Oct 29

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Oct. 29, 2019 Week: 44  Day: 302

86004:   H 37° \ L 23° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Nearest active fire:  97mi.  Nearest lightning:  1383mi

Wind:   5mph\Gusts:  15mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 72°[2008]   Record Low: 9°[1971]

Oct. Averages: 63°\32° ( 4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology

for all the wrong reasons.

R. Buckminster Fuller

Random Tidbits

It's October, which means that everything 'pumpkin' is the thing. Pumpkin lattes, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin scented candles... you name it!

The word pumpkin showed up for the first time in the fairy tale Cinderella. A French explorer in 1584 first called them "gros melons," which translates into Latin as "pepon," which means large melon. It wasn't until the 17th century that they were first referred to as pumpkins.

Observances This Week

23-31

Red Ribbon Week Link  

24-30

Disarmament Week

24-31

Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week

25-11/11

World Origami Days

25-31

International Magic Week

27-11/2

Give Wildlife a Brake! Week  Link
Kids Care Week

Observances for Today

Internet Day

Hermit Day Link

National Cat Day   Link

National Frankenstein Day

National Oatmeal Day

Islam: Rabi'-al-Awwal Link

World Psoriasis Day  Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Monday is pretty chilly here. The wind gusts aren’t helping either. When I looked outside around 6am there was frost on the windshields. I made a quick trip to Home Depot around 10am and it was still pretty chilly. Tuba and Tonalea (about 5000') got some snow, but no snow here, yet.

The fires in California are devastating. The beauty of the trees is being overshadowed by the hundreds of homes that are lost.

The recent attack that ended in the killing of the ISIS leader was nicknamed Operation Kayla Mueller. She had been captured, tortured, and later killed by ISIS a few years ago. She grew up in Prescott, AZ, and attended college here in Flagstaff.

A couple of my Tuba friends were out elk hunting this past week. I was hoping for some elk steaks but alas, no success on their hunt.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

Your parents have six sons including you and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?

Historical Events

1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded for conspiring against James I of England.

1675 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz makes the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral, helping discover integral and differential calculus

1886 - The first ticker tape parade took place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets after the Statue of Liberty was dedicated.

1888 - The Convention of Constantinople was signed, guaranteeing maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

1929 - "Black Tuesday" - The New York Stock Exchange crashed.

1955 - #1 Hit: Roger Williams - Autumn Leaves

1958 Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature

1966 - #1 Hit: Question Mark & the Mysterians - 96 Tears

1967 - Montreal's World Fair - Expo 67 closed, with over 50 million visitors.

1971 - Rock Guitarist Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident.

1983 - #1 Hit: Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream

1993- The very first "Got Milk?" commercial was broadcast. It was directed by Michael Bay.

1998 - The Gothenburg discotheque fire in Sweden killed 63 students and injured 200 more.

1998 - Space Shuttle Discovery took off with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.

2004 Arabic news network, Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election

2012 - Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast of the United States, killing 148 people directly and 138 in the aftermath.

2018 World Scrabble Championship won for the fourth time by New Zealand Malaysian Nigel Richards with the word "groutier" (bad-tempered)

2018 New research says cacao tree first used in Ecuador by Mayo Chinchipe culture, 5000 years ago, not in central America as previously thought

Birthdays Today

Neal Hefti, trumpeter, songwriter (Batman-TV series (86)

Richard Dreyfuss, actor (72)

[Lucy] Kate Jackson, actor, producer, director (71)

Dan Castellaneta, voice actor [Homer Simpson] (62)

Fanny Brice, Fania Borach, comedian, singer, actress

(d. 1951 @59; stroke)

Bob Ross, TV artist

(d. 1995 @52; lymphoma)

Winona Ryder, movie actor (48)

Puzzle answer:

Nine. Two parents, six sons, and one daughter. All of them have one sister (not six sisters).