Jul 18

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 30 Day 199 \ Ave. Sky Cover 15% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 90° \54° 
Wind 4mph \ Gusts 5mph  Air Quality Moderate
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 13mi
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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

1-24 Tour de France  Link

7-17  Tug-of-War Days

13-19   Hemp History Week Link

15-21 Rabbit Week

17-23   Captive Nations Week Everybody Deserves A Massage Week Link  National Independent Retailers Week Link  National Zoo Keeper Week  Link    International Lace Week Link

18-25 Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week

Daily Observations

Global Hug Your Kid Day 
Insurance Nerd Day 
National Caviar Day
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day  
National Sour Candy Day 
Nelson Mandela International Day 
Perfect Family Day
Record Store Day
World Listening Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

I enjoyed the monsoon showers last night. Minor flooding in the areas below the most recent burn scars.

I caught up this morning with my weekly news programs. There is still hope for us.

I get free speech. I get that even idiots have freedom of speech. What is hard for me to understand is how many people allow the idiots to spout their stupidity. One such person is Marjorie Taylor Greene. She recently said that adoptive parents were ‘fake moms and fake dads’. She was talking about abortion when she said that the mom should keep the child and not give it away to be raised by ‘fake moms and fake dads.’ She is getting called out by many adoptive parents and adoptees. How can such ignorance still exist today?

Nothing in the Uvalde report issued today will bring back the children and teachers killed. It will help to make sure those who didn’t act will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. It will also alert all those who are hired to ‘support and protect’ will pay a price for not fulfilling their assignment.

Favorite Memes

Trivia

Many owl species have asymmetrical ears. When located at different heights on the owl's head, their ears are able to pinpoint the location of sounds in multiple dimensions.

The eyes of an owl are not true "eyeballs." Their tube-shaped eyes are completely immobile, providing binocular vision which fully focuses on their prey and boosts depth perception.

A group of owls is called a parliament. This originates from C.S. Lewis' description of a meeting of owls in The Chronicles of Narnia.   

Historical Events

·        1870 – The First Vatican Council decreed the dogma of papal infallibility.

·        1893 – The Chicago Golf Club, the first 18-hole golf club in the US, opened.

·        1968 – Intel was founded in Mountain View, California.

·        1976 – Nadia Comaneci scored a perfect “10” at the Olympic Games. It was the first time anyone ever made an Olympic perfect score.

·           2013 – The Government of Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, with approximately $20B in debt.

Birthdays Today

@95 – Nelson Mandela, South African politician, 1st President of South Africa (d. 2013)
@95 – John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (d. 2016)
@85 – Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (d. 1994)
@84 – Richard ‘Red’ Skelton, American actor, comedian (died in 1997)
82 – James Brolin, American actor
75 – Steve Forbes, American publisher
72 – Richard Branson, Entrepreneur
@67 – Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist, author (d. 2005; suicide)
@65 – Margaret ‘Molly’ Brown, American philanthropist, activist (d. 1932)
58 – Wendy Williams, American talk show host
55 – Vin Diesel, American actor
41 – Kristen Bell, American actress
40 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress
37 – Chace Crawford, American actor