While it was a warm day—82°--we are still waiting for some of them those monsoons to return. A little moisture would sure be nice. Not a lot happening in Flagstaff today, at least for me. I was out and about part of the day, but it was just too warm to want to be outside very long. The evening is cooling off nicely. Last night the wind blew hard. I had to get up about 4:00am and close my bedroom window for fear I would end up in Oz. It calmed down about sunrise and just a slight breeze during the day. Work outside continue today, so couldn’t reopen the house until I got back home. Now it is perfect.

I had lunner with a friend from Tuba…oh, lunner is either a really late lunch or a really early dinner. He is my mentor when it comes to computers. It was good to see him again. He was thinking about retiring a few months ago, but then decided for the infamous ‘one more year.’ Good for him. It’s just not for me. We had a good Chinese meal, and caught up on everything. Amazing how much we still have in common.

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Random Fact
The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born.

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 6
Nude Recreation Week

July 9—190 days so far this year…175 days remain in 2009

*Baha’i Faith: Martyrdom of the Bab (1850)
*Argentina: Independence Day
*Morocco: Youth Day
*Palau: Constitution Day


BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…

1764
Ann Ward Radcliffe English Gothic novelist (The Italian)
1802
Thomas Davenport invented 1st commercial electric motor
1819
Elias Howe Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine
1856
Nikola Tesla Serbian American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor. Tesla was one of the great pioneers of the use of alternating current electricity.
1858
Franz Boas anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man)
1927
Ed Ames Malden Mass, actor, singer (Mingo-Daniel Boone)
1932
Donald Rumsfeld politician
1939
Richard Roundtree New Rochelle NY, actor
1947
O(renthal) J(ames) Simpson, whatever
1956
Tom Hanks Concord, CA, actor


IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…

1716
The Mission of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe is established for the Nacanish and Nocogdoche Indians in what becomes Texas.
1800
Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theatre in US
1872
Doughnut cutter patented by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me
1956
Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand
1976
Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
1991
South Africa is readmitted into the Olympics after 20 years they were expelled from the IOC in 1970 because of apartheid policies of racial segregation.

Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987

In this puzzle you are given the first word of a common two-word phrase in which the first two letter of the second word are the same as the first two letters of the first word, only reversed. Identify the second word to complete the phrase. Lengths of the second word are in parentheses.

EX: New [7]
Answers: England

1. Absentee [6]
2. Carbolic [4]
3. Arms [4]
4. Mirror [5]
5. Usual [8]
6. Escort [7]
7. Foreign [6]
8. Car [8]
9. Ninth [6]
10. Opium [5]
• Bonus: rap [6]

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Answers:
1. Ballot
2. Acid
3. Place
4. Image
5. Suspects
6. Service
7. Office
8. Accident
9. Inning
10. Poppy
* Bonus: Artist