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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 156 / Week: 23
June Averages: 78° \ 42°Today: Average Sky Cover: 40%
H 81°… L 43°… Ave. humidity: 14%
Wind: ave: 6mph; Gusts: 28mph
Average High: 76° Record High: 87° (2006)
Average Low: 38° Record Low: 25° (1943)
Quote of the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1661 - Isaac Newton admitted as a student to
Trinity College, Cambridge
1794 - US Congress prohibits citizens from serving
in foreign armed forces 1882 - Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die
1947 - Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"
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Today’s Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays below
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
Keeping appointments seems to be a thing of the past. My landlord
called last Friday to tell me that someone would be here Wednesday to fix my
window and to install my security door. He had no idea what time…not even the
cable company is that vague. At 11am this morning the landlord calls to say
that the guy is ‘running behind’ and won’t be there until tomorrow. I told him
to have the guy call me as I have plans for tomorrow. We’ll see what happens.
I have some questions that the internet machine has not been able
to answer. John McCain was a POW, was tortured, and was finally released. Wasn’t
there a prisoner exchange when he was released? I don’t recall him being released
by some super-secret SEAL team, nor was it at the end of the war. So there must
have been some kind of exchange. If there was an exchange, who got exchanged?
And if there was an exchange, why is McCain now becoming so outraged that
another soldier was released in a similar manner? Now the town that Bowe is
from has cancelled a celebration of his return saying that the small town is
concerned about ‘public safety’ with the media coverage. I’m sure all the mess
will eventually become more clear, but there are certainly a lot of questions.
Another issue: immigration. While our governor and state has been
more than vocal about what to do with ‘them’, I must say I am a little concerned
about recent stories on all the Phoenix channels—it seems that DHS has been
putting illegals on buses in Texas and sending them to the Phoenix bus station,
with no one there to greet them. They are just left to fend for themselves. The
story is that there are lo many illegals crossing the border in Texas, DHS doesn’t
have the facilities to deal with them, so they ship them to AZ where illegal
border crossings are at an all-time low. Hmmm.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
The
following clues give definitions for world capitals. These definitions describe
what the capitals (just the city) sound like they would mean.
1)
This capital is a recently opened store for cooked meats.2) This capital is plant-covered bovine.
3) This capital is a tool used for fighting.
4) This capital is a royal weight.
5) This capital is a cheer for a body of water.
6) This capital is the legendary vehicle graveyard.
7) This capital is something that annoys a religious figure.
8) This capital is a basic digit.
9) This capital is something you get from the sun.
10) This capital is a score for a ringer.
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Percentage
of the average ‘knowledge worker’s’ time that is spent reading and wring
emails: 28
Unusual
Fact of the Day
In car design circles, a hood ornament
is properly called a "mascot." The first American automobile to sport
a mascot was the 1912 Cadillac.
Heard by
Flight Attendants…
We no longer have
pillows in the economy cabin. A passenger asked me for a pillow and I told him
they were discontinued. He asked “were people choking on them?”
Presidential
Fun Facts…
John Adams: Graduated Harvard College (1755). Adams was the
great-great-grandson of John and Priscilla Alden, pilgrims who landed at
Plymouth Rock in 1620. In 1800 the U.S. capital moved from Philadelphia to
Washington, D.C. Adams and Jefferson were the only presidents to sign the
Declaration of Independence, and they both died on its 50th anniversary, July
4, 1826. Vice-President under Washington. Older than any other president at his
death, he lived 90 years, 247 days.
Common
misused words...
Discreet
and discrete
Discreet means careful, cautious, showing good judgment; "We
made discreet inquiries to determine whether the founder was interested in
selling her company."
Discrete means individual, separate, or distinct; "We
analyzed data from a number of discrete market segments to determine overall
pricing levels." And if you get confused, remember you don't use
"discreetion" to work through sensitive issues; you exercise
discretion.
Things
you might not know about games…
They
worry about the afterlife
Do virtual pets become angels when they pass on? Yes, unless the
virtual death took place in Japan. Bandai’s Tamagotchi, launched in Japan in
1996 and unleashed on the rest of the world a year later, requires owners to
keep their cute, egg-shaped digital pet alien alive by feeding it, cleaning it
and caring for its every need. In the original Japanese version, the pet’s
demise is marked with the spirit of the pet next to a gravestone and a cross,
but in the English version, the pet sprouts wings and returns to its home
planet in a UFO, presumably to ease the grieving process for bereaved owners.
