Apr 20

 

Week 17 Day: 109  Ave. sky cover: 40% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 72° \37°  Wind: 13mph \ Gusts: 29mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ nearest Lightning: 667mi
Apr Averages for Flagstaff: 59° \ 28°  (3 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

3- 5/1
Ramadan
16-22
INVICTUS GAMES
16-24  
National Park Week: Link

17-23
Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week Link 
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week
Numismatic Week ( National Coin Week) Link 
National Paperboard Packaging Week
National Pet ID Week
National Paperboard Packaging Week
National Pet ID Week Link  Link
National Princess Week Link
National Volunteer Week

18-22 
Undergraduate Research Week Link

18-23
Cleaning For A Reason Week
Consumer Awareness Week
Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week

19-21
National Catholic Educational Association Week

21-5/2
Festival of Ridvan: Baha'i community

21-24 
Fiddler's Frolic

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Windy day with a wildfire just north of Flagstaff. Sadly, many homes are in danger. This is very early for fire season, and the fire is just spreading due to the wind. Many in the fire’s path have already gone from SET to GO. Red Cross is opening a shelter for evacuees and their animals. Frightening.

I had lunch with Faith and Andy.  Great food and very good conversation. Traffic is another issue. I-40 is down to one lane in each direction…until October. This used to be the fastest way to get across town. Now it is stop and go. All major arteries to get from the East to West side of town are now very slow. I wish there was another way.

Thursday I will try again to get my phlebotomy. I got the needle put in yesterday and after it was all set up, the vein blew. So, I only gave 1/10th of the blood they wanted out. Oh well. 

Favorite Memes

 



 

 

 

 

A bit of Humor

What vegetable needs a plumber?

A leek.

Trivia

Fajitas. In 1984, Texas A&M lecturer Homero Recio traced fajita history back to the ranches of 1930s south and west Texas. According to Recio, the Mexican cowboys, known as vaqueros, working in Texas often received throwaway scraps as part of their pay, including the cow's diaphragm. The diaphragm, which we now call a skirt steak, is covered with a tough membrane that allowed the vaqueros to grill it outdoors directly on open mesquite coals--the prototypical fajita.

Historical Events

Ø    1657 – Freedom of religion was granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (New York City).

Ø    1832 – Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas was established as a reservation by an act of Congress. Technically, it was the first United States National Park.

Ø    1836 – The US Congress created the Wisconsin Territory.

Ø    1841 – The Murders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allen Poe, was published in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. It is considered the first detective story.

Ø    1871 – The Third Force Act, also known as the Ku Klux Act, Congress authorized President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law in stopping the Ku Klux Klan.

Ø    1898 – President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for a declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.

Ø    1914 – The Ludlow Mine Incident: 17 miners and family members were killed by American National Guard troops.

Ø    1940 – Invented by Dr. Vladimir Zworykin at the RCA laboratories, Camden, New Jersey, the first (US) electron microscope was demonstrated across the Delaware River, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ø    1946 – The League of Nations officially dissolved, giving most of its power to the United Nations.

Ø    1999 – At Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, students Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 13 people and wounded 23 more before killing themselves.

Ø    2008 – Danica Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy Car race

Ø    2010 – The Deepwater Horizon, run by British Petroleum (BP) drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers.

Birthdays Today

@92 – Mother Angelica [Rita Antoinette Rizzo], American nun, broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network (d. 2016)

85 – George Takei, American actor

81 – Ryan O’Neal, American actor

58 – Andy Serkis, English actor

@56 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian born, Führer of Nazi Germany (d.1945; suicide)

@54 – Luther Vandross, musician (d. 2005; strokes)

52 – Shemer Moore, Actor

50 – Carmen Electra, American model and actress

46 – Joey Lawrence, actor

33 – Carlos Valdes, Colombian-American actor

24 – Felix Mallard, Actor

 

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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.