12 Apr

 

12 April 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 15 Day 102 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 25 miles Flagstaff Today 76° \33°  Wind 7mph \ Gusts 15mph 
Air Quality: Fair \ High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 133mi \ Nearest Lightning 380mi
Apr. Averages for Flagstaff: 60° \ 27° \3 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

3/19-4/16   National Cherry Blossom Festival 
3/22-4/20   Consider Christianity Week
                  International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
                  National Cleaning Week
                  International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
                  National Cleaning Week
8-16          National Robotics Week
9-15          Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week 
                National Dog Bite Prevention Week  
                National Occupational Health Nursing Week  
                National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week
                Pan American Week
                National Student Employment Week 
11-13        National Catholic Educational Association Week

Daily Observations

Belmont-Paul Women's Equality Monument Day   Link
Big Wind Day  Link
Day of Human Space Flight Day
Drop Everything and Read Day
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
International Day of Human Space Flight
International Day for Street Children Link  
Licorice Day
National D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything And Read)
National For Twelves Day Link 
National Licorice Day Link
National Only Child Day Link
National Spring Signing Day
RAINN Day (Rape Abuse Incest National Network) Link 
Walk on Your Wild Side Day
Yuri's Night

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another warm, nice spring day. Ain’t complaining.  

The mystery of gas prices continues. Prices have been rising for a couple of weeks. I use Gas Buddy to find the cheapest gas. For months, it has been Sam’s Clubs. I needed some gas and started watching the price climb on Gas Buddy. This morning the cheapest gas was at a nearby Conoco…@$3.97 at 7am. When I got to the station, it was $3.99 about 10am. The last time I filled up, Sam’s was $3.89.

On day 100 of 2023, there has been 142 mass shootings. How long will Congress stall?

Enjoy…

 

Facts…

Being chased is one of the most common dream symbols in all cultures. It means you're feeling threatened, so reflect on who's chasing you (they may be symbolic) and why they're a possible threat in real life.

Falling is a common dream symbol that relates to our anxieties about letting go, losing control, or somehow failing after a success.   

More Slang origins…

If The Creek Don’t Rise

This means that if everything continues to plan, things will be okay. It’s often said in a reassuring way, to calm people down and encourage them to keep on trying.

A rising creek could spell trouble, as it can lead to flooding and other issues.

Beauty in our 50 states…

6. Washington

Seattle doesn’t have the best skyline in America only because the Columbia Center is a great feat of architecture. It’s because of the setting: Seattle looks south to Mt. Rainier and sits between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. And that’s just one city. The state is home to not one but two towering mountain ranges (the dramatic Cascades, the rainforested Olympics) as well as the winding Columbia River Gorge. The San Juan Islands are the closest thing you’ll get to cruising through Alaska without having to go north of the 49th parallel. And even parts of Eastern and Central Washington–especially up north in the Okanagan—have some spectacular desert scenery.

Historical Events

1961 – Aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human being to travel into space.

Birthdays Today

@ 104 – Beverly Cleary, author (d. 2021)
@80 – Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2004)
83 – Herbie Hancock, American pianist, composer
“Don’t be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That’s where the joy and the adventure lie.”– Herbie Hancock
77 – Ed O’Neill, American comedic actor
76 – David Letterman, American talk show host
@75 – Henry Clay, American lawyer, 9th US Secretary of State (d. 1852)
“Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.”– Henry Clay
@75 – Charles Napier, American character actor (d. 2011)
@72 – Billy Vaughn, American musician, bandleader (d. 1991; mesothelioma)
@67 – David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter (d. 2017; liver failure)
67 – Andy Garcia (Andrés Arturo García Menéndez), Cuban-American actor
@66 – Tom Clancy, American author (d. 2013; heart failure)
“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”– Tom Clancy
66 – Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter
“The devaluation of music and what it’s now deemed to be worth is laughable to me. My single cost 99 cents. That’s what a single cost in 1960. On my phone, I can get an app for 99 cents that makes fart noises – the same price as the thing I create and speak to the world with. Some would say the fart app is more important. It’s an awkward time. Creative brains are being sorely mistreated.”– Vince Gill
@64 – Tiny Tim (Herbert Butros Khaury), singer, ukulele player (d. 1996; heart attack)
“I’d love to see Christ come back to crush the spirit of hate and make men put down their guns. I’d also like just one more hit single.”– Tiny Tim
52 – Shannon Doherty, American actress
50 – J. Scott Campbell, American comic book author, illustrator
44 – Claire Danes, American actress
44 – Jennifer Morrison, American actress
36 – Brooklyn Decker, American model
29 – Saoirse Ronan, American-born Irish actress