Aug 15

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 33 Day 227 Ave. Sky Cover 40%\ Visibility  22mi. Flagstaff Today  77° \ 50° 
Wind  8mph \ Gusts  11mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning:  104mi
Air Quality: Fair           Moisture Days this month: 5 days Sunshine 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

8-17
Elvis Week
13-19
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week Link  Link 
National Resurrect Romance Week
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
National Resurrect Romance Week
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
US Amateur Golf Week
15-19
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money)

Daily Observations

Assumption of Mary
Best Friends Day
Chauvin Day
Check The Chip Day (Implanted in Pets)  Link
Green Data Day
Leathercraft Day
Lemon Meringue Pie Day

Moms' Equal Pay Day Link
National Leathercraft Day  Link
National Relaxation Day
National Thrift Shop Day Link
National No SpongeBob Day Link  (SpongeBob Squarepants)
Relaxation Day
Relaxation Day

Today’s Thoughts

Nice cooler summer day.

Yesterday’s monsoon brought more moisture. Enjoyable rain.

The HOA grounds keepers are here cleaning up the parking lot and fronts of each unit. Nice to get rid of the pine needles.

I stopped at Walgreen’s after getting a text that two prescriptions were ready. They only had one ready and the other one will be ready tomorrow. I showed them the text. They couldn’t explain it. Oh Well.

Georgia Grand Jury is moving faster than expected…a fourth indictment against Trump seems to be in the works.

Enjoy



 

Statue of Liberty …

5. The Statue of Liberty also nearly went to Boston.

In 1882, when the statue was well under construction in Paris, but fundraising efforts were stalling in New York, Boston made a play to get the statue. Proving that nothing motivates New Yorkers so well as rivalry, the New York Times retorted in an editorial:

“[Boston] proposes to take our neglected statue of Liberty and warm it over for her own use and glory. Boston has probably again overestimated her powers. This statue is dear to us, though we have never looked upon it, and no third rate town is going to step in and take it from us. Philadelphia tried to do that in 1876, and failed. Let Boston be warned . . . that she can’t have our Liberty ... that great light-house statue will be smashed into ... fragments before it shall be stuck up in Boston Harbor.”

Hoax proved wrong…

Dutch painter Han van Meegeren is considered to be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Born in 1889, van Meegeren managed to dupe some of the sharpest art critics and expert art historians of the day by forging paintings of some of the world’s most famous artists, including Pieter de Hooch and, notably, Johannes Vermeer.

Random Trivia…

Roman gladiators often became celebrities and even endorsed products! Children would even play with gladiator ‘action figures’ made of clay. Also, their sweat was considered an aphrodisiac, and women would mix it into their skincare products.

Historic Events

  • 1515 – Panama City, Panama was founded.
  • 1870 – The Transcontinental Railway was completed at Promontory Point, UT, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific ports via rail lines.
  • 1914 – The Panama Canal opened, although the first ship to pass through, The SS Ancon, went through the 50-mile waterway on August 3.
  • 1945 Japan’s Emperor Hirohito addressed the nation, regarding the surrender of Japan to the Allied Forces in the Jewel Voice Broadcast.

Birthdays with some quotes

@91 – Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
” Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”
@91 – Mike Connors, American actor (d. 2017)
85 – Maxine Waters, American politician
@82 – Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)
” Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.”
@79 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959; heart disease)
77 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter
” I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.”
54 – Debra Messing, American actress
52 – Anthony Anderson, actor
@51 – Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and emperor (d. 1821; in exile)
“If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion.”
51 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
“No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.”
@33 – Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (d. 2019)
” On a mission, your worst enemy is idle time.”
33 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress

 

…The End for today…

 

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