Oct 22

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week43 Day 295 Sky Cover 5%| Visibility|35mi.Flagstaff Today|71° \39° Wind4mph|Gusts9mph 
Nearest active fire: 14miles|Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning:712mi
Air Quality: Fair Sunshine
Oct Averages: Temps: 63° \ 32° Moisture 4 Days  

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

International Dyslexia Association Reading Week: 22-28
Give Wildlife a Brake! Week: 22-28
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Kids Care Week: 22-28  
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: 22-28 
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National Massage Therapy Week: 22-28 
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National Respiratory Care Week: 22-28  
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Pastoral Care Week: 22-28 
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Pro Bono Week: 22-28 
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Spiritual Care Week: 16-22
Career in Energy Week: 16-22  
Freedom of Speech Week: 16-22 
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Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week: 16-23

Daily Observations

INTERNATIONAL CAP LOCKS DAY Link 
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Make A Dog's Day 
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Mother-in-Law Day

National Merri Music Day (reggae music)
National Tex Mex Day  
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Smart is Cool Day

Today’s Thoughts

Another very nice fall day.

For as long as I can remember, on the first Saturday after the season changes, I flip my mattress. I finally was able to do it today as I couldn’t stand long enough to do it on time. Feels good to get it finally be able to do it.

As of Friday, there were only 9 working days in Congress until a government shutdown. During all the previous shutdowns, Federal employees, considered non-essential, are sent home. Non-essential at both BIA and Oversees American Schools, those for embassy and military dependents, are sent home and students in dorms are sent home. Then after a day or two everyone is back at work, life goes on. All are paid as if it never happened.  As everyone knows this is not a normal time. A lengthy shutdown would hurt all Americans, but the crazies in the House don’t seem to care…after all they get paid anyway.

Enjoy

Halloween information… Trivia…

In terms of spending on Halloween items, Americans spent the most on costumes in 2021, followed by candy (both categories were around $3 billion.

Random Trivia…

Ancient Celts across what is now the UK, Ireland and northern France marked the day with bonfires and donned costumes to ward off ghosts of the dead, which they believed returned to Earth on that day.By the 11th century, as Christianity spread over Celtic territory, the Roman Empire had established November 1 as All Saint’s Day, likely in an attempt to replace the older Celtic holiday with a Christian one, according to History. The night before All Saint’s Day came to be known as All-hallowmas, then All Hallows Eve, and eventually Halloween.

Historic Events

1844 – End of World predicted by William Miller and his followers. #falsealarm

1883 – New York’s Metropolitan Opera House opened.

1962 – President John F. Kennedy addressed the country, demanding that Cuba removed Soviet missiles and equipment that had been secretly placed on the island.

Birthdays with some quotes

@96 – Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013)
85 – Christopher Lloyd, actor
80 – Catherine Deneuve, French actress
77 – Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician, and author
“The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety.”
@75 – Timothy Leary, American LSD psychologist (d. 1996; prostate cancer)
@74 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, and composer (d. 1886; pneumonia)
“In life, one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb to be.”
72 – Jeff Goldbloom, actor
@70 – Annette Funicello, American actress, and singer (d. 2013; MS)
“I am the creator of my reality.”
@62 – N.C. Wyeth, American painter, and illustrator (d. 1945; auto creash)
60 – Bob Odenkirk, actor, new author
59 – TobyMac, American singer-songwriter
“Focusing on the negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult.”
55 – Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell), Jamaican singer-songwriter and DJ
54 – Spike Jonze (Adam Spiegel), American actor, director, producer, screenwriter
@48 – Curly Howard, American comedic actor, Third Stooge (d. 1952; strokes/dementia)
“I hope the time will never come when I shall feel satisfied. To reach the goal of one’s ambitions must be tragic.”
39 – Zac Hanson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
“Something in me wanted to find out how far I could run without stopping.”

…The End for today…

 

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