16 May

 

16 May 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 20 Day 136	Ave. Sky Cover 40%\ Visibility  19miles	Flagstaff Today  73° \ 43°
Wind  3mph \ Gusts  5mph	Nearest active fire: 345mi	Nearest Lightning:  21mi
Air Quality: Moderate Moderate Risk of fire	May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° May Average: 3 Days of moisture	Sunshine

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 WeekLink   PGA Championship  Link Police Week 16-21 National Foul Ball Week 16-27 Cannes Film Festival

Daily Observations

Biographer's Day Coquilles St. Jacques Day Honor Our LGBT Elders' Day  Link International Day of Light  Link International Day of Living in Peace  Link

Mimosa Day (Drink) NASCAR Day Give-a-thon Link National BBQ Day Link National Piercing Day National Sea Monkey Day

Today’s Thoughts

A little cloudy. The weather guy keeps saying it is an early monsoon, but all happening are a few drops on my dusty car to make it a mess.

A whistleblower about the Mormon Church (LDS) was on 60 Minutes last night. It seems that the church may not be properly reporting requirements of churches regarding $100 Billion in assets. It is time the IRS and Congress review the law regarding all church’s IRS exemption from paying taxes. There are way too many ‘Mega-Churches’ that line their pockets with the IRS exemption. I get the separation of church and state, but many in the church group are getting rich off their members. That is not what Christ teaches.

The writer’s strike continues. Some of my live shows are not on TV due to the strike. I miss SNL and Real Time. Settle the strike.

Facebook has me totally confused. The have put me in Facebook jail for 24 hours for ‘breaking community standards.’ I tried to find out which post was concerning. Can’t find out. The only post I made before the notice I had broken rules was my Mother’s Day greeting yesterday morning. I can still comment on posts, I can still post, and sometimes I can use an emoji on a post, sometimes I get a reminder that I broke their standards and can’t use the like emoji, but can use the WOW emoji. Very frustrating.

Enjoy

Ocean Trivia

Cephalofoil is the formal term for the distinctly shaped noggins of the hammerhead  360-degree seeing shark group.

Origins of State Names

New Jersey

The name New Jersey is the result of a breakup, but not the romantic kind. In 1664, when the British seized the colony of New Netherland from the Dutch, the land was divided in half, with the east side granted to English statesman George Carteret. He had once served as governor of the Isle of Jersey, an island in the English Channel, and named the colony after it. Given its namesake, it only makes sense that New Jersey also borders the waters of the Atlantic, albeit many thousands of miles away.

Historic Events

• 1866 – The United States Congress established the 5-cent nickel.
• 1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense.
  It was repealed on December 13, 1920.
• 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights began, between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London.

Birthdays with some quotes

79 – Danny Trejo, American actor
@78 – Yvonne Craig, American actress (d. 2015; breast cancer)
“Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is.”– Yvonne Craig
@77 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982; heart disease)
72 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
@71 – William H. Seward, American lawyer, 24th Secretary of State (d. 1872)
70 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor
@67 –  (Władziu Valentino Liberace)Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (d. 1987; HIV)
“Years ago when I started doing TV and making appearances in big arenas, the place would put security guys up there and I said, “Please don’t do that. It’s very distracting to see ten cops in front of the stage. Everybody’s looking at the officers instead of me. I don’t want that.” I also found that people will dare to break a barricade. If they have a barricade, somebody will always try to jump over it. I’ve found that the more open I am, the better.”– Liberace
57 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter
“I don’t believe in luck. It’s persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.”– Janet Jackson 54 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist
54 – David Boreanaz, American actor
50 – Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality
“Everybody knows there is no such thing as normal. There is no black-and-white definition of normal. Normal is subjective. There’s only a messy, inconsistent, silly, hopeful version of how we feel most at home in our lives.”– Tori Spelling
37 – Megan Fox, American actress
“Just be you. I’ve learned the hard way and in the end, some people are just so full of hate that no matter what you say or do, they’ll always have something to say.”– Megan Fox
33 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor