3 December 2022
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 49 Day 337 \ Ave. Sky Cover 50% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 42° \28°
Wind 7mph \ Gusts 5mph Air Quality: Fair \Low Risk of fire \ Nearest
active fire 377mi \ Nearest Lightning 1448mi
Dec Averages for Flagstaff: 43° \ 17° `
Today’s
Quote
Monthly
Observations
Operation Santa Paws (1-17)
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS) (12/18 - 2/12)
Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Month Link
Universal Human Rights Month Link
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
Youngsters on The Air Month Link
Weekly
Observations
Cookie
Cutter Week: 1-7 Link
Clerc-Gallaudet Week: 3-10
Daily Observations
Be A
Blessing Day
Bike Shop Day
Disability Day
Earmuff Day or Chester Greenwood Day Link
E-Discovery Day
International Baboon Day
International Day of Persons With Disabilities
International Spirit of
the Game Day
Let’s Hug Day
Make A Gift Day
National Green Bean Casserole Day
National Play Outside Day Link
Skywarn Recognition Day Link
World Pear Day Link
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Lots
of clouds today.
I
did my weekly Sam’s and grocery shopping this morning. I found some good deals
at Sam’s.
Mauna
Loa, the world’s largest active volcano has been erupting. While waiting for my
shuttle in Phx I met a couple returning from Hawaii. They were not on the big
island, but said the plume of smoke was seen from their flight home. The lave
flow is threating to divide the island in half between the East and West side.
Good
news here: Cochise County supervisors have certified the midterm results, only
after a federal judge ordered them to do so. The crazies are still fighting
results throughout the state.
Favorite
Memes
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Little
known Native American History
Native
Americans had diverse housing
If the only
thing you knew about Native Americans came from Hollywood, you would be
forgiven for assuming every tribe lived in teepees, but this is far from the
truth. Native Americans were encompassed by many tribes who spoke different
languages and had different cultures and ways of life. Many of the Plains
Indians tribes lived in teepees, but the nations of the Iroquois nation lived
in longhouses, while the tribes of the Mesa Verde region dwelled in cliffs,
while the tribes in Taos lived in pueblos, a site which makes the area one of
the top 16 American cities for history buffs.
Slang
Origins
1924: Joe Blow
Meaning: an average or ordinary man
Still used today, “Joe Blow” seems to have originated from the popular boy’s name, the seventh most popular in the 1920s, and a rhyming word. The phrase “Joe Doakes” was first recorded at a similar time but didn’t have the same staying power.
Historical
Events
- 1910 – Neon lighting was first
demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
- 1967 – 54-year-old Louis Washkansky
received the first human heart transplant, led by Dr. Christian Barnard, at
Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. He lived for 18 days.
- 1984 – A deadly gas leak at a Union
Carbide plant killed more than 4,000 people and injured over 200,000 in Bhopal,
India.
- 1976 – Rocky was widely released. The
premiere was on November 21, in NYC.
- 1994 – The Sony PlayStation was released
in Japan.
Birthdays
Today
- @91 – Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director (d. 2022)
- @84 – Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012)
85
– Bobby Allison, American race car driver
74
– Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter- @72 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter, unfinished George
Washington (d. 1828)
70
– Benny Hinn, Israeli-American evangelist- @68 – Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (d. 1976; cancer)
- @66 – Joseph Conrad, Polish writer (d. 1924; heart attack)
- “All idealization makes life poorer. To beautify it is to take away
its character of complexity – it is to destroy it.”– Joseph Conrad
62
– Daryl Hannah, American actress
62
– Julianne Moore, American Actress
57
– Katarina Witt, German figure skater
54
– Brendan Fraser, American actor
“I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren’t funny.”-Brendan
Fraser
54
– Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter
49
– Holly Marie Combs, American actress
42
– Anna Chlumsky, American actress
42
– Jenna Dewan, American actress, dancer
39
– Andy Grammer, American singer
37
– Amanda Seyfried, American actress
“I’m good with getting older because I feel like one day, I know I
will love myself.”– Amanda Seyfried
