25 Feb

 

25 February 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 8 Day 56 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 16 miles Flagstaff Today 50° \23°  Wind 3mph \ Gusts 7mph 
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 251mi \ Nearest Lightning 2459mi
Feb. Averages for Flagstaff: 47° \ 19° \5 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

  18-25 
  National FFA Week Link 
  19-26  
  National Sauna Week Link   
  19-25 
  Bird Health Awareness Week Link  
  Build A Better Trade Show Image Week
  National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
  National Engineers Week
  National Justice for Animals Week
  Build A Better Trade Show Image Week
  National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
  National Engineers Week
  National Justice for Animals Week Link  Link
  Through With The Chew Link
  22-25
  American Birkenbreiner Race
  22-4/8
  Lent 

Daily Observations

International Sword Swallowers Day
National Chili Day
National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day
National Clam Chowder Day
Paczki Day
Open That Bottle Night Pancake Day
Rubber Ducky Day Link 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 Sunshine and nice weather. I had lunch with Faith and Andy. Good food, good conversation.

Local schools are still having another snow day…that is 10 so far this school year.  

When does equity become illegal? The Biden administration is promising 'equity' in its hiring. Some on the far right say this is blatant discrimination against 'White' people. I hope this is straightened out quickly and does not carry on forever.

Enjoy…

Facts…

The Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers once combined to form the Steagles

At one point in history, Pennsylvania’s two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, combine to form one super team. This occurred in the 1943 season. Both teams had lost many of their players to military service during World War II, and the league allowed them to combine so that they had enough players to field one team. This team was called the Steagles, a clever combination of the Eagles and the Steelers. It only lasted one season. 

Slang Origins

Cruisin' for a bruisin'

The '50s had their own version of "a face that's just begging to be punched."

Trivia…

Antartica is the world's largest desert

The term 'desert' does not just refer to endless sand and a glaring hot sun. There are various subtypes, and all of them involve an extreme temperature and a barren landscape. One subtype of desert is the polar desert, an area devoid of life where there is ice instead of sand and freezing cold winds instead of boiling hot temperatures. This makes Antarctica a polar desert, and at over 5.5 million square miles, it also takes the title of the largest desert in the world, beating out the Sahara desert for the top spot.

90% of the world's population live in the northern hemisphere

9 out of every 10 people live in the Northern hemisphere. In total, that means approximately 6.6 billion people out a total human population of 7.3 billion live above the equator. There is actually much more liveable land in the northern hemisphere, with the completely inhospitable Antarctica taking up a large portion of the Southern Hemisphere’s landmass. While 90 percent of the population lives in the northern hemisphere, most of it is not very north. The majority of the world’s population lives only 20 to 40 degrees north of the Equator.

Historical Events

1791 – The First National Bank of the United States was chartered in Philadelphia.
1919 – Oregon became the first US state to levy a gasoline tax by placing 1 cent tax on every gallon of gas.
1964 – Cassius Clay became heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He won the title 3 times and defended it 9 times.
1967 – Gene Kelly starred in Jack and the Beanstalk on NBC (produced by Hanna-Barbara) it was the first TV special to combine live-action and animation.

Birthdays Today

88 – Sally Jessy Raphael, American journalist, talk show host
@78 – Her bert ‘Zeppo’ Marx, American comedian and Brother (d. 1979)
@78 – Jim Backus, American actor (d. 1989; Parkinson’s)
@78 – Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist, bandleader (d. 2007; cancer)
@78 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frech painter (d. 1919)
@77 – Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995; prostate cancer)
74 – Jack Handey, American author
@71 – John Foster Dulles, American statesman (d. 1959; colon cancer)
@58 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer (d. 2001; cancer)
@58 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer (d. 2001; cancer)
You can be standing right in front of the truth and not necessarily see it, and people only get it when they’re ready to get it.– George Harrison
57 – Téa Leoni, American actress
52 – Sean Astin, American actor
@48 – Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor (d. 1921; peritonitis)
I suffer so much in this life. That is what they [the audience] are feeling when I sing, that is why they cry. People who felt nothing in this life cannot sing.– Enrico Caruso
48 – Chelsea Handler, American comedian and talk show host
37 – Jameela Jamil, American actress