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Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 254mi. \ Lightning: 1306mi.
Today’s Quote
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25-31 |
It's
About Time Week |
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26-1/1 |
Kwanzaa |
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Have a laugh
What keys
don't unlock any doors?
Keyboard
keys, piano keys, donkey, hockey, jockey, monkey, and turkey.
Arizona Trivia
Roadrunners
are not just in cartoons! In Arizona, you'll see them running up to 17-mph away
from their enemies.
The Saguaro
cactus is the largest cactus found in the U.S. It can grow as high as a
five-story building and is native to the Sonoran Desert, which stretches across
southern Arizona.
Sandra Day
O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, grew up on a
large family ranch near Duncan, Arizona.
The
best-preserved meteor crater in the world is located near Winslow, Arizona.
The average
state elevation is 4,000 feet.
The Navajo
Nation spans 27,000 square miles across the states of Utah, Arizona, and New
Mexico, but its capital is seated in Window Rock, Arizona.
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Sun is
shining as I await the ‘big’ storm due tomorrow. I cleared off my vehicle and
headed to Sam’s for gas before the storm. Picked up some fresh salad materials
to begin the new year on a healthy note.
Every New
Year’s Eve since 1999 an historic downtown hotel has dropped a huge lighted artificial
pinecone at noon, 8pm, and of course midnight. Most times it is either cold,
bitter cold, or snowing. Still the crowds come. They announced yesterday that
it is cancelled for this year. They have a shortage of staff and of course
concerns about Covid. I attend those on cold nights, but as I get older, the bitter
cold ones happened without me. It will be available on the internet machine for
Flagstaff residents to enjoy at home.
I’m looking
for a better year in 2022. Of course, that is what I said last year and 2021
was not a great year. No travel, Covid, loss of friends and relatives from
Covid. I got a new passport after the Trans-Siberian trip in 2019. So far, I
have traveled with it to Mexico for two Christmases.
Putin
requested a conference call with Biden for today. The news machine is wondering
why a am I.
What a way
to end this crazy year: Marjorie Taylor Greene has suggested ‘a national
divorce’. In her great mind she believes that anyone moving from a blue state
to a red state should not be allowed to vote for an extended time. Her example was a liberal from CA moving to
FL they should not be allowed to vote as they might vote for a liberal in a red
state. Craziness.
Historical Events
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1600 – The
British East India Company was chartered. At one point it had a hand in 50% of
the whole world’s trade and business.
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1907 – The
first New Year’s Eve celebration was held in Times Square (then known as
Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
1983 – AT&T ‘Ma Bell’ telephone system monopoly was broken up by the United States Government.
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On December
31, 1999, Albert Einstein was chosen as person of the century by Time.
Birthdays Today
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84 – Anthony Hopkins, actor
- @84 – Henri Matisse, French artist (d. 1954)
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78 – Ben Kingsley, English actor
- @77 – Odetta (Holmes), American singer-songwriter, actress (d. 2008; heart disease)
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74 – Tim Matheson, American actor
- @63 – Donna Summer, American singer (d, 2012; lung cancer)
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63 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress, and dancer
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62 – Val Kilmer, American actor
- @53 – John Denver, singer (d. 1997; plane crash)
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44 – Donald Trump, Jr., American businessman
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26 – Gabby Douglas, American gymnast
