24 October 2022
Daily
Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 44 Day 297 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 50° \23°
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 27mph
Air Quality: Fair Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 263mi \ Nearest Lightning qmi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
17-23
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17-24
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23-29
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23-31
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24-30
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24-31
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24-11/11
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Daily Observations
Accountant's
Day or Accounting Day
Bologna Day
Crazy Day
Diwali Link
Food Day Link
Recycle Your Mercury Thermostat Day
Take Back Your Time Day
United Nations Day
World Development
Information Day
World Polio Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Windy,
cloudy, rainy with snow on the Peaks.
I was
prepared to wake up to a slight covering of snow. Instead, it was raining and
there were dead pine needles everywhere from the wind. Guess I’ll wait a little
longer for snow.
Unsettling news
story: The biological sisters of Sacheen Littlefeather, the lady who refused
Marlon Brando’s Academy Award decades ago and to whom the Academy had
apologized, are now saying that their sister lived in a fantasy world. Her
father was Mexican, her mother was white. Her grandfather had abused her father
in his youth. They showed biographical records to support their story. There are
also no records showing that she is White Mountain Apache, as she claimed. If
this account is true, it is discouraging that the media, Brando, or her family did
not speak of this decades ago. If it is true, I get that the White Mountain
Apache did not speak out as there are ‘wannabes’ [want to be Indians] all around.
Favorite Memes
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Superstitions
The Ides of
March
In early
Roman calendars, Martius (March) was the first month of the year and dates were
expressed by lunar phases as Kalends (Kal), Nones (Non), and Ides (Id). Ides of
March referred to the first full moon of the year. Full moons have their own
association with bad juju, but the real negative context of March 15 started
with the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. Centuries later, the day
continued to be marred by everything from catastrophic weather events to the
cancelation of the Ed Sullivan Show.
They live among us
I was at the airport, checking in at the
gate when an airport employee asked,
'Has anyone put anything in your baggage
without your knowledge?'
To which I replied, 'If it was without my
knowledge, how would I know?'
He smiled knowingly and nodded, 'That's
why we ask.'
Historical Events
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor, at age 63,
became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1929 – Black Thursday in the stock
market.
1945 – The United Nations was founded.
1946 – A camera onboard the V-2 No. 13
rocket took the first photograph of earth from outer space.
2007 – China successfully launched its
first space probe, Chang’e-1.
2008 – Many of the world’s stock
exchanges experienced their worst declines in history – “Bloody Friday”
Birthdays Today
@83 – Bob Kane,
American comic book author and illustrator, co-created Batman (d. 1998)
86
– Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter and bass player, The Rolling Stones
“I’m not a musician, I just play bass.”– Bill Wyman 83
– F. Murray Abraham, American actor
75
– Kevin Kline, American actor
“I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I
never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I vowed I would never
do a commercial, nor would I do a soap opera – both of which I did as soon as I
left the Acting Company and was starving.”– Kevin Kline
62
– BD Wong, American actor
@56 – Melvin Purvis,
FBI agentf, arrested Dillinger and others (d. 1960; shot)
36
– Drake, Canadian rapper, actor
“I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.”– Drake
33
– PewDiePie [Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg],
Swedish YouTuber
24
– Daya, American singer
