Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 35 Day 239 \ Ave. Sky Cover 45% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 77° \52°
Wind 8mph \ Gusts 13mph Air Quality Faair
Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest
Lightning 5mi
Aug Averages for Flagstaff: 79° \ 50° (9days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
Thru Sep.5
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18-9/6
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21-27
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22-28
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23-9/1
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25-31
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27-28
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27-9/4
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Daily Observations
Banana
Lovers Day
International
Bat Night
Just Because Day
Petroleum Day Link
Pots du Creme Day
The
Duchess Who Wasn't Day
World Daffodil Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
I went out
this morning to pick up some essentials. Just as I pulled into the parking lot,
the first rainstorm hit. I parked fairly close and made a mad dash to the
store. When I came out about 20 minutes later, the rain had stopped. Good day.
Our
discussion group meets tomorrow night to discuss Putin’s Russia. It should be a
good discussion, but I’ve got some reading to do before the meeting.
A recent scientific
study suggests that there might be some good outcomes for using ‘magic mushrooms’,
with psylocibin [a psychedelic], to help alcohol addicts break their addiction.
That could be good news for many. While they did not list any lasting side effects,
it was either it works, or it doesn’t do anything.
The redacted
warrant has been issued. All the news channels are spending lots of time to
tell us what is and not there. Some are happy, some…not so much. I’m going to
wait for more results before I decide my mood.
Favorite Memes
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One Hit Wonders
"Stuck in the Middle With You,"
Stealers Wheel (1973)
In all
fairness to Stealers Wheel, the band did have another song in the top 30 of the
Billboard Hot 100 ("Star" from 1973). However, Gerry Rafferty and Co.
will always be lauded for this classic that reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 and
still has a home on whatever version of classic rock radio remains in the U.S.
Of course, fans of director Quentin Tarantino will forever associate the song
for its use during the infamous torture scene in his 1992 cult classic
Reservoir Dogs.
Historical Events
410 – The sacking of Rome by the
Visigoths ended after three days.
1776 – In what is now Brooklyn, New York,
British forces under General William Howe defeated Americans under General
George Washington in The Revolutionary War’s Battle of Long Island..
1859 – Petroleum was discovered in
Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful
oil well.
1939 – First flight of the
turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft, in Germany.
2003 – Mars made its closest approach to
Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing just 34,646,418 miles away.
2003 – The initial six-party talks,
involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia,
convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North
Korean nuclear weapons program.
Birthdays Today
79
– Tuesday Weld, American actress
@78 – Martha Raye, American actress, and comedian (d. 1994;
pneumonia)
“Ask any girl what
she’d rather be than beautiful, and she’ll say more beautiful.”– Martha Raye
76
– Barbara Bach, American actress
70
– Paul Ruebens, actor [Pee Wee Herman]
@64 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (d. 1973; heart attack)
53
– Chandra Wilson, American actress
46
– Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
“Human beings are
not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy.”– Sarah Chalke
43
– Aaron Paul, American actor
“What’s so great
about television. You’re able to tell a long story, where you couldn’t really
do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two
hours.”– Aaron Paul
@32 – Charles Rolls, English engineer, co-founded Rolls-Royce
Limited (d. 1910)
“Poor quality is
remembered long after low prices are forgotten.”– Charles Rolls
30
– Blake Jenner, American actor, singer
