Dec 17

 

Week: 51 Day: 351 Ave. Sky Cover:  15%Visibility: 10miles Local Temp:   48°\ 122° Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 11mph Low risk of fire Active fire: 132mi. \ Lightning: 984mi. Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

5-24	Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)  Link
10-17	Human Rights Week
12-18	Gluten-free Baking Week Link
13-17	Cookie Exchange Week
14-1/5	Christmas Bird Count Week: Link
14-28	Halcyon Days
16-24	Posadas
17-23	Saturnalia

Daily Observations

Favorite Memes

 

Have a laugh

What is brown & sticky? A stick.

 

Arizona Trivia

·        Out of all the states in the U.S., Arizona has the largest percentage of its land designated as Indian lands. ·        The Five C's of Arizona's economy are: Cattle, Copper, Citrus, Cotton, and Climate. ·        More copper is mined in Arizona than all the other states combined, and the Morenci Mine is the largest copper producer in all of North America. ·        Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, two of the most prominent movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, were married on March 18, 1939, in Kingman, Arizona.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Sun shining and chilly. The NAU Prof on Jeopardy is out, but left with $10,000 Yesterday’s phlebotomy went well. Total time-home to home: 1 hr, 10 min. The wind on Monday night knocked out power to over 10,000 customers on the Navajo Rez…mostly from downed wires. Power was out for over 6 hours. To help teachers, who still must buy many of their supplies, a South Dakota hockey team laid out a tarp on the ice, put several thousand one-dollar bills on the tarp and let 10 teachers pick up as much cash as they could.  The video went viral. Many posted that it was demeaning for teachers, others compared it to Squid Game. I agree that it raised awareness of school funding…I also find it demeaning. Our retirement group had our weekly lunch at Olive Garden. Way too cold to be outside. The endless Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks filled us up nicely. Great conversation.

 

 

Historical Events

1843 – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published. 1903 – The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1969 – Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closed its study of UFOs. 2101 – The Arab Spring began 2014 – The United States and Cuba re-established diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.

 

Birthdays Today

85 – Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio), Argentinian priest, elected Pope 2013 75 – Eugene Levy, Canadian actor @54 – Burt Baskin, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 1967; heart attack) 46 – Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress 43 – Manny Pacquiao, boxer 35 – Emma Bell, American actress

 

Dec 15

 

Week: 51 Day: 349 Ave. Sky Cover:  50%Visibility: 10miles Local Temp:   44°\ 21° Wind: 10mph\ Gusts: 21mph Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 328mi. \ Lightning: 1842mi. Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

5-24	Andisop (Meterological Fiddling)  Link
10-17	Human Rights Week
12-18	Gluten-free Baking Week Link
13-17	Cookie Exchange Week
14-1/5	Christmas Bird Count Week: Link
14-28	Halcyon Days

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 

Have a laugh

What does James Bond need to go on vacation? A License to Chill.

 

Arizona Trivia

v There are more wilderness areas in Arizona than in the entire Midwest. Arizona alone has 90 wilderness areas, while the Midwest has 50.   v Arizona has 26 peaks that are more than 10,000 feet in elevation.   v Arizona has the largest contiguous stand of Ponderosa pines in the world stretching from near Flagstaff along the Mogollon Rim to the White Mountains region.   v Yuma, Arizona is the country's highest producer of winter vegetables, especially lettuce.   v Arizona is the 6th largest state in the nation, covering 113,909 square miles.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Windy and chilly. No need to be out and about. I’m ready for my last 2021 phlebotomy tomorrow. Depending on how long it takes, there may not be a posting tomorrow. The AZ Cardinals list to the Rams last night.  The Cards were not playing well. About 2 years ago one of my high school classmates and 3 others were killed in a bad accident on I-70. It was in the paper. Stan’s death was a loss for many. Yesterday the impaired driver was sentenced to 110 years. I hope his wife, family and the others who lost family find some closure. Former NY Gov. Cuomo has been ordered to return $5million + book profits. Of course, he is appealing. As Ricky Ricardo said to Lucy: You’ve got a lot of ‘splaining to do. I’m sure Fox News is hearing that a lot today, after the texts that were released yesterday from Jan. 6.

 

 

Historical Events

1791 – The Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution. 1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, which prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol. 1973 – The American Psychiatric Association voted 13 to 0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders. 2011 Former French President Jacques Chirac is convicted of diverting public funds, receives a two-year suspended prison sentence 2015 1,000 schools closed in Los Angeles after a email threat, supposedly from jihadists 2020 MacKenzie Scott announces she has given away more than $4 billion to 384 non- profit organizations across the US

 

Birthdays Today

@91 – Alexandre Eiffel, French engineer, Eiffel Tower (d. 1923) @85 – Tim Conway, American comedian, actor (d. 2019) @83 – J. Paul Getty, founder of Getty Oil (d. 1976) 82 – Dave Clark, English drummer 72 – Don Johnson, American actor 42 – Adam Brody, American actor @37 – Nero, Roman emperor (d. 68; suicide, ordered his secretary to do it)