October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 43 Day 294 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 64° \31° 
Wind 4mph \ Gusts 5mph  Air Quality: Fair          High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 254mi \ Nearest Lightning 1207mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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

Celebration of the Mind Day
Count your Buttons Day
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) Prevention Day
Mammography Day 
National Pharmacy Buyer Day  Link 
Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
Reptile Awareness Day  Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another nice fall day…there may be snow this weekend.

I had a great lunch with Andy and Faith today. Faith has made the cutest little Halloween candy holder that have my name. They are from her embroidery machine. Andy went to the local Athletic Club to swim this week. He got there at 12:30 and had a reservation. When he got to the pool, a lady stopped him and asked if he had a reservation. He responded, ‘Yes, Navajo.’ She didn’t get it. He said he then had a great swim.

A big Thank You to all the government officials who did NOT make millions in the stock market as Covid was hitting the US. Seems many in the Trump administration and various Executive Branch did exactly that. There are currently no rules that prevent them from using information they receive in their job to make more money. This is so wrong.

Favorite Memes

Superstitions

Saying 'Macbeth' in a Theater Will Bring a Curse

Called "The Scottish Curse," this belief is particular to actors—they get around it by referring to the Shakespeare play as "The Scottish Play" or "The Bard's Play." According to legend, productions of the play have been particularly accident-prone; an actor who slips up and invites disaster must engage in a cleansing ritual before being allowed back in. 

They live among us

We had to have the garage door repaired.

The repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a 'large' enough motor on the opener.

I thought for a minute and said that we had the largest one made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower.

He shook his head and said, 'You need a 1/4 horsepower.'

I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4 and he said, 'NOOO, it's not. Four is larger than two.'

We haven't used that repairman since...

Historical Events

1520 – Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan in South America.
1797 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution was launched. It was the third such vessel completed for the US Navy.
1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrated his Incandescent Lightbulb.
1921 – The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiered in Los Angeles
1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivered the first speech by a sitting US President against lynching in the Deep South.
1959 -The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City.
1967 – 250 protestors stormed The Pentagon in Washington, DC.
1994 – North Korea and the United States signed an agreement that required North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections. On October 9, 2006, North Korea announced it had successfully conducted its first nuclear test.

Birthdays Today

81 – Manfred Mann [Manfred Sepse Lubowitz], South African-English keyboard player
80 – Judge Judy Sheindlin, TV
@77 – Celia Cruz [Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso], Cuban-American singer, Queen of Salsa (d. 2003; cancer)
@75 – Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, bandleader (d. 1993; cancer)
73 – Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
@66 – Mary Blair, American illustrator, and Disney animator (d. 1978; stroke)
“You get an education in school and in college. And then you start to work… and that’s when you learn!”– Mary Blair
@63 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, invented dynamite, founded the Nobel Prize (d. 1896; stroke) “Contentment is the only real wealth.”– Alfred Nobel
@60 – Carrie Fisher, American actress, Princess Leia (d. 2016; sleep apena)
“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”– Carrie Fisher
63 – Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor
“The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one and it would not be a wasted life.”– Ken Watanabe
42 – Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality
“If I don’t like something that’s going on in my life, I change it. And I don’t sit and complain about it for a year.”– Kim Kardashian