15 May

 

15 May 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 20 Day 135	Ave. Sky Cover 40%\ Visibility  24miles	Flagstaff Today  73° \ 37°
Wind  7mph \ Gusts  10mph  Air Quality: Moderate High Risk of fire	Nearest active fire: 163miles May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° May Average: 3 Days of moisture	Nearest Lightning:  7mi Cloudy

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

10-16  Universal Family Week 12-21 National Public Gardens Week  Link 14-20 National Eosinophil Awareness Week   Link  National Nursing Home Week   National Return To Work Week   National Transportation Week National Women's Health Week   Reading is Fundamental Week   Link  Salute to Moms 40+ Week   Work At Home Moms Week   World Trade Week

15-19  Hoarding Awareness Week Link 15-21  American Craft Beer Week Link  International Heritage Breeds Week National Bike to Work Week Link   PGA Championship  Link Police Week

Daily Observations

Chocolate Chip Cookie Day CSCMP's Supply Chain Professionals Day Day of Families Hoarding Awareness Day Link  Hyperemisis Gravidarum Awareness Day International Day of Families International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day Link International MPS Awareness Day  Link Nakba Day National Chocolate Chip Day Link

National Slider Day  (Food) Nylon Stockings Day National Tuberous Sclerosis Day  Link Over the Rainbow Day Peace Officer Memorial Day Link  Link Pizza Party Day  Straw Hat Day  Link Supply Chain Professional Day  World Orthodontic Health Day Link

Today’s Thoughts

Cloudy and hoping for the first monsoon of the season.  Weather guy says there’s a good chance for rain.

My brother and his wife posted some pictures of their recent huge rain and windstorm. Everybody and the dogs survived it. There was a big mess of green branches around the property. One of the 6’ trees by the pool was blown into the pool. The pool had several dozen frogs after the storm…the frogs survived but the tree didn’t. Power at the hacienda and around town was out for about 24 hours. The pictures are at rwf33 on Instagram.

My graduating class has a Facebook site to keep us up-to-date on reunions and other class information on members. It has been up for years. Recently it has been inundated with advertisements to buy T-Shirts and other paraphernalia. It is always by non-classmates which takes you to various websites to buy junk. The company has ‘borrowed’ pics from the website to entice us, while the stuff has no pictures, just Class of ’67 on a generic background. It is very annoying.

Enjoy

 

Ocean Trivia

Lox is a Salmon fillet of the brined version of the sea critter.

Origins of State Names

Nevada
Nevada’s name actually comes from a mountain range primarily located in nearby California. The Sierra Nevada mountains were named such by Spanish explorers who discovered the area in awe during the 1770s and came upon the snow-covered peaks. Sierra is Spanish for “mountain range,” and nevada means “snowfall.” Nevada wouldn’t be comprehensively explored until the 1820s, at which point the groundwork was laid for the modern gambling and entertainment mecca we know it as today.

Historic Events

• 1911 – With Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. The United States, the United States Supreme Court declared Standard Oil to be an “unreasonable” monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and ordered the company to be broken up.
• 1941 – Joe DiMaggio began a 56-game hitting streak.
• 1970 – President Richard Nixon appointed Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
• 2008 – California became the second U.S. state (after Massachusetts in 2004) to legalize same-sex marriage

Birthdays with some quotes

93 – Jasper Johns, American painter, sculptor
@89 – Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
“Stay busy and take care of your own business.”– Eddy Arnold
@88 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
83 – Lainie Kazan, American actress
“The men may be the head of the house, but the women are the neck and they can turn the head any way they want.”– Lainie Kazan
@77 – Roger Ailes, American broadcaster (d. 2017; hemophilia)
“Truth is whatever people will believe.”– Roger Ailes
@74 – Richard J. Daley, American lawyer, politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976; heart attack)
“Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.”– Richard J. Daley
@62 – L. Frank Baum, American novelist (d. 1919; stroke)
“I believe that dreams – daydreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing – are likely to lead to the betterment of the world.”– L. Frank Baum
42 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
33 – Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model