Mar 6

 

Week 11 Day: 65  Ave. sky cover: 90% \ Visibility: 1 mile Flagstaff Today 42° \15°  Wind: 12mph \ Gusts: 22mph

Very Low risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 628mi \ nearest Lightning: 145mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Small Press Month Link
Social Work Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
Supply Management Month

Transgender Month of Action for Healthcare Equality Link
Trisomy Awareness Month Link
Vascular Abnormalities Awareness Month
Women's History Month:
 Link
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Worldwide Home Schooling Awareness Month
Youth Art Month

Weekly Observations

 

 

 

 

 

1-7 

Hearing Awareness Week: Link
LGBT Health Awareness Week 
Link
National Cheerleading Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Invest in a Veteran Week 
 Link
National Pet Sitters Week 
Link
Return The Borrowed Books Week
Universal Human Beings Week 
Link
Will Eisner Week
  Link
World Hearing Awareness Week

2-4/16

Lent

4-6 

International Festival of Owls Week

4-7

National Pasty Week Link

4-13

Paralympic Games

5-7

American Council on Education

5-12 

Girl Scout Week Link  Link

6-12 

National Consumer Protection Week Link 
Celebrate Your Name Week

National Dental Assistants Recognition Week Link
National Procrastination Week  
National Words Matter Week 

No More Week  Link
Read an E-Book Week  Link  
Save Your Vision Week 
Link  
Termite Awareness Week
Women in Construction Week 
Link 
Words Matter Week 

6-14  

National Schools Social Work Week Link 

6-13  

Women of Aviation Worldwide Week

 

Daily Observations

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It is not that cold, but it just keeps snowing. Most of it melts as it hits the earth. Not complaining as we need the moisture. NWS sez we have 3".

Doing some laundry so I’ll have clean clothes.

I am happy that Poland and other European countries are welcoming the fleeing fellow Europeans from Ukraine. While it is difficult, many are getting long-term visas to stay as well as the ability to get to other countries. What is disturbing is the way middle eastern and African students who were attending University in Ukraine are being treated as they escape. Many of these men and women are being told they can’t leave and now must fight for Ukraine. If my memory is correct, years ago when Syrians and Iranians were escaping their tormentors, Europe closed their areas to almost all of them. Is the fear of those ‘not like us’ always present? If it is, then how do we change that?

Favorite Memes

 

 

 

 

 

A bit of Humor

Just bought a book called 101 Ways to Get Glue Off Your Hands.

It's dreadful, but I can't put it down!

Riddle of the Day

Did you hear the story about the peacock?

Yes, it's a beautiful tale!

Trivia

Question: What are the only two mammals are the only ones known to lay eggs?

 

Question: Why are flamingos pink?

 

Question: A dog sweats through which part of its body?

 

Question: What is the size of a newborn kangaroo?

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: The anteater and the duck-billed platypus

Answer 2: Because of their diet of algae, shrimps and crustaceans

Answer 3: Its paws

Answer 4: 1 inch

 

Historical Events

Ø    1836 – The Battle (and fall) of the Alamo took place

Ø    1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. It stated that anyone brought into the United States as a slave, or their descendants could never be a United States citizen. The court of public opinion disagreed very vocally a few years later.

Ø    1899 – Bayer registered Aspirin as a trademark. Aspirin is considered by many to be the first wonder drug.

Ø    1930 – General Foods put the first individually packaged frozen foods – “Birds Eye Frosted Foods” on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts

Ø    1950 – Silly Putty was introduced as a toy by Peter Hodgson. It was invented in 1943 by James Wright in an effort to make synthetic rubber.

Ø    1964 – Nation of Islam’s Elijah Muhammad officially gave boxing champion Cassius Clay the name of Muhammad Ali.

1983 – Country Music Television (CMT) began.

Ø    1985 – The song We Are the World was released.

Ø    1992 – The Michelangelo computer virus began to affect computers.

Ø    2001 – Napster began to block the transfer of copyrighted material over its peer-to-peer network. In July 2001, Napster shut down its entire network.

Birthdays Today

96 – Alan Greenspan, American economist

@88 – Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1564)

@87 – Will Eisner, American illustrator, publisher (d. 2005)

@86 – Ed McMahon, American comedian, game show host, and announcer (d. 2009)

76 – David Gilmour, Pink Floyd guitarist

75 – John Stossel, American journalist, author

@70 – Bob Wills, American Western swing musician, songwriter, bandleader (d. 1975; pneumonia)

59 – D.L. Hughley, American actor

@55 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (d. 1861; long illness)

55 – Connie Britton, American actress

@52 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959; heart attack)

50 – Shaquille O’Neal, American basketball player

@36 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French author, playwright (d. 1655; injury or unknown)

 

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