6 Apr

 

Flagstaff Today 46°: 29° Week 15 Day 96 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Active Fire: 90 miles away Risk of Fire: Moderate Wind 10 mph Gusts 23 mph Windy Nearest lightning: 323 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days

Monthly Observations

National African American Women's Fitness Month National Arab-American Heritage Month National Cancer Control Month  Link National Child Abuse Prevention Month National Card and Letter Writing Month

National Decorating Month National Exchange Club - Child Abuse Prevention Month National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month Link National Donate Life Month National Facial Protection Month Link

Weekly Observations

6-12 Bat Appreciation Week Consider Christianity Week Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week  Link Passion Week (Beginning the 5th Sunday of Lent. Week before Holy Week) National Crime Victims Rights Week Link National Library Week  Link National Occupational Health Nursing Week  Link National Public Health Week National Window Safety Week 6-19 Passiontide (Begins on 5th Sunday of Lent and goes for 2 weeks)

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!)  Link 2-9 Explore Your Career Options Week 3-6 Mule Days World Axe Throwing Championships Link 4-6 American Crossword Puzzle Days:  Link 4-10 Hate Week National Dental Hygienest Week  Link Link 5-11 Week of The Young Child 5-13 National Robotics Week Link

Daily Observations

Army Day Link Caramel Popcorn Day Charlie the Tuna Day Link Dictionary Day  Link Drowsy Driver Awareness Day Fresh Tomato Day Geologists Day Link  Hostess Twinkie Day  Link International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Link National Student Athlete Day  Link

New Beers Eve Link Siamese Cat Day Sorry Charlie Day Student-Athlete Day Tartan Day Link  Link  Teflon Day The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Day Twinkies Day World Physical Activity Day  Link

Today’s Quotes                                                             

 

Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

A windy day outside.  I made a quick trip to the Sam’s for some essentials.

Our local airport sits at 7,104’ and is being used by the multiple military aircraft for training. It can be loud at my place about 6 miles away.

At least 8 ASU student visas have been revoked with no reason given.

Klaus and his wife have been in our discussion group a long time. They had to stop coming due to Margaret’s illness. I ran into Klaus today at the store. Maggie is in long-term care and not doing well. Klaus was born in Germany and his family fled to Canada through Italy during WWII. He became a professor, and met his wife (French-Canadian). They came to the US decades ago so that they both could do more extensive research on cancer. One of his aunts is celebrating her 100th birthday in Italy this summer. Klaus, his daughter and one other family member were planning on going to Italy for the celebration. Klaus and his wife are both here on green cards. They are both now in their 80’s. With Trump as our leader, he had to cancel his trip because he worried that he might not be readmitted on his green card. The State Dept. could not guarantee that he would be allowed to re-enter the US. This is not the United States that I grew up in.

 

Trivia for all

Random Thoughts…

v There exists an area so unfathomably large that humans refer to it simply as “space.”

v A group of Storks is called a Mustering or Muster.

v The biggest film of 1928: The Singing Fool earned ~ $10,000,000

v Anne Frank and MLK Jr. were both born in the same year, yet we associate them as being in completely different periods in history.

v Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

88 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor 82 – Barry Levinson, director, producer, screenwriter 78 – John Ratzenberger, American actor, voice actor 73 – Marilu Henner, Greek-Polish American actress 69 – Michele Bachmann, American lawyer, politician 56 – Paul Rudd, American actor 49 – Zach Braff, American actor 27 – Peyton List, actress, model

@89 – André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019) @79 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016; pneumonia) @37 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520; bloodletting)

…The End for today…

               

5 Apr

 

Flagstaff Today 52°: 33° Week 14 Day 95 Air Quality: Fair Mostly Cloudy Active Fire: 73 miles away Risk of Fire: Low Wind - mph Gusts 9 mph Nearest lightning: 401 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days

Monthly Observations

IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month Link Jazz Appreciation Month Keep America Beautiful  Library Snapshot Month Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month Link

Medical Cannabis Education & Awareness Month Month of the Military Child Link Month of the Young Child Move More In April  Link National 9-1-1 Education Month

Weekly Observations

5-11 Week of The Young Child 5-13 National Robotics Week Link

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!)  Link 2-9 Explore Your Career Options Week 3-6 Mule Days World Axe Throwing Championships Link 4-6 American Crossword Puzzle Days:  Link 4-10 Hate Week National Dental Hygienest Week  Link Link

Daily Observations

Caramel Day Dandelion Day Deep Dish Pizza Day Every Day is Tag Day Link ) First Contact Day Gold Star Spouses Day Go For Broke Day  Link International Day of Conscience International Pillow Fight Day National Deep Dish Pizza Day Link

National Flash Drive Day  National Hand Made Day:  5  Link   National Hockey Card Day Link  National Love Our Children Day National Play Outside Day:  5 Link ) Raisin and Spice Bar Day Read A Road Map Day  Link Slow Art Day Link   Sorry Charlie Day Tangible Karma Day

Today’s Quote                                                               

 

Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

A cloudy but nice spring day.

I went in for a blood draw this morning and was a week too early. Oh well. My dental deep cleaning went very well.

This shift in America has me befuddled. Guess I am just old. I had some differences with the US government, but I did not want it to be totally destroyed. I talked to my brother and he was asking about IRA’s. The decrease is a tad frightening. My financial advisor said to just sit steady for now. My brother is looking into some European entities that may protect money from the fall. I’ll wait and see what happens.

Yesterday was the Trump Tariff Day and the stock market opening well was Newsmax, the right-wing business. That too seems a little odd since they were not making any big announcement.

I’m also not excited that Dr. Mehmet Oz is now the administrator for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He’s too well known for hawking unusual medical treatments through Infomercials.

 

Trivia for all

Random Thoughts…

v Thanks to action movies, I am unnecessarily suspicious of black or white unmarked vans.

v Income tax was first introduced in England in 1799 by British Prime Minister, William Pitt.

v A group of Camels is called a Caravan or Train or Flock.

v “Either” can be pronounced either way.

v The Biggest film of 1926: Aloma of the South Seas (Drama) earned ~ $3,000,000

v The average secretary’s left-hand does 56% of the typing.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

54 – Krista Allen, American actress 52 – Pharrell Williams, American singer, songwrite, producer 41 – Marshall Allman, American actor 35 – Lily James, English actress

@87 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (d. 1996) @87 – Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003)   @87 – Gale Storm (Josephine Owaissa Cottle), American actress and singer (d. 2009)   @84 – Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian author (d. 2004)   @84 – Colin Powell, American general, politician, 65th Secretary of State (d. 2021)   @84 – Joseph Lister, English physician (d. 1912) @81 – Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)   @77 – Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994; cancer)   @72 – Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005; lung cancer)   @67 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967; heart attack) @51 – Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, essayist historian (d. 1915; Bright’s disease)

…The End for today…