1 Oct

October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 40 Day 274 \ Ave. Sky Cover 10% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 74° \41° 
Wind 4mph \ Gusts 8mph  Air Quality High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 147mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

Adopt A Dog Month Link   Link
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month 
AIDS Awareness Month (President Reagan)  Link  
American Pharmacists Month 
American Pharmacists Month Link
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month Link
Apple Month Link
Bat Appreciation Month
Black Cat Awareness Month Link
Black Speculative Fiction Month  Link
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Bullying Prevention Month Link
(World) Blindness Awareness Month Link

Weekly Observations

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

30-10/9  International Sand Sculpting Championships Link

1-5  Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week: Link

1-7  National Walk Your Dog Week Link   Link Universal Children's Week

1-9  Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta: Link

Daily Observations

Balloons Around the World Day
Bed & Breakfast Inn Mascot Day
CD Player Day
Chowder Days
Cephalopod Awareness Day 
Coffee Day
Fall Astronomy Day    Link
Fire Pup Day
Frugal Fun Day  
Hair Day
October in Navajo is Ghaaji’ which means End of Growing Season
Homemade Cookies Day
Inter-American Water Day  Link
International Beauty Full World Day
International Coffee Day  Link
International Day of Older Persons
International Music Day Link
Less Than Perfect Day
Model T Day
Music Day
National Black Dog Day Link
National Book It! Day
National Hair Day  Link
National Lace Day Link
National Play Outside Day  Link  )
National Walk Your Dog Day
Raccoon Appreciation Day
World Vegetarian Day Vegan Baking Day
Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Day 
Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Day Link 
Willy Wonka Day  Link
World Card Making Day 
World Vegetarian Day
Xterra World Championships Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice fall day. The HOA is busy trimming the bushes each unit has in front of their picture window. I asked the guy to clean out the needles that are all twisted into the bush I have. Hopefully he does it. Lots of tiny creatures…spiders…have made a home there.

I headed out early (7:15) for a blood draw. There was a new lady at the window, who said calling for ultrasound is always 'hit or miss'. Luckily, everyone knows me and was in and out in about 25 minutes. Smiling always helps.

I didn’t watch the first season of Abbott Elementary last year. I started with Season 2. It is about the staff at a poor inner-city school. After working at a small school on the Rez, Red Lake Day School, many of the situations are very relatable. I’m enjoying it.

I saw a recent interview with Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and one of the Shark Tank crew. A very interesting billionaire, who said many years ago, his goal was to retire at 35. Now, much older, he said he realized the money he had could be used for good, and the more money he had, the more good he could do. He’s #227 on Forbes’ 400 billionaires. A few years ago, he set up Cost Plus Pharmacy, that offers low prices on many high-priced drugs. He is one of the good guys.

Favorite Memes

Superstitions

Birthday Candle Wishes

Like many others on the list, wishing on candles dates to the ancient Greeks when they would bake cakes and top them with candles to ask Artemis (the mood goddess) for a favor. The smoke from the extinguished candles was believed to carry the message up to the gods as it rises. 

US Facts

Alaska coastline

The length of Alaska's coastline is longer than that of all other 49 states combined.

Historical Events

1843 – London’s The News of the World began publication.
1868 – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott was published
1880 – John Philip Sousa, the first recorded popular music star, became the leader of the United States Marine Band.
1932 – Babe Ruth’s ‘Called Shot” in the 5th inning of game three in the 1932 World Series
1947 – Levittown, Long Island, New York opened.
1948 – Over Fargo, North Dakota, WW II pilot George F. Gorman reported ‘playing chicken” with a blinking orb of light UFO. It was visually seen by people in the control tower but did not show up on radar
1955 – The Honeymooners premiered on CBS
1957 – First appearance of “In God We Trust” on U.S. paper currency, on one-dollar bills.
1961 – Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record with HR #61 in a single season.
1984 – The term “cyberspace” was coined in William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer.
2013 – The United States federal government shutdown of 2013 (October 1-16) affected many operations for the US government

Birthdays Today

98 – Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
@87 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
87 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
“Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there.”
– Julie Andrews
84 – Stella Stevens, American actress
@83 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
@80 – William Rehnquist, US Supreme Court Justice (d. 2005)
@79 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000; heart disease)
72 – Randy Quaid, American actor
“I’m not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I’m an actor.”– Randy Quaid
@72 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002; Hodgkins’)
“LOL has turned into something you type when you have nothing better to add into a conversation.”– Richard Harris
66 – Theresa May, British Politician
@65 – George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994; lung cancer)
59 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player
“Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.”– Mark McGwire
53 – Zach Galifianakis, actor
@41 – Ted Healy, American comedic actor, 3 Stooges founder(d. 1937; heart attack)
33 – Brie Larson, American actress
“You have to be really comfortable with yourself because people are going to tell you that you’re eyes are too brown or you’re this or you’re that. And if you’re not comfortable with yourself, you could get pretty freaked out.”– Brie Larson
@23 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934; shot)
“There’s nothing wrong with me, I mean, I don’t like boys.”– Bonnie Parker