by Max Barry

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Region: Texas

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen of Texas!

Today is
National Mentoring Day
https://nationaltoday.com/national-mentoring-day/

Navy Day
https://nationaltoday.com/navy-day/

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
https://nationaltoday.com/world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage/

National Black Cat Day
https://nationaltoday.com/national-black-cat-day/

National American Beer Day
https://nationaltoday.com/national-american-beer-day/

Lung Health Day
https://nationaltoday.com/lung-health-day/

Cranky Co-Workers Day
https://nationaltoday.com/cranky-co-workers-day/

Quotes of the Day
Elvis Duran
Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves."

Douglas Copeland
If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

Music of the Day

"Immigrant Song" (Live) - The Cybertronic Spree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcjiYn3xXMg

On This Day In History
312 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross
1795 Pinckney's Treaty [Treaty of San Lorenzo] signed by Spain and US, establishing the southern boundary of the US and giving Americans right to navigate the Mississippi River
1962 Black Saturday during the Cuban Missile Crisis: An American spy plane is shot down over Cuba and the navy drops warning depth charges on Soviet submarines
1982 China announces its population has reached 1 billion plus people
1986 British government deregulates financial markets in a "Big Bang", enhancing London's status as a financial capital while increasing income inequality
1997 Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment's semiconductor manufacturing operation for $700 million
1997 Microsoft argues it should be "free from government interference"
1997 US releases a redesigned $50 bill
2017 First operation to separate conjoined twins joined at the head in India completed in New Delhi
2017 Catalan parliament meets and unilaterally declares independence from Spain

600,000 without power as 'bomb cyclone' brings hurricane-force winds, heavy rains to Northeast
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/27/noreaster-power-outages-northeast-sees-hurricane-force-winds/8564274002/

What we know about the 'Rust' shooting: DA cites 'enormous amount of bullets' on the set
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/10/22/alec-baldwin-prop-gun-shooting-everything-we-know/6132795001/

'He sacrificed himself': Braves starter Charlie Morton breaks right fibula, then retires three batters in World Series
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/braves/2021/10/26/braves-charlie-morton-breaks-right-fibula-world-series-game-1/8562408002/

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The Odd Life of Timothy Green – Cinema Recap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DPg5nHpWI0

Map of Computer Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzJ46YA_RaA

How Australia Printed a Typo 46 Million Times - Half as Interesting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1lZyr7zgKg

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PR In Space wrote:Bingo
https://imgur.com/a/896ffnj

Nyah ha ha ha! We have a Winner! PR In Space has won this round of BINGO. Congratulations Buddy! :)

Winners do not go away empty handed - They must win a prize and for winning this round of Bingo, your prize will be one card from my deck of Trading Cards on my nations: Fort verden, Elven king thranduil, Little thranduil and Verner von richthofen. Choose your prize and I will send it to you Buddy.

Ladies and Gentlemen of Texas,

We will take a break from our Regional BINGO Game until next Monday. I will accept that there could be more than one winner. Everyone who has a BINGO will have until this Sunday to post in our RMB to claim your prize.
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Have an absolutely fantastic, healthy and safe day everyone!

Your Buddy Verner

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