23 October 2022
Daily
Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 44 Day 296 \ Ave. Sky Cover 10% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 63° \40°
Wind 10mph \ Gusts 21mph
Air
Quality: Fair Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 70mi \ Nearest Lightning 622mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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Daily Observations
Boston Cream Pie Day
Canning Day
iPod Day
Mole Day Link
Mother-in-Law Day
National Mole Day Link (Avogadro
number)
Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day
TV Talk Show Host Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Wind
advisory for today and tomorrow. The wind has already started. Long pine
needles everywhere.
I filled up gas
at Sam’s yesterday…$3.75/gal, cheapest in my area.
I washed,
dried, and put away linens. Tomorrow I’ll do wash clothes. Can’t do
too much in one day. Hahaha.
I don’t
follow British politics. I was sorry when they decided to withdraw from the EU.
Now that Johnson replacement, Liz Truss, lasted only 44 days, I was surprised
that many parliament think Boris should be PM again. Guess they aren’t so
different politically than the US.
Canada has
stopped all NEW handgun sales throughout the entire country. Some are relieved,
others not so much.
AZ Gov Ducey
has been told by the Feds from various offices that he must remove the shipping
containers he is using to fill gaps in the border wall. Ducey didn’t like any
of the reasons the Feds gave him, so he simply refused. Typical.
Favorite Memes
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Superstitions
Bringing Old
Dish clothes to A New Home is Bad Luck
An old
American superstition had it that all cleaning cloths should be burned before
moving to a new home, so that you wouldn't bring any of the bad luck that you'd
wiped up at the old place.
They live among us
My daughter went to a Mexican fast food
and ordered a taco.
She asked the person behind the counter
for 'minimal lettuce.'
He said he was sorry, but they only had
iceberg lettuce.
Historical Events
1850 – The first National Women’s Rights
Convention opened in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1861 – President Abraham
Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for
all military-related cases.
1915 -Over
25,000 women marched on Fifth Avenue, NYC to advocate their right to vote.
1995 –
Yolanda SaldÃvar was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena
earlier in the year.
1973 – President Nixon agreed to turn
over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
1983 – A terror attack against US armed
forces in Beirut, Lebanon killed 240 people.
2001 – The iPod was demonstrated. On sale
the following week, the retail price was $399.
Birthdays Today
82
РPel̩, Brazilian footballer and actor
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance,
learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or
learning to do.”… “Everything is practice.”– Pele
@78
– Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
“We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain
indifferent to a great deal, forgive often, and never forget.”– Sarah Bernhardt
@79
– Johnny Carson, entertainer (d. 1975)
68
– Ang Lee, movie director
@68
– Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009; pneumonia)
63
– “Weird Al” Yankovic, American comedic singer-songwriter
“As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in
life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.”– Al Yankovic
46
– Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor, and producer
“I don’t expect success. I prepare for it.”– Ryan Reynolds
38
– Meghan McCain, American journalist, author
“Mary Matalin and James Carville have given me more hope when it
comes to love and relationships than any romance book or chick flick ever.”–
Meghan McCain
36
– Emilia Clarke, English actress
36
– Jessica Stroup, American actress
