Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 35 Day 236 \ Ave. Sky Cover 10% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 82° \49°
Wind 13mph \ Gusts 20mph Air Quality Fair
Moderate High Extreme Risk of fire
\ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 27mi
Aug Averages for Flagstaff: 79° \ 50° (9days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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21-27
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23-9/1
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Daily Observations
International
Strange Music Day Link
Knife Day Link
Maryland Day
National
Ukraine Day Link
National Waffle Iron Day Link
Peach Pie Day
Pluto
Demoted Day
Vesuvius Day
Waffle Day
Wayzgoose Day Link
William Wilberforce Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A nice warm
summer day.
I had lunch
with Andy and Faith. Good food, good conversation, lots of fun.
Since my
last vehicle was from 2006, I’m learning that lots has changed in those 16 short
years. I used the internet to find out about Neutral gear. It is push and hold
for one second the gear shift while your foot is on the brake. So simple, once
you know what to do. Faith has a 2020 vehicle, Andy has a 2019 truck. I learned
today that many of the things I’m learning have been on new vehicles for at
least 5 years. When I was working I traded in my vehicle every 3 years and
always with at least 100K miles. After retiring, it took me 16 years to get
79,000 on the vehicle.
As the polls
show, some midterm races are very getting close. Now the news is saying that
the huge Republican gap of a few months ago is shrinking due to ‘candidate quality’
and the Roe decision will bring many more voters to the midterms. Whatever it
is, every qualified voter needs to vote.
After years
at schools on the rez, I am very aware of bus issues. Today, the local
Flagstaff school district announced that one route would not be running and that
parents needed to find alternate transportation. The problem: no available
driver for the route. What a hassle for parents.
Dr. Fauci is
leaving the government after almost 50 years of service. He says he is not
retiring, just following other passions while he has the energy. He is 81. What
a guy!
Favorite Memes
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One Hit Wonders
"The
Rapper," The Jaggerz (1970)
Penned by
Donnie Iris, leader of The Jaggerz, who enjoyed their biggest and most popular
success this single about the heights a guy will go to pick women. The song
reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart. However, The Jaggerz never enjoyed
anywhere near the success with the single before or after than the group did
with this number. Of course, Iris hooked up with Wild Cherry (more from them in
a bit) and enjoyed some solo success with Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.
Historical Events
1456 – The printing of the Gutenberg
Bible was completed.1682 – William Penn received the area that is now the state
of Delaware, and added it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1932 – Amelia Earhart became the first
woman to fly across the United States non-stop, from Los Angeles to Newark, New
Jersey.
1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose
was banned from baseball ‘forever’ for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett
Giamatti.
1998 – First radio-frequency
identification (RFID) human implantation was tested in the United Kingdom.
Birthdays Today
84
– Mason Williams, American guitarist, composer
@83 – Louis Teicher,
American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d. 2008)
@83 – Nancy Spero,
American painter, academic (d. 2009)
” An artist’s job is
to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent.– Nancy Spero
@81 – Kenny Baker,
English actor, R2-D2 (d. 2016)
@77 – Duke
Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, surfer (d. 1968; heart attack)
“Just take your time
– wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.”– Duke Kahanamoku
77
– Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, co-founded WWE
” I’m not afraid of
failing. I don’t like to fail. I hate to fail. But I’m not afraid of it.”–
Vince McMahon
@75 – Yasser Arafat,
1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (d. 2004; stroke)
67
– Mike Huckabee, American minister, politician
65
– Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, screenwriter
62
– Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
“Get in the game. Do
the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to
tomorrow.”– Cal Ripken, Jr.
57
– Marlee Matlin, American actress
” You can do
anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream, and be
inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important
formula is courage plus dreams equals success.”– Marlee Matlin
49
– Dave Chappelle, American comedian, actor
“I’m famous today.
People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.”– Dave
Chappelle
45
– John Green, American author, vlogger
41
– Chad Michael Murray, American model, actor
34
– Rupert Grint, English actor
