2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
Week 33 Day 225 Ave. Sky
Cover 30%\ Visibility 19mi.
Flagstaff
Today 77°
\ 51°
Wind 5mph \
Gusts 5mph Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk
of fire: Low Nearest Lightning: 6mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days this month: 5 days Cloudy with monsoon
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
4-13
Sturgis Rally Link
7-13
National Bargain
Hunting Week
National Exercise With Your Child Week
Safe + Sound Week Link
World Karaoke Championships Link
8-17
Elvis Week
10-13
National Hobo Week
Link
13-19
Feeding Pets of
the Homeless Week: Link Link
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
Daily Observations
Filet Mignon Day
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National Prosecco Day Link
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Today’s Thoughts
It
has cooled off a bit. Nice!
Just
a little monsoon last night. More monsoon today.
NFL
Preseason last night. Cardinals were losing to the Broncos until mid-4th
quarter. The Cards tied then pulled ahead. Broncos lost 18-17. I was hoping for
a much better game.
AI
and all its potential have been in the news a lot. A hacker group, Def Com, is holding
its annual conference that brings together the best hackers. Several major on
line companies have those hackers attempting to find vulnerabilities with each
company’s software that use AI. The companies are hoping this well make AI more
hack proof. It’s a keep friends close and enemies closer. Great, creative project.
Enjoy
Statue of Liberty …
3.
Americans were very slow to welcome Bartholdi’s statue.
So how
excited were Americans about the possibility of giving a home to this new
monument? Initial fundraising and support was extremely lackluster. It took
about 15 years, with the statue completed and assembled in a neighborhood of
Paris, before the American citizenry finally began to embrace it.
Hoax proved wrong…
Hitler diaries
The biggest scandal to hit
German journalism after 1945 was the 'Hitler Diaries' hoax. On April 25, 1983,
Stern magazine made a sensational announcement, claiming one of their reporters
had unearthed a series of 60 volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf
Hitler. Stern and the UK’s Sunday Times halted serialization of the diaries
after a sample of the papers proved the diaries were counterfeit. The forger,
Konrad Kujau, was jailed, and several newspaper editors lost their jobs.
Random Trivia…
The tallest married couple ever recorded was Anna Haining Swan,
who was 7'11", and Martin Van Buren Bates, who was 7'9". When she
gave birth, Swan’s baby was 22 pounds.
Historic Events
§ 1997 – South Park, created by Trey
Parker and Matt Stone, debuted on Comedy Central.
Birthdays with some
quotes
@94 – Buddy Rogers,
American actor, and musician (d. 1999)
@90 – Fidel Castro,
Cuban revolutionary, politician, 15th President of Cuba (d. 2016)
@84 – Ben Hogan,
American golfer, and sportscaster (d. 1997)
@80 – Alfred
Hitchcock, British director and cameo performer (d. 1980)
“Every day that you
don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness”
@75 – Lucy Stone,
American abolitionist, and suffragist (d. 1893)
” I believe that the
influence of woman will save the country before every other power.”
@72 – Bert Lahr,
American actor (d. 1967; cancer)
@76– Don Ho (Donald
Tai Loy Ho), American singer ukulele player (d. 2007; heart failure)
“Being a child star is
great. It’s being a former child star that sucks.”
61
– John Slattery, American actor
@66 – Annie Oakley,
American target shooter (d. 1926; anemia)
“Aim for the high mark
and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not
the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make
you perfect. Finally, you’ll hit the bullseye of success.”
59
– Debi Mazar, American actress
@57 – John Logie
Baird, Scottish engineer, invented a television (d. 1946; stroke)
@56 – Dan Fogelberg,
American singer-songwriter (d. 2007; cancer)
41
– Sarah Huckabee Sanders, American political consultant
41
– Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
“You know what the issue
is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem and
everyone refuses to believe in magic.”
25
– Dina and Arina Averina, Russian rhythmic gymnasts
…The End for today…
