14 Mar

 

14 March 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 11 Day 73 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 18 miles Flagstaff Today 56° \25°  Wind 4mph \ Gusts 15mph 
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 249mi \ Nearest Lightning 1192mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

  22-4/8
  Lent
  10-16
  Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
  11-17
  Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
  12-18
  Campfire USA Birthday Week
  Girl Scout Week Link  Link
  Teen Tech Week
  13-17
  Native American Awareness Week Link
  13-19
  International Brain Awareness Week Link
Daily Observations

International Ask A Question Day
International Day of Action for Rivers Link
International Day of Mathematics  Link
  Learn About Butterflies Day
MOTH-ER Day
National Equal Pay Day  Link
Potato Chip Day
Pi Day (as in the math pie = 3.14159265 etc.) Link
Reuben Day
Save a Spider Day Link
Write Your Story Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A couple of nice days ahead, then rain, then a little snow.

I headed to Wal-Mart to pick up household essentials. I picked up what I needed and some Cadbury eggs, my Easter nemesis…but they are so good. My willpower is tested to keep consumption at one egg a day.

60 Minutes had some great animal stories last night. There is DNA evidence that, thousands of years ago, wolves with a genetic mutation sought out friendliness. More study needed but looks like that is why dogs are so friendly to humans. Cool. They also went to a prison where inmates near parole are training wild horses. The project then auctions the gently trained horses and uses the money for more training. Nice Idea that is working.  

Enjoy…

Facts…

W     Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt in 1962 but gave away the patent for free to save lives.

W     "On Venus, a year is shorter than a day — meaning it takes Venus less time to orbit the Sun (year) than to complete one rotation (day)." 

More Slang origins…

Knuckle sandwich

Well when you put it that way, your closed fist that's heading towards my face sounds almost appealing.

Beauty in our 50 states…

35. Pennsylvania

It's got hills and Amish buggies and pleasant forests that in the fall molt into spectacular golds and yellows and oranges. But for Pennsylvania's size, it lacks that "wow" factor. It's a densely populated eastern state minus the redeeming coastline. It's got a nice piece of the Appalachians, but not so impressive a piece as its neighbors. And, yes, you can ski the Poconos if you really don't feel up to going somewhere better. But like so many of the features here, you'd trade up, given the option.

Historical Events

1900 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard. No country uses it today (2016).
1936 – The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opened at Radio City Music Hall.
1950 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation instituted the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list
2011 – Aflac Insurance fired Gilbert Gottfried, the voice of the Aflac Spokesduck, for an offensive online tweet about the Japan earthquake.

Birthdays Today

90 – Michael Caine, English actor and author
“A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.”– Michael Caine
90 – Quincy Jones, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer
“Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.”– Quincy Jones
@88 – Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001)
@81 – Hank Ketcham, author, created Dennis the Menace (d. 2001)
@76 – Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955; aneurysm)
“Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex.”– Albert Einstein
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”– Albert Einstein
75 – Billy Crystal, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
“In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.”– Billy Crystal
@73 – Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
44 – Chris Klein, American actor
@37 – Casey Jones, American engineer (d. 1900; train crash)
35 – Stephen Curry, basketball player
26 – Simone Biles, Olympic champion gymnast
15 – Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress