4 Apr

 

April 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 14 Day 94 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 21 miles Flagstaff Today 57° \20°  Wind 16mph \ Gusts 37mph 
Air Quality: Fair \ Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 369mi \ Nearest Lightning 1465mi
Apr. Averages for Flagstaff: 60° \ 27° \3 Days of moisture
WIND &Sunshine

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

Holy Humor Month
Home Improvement Time (April-Sept.30)
Honor Society Awareness Month 
Informed Women Month
International Black Women's History Month Link
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Guitar Month Link
International Twit Award Month
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month Link
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful 
Library Snapshot Month

Weekly Observations

3/19-4/16
    National Cherry Blossom Festival 
3/22-4/20
    Consider Christianity Week
    International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
    National Cleaning Week
3/26-4/9
    Passiontide
1-7
    APAWS Pooper Scooper  Week
    Golden Rule Week
    Laugh at Work Week
    Medication Safety Week
    Testicular Cancer Awareness Week (aka Get A Grip Day!) 
    Week of The Young Child  
2-8
    Bat Appreciation Week
    Holy Week
    National Blue Ribbon Week (Child Abuse)
    National Public Health Week
    National Window Safety Week
2-9
    World Irish Dancing Week
3-9
    Explore Your Career Options Week
4-10
    Hate Week
    National Dental Hygienist Week

Daily Observations

Chocolate Milk Powder Day
Cordon Bleu Day
Hug a Newsperson Day
International Day for Mine Awareness& Assistance in Mine Action
Jeep 4x4 Day  Link
National Sexual Assault Awareness Day of Action (SAAM)  Link  
Ramen Noodle Day
School Librarian Day
Tell a Lie Day
Victims of Violence Wholly Day
Vitamin C Day
World Rat Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Spring always brings wind…and today it is here. Pine needles should start piling up on deck soon.

The first week of the month always brings computer and app updates. This month had more than normal. Took about 30 minutes to update the computer.

I wish there was a really trustworthy news service. I don’t like getting accurate news from The Daily Show. They did a story of fentanyl distribution in the US. I fact-checked it and it was true. I never realized that 87% fentanyl crossing the border is brought in by Americans bringing it in. If I watch Right-wing media, they make it sound like at least 100% of the illegal pills or powder is brought in by those illegals who are steaming across the border.  If I watch Main-stream or Left-wing media, Fentanyl is a problem; no one knows who is bringing it in to the country. If Americans got the truth, it would be a beginning to solving the problem.

I’ve been a fan of 60 Minutes for ever. I am still trying to understand Leslie Stahl’s interview last night with Marjorie Taylor Green. Leslie let MTG say Dems are pedophiles, she can’t be held accountable for posts on her website because many other employees do much of the postings under her name, and she can’t understand why media goes back decades to use her quotes. While Leslie and 60 Minutes might have assumed that letting her talk would show the audience her ‘unique’ views, it didn’t work. I expected more. After the interview I though maybe the media got MTG wrong…but the more I thought about it, it was just a puff-piece for MTG. This is the same thing Fox does when interviewing others. Upset and sad.

Culture: The Tuba City Fair committee moved the dates for this year. Why? The fair would have been during a solar eclipse. Honoring culture.

Enjoy…

 

Facts…

The CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) peace symbol was displayed in public for the first time in London. It was designed by Gerald Holtom in 1958. It has become a nearly universal peace symbol used in many different versions worldwide. 

More Slang origins…

What In The Sam Hill?

This is another Southern expression that is used when people are surprised, angry, or feeling some kind of strong emotion. It’s an exclamation similar to “hell,” or other curse words.

So, who was Sam Hill? Well, no one really knows. Depending on who you ask, he might have been a geologist, a millionaire, or even the devil himself. We’ll probably never know.

Beauty in our 50 states…

14. New Mexico

The fine cinematographers from Breaking Bad made this state a stunning backdrop for making crystal meth. But even without the dilapidated trailers in the foreground, the desert scenery here is absolutely breathtaking. The red rock cliffs and sprawling mesas make a road trip through New Mexico feel a lot shorter than the 375 miles that I-40 actually spans across the state. Northern New Mexico boasts the mountains of Taos, giving that part of the state a look more Colorado than Arizona; head south, and you’ll hit the dramatic Organ Mountains before arriving at White Sands National Park, one of the most distinct—and arresting—pieces of earth in the lower 48.

Historical Events

1814 – Napoleon abdicated and named his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
1841 – William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office (presiding 31 days total).
1887 – Argonia, Kansas elected Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
1932 – Vitamin C was isolated by C.G. King.
1949 – Twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Birthdays Today

90 – Clive Davis, American record producer, founded Arista Records
“You’ve got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you.”– Clive Davis
@86 – Maya Angelou, American poet (d. 2014)
@85 – Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
“Man is not made better by being degraded.”– Dorothea Dix
79 – Craig T. Nelson, American actor
@70 – Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), American Blues guitarist (d. 1983; heart failure)
“There’s no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, I’m playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues – the blues we used to have when we had no money.”– Muddy Waters
67 – David E. Kelley, American screenwriter, producer
@60 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992; AIDS)
60 – Graham Norton, Irish actor and talk show host
59 – David Cross, American actor and screenwriter
58 – Robert Downey Jr., American actor
51 – Jill Scott, American singer-songwriter
50 – David Blaine, American magician
“As children, we believe that anything is possible, the trick is to never forget it.’– David Blaine
@47 – Linus Yale, Jr., engineer, businessman Yale Locks (d. 1868; heart attack)
36 – Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
@28 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
“If you make decisions based upon people’s reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.”– Heath Ledger