Sep 29

 

Week: 40 Day: 272
Ave. Sky Cover:  40%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   61°\ 44° Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 10mph
Low risk of fire Active fire: 276mi. \ Lightning: 106mi.
Sep Averages: 74°\32° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

Minimally Invasive Surgery Week Link 

22-10/21  

International Sand Sculpting Championships Link

24-10/3 

Banned Books Week
International Week of the Deaf 
Link 
National Chimney Safety Week
National Fall Foliage Week
National Keep Kids Creative Week
Remember to Register to Vote Week
Sea Otter Awareness Week

 

 

 

26-10/2 

 

Daily Observations

 

 



 

Favorite Memes

 

 





 


 




 

 

A quick smile!

 

 

What jumps higher than a building?

All animals and people can jump higher than a building.

Buildings do not jump.

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

 

A decent fall day. Leaves have not started changing yet here in town, they are changing on the mountain. Beautiful.  Weather guy says monsoon season is ending soon. We have had several light showers the past two days…usually just enough to dirty the windshield.

Yesterday a judge in AZ struck down the recent law that blocked schools from requiring masks. It’s AZ so there will be lots of court cases, and probably a recount of this judge’s opinion.

Flagstaff has one indoor mall with 4 outside entrances. It is a good 30 years old. Yesterday, a crazy drove a stolen Fed Ex truck through the doors (4) of one entrance, while the mall was open. He jumped out, ran into the parking lot where he attempted to hijack two vehicles, failing at that, he tried to break into a parked vehicle. He ran and the cops caught him at a fast-food place across the 4-lane highway from the mall. No one was injured, the entrance is a total loss.

More on the cable company…it took forever to program the two new remotes. On one I had to type in 7 different codes to find my TV. On the other one, it works but can’t program it to turn off the TV. Crazy.

 

 

 

Historical Events

 

 

1829 – Scotland Yard began activity.

1907 – The cornerstone was laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, DC.

1916 American oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first billionaire

 

 

1962 JFK authorized use of federal troops to integrate U of Mississippi

1988 – NASA launched Discovery (STS-26), the first mission since the Challenger disaster.

2020 Scientists confirm the existence of three new underground lakes on Mars using radar on Esa's Mars Express spacecraft

 

 

Birthdays Today

 

 

@91 – Gene Autry, American singer, actor (d. 1998)

@87 – Stanley Kramer, American director, and producer (died in 2001)

86 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist

@86 – László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (d. 1985)

78 – Lech Walesa, Polish electrician, politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate

@66 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, playwright (d.1616; Diabetes?)

@57 – Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999; ovarian cancer)

@53 – Enrico Fermi, Italian American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1954; stomach cancer)

33 – Kevin Durant, NBA

 

 

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.