3 Oct

 

3 October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 41 Day 276 \ Ave. Sky Cover 60% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 73° \43° 
Wind 5mph \ Gusts 9mph  Air Quality  Fair            Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 1mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Eat Better, Eat Together Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Employee Ownership Month Link
Energy Management is a Family Affair-Improve Your Home Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month  Link  
Fair Trade Month Link
Financial Planning Month Link
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month  Link
Gay & Lesbian History Month
German-American Heritage Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham
Go Sober For October Link

Weekly Observations

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

2-8  International Post Card Week Link   4-H Week  Link  Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week Great Books Week  Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week Great Books Week  Kids' Goal Setting Week International Post Card Week Link Mental Illness Awareness Week   Mystery Series Week  National Health Care Food Service Week Link  National Midwifery Week Link National Work From Home Week  Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week Primary Care Physicians Week  Link

3-7    Customer Service Week Link Drive Safely Work Week Link    Financial Planning Week Industrial Water Week National Heimlich Heroes Week

3-10 No Salt Week Spinning & Weaving Week Link

Daily Observations

Blue Shirt Day/World Day of Bullying Prevention  
Butterfly and Hummingbird Day
Card Making Day
Caramel Custard Day
Child Health Day 
Look at the Leaves Day
National Consignment Day  Link
Supreme Court Opening Day Link 
Techies Day 
World Day of Architecture Link 
World Day of Bullying Prevention 
World Habitat Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Weird weather today. Sun is breaking through the gray clouds. There is lots of thunder. A little earlier there was a small amount of rain.

The HOA grounds crew did a great job on my small bush that used to lots of pine needles under it. All cleaned out now. All those pine needles were a favorite of spiders.

Until a few months ago, all I knew about Camp Lejeune was that I knew some Marines who trained there before heading to Vietnam. Lately the web browsers and some TV stations have numerous ads every day about a lawsuit and contaminated water supply from the 1950’s to the 1980’s. It is despicable that our government let this contamination occur in the first place for that long…this is the training site for most Marines. Now the media is warning that some of those ads for helping sick or disabled Marines who got sick because of time at the Camp are simply scams. If you know anyone who got sick there during the contamination period, warn them to check with the VA or their congressperson before paying any money to find help. Our Marines do not deserve to be scammed.  

Cards v Panthers…Cards losing again at half time. ; Broncos v Raiders tied near half time.

Favorite Memes

Superstitions

Opening Umbrellas Indoors

You can thank the ancient Egyptians for this bad omen. They used umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun but opening them indoors was considered an insult to the sun god. It was equally as offensive to open one in an area that wasn’t sunny. Another theory traces it back to 18th century England when the mechanics of the "modern" umbrella made them straight-up dangerous when opened in close quarters. 

US Facts

State animal

Although the grizzly bear is California's state animal, they have not spotted one in the state since 1922.

Historical Events

1872 – The Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, in New York City.
1922 – Mrs. Rebecca Felton was the first female US Senator (Georgia, for two days)
1949 – WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opened in Atlanta. WERD was at 860 AM and is now WAEC.
1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on ABC; Captain Kangaroo premiered on CBS
1990 – Germany Reunified as the Federal Republic of Germany
1974 – Frank Robinson was named the first African-American MLB manager (Cleveland Indians)
2021 – Ruth Hamilton was asleep in her home in British Columbia when she awoke to the sound of her dog barking, followed by “an explosion.” 1 1/2 pound meteor had landed on her bed.

Birthdays Today

86 – Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2012)
“At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.”– Gore Vidal
81 – Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
“I’m just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I’m just the guy who makes happy.”– Chubby Checker
73 – Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter
“I just find things that work and embellish them.”– Lindsey Buckingham
68 – Al Sharpton, American minister, and political activist
@68 – Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (d. 1993; cancer)
63 – Jack Wagner, American actor, singer
60 – Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter and drummer
“You know what the most destructive force in the universe is? Regret.”– Tommy Lee
53 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter
“We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we’re going to do with them.”– Gwen Stefani
49 – Lena Headey, British actress
39 – Tessa Thompson, American actress
@35 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 1990; helicopter crash)
“You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other – our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That’s to help each other, not hurt each other.”– Stevie Ray Vaughan
34 – Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
@21 – Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter (d. 1960; TBI)