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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: 204
/ Week: 30
July
Averages: 81° \ 51°Today: Average Sky Cover: 65%
H 84°… L 59°… Ave. humidity: 35%
Wind: ave: 5mph; Gusts: 9mph
Average High: 81° Record High: 92° (1996)
Average Low: 52° Record Low: 37° (1957)
Quote of the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1632 - Three
hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
1664 - 4
British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston1764 - James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation 1798 - Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt
1829 - William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter)
1904 - Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo
1920 - British East Africa renamed Kenya & becomes a British crown colony
1929 - The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.
1931 - France announces it can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA Olympics
1935 - Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building
1958 - 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
Really another nice summer day in our little mountain town, not
too hot, not too windy, very pleasant. Looking like rain is going to come in in
a little while. We had a very brief storm about noon, but barely enough to wet
the driveway. Sure looks like more is on the horizon.
Today would have been my dad’s 100th birthday. He had
80 years on this earth. A very kind, caring, loving man who took very good care
of his family. Still missed, a lot.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain Teasers
Can
you decipher this phrase:Hamlet
Words
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
Haile Selassie Visit to Jamica
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Portion
of all online advertising that is never seen by a human being: 1/2
Unusual
Fact of the Day
Those few who have survived a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge
report that it takes about four seconds to hit the water, which is plenty of
time to re-think and regret the decision.
Popular
Native Languages…
Apache
Apache, Rio Grande Keresan, Cherokee and Choctaw are each spoken
by between 10,000 and 15,000 people. UNESCO lists five groups of Apache
speakers: Jicarilla Apache, Kiowa Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache (New
Mexico) Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache (Oklahoma) and Western Apache, with the
last group accounting for half the speakers. Western Apache is spoken on the
San Carlos Apache, Ft. Apache, Tonto, Ft. McDowell and Camp Verde Reservations.
Common
Sayings from the Bible…
I escaped by the skin of my teeth
All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
Job 19:19-20
All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
Job 19:19-20
Big Lies…
What is a Redskin?
“It was only five generations ago that a white man could get money
for one of my grandfather’s scalps,” wrote 1491’s comedian Dallas Goldtooth on
Facebook. “At this time… it was ‘Redskin’ that was used to describe us.”In his post, Goldtooth also included a newspaper clipping from after the U.S. Dakota Wars of 1862: “The state reward for dead Indians has been increased to $200 for every red-skin sent to Purgatory.”
People
Facts…
Studies show that financially stable men prefer smaller breasts.
Historical
Facts…
The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of
hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction
could begin.
Retro
Native Humor…
NASA asked this elder Dine' guy to
record a message to put on their newest S.E.T.I. satellite, along with messages
from other cultures and languages. He records the message, the satellite is
launched, and one day CNN broadcasts the messages being sent into outer space
from the spacecraft. A huge belly laugh is heard coming from the entire
northern portion of Arizona. When CNN asks why the people are laughing, a man
from Chinle tells them, "The message says that if they are hearing this,
to stay quiet and don't respond, because as soon as the white man knows where
those aliens live, they'll come over for dinner, and end up NEVER going
home!"
Common
Phrase Origins…
Jaywalker
Meaning: One who
crosses the street in a reckless or illegal mannerHistory: Jay birds that traveled outside of the forest into urban areas often became confused and unaware of the potential dangers in the city – like traffic. Amused by their erratic behavior, people began using the term “Jaywalker” to describe someone who crossed the street irresponsibly.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
From 1889: Sheriff
O’Neil and his deputies have collected about 1,250 poll taxes amounting to
$3,125 this year from their assessing tour of this county. Most came from
parties who pay no other taxes. $554 came courtesy of the Atlantic &
Pacific Railroad.
Joke-of-the-day
Bill Clinton,
Bill Gates and Al Gore were in an airplane that crashed. They're up in heaven,
and God's sitting on the great white throne. God addresses Al first. "Al,
what do you believe in?"
