18 May

 

18 May 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 20 Day 138	Ave. Sky Cover 60%\ Visibility  17miles	Flagstaff Today  72° \ 40°
Wind  2mph \ Gusts  6mph	Nearest active fire: 173miles	Nearest Lightning:  1mi
Air Quality: Moderate High Risk of fire	May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° May Average: 3 Days of moisture	Sunshine Monsoon continues

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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 National Police Week 15-21  American Craft Beer Week Link  International Heritage Breeds Week National Bike to Work Week Link   PGA Championship  Link Police Week 16-21 National Foul Ball Week 16-27 Cannes Film Festival 17-23  Nat’l Medical Transcription Week Link World Orienteering Days Link

Daily Observations

Buy A Musical Instrument Day Link  (Honor of The Music Man Creator) Cheese Soufflé Day GAAD Day (Global Accessibility Awareness Day) Link   HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Link I Love Reeses Day Link  Link International Museum Day Link

Mother Whistler Day Museum Day National Speech Pathologist Day: Link No Dirty Dishes Day Visit Your Relatives Day

Today’s Thoughts

The weatherman keeps saying that the current very early monsoon is not any indication of rain during the expected summer monsoon.

The Nuggets beat the Lakers in game one of their series. Nuggets look very good this year.

There are new 3D photos of the entire Titanic wreckage. It has taken a couple of years to take photos deep in the ocean. Now everyone can see the wreckage in 3D. It is amazing to see and may help scientists figure out more about the actual sinking.

Joe Biden is heading for the G-7 conference in Japan. He had planned to stop in New Guinea on this trip. It would be the first time any US President had visited any island in the region. The local government had declared a National Holiday on the day of his visit. He planned to stop there to build stronger relations with many governments in the area. China has been busy building relations in this important strategic area. However, he had to cancel that part of his trip to deal with the pending debt ceiling crisis. It is a shame that international relations are being hurt because Congress can’t do one of its most important jobs without the President holding their hand.

I remember the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight from my younger days. I was surprised to hear it when I was South Africa at the “Walk with the Lions” venue and while waiting to for the real walk with lions, the venue was playing it. Check out this great rendition: The Lion Sleeps tonight

Enjoy

Ocean Trivia

Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, gets its catlike name from the spotted pattern along its back.

Origins of State Names

New York

For a brief time in the 1600s, the city nicknamed the Big Apple was named after an entirely different fruit. In 1664, the British took power of the region of New Amsterdam and renamed it New York after King Charles I’s son, the Duke of York. However, for a short time, the city was actually called New Orange. In 1673, the Dutch regained control of the state and named it after the Dutch Prince of Orange. The following year, however, the British repossessed the region and renamed it New York for good, which later gave its name to the entire state. Yes, it’s hard to imagine Frank Sinatra singing “New Orange, New Orange,” but for a brief moment in history that was almost a reality.

Historic Events

• 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
• 1860 – Abraham Lincoln won the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward.
• 1953 – Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier.

Birthdays with some quotes

@94 – Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, screenwriter (d. 1991)
“No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has; the power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for two hours in the dark.”– Frank Capra
@88 – Perry Como, American singer and television host (d. 2001)
“My only regret in life is that I didn’t spend as much time with my kids as I now wish I had.”– Perry Como
@84 – Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
@74 – Big Joe Turner, American blues artist, R&B singer (d. 1985; heart failure)
Like a one-eyed cat peepin’ in a seafood store.– Big Joe Turner
71 – George Strait, Country singer
73 – Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter
“When I was a kid, I would go to the record store, where there was a bin of things they didn’t know quite how to classify. Those were my choices.”– Mark Mothersbaugh
@72ish – Mathew Brady, American photographer, journalist (d. 1896; car accident)
53 – Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
“Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.”– Tina Fey
31 – Adwoa Aboah, British fashion model