6 Apr

6 April 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 14 Day 96 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 20 miles Flagstaff Today 48° \6°  Wind 11mph \ Gusts 18mph 
Air Quality: Fair \ Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 855mi \ Nearest Lightning 998mi
Apr. Averages for Flagstaff: 60° \ 27° \3 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month  Link  Link  Link
National Garden Month Link
National Heartworm Awareness Month Link
National Humor Month
National Kite Month Link
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Lawn Care Month
National Licorice Month
National Minority Health Month Link
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month Link
National 9-1-1 Education Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month Link 
National Pecan Month Link
National Pest Management Month
National Pet Month Link Link
National Pickleball Month
National Poetry Month
National Rebuilding Month
National Safe Digging Month Link

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

3/26-4/9

Passiontide

Apr. 1-7

APAWS Pooper Scooper  Week

Golden Rule Week

Laugh at Work Week

Medication Safety Week

Testicular Cancer Awareness Week (aka Get A Grip Day!) 

Week of The Young Child

 

2-8

Bat Appreciation Week

Holy Week

National Blue Ribbon Week   (Child Abuse)

National Public Health Week

National Window Safety Week

2-9

World Irish Dancing Week

3-9

Explore Your Career Options Week

4-10

Hate Week

National Dental Hygienest Week

6-9

The Masters Tournament

Daily Observations

Army Day Link
Caramel Popcorn Day
Charlie the Tuna Day Link
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
Fresh Tomato Day
Holy Thursday
National Alcohol Screening Day 
National Burrito Day
National Fun at Work Day
Hostess Twinkie Day  Link
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Link
National Employee Benefits Day  Link
National Student Athlete Day  Link
New Beers Eve Link
Siamese Cat Day
Sorry Charlie Day
Student-Athlete Day
Tartan Day Link
Teflon Day
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Day
World Physical Activity Day  Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Blue sky, a little wind. Nice spring day.

As I was reading an article on Prison Reform, I learned that 1 out of 3 women in prison around the world live in the US. I was shocked.

ADOT, the Arizona Dept. of Transportation, release some stats recently. Looking only at this snow season, ADOT has used 200 snowplows, cleared 1.2 million miles of roads, in  a little over 66,000 hour so far.  Thanks, ADOT for a great job.

I listened to Trump’s spectacle last night after he got back to Mar-a-Lago. I was sad and disappointed, but not surprised.

Facts…

Despite seeming like a timeless character, the tooth fairy is a recent invention. The first written reference to her appears in 1927. 

More Slang origins…

Madder’n A Wet Hen

You probably don’t want to approach someone who’s “madder than a wet hen.” This means that they’re seriously angry, and they might even be throwing something of a hissy fit.

When hens were brooding (angry and troublesome), Southern farmers used to dunk them in cold water in an effort to make them snap out of this phase. By doing so, they could collect eggs more easily.

Beauty in our 50 states…

12. North Carolina

The most beautiful state on the East Coast? Hard to argue with North Carolina, the rare eastern state where you can see a progression of scenery as you drive through from beaches in the east to the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west. The Outer Banks are some of the best coastal retreats in the nation, and a trip through the lush greenery of the center of the state ultimately brings you to the east’s preeminent place for mountain scenery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Historical Events

1869 – Celluloid was patented (#50359) by John Wesley Hyatt.

1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games took place, 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

1917 – The United States joined in World War I.

Birthdays Today

@89 – André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
“If you’re going to do good work, the work has to scare you.”– Andre Previn
86 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor
“Failures not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.”– Billy Dee Williams
81 – Barry Levinson, American director, producer, screenwriter
“You don’t always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.”– Barry Levinson
@79 – Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016; pneumonia)
76 – John Ratzenberger, American actor and voice actor
“I don’t know how many days I worked there (Star Wars), the thing I do remember was I somehow got a parking space next to Kermit the Frog. It was Jim Henson’s space, with this Kermit the Frog sign. I took a photo of it and sent it to my mom with a caption that read, “Look, Mom. I made it. I got a parking space next to Kermit the Frog.” I was always fascinated by the film-set infrastructures.”– John Ratzenberger
71 – Marilu Henner, Greek-Polish American actress
@68 – Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, composer (d. 1996)
“If you’ve only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.”– Gerry Mulligan
67 – Michele Bachmann, American lawyer, politician
54 – Paul Rudd, American actor
48 – Zach Braff, American actor
@37 – Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino), Italian painter, architect (d. 1520; bloodletting)
“When one is painting one does not think.”– Raphael
25 – Peyton List, American actress and model