23 Oct

 

23 October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 44 Day 296 \ Ave. Sky Cover 10% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 63° \40° 
Wind 10mph \ Gusts 21mph  Air Quality: Fair        Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 70mi \ Nearest Lightning 622mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
 

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Weekly Observations

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

23-29
Give Wildlife a Brake! Week Link
Kids Care Week
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Link   
National Massage Therapy Week Link  
National Respiratory Care Week Link 
Pastoral Care Week   Link 
Pro Bono Week   Link

23-31  
Red Ribbon Week Link  

Daily Observations

Boston Cream Pie Day
Canning Day
iPod Day
Mole Day  Link
Mother-in-Law Day 
National Mole Day Link (Avogadro number)
Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day
TV Talk Show Host Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Wind advisory for today and tomorrow. The wind has already started. Long pine needles everywhere.

I filled up gas at Sam’s yesterday…$3.75/gal, cheapest in my area.

I washed, dried, and put away linens. Tomorrow I’ll do wash clothes. Can’t do too much in one day. Hahaha.

I don’t follow British politics. I was sorry when they decided to withdraw from the EU. Now that Johnson replacement, Liz Truss, lasted only 44 days, I was surprised that many parliament think Boris should be PM again. Guess they aren’t so different politically than the US.

Canada has stopped all NEW handgun sales throughout the entire country. Some are relieved, others not so much.

AZ Gov Ducey has been told by the Feds from various offices that he must remove the shipping containers he is using to fill gaps in the border wall. Ducey didn’t like any of the reasons the Feds gave him, so he simply refused. Typical.

Favorite Memes

 

Superstitions

Bringing Old Dish clothes to A New Home is Bad Luck

An old American superstition had it that all cleaning cloths should be burned before moving to a new home, so that you wouldn't bring any of the bad luck that you'd wiped up at the old place. 

They live among us

My daughter went to a Mexican fast food and ordered a taco.

She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.'

He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.

Historical Events

1850 – The first National Women’s Rights Convention opened in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1861 – President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
1915 -Over 25,000 women marched on Fifth Avenue, NYC to advocate their right to vote.
1995 – Yolanda Saldívar was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena earlier in the year.
1973 – President Nixon agreed to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
1983 – A terror attack against US armed forces in Beirut, Lebanon killed 240 people.
2001 – The iPod was demonstrated. On sale the following week, the retail price was $399.

Birthdays Today

82 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”… “Everything is practice.”– Pele
@78 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
“We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often, and never forget.”– Sarah Bernhardt
@79 – Johnny Carson, entertainer (d. 1975)
68 – Ang Lee, movie director
@68 – Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009; pneumonia)
63 – “Weird Al” Yankovic, American comedic singer-songwriter
“As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.”– Al Yankovic
46 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor, and producer
“I don’t expect success. I prepare for it.”– Ryan Reynolds
38 – Meghan McCain, American journalist, author
“Mary Matalin and James Carville have given me more hope when it comes to love and relationships than any romance book or chick flick ever.”– Meghan McCain
36 – Emilia Clarke, English actress
36 – Jessica Stroup, American actress

 

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.