16 July 2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
Week 29 Day 197 Ave. Sky Cover 5%\
Visibility 29mi. Flagstaff Today 91° \ 55°
Wind 4mph \ Gusts
7mph Nearest active fire: 17miles Nearest Lightning: 247mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days this month: 0 days
Risk
of fire: Very Low Moderate High Extreme July Averages: Temps 82°
\ 51° Moisture 8 Days
Sunshine Red Flag Warning High
Heat Warning
Today’s Quote
0Weekly Observations
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Daily Observations
Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day
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National Guinea Pig Day Link
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Today’s Thoughts
Another
scorcher…glad I have a cooler.
Eli
Crane, US Rep. for my district, has made headlines for calling Blacks ‘Colored
People’. He apologized but it sure rolled off his tongue.
I
had lunch with Faith and Andy today. Chili’s was very busy, which is good to
see. Andy got his brother finally settled at a rehab in Blanding UT. There are
lots of Navajo there and his brother seems to like it. They are also helping
two of his nephews who got jobs in Flag with no place to stay. The 20 something
guys are helping around the house, working as painters in town, and enjoying their
time in Flag. It’s working out very well.
Enjoy
Boomer Slang…
Psychedelic
“Psychedelic”
referred to something as mind-bending or trippy. It was often associated with
the counterculture movement and the exploration of altered states of
consciousness, particularly through the use of psychedelic drugs.
True Conspiracy
Theories…
The
BCCI Scandal
The
Bank of Credit and Commerce International was a corrupt bank that laundered
money for drug cartels, terrorists, and corrupt politicians. Its downfall in
the 1990s exposed widespread corruption in the banking industry.
Random Trivia…
Famous
conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by a horde of bunnies! He had
requested that a rabbit hunt be arranged for himself and his men. When the
rabbits were released from their cages, the bunnies charged toward Bonaparte
and his men in an unstoppable onslaught.
Historic Events
- 622 – The beginning of the
Islamic (354 day) calendar.
- 1790 – The District of Columbia
was established as the capital of the United States.
- 1945 – The ‘Fat Boy’ atomic bomb
was tested near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
- 1969 – Apollo 11 was launched to
the Moon.
- 1994 – Comet Shoemaker-Levy
crashed into Jupiter.
- On July 16, 2186, astronomers predict to be the
longest solar eclipse in 10,000 years.
Birthdays with some
quotes
@90 – Mary Philbin, American actress (d. 1993)
@90 – Bess Myerson, American model, actress, game show panelist,
Miss America 1945 (d. 2014)
“I never like other people to clean for me. I don’t want them to
invade my own privacy.”– Bess Myerson
@88 – Orville Redenbacher, founded Orville Redenbacher’s (d. 1995)
“Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn’t pop. I’ll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them.”– Orville Redenbacher
@85 – Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (d. 1966)
“Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness… service is the secret.”– Kathleen Norris
@83 – Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (d.
1995)
“I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!”– Ginger Rogers
“I try to feed my hunger rather than my appetite.”– Ginger Rogers
@82 – Barbara Stanwyck (Ruby Catherine Stevens), American actress (d. 1990)
@65
– Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2006; heart attack)
“Things will get better if you just hold out long enough.”– Desmond Dekker
71
– Stewart Copeland, American drummer and songwriter
66
– Faye Grant, American actress
@64 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1951;
heart attack)
“I ain’t afraid to tell the world that it don’t take school stuff to help a fella play ball.”– Shoeless Joe Jackson
60
– Phoebe Cates, American actress
64
– Sherri Stoner, American actress
56
– Will Ferrell, American comedic actor
“No matter how much you screw up your life, you can fix it.”– Will Ferrell
55 –
Barry Sanders, American football player
52
– Corey Feldman, American actor
“I’m more than an actor. I’m an icon, an industry.”– Corey Feldman
36 – AnnaLynne McCord, American actress
…The End for today…
