3 Dec

 

3 December 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 49 Day 337 \ Ave. Sky Cover 50% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 42° \28° 
Wind 7mph \ Gusts 5mph  Air Quality: Fair \Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 377mi \ Nearest Lightning 1448mi
Dec Averages for Flagstaff: 43° \ 17° `
High Clouds

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

Operation Santa Paws (1-17)
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS) (12/18 - 2/12) 
Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Month  Link
Universal Human Rights Month Link
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
Youngsters on The Air Month  Link

Weekly Observations

Cookie Cutter Week: 1-7 Link
Clerc-Gallaudet Week: 3-10

Daily Observations

Be A Blessing Day
Bike Shop Day 
Disability Day
Earmuff Day or Chester Greenwood Day Link  
E-Discovery Day
International Baboon Day 
International Day of Persons With Disabilities
International Spirit of the Game Day
Let’s Hug Day
Make A Gift Day
National Green Bean Casserole Day
National Play Outside Day Link 
Skywarn Recognition Day Link  
World Pear Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Lots of clouds today.

I did my weekly Sam’s and grocery shopping this morning. I found some good deals at Sam’s.

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano has been erupting. While waiting for my shuttle in Phx I met a couple returning from Hawaii. They were not on the big island, but said the plume of smoke was seen from their flight home. The lave flow is threating to divide the island in half between the East and West side.

Good news here: Cochise County supervisors have certified the midterm results, only after a federal judge ordered them to do so. The crazies are still fighting results throughout the state.

Favorite Memes

This is so true!

Little known Native American History

Native Americans had diverse housing

If the only thing you knew about Native Americans came from Hollywood, you would be forgiven for assuming every tribe lived in teepees, but this is far from the truth. Native Americans were encompassed by many tribes who spoke different languages and had different cultures and ways of life. Many of the Plains Indians tribes lived in teepees, but the nations of the Iroquois nation lived in longhouses, while the tribes of the Mesa Verde region dwelled in cliffs, while the tribes in Taos lived in pueblos, a site which makes the area one of the top 16 American cities for history buffs. 

Slang Origins

1924: Joe Blow

Meaning: an average or ordinary man

Still used today, “Joe Blow” seems to have originated from the popular boy’s name, the seventh most popular in the 1920s, and a rhyming word. The phrase “Joe Doakes” was first recorded at a similar time but didn’t have the same staying power.

Historical Events

• 1910 – Neon lighting was first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
• 1967 – 54-year-old Louis Washkansky received the first human heart transplant, led by Dr. Christian Barnard, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. He lived for 18 days.
• 1984 – A deadly gas leak at a Union Carbide plant killed more than 4,000 people and injured over 200,000 in Bhopal, India.
• 1976 – Rocky was widely released. The premiere was on November 21, in NYC.
• 1994 – The Sony PlayStation was released in Japan. 

Birthdays Today

• @91 – Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director (d. 2022)

• @84 – Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012)

85 – Bobby Allison, American race car driver
74 – Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter

• @72 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter, unfinished George Washington (d. 1828)

70 – Benny Hinn, Israeli-American evangelist

• @68 – Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (d. 1976; cancer)

• @66 – Joseph Conrad, Polish writer (d. 1924; heart attack)
• “All idealization makes life poorer. To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity – it is to destroy it.”– Joseph Conrad

62 – Daryl Hannah, American actress
62 – Julianne Moore, American Actress
57 – Katarina Witt, German figure skater
54 – Brendan Fraser, American actor
“I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren’t funny.”-Brendan Fraser
54 – Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter
49 – Holly Marie Combs, American actress
42 – Anna Chlumsky, American actress
42 – Jenna Dewan, American actress, dancer
39 – Andy Grammer, American singer
37 – Amanda Seyfried, American actress
“I’m good with getting older because I feel like one day, I know I will love myself.”– Amanda Seyfried