27 Aug

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 35 Day 239 \ Ave. Sky Cover 45% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 77° \52° 
Wind 8mph \ Gusts 13mph  Air Quality Faair
Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 5mi
Aug Averages for Flagstaff: 79° \ 50° (9days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote 

Weekly Observations

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

18-9/6  
Ride Sober or Get Pulled Over Link

21-27 
Brake Safety Week Link 

22-28  
National Composites Week Link

23-9/1  
World Water Week Link

25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week

27-28 
International Bat Night

27-9/4
National Chuckwagon Races

Daily Observations

Banana Lovers Day
International Bat Night
Just Because Day
Petroleum Day Link
Pots du Creme Day
The Duchess Who Wasn't Day
World Daffodil Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

I went out this morning to pick up some essentials. Just as I pulled into the parking lot, the first rainstorm hit. I parked fairly close and made a mad dash to the store. When I came out about 20 minutes later, the rain had stopped. Good day.

Our discussion group meets tomorrow night to discuss Putin’s Russia. It should be a good discussion, but I’ve got some reading to do before the meeting.

A recent scientific study suggests that there might be some good outcomes for using ‘magic mushrooms’, with psylocibin [a psychedelic], to help alcohol addicts break their addiction. That could be good news for many. While they did not list any lasting side effects, it was either it works, or it doesn’t do anything.

The redacted warrant has been issued. All the news channels are spending lots of time to tell us what is and not there. Some are happy, some…not so much. I’m going to wait for more results before I decide my mood.

Favorite Memes

 



 Making Electricity in the Oceans

 


 

One Hit Wonders

  "Stuck in the Middle With You," Stealers Wheel (1973)

In all fairness to Stealers Wheel, the band did have another song in the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100 ("Star" from 1973). However, Gerry Rafferty and Co. will always be lauded for this classic that reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 and still has a home on whatever version of classic rock radio remains in the U.S. Of course, fans of director Quentin Tarantino will forever associate the song for its use during the infamous torture scene in his 1992 cult classic Reservoir Dogs.

Historical Events

410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days.
1776 – In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeated Americans under General George Washington in The Revolutionary War’s Battle of Long Island..
1859 – Petroleum was discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft, in Germany.
2003 – Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing just 34,646,418 miles away.
2003 – The initial six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

Birthdays Today

79 – Tuesday Weld, American actress
@78 – Martha Raye, American actress, and comedian (d. 1994; pneumonia)
“Ask any girl what she’d rather be than beautiful, and she’ll say more beautiful.”– Martha Raye
76 – Barbara Bach, American actress
70 – Paul Ruebens, actor [Pee Wee Herman]
@64 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (d. 1973; heart attack)
53 – Chandra Wilson, American actress
46 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
“Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy.”– Sarah Chalke
43 – Aaron Paul, American actor
“What’s so great about television. You’re able to tell a long story, where you couldn’t really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.”– Aaron Paul
@32 – Charles Rolls, English engineer, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1910)
“Poor quality is remembered long after low prices are forgotten.”– Charles Rolls
30 – Blake Jenner, American actor, singer

 

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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.