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Flagstaff
Almanac: Week: 12/ Day: 76 Today: H 61°…L 32°
Averages: H
50° L 24°
Records: H 72°(2007)…L -1°(1969)
Wind: ave: 11mph; Gusts: 30mph Ave. humidity: 47%
Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1st official St Patrick's Day►1753
1st St Patrick's Day celebrated in NYC at
Crown & Thistle Tavern►1756
1st St Patrick's Day parade in NYC ►1762
St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to
Ireland as a slave►432
St Patrick Day marchers carry 14 coffins
commemorating Bloody Sunday►1973
Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White
House►1995
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free
Rambling Thoughts
Lazy Saturday here. Started out with a nice walk, beautiful day, then clouds came in and it sure looked like rain…but alas, now has made it to the ground…maybe tomorrow. Wind has calmed down so just a cloudy day.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain
Teasers
You are an expert on paranormal activity and
have been hired to locate a spirit haunting an old resort hotel. Strong signs
indicate that the spirit lies behind one of four doors. The inscriptions on
each door read as follows:
Door A: It's behind B or CDoor B: It's behind A or DDoor C: It's in hereDoor D: It's not in hereYour psychic powers have told you three of the inscriptions are false, and one is true. Behind which door will you find the spirit?
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
from
Cracked.com
Myths About the Revolutionary War
Everyone Believes
The War Was Between the Colonists and the British Molly Pitcher, the Cannon HeroineThe Americans Won the War With Frontier Savvy and Guerrilla Tactics Except for a Few Loyalists, Most Americans Fought for Liberty The Colonists Defeated the Mightiest Army of the Time
Ok, then?
Harper’s
Index
Rank of ‘attire’ among the leading reasons ‘millennials’ are unsuccessful in job interviews: 1
Rank of their posting inappropriate pictures to social media: 2
Picture
of the Day: Mammals of the Sea
Unusual
Fact of the Day
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, 3 fell due to earthquakes, 2 due to fires, 1 probably never even existed, and only one stands today—The Pyramid of Khufu.Joke-of-the-day
A man looking for love sent his picture to the Lonely Hearts Club. The reply came back, “We are not that lonely.”
Rules of
Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
PLANTING SHRUBBERY
Never plant more than three of the same shrub in a row. Always offset.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
BURLINGTON, Conn. - A Connecticut man said he raised $5,000 online to fund his trip to visit all 788 of his Facebook friends in person. Ty Morin said the aim of his "Friend Request: Accepted" project, which he is funding with donations received on Kickstarter.com, "is to reconnect with people. No more hiding behind the screen of social media," CNN reported Thursday. "Stop looking down at your phone and pretending you're texting your BFF when you walk by an old friend from high school. Let's get out there and remind people what it's like to have a face to face conversation with someone," Morin said on his Kickstarter page. Morin said he plans to take a picture of each person performing an activity they love. He said he will use a classic 8x10 folding camera to take pictures, which will take extra time. "The idea here isn't to get everyone in a room and fire off hundreds of pictures one after another. I want to sit down with everyone and witness what gets their blood pumping," he said.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Irish
Blessings for this St. Patrick’s Day
May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. And rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
***
May you live as long as you want, And never want as long as you live.
***
Always remember to forgetThe things that made you sad.But never forget to rememberThe things that made you glad.Always remember to forgetThe friends that proved untrue.But never forget to rememberThose that have stuck by you.Always remember to forgetThe troubles that passed away.But never forget to rememberThe blessings that come each day.
***
May the saddest day of your future be no worseThan the happiest day of your past.
***
May the roof above us never fall in.And may the friends gathered below it never fall out.
***
May you have warm words on a cold evening,A full moon on a dark night,And the road downhill all the way to your door.
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May there be a generation of children On the children of your children.
***
May you live to be a hundred years, With one extra year to repent!
***
May the Lord keep you in His hand And never close His fist too tight.
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May your neighbors respect you, Trouble neglect you, The angels protect you, And heaven accept you.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
15-17
Campfire USA Birthday Week
Consider Christianity Week
Health Information Professionals Week
National Animal Poison Prevention Week
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week
Root Canal Awareness Week
Consider Christianity Week
Health Information Professionals Week
National Animal Poison Prevention Week
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week
Root Canal Awareness Week
Today Is
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
Campfire Girls Day since 1912
St. Patrick's Day
~Ireland: National Day
Today’s Events
through History
"Sycamore Shoals" Treaty: the
Transylvania Company, purchase most of western
and central Kentucky, and north
central Tennessee from the CHEROKEEs
►1775
1st park land purchased by a US city,
Worcester, Mass►1854
71 Vincent van Gogh paintings shown in Paris,
11 years after his death, creates
a sensation►1901
CNN begins spanish broadcasts►1997
Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India►1959
General Motors acquires German auto
manufacturer Adam Opel►1929
New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns
after a scanda►2008
Texas abolishes slavery►1836
Today’s
Birthdays
In their 70’s
Paul Kantner, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson
Airplane) is 72
In their 60’s
Patrick Duffy, actor (Bobby-Dallas) is 63
Kurt Russell, actor (Thing, Overboard, Mean
Seasons) is 62
In their 50’s
Gary Sinise, actor, film director, and
musician is 58
In their 40’s
Mia Hamm, soccer forward (Olympics-96) is 41
Rob Lowe, film and television actor is 49
Remembered
for being born today
James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man
[1804-1881]
Nat "King" Cole, singer
(Unforgettable, Mona Lisa) [19919-1965]
James IV, King of Scots [1473-1513]
Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American
military and political leader [1725-1806]
Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet
dancer/choreographer (Kirov) [1938-1993]
Today’s Historical
Obits
Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show)►heart attack►1956►at 61
Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel
laureate► leukemia►1956►at 58
Helen Hayes, actress (Airport)►1993►at 92
St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul
(according to legend)►461►73
Pope Shenouda III, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic
Orthodox Church of Alexandria►2012►at 88
Answer: Brain
Teasers
The spirit lies behind Door D.
- If the spirit is behind Door A, then both B and D are true.
- If the spirit is behind Door B, then both A and D are true.
- If the spirit is behind Door C, then A, C, and D are all true.
- If the spirit is behind Door D, then the statements on all the doors are false, except for that on Door B. This matches the rules, and therefore, the resort hotel spirit lurks behind Door D.
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel
free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites
and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that
every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many
sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events
occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
§ And That Is All for Now §
