28 Sep

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 40 Day 271 \ Ave. Sky Cover 15% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 73° \45° 
Wind 8mph \ Gusts 12mph  Air Quality
Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 25mi
Sep Averages for Flagstaff: 74° \ 42° (5days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

19-30 International Women's Commerce Days

25-10/1  Banned Books Week National Chimney Safety Week  National Fall Foliage Week   National Keep Kids Creative Week  Remember to Register to Vote Week  Sea Otter Awareness Week    World Hearing Aid Awareness Week

Daily Observations

Ask a Stupid Question Day
Drink Beer Day
Good Neighbor Day
Strawberry Cream Pie Day
Confucius Day
Fast of Gedalya [Jewish]
Fish Tank Floorshow Night
International Day for Universal Access To Information
International Right To Know Day Link
National Drink Beer Day Link
National Good Neighbor Day  
Women's Health & Fitness Day Link 
World Rabies Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice fall day. May have some monsoon rain later today or tomorrow.

Hurricane Ian is headed to Florida. It is the reason Artemis is postponed again because of the hurricane this time.

Dart hit its asteroid object. Great pictures for sure. Now the wait is on to see if it worked.

In football the Pro Bowl has been around forever. Now it is being replaced by the Pro Bowl Games that will take place a week before each Super Bowl. Guess the NFL wants an even bigger audience.

I had never heard of the Jones Act. It was passed in 1920 to protect shipping companies from competition from other countries competition. Over a hundred years later it continues to hurt Puerto Rico relief efforts. The Act states that ships that fly a foreign flag must have a waiver to land in America. Today, while thousands for Puerto Rico Americans do not have electricity or running water, there is 300,000 barrels of diesel from Texas sitting in a Puerto Rico harbor, unable to unload the much needed cargo because the ship is flying a foreign flag. Wake up again Congress and fix this yesterday.

Favorite Memes

Superstitions

Blessing a Sneeze

It’s become a reflex to bless someone after they sneeze. Little do you know; you could be saving them from damnation. This custom originated with an old superstition that a person’s soul separated from their body when they sneezed. Saying “Bless you” was a way to keep the devil from swooping in to steal their soul before they recovered. 

US Facts

Ancient rivers

Three of the five oldest rivers in the world are in the United States. They are the New, the Susquehanna, and the French Broad Rivers.

Historical Events

1066 – William the Conqueror landed in England, beginning the Norman conquest.
1850 – Flogging (whipping) in the Navy and Merchant Marines was abolished by the US.
1941 – Ted Williams achieved a .406 batting average for the season, and was the last MLB player to bat .400 or better.
1951 – CBS unsuccessfully launched their own color televisions; a different system became popular later.
1951 – The science-fiction classic film, The Day the Earth Stood Still, was released.
1963 – Tennessee Tuxedo cartoon debuted on CBS.
1980 – Carl Sagan’s 13 part Cosmos premiered on PBS.
2006 – The City Council of Reykjavik and neighboring municipalities agreed to turn off all the city lights in the capital area for half an hour, while a renowned astronomer talked about the stars and the constellations on national radio.

Birthdays Today

@89 – William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (d. 1990)
“White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.”– William S. Paley
88 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress
@76 – Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
“I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn’t pursue it. I feel like I’m cheating sometimes.”– Ben E. King
@73 – Ed Sullivan, American television host (d. 1974; cancer)
@71ish – Confucius, Chinese teacher, and philosopher (d. 479 BC)
“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.”– Confucius
“A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.”– Confucius
@70 – Al Capp, American author, and illustrator (d. 1979; emphysema)
“Success is following the pattern of life one enjoys most.”– Al Capp
55 – Mira Sorvino, American actress
54 – Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress
@39 – Sean Levert, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2008; Sarcoidosis)
35 – Hilary Duff, American actress, Lizzie McGuire
“Be bold before you get stuck not being bold.”– Hilary Duff