June 5

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 24 Day: 156 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 40% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 80° \41° 
Wind: 6mph \ Gusts: 15mph
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ Nearest Lightning: 456mi
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

National Papaya Month Link
National Pet Preparedness Month Link  Link
National Pollinator Month
National Rivers Month
National Rose Month  Link
National Rum Punch Month Link
National Safety Month
National Scoliosis Awareness  Month Link
National Smile Month Link  (May 13-June 13)
National Soul Food Month
National Steakhouse Month
National Zoo and Aquarium Month Link
Oral Health Month Link
Outdoor Marketing Month
Perennial Gardening Month
Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month
Potty Training Awareness Month Link
Professional Wellness Month
PTSD Awareness Month Link

Weekly Observations

Thru 6/5   National Seat Belt Reinforcement Week Link National African Violet Week

Thru 9/5 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link

2-5 Great American Brass Band Week  Link

4-11  International Clothesline Week

4-12  National Lemonade Days Link

5-11    Bedbug Awareness Week Link Black Single Parents Week   End Mountain Top Removal Week Link    Flag Football Week Link  National Business Etiquette Week    National Headache Awareness Week Link   Pet Appreciation Week Pet Appreciation Week  Link Link

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A little cloudy, but still a nice day.

I had a nice chat with my brother this morning. Laura is returning from Mexico City on Sunday. Then they are off to Chicago for Chase’s graduation from high school. Then hop another plane of two for time in Paris, then off to Greece and maybe end in Spain. Sounds like a great vacation.

I worked on a very large campus in Tuba. All supervisors were required to always have a 2-way radio on my person while working so they could be contacted quickly.  I know that Uvalde is a small town, but the head to the school police did not have a radio when he arrived on scene. Nor did he get one quickly. He used his cell phone to call the dispatcher who in turn radioed the officers on scene with directions. This is very disturbing.

When talking about arming school personnel with guns, think about this: “A kid throws a rock on the playground, so the teacher gives rocks to all the kids…because the only way to stop a bad did with a rock is a good kid with a rock.”

Favorite Memes

Everyday Phrases with a Dark Meaning

Bite the bullet

The phrase essentially means doing something/making a difficult decision that we've been hesitant to make.

It can be traced back to soldiers in the battlefield who would have to go under emergency procedures without anesthesia or alcohol to numb the pain. So they'd have to literally bite a bullet.

Riddle of the Day

  A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?

Riddles try to send your train of thought off in scattered directions. Try to stay clear and just follow the logic. Using letters as placeholders for names like “Uncle Bob” or “Aunt Linda” makes straightforward relationships seem difficult.

 

        Answer: A is D’s uncle.

Historical Events

Ë 1837 – Houston was incorporated by the Republic of Texas.

Ë 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (or Life Among the Lowly) began a ten-month run in the National Era, an abolitionist newspaper.

Ë 1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express left Paris.

Ë 1916 – Louis Brandeis was sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the first American Jew to hold the position.

Ë 1933 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the United States off of the “Gold Standard”, a result of the Great Depression. President Nixon, in 1971, completed the transition when he announced that the United States would no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, $35 an ounce at that time.

Ë 1967 – The Six-Day War, between Israel and its Neighboring countries June 5-11

Ë 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian.

Ë 1977 – The Apple II went in sale.

Ë 1981 – The AIDS virus was first noted: The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that five people in Los Angeles, California, had a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.

Ë 1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests ended violently in Beijing by the People’s Liberation Army, with at least 241 dead. Many western journalists had errantly speculated that the army would not fight against the people.

Birthdays Today

@77 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (d. 1972; Parkinson’s)
71 – Suze Orman, American financial adviser, author, and television host
66 – Kenny G [Kenneth Bruce Gorelick], American saxophonist
@62 – John Maynard Keynes, British economist (d. 1946; heart attack)
58 –  Rick Riordan, Young Adult author
@57 – Pat Garrett, American sheriff (d. 1908; murdered)
43 – Mark Wahlberg, American actor, (aka rapper Marky Mark)
43 – Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter and bass player