Jul 26

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 31 Day 207 \ Ave. Sky Cover 50% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 84° \56° 
Wind 2mph \ Gusts 4mph  Air Quality Fair
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 16mi
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

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

23-31  National Moth Week

23-27  National Scrabble Week Link

24-30   National Tequila Week Link RAGBRAI—Iowa Bike Race Women in Baseball Week

Daily Observations

Americans With Disabilities Day
Armed Forces Unification Day
Aunts and Uncles Day  
Bagelfest Day  
Federal Bureau of Investigation Day
Holistic Therapy Day
International Day For The Conservation Of The Mangrove Ecosystem
National All Or Nothing Day
National Bagelfest Day
National Coffee Milkshake Day
One Voice Day
World Tofu Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice quiet rain last night. Awoke to clouds and hope for more rain.

Gas price is slowly dropping…today it was $4.54 @ Sam's. Wish it was dropping a whole lot faster.

Myanmar’s junta is now executing leading democracy activists. I have wanted to visit Burma since I studied it in school. Timing never seems right.

I’m following Pope Frances’ visit to Canada. I hope he does the right thing about the way the Catholic Church and its members treated the indigenous children for decades.

Favorite Memes

One-Hit Wonders

The Archies: 'Sugar, Sugar'

In 1969, socially relevant songs that focused on a divided America were the rage—but somehow, the saccharine-sweet pop hit “Sugar, Sugar,” managed to find its place on the Billboard chart and held its place on the Billboard Hot 100 for 22 weeks. The band, a fictitious one, was the cartoon-comic crew, the Archies, from the famed comic books, and performed by a talented crew of studio artists. Archie Andrews and his friends, Reggie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica, had their own show, “The Archie Show,” in 1968. 

Historical Events

·        1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department was established.
·        1847 – Liberia disbanded from the support of the American Colonization Society, and formalized their settlement as the Republic of Liberia.
·        1887 – Dr. Esperanto’s International Language, usually referred to as Unua Libro (English: First Book) was published.
·        1910 – Krazy Kat 1st appearance in The Dingbat Family, Comic Strip debuted
·        1941 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
·        1942 – The US Army ordered (Executive Order 9981) desegregation in its training camp facilities.
·        1946 – Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport. They closed on March 31, 2008.
·        1947 – President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
·        1963 – Syncom 2, the world’s first geosynchronous satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral. It was used to telecast the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo to the United States.
·        2005 – STS-114: Launch of Discovery, NASA’s first scheduled flight mission since the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
·           2016 – Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Birthdays Today

@85 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1961)
79 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, Rolling Stone
@78 – Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000; heart attack)
77 – Helen Mirren, English actress
@76 – George Catlin, American painter, author, traveler (died in 1872)
73 – Roger Taylor, English singer-songwriter and drummer (Queen)
@70 – Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (d. 1979; breast cancer)
@70 – Stanley Kubrick, director, producer, screenwriter (d. 1999; heart attack)
@69 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist, philosopher (d. 1963; laryngeal cancer\LSD)
66 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
63 – Kevin Spacey, American actor
58 – Sandra Bullock, American actress
55 – Jason Statham, English actor
49 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress