Jul 5

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 28 Day 186 \ Ave. Sky Cover 15% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 80° \49° 
Wind 8mph \ Gusts 18mph  Air Quality   Fair
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 136mi
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

1-7 National Independent Living Week National Unassisted Homebirth Week

1-24 Tour de France  Link

3-9   Be Nice To New Jersey Week National Bikini Contest Week  Link  National Farriers Week

4-10 Freedom Week National Marijuana Facts Week Nude Recreation Weekend

Daily Observations

Bikini Day
Mechanical Pencil Day
National Apple Turnover Day
National Graham Cracker Day
Thong Day
Work Without Your Hands Day (SpongeBob Squarepants)

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another nice summer day. I wish those few clouds would drop some rain.

There are too many crazy people with firearms in this country. I’ve been saying this soon after Columbine in 1999. On Independence Day 2022 a young gunman with a rifle killed 6 parade goers and injured another 24 in a Chicago suburb. This must be at least curtailed, if not stopped.

I read an article about the Supreme Court’s decision that gave abortion laws to the states. Since it seems this means that a 6-week-old is a person. If that is law, then does child support begins at 6 weeks? Can you deport a female because she is carrying a US citizen? Can one take out a life insurance policy for the unborn and collect if it ends in a miscarriage? The court ruling seems to have created more questions than answers.

Favorite Memes

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Trivia

Eggs contain the highest quality food protein known. All parts of an egg are edible, including the shell which has a high calcium content.   

Historical Events

·        1841 – Thomas Cook organized the first package excursion (planned vacation tour), from Leicester to Loughborough.
·        1865 – William Booth and his wife Catherine establish the Christian Mission, later known as the Salvation Army (1878).
·        1921 – Chicago White Sox players were accused of “throwing” (lose intentionally) the World Series.
·        1935 – The National Labor Relations Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
·           1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced.
·        1946 – French designer Louis Reard introduced the Bikini in Paris. He could not find a “respectable” Model to wear his creation so he had to hire a local Nude Dancer.
·        1950 – The Knesset passed the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
·        1971 – The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the American voting age from 21 to 18 years, was formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
·           1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
·        1996 – Dolly the sheep was born – the first mammal cloned from an adult cell (she actually had three mothers)
·           2012 – The Shard in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 1,020 ft.

Birthdays Today

@94 – A. E. Douglass, American astronomer (d. 1962)
@80 – P.T. ‘Phineas Taylor’ Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1891)
@74 – Jean Cocteau, French novelist, poet, and playwright (d.1963; heart attack)
@69 – Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
71 – Huey Lewis [Hugh Anthony Cregg III], musician
70 – Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks; US astronaut 
64 – Bill Watterson, American author and illustrator (Calvin and Hobbs)
@61 – Thomas Hooker, English-born founder of the Colony of Connecticut (died in 1647)
59 – Edie Falco, American actress
57 – Kathryn Erbe, American actress
@53 – Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982; heart attack)
38 – Danay Garcia, Cuban actress