Week 17 Day: 109 Ave. sky cover: 40% \
Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 72° \37° Wind: 13mph \
Gusts: 29mph
Extreme risk
of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ nearest
Lightning: 667mi
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Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Windy day
with a wildfire just north of Flagstaff. Sadly, many homes are in danger. This
is very early for fire season, and the fire is just spreading due to the wind. Many
in the fire’s path have already gone from SET to GO. Red Cross is opening a
shelter for evacuees and their animals. Frightening.
I had lunch
with Faith and Andy. Great food and very
good conversation. Traffic is another issue. I-40 is down to one lane in each
direction…until October. This used to be the fastest way to get across town.
Now it is stop and go. All major arteries to get from the East to West side of
town are now very slow. I wish there was another way.
Thursday I
will try again to get my phlebotomy. I got the needle put in yesterday and
after it was all set up, the vein blew. So, I only gave 1/10th of the
blood they wanted out. Oh well.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
What
vegetable needs a plumber?
A leek.
Trivia
Fajitas. In
1984, Texas A&M lecturer Homero Recio traced fajita history back to the
ranches of 1930s south and west Texas. According to Recio, the Mexican cowboys,
known as vaqueros, working in Texas often received throwaway scraps as part of
their pay, including the cow's diaphragm. The diaphragm, which we now call a
skirt steak, is covered with a tough membrane that allowed the vaqueros to
grill it outdoors directly on open mesquite coals--the prototypical fajita.
Historical Events
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1657 –
Freedom of religion was granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (New York City).
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1832 – Hot
Springs National Park in Arkansas was established as a reservation by an act of
Congress. Technically, it was the first United States National Park.
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1836 – The
US Congress created the Wisconsin Territory.
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1841 – The
Murders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allen Poe, was published in Graham’s Lady’s
and Gentleman’s Magazine. It is considered the first detective story.
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1871 – The
Third Force Act, also known as the Ku Klux Act, Congress authorized President
Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law in stopping the Ku Klux Klan.
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1898 – President
William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for a declaration of war
against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
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1914 – The
Ludlow Mine Incident: 17 miners and family members were killed by American National
Guard troops.
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1940 –
Invented by Dr. Vladimir Zworykin at the RCA laboratories, Camden, New Jersey,
the first (US) electron microscope was demonstrated across the Delaware River,
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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1946 – The
League of Nations officially dissolved, giving most of its power to the United
Nations.
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1999 – At
Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, students Dylan Klebold and Eric
Harris killed 13 people and wounded 23 more before killing themselves.
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2008 –
Danica Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy Car race
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2010 – The
Deepwater Horizon, run by British Petroleum (BP) drilling rig exploded in the
Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers.
Birthdays Today
@92 – Mother Angelica [Rita
Antoinette Rizzo], American
nun, broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network (d. 2016)
85
– George Takei, American actor
81
– Ryan O’Neal, American actor
58
– Andy Serkis, English actor
@56 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian born, Führer
of Nazi Germany (d.1945; suicide)
@54 – Luther Vandross, musician (d. 2005;
strokes)
52
– Shemer Moore, Actor
50
– Carmen Electra, American model and actress
46
– Joey Lawrence, actor
33
– Carlos Valdes, Colombian-American actor
24
– Felix Mallard, Actor
