10 Dec

 

10 December 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 50 Day 344 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 46° \19° 
Wind 3mph \ Gusts 8mph  Air Quality: Fair \Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 132mi \ Nearest Lightning 1595mi
Dec Averages for Flagstaff: 43° \ 17° `
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

Clerc-Gallaudet Week: 3-10
National Hand Washing Awareness Week: 4-10 Link  
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week: 4-10 
Andisop (Meteorological Fiddling): 5-24   Link
Computer Science Education Week: 5-11 Link
Human Rights Week: 10-17

Daily Observations

Dewey Decimal System Day
Gingerbread Decorating Day
Gingerbread House Day
Human Rights Day Link
International Animal Rights Day Link
International Shareware Day
Jane Addams Day
National Lager Day
Nobel Prize Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice winter day.

I had a nice lunch with friends. We met at a restaurant on the local campus. Great food and even better conversation. Good times roll.

So AZ Senator has now registered at an Independent. A political move since she was sure she would not get the Democratic nomination in 2024. This will just make headlines now and again if she runs in 2024. I had expected more from her.

I’m looking forward to  quiet weekend.

Favorite Memes

Did you Know? NEW!

James A. Garfield didn’t have the strangest presidential pet — that distinction probably belongs to either John Quincy Adams’ alligator (which he kept in a bathtub) or Martin Van Buren’s two tiger cubs — but his dog Veto might have had the cleverest name. Named after the presidential power to prevent a bill passed by Congress from becoming law, the black Newfoundland was described by the Lewiston Evening Journal as “a true protector” who once alerted his humans to a barn fire by barking, and who also once “held the reins of a valuable horse on a rampage in the barn” until help arrived to resolve the equine emergency.

 

Presidents without pets (Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk, Donald Trump) 

Slang Origins

1931: Doll

Meaning: an attractive woman; darling, sweetheart

One of many words referring to women that have sprung up over the years, “doll” has remained in our cultural vocabulary partly thanks to the Tony award-winning Broadway musical “Guys and Dolls,” which hit the stage in 1950. The musical is based on the stories of Damon Runyon, who was known for using regional slang in his writing. It was later adapted into a movie starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra.

Corny jokes NEW!

What do you call a pig that does karate?

A pork chop.

…

Why did the bike fall over?

It was two tired.

Historical Events

1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published.

1884 – Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published.

1901 – The first Nobel Prizes were awarded. President Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt became the first person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Birthdays Today

@81 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress, and singer (d. 1996)
“Glamor is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement.”– Dorothy Lamour
70 – Susan Dey, American actress
62 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor-director, producer, screenwriter
“Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.”– Kenneth Branagh
@62 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974; lung cancer)
61 – Nia Peeples, American singer
58 – Bobby Flay, American chef
“Don’t try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on Food Network.”– Bobby Flay
@55 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. s1886; Bright’s disease)
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.”– Emily Dickinson
54 – Michael Clarke Duncan, Actor
48 – Meg White, American drummer
“I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.”– Meg White
37 – Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman-Maday, Actor