24 Sep

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 39 Day 267 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 75° \45° 
Wind 3mph \ Gusts 6mph  Air Quality   Fair
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 257mi \ Nearest Lightning 53mi
Sep Averages for Flagstaff: 74° \ 42° (5days of moisture)
 

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Weekly Observations

16-25
National Ballroom Dance Week  Link

18-24
Balance Awareness Week Link   
Build A Better Image Week 
Child Passenger Safety Week Link  
Deaf Dog Awareness Week Link  
International Clean Hands Week
International Go-Kart Week 
International Interpreters and Translators Week 
International Women's E-Commerce Days
Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week   Link
National Dog Week Link   Link  Link
National Employ Older Workers Week Link 
National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week
National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week
National Indoor Plant Week 
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week 
National Security Officer Appreciation Week 
National Singles Week  
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week  
Tolkien Week 
World Reflexology Week

19-25 
International Week of the Deaf Link 
National Go-Kart Week  Link
National Love Your Files Week   Link  
Pollution Prevention Week  Link

19-30
International Women's Commerce Days

Daily Observations

American Frog Day Link 
Cherries Jubilee Day
Fish Amnesty Day  
Family Health and Fitness Day USA 
International Lace Day Link    
International Rabbit Day Link  
National Familial Hypercholesterolemia Day  
National Ghost Hunting Day  Link
National Hunting and Fishing Day 
National Professional Baseball Day 
National Public Lands Day Link 
Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play  Link 
Punctuation Day Link 
R.E.A.D. in America Day
Save The Koala Day   Link 
Save Your Photos Day Link  
Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving
Seat Check Saturday  Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A warm fall day with clouds.

I did some grocery shopping. I shop at Fry’s…a Kroger store. Found some items I needed were on sale. Had to search my phone for their digital coupons, and saved $1.50 on fresh OJ.

Starting yesterday through Sunday the Dark Sky coalition is having a sky watch party here. I went up yesterday and looked at the sun through a special telescope that won’t hurt your eyes. When I got here about 4p is was still cloudy, but the sun broke through about 4:20pm. The sun was an amazing red ball, and you could see the flashes of hydrogen escaping. Very cool.  There were several families with elementary students. So nice to watch them learning. A very worthwhile time.

Friday was American Indian Day or Indigenous Peoples Day. During my career, this day was a culmination of a week’s worth of special events at every school where I worked. Thanks to Facebook, I was able to see that the celebrations continue.

The Space Force Anthem was released yesterday. Click here to hear it. I like the song, but the Space Force is really a bunch of scientist geeks sitting at computers.

After Putin made his call for 300,000 more troops, many thousands are leaving Russia for neighboring countries. Since many do not require a visa for Russian citizens, it is a just a long line of people waiting for their passport to be stamped. There are also huge demonstrations against Putin and with many being arrested and placed in jail. I was in Russia a couple of years ago and can’t believe the changes that have happened since my visit. Horrific.                 

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Superstitions

Friday the 13th

The stigma attached to Friday the 13th is widely believed to have biblical roots. The number 12 is seen in many cultures as a sort of “perfect” number and adding one more to that throws things off a bit. According to the bible, Judas was the 13th guest to arrive at the Last Supper and Friday was widely believed to be the day Jesus was crucified (but has since been brought into question.)

Similarly in Norse mythology, Loki was the 13th guest to arrive at a dinner for the gods in Valhalla and wreaked havoc on the whole event. The Friday superstition also has origins in the U.S. where (in the 19th century) all executions took place on Friday.

There's even a word for people who fear Friday the 13th: friggatriskaidekaphobics. 

US Facts

Flag design

The current flag was designed by a 17-year-old in 1958 for a school project. He only received a B- on the project.

Historical Events

1789 – The United States Post Office was formed.
1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounced polygamy.
1906 – President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation’s first National Monument.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company was founded in Japan.
1960 – USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.
1968 – 60 Minutes debuted on CBS.
1991 – Influential album, Nevermind, by Nirvana was released.
2007 – The Big Bang Theory premiered on CBS
2019 – An impeachment inquiry was initiated by the United States House of Representatives against President Donald Trump.

Birthdays Today

@89 – Georges Claude, French chemist, and engineer, invented Neon lighting (d. 1960)
@86 – Jim McKay, American sportscaster, and journalist (d. 2008)
77 – Lou Dobbs, American journalist, and author
“Competition is the hallmark of a free enterprise economy. For the past thirty years, however, corporate America has been doing everything it can to cut competition, with major corporations merging and consolidating at every opportunity.”– Lou Dobbs
76 – ‘Mean Joe’ Greene, American football player, coach, actor
64 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor
“In a career playing heroes, I learned a little about the real thing. A hero stands up for himself, for herself, but most importantly for others.”– Kevin Sorbo
60 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress, and screenwriter
“You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that’s why I tend to just jump into things. I’m sort of a fearless idiot that way.”– Nia Vardalos
@56 – Linda McCartney, singer, photographer, activist (d. 1998; breast cancer)
@49 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-American comedic actor (d. 1998; shot by wife)
“The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live.”– Phil Hartman
@44 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short-story writer (d. 1940; heart disease)
“To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.”– F. Scott Fitzgerald
33 – Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and Miss Universe 2015

 


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