24 Aug

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 35 Day 236 \ Ave. Sky Cover 10% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 82° \49° 
Wind 13mph \ Gusts 20mph  Air Quality Fair
Moderate High Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 27mi
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

18-24 Minority Enterprise Development Week

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

21-27  Brake Safety Week Link

22-26  National Safe at Home Week

22-28   National Composites Week Link

23-9/1   World Water Week Link

Daily Observations

International Strange Music Day Link
Knife Day Link
Maryland Day
National Ukraine Day Link
National Waffle Iron Day Link 
Peach Pie Day
Peach Pie Day
Pluto Demoted Day
Vesuvius Day
Waffle Day
Wayzgoose Day Link
William Wilberforce Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice warm summer day.

I had lunch with Andy and Faith. Good food, good conversation, lots of fun.

Since my last vehicle was from 2006, I’m learning that lots has changed in those 16 short years. I used the internet to find out about Neutral gear. It is push and hold for one second the gear shift while your foot is on the brake. So simple, once you know what to do. Faith has a 2020 vehicle, Andy has a 2019 truck. I learned today that many of the things I’m learning have been on new vehicles for at least 5 years. When I was working I traded in my vehicle every 3 years and always with at least 100K miles. After retiring, it took me 16 years to get 79,000 on the vehicle.

As the polls show, some midterm races are very getting close. Now the news is saying that the huge Republican gap of a few months ago is shrinking due to ‘candidate quality’ and the Roe decision will bring many more voters to the midterms. Whatever it is, every qualified voter needs to vote.

After years at schools on the rez, I am very aware of bus issues. Today, the local Flagstaff school district announced that one route would not be running and that parents needed to find alternate transportation. The problem: no available driver for the route.  What a hassle for parents.

Dr. Fauci is leaving the government after almost 50 years of service. He says he is not retiring, just following other passions while he has the energy. He is 81. What a guy!

Favorite Memes

One Hit Wonders

  "The Rapper," The Jaggerz (1970)

Penned by Donnie Iris, leader of The Jaggerz, who enjoyed their biggest and most popular success this single about the heights a guy will go to pick women. The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart. However, The Jaggerz never enjoyed anywhere near the success with the single before or after than the group did with this number. Of course, Iris hooked up with Wild Cherry (more from them in a bit) and enjoyed some solo success with Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.

Historical Events

1456 – The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.1682 – William Penn received the area that is now the state of Delaware, and added it to his colony of Pennsylvania.

1932 – Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey.

1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose was banned from baseball ‘forever’ for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.

1998 – First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation was tested in the United Kingdom.

Birthdays Today

84 – Mason Williams, American guitarist, composer
@83 – Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d.  2008)
@83 – Nancy Spero, American painter, academic (d.  2009)
” An artist’s job is to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent.– Nancy Spero
@81 – Kenny Baker, English actor, R2-D2 (d.  2016)
@77 – Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, surfer (d.  1968; heart attack)
“Just take your time – wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.”– Duke Kahanamoku
77 – Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, co-founded WWE
” I’m not afraid of failing. I don’t like to fail. I hate to fail. But I’m not afraid of it.”– Vince McMahon
@75 – Yasser Arafat, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (d.  2004; stroke)
67 – Mike Huckabee, American minister, politician
65 – Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, screenwriter
62 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
“Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.”– Cal Ripken, Jr.
57 – Marlee Matlin, American actress
” You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream, and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.”– Marlee Matlin
49 – Dave Chappelle, American comedian, actor
“I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.”– Dave Chappelle
45 – John Green, American author, vlogger
41 – Chad Michael Murray, American model, actor
34 – Rupert Grint, English actor