27 Jan

 

27 January 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 4 Day 27 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 18 miles Flagstaff Today 33° \  Wind 5mph \ Gusts 10mph 
Air Quality: Fair\Very Low Moderate High Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 133mi \ Nearest Lightning 2376mi
Jan Averages for Flagstaff: 44° \ 16° \5 Days of moisture
Sunshine and chilly

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

19-29
Sundance Film Festival
22-28
Clean Out Your Inbox Week
Data Privacy Week Link
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week
National School Choice Week Link 
Snowcare for Troops Week
Snowcare for Troops Week
23-28
National Medical Group Practice Week
23-25
Westminster Dog Show
24-27
International Hoof-Care Week Link 
25-27
National Mentoring Summit Link
26-29
Angouleme International Comics Festival  Link

Daily Observations

Auschwitz Liberation Day
Fun at Work Day
Holocaust Memorial Day
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust Link
National Big Wig Day  Link 
National Chocolate Cake Day

National Chocolate Cake Day
National Geographic Day
National Pre-school Fitness Day Link
National Seed Swap Day
Thomas Crapper Day
Viet Nam Peace Day
World Breast Pumping Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It is still chilly. Snow isn’t melting. The local Safeway, about a mile from my place, had a partial roof collapse yesterday from the heavy snow. The store is closed  while things are checked out. Right now it is a 20”x20” hole that also broke the water suppression pipe, causing quite a mess. No one was injured.

I had a nice lunch with Faith and Andy this afternoon. All is well.

Our small ski area here uses ‘dynamic pricing’ for one-day ski passes. With all snow this month, lots of people want to ski. The more demand, the higher the price. On Saturday a one-day lift ticket was $306. No word on the number of tickets sold, but the picture of the parking lot shows that not too many are skiing. It should be noted that Vail was selling one-day lift tickets for $265. Our ski area is about 1/10th the size of the Vail ski area.

Strange for sure…the Republican party of AZ spent over $$530,000 on a bus tour and party to celebrate their expected November win in state elections. Republicans did not get many wins and were not in the mood to party. However; Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for Governor who lost, raised over $2.5million in the days after the election she lost.

African Animals Abound…

Aardvark 
 Springbok antelope

Aardwolf

Babboon 

Arizona is a great state…

§  The world's largest solar telescope is located at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Sells, Arizona..

§  Bisbee, Arizona is known as the Queen of the Copper Mines because during its mining heyday it produced nearly 25 percent of the world's copper and was the largest city in the Southwest between Saint Louis and San Francisco.

§  Billy the Kid killed his first man, Windy Cahill, in Bonita, Arizona.

§  Arizona grows enough cotton each year to make more than one pair of jeans for every person in the United States.

Facts…

Height (in feet) of the highest wave ever surfed by a human: 86
Number of people in the U.S. who live in counties located along the coast: 127million.
Miles of coastline in New Hampshire, the least of any coastal state: 13
Percentage of U.S. landmass that is Alaska: 17% 

Slang Origins

1976: Boogie

Meaning: dance, especially to rock music

The disco era swept the nation in the mid-70s; a fire that burned hot and fast before finally fizzling in 80s. Movies like “Saturday Night Fever” (1977) and songs like KC and the Sunshine Band’s “Boogie Shoes” (1975) immortalized this era of distinctive style and vibrant dance floors.

Mysterious sites…

Easter Island Moai (Chile)

Over 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) is the one-time home of a Polynesian people called the Rapa Nui. Scattered across the island are around 1,000 moai, giant hand-carved stone statues of human-like figures that are half-buried in the earth. The Rapa Nui landed on the island sometime between 700 and 800 CE, and are believed to have started making the moai around 1100 CE. Each moai weighs 14 tons and stands 13 feet tall on average, so it’s hard to imagine how they were transported and hauled into place. One theory is that the islanders used a system of ropes and tree trunks. Their purpose has also been the subject of much debate. To the Rapa Nui, the statues may have stored sacred spirits.

Historical Events

1945 – The Auschwitz concentration camp, with about 6,000 prisoners was liberated by Soviet Forces.
1944 – The Siege of Leningrad, which began on September 4, 1941, ended. More than 1/2 of the city’s population was killed.
1973 – The Vietnam Peace Agreement was signed in Paris (taking effect January 28th). Colonel William Nolde was killed in action, becoming the conflict’s last recorded American combat casualty.

Birthdays Today

@75 – Reynaldo Rey, American actor (d. 2015; stroke)
75 – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, actor
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.– Mikhail Baryshnikov
68 – John Roberts, American jurist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
67 – Mimi Rogers, American actress
@65 – Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), English novelist, poet, mathematician (d. 1898; flu)
If you drink much from a bottle marked “poison” it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.– Lewis Carroll
@60 – Jerome Kern, American composer, and songwriter (d. 1945; stroke)
The fact that the theatre-going public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn’t like.– Jerome Kern
@64 – Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986; cancer)
When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart.– Donna Reed 
@65 – Troy Donahue [Merle Johnson Jr.], American actor (d. 2001; heart attack)
64 – Keith Olbermann, American journalist, author
59 – Bridget Fonda, American actress
58 – Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor
54 – Patton Oswalt, American comedian, and actor
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, ‘The good outnumber you, and we always will.’– Patton Oswalt
@52 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (d. 1972; heart attack)

@39 – Sabu, Indian-American actor (d. 1963; heart attack)

@35 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist, and composer (d. 1791; swelling)

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.