*NEW* The
World as 100 people…
Gender: 50 male;
50 female
Age: 0-14 yrs:
26; 15-64: 66; 65+: 8
Joke-of-the-day
Two bats are
hanging in their cave. One turns to the other and says, "Oh, I'm really
thirsty for some fresh blood."
The other bat is
amazed and says, "Well, it’s a bit late. Daylight is almost here, and we
can't be exposed to any light - you know we'll die." "Yeah, I
know," says the first bat, "but I'm really starving for it."So he flies out of the cave and returns five minutes later with blood dripping from his mouth.
"You lucky thing. Where'd you find blood that quick?" asked the second bat.
"You see that tree over there in the distance?" mumbled the bat, his mouth full of blood.
"Yeah, I think I do!"
"Well, I didn't."
Rules of
Thumb:
WORKING WITH A HEADHUNTER
If a headhunter
mentions the names of other people he's placing, drop him immediately. The next
time it could be your name he drops in a conversation - perhaps to your boss.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
Tensions erupted in a Florida courtroom when a judge challenged an
assistant public defender to "go out back and I'll just beat your
ass." Public Defender Blaise Trettis said Judge John Murphy grabbed
Assistant Public Defender Andrew Weinstock and punched him in the head.
In the video, Murphy and Weinstock exchange words about a case
after Weinstock refuses to waive one clients' right to a speedy trial. After
heated words the judge says, "I said sit down. If you want to fight lets
go out back and I'll just beat your ass.""The lawyer said as soon as he got in the hallway the judge grabbed him by the collar and began punching him in the head," Trettis said. Trettis said Weinstock tried to stop the blows, and courtroom bailiffs came into the hallway and pulled the two apart.
Somewhat
Useless Information
The
ancient Romans dyed their hair with bird droppings.
When
she died in 1603, Queen Elizabeth I owned 3,000 dresses. When Empress Elizabeth
of Russia died in 1762, she owned 15,000 dresses.
Bozo
the Clown wore size 83 AAA shoes.
Julius
Caesar wore a laurel wreath crown to hide the fact that he was balding.
The
first person to wear silk stockings: England's Queen Elizabeth I. They were a
gift.
In
1797 James Hetherington invented the top hat and wore it in public. He was
arrested for disturbing the peace.
Calendar
Information
This
Week’s Observances:
1-7
Black Single Parents Week
End Mountain Top Removal Week
National Business Etiquette Week
National Headache Awareness Week
National Sun Safety Week
National Tire Safety Week
Pet Appreciation Week
Rip Current Awareness Week
Today
Is
Apple II Day
Festival of Popular Delusions Day
Hot Air Balloon Day
National Cancer Survivors Day
National Moonshine Day Festival of Popular Delusions Day
Hot Air Balloon Day
National Cancer Survivors Day
National Running Day
World Environment Day
UN World Environment Day
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Constitution Day (Denmark-1849)
Day of the Rice God (Japan- Annual rice-transplanting festival observed )
Today’s Events through History
1933 - Gold standard abolished
1984 - Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's
holiest site (Golden Temple)
Today’s
Birthdays
Bill D Moyers, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal) is
80
Ken Follett, Wales, spy author (Eye of the Needle) is 65 Suze Orman, financial advisor, writer, and television personality is 63
Mark Wahlberg, rap singer (Marky Mark) \ actor is 42
Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy) is 35
Remembered
for being born today
1718-1779 - Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker
(baptized)
1723-1790 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist (Wealth of
Nations) (baptized) 1819-1892 - John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune)
1878-1923 - [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader
1895-1972 - William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)
Today’s
Historical Obits
Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, Gov-CA\radio, film actor, 2004.
@93
Ray Bradbury, American author, 2012, @91 Mel Tormé, singer ("The Velvet Fog"), composer, actor, stroke, 1999, @77
Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), in surgery, 1993, @59
O. Henry(William Sydney Porter), author, cirrhosis, 1910, @47
Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), poor health, 1900, @28
Brain
Teasers
1) New Delhi (New Deli), India
2) Moscow (Moss Cow), Russia3) Warsaw (War Saw), Poland
4) Kingston (King's Ton), Jamaica
5) Beirut (Bay Root), Lebanon
6) Khartoum (Car Tomb), Sudan
7) Budapest (Buddha Pest), Hungary
8) Quito (Key Toe), Ecuador
9) Bern (Burn), Switzerland
10) Belgrade (Bell Grade), Serbia and Montenegro
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
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