Al replies,
"Well, I believe that the combustion engine is evil and that we need to
save the world from CFCs and that if any more Freon is used, the whole earth
will become a greenhouse and we'll all die." God thinks for a second and
says, "Okay, I can live with that. Come and sit at my left." God then addresses Bill Clinton: "Bill, what do you believe in?"
Bill Clinton replies, "Well, I believe in power to the people. I think people should be able to make their own choices about things and that no one should ever be able to tell someone else what to do. I also believe in feeling people's pain."
God thinks for a second and says, "Okay, that sounds good. Come and sit at my right."
God then addresses Bill Gates: "Bill Gates, what do you believe in?"
Bill Gates says, "I believe you're in my chair."
Rules of
Thumb:
ASSURING SUCCESS
To succeed against
all possible odds, count on at least 1 in 4 things going wrong. In other words,
you need a 33 percent margin of safety. If you have to have 30 of something,
plan to make 40.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — There's mischief afoot in one suburban
Portland neighborhood, but police say it doesn't involve the typical spray paint
or broken windows. No, we're talking pastry here — maple bars smeared on cars,
doughnuts left atop windshield wipers, pastries littering a yard.
One woman told officers she's seen more than a dozen incidents of
food smeared on cars. Not just pastry, but yogurt, cakes and eggs. She alerted
police July 11.The next day, another woman told police her vehicle had been hit six times — twice with a maple bar, once with a cinnamon doughnut, once with pink yogurt, once with "bread soaked in a white slimy liquid" and once with red potato salad.
The crime wave in a northeast Hillsboro neighborhood has been going on for six weeks, The Oregonian reported Monday.
Police think the victims of the night-time vandalism are chosen at random and kids are likely behind it.
Lt. Mike Rouches says officers are investigating and extra patrols have been added.
Still, he adds, "In my 25 years in police services, I have never investigated or seen a criminal mischief involving pastries."
Somewhat
Useless Information
In
French cuisine, an "entree" is a dish served before the main course,
in other words, an appetizer.
In
French, "le plat principal" is the main (or principal) course. ***
In French:
"un aperitif" is a pre-dinner cocktail.
"un digestif" is your after-dinner drink.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
18-25
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week
20-26
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week; National Parenting Gifted
Children Week; Captive Nations Week; National Independent Retailers Week; National
Zoo Keeper Week
Today
Is
National Day of the Cowboy
/\
Revolution Day (Egypt-1952)
Today’s Events through History
1827 - 1st
US swimming school opens (Boston Mass)
1877 - 1st
US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations 1877 - 1st telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed
1989 - Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith, Arkansas
Birthday’s
Today
Gloria De Haven, LA, actress (Bog,
Yellow Cab Man, Irene-Nakia) is 88
Don Imus, radio disc jockey
(WNBC) is 74Woody Harrelson, actor (Woody Boyd-Cheers) is 53
Eriq La Salle, actor (Dr Peter Benton-ER) is 52
Slash, [Saul Hudson], London, rock guitarist (Guns N' Roses) is 49
Monica Lewinsky, White House intern is 41
Daniel Radcliffe, London, actor (Harry Potter) is 25
Remembered
for being born today
Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari
Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia (1892-1975)
Arthur Treacher, announcer (Merv
Griffin Show) (1894-1975 )Charles S. Frazier, my father (1914-1994)
[Harold] Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop (Dodgers) (1919-1999)
Bert Convy, St Louis Mo, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw) (1933-1991)
Don Drysdale [Donald Scott], MLB player (Dodgers-Cy Young) (1936-1993)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (Capote, Moneyball) (1967-2014)
Historical
Obits Today
Ulysses
S. Grant, 18th US President Union general, cancer, 1885, @63
D.W.
Griffith, American director/producer, stroke, 1948, @73Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), heart attack, 1971, @60
Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, 1973, @82
Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone", 1982, @53
Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), 1985, @80
Daniel Schorr, American journalist, 2010 @93
Amy Winehouse, British singer, alcohol intoxication, 2011, @27
Sally Kristen Ride, astronaut, cancer, 2012, @61
Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands professional boxer, dementia, 2013 @75
Brain
Teasers
A play on words
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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