October 2022
Daily
Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 43 Day 292 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 58° \36°
Wind 9mph \ Gusts 20mph
Air Quality: Fair Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 254mi \ Nearest Lightning 1308mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
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Daily Observations
BRA Day USA Link (breast reconstruction)
Clean Out Your Virtual Desktop Day
Evaluate Your Life Day
Hagfish Day: 19 Link
Information and Misinformation Overload Day
Information and Misinformation Overload Day
International Pronouns Day Link
LGBT Center Awareness Day
Medical Assistants Recognition Day Link
Seafood Bisque Day
Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce
Thank Your Cleaner Day Link
Unity Day Link
Yorktown Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Sunshine has
returned and came with some wind gusts.
My phone went
weird this morning. As I was starting my car, my phone, bluetooth connected to my vehicle and in my pocket somehow dialed my mother’s cousin in Montana. We had a great chat. She turns 95
on Saturday, so was glad I called. She is still driving and dancing once a week
at the local senior center and plays golf with her son every other week. At the
end of the call she said, ‘Thanks so much for calling’. That’s when I realized my
phone had started the whole thing. Very enjoyable but still wondering why the
phone did that.
Last night
was not a good evening for the Broncos. I thought they had the game, then it
went to OT and they lost. Maybe they will do better across the pond.
Iran is
furnishing the Kamikaze drones used by Russia against Ukraine. That is not a
good sign.
It has just
come to light that the Secret Service paid exorbitant rates for rooms at
various Trump properties while protecting the President and his family. While
the going government rate was $206/night, some places were charging $1500 a night. I guess
Eric was confused when he told reporters in an interview that the Trump Organization
was charging the bare minimum for the Secret Service rooms. Surprise, surprise…in
Gomer Pyle’s voice
Soon after I
retired, the big news in our mountain town was the expected arrival of ‘In-‘n-Out’
Burgers. Now, over a decade later, the chain has signed a lease agreement for a
now closed Pizza Hut on the west side of town. I will believe it when they open
their doors.
Favorite Memes
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Superstitions
Bananas on a
Boat Are Unlucky
Among
superstition among seafaring folks, bananas are taken very seriously. No one's
quite sure how, exactly, the fear got started—theories include the notion that
spiders and snakes would Trojan horse on board amid the bunches, or that the
ethylene gas emitted by bananas as they ripen would spoil the other perishables
on board—but some people still take it very seriously, going so far as to ban
Banana Republic garb or Banana Boat sunscreen.
US Facts
Official language
Although most Americans speak English,
the country does not have an official language.
Historical Events
1789 – John Jay was sworn in as the first
Chief Justice of the United States.
1987 – Black Monday: The Dow Jones
Industrial Average fell by 22%, 508 points.
2003 – Mother Teresa was beatified (step
before sainthood) by Pope John Paul II.
2012 – Built in 1952, Big Tex, a 52-foot
statue and icon in Dallas was destroyed by fire in the State Fair of Texas.
Birthdays Today
@83 – Jack Anderson,
American journalist, author (d. 2005)
“Once an innovation is implemented it is no longer innovative.”–
Jack Anderson
@59 – Robert Reed,
American actor (d. 1992; HIV)
85
– Peter Max, German-American pop artist
“I’m just wowed by the universe. I’m just glad to do something I
love to do. I love color, I love painting, I love shapes, I love composition, I
love the people around me. I’m adoring it all. My legacy is in the hands of
other people.”– Peter Max
@42 – Peter Tosh,
Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 1987; shot during home invasion)
@42 – Divine [Harris
Glenn Milstead], American drag queen performer, actor (d. 1988;
heart failure)
77
– John Lithgow, American actor
“I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned?
Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it’s far more important to
learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.”– John Lithgow
71
– Annie Golden, American actress, singer
“All of my friends in the business ask, ‘Why is this woman not a
star? Why is she not a household name?'”– Annie Golden
66
– Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
58
– Ty Pennington, American carpenter, television host
56
– Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
53
– Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
29
– Abby Sunderland, American sailor, youngest to sail around the world (2010)
