14 Sep

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 38 Day 257 \ Ave. Sky Cover 35% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 75° \47° 
Wind 5mph \ Gusts 10mph  Air Quality Fair
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 268mi \ Nearest Lightning 27mi
Sep Averages for Flagstaff: 74° \ 42° (5days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

11-17 Be A Mench Week Direct Support Professional Recognition Week Link International Housekeepers Week Link National Assisted Living Week National Security Officer Appreciation Week National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link

12-17   Line Dance Week

12-18   National Chef Appreciation Week Link   National NeoNatal Nurses Week Link

14-18 National Championship Air Races

Daily Observations

Crab Fest Day
Cream Filled Donut Day
Hug Your Hound Day
Live Creative Day Link
National Kreme Filled Donut Day Link Link
National Sober Day Link
U.S. Marshals Service Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice rain early this morning…now just waiting for round 2 of the monsoon.

Gutsy final play by Broncos but they still lost by 1 to the Seahawks. The Seahawks uniforms reminded me of my 1970 Plymouth Road Runner…the manufacturer called the color ‘sassy grassy green.’ The vehicle was my grandfather’s present for my upcoming graduation from college. Good memories. He was far from wealthy and spent his life as a ground’s keeper. He only had an 8^th grade education.

Flagstaff made a top 10 list...it is #10 of the cities with an ‘overvalued’ housing market…at 51%. Not a surprise for those of us living here. The study says one major reason is 2^nd home buyers scooping up every available home.

Ukraine looks like it is turning the tables on the Russian invasion of their country. Putin really misread their moxy.

Favorite Memes

Random trivia…

Lefties

At various times in history, left-handedness has been seen as many things: a nasty habit, a mark of the devil, a sign of neurosis, rebellion, criminality, and homosexuality. It has also been seen as a trait indicating creativity and musical abilities.

Between 10-12 percent of people on earth are "lefties." Women are more likely to be right-handed than men by about 4 percentage points.

Tests conducted by St. Lawrence University in New York found that there were more left-handed people with IQs over 140 than right-handed people. Famous left-handed intellectuals include Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Benjamin Franklin.

The word left in English comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lyft, which means weak or broken. The Oxford English Dictionary defines left-handed as meaning crippled, defective, awkward, clumsy, inapt, characterized by underhanded dealings, ambiguous, doubtful, questionable, ill-omened, inauspicious, and illegitimate.

Even the word "dexterity" shows a right-handed bias. The term dexter means "right" and refers to being "right-handed" on both sides.   

Myth Buster

Bishops questioned women’s souls

This supposedly happened in 585 at the Council of Macon in France, but no ecclesiastical assembly was held that year. There is evidence, however, that a provincial synod took place in this town, in 586, during which the respective duties of the faithful and members of the clergy were discussed. According to legend, a bishop declared that a woman could no longer continue to be included under the term “man.” In fact, this statement had more to do with grammatical issues than theological ideas. He went on to propose that another term be found to describe women. Problems arose when the statements at this meeting were misreported by a certain Gregory of Tours.

Historical Events

1752 – The British Empire adopted the Gregorian (modern) calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
1901 – US President William McKinley died after being shot on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.
1969 – September 14 was the First Draft Lottery date for the US Selective Service.
1975 – Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first native-born American to be canonized as a Catholic saint.
1994 – The Major League Baseball season was canceled because of a players’ strike.
2000 – Microsoft released Windows Me. Support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006.

Birthdays Today

86 – Walter Koenig, American actor
@86 – Margaret Sanger, nurse, and activist, founder of Planned Parenthood (d. 1966)
@85 – Clayton Moore, American actor, The Lone Ranger (d. 1999)
“I will continue wearing the white hat and black mask until I ride up into the big ranch in the sky.”– Clayton Moore
78 – Joey Heatherton, American actress, and dancer
75 – Sam Neill, Northern Irish-New Zealand actor
“Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.”– Sam Neill
49 – Nas, American rapper
“For my hustlers, here’s some motivation: He who has begun is half done.”– Nas
49 – Ron DeSantis, Florida Governor
@27 – Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (d. 2011; alcohol OD)