May 16

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 21 Day: 136 \ Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 82° \38° 
Wind: 8mph \ Gusts: 20mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 8mi \ nearest Lightning: 874mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34°  (3 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

10-16 Universal Family Week

15-21   EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week Link   International Heritage Breeds Week International New Friends, Old Friends Week National Eosinophil Awareness Week Link   National Medical Transcription Week Link National Transportation Week National Unicycle Week Police Week World Trade Week

16-22  American Craft Beer Week Link  International Coaching Week  Link National Bike to Work Week  Link   National Foul Ball Week PGA Championship   Link

Daily Observations

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Enjoying this great weather…doors and windows open.

There is going to be a nice eclipse tonight. Enjoy

Another mass shooting…this time in Buffalo, NY. The shooter is only 18. Make it stop!

As Sweden and Finland plan to join NATO, Turkey is threatening to block their admittance.  Such sad news.

Robbers are stepping it up a notch. Now there is ‘’follow home” robberies. The would-be thieves stake out at an expensive restaurant. Then when they see a fancy car leaving, they follow it to its destination and rob the home. Frightening for many.

Favorite Memes

State Trivia

Tennessee: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited in the US

No, it's not the arguably more famous Grand Canyon and it's not Yosemite. According to the US National Park Service, the most visited national park in the States is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which draws in more than 12 million visitors annually – more than twice the number of the second most popular park. Most see the park from its scenic highway, while others take to its 800-plus miles of hiking trails.

Texas: it's larger than any country in Europe

If Texas was a country, it would be the 40th largest in the world. Only second to Alaska, when it comes to the size of US states, Texas' epic area of 268,820 square miles (696,240sq km) means it's larger than every single country in Europe, plus Japan, Vietnam, New Zealand – the list is pretty long...

Utah: everyone loves Jell-O here

No joke, Utah is the Jell-O capital of the US (and probably the world too). Residents of the Beehive State love it so much, the people of Utah consume more Jell-O per capita than any other state in the US so it's only natural it's the state's official snack. In fact, it so popular that the second week of February is celebrated as Jell-O week and during the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City there was an officially licensed JELL-O pin, celebrating the city and its love of Jell-O.

Paraprosdokians

Winston Churchill paraprosdokians

v I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

v Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street...with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

v Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

v A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

v You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

Historical Events

Ø  Ø    1866 – The United States Congress established the 5-cent nickel.

Ø    1866 – Root Beer was invented by Charles Elmer Hires in Philadelphia, PA.

Ø    1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense.

Ø    It was repealed on December 13, 1920.

Ø    1920 – Pope Benedict XV canonized Joan of Arc.

Ø    1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights began, between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London.

Ø    1966 – The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde were both released.

Ø    1983 – The concert special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever was broadcast by NBC; Michael Jackson performed his ‘moonwalk’ dance for the first time on television.

Ø    1988 – Nicotine was declared to be addictive in ways similar to heroin and cocaine, in a report released by US Surgeon-General C. Everett Koop.

Ø    1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of the United States Congress.

Ø    1996 – 12 million people tuned in for the series finale of Murder, She Wrote on CBS. The show was the longest-running American Murder-Mystery drama.

Ø    2014 – Broadcast journalist and TV personality Barbara Walters retired from ABC News and from the daytime program The View.

Birthdays Today

78 – Danny Trejo, American actor

@77 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982; heart disease)

@71 – William H. Seward, American lawyer. politician, Secretary of State (d. 1872)

71 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer

69 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor

@67 – Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (d. 1987; AIDS)

56 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter

53 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist

53 – David Boreanaz, American actor

49 – Tori Spelling, American actress and reality television personality

36 – Megan Fox, American actress

32 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor