7 Apr

 

Flagstaff Today 52°: 21° Week 15 Day 97 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Active Fire: 90 miles away Risk of Fire: High Wind 4 mph Gusts 5 mph Nearest lightning: 1275 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days

Monthly Observations

National Frog Month  Link National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month  Link  Link  Link National Garden Month Link National Heartworm Awareness Month Link National Humor Month

National Kite Month Link National Knuckles Down Month National Landscape Architecture Month National Lawn Care Month National Licorice Month

Weekly Observations

7-13 The Masters Tournament World Water 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 5-11 Week of The Young Child 5-13 National Robotics Week Link 6-12 Bat Appreciation Week Consider Christianity Week Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week  Link Passion Week (Beginning 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)

Daily Observations

Beaver Day Beer Day Burrito Day Coffee Cake Day Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide Link National IEP Writing Day International Beaver Day Link  Link International Day of Reflection on The 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in Rwanda

Metric System Day National Beer Day Link Link National Girl Me Too Day  Link National Handmade Day  Link National Making The First Move Day No Housework Day Link Right To Read Day Tater Day ( It's Sweet Potatoes)  Link  World Health Day (UN) World Health Organization Day Link

Today’s Quotes                                                             

 

Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

Finally a nice spring day with little wind.

Anyone who knows the history of the US knows that they never work. It’s like trickle down economics…it never trickles down. Our international, decades-long friends are not going to forget this debacle.

April 5 was a day of demonstrations…around the country there was no violence, no one injured. In Flagstaff there were about 1500-2000 protestors at city hall. There were also a lot of horn honkers honking to show support as they drove by. 

Trivia for all

Random Thoughts…

v    In 1999, the U.S. government paid the Zapruder family $16 million for the film of JFK’s assassination.

v    “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is basically how Earth sustains life.

v    Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after racking up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.

v    Angelina Jolie – Real Name: Angelina Voight

v    Clouds are condensed water, and my body is approximately 60% water. I’m basically 60% cloud.

v    ‘Chester Cheetah’ is the name of the cheetah selling us Cheetos snacks!

Historic Events

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Birthdays

87 – Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California 86 – Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter 77 – John Oates, American singer-songwriter 71 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor and stuntman 65 – Buster Douglas, American boxer 61 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor

@92 – Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012) @91 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951) @82 – Wayne Rogers, American actor (d. 2015) @80 – William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850) @74 – Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (d. 1972) @67 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer and bandleader (d. 1976; cancer) @44 – Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter (d. 1959; cirrhosis)

…The End for today…

               

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…