Mar 18

 

Week 12 Day: 78  Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 56° \22°  Wind: 4mph \ Gusts: 12mph
High risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 347mi \ nearest Lightning: 1149mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

13-19	Campfire USA Birthday Week  Teen Tech Week
14-20	International Brain Awareness Week Link National Fix A Leak Week  Link

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another nice day. Test at hospital went well. The tech who did the test was from CA but had worked at Tuba Hospital for 15 years. I didn’t know him there, but he was a nice tech.

I have to pick up some cash at the bank and send out emails to our discussion group about the meeting I will miss while basking in Tahiti. Tomorrow I’ll start packing, then Sunday I’ll finish and leave early Monday. Getting excited…finally.

Here is something circulating on social media. I checked the dates, and they are correct. Is this a coincidence?

WWI started on July 28, 1914. WWII began on Sept. 1, 1939, and Ukraine invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.

Change the dates to numbers and you get

7/11/1914, 9/1/1939; and 2/24/2022

Add the dates like this

7+11+19+14; 9+1+19+39; 2+24+20+22

Each of these add up to the same answer: 68

Gotta wonder a little about math geeks who study history. 

Favorite Memes

	For My U of CO friends

 

A bit of Humor

How far is it from the Earth to the sun?

8 CVS receipts.

Trivia

Ursus maritimus is the scientific name for polar bear. It means sea bear. Commander C.J. Phipps, an office in the British navy and author of A Voyage towards the North Pole used it for the first time in 1774.

Polar bears' fur consists of a dense, insulating underfur topped by guard hairs of various lengths. It is not actually white - it just looks that way. Each hair shaft is pigment-free and transparent with a hollow core that scatters and reflects visible light.

Historical Events

Ø    1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ended the Song dynasty in China.Over 100,000 people died in the sea battle.

Ø    1649 – The House of Commons of England abolished the House of Lords, declaring it ‘useless and dangerous to the people of England’.

Ø    1842 – French writer Honore de Balzac’s play Les Ressources de Quinola opened to an empty house due to a publicity stunt. He had earlier announced that the show had sold out, so nobody bought any tickets.

Ø    1918 – US Standard Time Act established standard time zones in the United States.

Ø    1931 – The Nevada state legislature voted to legalize gambling

Ø    1957 – Graceland was on 13.8-acre estate and sold for $102,500 to Elvis Presley.

Ø    1962 – Bob Dylan released his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.

Ø    1979 – C-Span was launched

Ø    1983 – First Lady Nancy Reagan made an appearance on an episode of Diff’rent Strokes, beginning her Just Say No anti-drug campaign

Ø    1987 – Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as the host of The PTL Club after involvement in a sex scandal.

Ø    1993 – Operation Iraqi Freedom began.

    Ø    1998 – Broadway Show – Cabaret (Musical) March 19, 1998

Birthdays Today

86 – Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress

@81 – Moms Mabley [Loretta Mary Aiken], American comedian, singer (d. 1975)

@80 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (d. 1929)

@80 – Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor (d. 2009)

75 – Glenn Close, American actress

70 – Harvey Weinstein, convicted movie producer

67 – Bruce Willis, German-American actor

@60 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873; malaria)

@60 – William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1925; apoplexy)