6 Aug

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 32 Day 218 \ Ave. Sky Cover 15% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 83° \52° 
Wind 8mph \ Gusts 16mph  Air Quality Fair
Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 183mi
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

Thru 8/6 National Exercise With Your Child Week

1-7  Happiness Happens Week Link International Clown Week Link National Bargain Hunting Week   National Cleanse Your Skin Week  Link National Minority Donor Awareness Week Single Working Women's Week  Link (Always has 8/4 in it which is Single Working Women's Day. So, sometimes begins last week of July.) Simplify Your Life Week World Breastfeeding Week Link National Exercise With Your Child Week

4-7  Rock for Life Week: Link

5-7  Tall Timber Days

5-14  Sturgis Rally Link Twins Day  Link

Daily Observations

Fresh Breath Day
Root Beer Float Day
Wiggle Your Toes Day
Beach Volley Ball Day Link
Hiroshima Day
International Hangover Day  Link (Always the day  after International Beer Day)
Mead Day Link 
National Clown Day 
National Disc Golf Day   Link
National Fresh Breath (Halitosis)  Day
National Jamaican Patty Day Link 
National Mustard Day  Link
National Play Outside Day Link 
National Root Beer Float Day  Link  
National Summit Day Link  
Sandcastle Day 
Tisha B'Av (Jewish Fast Day)

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice summer day.

Quite the legal day yesterday…Alex Jones must pay $4million to family who lost sone at Sandy Hook…today will add more to the fine. Then, Griner got 9 years in prison in Russia for drugs. Negotiations continue to get her back here. A few years ago, she asked the WNBA not to play the National Anthem at games. When they declined, she stayed in the locker room until the song was over. Finally, the Chief of Police in our mountain town was put on administrative leave as the massage parlor incident is fully investigated. Not a good time to be involved with illegalities.

An intoxicated driver tried to drive a pickup truck into the Gallup Ceremonial Parade yesterday. He was in the area of NN President Nez and his group marching in the parade. A few parade goers suffered minor injuries. This was the opening of the 100^th annual Ceremonial that brings Natives from around the country. So sad.

I did some shopping at Sam’s this morning. Gas is coming down slowly…it was $3.49 today.

Favorite Memes

One Hit Wonders

  Ernie K-Doe: 'Mother-in-Law'

In this 1961 song, Ernie K-Doe talks about the difficulties of life with a meddling mother-in-law, and it snagged the #1 spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard R&B chart. In 1994, K-Doe opened "The Mother-in-Law Lounge," in New Orleans. After his death in 2001, his wife Antoinette kept the music venue going. Though she died in 2009, the popular neighborhood club remains open to this day.

Historical Events

1890 – The first electrocution as the death penalty was carried out in Auburn, NY. William Kemmler was executed for murdering his common-law wife, Matilde Ziegler.
1926 – Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel (14 hours, 31 minutes).
1945, 8:15 AM, an atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, injuring or killing over 200,000 people.
1964 – Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, at least 4862 years old, was cut down in Nevada.
1965 – The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed, designed to make voting easier for minorities.
1966 – In a post-fight interview, Howard Cosell honors Muhammad Ali’s wishes to no longer be referred to as Cassius Clay, making his new name more acceptable by everyone.
1986 – Rain fell a record 13 inches of rain in a single day in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1996 – NASA announced that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars and found in Antarctica, contained evidence of primitive life-forms.

Birthdays Today

@91 – Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (d. 1972)
@79 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997; Emphysema)
@77 – Lucille Ball, American comedic actress and television producer (d. 1989; aneurysm)
@73 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955; heart attack)
@6 – JonBenet Ramsey, kidnapped (d.1996)