23 Sep

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 39 Day 266 \ Ave. Sky Cover 35% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 68° \46° 
Wind 9mph \ Gusts 15mph  Air Quality Fair
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 257mi \ Nearest Lightning 35mi
Sep Averages for Flagstaff: 74° \ 42° (5days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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

19-25  International Week of the Deaf Link  National Go-Kart Week  Link National Love Your Files Week   Link   Pollution Prevention Week  Link

19-30 International Women's Commerce Days

Daily Observations

Celebrate Bi-sexuality Day
Checkers Day or Dogs in Politics Day Link
Chocolate Day
Hug A Vegetarian Day  
Innergize Day 
International Day of Sign Languages
Key Lime Pie Day
National Brave Day Link 
National Great American Pot Pie Day  Link
National Snack Stick Day  Link
Native American Day  Link 
Restless Legs Awareness Day  
Teal Talk Day  Link
Za'atar Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A little cloudy. Hoping the clouds lift before 4p for a Dark Sky presentation at Buffalo Park. A little hard to look into the sky when there are clouds.

I had lunch with Andy and Faith. Had a great lunch at a local Japanese restaurant, good conversation. Nice time.

Putin call up 300,000 for military. Now there are demonstrations, arrests, and more problems for the leader. Thousands are leaving Russia for neighboring countries. I had a great adventure on the Trans-Siberian RR and met some very nice people. I hope this all works out for their benefit.

Favorite Memes

Superstitions NEW

Groundhog's Day

Animals predicting the weather was adapted from German culture when settlers arrived in the U.S. and chose Pennsylvania as their home. The old Candlemas Day tradition in Germany involved members of the clergy distributing blessed candles which were used to determine how long the winter weather would last. Animals were also observed to see how long their hibernation periods lasted. Germans closely tracked badgers and found groundhogs to be the next best thing. 

US Facts NEW

Pizza lovers

Americans consume around 100 acres of pizza every day.

Historical Events

1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern 1642 – Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusettes, had its first graduating class.
rules, was founded in New York.
1846 – The planet Neptune was discovered by Johann Galle.
1952 – Richard Nixon gave his ‘Checkers Speech’.
1955 – When James Dean first met Alec Guinness (Ben Kenobi) he asked him to take a look at his brand new Porsche Spyder. Guinness told Dean: “If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” This encounter took place on September 23, seven days before Dean’s death.
1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.
1962- The Jetsons cartoon debuted on ABC – ABC’s first full-color program.
1986 – The U.S. Congress voted the rose the official flower of the US.

Birthdays Today

@93 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, and singer (d. 2014)
“I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done. I only wish I could have done more.”– Mickey Rooney
@87 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor, singer (d. 1984)
79 – Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter
@75 – Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (d. 2007; lung cancer)
@73 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor (d. 2004; liver failure)
73 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter
“Talk about a dream, try to make it real.”– Bruce Springsteen
66 – Peter David, American comic book author, writer
“There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They’re totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.”– Peter David
63 – Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist
“It specifically says in the Torah that you can eat shrimp and bacon in a Chinese restaurant.”
– Jason Alexander
@47 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist, and composer (d. 1967; liver cancer)
44 – Anthony Mackie, American actor
“So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you’re prepared it’s going to continue to come your way.”– Anthony Mackie
38 – Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American actress
36 – Hasan Minhaj, comedian