26 Aug

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 35 Day 238 \ Ave. Sky Cover 50% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 70° \53° 
Wind 3mph \ Gusts 4mph  Air Quality Fair
Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 5mi
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

18-9/6   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

25-31 Be Kind To Humankind Week

Daily Observations

Cherry Popsicle Day
Dog Appreciation Day
National Dog Day Link   Link
National Toilet Paper Day Link (Note: This is when it was first sold on a roll by Scott in 1871.  December 8, 1857 was when it was first sold 14 years earlier in the US by Joseph C. Gayetty and is Toilet Paper Appreciation Day.)
National Web Mistress Day Link
Women's Equality Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A downpour interrupted lunch with Mary and Mike. We were sitting on the patio at Wildflower when there was some close lightning. We under an overhang when the downpour happened. Still a good lunch as we grabbed our food and headed inside. Nice lunch and Mike joined in very well.

Student debt forgiveness looks more political than helpful.

Finally, the Police chief in Uvalde schools was fired.

Kobe’s family will get $16million over the photos taken at the crash site. The other family gets a big chunk too. I am expecting an appeal.

AZ had lots of people on unemployment during the pandemic. Now that it is no longer a priority the DES has notified 27,000 that even though they were approved and received checks for well over a year, it was an oops. They are now being told to repay money. More ahead for sure.

Favorite Memes

Colorado!

One Hit Wonders

  "Spirit in the Sky," Norman Greenbaum (1970)

Singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum actually had four songs chart on the Hot 100 in the U.S during his career. However, only this one from the start of the decade made it into the top 45 -- peaking at No. 3. According to Greenbaum, it's a gospel song. One that just happens to have that signature, the late '60s, psychedelic-rock feel. More than 50 years after its release, "Spirit in the Sky" is still a classic rock favorite.

Historical Events

1498 – Michelangelo began his work to carve the Pieta, depicting the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion.

1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.

1883 (Volcano Eruption & Tsunami) Krakatoa began. It was one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in recorded history, with at over 36,000 deaths being attributed to the eruption itself and the tsunamis it created. Small eruptions, mostly of mud, continued into October 1883.

1939 – The first televised baseball game was played between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds on WXBS in New York.

1978 – Pope John Paul I was elected.

Birthdays Today

@87 – Mother Teresa [Anjeze Bojaxhiu], Macedonian-Indian nun, Catholic saint, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
“Peace begins with a smile”– Mother Teresa
@75 – Geraldine Ferraro, American politician (d. 2011; myeloma)
@71 – Jim Davis, American actor (Jock on Dallas) (d. 1981, myeloma)
70 – Will Shortz, American journalist and New York Times puzzle creator
“Try to pick a profession in which you enjoy even the most mundane, tedious parts. Then you will always be happy.”– Will Shortz
51 – Thalía (Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda), Mexican-American singer-songwriter
42 – Macaulay Culkin, American actor
“I hope I’m remembered as the king of the world, the nobleman who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won’t happen.”– Macaulay Culkin
42 – Chris Pine, American actor
40 – John Mulaney, American comedian
“I paid $120,000 for someone to tell me to read Jane Austen, and then I didn’t.”– John Mulaney