Jun 1

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 152 Day: 152 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 74° \30° 
Wind: 3mph \ Gusts: 13mph
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ Nearest Lightning: 411mi
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Adopt-A-Cat Month Link  Link
Adopt A Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music Appreciation Month Link
Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month Link
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Awareness Month (APS) Link
Audiobook Appreciation Month
Beautiful in Your Skin Month Link

Weekly Observations

Thru 6/5   National Seat Belt Reinforcement Week Link National African Violet Week

Thru 6/3  Black Single Parents Week

Thru 9/5 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link

Daily Observations

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It is a calm, warm, nice day.

The yard crew was here at 7am this morning. They were busy cleaning up all the pine needles around the front of the buildings and on the street.  They left about 10am without cleaning out the gutters. Oh well, they still have a few weeks until Monsoon season. It still looks a lot better. The blowers also stirred up a lot of dust. They did blow off the vehicles, but my vehicle still needed a washing. I made a quick trip to the car wash. All is good now.

Canada’s PM Trudeau has proposed a bill banning all sales of handguns in Canada. I’m waiting to see how the people of Canada react.

Favorite Memes

Everyday Phrases with a Dark Meaning

Mad as a hatter

This one is fairly easy to associate with the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll’s book 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.'

But the character himself is quite dark. Back in Victorian times, men were actually suffering from mental health problems caused by exposure to mercury, which was used to make felt hats more flexible.

Riddle of the Day

  You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. 

Hard riddles want to trip you up, and this one works by hitting you with details from every angle. The big hint comes at the end with the wind. What does wind threaten most? You must stretch your brain to come up with something tiny and unexpected. 

                                     v Answer: A candle.

Historical Events

  Ë 1495 – John Cor made a note referring to the first known batch of Scotch whisky.
Ë 1792 – Kentucky became the 15th US state.
Ë 1796 – Tennessee became the 16th US state.
Ë 1812 – US President James Madison asked Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom, starting the War of 1812.
Ë 1813 – James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gave the now-famous line: “Don’t give up the ship!”
Ë 1886 – Thomas Edison received his first patent (#90646). It was for an “electrographic vote recorder.”
Ë 1938 – Superman debuted in Action Comics #1
Ë 1947 – The Doomsday Cock first appeared, on the cover of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It was initially set at 7 minutes until midnight.
Ë 1961 – Regular FM stereo radio broadcasting with a multiplexed signal began in Schenectady, NY, on WGFM.
Ë 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver, named after Dr. Henry Heimlich, was published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
Ë 1980 – The Cable News Network (CNN) began broadcasting
Ë 1990 – George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
Ë 1994 – FX Network made its debut. It was the first cable TV network owned by FOX.
Ë 2008 – A fire on the backlot of Universal Studios broke out, destroying a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.
Ë 2009 – General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Birthdays Today

88 – Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter
@86 – Andy Griffith, American actor (d. 2012)
85 – Morgan Freeman, American actor, narrator
@64 – Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985; cirrhosis)
41 – Amy Schumer, American comedic actress
41 – Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter
@36 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962; OD)
26 – Tom Holland, English actor