June 8

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 24 Day: 159 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 10% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 85° \49° 
Wind: 3mph \ Gusts: 4mph
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ Nearest Lightning: 403mi
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

Thru Sep.5 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  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  Link Link

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Heat wave…Flag style…continues. I’m hoping for a little breeze. It is to early to set up my cooler.

The world’s largest plant has been discovered. It is a 70 square mile single organism of green sea grass, just off the Australian coast. One plant…awesome!

I get all the news buzz about the hearing on Thursday. Sadly, in this period of political diversity I fear that it is only giving each side to dig in with their belief…before the hearings even begin. Sad state here in America.

Favorite Memes

Everyday Phrases with a Dark Meaning

Sold down the river

One is "sold down the river" when one is victim of a betrayal, or you got screwed over/cheated by someone. The expression was used in reference to slave trade.

Slaves would literally be sold and sent down the Mississippi River to work on plantations in the South.

Riddle of the Day

  First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?

 

Hard riddles get you used to thinking about metaphors and concepts. Not this one; keep it simple and literal to get to the solution. But ask yourself who or what the “you” is.

                                                                                                 Answer: A fishhook.

Historical Events

Ë  632 – Muhammad, the Islamic prophet, died in Medina.

Ë 1637 – René Descartes published Discourse on Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences.

Ë 1783 (Volcano Eruption) Laki, Iceland, killed over 9,000 over a period of months, 120 million tons of sulfur dioxide was spewed into the Northern Hemisphere. This caused a 7-year worldwide famine.

Ë 1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments (Bill of Rights) to the United States Constitution in Congress.

Ë 1872 – The first US postcard was authorized by an Act of Congress.

Ë 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.

Ë 1912 – Universal Pictures was founded by Carl Laemmle.

Ë 1949 – Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson (and others) were named in an FBI report as Communist Party members; The FBI reported notable Hollywood elite as communists, including John Garfield, Paul Robeson, Paul Muni, and Edward G. Robinson.

Ë 1949 – George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was published.

Ë 1953 – The United States Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.

Ë 1966 – National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) announced that they would merge.

Ë 1990 – Charles Freeman, the owner of E-C Records store in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was charged with illegally selling the ‘legally obscene’ 2 Live Crew’s ‘As Nasty As They Wanna Be’ to an undercover officer.

Birthdays Today

@92 – Jerry Stiller, American comedic actor (d. 2020)
@92 – Barbara Bush, 1^st Lady (d. 2018)
@91 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)
86 – James Darren, American actor
82 – Nancy Sinatra, singer
@81 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)
71 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter
64 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director, and screenwriter
45 – Kanye West, American rapper and producer