June 6

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 24 Day: 157 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 75° \45° 
Wind: 7mph \ Gusts: 15mph
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ Nearest Lightning: 687mi
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

Rainbow Book Month
Rebuild Your Life Month
Scleroderma Awareness Month Link
Skyscraper Month
Sorghum Month Link
Sports America Kids Month
Student Safety Month
Vision Research Month Link
World Naked Bike Ride Month (Northern Hemisphere) Link Link
Women's Golf Month Link   Link
World Infertility Month
World Roller Coaster Appreciation Month
World Sponge Month Link

Weekly Observations

Thru Sep.5
National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link

4-11 
International Clothesline Week

4-12 
National Lemonade Days Link

5-11   
Bedbug Awareness Week Link
Black Single Parents Week  
End Mountain Top Removal Week Link   
Flag Football Week Link 
National Business Etiquette Week   
National Headache Awareness Week Link  
Pet Appreciation Week
Pet Appreciation Week  Link Link

Daily Observations


My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Can’t complain…another sunny warm spring day.

The committee keeps saying they will have televised hearings this week. Even though I was working all day, I still remember the Watergate and Clinton impeachment televised hearings. I guess I’ll be watching these too.

I also remember growing up and living in a time where I listened to different opinions…so that I could form my own opinions. In today’s world, now I am hearing different facts…many of which can’t be verified. It is a totally different world and I’m not happy with it.

Time to do some laundry…it is always there and always waiting for me.

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Everyday Phrases with a Dark Meaning

Running amok

You know, when things get a little wild, crazy, or out of control. The word Amok comes from the Amuco, a band of Javanese and Malay warriors who would go on killing sprees for unknown reasons. There was believed to be some sort of mental condition afflicting those peoples.

Captain James Cook wrote about it in 1772: “To run amok is to … sally forth from the house, kill the person or persons supposed to have injured the Amock, and any other person that attempts to impede his passage.”

Riddle of the Day

  First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?

 

Some riddles work by getting your brain to go through a series of associations so you get locked in and can’t think of alternatives. Be careful with this riddle. Is the question really connected to that color you were asked to think about? Most folks say that cows drink milk because they’re fixated on the color white.

Answer: Water.

Historical Events

Ë 1844 – The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London.
Ë 1892 – The Chicago “L” elevated rail system began operation.
Ë 1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroyed 25 blocks of downtown Seattle.
Ë 1933 – America’s first drive-in theater opened near Camden, New Jersey, opened.
Ë 1942 – The US Navy’s victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway.
Ë 1942 – The first parachute jump in the US using a nylon parachute was made by Adeline Gray, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Ë 1944 – D-Day: The Normandy Landings
Ë 1948 – BBC Television began broadcasting again for the first time since 1939.
Ë 1964 – The Rolling Stones made their American TV debut on The Hollywood Palace.
Ë 1971 – The Ed Sullivan Show aired for the final time on CBS.
Ë 1983 – Reading Rainbow premiered on PBS
Ë 2002 – A near-Earth asteroid, estimated at 30 feet in diameter, exploded over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya.
Ë 2005 – In Gonzales v. Raich, the US Supreme Court upheld a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana.

Birthdays Today

@87 – John Trumbull, American painter (d. 1843)
73 – Robert Englund, American actor
70 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor, playwright
66 – Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
@59 – Sam Simon, American director, producer, screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons (d. 2015; cancer)
59 – Jason Isaacs, English actor
55 – Paul Giamatti, American actor
@21 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (d. 1776; hanged)

 

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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.