1 Sep

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 36 Day 243 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 80° \51° 
Wind 7mph \ Gusts 11mph  Air Quality Fair
High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 348mi
Sep Averages for Flagstaff: 74° \ 42° (5days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

September in Navajo is Ripening of the Late Crops, Bini’ant’aatsoh
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month   Link
All American Breakfast Month Link
Attendance Awareness Month Link
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Baby Safety Month Link
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month Link
Bourbon Heritage Month Link

Weekly Observations

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

Thru 9/6   Ride Sober or Get Pulled Over Link

Thru 9/1   World Water Week Link

Thru 9/11 US Open Tennis Championships

Thru 9/2 National Sweet Corn Week

1-4  Chuckwagon Races

1-7 International Enthusiasm Week National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link Self-University Week Link

1-5  Golden Onion Week

1-10  Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week

Daily Observations

Acne Positivity Day  Link
Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day 
Calendar Adjustment Day
Cherry Popover Day
Chicken Boy's Day
Emma Nutt Day
Gyro Day
International Day of Awareness for the Dolphins of Taiji Link
International Toy Testing Day
National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day
No Rhyme or Reason Day
Random Acts of Kindness Day or Be Kind Day  Link  
World Letter Writing Day 
World Letter Writing Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another nice summer day. For some reason, my body decided today was a good day for my angioedema to flare up. I’m good but my upper lip is huge.

Jackson Mississippi, the state capital, has no running water. Same in the suburbs.  Citizens were boiling water before the recent floods. This is not a new problem…the water supply has been tenuous for the past 5 years. Poor leadership to blame.

The former Russian leader, Gorbachev, died yesterday at 91. He took over after the fall of the USSR. He was not a hero in Russia.

Border Patrol found $11.8 million in cocaine at a Tex-Mex border crossing. The cocaine was stuffed in packages of baby wipes.

A recent news story tells of a small plastic accessory that can turn a Glock pistol into a rapid firing machine gun. It can and is being easily made with 3D printers around the US. YouTube even has videos to show how to make them.

Favorite Memes

One Hit Wonders

  "Black Betty," Ram Jam (1977)

The original recording of "Black Betty" goes back to 1939, courtesy of renowned bluesman Huddie Ledbetter -- aka "Lead Belly." Manfred Mann had a version of the song in the early 1970s, but it was this short-lived New York City outfit that made it a hit while peaking at No. 18 on the Hot 100. Ram Jam's guitar-heavy take of this blues track is pure rock, with some pretty decent drum work to boot.

Historical Events

1661 – In the first official well-known Yacht Race, England’s King Charles lost to his brother, James.
1752 – “Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof” The Liberty Bell was officially placed in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia.
1799 – The Bank of Manhattan Company (now Chase Manhattan) opened in New York City.
1859 – The Carrington Event, a large solar flare (a coronal mass ejection – CME, solar superstorm) affected many of the (relatively few) electronics and telegraph lines on Earth.
1939 – Adolf Hitler signed an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
1948 – The United Nation’s World Health Organization was founded.
1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, was first published.
1969 – Muammar el-Qaddafi overthrew King Idris, and founded the Libyan Arab Republic.
1972 – Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky of the USSR. He was the first American to compete in the tournament.
1972 – Mark Spitz won his 4th and 5th Olympic Medals (he won 7 in total in the ’72 Olympics)
1979 – An LA Court ordered Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask. The copyright owners did not want any association with him, although he used his fame as the Television face as the Lone Ranger as a positive example of what the Ranger (and Tonto) represented. He began wearing wrap-around shades instead
1983 – Korean Airlines flight 007 was shot down over the Soviet Union with 269 onboard.
1985 – The Titanic was discovered about 350 miles southeast on Newfoundland, Canada
1999 – The German government moved from Bonn to Berlin
2004 – The Beslan school siege began with armed terrorists taking schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia. Three days later more than 385 people, including many of the children, were killed.

Birthdays Today

84 – Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer, and author
“Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.”– Alan Dershowitz
82 – Lily Tomlin, comedian, actor
76 – Barry Gibb, English singer-songwriter
@74 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (d. 1950; heart attack)
“If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.”– Edgar Rice Burroughs
72 – ‘Doctor Phil’ McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host
“You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.”– Phil McGraw
65 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
@45 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969; plane crash)
“To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can’t make that commitment, they don’t call you a champion anymore.”– Rocky Marciano
@59 – Conway Twitty [Harold Lloyd Jenkins], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993; aneurysm)
“Listen to advice, but follow your heart.”– Conway Twitty
28 – Betty Cantrell, Miss America 2016
26 – Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, American actress
“I don’t mind if people look at me like I’m crazy. I’m just being me.”– Zendaya