25 May

 

25 May 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 21 Day 145	Ave. Sky Cover 5%\ Visibility  24mi.	Flagstaff Today  73° \ 37°
Wind  3mph \ Gusts  7mph	Nearest active fire: 25miles	Nearest Lightning:  277mi
Air Quality: Fair Risk of fire: High Extreme	May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° May Average: 3 Days of moisture	Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

16-27 Cannes Film Festival 21-27 Nat’l Medical Transcription Week Link World Orienteering Days Link EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week  Link  Internat’l New Friends, Old Friends Week   National Unicycle Week   National Backyard Games Week   National Safe Boating Week World Schizophrenia Awareness Week Link Healthy and Safe Swimming Week) Link

22-6/4   National Seat Belt Reinforcement Week Link 23-25 Display Week  Link 23-28  Mule Days  Link   24-30 Fleet Week 25-31 Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories

Daily Observations

Brown Bag it Day Cookie Monster's Birthday  Link   Eat More Fruits & Vegetables Day  Link International Plastic Free Day Link National Brown Bag-it Day Link  National Tap Dance Day National Wine Day Link

Nerd Pride Day or Geek Pride Day Link Shavout Sing Out Day Stop The Bleed Day Link Towel Day Link Wine Day World Thyroid Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

Blue sky, just a breeze, can’t ask for any better weather.

Sad to read of the passing of Music Icon Tina Turner at 83. Her songs live on.

As more Republicans enter the 2024 Presidential Primary, remember, at this time in 2016 Trump was polling at 3% for the Primary.

US military has killed a civilian with a drone strike on Syrian land. The ‘current’ story is that the target was Syrian terrorist. I have to wonder if we will ever know the truth or if the US will pay the Syrian farmer’s family for the untimely death. Hmmm.

Dr. Jacob Weasel, 36, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and a surgeon at Monument Health in Rapid City, has become the first Native American to summit Mount Everest.

Enjoy

Ocean Trivia

The UNESCO World Heritage Site off the coast of Queensland is the world’s largest coral system, composed of over 2,900 of its namesake items and 900 islands: Great Barrier Reef, so named in 1981.

Origins of State Names

Rhode Island

You’ll have to forgive early explorers for assuming Rhode Island was an island. The New England state’s official stance on the origin of its name is that Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, on his 1614 expedition, called it "Roodt Eylandt” ("red island”) after seeing the red clay that lined the shore. One other popular theory however, is that explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano anchored near present-day Providence and compared the region to the Greek island of Rhodes. Though it’s not an island, Rhode Island still offers incredible oceanside views of the Atlantic that have earned it the very appropriate nickname, the Ocean State.

Historic Events

• 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet.It will next appear in mid-2061.
• 1878 – Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opened at the Opera Comique in London.
• 1925 – John T. Scopes was indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
• 1977 – 1977 – Star Wars (now Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) opened Memorial Day weekend, marking the biggest entertainment juggernaut in modern popular culture, now second only to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• 1977 – Chinese government removed the ban on the works of William Shakespeare, the biggest entertainment juggernaut in the Elizabethan era.
• 1986 – Hands Across America took place.

Birthdays with some quotes

@89 – Beverly Sills, American soprano and actress (d. 2007)
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”– Beverly Sills
84 – Ian McKellen, actor
80 – Leslie Uggams, American actress and singer
79 – Frank Oz, English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker, actor
“I don’t look back, I just go forward. I’m just proud of the fact that my parents were immigrants and we had nearly nothing, and all of the sudden, with the help of a lot of people and my parents as a model, I amounted to something.”– Frank Oz
@78 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, philosopher (d. 1882; pneumonia)
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
@71 – Bill Robinson (Mr. Bojangles), American actor, dancer (d. 1949; heart failure)
60 – Mike Meyers, actor
@53 – Anne Heche, American actress (d. 2022; car crash)
53 – Jamie Kennedy, American actor, producer, screenwriter
53 – Octavia Spenser, actress
50 – Molly Sims, American model
“Don’t wear big earrings and a big necklace and a big ring all at the same time. Pick your magic.”– Molly Sims
47 –Cillian Murphy, actor
29 – Aly Raisman, American gymnast
24 – Brec Bassinger, American actress