2 December 2022
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 49 Day 336 \ Ave. Sky Cover a% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 47° \26°
Wind 8mph \ Gusts 19mph Air Quality: Fair\ Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest
active fire 74mi \ Nearest Lightning q114mi
Dec Averages for Flagstaff: 43° \ 17° `
Today’s
Quote
Monthly
Observations
Honor Your Pharmacist Month
International Sharps Injury Prevention Month Link
National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
National Pear Month Link
National Tie Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Weekly
Observations
Cookie
Cutter Week: 1-7 Link
Daily Observations
Bartender Appreciation Day Link Link
Faux Fur Friday
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day
National Fritters Day
National
Mutt Day Link
National Salesperson Day
Play Basketball Day
Popping Corn Day
Safety
Razor Day
Special Education Day
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
It’s
been a busy day.
My
parents and Jeffco schools taught me the importance of ‘the principle’ over
money.
I
put a package on hold with UPS while I was in Mexico. UPS then promptly charge
me $7.99 for the hold. Then they lost the package. I called and the vendor sent
a new one 2-day air after I got home. It arrived fine. Between my time on the
UPS website and finally on the phone it took over an hour to get my $7.99 refund.
I did the survey at the end and let them know that my time is more valuable
than the $7.99/hour but I refused to let them know I didn’t appreciate losing
my package and then spending an hour to get the hold refund. I’m sure they are
sending my complaint to all those involved, and a team is working on fixing
their much too complicated processes. NOT!
Favorite
Memes
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Little
known Native American History
Little Tree
wasn't who you think
Countless
Americans grew up reading The Education Of Little Tree. Said to be a memoir of
Forest Carter's childhood living with his Cherokee grandmother and
part-Cherokee grandfather, the book was praised for decades, taught in schools,
and even recommended by Oprah. However, in 1991 historian Dan T Clark proved in
the New York Times what many had long suspected, the book was a hoax written by
Asa Carter, a white supremacist, and one-time Klu Klux Klan member.
Slang
Origins
1923: Flapper
Meaning: a young woman in the 1920s who
showed freedom from conventions and societal norms
The iconic image from 1920s America,
“flappers” conjure an image of women in makeup and bobbed hair driving
automobiles or dancing in a speakeasy. While this might be the most striking
image of the American "Roaring ‘20s," the slang is actually imported
from the British. There, young women briefly wore rubber galoshes left open to
flap around, which let to the coinage of the term.
Historical
Events
1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue,
in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in North America.
1823 – President James Monroe proclaimed
the Monroe Doctrine.
1961 – Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared
that he was a Marxist/ Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism.
1964 – Students stormed Sproul Hall on
the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in a massive ‘sit-in.’
1971 – Imus in the Morning premiered. Don
Imus was an early opinion-oriented comedy/talk show pioneer.
Birthdays
Today
@85 – Alexander Haig, American politician, Secretary of State (
2010)
78
– Cathy Lee Crosby, American actress
72
– Paul Watson, Canadian activist, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation
Society
54
– Lucy Liu, American actress
@53 – Maria Callas, American singer ( 1977; heart attack)
Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not. It is a
matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don’t like it shouldn’t come to
hear me.– Maria Callas
@50 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founder of
Versace ( 1997; shot)
I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast… We have to
change.– Gianni Versace
49
– Monica Seles, Serbian/ American tennis player
44
– Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter
41
– Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, actress
I would really, really, really like to be a legend like Madonna.
Madonna knows what to do next, and when she’s performing, the audience is just
in awe of her.– Britney Spears
39
– Aaron Rogers, NFL player
33
– Cassie Steele, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress
@31 – Georges Seurat, French painter ( 1891; diphtheria?)
@21 – Juice Wrld (Jarad A. Higgins), American rapper (2019; OD)
Nobody on this earth is perfect. Everybody has their flaws…
everybody has their dark secrets and vices.– Juice Wrld
