26 Mar

 

26 March 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 13 Day 85 \ Ave. Sky Cover a% \ Visibility 17 miles Flagstaff Today 52° \14°  Wind 8mph \ Gusts 16mph 
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 251mi \ Nearest Lightning 1657mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6 Days of moisture
Cloudy

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

3/22-4/8
       Lent
        19-4/16
        National Cherry Blossom Festival Link  
20-26
20-26
         Act Happy Week
International Teach Music Week
National Fix A Leak Week  Link
National Fragrance Week Link
Shakespeare Week Link
Wellderly Week
21-27
         International Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination
         22-4/20
        Ramadan
24-30
        National Farm Workers Awareness Week Link
25-31
        National Physicians Week Link
26-4/1
        Consider Christianity Week
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
National Cleaning Week Link
26-4/9
         Passiontide
26-4/1
         Passion Week

Daily Observations

  Greek Independence Day
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
Nougat Day
Spinach Day

  Legal Assistants Day
Live Long And Prosper Day
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
Purple Day Link
Spinach Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Lots of clouds. Weather guy says snow early this evening.

It looks like the strike for more pay and benefits in LA public schools may be over. Looks like the Union is getting a lot of what they asked for. That’s good.

Liquid Albuterol, needed for asthma, COPD, and other problems with breathing is in short supply. The major company has closed and is no longer making it.

My brother and his wife have been taking in stray dogs for over a decade. Last year they held a one-day spay and neuter clinic in their tiny town. The clinic fixed 140 dogs in that one day…free to the owners. This year they are doing a 3-day event in 3 tiny towns near their place. So proud of their work.  

Enjoy…

 

Facts…

Prior to the 20th century, squirrels were one of America's most popular pets. 

More Slang origins…

Piece of cake

In the 19th century, it was common to award cakes to winners at competitions, hence the idea of something being a "piece of cake."  "Cakewalk," which has a similar meaning, was actually the name of a dance competition. Plantation owners in the pre-Civil War South served as judges at cakewalks, wherein enslaved people went through a series of complicated dance moves that were most likely done in mockery of the plantation owners.

Beauty in our 50 states…

23. Wisconsin

More than prairies and dairies. You could wander 800 miles along the shores of Lakes Superior and Michigan, not including the 15,000-odd lakes scattered around the rest of the state. (Yes, that’s more than Minnesota’s Land of Ten Thousand Lakes.) The state lacks a single grand, signature natural feature that you just gotta go see, though the Apostle Islands are one-of-a-kind and you'll be hard-pressed to find country more pleasant than Door County. But to truly appreciate Wisconsin's full array of cliffs, forests, water, and the occasional natural stone bridge, take the 1,200-mile-long Ice Age Trail that winds through the state like a tapeworm. Glaciers left these lakes and boulders for you to enjoy, so you might as well use 'em.

Historical Events

1484 – William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop’s Fables.
1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coined the term “gerrymander” to describe oddly shaped electoral districts.
1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention came into force.
1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter signed the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, DC.

Birthdays Today

93 – Sandra Day O’Connor, American lawyer and jurist
“Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement, and remuneration based on ability.”
– Sandra Day O’Connor
89 – Alan Arkin, American actor
@83 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor (d. 2015)
83 – Nancy Pelosi, politician
@82 – James Caan, American actor
79 – Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter
“Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who’s lost their way.”– Diana Ross
75 – Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter
74 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress, singer
@71 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
@71 – Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams III), playwright, poet (d. 1983; choked)
@59 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010; respiratory failure)
“Life didn’t promise to be wonderful.”– Teddy Pendergrass
69 – Curtis Sliwa, American activist, founded Guardian Angels
66 – Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
63 – Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer
“I’ll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognizes… because of a nose job.”– Jennifer Grey
55 – Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter
47 – Amy Smart, American actress
38 – Keira Knightley, English actress
“Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.”– Keira Knightley