Jul 2

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 27 Day 183 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 80° \51° 
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 12mph  Air Quality Fair
Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 12mi \ Nearest Lightning 11mi
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Get Ready For Kindergarten Month
Grange Month Link
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month Link
Herbal/Prescription Interaction Awareness Month
Independent Retailer Month Link
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month Link
International Women with Alopecia Month
International Zine Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month Link
National Baked Beans Month Link

Weekly Observations

Thru Sep.5 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link

26-7/2  Windjammer Days Link

27 -7/4 National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness

27-7/3   National Tire Safety Week  Link

1-3  Roswell UFO Days Link

1-4 Beer Pong Days  Link

1-7 National Independent Living Week National Unassisted Homebirth Week

1-24 Tour de France  Link

Daily Observations

Freedom From Fear of Speaking Day Hop A Park Day  I  Forgot Day International Day of Cooperatives  International Cherry Pit Spitting Day  International Joke Day National Corn Hole Day  National Financial Freedom Day National Independent Beer Run Day

National Play Outside Day   National Television Heritage Day Made In The USA Day Second Half of The Year Day   Special Recreation for the Disabled Day World Sports Journalists Day World UFO Day  Zip Code Day

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Monsoon rain here is usually in the early afternoon. Yesterday it rained about 2pm, again at 9pm, again at midnight. We need the moisture for the forest, and there was only minor road flooding.

The airlines have made traveling a real hassle. Most of the problems are caused by the airlines themselves. Overbooking flights, not ensuring that they have pilots, planes, and crew for their flights. Yes, Covid messed everything up. I thought the computer knew when and where their planes were, that it knew who would fly the planes, and what crew were assigned to a flight. If the computer ‘sees’ there are 10 flights at 10am and that they only have 5 pilots available, they would only book 5 flights. I understand there may be a pilot or crew that can’t make a flight. It happens…but not in the numbers it is happening now. It is just a excuse for poor management. Yet the higher ups are taking no blame and they still get paid. It is crazy.

Back in the day we used to take our 8^th grade students to Medieval Times in LA on their class trip. They loved it. Times have changed and the employees of MT are trying to set up a union, saying that crowds have become too rowdy and there is not enough security, so the actors have to deal with people jumping into the arena, throwing things into the arena, and trying to grab the falcons as they fly over the crowd. If the union idea fails, here is an idea…the customers seem to like being in Medieval times, so if the misbehave or get too rowdy, have them be given Medieval punishments. No more making them leave; have them put in a stockade or a dungeon for 24 hours or so. Just an idea.

Favorite Memes

Earth’s Secrets

The Earth Isn't Exactly Round

Planet Earth is shaped more like a oblate spheroid which looks like a flatter circle. But it's definitely not flat.

Trivia

The vast destruction of WWII left two superpowers standing: the United States and the Soviet Union, both with conflicting ideas of how to restore international order.

The resulting Cold War lasted 40 years, during which time the United States and the Soviet Union tried to control as many countries as possible, even if those countries were not very valuable economically or strategically.   

Historical Events

W     1698 – Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine.
W     1776 – The Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain, although the final wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was not approved until July 4.
W     1788 – The US Constitution went into effect
W     1839 – 53 African slaves took over the slave ship Amistad.
W     1890 – The US Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
W     1897 – Guglielmo Marconi obtained his patent for radio in London.
W     1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
W     1937 – The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has been guarded every minute since midnight July 2, 1937
W     1962 – The first Wal-Mart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
W     1964 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the (Republican-written) Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
W     1964 – The US Civil Right Act was signed into law
W     2002 – Steve Fossett traveled around the world in a balloon, 19,400 miles between June 18 and July 2nd.
W     2005 – The Live 8 benefit concerts – more than 1,000 musicians performed and were broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.

Birthdays Today

@98 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 2020)
93 – Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician;, shoe collector
@92 – René Lacoste, French tennis player, invented the polo shirt (d. 1996)
85 – Polly Holliday, American actress
85 – Richard Petty, American race car driver, sportscaster
@85 – Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, painter, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
@84 – Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court 1967-1991 (d. 1993)
75 – Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
@74 – Ken Curtis, American actor (d. 1991; heart attack)
@74 – Brock Peters [George Fisher], American actor  (d. 2005; cancer)
@69 – Dave Thomas, founded Wendy’s (d. 2002; liver cancer)
@62 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, political activist (d. 2009; cancedr)
58 – Jose Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player
37 – Ashley Tisdale, American actress, singer
36 – Lindsay Lohan, American actress