Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 32 Day 217 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 82° \76°
Wind 7mph \ Gusts 16mph Air Quality Fair
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest
Lightning 38mi
Aug Averages for Flagstaff: 79° \ 50° (9days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
Psoriasis Action Month Link
Read-A-Romance Month
Rye Month Link
Tomboy Tools Month Link
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month Link
Weekly Observations
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Daily Observations
Braham
Pie Day or Homemade Pie Day
Chile Pepper Day
International Beer Day Link
National Oyster Day Link
National Underwear Day Link
National Water Balloon Day
Oyster Day
Tomboy
Tools Day
Underwear Day
Work
Like a Dog Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Cloudy day…hoping
for monsoon to bring some light moisture. Had a nice little shower while writing this.
I had
planned to have lunch with Andy and Faith. Got a text that Andy was having back
issues, so it was cancelled. I called and he spent yesterday at the clinic. It seemed
to help, but the pain was back this morning. He will return to the clinic if it
doesn’t improve. They did give him a referral but the earliest appointment is
at the end of August.
5000+
children are missing in Ukraine since the war began. The leadership of Ukraine
says they were captured by Russian soldiers and sent back to Russia.
Inexcusable.
Details are
emerging regarding the killing of Zawahiri. The drone had a razor-blade missile
that had no explosives. It just drilled a hole right through him. No one else
was injured or killed. This weapon sounds more like science fiction.
Pelosi has
left Taiwan. China added war games with live ammunition near the island. It
looks like this bullying will continue until someone stops it. Hoping for cool heads
everywhere.
Favorite Memes
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One Hit Wonders
Iron Butterfly:
'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'
The
unabridged version of the 1968 song is more than 17 minutes long and was one of
the first “heavy metal” songs. An often-told story is that the song's true
title was meant to be “In the Garden of Eden.” Iron Butterfly’s lead singer
Doug Ingle wrote “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” and was the son of a church organist. The
song contains both a drum and organ solo.
Historical Events
1305 – William Wallace, who led the
Scottish resistance against England, was captured, tried, and executed by the
English near Glasgow.
1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert established
the first English colony in the New World, in (now) Newfoundland’s St. John’s
harbor.
1620 – The Mayflower departed from
Southampton, England, headed towards North America.
1861 – In order to help pay for the war
effort, the United States government levied the first income tax as part of the
Revenue Act of 1861 (3% over $800)
1882 – The Standard Oil of New Jersey was
established. Standard+Oil=SO=Esso, now Exxon.
1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of
Liberty, a gift from France, was laid on Bedloe’s Island (now Liberty Island)
in New York Harbor.
1914 – Cleveland, Ohio, installed the
first electric traffic light.
1924 – Little Orphan Annie, Comic Strip
debuted
1926 – Harry Houdini performed one of his
greatest stunts, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before
escaping.
1957 – American Bandstand debuted on the
ABC television network, with host Dick Clark. The show began locally on
Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6 (now WPVI-TV) in 1952.
1981 – US President Ronald Reagan fired
11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to
return to work.
2001 – Cable network Odyssey was renamed
to Hallmark Channel.
2011 – Standard & Poor’s lowered the
United States’ AAA credit rating by one notch, to AA-plus.
Birthdays Today
@84 – Conrad Aiken,
American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (d. 1973)
@82 – Neil
Armstrong, American astronaut (d. 2012)
77
– Loni Anderson, American actress
@67 – Bob Clark,
American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007; car crash)
60
– Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player
56
– James Gunn, American director, producer, and screenwriter
33±
– Jessica Nigri, American model, cosplayer
