St. Patrick's Day

 

Week 12 Day: 76  Ave. sky cover: 25% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 62° \26°  Wind: 9mph \ Gusts: 16mph
Moderate risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 329mi \ nearest Lightning: 1367mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

11-17

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign

13-19  

Campfire USA Birthday Week 
Teen Tech Week

14-20  

International Brain Awareness Week Link
National Fix A Leak Week
 Link

14-18 

Native American Awareness Week Link

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Nice day. Clouds look like rain, but weather guy sez nope. Well, why I typing away there is lots of rain. Should last about an hour. Yeah!

I spent the morning gathering tax stuff. I’ll drop it all off tomorrow and give the tax guy some time to do them until I return from Tahiti.

Ukraine is just getting more heartbreaking. A Mariupol theater was hundreds had take refuge was bombed. President Zelensky continues to tap national psyches of other countries to get help. I heard his address to Congress. It is very difficult to hear this and not have complete empathy for the horror.

The Senate passed a bill that would make Daylight time permanent. I personally enjoy just letting the sun do its business and not changing the clocks. While Daylight time gives us more light at night, the sun sets about 6:30 right now and will set around 7:00 later in summer. That is fine with me. It also rises about 6:30, just as I’m getting up. 

Favorite Memes

 


 


 

 

A bit of Humor

What's different between Red Lobster & Facebook?

At Red Lobster, the servers are responding.

Trivia

The original purpose of the Foreign Legion was to remove disruptive elements from society and put them to use fighting the enemies of France. Recruits included failed revolutionaries from the rest of Europe, soldiers from the disbanded Swiss and German mercenary regiments of the Bourbon Monarchy, and troublemakers in general, both foreign and French.

Historically, the American film industry portrayed the Foreign Legion as having a reputation as a haven for cut-throats and fugitives from justice. This image is largely out of date since the legion now conducts extensive background checks via Interpol.

Although it is part of the French military, it is the only unit of the military that does not swear allegiance to France, but to the Foreign Legion itself.

Some Americans disagreed with the United States' initial refusal to enter WWI and so they joined the French Foreign Legion or the British or Canadian army. A group of U.S. pilots formed the Lafayette Escadrille, which was part of the French air force and became one of the top fighting units on the Western Front.

Historical Events

Ø    461 – Saint Patrick died in Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland.

Ø    1762 – The first parade Saint Patrick (the patron saint of Ireland) was held by Irish soldiers serving in the British army in New York City.

Ø    1910 – The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded.

Ø    1941 – The National Gallery of Art was officially opened in Washington, DC.

Ø    1958 – The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, Vanguard I.

Ø    1980 – The Supreme Court concerning whether a patent could be issued for a genetically-engineered bacterium in the case of Diamond vs. Chakrabarty. On June 16th, they decided yes, it could be patented.

Ø    1992 – A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa was passed from 68.7% to 31.2%.

Ø    2005 – Broadway Show – Spamalot (Musical) March 17, 2005

Birthdays Today

78 – John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter 1949 – Patrick Duffy, American actor

71 – Kurt Russell, American actor

67 – Gary Sinise, American actor

@60 – Shemp Howard, Stooge #4 (d. 1955; heart attack)

58 – Rob Lowe, American actor

@54 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1993; AIDS)

50 – Mia Hamm, American soccer player

@45 – Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, television host (d. 1965; heart issues)

30 – John Boyega, English actor

25 – Katie Ledecky, swimmer

 

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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.