May 19

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 21 Day: 139 \ Ave. sky cover: 10% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 81° \43° 
Wind: 5mph \ Gusts: 10mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ nearest Lightning: 411mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34°  (3 days of moisture)
 


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Weekly Observations

15-21  
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week Link  
International Heritage Breeds Week
International New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Eosinophil Awareness Week Link  
National Medical Transcription Week Link
National Transportation Week
National Unicycle Week
Police Week
World Trade Week

16-22 
American Craft Beer Week Link 
International Coaching Week  Link
National Bike to Work Week  Link  
National Foul Ball Week
PGA Championship   Link

17-28
Cannes Film Festival

18-22  
Health Information Professionals Week Link

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Sunny, warm, a few big cumulous clouds. Nice.

The primary elections clearly showed that our country is divided. There were good and bad candidates…on both sides. No primaries around here.

The first all-Black climbing team has reached the summit of Mt. Everest. Cool.

Navajo are the part of the Indigenous people who are given a number by the government. Today those numbers are given by the tribe and show the fraction of ‘Indian blood’ of the person. Navajo is a matriarchal culture. The woman carries the power and the strength of the family. When a Navajo identifies their clans, they start with the mother’s clan. For some Navajo women, birthing is important, and the male is merely a sperm donor. It is not uncommon for the birth certificate to only list the mother. That means that the child is only listed as ½ Navajo. Most times the child knows who the father is but does not play any part of their raising. I just learned that a good friend, the son of a former student, and his wife are part of the group listed as ½…even though the father in both cases was also 4/4 Navajo. This couple has a 3-year-old son. Because neither grandfather was on either birth certificate, the you boy is also listed as ½. If the boy marries a Navajo, no problem. However, if he marries a non-Navajo the child will be ¼. This will prevent the child from having some of the tribal services. This is insanity.

Favorite Memes


 


 

 

 

Humor

Some clown opened the door for me this morning. That was a nice jester.

*****

Knock, knock----Who's There?----Nobel----Nobel who?

Nobel…that’s why I knocked!

Paraprosdokians

Winston Churchill paraprosdokians

v Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

v I'm supposed to respect my elders, but now it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one.

Historical Events

Ø    1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, was beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
Ø    1780 – The Dark Day: that morning, a combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover caused complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States candles were needed by noon, and it did not disburse until the following evening, causing New England’s Dark Day.
Ø    1848 – Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day US states to the United States for $15 million.
Ø    1962 – Marilyn Monroe sang her famous Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy at NYC’s Madison Square Garden.
Ø    1965 – Pete Townshend wrote My Generation today, his 20th birthday on a train. He was on a train because his car, a 1935 Packard hearse, was ordered away by the Queen.
Ø    1996 – Sundance Channel made its debut.
Ø    1997 – Avian flu, A(H5N1), killed a three-year-old boy in Hong Kong, its first victim.
Ø     2018 – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held at St George’s Chapel, Windsor

Birthdays Today

@79 – Ho Chi Minh, politician (d. 1969)

@78 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman, philanthropist (d. 1873)

77 – Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter

74 – Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter

@46 – André the Giant [André René Roussimoff], French-American wrestler, actor (d. 1993; heart failure)

@39 – Malcolm X [Malcolm Little], American minister, activist (d. 1965; assassinated)

39 – Michael Che, American comedian

30 – Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter

30 – Marshmello [Christopher Comstock], American electronic music producer, DJ

 

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