28 Dec

 

28 December 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 53 Day 362 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 25miles Flagstaff Today 50° \30° 
Wind 7mph \ Gusts 13mph  Air Quality: Excellent \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 467mi \ Nearest Lightning 1929mi
Dec Averages for Flagstaff: 43° \ 17° `
Sunshine with high clouds

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

Christmas Bird Count Week: 14-1/5 Link 
Halcyon Days: 14-28 
Halcyon Days: 14-28 
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: 15 - 1/1/23  Link 
It's About Time Week: 25-31
Kwanzaa: 26-1/1

Daily Observations

Call a Friend Day
Holy Innocent’s Day
Endangered Species Act Day
National Card Playing Day
National Chocolate Day Link
Pledge of Allegiance Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The only snow left is that in shaded areas. Time for another storm. Weather guy says 4-8” due this week. Only time will tell if he is right.  I did to out and fill the vehicle with gas, just in case.

Broncos owners finally made a call to fix this horrific season…they fired the head coach. I seriously doubt this season can be all blamed on the head coach.

I have been reading about the vulnerability of the power grid since 9-11. Now there are 4 substations in Washington state that were vandalized and caused 35,000 to be without power. Those substations, like most in the US were in isolated areas with only a padlock for protection and no video cameras. Hmmm

I have flown Southwest Airlines many times over the years. I always enjoyed the flights and the cost. Now, Southwest is in turmoil as they continue to cancel flights and strand thousands of travelers for many days. The earliest flights for those cancelled today is the 31^st. Stranded travelers are reaching a breaking point. One guy was interviewed, and he had rebooked 9 times since just before Christmas and still can’t get a flight until the 31^st. Southwest will have a lot of work to rebuild their name when this finally ends.

I am baffled by newly elected Santos to the House. He has admitted his resume was embellished, that his resume had incorrect facts about his heritage, and that he didn’t work for some major companies he claimed or ever received any degrees. Yet, the Republican leadership seems to be ambivalent to his problems. How can he ever be seated?    

Favorite Memes...winter wonderland part 2

Facts…

Although there is no way to know the Earth’s exact age, scientists have calculated it to be roughly 4.54 billion years old, give or take 50 million years.

In everyday vernacular, the words “ocean” and “sea” are often used interchangeably. But in geographical terms, the two are quite distinct. While oceans are referred to as the large bodies of water that take up much of the globe, seas are much smaller entities, a term geographers use to describe the location where the land meets the ocean. For example, the Bering Sea is part of the Pacific Ocean, but since it is located between the landmasses of Alaska and Russia, it is classified as a sea. 

Slang Origins

1948: Oddball

Meaning: someone who is strange, weird, or eccentric

First used as an adjective in aviation circles, “oddball” came to describe a person who doesn’t quite fit, a meaning it retains today. There are words like it—think “screwball” and “cheeseball”—that show sometimes you can just add a few letters to the end of a common word to create a brand-new category of slang.

Mysteries…

IS THERE A MONEY PIT ON OAK ISLAND?

For more than two centuries, stories have circulated that Oak Island, located off Nova Scotia, Canada, held a money pit of buried treasure — supposedly left by the pirate Capt. William Kidd (1645-1701). Over that time, numerous expeditions costing millions of dollars have traveled to the island searching for the lost treasure, to no avail.

Despite centuries of searching no treasure has been found on Oak Island. Nevertheless, that doesn't stop people from trying to find it. A History Channel show called the "Curse of Oak Island" follows a modern-day expedition.

Historical Events

1895 – Louis and Auguste Lumiere screened a series of short movie scenes from everyday French life (and charged admission for the viewing) at the Grand Cafe in Paris.
1958 – Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants in the first (ever) National Football League sudden-death overtime game at New York’s Yankee Stadium.
1973 – The United States Endangered Species Act was signed into law by US President Richard Milhous Nixon.

Birthdays Today

@95 – Stan Lee, comic book author (d. 2018)
@89 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress (d. 2022)
“Science is not a boy’s game, it’s not a girl’s game. It’s everyone’s game. It’s about where we are and where we’re going. Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain’t stopped yet. There’s more exploration to come.”– Nichelle Nichols
88 – Maggie Smith, English actress
“We can’t escape the shadow, so the best thing we can do is notice the light and be open to it.”– Maggie Smith
@83 – Martin Milner, American actor (d. 2015)
“I was never a celebrity – just a working actor.”– Martin Milner
76 – Edgar Winter, American singer-songwriter
69 – Martha Wash, American singer, America’s Most Famous Unknown Singer
68 – Gayle King, American television journalist
68 – Denzel Washington, American actor
“Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.”– Denzel Washington
@67 – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President (d. 1924)
“No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.”– Woodrow Wilson
52 – Elaine Hendrix, American actress
49 – Seth Meyers, American actor
44 – John Legend, American singer-songwriter
41 – Sienna Miller, American-born British actress
32 – David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter