18 Sep

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 39 Day 261 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 73° \43° 
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 10mph  Air Quality Fair
High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 258mi \ Nearest Lightning 426mi
Sep Averages for Flagstaff: 74° \ 42° (5days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

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

14-18 National Championship Air Races

15-21  National Medicare Education Week Link

15-18  Hummingbird Celebration Link

14-18   National Guitar Flat-Picking Days Link

16-18  Clean Up The World Weekend  Link

16-25 National Ballroom Dance Week  Link

17-23 Constitution Week Farm Animal Awareness Week

18-24 Balance Awareness Week Link    Build A Better Image Week  Child Passenger Safety Week Link   Deaf Dog Awareness Week Link   International Clean Hands Week International Go-Kart Week  International Interpreters and Translators Week  International Women's E-Commerce Days Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week   Link National Dog Week Link   Link  Link National Employ Older Workers Week Link  National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week National Indoor Plant Week  National Rehabilitation Awareness Week  National Security Officer Appreciation Week  National Singles Week   Prostate Cancer Awareness Week   Tolkien Week  World Reflexology Week

Daily Observations

Air Force Birthday
Cheeseburger Day
Chiropractic Founders Day Link
HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
Hug A Greeting Card Writer Day
IT Professionals Day
International Equal Pay Day Link
Rice Krispies Treat Day
National Ceiling Fan Day Link
National Cheeseburger Day  Link
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
National Respect Day Link
Read An E-book Day Link
Wife Appreciation Day  
World Water Monitoring Day Link Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice fall day. I was able to take a nice walk around the neighborhood. Overnight temps keep getting cooler and cooler. My bedroom window is open just a crack. Two weeks ago it was wide open all night.

Our discussion group will meet to discuss Outer Space Policies. The articles I read were the history of man’s voyages into space. There are National, International, Defense, and Commercial policies that may not be keeping up with the times. It should be a very interesting discussion.

The asylum seekers that left Texas, flew to FL, the to Martha’s Vineyard were there about 48 hours. The National Guard then escorted them to buses to end up at a joint military base at Cape Cod. This continues to be a huge political debacle that only Congress can repair. There is a weird Go-Fund-Me page out there regarding the Martha Vineyard immigrants. It sounds like it is raising money to help these 50 people, but reading the fine print, the money will go to setting up services for the next wave of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard. No money is set to go to the migrants. Always read the fine print before donating to any cause on the internet machine.                    

Favorite Memes

Random trivia…

Ferrets

The ferret was domesticated several thousand years ago to help hunters’ flush rabbits from their holes and also to catch small animals such as rats and mice.

Today, the ferret is the most popular companion mammal in the U.S. behind the dog and cat.

Ferrets belong to the weasel (Mustelidae) family. Besides weasels and ferrets, this group of animals also includes minks, otters, and badgers as well as polecats and sables.

Like all members of the weasel family, ferrets are closely related to skunks and, like skunks, they can emit an odorous smell when excited or afraid. Consequently, many ferret owners decide to have their ferrets de-scented.

The word "ferret" is from the Latin fur, meaning "little thief." Indeed, one of the ferret's favorite activities is stealing and hiding things.

There are several populations of feral ferrets throughout the world. The most notable and destructive population lives in New Zealand. They were initially imported from England from 1879 to 1883 to help control the rabbit population. When that population was under control, the hybrids began eating New Zealand's native birds which, until that time, had no natural predators.

Myth Buster

Napoleon Bonaparte was short

Napoleon remains a controversial figure, and it has been common knowledge that he was of small stature. According to his valet and doctor, however, Bonaparte measured 1.69 meters tall at his autopsy. That’s at least four centimeters taller than the average male height at the time. What’s more, his imperial guard was composed of soldiers measuring an average of 1.72 meters and wearing very tall hats. His English enemies are blamed for spreading the short-stature rumor.

Historical Events

1797 – The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol was laid by George Washington.
1809 – The Royal Opera House in London opened.
1848 – Baseball ruled that a 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of the runner
1850 – Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
1851 – The New York Times (The New-York Daily Times) was first published.
1947 – The United States Air Force was established.
1851 – The first edition of The New York Daily Times (now The New York Times) was published.
1978 – WKRP in Cincinnati premiered on CBS

Birthdays Today

89 – Robert Blake, American actor
@84 – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (d. 1990)
“I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be let alone!’ There is all the difference.”– Greta Garbo
@75 – Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer, poet (d. 1784)
82 – Frankie Avalon, American singer, and actor
“Any chance I had to get in front of people – amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president – I took.”– Frankie Avalon
@75 – John McAfee, Scottish-American computer programmer, founded McAfee (d. 2021)
71 – Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon, author, and politician.
“There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.”– Benjamin Carson
58 – Holly Robinson Peete, American actress
52 – Aisha Tyler, American actress
“Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.”– Aisha Tyler
@51 – James Gandolfini, American actor, and producer (d. 2013; heart attack)
51 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
51 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
49 – James Marsden, American actor
48 – Xzibit [Alvin Nathaniel Joiner], American rapper
41 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress
@39 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963; shot during JFK assassination)
@35 – Jimmie Rodgers, father of country music (d. 1933; hemorrhage)