19 Aug

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 34 Day 231 \ Ave. Sky Cover 50% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 72° \52° 
Wind 5mph \ Gusts 16mph  Air Quality Fair
Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 18mi \ Nearest Lightning 1mi
Aug Averages for Flagstaff: 79° \ 50° (9days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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

14-20 National Motorcycle Week Link (2nd Week) Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week Link  Link   National Resurrect Romance Week Weird Contest Week National Aviation Week

15-21 US Amateur Golf Week

16-20 Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money)

18-24 Minority Enterprise Development Week

18-9/6   Ride Sober or Get Pulled Over Link

Daily Observations

Aviation Day
"Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day
 (8/19/1893 by Frank J. Wisner, Cripple Creek Brewing Co., CO. )  Link 
Coco Chanel Day
International Bow (Hair) Day 
Coco Chanel Day
International Bow (Hair) Day Link
International Orangutan Day   Link
Kool-Aid Day  Link 
Men's Grooming Day  
Soft Ice Cream Day
Men's Grooming Day  
Soft Ice Cream Day
Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day  Link
World Humanitarian Day Link  
World Photo Day 
World Photo Day  Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

I got home from some errands about 5 minutes before a 10-minute cloud burst. Clouds are still coming over the mountain, then, an hour later more rain. I expect even more rain today.

One of the errands was to stop at the Nissan dealership to get some hands-on experience in using some of the features. The only issue I have so far is that when I turn on my cruise control the digital speedometer page disappears and it takes a couple of clicks on the steering wheel to get back to the screen with the speed. The speedometer is always visible. They could have designed that better.

CA is in a drought…now it looks like the CA tomato crop is in danger. The news says to expect prices of tomatoes and products that contain tomato to increase. Tomato sauce has already gone up 23% over last year. Tomato sauce is now the most expensive product in a pizza. WOW!!!

The NBA has stepped up. They will not be playing any games on Election Day 2022 so fans and players can vote without worrying about getting to the game and the polling place. In addition, they are offering some of their venues as polling places. Good move.

I try to watch the Fox News channel about 30 minutes a day…so I know what they are saying about various aspects of the news. I recall them complaining that the First Lady should not be called Dr. because she does not have a medical degree. Now they have a guy named Sebastian Gorka pushing pain relief supplements. He is dressed in a white jacket, and introduced as Dr. Gorka in the ad. The problem is he has a PhD and is not a medical doctor. Sounds a little bi-polar to me. I have also noticed that Fox News carries a lot of commercials for ‘supplements’ that don’t seem to be on any other channels. Maybe the supplement companies found a vulnerable audience.

Favorite Memes

One Hit Wonders

  The Surfaris: 'Wipe Out'

Instrumental surf band the Surfaris started out in 1962, while the release of the group's popular hit “Wipe Out” came only a year later in 1963. The song has also been used in several feature films including “Meet the Parents” and “Dirty Dancing.” It was also performed at Woodstock in 1969 by the band Sha Na Na.

Historical Events

1612 – The “Samlesbury witches”, three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, were put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, with all three of the Samlesbury women acquitted.
1692 – In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials.
1812 – American frigate USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, earning the nickname “Old Ironsides”.
1848 – The New York Herald published the news to the East Coast of the US about the Gold Rush in California.
1893 – Frank Wisner invented the Root Beer Float.
1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton, Ohio.
1960 – With Korabl-Sputnik 2, the Soviet Union launched the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats, and a variety of plants. All of the creatures survived
1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
1991 – Black groups targeted Hasidic Jews on the streets of Crown Heights in New York, New York for three days, after two black children were hit by a car driven by a Hasidic man.

Birthdays Today

88 – Renée Richards, American tennis player, and ophthalmologist
@87 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (d. 1971)
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” – Coco Chanel
82 – Jill St. John, American actress
81 – Ginger Baker, English drummer, and songwriter (d. 2019)
“A really good band with a bad drummer is not a good band. A really bad band with a good drummer sounds better.” – Ginger Baker
@76 – Orville Wright, engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1948; heart attack)
“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.”– Orville Wright
@70 – Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (d. 1990; heart attack)
@70 – Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter, Star Trek (d. 1991; heart failure)
76 – Bill Clinton, American lawyer, 42nd President
” We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.”– William J. Clinton
75 – Gerald McRaney, American actor
@73 – Fred Thompson, American actor, and politician (d. 2015; lymphoma)
71 – John Deacon. Bassist for Queen
@68 – Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971; stroke)
“Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash
66 – Adam Arkin, American actor
@64 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Television (d. 1971; alcohol abuse)
“There’s nothing on it worthwhile, and we’re not going to watch it in this household, and I don’t want it in your intellectual diet.” – Philo Farnsworth (regarding television)
59 – John Stamos, American actor
57 – Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
56 – Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter
@41 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (d. 2011; strokes)
53 – Matthew Perry, American actor