22 Mar

 

22 March 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 12 Day 81 \ Ave. Sky Cover 95% \ Visibility 1 mile Flagstaff Today 43° \22°  Wind 1mph \ Gusts 3mph 
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 249mi \ Nearest Lightning 410mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6 Days of moisture
Snowing

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

     22-4/8
     Lent
     19-4/16
     National Cherry Blossom Festival Link  
    19-25
      American Chocolate Week Link
      National Agriculture Week
      National Animal Poison Prevention Week Link  Link
      National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week  Link   Link
      National Poison Prevention Week Link
       National Protocol Officer's Week
      World Folktales & Fables Week
      20-26
      Act Happy Week
       International Teach Music Week
       National Fix A Leak Week  Link
       National Fragrance Week Link
       Shakespeare Week Link
        Wellderly Week
      21-27
      International Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against

            Racism & Discrimination
      22-4/20
      Ramadan

Daily Observations

  39 And Holding Day  Link  

  American Diabetes Alert Day
As Young As You Feel Day
Bavarian Crepes Day
Goof Off Day
International Balloon Animal Day
International Day of The Seal
National Goof-off Day
Ramadan-4/20
Talk Like William Shatner Day
Tuskegee Airmen Day
World Day for Water (aka World Water Day)  Link
World Day of Metta

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Hard to believe it is spring…very wet snow falling. Sidewalks and roads are slushy mess. It’s too warm for snow to stick right now.

Tomorrow, I take my tax stuff in. Hoping for the best.

Simon Atebe is always at the White House press conferences. He represents ‘Today’s News Africa’. He is Nigerian and claims to never be called on. First, the headquarters for his organization are in Washington DC. That seems a tad bit odd. Second, I worked with several Nigerians when I was in Tuba. While they did their work well, they always came off to others as ‘brusque’ during conversations or when doing presentations.  I think it is time for the press corps to learn a little about Nigerian social conventions.

Trump has been the only one claiming he will be arrested today. No one know where he got his information. Don’t panic, just let the system work.  

Enjoy…

Facts…

The world's largest wild camel population is in Australia, not in the Middle East or the Sahara Desert. 

More Slang origins…

What's your bag?

We're not talking about luggage. Your bag symbolizes your problems, the mysterious annoyance that's making you so obviously upset.

Beauty in our 50 states…

27. Arkansas

The southeast half of the state isn't much to behold unless you're into swamps, pastures, rice fields, and the same fungible pine forests you'll find in Mississippi and Georgia. Heading north, though, you find hills that conceal caves, creeks, and gullies, and which every so often will reveal a flat slab where you can slouch and soak in a sunset (or, perhaps, soak in a hot spring). The Buffalo River, the first designated national river in the country, remains one of the rare undammed American rivers of any consequence. And the Ouachita Mountains in the southwest amble endlessly, pocked with springs and towns just big enough to support a gas station where you can outfit yourself for a few days of floating or camping.

Historical Events

1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians killed 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony’s population.
1945 – The Arab League was founded in Cairo, Egypt.
1993 – Intel Corporation shipped the first Pentium chips

Birthdays Today

@97 – Karl Malden (Mladen George Sekulovich), American actor (d. 2009)
93 – Pat Robertson, minister, broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network
92 – William Shatner, Canadian actor
“Why does the lizard stick his tongue out? The lizard sticks its tongue out because that’s the way its listening and looking and tasting its environment. It’s its means of appreciating what’s in front of it.”– William Shatner
@91 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer (d. 2021)
@84 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007)
”   “ – Marcel Marceau
@80 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (d. 2000)
@74 – Chico Marx, American actor, Marx Brother (d. 1961; arteriosclerosis)
“Right now I’d do anything for money. I’d kill somebody for money. I’d kill you for money. Ha haha. Ah, no. You’re my friend. I’d kill you for nothing.– Chico Marx, in The Cocoanuts
76 – James Patterson, American author
75 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer
“Nobody seems to think it’s a good idea to mention mistakes, but I think it’s important to acknowledge the mistakes you’ve made in life because it’s really through those that you learn things. I’ve made hundreds.”– Andrew Lloyd Webber
66 – Stephanie Mills, American actress
64 – Matthew Modine, American actor
@61 – Ross Martin, American actor (d. 1981; cancer)
47 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress
“I believe ambition is not a dirty word. It’s just believing in yourself and your abilities. Imagine this: What would happen if we were all brave enough to be a little bit more ambitious? I think the world would change.”– Reese Witherspoon
40 – Constance Wu, actor
34 – Tyler Oakley, American internet celebrity