12 Feb

February 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 7 Day 43 \ Ave. Sky Cover 15% \ Visibility 21 miles Flagstaff Today 52° \15°  Wind 4mph \ Gusts 11mph 
Air Quality: Fair \ Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 170mi \ Nearest Lightning 733mi
Feb. Averages for Flagstaff: 47° \ 19° \5 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

   5-12  
   Dump Your Significant Jerk Week
   6-12 
   Children's Mental Health Week Link 
   6-10
   6-10
   International Networking Week
   National School Counseling Week Link 
   Pride in Foodservice Week
   Pride in Foodservice Week Link 
   Tax Identity Theft Week
   Tax Identity Theft Week Link 
   Tinnitus Awareness Week
   Tinnitus Awareness Week Link 
   7-14 
   7-14 
   Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link
   Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week Link
   National Marriage Week Link  Link
   Risk Awareness Week
   7-12
  Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend
   Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From
  8-14
  Getting Dizzy Week
   11-20
  Date (Fruit) Week
   11-18  
  National Entrepreneurship Week Link
   12-18 
  Children of Alcoholics Week Link 
  International Flirting Week
   Jell-O Week
   Love A Mench Week
   National Secondhand Wardrobe Week)
   Random Acts of Kindness Week Link

 

Daily Observations

Autism Sunday Link 
Darwin Day
Hug Day

Lincoln's Birthday
Lost Penny Day

Man Day
NAACP Day
National Plum Pudding Day

National Pork Rind Day  
Link
Oglethorpe Day (in Georgia)

Paul Bunyan Day 
Link   Link  or Link or Link 
Safety Pup Day
Super Bowl LVII (57)
World Marriage Day 
Link 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

There were lots of clouds earlier today and I thought the storm was arriving early. Nope, clouds are mostly gone. Storm due Sunday evening.

As a teacher, the February bulletin board was always a silhouette of Abe, George, some lace and hearts along with the AZ state flag.

Guess I’m ready for the Super Bowl. There will be a Navajo young man, Collin Denny, who will be signing America the Beautiful’  in Native American Sign Language as well as American Sign language.  Looking forward to that part of the show. In addition, Lucinda Hinojos (b. 1981; Pascua Yaqui, Chiricahua Apache, White Mountain Apache, and Pima (Akimel O'Odham)) has a huge mural visible in downtown Phoenix to welcome visitors.

Still no more news on the downed ‘object’ in Alaska. Hmmm

Travel…

 

 

Facts…

Australia

Nestled between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, Australia is the largest country in Oceania and the sixth-largest country in the world by land area. But that’s just the beginning when it comes to the many amazing things about this ancient land. From its one-of-a-kind wildlife species to the planet’s oldest civilization. 

Slang Origins

1990: Geek out

Meaning: become excited or enthusiastic about a favored subject or activity, especially those considered to be out of the cultural mainstream

In the early 1900s, “geeks” was another way to describe sideshow acts, shifting in the ‘40s to mean a circus’ “wild men.” The term became associated with those interested in new technology and science fiction at the expense of social graces in the 1980s, as computers became more popular in the home. The word’s derogatory meaning has weakened in recent years, as nerd culture has gone mainstream.

Trivia…

The name Shell Oil was appropriated by Marcus Samuel, one of the company's founders. His father ran a London retail outlet called the Shell Shop, where he sold bags decorated with seashells. This grew into an import-export business, which diversified into a business that imported oil and kerosene.

Historical Events

1733 – James Oglethorpe founded Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
1870 – Women were granted the right to vote in the Utah Territory.
1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida Wells-Barnett and others.
1999 – The US Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton after he was impeached by the US House of Representatives.

Birthdays Today

@89 – John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader (d. 1969)
@88 – Bill Russell, basketball legend (d. 2022)
@86 – Omar Nelson Bradley, American general (d. 1981)
“Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.”– Omar Nelson Bradley
85 – Judy Blume, American author
@82 – Arlen Specter, American politician (d. 2012)
@77– Lee Byung-chul, founded Samsung (d.1987)
73 – Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
@73 – Charles Darwin, English geologist and theorist (d. 1882; heart disease)
@72 – Ted Mack, American radio and television host (d. 1976; heart failure)
@72 – Lorne Greene, Canadian-American actor (d. 1987; pneumonia)
@67 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986; lung cancer)
67 – Arsenio Hall, American comedic actor and talk show host
“Most people think they know the answer. I am willing to admit I don’t even know the question.” Arsenio Hall
@65 – Cotton Mather, North American Puritan minister (d. 1728)
“History is the story of events, with praise or blame.”– Cotton Mather
@56 – Abraham Lincoln, American politician, 16th President (assassinated in 1865)
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”– Abraham Lincoln
55 – Josh Brolin, American actor
55 – Chynna Phillips, American singer
50 – Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress
@49 – Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931; pleurisy)
44 – Jesse Spencer, American actress
43 – Christina Ricci, American actress
43 – Gucci Mane (Radric Delantic Davis), American rapper
“I’m satisfied and proud of the things I did – even the bumps and the bruises that I’ve had on the way. You fall down, you get up, you brush yourself off and you keep going. And that’s what we’re doing.”– Gucci Mane
35 – Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter

  

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