23 July

23 July 2023

Flagstaff Almanac
Week 30 Day 204 Ave. Sky Cover 10%\ Visibility  17mi. Flagstaff Today  92° \ 58° 
Wind  5mph \ Gusts  17mph  Nearest active fire: 17miles Nearest Lightning:  1001mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 2 days
Risk of fire: Extreme July Averages: Temps 82° \ 51° Moisture 8 Days
Sunshine  Red Flag Warning High Heat Warning

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

17-23 Beach Volleyball Days 18-25 Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week

20-23 Comic Con International 21-31 National Moth Week 23-29 Women in Baseball Week

Daily Observations

Auntie's Day Body Painting Day  Link  Gorgeous Grandma Day Hot Enough For Ya Day  Gorgeous Grandma Day Hot Enough For Ya Day Link National Parents Day National Vanilla Ice Cream Day

NYC Body Painting Day Link Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day Sprinkle Day World Day for Grandparents and The Elderly Link  Yada, Yada, Yada Day

Today’s Thoughts

 In case anyone is wondering, it is still over 90° every day here at 7000’

My dad was born this day in 1914. He had a good life, a loving wife, 2 spectacular kids, a good job, a great retirement and so much more. He lived to be 80 and is still missed today.

Our discussion group is meeting tonight to discuss Economic Warfare. The articles were informative as to how it effects governments, countries, and the everyday people. Like with all warfare, this usually hurts the ‘common folk’ more than the leaders or the government.

From the time I was growing up during Vietnam until today, I never understood a couple of things: Why do the common people have to suffer for the deeds leaders that they do not support. Knowing how the military trains its soldiers, how can people hate the soldiers who are just doing as they are told. Certainly the leaders should be punished.

Times are a changin’. Back in the day, the BIA would visit homes and bring youngsters to a boarding school where they would stay throughout the school year. Many boys would have traditional hair styles (the Navajo Bun) and dorms would cut their hair to a buzz cut. It was traumatic to say the least. Looking on Facebook, most of the Chapter Houses are providing free haircuts to school age kids. That is a huge shift in tradition, and kinda sad.

Enjoy

Hoaxes…

"Unsinkable!"

When RMS Titanic was launched on May 31, 1911, shipbuilders Harland and Wollf never claimed the liner was unsinkable. However, when White Star Line officials were informed that the liner was in trouble after striking an iceberg on April 15, 1912, during her maiden voyage, White Star Line Vice President P.A.S. Franklin allegedly announced: "We place absolute confidence in the Titanic. We believe the boat is unsinkable." More than 1,500 people died when the ship eventually went under.

True Conspiracy Theories…

The Manhattan Project

The top-secret US government project to develop the first atomic bomb was kept hidden from the public until after the bombs were dropped on Japan in 1945.

Random Trivia…

Andrew Jackson had a pet parrot. And he taught his parrot, Polly, to curse like a sailor. There is even one legend that the parrot had to be taken out of Jackson's funeral for its proclivity for profanity!

Historic Events

• 1827 – Francis Lieber, opened the first swimming school in the United States at the Boston Gymnasium.
• 1962 – Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1972 – The United States launched Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
• 1995 – Comet Hale–Bopp was discovered, and visible from Earth the following year.
• 2015 – NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-452b, possibly an Earth-like planet.

Birthdays with some quotes

 

@83	Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor “Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”	(d. 1975)
@81	Arthur Treacher, English-American actor and television personality	(d. 1975)
@81	Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster “If I had my career to play over, one thing I’d do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them.”	(d. 1999)
@79	Don Imus, American radio host “I regret the times I’ve been mean to people… It’s fine to pick on people who can defend themselves and deserve it. Some people don’t deserve to be picked on who I picked on, so I don’t do it anymore.	(d. 2019)
73	Ian Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter
@70	Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter “If you’re not tough it’s hard to survive in this world, and if you’re not kind then you don’t deserve to survive.”	(d. 1959; uremia)
62	Woody Harrelson, American actor
61	Eriq La Salle, American actor
58	Slash (Saul Hudson), English-American guitarist and songwriter	(d. 1991; brain cancer)
@57	Bert Convy, American actor and game show host
53	Charisma Carpenter, American actress
52	Alison Krauss, American singer-songwriter and fiddler “There are so many great songs yet to sing.”
@46	Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor	(d. 2014; OD)
43	Michelle Williams, American singer-songwriter
41	Paul Wesley, American actor
34	Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
27	Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian

 

…The End for today…