Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 22 Day: 146 \ Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 77° \38°
Wind: 9mph \ Gusts: 16mph
Extreme risk of fire
\ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ nearest Lightning: 1096mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° (3 days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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23-6/5
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Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Another nice
day…no complaints.
The fire
yesterday was stopped at about 3 acres. Thanks to those who responded.
I had lunch
with Andy and Faith. Good conversation, good food. We met at the Mongolian restaurant
here in Flag. This place made it through the pandemic but is closing in February
due to the high rental costs in Flagstaff. A sad story for sure. Faith said
that when Hobby Lobby opened in the old Sear’s store at the mall, they actually
bought that part of the mall. This is because they close on Sundays and the
mall fines businesses that aren’t open during Mall hours. We are now losing a
lot of national businesses due to the high rental fees around Flagstaff. So
sad. This year alone we have lost Bed, Bath, and Beyond, Office Max, Barnes and
Nobel, and others due to rental costs. Interesting that Goodwill has moved into
the old Barnes & Nobel and is willing to pay these high rents. Hmmm.
Will
yesterday’s slaughter of children in a Texas school lead to changes in the
laws? I hope those against sensible gun laws will change their minds.
For several
weeks the 24/7 news channels have been dissecting the various state primaries
as to what this will lead to in November. Yesterday there were several
important primaries. As soon as the shooting occurred, all the stations stopped
covering the primaries and only talked about the massacre. I fully understand
that. I learned that there are things more important than any primary in this
nation.
Favorite Memes
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Humor
Knock-Knock
Knock,
knock----Who's There?----Mustache----Mustache who?
I mustache
you a question, but I’ll shave it for later.
Trivia
v Japan has the second lowest homicide rate
in the world, but it also home to the spooky "suicide forest"
Aokigahara at the base of Mt. Fuji. It is the second most popular place in the
world for suicides after San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge
v The Japanese word banzai literally means
'10 thousand years' and was traditionally used to wish the emperor a long life.
Today, it is closer to a cheer like 'Hip Hip Hooray!'
v The Japanese avoid the number four (shi)
because it sounds the same as the word for death. Tall buildings do not have a
fourth floor. Tea and sake sets are sold with five cups. Three or five is the
desirable number of guests in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. As a rule,
odd numbers are preferred over even numbers in Japan.
Historical Events
Ø 1868 – The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
ended with his acquittal by a single vote.
Ø
1869 –
Boston University was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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1896 –
Charles Dow published the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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1897 – Bram
Stoker’s Dracula novel began being sold in the UK.
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1923 – The
first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually every June.
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1923 – The
first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held.
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1927 – The
last Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line after a production run of
15,007,003 vehicles.
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1967 – The
Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released.
Ø 1998 – The Supreme Court of the United
States ruled that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of
immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
Birthdays Today
@83 – Jack Kevorkian, American
pathologist, author, assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)
@81 – Peter Cushing, English actor (d.
1994)
@81 – Peggy Lee, American
singer-songwriter, actress (d. 2002)
74
– Stephanie ‘Stevie’ Nicks, American singer-songwriter
@72 – John Wayne [Marion
Robert Morrison], American
actor (d.1979; stomach cancer)
73
– Pam Grier, American actress
72
– Hank Williams, Jr., singer
@65 – Miles Davis, Trumpet (d. 1991;
stroke)
@64 – Al Jolson, American singer, actor (d,
1950; heart attack)
@61 – Sally Ride, American physicist and
astronaut (d. 2012; pancreatic cancer)
57 – Lenny Kravitz, funk singer
