27 Dec

 

27 December 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 53 Day 361 \ Ave. Sky Cover 30% \ Visibility 23 miles Flagstaff Today 54° \24° 
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 12mph  Air Quality: Moderate3\ Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 556mi \ Nearest Lightning 1870mi
Dec Averages for Flagstaff: 43° \ 17° `
Sunshine with high clouds

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Weekly Observations

Christmas Bird Count Week: 14-1/5 Link 
Halcyon Days: 14-28 
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: 15 - 1/1/23  Link 
It's About Time Week: 25-31
Kwanzaa: 26-1/1

Daily Observations

Howdy Doody Day
International Day for Epidemic Preparedness
Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day
National Fruitcake Day
Radio City Music Hall Day
Visit The Zoo Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

I hope everyone had a great Christmas holiday. I had a great day. Talked to my brother, had a meal with friends with great conversation. Now is the time to look forward to begin planning what 2023 will bring.

A nice memory: As I was growing up, my mother would always head very early to the Denver Dry Goods on the day after Christmas. She would buy her Christmas cards for the next year, wrapping paper, and a few ‘new’ decorations as everything was ½ price. After I was grown, I always took her out to that until she decided she was ‘too old’ to hit the crowds. Then for a few more years, I still did it and brought the stuff to her. It is a great memory.

Last week Lisa Ling did a great piece on Interracial marriage.   She showed how such marriages still bring violence from those opposed. She also talked to Bahai followers believe that interracial marriage will bring peace as more and more people realize we are all the same.

It was not a good week for my football teams. Broncos were blown away by the Rams. The Cards also lost, due to bad plays. I did get to watch both debacles on my TV.

China had decided that during this season of peace, the best they can do is have military exercises very near Taiwan. They are just reminding the Taiwanese that China has the control over their lives. I feel sorry for the Taiwanese, as my visit a few years ago found the country to be beautiful with very caring people.

Favorite Memes…Winter Wonderland!

 

Facts…

Abraham Lincoln Was the Only President to Receive a Patent

Lincoln Was the First President to Have a Beard

Lincoln Was the First U.S. President to Appear on a Coin

Lincoln Helped Establish Thanksgiving as a National Holiday

The Gettysburg Address Was Less Than 275 Words Long

Lincoln’s Views on Slavery Were Complicated and Evolving 

Slang Origins

1947: Party pooper

Meaning: someone who refuses to join in during a fun event

A creation of college students, the origins of “party pooper” are unclear. While it could have something to do with the bathroom, “to poop” also can mean “to tire or exhaust.” The verb “to pooh-pooh,” which is a way to disagree with something, might also be connected to the “party pooper.” No matter where it comes from, it’s not a trait most people want to have.

Mysteries…

WAS CAESARION TRULY CAESAR'S SON?

In 47 B.C., Cleopatra VII gave birth to a son named Caesarion whom she claimed was the son of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra named Caesarion as co-ruler of Egypt in 44 B.C., and surviving art depicts mother and son as co-rulers.

However, whether the child was truly Caesar’s son is uncertain. Caesar never acknowledged the child as his own. One of Caesar’s friends, Gaius Oppius, even wrote a pamphlet denying that Caesarion was Caesar’s son. Cleopatra VII killed herself after she and Mark Antony were defeated by Octavian in 30 B.C. and Caesarion was killed not long after that.

With no remains of Julius Caesar or Caesarion surviving, it is unlikely that scholars will ever be able to determine, with certainty, whether Caesar was truly Caesarion’s father.

Historical Events

1927 – Kern and Hammerstein’s musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
1945 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was founded with an agreement by 29 nations.
1947 – The Howdy Doody TV show premiered on NBC. It was the first popular children’s television show.

Birthdays Today

@90 – Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress (d. 1992)
“There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.”
– Marlene Dietrich
83 – John Amos, American actor
“It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don’t want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.”– John Amos
@72 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist, invented Pasteurization (d. 1895, stroke)
“I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner.”– Louis Pasteur 

@75 – Cokie Roberts [Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne "CokieRoberts], journalist (d.2019; breast cancer)
78 – Mick Jones, English guitarist, and songwriter
@58 – Johannes Kepler, German mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1630)
51 – Savannah Guthrie, American television journalist
@46 – Chyna [Joan Marie Laurer], American professional wrestler, actress (d. 2016; OD)
34 – Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter
29 – Olivia Cooke, English actress

 

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