 1 is 22h 28m 25s of light travel time from Earth

Quote of the day:
"If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone."
~ Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

Tribute to a fallen giant
Posted by 
@david_oxtaby@cupoftea.social
The weather was cool in the morning, but quickly warmed up to a very unseasonable temperature of  around 72° before noon.  Today is the last day of this warm spell, which broke records over the weekend hereabouts, as the cold front is supposed to blast into the area this evening, dropping the mercury by 30° within a couple of hours, and promising much more fall-like weather for the rest of the week.  

We are long past due for a major snowstorm, but the overall forecast is indeterminate - although the area will probably have normal or above temps, the air is supposed to be moist, and that could set us up for a classic, epic nor'easter.

I think, after glancing at the various news stories and social media, I'm going to stick to blathering on about the weather today.  

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