Celts

Flagstaff has remained very hot. But we did get a nice monsoon this afternoon. It made it over 90° but I’m not sure how much over, as I wasn’t home.

I spent much of the day at the Northern AZ Celtic Festival here in Flagstaff. Lots of good piping. Lots of good drumming. Mass Bands was really great. A young Piper I know, a sophomore @ NAU, was the lead piper. Very hot, but quite a spectacle none the less. Wicked Tinkers were there and again put on a great show. If you haven’t heard of them, check them out on the net. The only thing that bothers me was the pirates who were with the massed bands and wandering around. While they dress like the old time pirates we grew up with, I can’t help thinking about today’s pirates who are real and killing innocent people. The Festival continues tomorrow, and I might find some time to get over there again.

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Random Fact
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

July is…

…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…

Week of July 19

Captive Nations Week
National Independent Retailers Week

July 19—200 days so far this year…167 days remain in 2009

National Ice Cream Day
*Burma: Burmese Martyr’s Day
Northern AZ Celtic Festival Day 2

BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1799
French troops in Egypt discover the Rosetta Stone
1814
Samuel Colt inventor (colt revolver)
1834
Edgar Degas France, impressionist painter (Bouquet)
1860
Lizzie Borden murderer, gave her mother forty whacks
1896
A.J. (Archibald Joseph) Cronin author: The Citadel, Keys of the Kingdom
1922
George McGovern (Sen-D-SD), pres candidate (D-1972)
1938
Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta deCasilla Martinez Cardona) El Paso Tx, singer

IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
695
Maya King Waxaklahun Ubah K’awil ascends to the throne at Copán, Honduras.
1820
The Kickapoo sign a treaty (7 Stat., 208.) at St. Louis
1848
1st women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)
1909
The first unassisted triple play in major-league baseball
1923
With the introduction of Insulin which is not a cure but a remedy for Diabetes –Kathryn Webster, my grandmother, was one of the first to receive it
1927
Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit
1946
Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test
1961
1st in-flight movie shown (TWA)
1980
22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; US & others boycott

Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987

Each answer in this puzzle is a familiar two-word phrase that starts and ends with G

EX: common greeting
Answers: good morning

1. Animal that’s the subject of experiments
2. Zero, in slang
3. Result of greenhouse gasses
4. Possible result of an oil shortage
5. It flies over public buildings in Athens
6. Old-fashioned way of making bottles
7. Service that stores often provide around Christmas
8. Miscellany
9. Where a road meets a railroad track
10. Command to a little dogie
• Bonus: Edgar Allan Poe story, with “The ___

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Answers:
1. Guienea pig
2. Goose egg
3. Global warming
4. Gas rationing
5. Greek Flag
6. Glass blowing
7. Gift wrapping
8. Grab bag
9. Grade crossing
10. Get along [git alone
* Bonus: “gold bug”
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