7 July

 

7 July 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 27 Day 187 Ave. Sky Cover 5%\ Visibility  33mi. Flagstaff Today  85° \ 51° 
Wind  7mph \ Gusts  11mph  Nearest active fire: 21miles Nearest Lightning:  347mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 5 days
Risk of fire: Extreme July Averages: Temps 82° \ 51° Moisture 8 Days
Sunshine  Red Flag Warning

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

1-7 National Independent Living Week National Unassisted Homebirth Week 1-24 Tour de France

2-8 Be Nice To New Jersey Week National Bikini Contest Week National Farriers Week 4-10 Freedom Week National Marijuana Facts Week

Daily Observations

Chocolate Day Link Dive Bar Day  Link Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day Global Forgiveness Day Link National Day of Rock n' Roll

National Macaroni Day National Strawberry Sundae Day Tell The Truth Day Victims of The Dallas, Texas Attack Day  Link World Chocolate Day

Today’s Thoughts

 Another hot dry day. Several small fires within Flagstaff area. One is on Mar’s Hill, home of Lowell Observatory…where Pluto was discovered.

A nice lunch with Mary, Mike, Faith, and Andy. Faith is doing well and now just slow in walking. Mary and Mike leave for Oregon in 15 days. All is going well. Shared some great stories about culture while we were teaching on the Rez. Times when as teachers, we learned about the culture by upsetting some parents. They are funny now, but at the time not so much.                   

Enjoy`

 

True Conspiracy Theories…

The Lavon Affair

In 1954, Israeli agents planted bombs in US and UK targets in Egypt to frame Muslim Brotherhood militants and damage US-Egyptian relations. The operation became known as the Lavon affair after the Israeli defense minister, Pinhas Lavon, who was forced to resign.

Random Trivia…

The heart of the blue whale, the largest animal on earth, is five feet long and weighs 400 pounds. The whale in total weighs 40,000 pounds. (nationalgeographic.com)

Historic Events

      ·         1863 – The US had its first military draft. You could be exempted for $300.
·         1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld held his first ‘Follies” on a NYC rooftop.
·         1928 – The Chillicothe Baking Company began selling sliced bread.
·         1930 – Construction of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam began.
·         1954 – WHBQ in Memphis, TN debuted Elvis Presley’s first single, ‘That’s All Right.’
·         1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female member of the Supreme Court.

Birthdays with some quotes

96 – Doc Severinsen, American trumpet player and conductor
@87 – Simone Beck, French chef, author (d. 1991)
83 – Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, Beatles’ drummer, actor
“Let’s make my birthday, July the 7th at noon, Peace and Love Day. Everybody go, ‘Peace and love.’ In the office, on the bus, wherever. It’s still peace and love for me, I’m a product of the 60s and it was a very influential period in my life, and you know, my head was turned around a bit, my eyes were opened as it were. In fact, I even have it on my arm, ‘Peace and love’. I see nothing wrong with peace and love.”– Ringo Starr
@80 – Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread (d. 1960)
@80 – Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (d. 1988)
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”– Robert A. Heinlein
@75 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player,coach (d. 1982; heart attack)
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”– Satchel Paige
“Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.”– Satchel Paige
74 – Shelley Duvall, American actress
@63 – Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (d. 2007; colon cancer)
“If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don’t fight back it hurts forever.”– Joel Siegel 60 – Vonda Shepard, American singer-songwriter, actress
58 – Mo Collins, American comedic actress
57 – Jim Gaffigan, American comedian
“The Pearly Gates. Am I the only one who finds it odd that Heaven has gates? What kind of neighborhood is Heaven in?”– Jim Gaffigan
“Whenever you correct someone’s grammar just remember that nobody likes you.”– Jim Gaffigan
@53 – Mary Ford ( Iris Colleen Summer), American singer, guitarist (d. 1977; diabetic coma)
35 – Kaci Brown, American singer-songwriter
32 – Alesso, Swedish DJ

…The End for today…