30 Jan

30 January 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 5 Day 30 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 17 miles Flagstaff Today 45° \13°  Wind 9mph \ Gusts 21mph 
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 1008mi \ Nearest Lightning 967mi
Jan Averages for Flagstaff: 44° \ 16° \5 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

28—2/4
Cordova Ice Worm Days  Link
Catholic Schools Week
Meat Week
National Anesthesiologists Week Link

Daily Observations

Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day Link
Croissant Day
Link
Inane Answering Message Day

National Escape Day
National Croissant Day
Yodel for Your Neighbors Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 A nice winter day with a little too much wind.

I’m getting ready for another storm.  Should arrive late tonight or early tomorrow. Anywhere from 3-10” depending on which weather-guy I believe.

I watched Netflix until just after midnight. Today is just a nice lazy day.

A 19-year-old Russian girl has been arrested and now must wear an ankle monitor after she posted negative Putin remarks regrading Ukraine on her social media. She faces 3 years in prison. She is one of 61 cases in the courts for social media posts.

Today we find out who will play in the Super Bowl in Phoenix.

African Animals Abound…

Arizona is a great state…

·        Located on Arizona's western border, Parker Dam is the deepest dam in the world at 320 feet.
·        South Mountain Park/Preserve in Phoenix is the largest municipal park in the country.
·        Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, located about 55 miles west of Phoenix, generates more electricity than any other U.S. power plant.
·        Oraibi, a Hopi village located in Navajo County, Arizona, dates back to before A.D. 1200 and is reputed to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in America.

Facts…

Judy Garland was born to a pair of vaudeville performers and theater operators, and by the time she came along, her two older sisters had already started appearing onstage — so in some ways, showbiz was inevitable. After begging her parents to let her perform, she got her big debut at the family’s theater when she was just two years old. She had been tasked with singing her favorite holiday song, “Jingle Bells,” and got so excited that she sang it more than once in a row.

This started a new era of Judy and her sisters performing as a trio, although she emerged quickly as the standout of the group. While all three were talented, and even appeared together in the 1929 short film The Big Revue, it was Judy who caught the attention of performers and promoters on the road. At just 13 years old, she signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and started going to school on the MGM lot with other child stars, including Mickey Rooney.

Judy’s legal name was Frances Ethel Gumm, after her parents, Frank and Ethel. The couple had expected a boy after having two girls, and planned to name him Frank Jr., so Frances was both a compromise and an inside joke. In everyday life, she was simply known as “Baby” or “Baby Gumm.”

The last name “Garland” came about while she and her sisters, then known as the Gumm Sisters, were touring. ”Gumm Sisters” didn’t exactly roll off the tongue, and a popular comedian emceeing a series of performances came up with “Garland Sisters.”

“Judy,” however, didn’t come until later, and for a time she was known professionally as Frances Garland. The first name came along after one of her older sisters decided to go by a stage name. Sick of both “Baby” and “Frances,” she picked her own fresh moniker from Hoagy Carmichael’s latest hit, “Judy.” She was especially drawn to one line: “If she seems a saint but you find that she ain’t, that’s Judy.”

She encountered some family resistance to the new name, but refused to respond to anything but “Judy” as soon as she’d made her decision, so it stuck pretty quickly. 

Slang Origins

1978: Ditz

Meaning: a person who is eccentric, silly, inane

Ditz is a noun formation of the word ditzy, but otherwise its roots are unclear. Some believe it is a corruption from an African American slang term “dicty” which meant “conceited or snobbish.” It’s most often used to describe women, implying that they are not able to think and remember things as well as men.

Mysterious sites…

Temple of Bacchus (Lebanon)

The Baalbek temple complex in northeast Lebanon is one of the most intriguing Roman ruins on the planet. Its centerpiece is the well-preserved and monumental Temple of Bacchus. The age of the temple is unknown, although it was most likely erected in the second century CE. Most historians agree that emperor Antoninus Pius commissioned it in honor of Bacchus, the god of wine and intoxication. What has been baffling archaeologists ever since the temple’s rediscovery in the late 19th century is how the Romans succeeded in building it. It is staggering to think that humans without heavy machinery could hoist the 42 Corinthian columns (19 of which remain standing) of the colonnade, since each stands 62 feet tall and 7.5 feet in diameter.

Historical Events

1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge (the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), spanning the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, was opened.
1969 – The Beatles’ rooftop performance and recording for Let It Be took place at Apple Records.
1972 – Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers opened fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 14 people.

Birthdays Today

93 – Gene Hackman, American actor, and author
@91 – Harold Prince, American director, and producer (d.  2019)
@86 – Dick Martin, American comedic actor (d.  2008)
86 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
Ask the right questions if you’re going to find the right answers.– Vanessa Redgrave
86 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player
@82 – Tammy Grimes, American actress, and singer (d.  2016)
82 – Dick Cheney, American businessman, and politician
72 – Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Beyond a certain point, the music isn’t mine anymore. It’s yours.– Phil Collins
70 – Fred Hembeck, American author, illustrator
65 – Brett Butler, American actress
@63 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, American politician, 32nd President (d.  1945; stroke)
49 – Christian Bale, Welsh actor
I have a fear of being boring.– Christian Bale
43 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
When things get dark, they’re going to get darker, and at that very moment, that’s when you hang on that much tighter because that’s when salvation and light come.– Wilmer Valderrama
39 – Kid Cudi, American singer
Sometimes you have to forgive and forget. Forgive them for hurting you and forget they exist.– Kid Cudi
  

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