Apr 24

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 18 Day: 114  Ave. sky cover: 10% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 58° \26°  Wind: 6mph \ Gusts: 15mph
High risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 5mi \ nearest Lightning: 811mi
Apr Averages for Flagstaff: 59° \ 28°  (3 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

3- 5/1
Ramadan

16-24  
National Park Week: Link

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

21-24 
Fiddler's Frolic
Satchmo Days Link

22-30  
 International Dark Sky Week Link 

23-30 
International Wildlife Film Week Link

23-24 
Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting Link

24-30 
Administrative Professionals Week
National Dance Week  Link 
National Infertility Awareness Week Link
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week  Link
National Crime Victims Rights Week Link
National Pediatric Transplant Week 
National Scoop The Poop Week
Sky Awareness Week                                                                         
World Immunization Week
Fibroid Awareness Week  
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) Link

24-5/1 
Preservation Week Link (re: Libraries)
Stewardship Week  

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Fire is still burning. Containment still at 3%. Hoping they get better control today.

I was watching a TV show where the term ‘apex predator’ was mentioned. I had to look it up on the google machine. Very interesting results.

Guns have become detrimental to our American Society. I get the hunter thing…in my much younger days, I was a hunter. I get the 2nd Amendment thing to a point. There must be a way to stop gun violence in our society. The year 2020 statistics show the Children 1-19-years old had guns moving to the number one cause of death. That was up 39% from 2019. There is technology out there to prevent many of these needless deaths. It is too bad that Congress can’t do use science and technology to pass laws that will help slow down these needless deaths.

I got a call this morning from a distant cousin. She calls every so often. She is 90 and the matriarch of the Webster clan, my mother’s family. I met her when we visited ‘the ranch’ with my family in the 1960’s. She is still dancing every Sunday night, has lunch with her two kids every week, and is enjoying her life. Sadly, another cousin is in a care facility due to Alzheimer’s.  Her youngest brother, Ronnie, who worked on the ranch when I was there, is also showing early signs. Always good to hear from Patty.

Favorite Memes

 


 

 

 

 

A bit of Humor

What do you call a cow with a twitch?

Beef jerky

Trivia

o  Only one U.S. president has been inside the vault at Fort Knox.

o  Fort Knox is one of the most secure places in the United States, which is why it shouldn't shock anyone that visitors aren't welcome at the guarded facility. However, it may surprise you to learn that even our country's leaders aren't given permission to visit. In fact, only one president - Franklin D. Roosevelt - has ever been inside the vault; that was way back in 1943.

Historical Events

Ø   1184 BC – The fall of Troy (with the Trojan Horse) took place, according to tradition.

Ø   1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, began publication.

Ø   1800 – The Library of Congress was founded.

Ø   1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.

Ø   1895 – Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, set sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop “Spray”.

Ø   1913 – The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, was opened.

Ø   It was the tallest building in the world until 1930.

Ø   1970 – The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, was launched.

Ø   1981 -The first IBM personal computer was completed.

Ø   1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.

Ø   1990 – STS-31 – The Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.

Ø   2016 – The Apple Watch was released.

Birthdays Today

88 – Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, dancer

80 – Barbra Streisand, American singer and actress

@79 – Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (d. 1660)

70 – Jean Paul Gaultier, fashion designer

68 – Eric Bogosian, American actor, writer

59 – Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer

@54 – Jill Ireland, English actress (d. 1990; breast cancer)

40 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter

30 – Joe Keery, American actor

28 – Caspar Lee, British-South African Youtuber

 

No comments:

Post a Comment

Followers

Total Pageviews

Blog Archive

About Me

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