6 Mar

6 March 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 10 Day 65 \ Ave. Sky Cover 30% \ Visibility 16 miles Flagstaff Today 51° \26°  Wind 9mph \ Gusts 18mph 
Air Quality: Fair \ Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 231mi \ Nearest Lightning 2333mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

Transgender Month of Action for Healthcare Equality Link
Trisomy Awareness Month Link
Vascular Abnormalities Awareness Month
Women's History Month: Link
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Worldwide Home Schooling Awareness Month
Youth Art Month

Weekly Observations

  22-4/8
  Lent
  26-3/4 
  Telecommuter Appreciation Week
  1-7
  Hearing Awareness Week Link
LGBT Health Awareness Week Link
National Cheerleading Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Invest in a Veteran Week  Link
National Pet Sitters Week Link
Return The Borrowed Books Week
Universal Human Beings Week: Link
Will Eisner Week Link
World Hearing Awareness Week
2-5
  American Association For The Advancement of Science Week Link
National Money Show
3-5
  International Festival of Owls Week

 

Daily Observations

Casimir Pulaski Day Link 
Day of The Dude Link
Dress Day
Frozen Food Day
Fun Facts About Names Day  Link  
National Dentist's Day Link
National Dress Day  Link
Sofia Kovalevskaya Math Day  Link
World Tennis Day 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It is still winter, yet it appears the spring winds have arrived early. Flag is under a wind advisory that expect wind gusts to 50mph today and maybe tomorrow.

It’s Sunday and I’m having a lazy day. I took a break from NetFlix to write this blog. Watching some entertaining comedies.

Enjoy…

Facts…

For centuries, ♂ and ♀ have represented the concepts of male and female in the world of science. Long before these icons had anything to do with biology, however, they were used throughout ancient cultures such as Greece and Rome. ♂ corresponded to the Greek god Ares (Mars, in Roman mythology), whereas ♀ was tied to the Greek goddess Aphrodite (Venus, in Rome). The association between the gods and those symbols came about because of metals used to forge weaponry, with Ares representing iron (thouros) and Aphrodite representing copper (phosphoros). Over time, the Greek words for the metals were written in shorthand using the symbols that we now use to convey gender.

The symbols first played a role in biological research in 1751, when the father of modern taxonomy, Carl Linnaeus, adopted and used the icons to refer to the gender of flowers in his dissertation Plantae hybridae. Many scientists thereafter followed in Linnaeus’ footsteps, with those symbols later extending to human genetics. In recent decades, new symbols have been created based on those centuries-old designs in order to be more inclusive of those who don’t identify as male or female. 

A Look back in time…Baby Boomers life

#8 Communication Was Slow

Baby Boomers grew up in a world without cell phones and often relied on letters, pay phones, or landlines for communication. Imagine having to get in touch with your loved ones in an emergency and running to the pay phone to make a call.

My grandmother tells a story of how she went into labor and gave birth, all without my grandfather realizing it till after he got home from work.

Beauty in our 50 states…

 43. Nebraska

Sleep on Nebraska's subtle beauty if you want, but its big skies and rolling hills have a thoroughly pleasant and peaceful charm. As impressive as Toadstool Geologic Park (Nebraska's Badlands!) and Chimney Rock are, the Cornhusker State doesn't have the spectacular vistas of its neighbors to the west. What it does have is open spaces, the Platte River, and a complex and important ecosystem where literally millions of birds—including 80% of the world's sandhill cranes—visit every spring.

Historical Events

1857 – The Dredd Scott Decision. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes called it the Court’s “greatest self-inflicted wound.”

1998 - is the annual sacred high holy day of Dudeism, “The Day of The Dude”. Dudeism is a religion, philosophy, or lifestyle inspired by “The Dude”, the protagonist of the 1998 film, The Big Lebowski.

Birthdays Today

97 – Alan Greenspan, American economist
@93 – Harriet Tubman, Civil Rights Leader (d. 1931)
@88 – Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1564)
“Genius is eternal patience.”– Michelangelo
“There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.”– Michelangelo
@86 – Ed McMahon, American comedian, game show host, and announcer (d. 2009)
@87 – Will Eisner, American illustrator, publisher (d. 2005)
“As for me, I am in pursuit of excellence. I have no time to get old.”– Will Eisner
85 – Tom Foley, American lawyer, politician (d. 2013)
@78 – Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014; cardiac arrest)
76 – John Stossel, American journalist, author
75 – Stephen Schwartz, American composer, producer
@70 – Bob Wills, Western swing musician, songwriter, bandleader (d. 1975; pneumonia)
60 – D.L. Hughley, American actor
“One of the most beautiful things in the world I’ve ever seen or heard is people laughing, even when there seems to be so little reason for them to laugh.”– D. L. Hughley
56 – Connie Britton, American actress
@55 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (d. 1861; long illness)
“Silence is the best response to a fool.”– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
51 – Shaquille O’Neal, American basketball player
@50 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959; heart attack)
@36 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French author, playwright (d. 1655; falling wooden beam)