Aug 25

 

2023

Today’s QuoteFlagstaff Almanac

Week 34 Day 237  Ave. Sky Cover 90%\ Visibility  10mi. Flagstaff Today  71° \ 53° 
Wind  3mph \ Gusts  5mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Very Low Nearest Lightning:  175mi
Air Quality: Moderate Moisture Days this month: 9 days Rain
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days    

Weekly Observations

16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
20-26
Brake Safety Week Link
World Water Week Link
World Princess Week Link 
21-25
21-25
National Safe at Home Week
21-27
National Composites Week Link
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week

Daily Observations

Banana Split Day
Kiss and Make Up Day
National Park Service Day

National Second-hand Wardrobe Day

National Whiskey Sour Day 

Park Service Founders Day
Secondhand Wardrobe Day

Today’s Quote

 Today’s Thoughts

Monsoon is doing well…rained most of the night…gentle rain. Another one around 11am for about an hour.

I had lunch with Mary and Mike. Good food, good conversations. Faith and Andy are in Phx to watch their grandson play his 1st Jr. year Varsity football game.

Last night’s first debate looked to me more like a VP vetting than a Presidential debate. Debates have rules that are rarely followed. I don’t want a President who interrupts others and yelling your position is not Presidential.

Trump’s arrest will be in the evening, so as not to mess up traffic with a motorcade. Interesting? That also gives all the news channels have all day to show his movements, rather than give us other news. It is an historical event, but after 3 previous ones, not really that newsworthy.

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Little League Baseball

On June 6, 1939, the first Little League baseball game was played at Park Point in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. (Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy 23–8.) Since then, the pint-sized version of America’s favorite pastime has knocked it out of the park as the world’s largest organized youth sports program, boasting 200,000 teams in all 50 states and 80 countries. This year’s Little League Baseball World Series is August 17–27 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Random Trivia…

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, a Russian mystic and friend to Czar Nicolas II, reportedly survived being poisoned, shot, and stabbed numerous times before he was finally drowned in the Volga river.

Historic Events

  • 1835 – The first Great Moon Hoax article was published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
  • 1939 – The Wizard of Oz was released in theaters.
  • 1944- Paris was liberated from Nazi forces.
  • 2012 – Richard III’s remains were found under a parking lot in Leicester, England. The last king of England to die in battle.

Birthdays with some quotes

@92 – Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
90 – Tom Skerritt, American actor
@90 – Sean Connery, Scottish actor (d. 2020)
“There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.”
@88 – Regis Philbin, TV host (d. 2020)
74 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, KISS
“Wealth for its own sake is an empty shell. Wealth that includes making other people’s lives better will reward you even more than the beautiful mansion you live in.”
@72 – Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990; heart attack)
“Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.
72 – Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer, and radio host
69 – Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter
65 – Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
@64 – Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective, and spy (d. 1884; gangrene)
62 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter,
@60 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator, and animator, Pogo (d. 1973; diabetes)
59 – Blair Underwood, American actor
“All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was not embarrassed by it at all so you do it and you move on.”
55 – Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host
@53 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (d. 1584; stroke)
53 – Claudia Schiffer, German model
“I’m amazed when I see mothers wearing high heels. If your kids run off you can’t run after them.”
45 – Kel Mitchell, American comedic actor
42 – Rachel Bilson, American actress
36 – Blake Lively, American actress
25 – China Anne McClain, American actress

…The End for today…

 …The End for today…

 

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