19 Oct

 

October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 43 Day 292 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 58° \36° 
Wind 9mph \ Gusts 20mph    Air Quality: Fair          Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 254mi \ Nearest Lightning 1308mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

12-20  Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week Link

16-22  Bullying Bystanders Unite Week    Freedom From Bullies Week  International Infection Prevention Week Link National Business Women's Week   Link National Character Counts Week   National Chemistry Week  National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Link  National Food Bank Week   National Forest Products Week  National Friends of Libraries Week  National Pharmacy Week Link  National School Bus Safety Week National Teen Drivers Safety Week Link  Rodent Awareness Week  Spiritual Care Week  Veterinary Technicians Week Link

17-21   National Health Education Week: Link National Nuclear Science Week YWCA Week Without Violence Link

17-23  Career in Energy Week Freedom of Speech Week Link    Medical Assistants Recognition Week Link Mediation Week  Link

17-24 Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week

19-22 International Dyslexia Association Reading Week

Daily Observations

BRA Day USA  Link  (breast reconstruction) 
Clean Out Your Virtual Desktop Day
Evaluate Your Life Day
Hagfish Day:  19 Link  
Information and Misinformation Overload Day 
Information and Misinformation Overload Day 
International Pronouns Day Link 
LGBT Center Awareness Day
Medical Assistants Recognition Day Link 
Seafood Bisque Day
Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce  
Thank Your Cleaner Day Link  
Unity Day Link 
Yorktown Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Sunshine has returned and came with some wind gusts.

My phone went weird this morning. As I was starting my car, my phone, bluetooth connected to my vehicle and in my pocket somehow dialed my mother’s cousin in Montana. We had a great chat. She turns 95 on Saturday, so was glad I called. She is still driving and dancing once a week at the local senior center and plays golf with her son every other week. At the end of the call she said, ‘Thanks so much for calling’. That’s when I realized my phone had started the whole thing. Very enjoyable but still wondering why the phone did that.

Last night was not a good evening for the Broncos. I thought they had the game, then it went to OT and they lost. Maybe they will do better across the pond.

Iran is furnishing the Kamikaze drones used by Russia against Ukraine. That is not a good sign.

It has just come to light that the Secret Service paid exorbitant rates for rooms at various Trump properties while protecting the President and his family. While the going government rate was $206/night, some places were charging $1500 a night. I guess Eric was confused when he told reporters in an interview that the Trump Organization was charging the bare minimum for the Secret Service rooms. Surprise, surprise…in Gomer Pyle’s voice

Soon after I retired, the big news in our mountain town was the expected arrival of ‘In-‘n-Out’ Burgers. Now, over a decade later, the chain has signed a lease agreement for a now closed Pizza Hut on the west side of town. I will believe it when they open their doors.

Favorite Memes

Superstitions

Bananas on a Boat Are Unlucky

Among superstition among seafaring folks, bananas are taken very seriously. No one's quite sure how, exactly, the fear got started—theories include the notion that spiders and snakes would Trojan horse on board amid the bunches, or that the ethylene gas emitted by bananas as they ripen would spoil the other perishables on board—but some people still take it very seriously, going so far as to ban Banana Republic garb or Banana Boat sunscreen. 

US Facts

Official language

Although most Americans speak English, the country does not have an official language.

Historical Events

1789 – John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
1987 – Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22%, 508 points.
2003 – Mother Teresa was beatified (step before sainthood) by Pope John Paul II.
2012 – Built in 1952, Big Tex, a 52-foot statue and icon in Dallas was destroyed by fire in the State Fair of Texas.

Birthdays Today

@83 – Jack Anderson, American journalist, author (d. 2005)
“Once an innovation is implemented it is no longer innovative.”– Jack Anderson
@59 – Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992; HIV)
85 – Peter Max, German-American pop artist
“I’m just wowed by the universe. I’m just glad to do something I love to do. I love color, I love painting, I love shapes, I love composition, I love the people around me. I’m adoring it all. My legacy is in the hands of other people.”– Peter Max
@42 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 1987; shot during home invasion)
@42 – Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American drag queen performer, actor (d. 1988; heart failure)
“I was shocked that someone I didn’t even know would take the time to pray for me.– Divine
77 – John Lithgow, American actor
“I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned? Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it’s far more important to learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.”– John Lithgow
71 – Annie Golden, American actress, singer
“All of my friends in the business ask, ‘Why is this woman not a star? Why is she not a household name?'”– Annie Golden
66 – Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
58 – Ty Pennington, American carpenter, television host
56 – Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
53 – Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
29 – Abby Sunderland, American sailor, youngest to sail around the world (2010)