Mar 11

Week 11 Day: 70  Ave. sky cover: 95% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 31° \11°  Wind: 2mph \ Gusts: 8mph
Low risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 451mi \ nearest Lightning: 1521mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

4-13	Paralympic Games
5-12	Girl Scout Week Link  Link
6-12	National Consumer Protection Week Link  Celebrate Your Name Week National Dental Assistants Recognition Week Link National Procrastination Week   National Words Matter Week  No More Week  Link Read an E-Book Week  Link   Save Your Vision Week Link   Termite Awareness Week Women in Construction Week  Link  Words Matter Week
6-14	National Schools Social Work Week Link
6-13	Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
7-11	National School Breakfast Week
10-12	National Money Days National Money Show
11-17	Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
11-13	World Rattlesnake Roundup

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The afternoon the weatherman predicted arrived about 9am. We need the moisture, so no problem. I had an early doctor appointment. All the blood tests looked good. After the appointment I decided to get some groceries, just in case there is a lot of snow. That went well too. Snow is heavy, then light, then none. It is too warm for much to be sticking. The weatherman sez we will get about 4” total from this storm. I’ll just hang out and wait to see how much actually accumulates.

I am very inspired by the people of Ukraine in the war they didn’t ask for.

The 2020 census had its problems with Covid and the lockdowns. Now, as the Census Bureau does a check to verify its report, they learned that the 2020 count did a worse job as the 2010 census in counting minorities. The undercount of Native American, Black, and Browns…especially in rural areas…is very discouraging.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What city has no people?

Electricity.

Trivia

Question: What animal is known by the nickname “sea cow?”

 

 

 Question: What animal is said to have 9 lives?

 

 

 Question: What is the only mammal that can’t jump?

 

 

 Question: What animal is the largest mammal in the world?

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Manatees

Answer 2: Cat

Answer 3: Elephant

Answer 4: Blue Whale

Historical Events

Ø     105 – Ts’ai Lun invented paper, in China.

Ø    1702 – The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper, was published for the first time

Ø    1818 – Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was published. It is recognized as the world’s first science fiction novel.

Ø    1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the US eastern seaboard.

Ø    1918 – The ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic struck the United States.

Ø    1967 – #1 Hit March 11, 1967 – March 17, 1967: The Supremes – Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone

Ø    1997 – ‘Sir’ Paul McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his “services to music.”

Ø    2011 – Apple iPad 2 was released.

    Ø    2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a pandemic.

Birthdays Today

91 – Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate

@89 – Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (died in 1992)

@79 – Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and jurist,(d. 2016; natural causes)

72 – Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter

@64 – Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (d. 1990; blood clots)

50 – Johnny Knoxsville [Philip John Clapp], actor

55 – John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer

53 – Terrence Howard, American actor

43 – Benji Madden, American singer-songwriter, guitarist

43 – Joel Madden, American singer-songwriter, producer

29 – Jodie Comer, British actress