27 Mar

 

27 March 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 13 Day 86 \ Ave. Sky Cover 20% \ Visibility 18 miles Flagstaff Today 48° \11°  Wind 2mph \ Gusts 7mph 
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low  Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 251mi \ Nearest Lightning 999mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

         3/22-4/8
         Lent
         19-4/16
        National Cherry Blossom Festival Link  
        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

Celebrate Exchange Day Link
International Medical Science Liason Day  Link
International Whisk(e)y Day Link
National Joe Day
National Scribble Day
Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
Spanish Paella Day
Viagra Day
World Theatre Day  Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A pleasant winter day.

Last night’s discussion on Famine was very interesting. While famine has been around since the dawn of time. Famines are caused by political issues (war and policy) and climate issues (flooding and drought). The world has ways of predicting with good accuracy the potential for famine. The problem is getting the politicians to act quickly enough to prevent the famine. It will not be solved without some very hard work.

Forty years ago, Flagstaff got its Public Radio station at the local University. I have been a listener or donor since it first hit the air. Several years ago I became a sustaining member, meaning I make a monthly donation from my checking account. That makes it easy. I listen to KNAU every morning, whenever I’m driving, and other times throughout the day.  KNAU has grown and now has transmitters that serve all Northern Arizona. They have classic music transmitter and an NPR program station. I see it as a good investment in education.

I heard an interview about age and Congress the other day. The average age of Americans is 39 years old. In the House the average age is 57.5 years old. The average age in the senate is 63.9 years old. The person being interviewed believe this is why younger people have a hard time getting involved in politics, as it doesn’t seem to represent them. It also explained why older people vote more often than younger people…they are better represented. Certainly something to think about.

Enjoy…

Facts…

The colors of the twist ties on bread aren't random — they tell you what day the loaf was baked on. 

More Slang origins…

Leaf peeper

In New England, visitors who arrive in the autumn to enjoy the colorful foliage, and are a big part of the rural tourist economy, are "leaf peepers." The term most likely came from Vermont in the mid-20th century.

Beauty in our 50 states…

 

22. Texas

Texas is so damn big it can't help but have some standout sights along the way: Big Bend National Park, its extraordinary night skies, and the sweeping desert beauty of West Texas beyond, Hill Country in springtime, the open lap of the American West stretching off to the horizon. What it doesn't have is anything that is, in fact, the best in its category. There's better Western scenery as you go farther west, better forests anywhere east, better beaches in any direction 'cept straight north. But give Texas its due. Anything you'd want to take in (save snow-capped mountains) really is all here, and if you break free of the cities, the open roads here feel as open and free as anywhere.

Historical Events

1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reached the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever ID’d in the United States, was put in quarantine.
1952 – Singin’ In The Rain debuted in theaters.
2001 – Nintendo 3DS released, Video Game Console

Birthdays Today

@84 – Gloria Swanson, American actress and producer (d. 1983)
“My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing.”– Gloria Swanson
@84 – Richard Denning, American actor (d. 1998)
81 – Michael York, English actor
@70 – Henry Royce, English engineer, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
@66 – Sarah Vaughan, American Jazz singer (d. 1990; cancer)
“I am not a special person. I am a regular person who does special things.”– Sarah Vaughan
60 – Quentin Tarantino, Director
54 – Pauley Perrette, American actress
54 – Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
52 – Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
“I’m a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.”– Nathan Fillion
48 – Fergie, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
35 – Jessie J (Jessica Ellen Cornish), English singer-songwriter
“Being perfect is boring. It’s the imperfections that make us perfect.”– Jessie J
35 – Brenda Song, American actress
“Coming from The Disney Channel, anything I do is going to offend someone, somewhere, somehow.”– Brenda Song
34 – Holliday Grainger, English actress