Week: 1 Day: 364
Ave. Sky Cover:
90%Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:
27°\ 21° Wind: 10mph\ Gusts: 17mph
Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 254mi. \ Lightning: 1047mi.
Dec Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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It's About Time Week |
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Kwanzaa |
Daily Observations
Favorite Memes
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Have a laugh
Did you hear about the ATM that got addicted to
money?
It suffered from withdrawal
Arizona Trivia
Built by Del
Webb in 1960, Sun City, Arizona was the first 55-plus active adult retirement
community in the country.
Petrified
wood is the official state fossil. The Petrified Forest in northeastern Arizona
contains America's largest deposits of petrified wood.
Many of the
founders of San Francisco in 1776 were Spanish colonists from Tubac, Arizona.
Phoenix
originated in 1866 as a hay camp to supply military post Camp McDowell.
Rainfall
averages for Arizona range from less than three inches in the deserts to more
than 30 inches per year in the mountains.
Rising to a
height of 12,643 feet, Mount Humphreys north of Flagstaff is the state's
highest mountain.
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
I woke up to
3” of newly fallen snow. The snow crew was here before 7:30 to clear the
sidewalks. It was a sweltering 25° at that time. Nice.
We lost two
icons yesterday. Retired Senator Harry Reid at 82. NFLer John Madden at 85.
I kept
getting popups on my iPhone that I needed more storage space. I hadn’t moved
the 2019 Trans-Siberian Rail trip to my computer. This morning I found a new
app that does it easily. Like all technology it took about 30 minutes to set it
up and then it moved over 500 photos in about 30 seconds. Amazing.
I’m also
doing 2 loads of laundry from my trip and finding places for my Christmas gifts.
The second activity is always fun, the first activity, not so much.
I was watching
a news segment on the horrific killing of the 14-year-old girl in LA. A retired
police officer was commenting on the piece. He reminded me from my gun safety
class in Boy Scouts, that the first thing to remember when firing a gun…’Look
carefully to see what is behind your target and know where your bullet will go.’
Too bad the officer forgot that lesson. He also pointed out that the bodycam
video did not show a need for lethal force at the time of the incident. So sad.
Historical Events
1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in
Chicago, Illinois killed at least 605 people.
1916 – Russian mystic and advisor to the
Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a group led by Prince Felix
Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was found in a Moscow river three
days later.
1995 Lowest ever UK temperature recorded
of -27.2°C iat Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands, equaling the record set at
Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982
2012 The opening of Line 6 of the Beijing
subway makes it the longest metro network in the world at 442km
Birthdays Today
84 – Paul Stookey,
American singer-songwriter (Peter, Paul, & Mary)
@79 – Bo Diddley [Ellas Otha Bates], American
singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 2008)
@78 – Michael
Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, Monkee (d. 2021; heart failure)
@77 – Bert Parks,
American actor, beauty pageant host (d. 1992; lung cancer)
@73 – Simon
Guggenheim, American businessman (died in 1941)
@72 – Skeeter
Davis, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004; cancer)
@70 – Rudyard
Kipling, Indian-English author (d.1936; perforated ulcer)
68 – Meredith
Vieira, American journalist
@66 – Davy Jones,
English singer-songwriter, actor, Monkee (d. 2012; heart attack)
62 – Tracey Ullman,
English American actress
60 – Sean Hannity,
American radio, television host
@55 – Del Shannon,
American singer-songwriter (d. 1990; suicide)
48 – Jason Behr,
American actor
46 – Tiger Woods,
American golfer
37– LeBron James,
NBA star
35 – Caity Lotz,
American actress
29 – Carson Wentz,
American football player
