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October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 41 Day 280 \ Ave. Sky Cover 80% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 63° \37° 
Wind 4mph \ Gusts 8mph  Air Quality  Fsir Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 120mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Organize Your Medical Information Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Pizza Month Link  Link
Polish American Heritage Month
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Raynauds Awareness Month  Link
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Right Brainers Rule! Month
Sausage Month Link
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month Link 

Weekly Observations

Oct 30-10/9  International Sand Sculpting Championships 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  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

4-10  World Space Week Link World Dairy Expo

6-8   Great American Beer Festival Link

6-12 National Physician’s Assistant Week

7-9  National Storytelling Weekend

Daily Observations

College Radio Day  Link  
Forgiveness & Happiness Day
Frappé Day
Inner Beauty Day
Kids Music Day
LED Light Day  Link
National Body Language Day  Link
National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day  Link
National Diversity Day 
National Storytelling Weekend 
Lee's National Denim Day 
Manufacturing Day   Link
National Forgiveness Day
National Triegeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day  Link
World Cotton Day  Link  Link
World Smile Day  Link
You Matter to Me Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Fall day…cool and cloudy. Puts me in a fall mood.

I headed out this morning for a haircut. My stylist was ready for me, but her co-worker hadn’t shown up so she was doing 3 of us at the same time. No problem, the two ladies were coloring their hair, so she just slipped me in at my appointment time while the two ladies waited for the timer to go off. All good.

Late yesterday afternoon I went to Visionworks to order my new glasses. The frames are never cheap, but it’s OK. I have always paid for one set of glasses and frames and gotten a 2^nd frame free. One of my old frames broke about a month ago, and the one I wear is on it’s last leg. The new ones will be here Oct. 19.

OPEC has decreased its supply, even though Biden visited the Saudis recently. The news says to expect a 30 cents/gal increase soon. I’m disappointed that the Saudis decided to go with Russia in decreasing supply. Sadly, it looks like more drilling will soon begin on US soil. I’m sorry to see fuel is more important than the environment.

Congrats to Col. Nicole Mann as she is in the air, heading for the International Space Station. She is the first Native enrolled tribal member to do this. She is enrolled with the California Round Valley Indian Tribes.

Favorite Memes

Superstitions

Beginner’s Luck

This gambling superstition is rooted in a psychological term called confirmation bias. It’s the theory that if you have some preconceived idea about something, your mind is on the lookout for evidence to back that up. In this case, losing at a game against someone who has never played before sticks out in your mind more than all of the times you won. 

US Facts

Minting coins

The US government spends 1.8 cents to make a penny and 9.4 cents to make a nickel.

Historical Events

3761 BC – Today was the first day of creation, according to the Jewish Talmudic Calendar.
1691 – The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay was issued.
1868 – Cornell University opened.
1916 – Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game of all time.
1933 – Air France began, with the merger of 5 smaller French airlines.
1958 – The US manned space-flight project was renamed Project Mercury. It was originally called Project Astronaut.
1996 – The Fox News Channel began broadcasting.

Birthdays Today

@90 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop, activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)
“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”– Desmond Tutu
@88 – June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
“I always wanted to be a movie star. I thought it meant being famous and having breakfast in bed. I didn’t know you had to be up at 4:00 a.m.”– June Allyson
@82 – Al Martino, American singer (d. 2009)
80 – Joy Behar, American talk show host, and television personality
79 – Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author
@77 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.”Niels Bohr
@77 – Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (d. 1975; heart disease)
“Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave.”– Elijah Muhammad
71 – John ‘Cougar’ Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter
70 – Vladimir Putin, Russian leader
67 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist
63 – Simon Cowell, English businessman and music producer
“Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don’t compromise.”– Simon Cowell
55 – Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter