05/18/2024
Robert Hester, Founder of BladenOnline.com
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thoughts while shavingFYI … National Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 5-11, 2024.

Yesterday’s high temp was 82 degrees … Total rainfall was .33 inches at the local weather station…

Weather forecast for today (Monday) for the area … A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5 p.m. Partly sunny with a high near 85 and a 60% chance of rain.

Tonight, more of the same, low around 66 and a 60% chance of precipitation.

Tuesday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny with a high near 88, wind gusts as high as 20 mph … Chance of rain, 40% … More of the same thru next weekend.

Winner of the PGA CJ Byron Nelson event was Taylor Pendrith … his 1st PGA career title. His 4-under par round helped him win by a single shot over Ben Kohles, who bogeyed the last hole and finished 2nd … Pendrith’s win was worth $1,710,000. Kohles’ 2nd place finish earned him $1,035.500. The total purse was $9.5 million. The TPC Craig Ranch event was held in McKinney, Texas.

Kyle Larson passed Chris Buescher on the last lap of the AdventHealth 400 at the Kansas Speedway, posting the closest win in Cup Series history … 0.001 was the margin of victory. Buescher was initially announced as the winner, however, after an electronic timing and scoring review, Larson was declared the winner.

Caitlin Clark’s WNBA rookie season is off to a great start … Attendance at early events indicate ticket sales are up 94%.

The New York Stock Market had a huge day Friday … If you had purchased $1,000 worth of Nvidia stock in April 2005 … Your investment would have increased to $525,866 as of closing time Friday…

It’s Monday, May 6, 2024 … Enjoy.

“You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” C.S. Lewis

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” Napoleon Hill

“It is amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.” John Guare

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