Labor Day 2022

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 37 Day 248 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 81° \52° 
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 7mph  Air Quality Moderate
High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 57mi \ Nearest Lightning 621mi
Sep Averages for Flagstaff: 74° \ 42° (5days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

National Guide Dog Month Link
National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
National Home Furnishings Month
National Honey Month Link
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month Link
National Mulled Cider Month Link
National Mushroom Month Link 
National Organic Harvest Month 
National Organic Harvest Month Link
National Osteopathic Medicine Month Link
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (Gov't)
National Passport Awareness Month  Link
National Pediculosis (Head Lice)  Prevention Month Link
National Pet Memorial Month Link
National Piano Month Link  Link (Note: World Piano Day is March 29)
National Preparedness Month  
National Preparedness Month  Link
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month  Link
National Prime Beef Month Link
National Prosper Where You Are Planted Month
National Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month  Link
National Recovery Month
National Rice Month
National Save A Tiger Month Link  Link
National Sewing Month  Link
National Service Dog Month
National Shake Month (Ice Cream)
National Sickle Cell Month  Link
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month  Link
National Suicide Prevention Month  Link
National Taco Month  Link
National Translators Month (Moved from Feb.)  Link
National Wilderness Month

Weekly Observations

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

Thru 9/6   Ride Sober or Get Pulled Over Link

Thru 9/11 US Open Tennis Championships

1-7 International Enthusiasm Week National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link Self-University Week Link

1-5  Golden Onion Week

1-10  Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week

2-5  Hog Days

2-6  Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link

3-11  Link International Air Ambulance Week

4-10  Suicide Prevention Week National Waffle Week

5-9  National Payroll Week

Daily Observations

Be Late for Something Day
Cheese Pizza Day
Great Bathtub Race
International Day of Charity Link
Jury Rights Day  Link
Labor Day [US]
Mouthguard Day
Yard Art Day  Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Hope you are enjoying Labor Day.  It is a day set aside to honor the labor workers that built this nation.  It only seems right that stores should be closed today. If people didn’t shop at stores on Federal Holidays, they probably wouldn’t be open. I hope that those who must work today are receiving holiday pay. When I was much younger, I worked in a grocery store as a checker or asst. manager. I had no problem working most holidays because we were paid double time back then. Without strong unions, most workers today don’t get that perk.

It's a nice warm day so I took a nice long walk through the neighborhood.

The capital of Mississippi has been without running water for 6 days and officials say ‘it is too soon to know when running water will return’. So sad and so preventable.

Just as the UN sends inspectors into the nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Russia announces that it is cutting off gas pipelines to Europe because of a leak. Sound fishy to me.

Favorite Memes

Moon Facts…

  Full Moons Make People Go Insane

For centuries, people have thought that a full moon has somehow been associated with insanity, behavioral changes, seizures, fertility, and teenage werewolves. To wit, the word “lunacy” comes from the Latin word “luna” meaning “moon.”

But numerous studies over the last decades have proven to be rather inconclusive. A few studies here and there have found connections between the moon's gravitational pull and human behavior. Others have speculated that a full moon gives off more light, which keeps people up, which leads to sleep deprivation and behavioral changes due to being tired. However, a study in the late 1980s that looked at 100 studies found that the supposed “evidence” was spotty, poorly conducted, and swayed by biases.

Myth Buster

Mussolini made the trains run on time

This presumed truth has long been a fascist propaganda tool. Unfortunately, a number of people, nostalgic for the dictator and the “good old days,” continue to propagate it. While Benito Mussolini considered the railroad industry one of his pet projects and didn’t hesitate to claim credit, Italy owes any improvements to its dubious railroad network to the previous government. In the end, however, the trains remained far from punctual despite the changes.

Historical Events

1666 – Great Fire of London ended, 10,000 buildings, including St Paul’s Cathedral, were destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.

1698 – Peter the Great decreed a tax on beards. When a citizen had more than 2 weeks’ worth of growth, a tax had to be paid, and the citizens were granted a two-sided token stating: “the beard tax has been taken” and “the beard is a superfluous burden.”

1774 – The First Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia, PA.

1882 – 10,000 workers marched in the first Labor Day parade in New York City.

1881 – Michigan’s Great Fire of 1881 killed at least 125 people. It was the first disaster that the American Red Cross assisted with.

1914 – Babe Ruth hit his first professional Home Run.

1949 – Willard Frank Libby announced his discovery of Radiocarbon dating.

1972 – 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Team were assassinated at the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany.

1975 – Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford.

Birthdays Today

93 – Bob Newhart, American comedian, and actor
@85 – Jack Valenti, created the MPAA film rating system (d. 2007)
“There isn’t anything in the world that can’t be made better.”– Jack Valenti
84 – William Devane, actor
83 – Claudette Colvin, American nurse, and activist
83 – George Lazenby, Australian actor, James Bond #2
@82 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (d. 1980)
82 – Raquel Welch, American actress, and sex symbol
“Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts – only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.” – Raquel Welch
@77 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American director, producer and screenwriter (d. 1979; pneumonia)
77 – Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter
@60 – Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter, drummer (d. 2008; heart failure)
71 – Michael Keaton, American actor
“Work hard, don’t quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.”– Michael Keaton
49 – Rose McGowan, American actress
“Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?”– Rose McGowan
@45 – Freddie Mercury, Rock singer (d. 1991; AIDS)
@34 – Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882; shot)