Mar 14

 

Week 12 Day: 73  Ave. sky cover: 60% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 47° \30°  Wind: 8mph \ Gusts: 17mph
Moderate risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 209mi \ nearest Lightning: 3012mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

6-14	National Schools Social Work Week Link
11-17	Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
13-19	Campfire USA Birthday Week  Teen Tech Week
14-20	International Brain Awareness Week Link National Fix A Leak Week  Link
14-18	Native American Awareness Week Link

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

High clouds are blocking the sun. Weather guy says no moisture, just wind.

I made my motel reservations in Denver for my trip to Tahiti. I may have to rent a car to be able to get the necessary covid test. Glad I’m coming in at night, so I have until 3p the next day to get the test.

My cable provider is driving me crazy. I can only get CNN for a couple of yours each day. Every time I call I get a different story. Yesterday’s tech guy said that since I am such a good customer, they will come out and replace all my equipment, at no charge. I have not had a good experience with their tech support guys who show up. I said I would wait until I return from an upcoming trip to do that. Frustrated. It was reported that a journalist was killed and another one was injured.

Russia just keeps moving closer and closer to war, now attacking near the Poland (NATO) border. I hope this doesn’t mess up our trip. 

Favorite Memes

	True Life on Navajo Rez in AZ

 

A bit of Humor

What do you call a tiny pig reciting Shakespeare?

Hamlet.

Trivia

Question: What color are elephant hawk-moths?

 

 Question: How are an insect’s eyes different from human eyes?

 

 Question: How many eyes do caterpillars have?

 

 Question: What’s the largest group of insects?

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Pink

Answer 2: They are made up of thousands of tiny lenses

Answer 3: Twelve

Answer 4: Beetles

Historical Events

Ø    1794 – Eli Whitney was issued a US Patent (#X0072) for his cotton gin.

Ø    1899 – Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was issued a US Patent (#621,195) for the invention of his “Navigable Balloon,” the rigid airship, known as the Zeppelin.

Ø    1947 – The US signed a 99-year lease on naval bases in the Philippines.

Ø    1950 – The FBI released its first ‘Ten Most Wanted’ criminals list.

Ø    1958 – The Recording Industry Association of America awarded the first Gold Record (500,000 sold) to Perry Como for Catch A Falling Star.

Birthdays Today

89 – Michael Caine, English actor and author

89 – Quincy Jones, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer

@81 – Hank Ketcham, American author, cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (d. 2001)

@76 – Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955; aneurysm)

74 – Billy Crystal, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

@37 – John Luther ‘Casey’ Jones, American engineer (d. 1900; train crash)

34 – Stephen Curry, NBA

25 – Simone Biles, gymnist