31 Oct

 

31 October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 44 Day 304 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 56° \25° 
Wind 5mph \ Gusts 8mph  Air Quality  Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 255mi \ Nearest Lightning 1231mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

23-31  
Red Ribbon Week Link

24-30
Asexuality Week:   Link
Disarmament Week

24-31
Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week

24-11/11
World Origami Days

25-31
International Magic Week

Daily Observations

Beggars' Night
Books For Treats Day
Caramel Apple Day
Day of the Seven Billion Link
Girl Scout Founder's Day Link
Halloween or All Hallows Eve
Knock Knock Jokes Day
Magic Day
National Caramel Apple Day  Link
National Doorbell Day Link
National Knock-Knock Jokes Day
National Magic Day
National UNICEF Day
Samhain Link
UNICEF Day
World Cities Day
World Savings Day  Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

October is ending with a nice day.

Our discussion group went well. This is the last meeting of the year. We are all looking forward to January to start up again. Myanmar is having horrific problems. Our group believed that Myanmar sanctions were not working and that best way to help them was to let them sort it out. They are in desperate need of a leader from within the country that will lead them into living in peace without having to kill the opposition along the way. A Nelson Mandela type leader is needed. We all recognize this will not be easy, but colonization and invasions have not worked. Their own military has only made things worse. It must come from within.

South Korea lost 159 lives and has 133 injured at a Halloween celebration.  Everyone is awaiting more detail on this horrific story.

On the home front, Musk has fired most of his executive team. It is reported he fired them in hopes of not having to pay out $125+ in severance pay. Many are saying this will not hold up in court and that they will get their severance…someday. What a cheap bastard.

The Broncos beat the Jaguars in an early morning game in the UK. Hey, a win is a win…even if far away. The Cards lost another one...this time to the Vikings. 

Favorite Memes



 

 



 

Best Instrumentals

“Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group (1973)

This has to be up there with the great rock instrumentals of all time. A radio hit that went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 has long been a classic rock staple. While Winter's work on the ARP 2600 synthesizer and saxophone has become legendary, Ronnie Montrose's guitar and the bass effort from Dan Hartman add to the excellence of this superb cut. 

Humor…

“It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” Woody Allen

Historical Events

Halloween is the oldest holiday still celebrated.
1517 – Martin Luthor nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg’s Castle Church, according to tradition.
1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. It was the first automobile highway going across the United States.
1926 – Magician Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured (after an unexpected punch to the stomach a few days earlier).
1941 – Mount Rushmore was completed, featuring the sculpted head of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
1950 – Earl Lloyd became the first black player in the NBA
1969 – Wal-mart incorporated in Arkansas.
1987 – Based on Boston, Popular radio program Car Talk premiered on National Public Radio
2011 – Today is the date that there were 7 billion people living on Earth.

Birthdays Today

91 – Dan Rather, American journalist
@90 – Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut
Q: What were you thinking when your colleagues were out there making cosmic history?
A: “I just kept reminding myself that every single component in this spacecraft was provided by the guy who submitted the cheapest tender.”– Michael Collins
@88 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001)
“It’s the way you ride the trail that counts.”– Dale Evans
@87 – Chiang Kai-shek, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 1975)
“We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.”– Chiang Kai-shek
85 – Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter
@80 – Ethel Waters, American singer (d. 1977)
61 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand director, producer, screenwriter
55 – Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor
@54 – Michael Landon, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1991; cancer)
“There are a lot of things in this world that are more important than being popular. Being true to yourself is one of them.”– Michael Landon
@26 – Brian Piccolo, American football player (d. 1970; cancer)
@43 – John Candy, Canadian comedic actor (d. 1994; heart attack)
@25 – John Keats, English poet (d. 1821; TB)
“To stay youthful, stay useful.”– John Keats
22 – Willow Smith, American singer, and actress

 

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