Wednesday

I was able to get out today. Sure felt good. I didn’t have to take a pain pill until 2pm. My friend Mary finally got back from the summer beach house. She and her husband were there for 3 weeks. They had a good time. Mary’s mom is 97 and while she seems to still be in fairly good health, she is losing the memory battle. The mom is happy where she is, but it is really hard on the kids. Mary is the perennial optimist and is dealing well with the issues. She said her mom will get on a kick about something. Normally an argument will follow, but after a week she said I just ignored her taunting and within ten minutes she had forgotten what she said. Although Mary made jokes, I know it was tearing her up. It’s so hard to watch someone lose it.

University costs and Parking on campus are always a big deal in any University or College town. The local business and the University here are headed for a show down. It seems that a one semester parking permit is now about $350 and as we all know, that is only in one color coded area. The University has also put in parking meters on campus. They used to be only during the day. Now they are 24/7. The businesses around the campus usually have a small parking lot in front of their store. It seems the students are using those limited spaces while they attend classes. Many businesses are having the vehicles towed. And from what I can tell, this costs the business a little, while it costs the vehicle owner a lot. The last time I was in the campus area I saw a dirt lot that was charging $5 to park a vehicle. A guy was sitting at a card table at the entrance, collecting the money. I have seen these kind of parking lots at events…where homeowners open up their front lawn for parking during an event. I had never seen one that is open to go to school. This Parking War, along with the Parking War in downtown Flagstaff cannot have a good outcome. It’s too bad that both the university and the city don’t just make their areas vehicle free. They could set up a good shuttle service from a parking lot away from their venue. It has worked a lot of other places. It could work in Flagstaff.

The other big news here in Flagstaff was that Mayor Sara, our mayor of less than a year, has filed for divorce. No details except that Sara says it is ‘amicable’. She is a University Professor and I don’t know what he does. I doubt this will make any big changes in our city leadership, nor will it be fodder for any tabloids.

We haven’t had a freeze in Flagstaff since April 30th. According to everything the weather people believe, tonight will be our first big freeze.

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Random Facts…
U-Haul is the world's largest advertiser in the Yellow Pages.

Goodyear Rubber Company researched and concluded that shoes wear out faster on the right foot than the left.

Crazy Stuff In The News …

LONDON – A towering Turk was officially crowned the world’s tallest man after his Ukrainian rival dropped out of the running by refusing to be measured. Guinness World Records said that 8-foot-1 inch Sultan Kosen, from the town of Mardin in eastern Turkey, is now officially the tallest man walking the planet. Although the previous record holder, Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk, reportedly measured 8 feet 5.5 inches. Stadnyk, 39, told The Associated Press he refused to be independently measured because he was tired of being in the public eye. Kosen, 27, told reporters in London that he was looking forward to parlaying his newfound status into a chance at love. “Up until now it’s been really difficult to find a girlfriend,” Kosen said through an interpreter.
“I’ve never had one, they were usually scared of me.” Kosen is one of only 10 confirmed or reliably reported cases in which humans have grown past the eight foot mark.

September Month Long Observances

Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…

Before They Were Famous…

Before his career in Hollywood took off, James Caan was a steer roper in the rodeo circuit.

Steve Carell was once a mail sorter in Acton, Massachusetts, but says he quit after a few months because he was "very, very bad at it."

As a young child, Naomi Campbell appeared in music videos for Bob Marley's "Is This Love" and Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya."

Week of 22 Sep…

Pollution Prevention Week
American Massage Therapy Week
23 Sep Observances…
266 days so far this year…99 days remain in 2009
Innergize Day—Do something for yourself
Earth Overshoot Day--marks an unfortunate milestone: the day when humanity begins living beyond its ecological means. Beyond that day, we move into the ecological equivalent of deficit spending, utilizing resources at a rate faster than what the planet can regenerate in a calendar year.
* Australia, Asia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and the United States of America:. Bisexuality Day first recognized in 1999,
*Saudi Arabia – National Day (unification 1932).


BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
484 –BC…. Euripides Greek playwright

1899….. Louise Nevelson sculptor

1920….. Mickey Rooney Bkln NY, actor
1926….. John Coltrane saxophonist
1930….. Ray Charles Albany Ga, singer/pianist
1943….. Julio Iglesias singer
1945….. Paul Petersen actor: The Donna Reed Show 1949….. Bruce Springsteen [Boss], Asbury NJ, rock musician

…ATHLETICS…
1944….. Oscar (Jose) Zamora baseball: pitcher: Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros

…POLITICS/Business…
1800….. William H McGuffey educator (McGuffey Readers)
1889….. Walter Lippmann NYC, journalist/political writer (Men of Destany)

…SCIENCE/Religion…
1944….. Loren J Shriver Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut

Events on this day…
1806….. Lewis & Clark return to St Louis from the Pacific Northwest
1839..... The Cherokee Nation's Supreme Court is established. 1846: German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovers the eighth planet, Neptune
1897….. 1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming)

1952….. Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech
1952….. 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event
1962….. ABC's 1st color TV series-The Jetsons

Holy Mackerel…
1642….. Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass, 1st commencement


Anagrams
Here are some words that can easily be anagrammed into something interesting.
1. Motley Crue
2. Bob Marley
3. William Shakespeare
4. Jay Leno
5. Gene Simmons
6. Mother-in-law
7. The Morse Code
8. Microsoft Windows
9. John Mayer
10. Belgium
11. The eyes
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Answers:
1. Motley Crue: Me Cruel Toy
2. Bob Marley: Marble Boy
3. William Shakespeare: I'll make a wise phrase
4. Jay Leno: Enjoy L.A.
5. Gene Simmons: Immense Song
6. Mother-in-law = Woman Hitler
7. The Morse Code = Here Come Dots
8. Microsoft Windows = Sown in discomfort
9. John Mayer = Enjoy harm
10. Belgium = Big mule
11. The eyes = They see

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