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Flagstaff Almanac:

Week: 07 / Day: 040   

Today: L 28°…H 52°… Ave. humidity: 81%

Wind: ave:   10mph; Gusts:  14mph  

Average Low: 18° Record Low:  -21° (1929)

Average High: 45° Record High:  64° (1996)

Quote of the Day

 

Today’s Historical Highlights

1822 - American Indian Society organizes

1822 - Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic.

1825 - House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president

1861 - Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA

1870 - US Army establishes US National Weather Service

1889 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established

1893 - Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan

1895 - Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts

1900 - Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup

1909 - 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)

1918 - Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va

1922 - Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii

1943 - FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry

1964 - 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)

1964 - 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria

1971 - Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays

 

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

An interesting day…woke up with a sore foot/ankle for no apparent reason. Got a little better throughout the day, but still sore. No idea what is going on…just hard to walk very far. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

 

Was able to watch a lot of Olympics. So amazing to me to watch these young athletes give their all for their sport. I don’t follow any of the sports except during the Olympics so the commentary is very valuable. I’m sure the aficionados of each sport finds the commentary quite crazy as it is a fine line the commentators have to walk to keep both the casual watcher and the aficionado pleased with their comments.  It’s working for me, so I’m happy with the coverage.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Throw some anagrams around! In the sentences below, there are 10 jumbled phrases. Each is an anagram of a word or phrase that helps complete the story. Can you decipher all 10?

The kids were playing on the WET SIGNS, Uncle Frank and Jack from next door were playing a game of HOSS HEROES, and it was time for the grill. The THICK TRIO was lighted, and the TOAST PIE had been dusted off. Kristen, their teenager, was stretched out on the EAGLE CUSHION and talking on her CLONE HELP as usual. The RUM LABEL offered some shade, and it was time for the announcement: "NO HBO CONCERT!" This followed by PRESCRIBE MAD HUB and a genial reminder: TO CHOKE SKIES!

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock

• Percy Faith - Theme From A Summer Place

• Sophie Tucker Sings "A Yiddishe Mamma."

• Gabby Hayes Bits

• Ernest Tubb - Drivin' Nails in my Coffin

• Tapestry - carole king

Remembering TV’s great shows:

"Mad Men" The unglamorous side of selling the American dream is vividly realized in Matthew Weiner's gorgeous but bleak paean to the swinging '60s.

Words Shakespeare invented

frailty, thy name is woman: Hamlet Act 1 Scene 3Why, she would hang on himAs if increase of appetite had grownBy what it fed on, and yet, within a month—Let me not think on ’t. Frailty, thy name is woman!

OK Then…

 

Harper’s Index 

Factor by which a US military et is more likely thatn a member of the general public to be transgender: 5.3

Unusual Fact of the Day

When table tennis was originally created in 1889, it was called gossima.

Joke-of-the-day

A man got really drunk one night in his local pub. The barman refused to serve him any more alcohol and told him he should be heading home. The man thought this was a good idea so he stood up to leave but fell over straight away. He tried to stand up again but only fell over again. He thought if only he could get outside and get some fresh air he'd be grand. So he crawled outside then tried to stand up and fell over again. In the end after falling over lots more he decided to crawl home. When he got back to his house he pulled himself up using the door handle but as soon as he let go he fell over again. He had to crawl up the stairs and managed to fall over onto the bed and fell asleep.

When he finally woke up the next morning his wife asked him what he was doing at the pub last night. He denied it but she said, "I know you were there..." he maintained his innocence until "...the barman rang to say you forgot your wheelchair again...."  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

CASTRATING CALVES

Castrate a calf when his testicles are the size of a squirrel's head.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

BRADENTON, Fla. - Prosecutors in Florida said they have decided not to pursue a case against a woman accused of beating her boyfriend for refusing to cuddle with her in bed.

A Jan. 24 Circuit Court filing from an assistant state attorney said prosecutors have decided not to pursue the misdemeanor battery charge against Shavonna Rumph, 31, who allegedly attacked live-in boyfriend Henry Price, 33, after a night of drinking, the Smoking Gun website reported Thursday. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office arrest report said Rumph became angry at Price Dec. 28 when he refused to cuddle with her while they were in bed. Rumph allegedly tore Price's shirt and threatened him with a knife during the ensuing argument.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Common dream motifs that transcend cultural and socio-economic boundaries include falling, flying, nakedness in public, and unpreparedness. Such shared dreams arise from experiences and anxieties fundamental to all people.

• While dream interpretation may not be accurate, it is certainly not new. The Beatty Papyrus, written around 1350 B.C. and discovered at Thebes, is the oldest dream dictionary existing today. It describes special dream-interpreting priests called 'Masters of the Secret Things' or 'Learned Ones of the Magic Library.'  

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:
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Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week 
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week  
Risk Awareness Week
Winter Olympics
Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week
☼9-15☼

Celebration of Love Week
Children of Alcoholics Week
Jell-O Week
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week
Random Acts of Kindness Week 
International Flirting Week
Love a Mench Week
National Green Week

Today Is                                                                       

·        Autism Sunday

·        Man Day (Sunday before Valentine’s Day)

·        National Stop Bullying Day

·        Read in the Bathtub Day

·        Toothache Day

·        World Marriage Day

Today’s Events through History  

1540 - The 1st recorded race meet in England 

1942 - Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US

1996 - The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire 

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Roger Mudd, Wash DC, news ancher (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News) is 86

Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry) is 72

Joe Pesci, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas) is 71

Mia [Maria] Farrow, actr (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo) is 69

Judith Light, actress (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live) is 65

Remembered for being born today

1773 - William Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th US Pres

1789 - Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography

1814 - Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library

1909 - Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State

1914 - Ernest Tubb, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)

1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. 2003)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

J William Fulbright, (Sen-Ark)/anti-Vietnam War, 1995, @89

[George] Gabby Hayes, western actor, 1969, @83

David Wayne, [Wayne Mcmeekan], US actor (Ellery Queen), 1995, @81

Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), kidney failure, 1966, @79

Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom, stroke, 2002, @71

Percy Faith, Canadian musician, cancer, 1976, @67 

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment), hemorrhage, 1881, @59

Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), heart attack, 1981, @55

Brain Teasers

The kids were playing on the SWING SET, Uncle Frank and Jack from next door were playing a game of HORSE SHOES, and it was time for the grill. The TIKI TORCH was lighted, and the PATIO SET had been dusted off. Kristen, their teenager, was stretched out on the CHAISE LONGUE and talking on her CELL PHONE as usual. The UMBRELLA offered some shade, and it was time for the announcement: "CORN ON THE COB!" This was followed by BARBECUED SHRIMP and a genial reminder: KISS THE COOK!

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

§    And That Is All for Now  §